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An actor.

An actor?

We're very popular with actors.

Have I seen you in anything?

Let's see. I did Hamlet a while back, didn't I, Liz? And then we did the

Sandpiper. He's joking. He was in Luther and Nobody Loves an Albatross and a lot

of television plays and commercials.

That's where the money is, isn't it? The commercials. And the artistic thrills,

too.

7E, Diego.

Originally, the smallest apartment was a 9. They've been broken up into 4, 5s,

and 6s.

Now, 7E is a 4.

Originally, the back part of it, 10.

It has the original dining room for its living room, another bedroom for the

bedroom, and two servants from its home together for a dining room or a second

bedroom. Do you have children?

Uh, we planted.

We must oil that gate, Diego.

This way, please.

The previous tenant, Mrs. Gardini, had passed away just a few days ago, so

nothing has been moved yet.

Her son asked me to say that some of the furniture could be picked up practically

for the asking. Did she die in the apartment?

Not that it makes any difference. No, no, no, no, no. In a hospital.

She'd been in a coma for weeks.

She was very old and passed away without ever waking.

Grateful to go that way myself when the time comes.

Oh, no, no, no, not in the apartment, no.

She was chipper right to the end.

Been one of the first women lawyers in New York City. She did a little

gardening on the side, too. She was quite a woman.

Oh, closet?

Oh, plenty of closets.

Oh, nice view of the park. Oh, very nice view.

This room, for instance, it would make a lovely nursery.

Yes, yellow and white wallpaper would brighten it tremendously.

What are all these things here?

Herbs, mostly.

A nice large bathroom.

Mint, basil.

No marijuana?

Come on.

The master's bedroom?

Yes.

Here we are, back in the hallway again.

There. Oh.

Oh, God. Yeah.

Fireplace works, of course.

Oh.

Oh, it's a wonderful apartment. I love it. You see what she's trying to do?

She's trying to get you to lower the rents.

Yes. Well, we'd raise it if we were allowed.

Apartments with this kind of charm.

There's a closet behind that, Secretary.

I'm sure there is.

I think you're right.

She moved it. It used to be there.

I see now why she went into a coma.

She couldn't have lifted it by herself. She was 89.

Should we open it?

Maybe her son should.

I'm authorized to show the apartment.

Well, she locked in, got out.

Or perhaps she didn't need five closets. But why would she cover up a vacuum

cleaner and her towels?

I don't suppose we'll ever know.

Maybe she was becoming senile after all.

Is there anything else?

Yes, please. What about the laundry facilities? It's bigger than the other

one. Yeah, it's more expensive, too, you know.

It's better located.

Yeah, well, God knows I could walk to all the theaters from here. Oh, Guy,

let's take it, please.

That living room could be... Oh, please, let's take it.

Okay, darling, we get out of the other lease, okay.

I was tempted to write the management that you were drug addicts and

litterbugs. Instead, I decided to lie and tell them you were wonderful

tablets. Ah, you're great, Hatch.

Wish I could talk you out of it, though. He's pulling your leg, Rowanee. Oh,

jeez, I'm not.

Now, that looks great, that. Are you aware that the Brantford had rather an

unpleasant reputation around the turn of the century?

It's where the Trench Sisters conducted their little dietary experiments.

And Keith Kennedy held his parties.

Adrienne Mercado lived there, too. So did Pearl A, one of the Trench Sisters.

The Trent sisters were two proper Victorian ladies.

They cooked and ate several young children, including a niece.

Oh, lovely.

Adrian Mercado practiced witchcraft.

He made quite a splash in the 90s by announcing that he'd conjured up the

living devil.

Apparently, people believed him, so they attacked and nearly killed him in the

lobby of the Brantford. You're joking.

Later, the Keith Kennedy business began, and by the 20s, the house was half

empty. I knew about Keith Kennedy. I didn't know that Mercado was there. And

those sisters.

World War II filled the house up again.

Terrific. What, the house? The lamb.

They called it Black Brantford.

But hot.

Awful things happen in every apartment house.

This house has a high incident of unpleasant happenings.

In 59, a dead infant was found wrapped in newspaper in the basement.

Mmm, you really roused my appetite.

Have some more wine.

Thank you.

These are shelves.

Hey, let's make that.

Here at Daytona, Florida, it's the 250cc 100 mile classic with Yamaha leading the

pack on the final lap and winning it as Yamaha takes seven of the top ten

places. It's the third straight year for Yamaha.

Our clean sweep.

Yamaha is race-bred from champions. And as you can see, we have a model for

every kind of riding.

You know, you really should discover the swinging world of Yamaha. Why don't you

get on? Have a ride. Come on, come on.

Okay. Come on, let's go.

I'm sorry.

I thought you were Victoria Vetri, the actress.

I'm sorry.

It's all right. A lot of people think I'm Victoria.

I don't see any resemblance.

Do you know her?

No.

My name is Terry Gianofrio. Nice to meet you. I'm Rose Rainwoodhouse.

We're new tenants here.

I'm staying with the Castovettes, the seventh floor.

I'm their guest.

Sort of, since June. Our apartment used to be the back part of yours.

Oh, for goodness sake. She took the old lady's apartment. Mrs., uh... Yeah, uh,

Miss, uh, Gard-Gardinia. Gardinia, yeah. She was a good friend of the Kastovich.

She used to grow all kinds of herbs and things for her to cook with. I saw those

plants. Yeah, well, now she grows her own things. Excuse me a moment. I have

to put the softener in.

What does your husband do?

He's an actor.

No kidding? What's his name?

Guy Woodhouse.

He was in Luther, and nobody loves an albatross, and he does a lot of

television and radio.

Gee, I watch TV all day long. I'll bet I've seen him.

Wow. I hate this basement.

Yeah, me too.

Gives me the creeps. Say, listen, why don't we come down here together regular

and do our laundry?

Okay, that'd be great.

I have a good luck charm. It might work for both of us.

Oh, that's beautiful.

Isn't it?

Mrs. Castavet gave it to me. It's good luck, or any way it's supposed to be.

It's got some stuff inside.

I'm not mad about the smell, either.

I hope it works. It's a beautiful charm, though. I've never seen anything like

it. European.

The Castavets are the most wonderful people in the world, bar none.

You know, they picked me up off the sidewalk, literally.

You were sick?

I was starving and on dope and doing a lot of other things.

They're childless, though. I'm like the daughter they never had.

At first I thought they wanted me for some kind of a sex thing, but they've

turned out to be like real grandparents.

It's nice to know there are people like that when you hear so much about apathy

and people who are afraid of getting involved.

I'd be dead now if it wasn't for them. That's an absolute fact.

Dead or in jail.

You don't have any family that could have helped you?

A brother in the Navy.

That must be the partition.

That's the back part of the original tent with the dining room.

And there's a closet over here, and then there's a closet over here.

Get back now, will you please? Get back. There's nothing to see.

Get back, will you please?

Get back.

We know her.

What's her name?

Terry. Terry what?

What was your name again, Terry? What?

Uh, I don't remember.

Natalia's name.

His name was some people named Castaway, 17.

Yeah, I figured that already.

Short and sweet.

Stuck it to the windowsill with a band-aid.

Teresa, it's enough for you.

Move on.

Move on.

You know her?

Ernie Slatt.

Oh,

here they come.

You folks that cast the vets on the seventh floor?

We are.

You have a young woman named Teresa Genofrio living with you? We do.

What's wrong? Has there been an accident?

You'd better brace yourself for some bad news.

She's dead.

Jumped out of the window.

That's not possible. That's a mistake.

Artie, you want to let these folks take a look, please?

I knew this would happen.

She got deeply depressed every three weeks or so. I told my wife about it,

but she poo-pooed me.

Well, actually, that doesn't mean she killed herself. She's a very happy girl

with no reason for self-destruction. She must have been cleaning the windows or

something. She wasn't cleaning windows at midnight. Why not? Maybe she was.

Is that her handwriting?

Yeah. Definitely, absolutely.

Thank you.

I'll see this gets back to you when we're done with it.

I don't believe it. I just don't believe it. She was so happy.

Who's the next of kin?

Oh, she's all alone. She didn't have anybody on the earth.

Didn't she have a brother?

Did she?

She said she did, in the Navy.

News to me.

Do you know where he's stationed?

No, I don't.

She mentioned him to me in the laundry room.

I'm Rosemary Woodhouse.

Uh, we're in, uh, 70.

I feel just the way you do, Mrs. Castabet.

She seemed so happy and full of... She said wonderful things about you and your

husband. How grateful she was. Thank you.

Know anything else about this brother except he's in the Navy?

No, I don't. It should be easy to find him.

I'm so, Stanley, so sorry.

Yeah, it's such a pain. Well, thanks.

Sometimes I wonder how come you're the leader of men's business.

Please don't tell me what Laura Louise said because I'm not interested.

Listen to me, we wouldn't have had to do this.

We'd have been all set to go now instead of having to start all over from

scratch. I told you not to tell her in advance. I told you she wouldn't be open

-minded.

and she withdrew the school from the competition.

Hello. How are you?

Hi. Can I come in a minute? Yes, of course. Please do.

I just came over to thank you for sending those nice things to us the

other night. Oh, no, please. Poor Terry.

We thought maybe we failed her some way. Though her note made it crystal clear we

hadn't. She'll never know how helpful it was in such a shock moment.

So I do thank you. Roman does, too.

Roman's my hubby.

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.

Yeah.

Oh, she was cremated yesterday. Now we gotta forget and go on. It won't be easy

with army children of her own, you have any? No, we don't.

Well, thank you.

Oh, that's a nice... Look how you put the table in. Isn't that interesting?

I saw it in a magazine.

Oh, my nice painter.

That's nice. Where is that? That's the TV room?

Oh, well, only temporarily.

It's going to be a nursery.

Oh, you're pregnant?

No, not yet. I hope to be as soon as we're settled.

Wonderful. You're young and healthy. You ought to have lots of children.

We plan to have three.

I didn't see what you did to this apartment. The woman had it before. It

was a dear friend of mine. I know. Terry told me. Oh, did she? You two had some

long talks together in the laundry room. Only one.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, it looks so much brighter.

Where do you pick a chair like that?

Oh, I'm not sure, really. I think about... $200.

Where's your hubby do?

He's an actor.

I knew it. I said it to Roman yesterday. He's so good looking. What movies was he

in? No movies.

He was in two plays called Luther and Nobody Loves an Albatross and a lot of

television and radio.

Listen, Rosemary, I got a two-inch thick silo in stake. Sit and defrost him right

this minute. When you and Guy come over and have supper with us tonight, what do

you say?

Oh, no, we couldn't.

What now?

No, really, that's very kind of you, but we... Listen, it'd be a real help to us.

First night we'll be alone since.

Are you sure it wouldn't be too much trouble for you? Oh, honey, if it's

trouble, I wouldn't ask you.

All right, you go ahead and count on us. I'll have to check with Guy, though.

Listen, you tell him I won't take no for an answer.

Yahoo! Donald Baumgart got that part.

It's a bad play anyway.

Yeah, even if it falls out of town, it's the kind of part that gets noticed.

Mrs. Castavette was here to thank me for what I said about Terry.

She is the nosiest person I've ever seen. You know, she actually asked the

prices of things.

No kidding.

She invited us to have dinner with them tonight.

I told her I'd have to check with you, but that it would probably be okay.

Oh, Jesus, we don't have to do that, do we, honey?

I think they're lonely.

We get friendly with an old couple like that, we'll never get rid of them.

They're right across the wall.

I told her she could count on us.

You don't have to sulk about it. I'm not sulking. I see exactly what you mean.

Hell, we'll go.

No, no, what for?

We'll go.

No, we don't have... You have to if you don't want to.

That sounds so phony, but I really mean it. Really, I do.

Be my good deed for the day.

Okay, but only if you want to.

And we'll make it clear that it's just for this one night and not the beginning

of anything, right?

Oh, perfect timing.

Come on in.

Roman's fixing some vodka blushes. My, I'm glad you could come, guys.

Fixin' to tell everybody that I knew you. Wait, dinner isn't ready just yet,

but sit down there anyway, love.

Take a seat on the couch. You're gonna find yourself very... I seem to have

overfilled the glasses.

No, no, no, don't get up.

Generally, I pour these out precisely as a bartender, don't I, Minnie? Just watch

the carpet.

But this evening, I made a little too much and rather I'm very... Ah, there we

are. No, no, no, sit down, please.

Now, Mrs. Woodhouse?

Thank you. Uh, Mr. Woodhouse?

Uh... Vodka blush?

Yes, thank you. Have you ever tasted one?

No, no, I haven't. It looks delicious.

Many? They're very popular in Australia.

Now, to our guests, welcome to our home. Cheers.

Carpet. Oh, dear.

Brand-new carpet. This man's so clumsy.

Do you come from Australia?

I've been there, though.

I've been everywhere, literally.

You name a place, and I've been there.

Go ahead. Name a place.

Fairbanks, Alaska.

I've been there. Been all over Alaska.

Yes, Fairbanks, Juneau, Anchorage, Nome, Sitka, Seward. I spent four months

there. Where are you folks from?

Well, I... I'm from Omaha. Guy's from Baltimore.

Omaha's a good city.

Baltimore is, too.

Do you travel for business?

Well, business and pleasure both. I'm 79, and I've been going one place or

another since I was 10.

You name a place, I've been there.

Steak's ready. Don't rush your drinks now.

Roman, take your pill.

No pope ever visits a city where the newspapers are on strike.

I heard he's gonna postpone the wait till it's over.

Well, that's showbiz.

That's exactly what it is.

All the costumes, the rituals.

All religions.

Oh, I think we're offending Rosemary.

No, no.

No, you're not religious, my dear, are you?

I was brought up a Catholic. Now I don't know. You looked uncomfortable.

Well, he is the Pope. Well, now, you don't need to have respect for him

because he pretends that he's holy. Now, that's a good point.

When I think what they spend on robes and jewels.

A good picture of the hypocrisy behind organized religion was given, I thought,

in Luther.

Did you ever get to play that leading part guy?

Me? No.

Well, weren't you Albert Finney's understudy? No.

Well, that's strange. I remember being struck by a gesture you made and

checking in the program to see who you were.

Um, what gesture was that?

Well, I'm not sure now. It was a reaction.

Oh, I did a thing with my arms. When Luther was having a fit with a...

kind of involuntary reject. That's it.

That's it. It had a wonderful authenticity to it. Oh, come on. No, no,

I mean it.

My father was a theatrical producer, and my early years were spent in the company

of Mrs. Fisk, Forbes, Robertson, Mojeska.

Guy? Oh, yes, please.

You have a most interesting inequality, Guy.

It appears in your television work, too.

It should take you a long way indeed, provided, of course, that you get those

initial breaks.

Are you preparing for a show now?

Um, well, I'm up for a couple of parts.

Well, I can't believe that you won't get them. Well, I can.

I'd like to have a spice garden someday.

I guess I'm a country girl at heart.

You come from a big family? Mm-hmm.

Three brothers and two sisters.

Your sister's married?

Mm-hmm.

They have children?

One has two, the other has four.

Well, there's a chance you'll have lots of children, too.

Oh, we're fertile, all right.

I've got 16 nieces and nephews.

My goodness.

Would you like me to wash and you can wipe for a while?

Oh, no, that's fine, dear.

Up in a guy's ears with your majestica stories. He's only listening because

he's polite.

No, no, no, no. It's very interesting, Mrs. Cash. You see? Minnie. I'm Minnie.

He's Roman. Okay?

Okay. Okay.

Okay. Terrific. Just terrific. Goodbye, darling. Goodbye.

Thank you for having us. Yeah, it was lovely. Oh, bless you. Minnie!

Minnie, that's good kitchen.

About that steak, huh? Oh, my God. And the cake. How did you eat two pieces? It

was weird.

Politeness. That's how I ate two pieces. Out of politeness.

Only three dinner plates that match.

Shh.

And all that beautiful, beautiful silver.

It would be nice. Maybe they'll will it to us. Oh, yeah.

Guess what they have in their bathroom.

A bidet.

Jokes for the john.

No. A book and a hook right next to the toilet.

Well, the stories are pretty damned interesting, though.

Never even heard of Forbes Robertson before.

I'm gonna go over there again tomorrow night and hear some more.

You are?

Yeah. He asked me. Here, do this damn thing for me, will you?

I thought we were gonna do something with John and Dick Jellicoe. Was that

definite? It was definite.

Let's see them next week.

You don't have to come along if you don't want to, you know. You can stay

here.

Yeah, I think I will stay here.

You know, Henry Burby, too. I mean, really interesting, you know.

Why did they take their pictures down?

What do you mean?

The pictures. They took them down.

The hooks in the wall and clean spaces.

And the one picture that is there doesn't fit.

I didn't notice that.

My dear, we're not bothering you, are we? That's my dear friend, Laura Louise

McGurn. He lives up on 12th. Laura Louise is this guy's wife, Rosemary.

Hello, Rosemary. Welcome to the brand.

Laura Louise just met Guy. She wanted to meet you, too. Could we come in?

Uh, of course. Please stay out. Go ahead.

Look at the guy.

There's a light.

How beautiful.

It came this morning. Are you all right, Dan? You look worn.

Oh, no, I'm fine. It's the first day of my period.

You're up and around?

On my birthday, I experienced such pain, I couldn't move, eat, or anything.

Dan used to give me gin through a straw to kill the pain.

Girls today take things much more in their stride.

They're much healthier than we were thanks to vitamins, better medical care.

What are those things over there? Seat covers?

Um, cushions for the window seats.

And before I forget, this is for you from Roman and me.

For me?

Just a little present is all. For moving in.

There's no reason. It's real old. It's over 300 years.

It's lovely.

The green inside is called Tannis root. That's for good luck.

It's lovely, but I can't accept it. You already have.

Put it on.

You'll get used to the smell before you know it. Here, go on.

Oh, yes.

Were his stories as interesting as last night? Yes.

Did you have a good time?

All right.

I got a present.

It was Terry's. No kidding.

Kind of pretty, though.

Aren't you gonna wear it?

It smells.

There's stuff in it called tannis root from a greenhouse.

Not too bad, though.

Tannis, anyone?

If you took it... You ought to wear it.

Oh, God, no.

Oh, poor guy.

And, uh, you don't have any idea what's causing it? Oh, my God, that's awful.

That's just awful.

Yes, I would.

I mean, yes, I am.

I hate to get it that way, but...

Well, you'd have to speak to my agent about that end of it.

Alan Stone.

I'm sure there won't be any problem, Mr. Weiss, not as far as we're concerned.

Thank you, Mr. Weiss.

Guy?

What is it?

Donald Baumgart. He's gone blind.

He woke up yesterday and he can't see.

Oh, no.

Oh, I've got the part.

That's a hell of a way to get it.

Listen, uh, I have to get out and walk around. Yeah, I understand. Go ahead.

It's a fascinating part.

He'll really be noticed this time. He also has an offer for a lead in a

television series, Miami Beach.

He's suddenly very hot.

Now I understand why you're so overjoyed. Well, it's a difficult period

in his life. A challenge.

I see.

You know how actors are. They're all a bit self-centered. I bet even Laurence

Olivier is vain and self-centered.

It's a difficult part.

He's got to work with crutches, and naturally, he's preoccupied.

And he... well, preoccupied.

I say, you had another suicide up there at Happy House. Oh, didn't I tell you?

No, you didn't. It was that girl I told you about. The drug addict who was

rehabilitated by this old couple, the Castavets. I'm sure I told you that.

They didn't rehabilitate her very successfully, it seems.

I've been a creep.

It's from worrying if Baumgard would regain his sight, rat that I am. Oh,

it's natural. You're bound to feel two ways about it. Even if I'm Mr. Yamaha

for the rest of my days, I'm gonna stop giving you the short end of the stick.

You haven't been. Yes, I have. I've been tearing my hair out over my career.

Let's have a baby, all right?

Let's have three babies, one at a time, all right?

A baby, you know.

Ma-ma, da-da, poo-poo, you know. You mean it?

Sure I mean it. Sure I mean it. I even figured out the right time to start.

Look.

You really mean it? Really?

No, I'm kidding. Sure I mean it.

Oh, Ro, honey, for God's sakes, don't cry, all right? Oh, no.

I won't.

Here goes nothing.

But nobody has a fire tonight.

Isn't it gorgeous?

I hope we have the coldest winter ever.

Good.

Good.

Who says it's nothing to ESP?

Madame and Monsieur shall have the dessert after all. Mousse au chocolat,

or as many calls it, chocolate mouse.

I was afraid she'd stay all evening.

Oh, she just wanted us to try it. See, and it's one of her specialities.

It was sweet of her, really. We shouldn't make fun of her. Yeah, you're

right. All right.

Mm.

It's good.

Has an under-taste.

A chalky under-taste.

I don't get it.

That's silly, honey. There is no under-taste.

There is.

Come on, the old bat's slaved all day. Now eat it.

I don't like it. It's delicious.

Here, you can have mine.

All right, don't eat it. There's always something wrong.

Oh, if it's gonna turn into a big thing. Look, if you really can't stand it, just

don't eat it. Mm, it's delicious.

No under-taste at all.

Would you turn the record over, please?

There, Daddy. Do I get a gold star?

You'll get two of them.

I'm sorry if I was stuffy. You were.

It's the Pope at Yankee Stadium!

Christ, what a mob!

That's a great spot for my Yamaha commercial.

I didn't eat anything all day before dinner.

Hey.

Nice. Sleep is what you need. Good night's sleep.

We have to make a baby.

Oh, well.

Well, we'll do it.

Tomorrow, there's plenty of time.

Just a nap.

Why are you taking them off?

To make you more comfortable.

I am more comfortable.

Sleep roll.

Isn't Hutch coming with us?

Catholics only. I wish we weren't bound by these prejudices, but

unfortunately...

Easy, easy.

You've got it too high.

Typhoon!

Typhoon! It killed 55 people in London!

You better go down below, miss.

She's awake. She sees. She don't see. As long as she ate the mouse, she can't see

nor hear. She's like dead now. Sing.

I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well.

It's only the mouse bite.

You'd better have your legs tied down in case of convulsions.

Yes, I suppose so.

There's always a chance it was rabid. If the music bothers you, let me know and

I'll have it stopped.

No, no, no, no.

Please don't change the program on my account.

Try to sleep.

We'll be waiting.

No, Dream, this is really happening.

They tell me you have been bitten by a mouse.

Yes.

That's why I couldn't come to see you. Oh, that's all right.

We wouldn't want you to jeopardize your health.

Am I forgiven, Father?

Oh, absolutely.

It's after nine.

Five minutes.

I have to be at Alan's at ten.

Eat up.

Oh, I will.

What

time

is it?

It's ten after nine.

What time did I go to sleep?

You didn't go to sleep.

You passed out.

From now on, you get cocktails or wine, not cocktails and wine, huh?

The dreams I have.

Don't yell. I already filed them down. I didn't want to miss baby night. And

a couple of my nails were ragged.

And it was... Kind of fun in a necrophile sort of way.

I dreamed someone was raping me.

I didn't know someone inhuman. Thanks a lot.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I didn't want to miss the night.

We could have done it this morning or tonight. Last night wasn't the only

split second.

I was a little bit low to myself, you know.

Hello, dear. Do you like it? Oh, yes. I think I put a little too much cream de

coco on it. No, no, no. It was delicious.

You'll have to give me the recipe.

Yeah, I'd love to. Oh, listen, you go and shop and do me a little teeny favor,

will you? Give me six eggs, a small instance, and I'm going to pay you

later, huh?

All right.

Bye-bye.

Don't you think we ought to talk about it?

About what?

The way you haven't been looking at me?

What are you talking about? I've been looking at you.

You haven't.

Oh, sure I have.

Now, what is it? What's the matter?

Nothing. Never mind.

No, no, don't say that. What is it?

Nothing.

Look, honey, I know I've been preoccupied with the part and all, but

it is important.

That doesn't mean I don't love you.

It was due on Friday.

It was?

Mm-hmm.

It'll probably come tonight or tomorrow.

Wanna bet?

Yeah. Quarter. Okay.

You're gonna lose.

Shut up, will you? You're getting me all jumpy. It's only been two days.

When will I know?

I'll call you just soon as I get the results.

I'd like to do a general examination, just to know simply more.

It was Elise Dunstan who recommended you to me, Doctor.

Oh, yes. How is she? She's fine.

And the boys are great. Did you deliver all of them?

No, just the last.

We went

to

see the Fantastics.

Oh, did you? Mm.

Did you enjoy it? Yeah.

Good.

Hello? Mrs. Woodhouse?

Dr. Hill?

Congratulations.

Really? Really.

Are you there?

Uh, yes. Um, what happens now?

Very little. You come see me next month. You get those Natalie...

When will it be?

It works out to be June 28th.

That sounds so far away.

It is. Yeah.

Well, one more thing, Miss Woodhouse. We'd like another blood sample.

Oh, yes, of course.

What for?

The nurse didn't take enough, so would you drop by and see her?

But I am pregnant, aren't I? Oh, yes. It's just for blood sample, blood sugar

and so forth. Nothing to be concerned about. You're pregnant. Don't worry.

All right. Well, I'll come in on Monday.

All right.

No, I won't. Goodbye,

Doctor Hill.

Blood sugar.

What's that?

That's great. That's just great.

Father. Mother.

Guy. Guy, listen.

Let's make this a new beginning, okay? A new openness in talking to each other

because we haven't been open.

It's true. I've been so goddamn self-centered. That's what the whole

trouble is.

You know I love you, don't you, Ro?

I do. I swear to God I'm gonna be as open as... It's my fault as much as

yours. No, Bull, it's mine now. You bear with me and I'm gonna try and do better,

you hear?

Oh, Guy.

What?

Fine way for parents to be going on.

Hey, you know what I'd love to do?

What?

No, it's supposed to be a deep, dark secret, but I've already told them that

we were trying.

They were so pleased.

Tell them.

Back in two minutes?

Mm-hmm.

The blood sample.

Ta-da!

Now, that's what I call good news.

Oh, honey, congratulations.

Our best wishes, Rosemary. Thank you very much.

We have more peace than we can say. We didn't have any champagne on hand, but

this will do just as nicely. Oh, when are you due, dear?

Oh, it's going to be so exciting. Listen, dear, got a good doctor?

Oh, yes, a very good one. One of the... Top obstetricians is a dear friend of

ours. Abe Saperstein delivers all the society, baby. Abe Saperstein?

One of the finest obstetricians in the country. Wasn't he on open end a couple

of years ago? That's right.

Well?

What about Dr. Hill?

Oh, don't worry about Hill. I'll tell him something. You know me.

Listen, I don't let you go to no Dr. Hill nobody ever heard of. The best...

What is your telephone, huh? Uh, it's, uh, in the bedroom. He's a brilliant

man. Very sensitive.

Rose, sit down. Sit down. No, I'm fine.

Abe, Minnie.

Fine. Listen, Abe, a dear friend of ours just found out today she's pregnant.

Uh, yeah, isn't it? I'm in her apartment right now.

And, uh, we told her you'd be glad to take care of her. You wouldn't charge

her none of your fancy society prices, neither.

Uh, well, just wait a minute.

Rosemary, tomorrow morning at 11?

Yeah, Levin's fine, Abe.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, well, you too.

Uh, no, no, no, no, not at all. All right. Well, let's hope so. Goodbye.

There you are.

Hey, thanks a million, Minnie.

Yes, I don't know how to thank you, both of you. Just have a fine, healthy baby,

that's all.

My, I can't wait to tell Lara, Louise.

Oh, uh, please don't tell anyone else. Not right away.

No, she's right. There's plenty of time.

Now to a fine, healthy baby.

Here, here.

Here.

Andy.

Susan.

Susan.

Please don't read books.

No pregnancy was ever exactly like the ones described in the books.

And don't listen to your friends, either.

No two pregnancies are ever alike.

Dr. Hill prescribed vitamin pills. No pills.

Minnie Castavette has a herbarium.

I'm gonna have her make a daily drink for you that'll be fresher, safer, and

more vitamin-rich than any pills on the market.

Any questions you have, call me night or day.

Call me, not your Aunt Fanny. That's what I'm here for.

Here.

What's in it?

Snips and snails and puppies, dogs' tails.

That's fine, but what if we want a girl?

Do you?

It'd be nice if the first one were a boy.

Well, there you are.

No, really, what is in it?

A raw egg, gelatin, herbs.

Tannis root.

Remember that. Remember some other things.

Don't be so violent, Harry.

If you want to be stupid, be non-violent stupid.

You're in love with no one.

Especially not your fat wife.

I'm a hopeless cripple.

What's that?

I've been to Vidal Sassoon.

Don't tell me you paid for that.

Guy, I have a pain.

Where? Here.

Just now?

Since Monday.

A sharp pain.

Well, did you see Saperstein?

I'm seeing him on Wednesday. This is ridiculous.

I mean, why don't you see Saperstein?

Why don't you see anything? I see him Wednesday regularly.

An entirely natural expansion of the pelvis. You can fight it with ordinary

aspirin. I was afraid it might be an ectopic pregnancy.

Ectopic? I thought you weren't going to read books, Rosemary.

It was staring at me in the drugstore.

Then all it did was worry you. Will you go home and throw it away, please?

I will, I promise. The pains will be gone in two days.

Ectopic pregnancy.

What are you talking about?

You look great.

It's that haircut that looks awful.

You want the truth, honey. That's the worst mistake you ever made.

My God.

It's Vidal Sassoon.

It's very in. What's wrong with you?

Do I look that bad?

Terrible. You're not on one of those Zen diets, are you? No.

Then what is it? Have you seen a doctor?

Hatch, I might as well tell you. I'm pregnant.

Oh, rubbish.

Pregnant women gain weight. They don't lose it.

I don't sleep well.

I have stiff joints or something, so I get the pain.

Nothing serious.

Oh, congratulations.

You must be very happy. Oh, I am.

We both are.

Who's your obstetrician?

Abraham Saperstein.

Oh!

He delivered two of my daughter's babies. He's one of the best in the

city. When did you see him last?

Um, yesterday.

And? And he says it's fairly common.

How much weight have you lost?

Three pounds.

Oh, nonsense. You've lost far more than that.

It's perfectly normal to lose a little at first. Later on, I'll be gaining.

Oh.

We must assume Dr.

Saperstein knows whereof he speaks. He should. He charges enough.

We're getting bargain rates. Our neighbors are close friends of his.

I'll go.

No, no. Stay where you are. Hurts less when I move around.

Oh, I was just... talking about you favorably i hope do you need anything

from outside no thank you for asking is a guy home already no you won't be home

till six oh a friend of ours is here would you would you like to meet him

well if i won't be intruding no no please come

Hutch, this is Roman Castavet, Edward Hutchins. How do you do? Oh, how are

you, sir? I was just telling Hutch that it was you and Minnie who sent me to Dr.

Saperstein. Oh, so Rosemary has told you the good news. Yes, she has. Well, we

must see that she gets plenty of rest.

I was a bit alarmed by her appearance.

Well, she has lost some weight, but that's quite normal for the early

months. Later on, she'll gain probably far too much. So I gather. Please sit

down.

Mrs. Castavet makes a vitamin drink for me every day from fresh herbs she grows.

Yes, all according to Dr.

Saperstein's directions, of course.

He's inclined to be suspicious of commercially prepared vitamin pills.

Indeed? Well, surely they're manufactured under every imaginable

safeguard. Oh, that's quite true. But commercial pills can sit for months on a

druggish shelf and lose a great deal of their original potency. I hadn't thought

of that.

I like the idea of having everything fresh and natural. I bet expectant

mothers chew bits of...

Tannis root, when nobody'd even heard of vitamin pills.

Tannis root?

It's one of the herbs she puts in the drink.

Or is it an herb? Can a root be an herb? You sure you don't mean anise or orris

root? Or tannis.

Look.

It's good luck, too.

Eesh.

Doesn't look like root matter, more like... Mold or fungus of some kind.

Is it ever called by any other name? Oh, not to my knowledge, no.

Janice, I must look it up in the encyclopedia.

What a pretty holder, a charm or whatever it is.

The Castavets gave it to me.

You and your wife seem to be taking better care of Rosemary than her own

parents. Oh, we're very fond of her and of Guy, too.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll have to go. My wife is waiting for me. It's a

pleasure to have met you. Oh, don't bother, Rosemary.

We'll meet again, I'm sure.

I've just noticed he has pierced ears.

Pierced ears and piercing eyes.

What's she like?

Nosy. Funny.

Guy's gotten very close to them. I suppose they've become sort of parent

figures for him.

And you?

I don't know.

Sometimes I think they're too friendly and helpful.

Hey, what a surprise.

How are you, Hutch? Good to see you. You're the surprise. What happened? Oh,

they stopped for a rewrite, those dumb bastards.

Oh, stay where you are. Nobody move.

Would you like some coffee?

Love some.

Seems congratulations are in order. Yeah, it's wonderful, isn't it? When's

the baby due?

June 28th.

Did you know that Dr.

Saperstein delivered two of Hutch's grandchildren?

Really? I met your neighbor, Roman Kastamek. Oh, did you?

Funny old duck, isn't he? Guy, did you ever notice he has pierced ears?

You're kidding. No, not at all.

It's a shame we haven't seen more of you lately, Hutch, but with me being so busy

and Ro being the way she is...

Really haven't seen anyone. Perhaps we can have dinner together soon. You're

not going, are you?

Thanks for the coffee, my dear.

Thank you for coming, my dear.

If this isn't mine, it must be yours. Right you are.

Have you thought about names, or is it you, sir?

Andrew or Douglas, if it's a boy. Melinda or Sarah, if it's a girl. Sarah?

What happened to Susan?

Say, is there another of these around?

I don't see it, Hutch. No, it's not here.

I'll probably be left at the city center. I'll stop back there.

Let's really have that dinner, shall we? Definitely.

Next week.

Bye. Bye.

Bye.

It

was

a nice surprise.

Guess what he said.

What? I look terrible.

Good old Hutch, he's spreading cheer wherever he goes.

I'm gonna get a paper, honey.

He's a professional crape hanger.

He's not a professional crape hanger. And he's one of the top-ranking

amateurs.

I think she's asleep.

Well, I mean... Well, she could be, yeah. I wouldn't do anything.

All right, will you hold on?

It's Hutch. He wants to speak to you.

Oh.

I told him you were resting, but he said he couldn't wait.

I haven't been going out. Why?

Can you meet me tomorrow morning at 11 in front of the Time Life building?

If you want me to.

What is it? Can't you tell me now?

I'd rather not.

We can have an early lunch if you like.

That would be nice.

Okay.

Oh, did you find your glove?

No, they didn't have it.

Good night, Rosemary. Sleep well. You too. Good night.

What was that?

He wants to talk to me.

What about?

I don't know. He wouldn't say.

I think those boys' adventure stories are going to his head.

Where are you meeting him?

Uh, Time and Life Building. Tomorrow at 11 o'clock.

This is ridiculous.

You're pregnant. I've got the ends. I'm gonna get an ice cream cone. You want

one? Yeah, I'd love one.

Vanilla? Uh, okay.

Okay.

Minnie, I'm going out now, so I won't have my drink at 11.

Boy, that's fine, dear. Take it later. Buzz me when you get back, huh?

Pain be gone, I will have no more of thee.

Is this Edward Hutchins' apartment?

Yes. Who is this, please?

My name is Rosemary Woodhouse. I had an appointment with Mr. Hutchins. Is he

there?

Hello? He was taken ill this morning.

Taken ill?

Yes. He's in a deep coma at St. Vincent's Hospital.

That's awful.

I just spoke to him last night about 10.30.

I spoke to him at 11.

Who is this?

You don't know me, Rosemary.

I'm Grace Cardiff, Hutch's friend.

Do they know what's causing it?

No, they don't know yet.

At the moment, he's totally unresponsive. Oh,

I'm going to the hospital now.

Is there anything I can do?

Not really.

Right. Thank you.

As long as Rosemary's going out, I might as well go out and do a little bit of

Christmas shopping. And now here you are, Ariah. Isn't that something?

Oh, darling.

What's the matter? You feel all right?

Oh, you poor thing.

You know what I think? I think we better be going home now. What do you say?

No, no. You have your shopping to do. Oh, shoot. There's two more weeks.

It'll stop any day now.

It's like a wire inside me getting tighter and tighter.

Usually, older women with less flexible joints have this sort of trouble.

I'm not going out anymore. You don't have to.

One minute to go!

Rosemary, I want you to meet Dr.

Shand. He used to be a famous dentist.

He made the chain for your charm.

How'd he do? Yeah, come on, sweetie.

Put this on.

Doc, that looks great. Come over here. Minnie, Minnie.

Yes. Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

To 1966,

the year one!

What the hell are you doing?

Planning the menu.

We're having a party a week from Saturday.

It's for our old fri... I mean, our young friends.

Minnie and Roman are not invited.

Neither is Laura Louise, nor is Dr.

Saperstein. It's gonna be a very special party. You have to be under 60 to get

in.

For a minute there, I didn't think I was going to make it.

Oh, you'll make it all right. You can be a bartender.

Oh, swell.

You really think it's such a good idea?

I think it's the best idea I've had in months.

Don't you think you ought to check with Dr.

Saperstein first?

Before, I'm just giving a party. I'm not going to swim the English Channel.

What about the pain?

Oh, haven't you heard?

It'll go away in a day or two.

That looks interesting.

What's it for?

We're having some people over on Saturday.

Oh, you feel up to entertaining?

Yes, I do.

These are old friends I haven't seen in a long time.

They don't even know yet that I'm pregnant.

Yeah, well, I'll give you a hand if you like. I'll help you dish things out. No,

thank you, Minnie, but I can manage.

It's gonna be a buffet, and we're getting a bartender. Oh, I'll help you

take the coat.

Oh, no, really, you do too much for me, as it is.

Well, let me know if you change your mind.

Drink your drink up.

I'd rather not.

Not right this minute.

I'll drink it in a little while.

Well, don't do the let it stand.

No, I won't wait too long.

You go on back, and I'll bring the glass back to you later.

Oh, I'll wait. I'll save you the walk.

You'll do no such thing. It makes me very nervous when people watch me cook.

Now, scoop.

Don't let it stand too long. It's going to lose its vitamins.

You dirty, stinkin' thing.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

See?

Hey, Rosie. Yeah?

Bob and Leo got stuck at another party, dear, but they'll be over right away.

Oh, fine.

Oh, Rosie, you're so lucky.

It's a prime time. Oh, I know.

You look like a piece of chalk.

To make and feed you, love.

The first one strong to

get them happy. Then I go light the conserve.

Rosie, do you feel okay? You look a little tired.

Thanks for the understatement.

How do you like C.C. Hill? Isn't he a dream boy?

But I'm not going to him.

You're not?

I've got another doctor named Saperstein, an older man.

Oh, congratulations, Papa.

Thanks, want nothing to it.

Ro, I'm going to take that dip inside, all right? Oh, yeah, please.

My flowers?

Yeah.

Elise, will you give me a hand with it? Oh, yeah, sure.

Hey, whatever happened to the other guy? Is he still blind?

Donald Bumgarner? Well, you know who he is. He's the boy that's so popular.

Oh, is he the one? Yeah, he's writing a play. Well, is he still blind? Yeah.

He's going through hell trying to make the adjustments.

Yeah, he dictates. It's all right. Can you imagine the courage of this guy?

He's just blind a few months.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just had a... I'm pregnant.

It's all right. It's good for her. Let her cry it out.

It's all right, darling. It's all right. Sit down. Sit down.

Sorry,

girls. I can't. She's busy.

Look, I have to wash these. Use the bathroom.

When did the pain start?

November.

November? What?

You have been in pain since November and he's not doing anything to help you? He

says it's going to stop.

Why don't you go to see another doctor?

No, he's very good.

He was on open end.

He sounds like a sadistic nut.

Rosemary, pain like that is a warning that something isn't right.

Go see Dr. Hill.

Go see anybody besides that nut.

You can't go on suffering like this. I won't have an abortion.

Nobody's telling you to have an abortion.

Just go to see another doctor, that's all.

Thing to do now is move.

I'm going to Dr. Hill Monday morning.

Dr. Saperstein is either lying or he's, I don't know, out of his mind.

Pain like this is a warning something's wrong.

Roseline. And I'm not drinking Minnie's drink anymore.

I want vitamins in pills like everyone else.

I haven't drunk it for the last three days. I've thrown it away.

You've what?

I've made my own drink.

Is that what those bitches were giving you in there?

Is that their hint for today?

They're my friends. They're a bunch of not very bright bitches who ought to

mind their own goddamn business. All they said was get a second opinion.

Rosemary, you got the best doctor in New York. You know who Dr. Hill is? He's a

Charlie nobody.

That's who he is. I'm tired of hearing how great Dr.

Saperstein is.

Well, we'll have to pay Saperstein. We'll have to pay Hill. Well, it's out

of the question. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. No, I...

I just want to go to Dr. Hill and get a second opinion.

I won't let you do it, Ro.

I mean, because it's not fair to Saperstein.

Not fair to... What are you talking about? What about what's fair to me?

Look, if you want a second opinion, you tell Saperstein and let him decide. No,

I want Dr.

Hill. At least have that much courage.

Rosemary? What is it?

Stop.

What?

Pain. Stop.

Stop. Stop. Stop.

What was in that drink you made?

Um, eggs, milk, sugar, sugar.

Oh, Rosemary, for Christ's sakes, what else was in that drink?

It's alive.

God, it's moving.

It's alive. It's all right.

Feel it.

Oh, yeah, I felt it.

Don't be scared. It won't bite. Oh, it's wonderful. I feel it kicking.

It's alive.

It's moving.

Some of this mess.

Thanks, boys.

Have one of the big. Thank you.

Bye.

What's that for?

It's my hospital suitcase.

Honey, you got three weeks.

Yes?

Hello, Mrs. Cardiff.

No.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Yes, of course I will.

Hutch is dead.

I feel awful. This time I didn't even think of him.

I was

going

to mail this, but then I thought you would be here. What is it? A book.

Hutch regained consciousness at the end, and he thought it was the next morning.

You know, when you had the appointment.

Oh, yes.

I wasn't there, but he told the doctor to make sure that you got the book that

was on his desk.

Thank you.

Oh, and I'm to tell you, the name is an anagram.

The name of the book?

Apparently.

He was delirious, so it's hard to be sure.

I heard you come in. Certainly wasn't very long.

I was late. I couldn't get a taxi.

Oh, what a shame.

You got mail already?

Somebody gave it to me.

Here, I'll hold it.

Book?

Oh, I know that house. The Gilmours used to live there.

Oh? Yeah.

Oh, I've been there lots of times.

Grace, that's one of my favorite names.

Yes? yeah you need anything nothing thank you take a nap why don't you i'm

going to yeah goodbye

Born in Glasgow in 1846.

He was soon after brought to New York. He was out for several years in the

United States.

He was attacked by a mob outside the prime.

Outside, not in the lobby.

There are no witches, not really.

Name is an anagram.

Now that really makes sense.

What's with the chain?

What's the matter?

You all right? I'm fine.

Oh.

Oh, thank you.

How was the funeral?

Okay. I got the shirt that was in the New Yorker.

I got that shirt that was in the New Yorker.

That's nice.

Do you know who Roman really is? What do you mean, honey?

He's Adrian Marcado's son.

What? Come here.

I'm going to show you something.

Roman Castavet is Stephen Marcado. Be around.

It's from Hutch.

No.

And look here.

There he is when he was 13.

See the eyes?

Coincidence? In the same house. And look, look here.

Soon after that, in August 1886, his son Steven was born.

1886. Got it? That makes him 79 now.

No coincidence.

No, I guess not.

He's Steven Marcato, all right.

Poor old geezer. With a crazy father like that, no wonder he switched his

name around.

You don't think he's the same?

What do you mean, a witch?

Roe, are you kidding?

Oh, Roe, honey.

His father was a martyr to it. Do you know how he died?

Honey, it's 1966.

This was published in 1933.

There were covens in Europe. That's what they're called, the congregation.

Covens in Europe, in America, and in Australia, and they have one right here.

That whole bunch, the parties with the singing and the flute and the chanting,

those are espiths or sabbaths or whatever they're called. I mean, don't

get excited, huh? Read what they do, Guy.

They use blood in their rituals, and the blood that has the most power is baby's

blood. And they don't just use the blood, they use the flesh, too.

Rosemary, for God's sakes.

They're not setting foot in this apartment ever again. And they're not

coming within 50 feet of the baby. They're old people. They have a bunch of

old friends. Dr. Shan happens to play the recorder.

They're not taking any chances with the baby's safety.

We're gonna sublet and move out. We are not. Oh, yes, we are. Now, we'll talk

about it later.

And I don't think you ought to read any more of that.

Just this last chapter. Not today, honey.

Look, your hands are shaking now. Come on, give it to me. Guy!

I mean it now.

Give it to me.

Fantastic.

Absolutely fantastic.

What'd you say the name was? Machado?

Machado. Fantastic. I think he told me once his father was a coffee importer.

He told Guy he was a producer. I understand how disturbed you must be to

have it for a close neighbor.

I don't want anything more to do with him. Or Minnie. I can't take even the

slightest chance where the baby's safety is concerned.

Absolutely. Any mother would feel the same way.

Is there any chance at all that maybe Minnie put something harmful in those

drinks or in those little cakes?

Oh, Rosemary.

I'd have seen evidence of it long ago.

I won't take anything else from her. You won't have to.

I can give you some pills that'll be adequate in these last few weeks.

In a way, this may be the answer to Minnie and Roman's problem, too.

What do you mean?

Roman's very ill. In fact, confidentially, he has no more than a

month or two left to him.

I have no idea. He wanted to pay a last visit to a few of his favorite cities.

They didn't want to offend you by leaving before the baby's birth.

I'm sorry to hear that Roman isn't well.

He'd be extremely embarrassed if he knew what you found out.

Suppose we do this.

I'll tell them to leave on Sunday. I'll say I spoke to you and you understand.

Are you sure they'll leave on Sunday?

I'll see to it.

No matter where we are, our thoughts are gonna be with you every minute, darling,

till you're all happy and thin again. Your sweet old boy or girl's laying safe

in your arms. Thank you. Thank you for everything. Yeah, you make guys send us

lots of pictures, yeah? Yes, I will.

Now, I'm not going to wish you good luck because you won't need it. You're going

to have a happy, happy life.

Have a good trip and come back safely. Perhaps.

But I may stay on in Dubrovnik or Biscata or maybe Majorca. We shall see.

We shall see. Come back.

Bye, Minnie.

Yeah, goodbye.

Goodbye, Roman. Bye-bye. Take care now.

Kennedy Airport.

Bye, Minnie.

Bye.

Where's my book?

Oh, I, uh, put it in the garbage.

What? I didn't want you upsetting yourself anymore.

Guy, Hutch gave me that book. He left it to me.

I wasn't thinking about that.

That's a terrible thing to do. I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking about Hutch.

Hey, watch out, lady!

thank you

In some cults, it was believed that a personal possession of the victim was

necessary, and spells could not be cast without one of the victim's belongings.

Yeah?

Is this Donald Baumgartner? That's right.

This is Rosemary Woodhouse, Guy Woodhouse's wife.

Oh, yes.

I want to know... My God, you must be a happy little lady. I just... Living in

the brown rows of uniform... I wanted to know how you are, if there's been any

improvement. Well...

We're both very unhappy that he got his break because of your misfortune.

Well, what the hell?

That's the way it goes, right?

I'm sorry I didn't come along that day he came to visit you.

Visit?

No. Oh, you mean the day we met for drinks?

Yes, that's what I meant.

By the way, he has something of yours, you know.

Don't you know?

No.

Didn't you miss anything that day?

You don't mean my tie, do you?

Yes. Well, he's got mine and I've got his.

He can have it back.

I'm sorry. It doesn't matter to me now what color tie I'm wearing.

I didn't understand. I thought he'd only borrowed it. No, no, no.

hang up now i just wanted to know if there'd been any improvement

You aren't in labor, are you?

No, but I have to see the doctor. It's very important. Well, he has to leave at

five, and there is Mrs. Byron.

I'm sure he'll see you. Just sit down. Thank you.

How is it out there?

Oh, awful. Ninety-four.

Oh. See you next week. Make an appointment.

Yeah, I will.

You're due any day now, aren't you?

What, Tuesday?

You're smart to get it over with before August.

Mrs.

Byron, he'll see you right after.

See you July the 10th.

Four o'clock? All righty.

See you then. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Hmm. That smells nice. What is it?

Oh, it's called detrimer.

Well, it's a big improvement on your regular, if you don't mind my saying.

That wasn't a perfume. That was a good luck charm. I threw it away.

Good.

Maybe the doctor will follow your example.

Dr. Saperstein?

He has the aftershave.

But it isn't, is it? I don't think he has a good luck charm.

Anyway, he has the same smell once in a while, whatever it is. And when he does,

oh, boy.

Haven't you ever noticed?

Well, maybe you thought it was your own you were smelling.

What is it, a chemical thing?

Will you excuse me a moment, please?

My husband is waiting outside. I have to go and tell him something.

I'll be back in a minute.

uh dr hill please this is his answering service would you like to leave a

message um yes my name is rosemary woodhouse woodhouse

and um would you ask him to call me back right away please uh my number is four

seven five two five nine eight it's an emergency i'm in a phone booth all right

Oh, he didn't say that.

What else was it that he said?

Oh, that's wonderful.

That's marvelous.

Yes, Dr. Hill? Did I get the name right? Is it Rosemary Woodhouse? Yes.

Are you Dr. Hill's patient?

No.

Yes, I mean, well, I've seen him once.

Please, please tell him he has to speak to me. It's important.

Tell him to call me. All right. Thank you.

Older than witches.

Don't you worry, little Andy or Jenny. I'll kill them before I let them touch

you.

Yes, Doctor?

Mrs. Woodhouse? Yes.

Oh, thank you. Thank you for calling me. I thought you were in California.

No.

No. I've been to another doctor.

And he isn't good, Doctor Hill. He's been lying to me and giving me...

unusual kinds of drinks and capsules.

The baby's due on Tuesday. Remember you told me June 28th? Well, I want you to

deliver it. Mrs. Woodhouse.

No, please let me talk to you. Let me come and explain what's been going on.

I can't stay too long here.

They'll be coming looking for me.

Dr. Hill?

Dr. Hill, there's a plot.

I know that sounds crazy. You're probably thinking, my God, this poor

girl is really flip, but I... I haven't flipped, Dr.

Hill, I swear. By all the saints, I haven't. There are plots against people,

aren't there?

Yes, I suppose there are. Well, there's one against me and my baby.

Come to my office tomorrow after five. No, right now.

Mrs. Woodhouse, I'm not at my office now. I'm home. I've been up since

yesterday morning. I beg you.

I beg you.

I can't stay here.

Yes, thank you. Oh, wait, Dr.

Hill. My husband may call you and ask if you... I'm not going to speak to anyone.

I'm going to take a nap.

Keep the change.

Driver, please, could you wait and watch until I'm inside the door?

He lied to you. He said we were going to Hollywood.

The worst thing of all, he's involved with them as well.

He sleeps in pajamas now. He never used to before.

He's probably hiding a mark.

You know, they give you marks when you join. All sorts of rituals. They hold

Sabbaths there. You could hear them singing through the wall.

Guy, my husband Guy, said it was Dr. Shand, one of these people playing a

recorder.

Now, how did he know it was Dr. Shand unless he was there with them?

Um, they're very...

Clever people.

They planned everything right from the beginning.

They probably made some sort of deal with Guy. They gave him success, and he

promised them a baby to use in their rituals.

I know this sounds crazy, but I've got books here. Look.

There was another actor like him, Donald Baumgart, and they put a spell on him.

They cast a spell on him and made him blind so that Guy could get his part.

Look. Here.

I had this friend, Edward Hutchins. Maybe you heard of him. A writer. He

wrote stories for boys.

Anyway, he was my good friend since I first came to New York.

May I keep this?

Yes, please.

And look.

Anyway, once Mr. Hutchins came to visit me.

Came to visit me. It was the time I was having this pain, Doctor.

I was suffering so... You can't imagine how much I was suffering.

And they wouldn't help me. Nobody would. They were giving me a drink with tannis

root in it. Also, witch's stuff, tannis root.

Hutch came and immediately saw something was wrong. He knew about witches, you

see. Suddenly, Guy rushed in with his makeup still on, which he never did.

They probably called him to come home and steal one of Hutch's belongings,

which he did, took his glove, and they put a spell on him, too.

Put him in a coma.

Three months later, he died.

Now, maybe all this is coincidence, but one thing is for sure. They have a

coven, and they want my baby.

Certainly seems that way.

I was afraid you wouldn't believe me.

I don't believe in witchcraft, but there are plenty of maniacs and crazy people

in this city.

The doctor's name is Shand, you say?

No, no, Dr.

Shand is one of these people. The doctor's name is Saperstein.

Abraham Saperstein?

Yeah.

Do you know him?

I've met him once or twice.

To look at him, you'd never think he... No, you wouldn't. Not in a million

years.

Would you like to go into Mount Sinai right now?

this evening yeah i would love to would that be possible it's difficult we'll

try i want you to lie down and get some rest anything they've got even

a broom closet be fine i hope we can do better than that

i'll

see what i can do and i'll check you all

Should I undress now? No, it'll take me about a half an hour on the telephone.

You just lie down and rest.

Nice, clean hospital with no visitors.

Unspeakable.

Unspeakable.

Come with us quietly, Rosemary.

Don't argue or make a scene.

Because if you say anything more about witches or witchcraft, I'd better be

forced to take you to a mental hospital.

You don't want that, do you?

So put your shoes on.

We just wanna take you home.

No one's gonna hurt you.

For the baby.

Put your shoes on.

She's fine now.

We gotta go home and rest.

That's all it takes.

Thank you for your trouble, Doctor.

I'm glad I could be of help, sir.

It's a shame you had to come in here.

Good evening, Mrs. Woodhouse.

Thank you.

Who's this? The babysitter. Do you know where she went?

They went to the movies.

This is Rosemary. Please ask her to call Rosemary the second she gets home. It's

terribly urgent.

Don't forget.

Don't worry. I'll tell her. Thank you.

We don't want to hurt you, Ro.

Were your friends Rosemary?

There's nothing to be afraid of, Rosemary. Honest and truly, there isn't.

There's nothing but a mild sedative to calm you down.

You know I wouldn't let anyone... Oh.

Rose!

Rose!

Rose! Help me!

Oh, Rose, baby. Somebody!

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute now.

We happen to be in labor here.

Here? Here. You're going to be all right, baby.

You're going to be perfectly all right. I swear to God you will. It was supposed

to be doctor's hospital.

Please don't. Doctor's hospital. You're going to be perfectly all right. I give

you my absolute word of honor. Everything's clean and sterile.

No, she isn't here, Elise.

I'll have her call you back.

Eugenie!

Yes. It's fine.

What is it?

A boy.

Really? A boy?

And it's all right?

Yes.

Where is it?

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, dear, what a start you gave me. My goodness.

The baby, where is it?

Oh, you wait here. One minute.

Where's my baby?

I'll go find Dr. Abe.

Just wait.

Where's the baby?

Where is it?

Honey.

There were complications, Rosemary, but nothing that will affect future births.

It's... Dead.

In the wrong position.

The hospital might have been able to do something about it, but you wouldn't

listen. Honey, we can have others as soon as you're better.

I promise you. Absolutely. You could start at another in a very few months.

As soon as you're better.

I don't believe you. You're both lying.

You're lying.

It didn't die. You took it.

You're lying.

You're witches.

You're lying.

Abe says it's called pre-partum. I don't know. It's some kind of a hysteria.

Boy, you were really kapow out of your mind.

I know where you got the idea that Minnie and Roman were witches.

But how come you thought that Abe and I joined the party?

Let's face it, darling, you had the pre-partum crazies.

Now you're gonna rest and you're gonna get over them.

I know this is the worst thing that ever happened to you, but from now on,

everything's gonna be roses.

Paramount's within an inch of where we want them, and suddenly Universal's

interested too.

And we're gonna blow this town. We're gonna be in the beautiful hills of

Beverly with a pool and a spice garden, a whole schmear, and the kids too, Ro.

Scout's honor. You heard what Abe said.

I got to run now and get famous.

Let me see your shoulder.

Let me see your shoulder.

Are you kidding?

Your left shoulder.

All right.

Anything you say.

I generally prefer doing this to music.

Left shoulder.

Right shoulder.

And that's as far as I go without a blue light.

The high-pressure area that we see here has been causing this extreme heat and

humidity, and unfortunately will be staying with us city dwellers through

the rest of the week.

It will be hot and overcast upstate New York as well, with the possibility of

thundershowers tonight and tomorrow, with gradual clearing by tomorrow night.

All you people leaving the city this upcoming weekend should find it hot.

Do you hear baby crying?

No, I don't, dear.

Now, you come and get into your bed now. It's time for you to take your pill.

Did you turn the air conditioner off?

Mm-hmm. You mustn't do that, dear.

People are actually dying. It's so hot.

What do you do with the milk?

Why, uh, throw it away.

Oh, your pill, Rosemary.

Hello, girls.

95 out.

Some new people moved on in up at 8.

Do they have a baby?

How'd you know that?

I heard it crying.

Oh, wait a minute.

Oh, no, don't do that.

Why not?

A little messy, that's all.

so so

um

Easy, easy.

Thank you.

Rosemary, go back to bed. You know you're not supposed to be up and around.

Is the moselle?

Rosemary. Shut up. Shut up. You're in Dubrovnik. I don't hear you.

What have you done to it?

What have you done to its eyes?

He has his father's eyes.

What are you talking about? Guy's eyes are normal.

What have you done to him, you maniac?

Satan is his father, not Guy.

He came up from hell and begat a son of mortal woman.

Hail Satan! Hail Satan! Satan is his father.

And his name is Adrian.

He shall overthrow the mighty and lay waste their temples.

He shall redeem the despised and wreak vengeance in the name of the burned and

the tortured.

Hail Adrian!

Hail Adrian! Hail Satan! Hail Satan!

He chose you out of all the world. But of all the women in the whole world, he

chose you. He arranged things, because he wanted you to be the mother of his

only living son.

His power is stronger than stronger.

Hail Satan! His might shall last longer than longer. Hail Satan!

Louise are too old.

It's not right.

Think about it, Rosemary.

Oh, God!

Oh, shut up with your old gods, or we'll kill you milk or no milk! You shut up!

Rosemary... She's his mother, so show some respect.

Come, my friend.

Come see him. Come and see the child.

What

would you like to

drink? I should go.

Hey, promise me you wouldn't be hurt.

And you haven't been, really.

Supposing you had the baby and you lost it.

Wouldn't that be the same?

We're getting so much in return, Raoul.

Oh, Guy, let me introduce you to Aguirre and Stavropoulos.

How proud you must be.

Is this the mother?

Why in the name? Here, drink this. You'll feel a little better.

What's in it?

Tannis root?

Nothing's in it. Just plain, ordinary Lipton's tea. You drink it.

Rocking him too fast.

Sit down.

Get her out of here. Put her where she belongs. You're rocking him too fast.

That's why he's crying.

Mind your own business. Let Rosemary rock you.

Go on, sit down with the others. Let Rosemary rock you. Well, she's liable

to... Sit down with the others, Laura Louise.

Trying to get me to be his mother.

Aren't you his mother?