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Something [music] has happened to me

which I do not understand. All I know

for certain is I am alive. How I got

here, who I am, I do not know. But I

must have seen or done something,

something terrible, to be buried alive,

to be left for dead. I can remember

nothing of my life, my friends or my

enemies. But the key to my identity lies

somewhere out there. And I will search

until I find the man I was and hope to

be again.

February 8th, 1866.

And barring unforeseen acts of treachery

by man or fate, events all too familiar

in my new life, I should reach the city

of New Orleans by nightfall in this

place called the Palace of Dreams, where

I pray I will [music] find the schwa to

winter and the secret she holds as to my

true identity and past.

>> You need look no further

than dreams. that she left this business

card behind following our last encounter

I feel was no accident. And so with each

day I grow closer to her and this

destination, so too grows a profound

[music] conflict of emotions. The

childlike excitement of possibly

discovering who I really am. The very

real fear that I will discover nothing.

Perhaps what I should be fearing most is

the possibility I may drive myself over

the brink and explode.

into madness.

HE

EVERYBODY

YEAH.

How about

friend?

Your pleasure, sir.

Look

>> for a friend.

>> A woman.

>> Any of our ladies would welcome that

opportunity, sir.

>> One in particular,

>> a woman named Schwad the Winter.

>> Since Carnival,

Mr. The winter has taken to hanging

about the streets.

>> So perhaps you'd like to reconsider that

drink. Her execution took longer than

her trial. The Yankees don't take kindly

to the slaying and robbing of their pay

masters.

>> Please, sir, allow me to offer something

of solace. This is the palace of dreams.

You need only name yours.

Do you recognize this face?

>> Coffee, please.

Fresh and ready. M.

and have been provided worthy opposition

for the evening of prayer.

>> Of course, Mu,

>> the three gentlemen are waiting at the

table.

>> They have eyes like slaughter sheep

at 9:15.

By 10:00, I shall have the last dollar

of each. Fresh opponent shall be

required. Immediately after, will it be

done? It will certainly be attempted,

Miss. But you must remember that this is

the final night of carnival.

>> Carnival.

>> But that would make it February, would

it not, sir?

>> Yes, Miss

>> and to the best of my observation,

tonight is as cold and crisp as any

autumn evening in New Orleans.

>> Of course, Miss I am mistaken.

>> It is October.

Just so

>> gentlemen, may I be allowed to twist the

tiger?

>> But it is February

>> inside these walls. Reality is what Mio

Move says it is.

>> So he is the owner, sir.

>> He is the palace of dreams.

>> As my man sets the

>> What is this game?

>> Why Faroh? Of course, sir. It's all the

rage.

>> Apparently not in the circles I travel.

No more complicated than this. Two cards

revealed from the deck each turn. The

first one the winner for the house. The

second the one remaining in the box.

>> The winner for the player.

>> You may [clears throat] bet on either or

both. The beads on the case keeper keep

track of which cards have been played.

>> So the king in the tray. No bets were

placed on either picture. So all the

players lost.

>> You are speaking hypothetically, sir.

>> I'm speaking of the cards just played.

>> Sir, the game has yet to start.

But I I saw that. So what, sir?

If you'll pardon me, you seem quite in

need of sleep, sir.

>> Yes, I'm just tired, that's all.

>> Let us hear all the cat roars.

>> The king trey is the first term. An

excellent guess on your part, sir.

I

>> I think I'll have that drink now.

[clears throat and sighs]

A prediction for the next turn, sir.

>> No, I would summize all royalty.

Face cards. It happens quite often.

>> Double sixes.

>> A split, gentlemen.

After the bets on the card, go to the

bank.

>> Split. Two cards of identical rank

dealt, sir.

Which ones?

>> You may want to look for yourselves,

sir.

>> An amazing system. You have

>> no system.

Never even heard the word pharaoh until

2 minutes ago.

Ace to lose

>> and a tray [music] once again to win.

Jack 10.

>> Jack 10.

>> Now another split.

>> Eight and eight. Split gentleman.

>> Five.

Nine.

King.

Deuce.

Split.

I don't understand this.

>> A natural affinity for the game, sir.

Nothing more.

>> A split, gentleman.

>> It is seemingly just not your night.

>> Assuming those were all your resources,

gentlemen. L comedy a

streets are madness now. I would suggest

staying here till morning.

>> No.

I know Mimov would insist.

>> There's room now for the gentleman to

play.

>> I don't know the game.

>> Only

9:45, sir. Ample time to learn it all.

From first car to last, soda to hawk.

It's an experience

that can open whole new worlds.

Yes.

play.

>> The gentleman is either very lucky or

far more skilled than he let on.

>> And now for the last bet, Miss Mu, just

three cards are left in the deck. How

shall the tiger be fed?

>> $100

on the deuce to lose.

$100 on the nine. Final card, $500

on the queen.

>> No coincidence that the bank has exactly

that amount remaining.

>> No coincidence.

>> A

courteous but confusing bet, Miss But we

know full well that all four of the

ladies have played

the bets. You are trying to make one of

us a fool. Miss, show the cards. Happy

tricks. Miss

>> power of concentration

or lack of it. On the second turn, your

man was so busily watching me, he moved

the wrong counter across the abacus.

[music]

Your powers of memory are sublime,

missile. That's not a compliment I hear

very often.

>> I was hoping for a rematch.

>> I am temporarily out of funds.

>> Well, perhaps we could play for

something other than money.

>> There is nothing other than money.

>> We could figure something out over a

drink and conversation.

>> I no longer indulge in either.

>> Make an exception.

We have something in common to discuss.

The possibility exists. And talk with me

now.

No, Mur. I will, however, honor your

request for a rematch.

Let's begin. We shall miss you, but not

until [music] 3:00 a.m. In the

meanwhile, we both shall rest and

anticipate. Till then, Miss

>> But why does it have to be three?

>> So, majestic a memory. And you do not

recall. I have no earthly idea what

you're talking about.

It was 3:00 this year when our last game

was so tragically

interrupted

last game.

If you will follow me,

>> if you will accept my counselor,

>> Senora,

have I been here before? Do you

recognize me?

>> Many years, many faces. Senori, it only

becomes a one blur. It is possible. It

is not. I could not tell you.

>> You wouldn't consider taking that thing

off, would you?

>> My mask. Oh, not until dawn. Senor is

Martigra.

>> Not to miss. For some reason, he

pretends it doesn't exist.

You're the first evidence I've seen that

it exists in the Palace of Dreams at

all.

>> Carnival is here in the Palace of Dreams

more than any place else in the city.

Yeah.

>> And over here again,

do not celebrate the migra. Do not

leave. Senori to d the false mask.

Release the true nature. Consume a

depraved love. gorge the [music]

forbidden fruit to exact revenge, rape,

even murder. Madonami, I want to be

forgotten and forgiven in the ashes and

dependence of the dawn. Hey, Senor,

you're not in the spirit of Carne

Valley. [crying]

>> What will I see if I look through that

peepphole?

>> There is none. Senor,

>> what's happened that makes the woman cry

so

that room is empty? Come with me. Let me

show you to yours.

Should you be desirous of anything prior

to your rendev,

you need only to ring sugar pie.

>> Wait,

there is something I desire.

>> Ask and it is yours.

>> You to take off that mask.

>> That is the one thing that is not

possible. talking about

take it out

>> that you would follow me all the way

here from Texas. Why? It just makes

melt. Mr. Lazarus,

>> but you are a mistaken. I am the Reena

Darangelos.

>> Stop it.

>> Talk to me. The woman on the gallows.

>> That was your senor or someone with

enough of a resemblance to serve. Msure

Move is the possessor of powers that can

make a girl agreed to do almost anything

the strangest to things, including going

to her death in someone else's place.

>> He was part of the robbery of the Yankee

pay master, wasn't he?

>> We are the best of friends, and that's

all I care to say. I suggest that you

leave this place immediately in the

interest of your own health.

>> I didn't come here for my health.

>> One rarely does at the Palace of Treats.

>> Believe I have something that belongs to

you.

Who is he?

I want a name. This is someone who loved

me

and I loved as well.

Or should I call Miss?

I plan to pose the same question to you.

Who is she? [crying]

>> She was

my friend, my enemy.

Both and neither. is not an answer

>> and she is not a question that should be

raised in a place like this.

You never should have come here.

Leave

if you value your life.

But it was you who lured me here. You

brought me here.

What?

What?

[music]

>> [laughter]

>> Heat. Heat. [crying]

Tra, trader,

>> there's no place for you to run. No.

What's down there?

Answer me.

That would pose difficulties. Miss, my

man is for all purposes. Mute. His

tongue was bitten off in an altercation

involving doubts as to my personal

integrity. He is quite tenacious.

What is it you want him to tell you?

>> Well, the woman is behind the door. I

heard her crying in pain.

>> Yes,

I hear her often.

This is a house wreathed in pain,

Missure,

of loss.

But

you should know that.

>> Why should I know that?

>> It is now nearly 3. You will find proper

attire inside the armwire of your room.

Please wear it. Who is she? Met

her. Of course,

the lovely Claire,

my wife, Mr. Lazarus.

The sticks on which we will be playing.

[music]

[music]

No place for you to run.

>> I'm not ready. Go tell him that I've yet

to put on my proper attire.

>> I haven't been sent to fetch you. He

doesn't even know I'm here. I saw him

speak to you in the corridor. What did

he say about me?

>> Not you. Nothing. He spoke only of a

woman named Cla, his wife. What were the

words? What did he recall? Was my name

mentioned?

>> He said no more. That she is his wife

and the stakes to our game.

Will you please explain to me why I've

spent the past 3 months with pictures of

another man's spouse dancing in my head?

>> I'm more concerned about what's

currently dancing in his head.

>> Is she here in this place?

>> Yes. No. She's everywhere. Nowhere.

>> Talk straight and plain. Damn it.

>> He will kill us both tonight. Is that

plain enough?

>> Why?

>> I can't.

>> If you stop talking in riddles and

explain this to me, perhaps I can do

something to prevent it.

>> Your arrival,

it's rekindled all the fires inside him

about her and about what happened. If

you had never come, he would still be

living in his dreams.

>> What did I have to do with her?

Yes,

I'm ready.

Everywhere

and nowhere.

Mr. Lazarus,

please.

You will enjoy this, M. I liberated it

from the sellers of Bonapart himself.

Well, more precisely, from a ship

carrying it from those sellers.

I assumed you would prefer to play with

a cold deck.

>> I don't know what that means. It means

that I may have been and still am many

things, but a cheat is not one of them.

It is something I will not tolerate.

>> That's reassuring.

And if the lady declares to be the

object of the game, should she not be

here also.

>> She is not far.

>> I want her within my sight if I am to

play this game.

>> I fear you might find her a grave

disappointment.

>> And she is dead.

>> She is the pot, sir. More than that, you

will have to win to discover her. Damn

you. Tell me, does she live?

>> Play me, sir.

And no.

>> Then uh let us begin.

You insult us both. I offer as Andy the

answers to a dream and you counter with

mere currency. I have since weighed your

idea of betting with something other

than cash and found it worthy.

>> And what would that be? The dearest most

irreplaceable chip.

One's life. Miss

>> I don't follow.

>> Oh, you do more fair. One deck, one game

played to one outcome. Your death or

mine.

>> You're joking.

>> I don't laugh at jokes, much less make

them. I have no interest in life without

Claire. And I have no interest in taking

your life.

>> You are that sure of the outcome?

>> I have beaten you every turn to date.

>> To date, Miss,

what were the cards again you called

from the bar? King Trey and then double

sixes. I can't recall exactly how it

went from there, but no matter.

Jack nine ace seven

all four juices in succession just speak

the cards sir I shall deal it from the

deck on quue as I already have for you

twice this evening

>> I saw the cards before the deal

>> would you like me to do it again

>> I thought you were a cheat

>> those were not games miss

seductions

and now that I have you here for a

genuine contest we shall play With equal

advantage, no trickery.

My man will deal.

For every turn you win, a detail of

Clare revealed. For each turn lost, a

bullet loaded in one of those chambers.

We are agreed.

>> No, Miss sir, we are not agreed. I do

not consider a human life a chip to

wager.

>> This is the [laughter] game.

>> THIS IS INSANE. THE HONORABLE gambler

never leaves the table without offering

the option of recoup of losses. And it

is a serious loss I have suffered, sir.

But I am not a gambler. House rules,

Miss. My man will cut you down where you

stand if you refuse. And with your own

weapon, Miss a particularly humiliating

way to die, don't you think?

Shall I sweeten the pot even further?

The door in which you show so much

interest.

The one wreathed in black. Go to it.

You'll find it now unlocked. What you

discover, we'll have you back here in

half a minute's time.

The tiger grows impatient.

>> [music]

>> Fire.

Fire.

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat.

[music]

[music]

No, Senor.

She's not dead.

It is she that I hear weeping.

She is here in this place somewhere.

>> You hear her only in your mind.

>> Then where is she?

>> I swear to you I do not know.

>> But Mo does.

>> That can only be discerned by playing

his mad man's game.

>> I have no choice.

>> You do indeed. Senor,

you will leave this place now. His rage

will subside and he'll return to the

comfort of his fantasies.

>> What happened that night?

>> Go, Mr. Lazarus, or I will kill you. You

will not play his game. You will not

revive any more of his memories.

>> Alas, Mashia,

I am fully revived

and now must extend my invitation to

game to yourself as well.

Cebu play.

Sher, if you will keep track of the

cards dealt,

the gentleman and I will be playing each

other.

What monetary value would you set for a

human life? Sir,

>> I wouldn't.

>> The silver chips, 30 pieces to each.

So Ms.

shall we twist the tagger

begin

the jack to lose

the eight to win.

King

try

>> action is jack eight.

>> 49 cards remaining. Sir,

>> ample time to learn the game.

>> Next turn, gentlemen.

Deuce to lose, tend to win.

>> Deuce to lose,

tend to win.

>> Ample time.

Now tell me about Claire.

She was brought here October last. By

whom? [clears throat]

Next bit. Miss you.

>> [snorts]

>> I was to be her keeper until

Seven.

King Ace to win.

Queen to lose.

>> Action is queen seven.

>> She was beautiful.

Even with the ladam passing her eyes,

darling her speech.

She was so beautiful.

You're fault. It was all your fault.

You might as well killed her with your

own hands.

If you could just not have come here

that night, if you just could have

followed simple orders in the first

place in Washington, if you had just

stayed at home that night and not gone

to the theater, they never would have

taken her.

>> Who are they?

>> They never would have brought her to

this place as your bait.

>> Who?

>> I never would have even met her. LEARN

TO LOVE HER.

DAMN.

Last turn. Mister

three guards left. We [snorts] both know

what they are, but as to their order.

Trey to lose,

you see six to win, and the king the

final card.

Trey

six.

Final card.

The Jack.

>> Have not all the Jacks been played?

The last Jack?

Was it paid or not? Tell me.

>> The last Jack.

>> I can't remember.

>> You have kept accurate account. The

Trey, the six, and the king are what

remain.

Then show them.

Of

course, the kingdom

don't.

Here

is the actual last guard.

As [music] I told you, Miss

I cannot tolerate a cheat.

Your powers of memory, sir. They have

won you the game

and my [music] life.

I don't want your life. What is it you

want, sir?

Is it Miss Dinder?

I'm afraid she will be staying here with

me.

We have much to discuss. Do we not

share?

Since you do not intend to shoot me,

Miss I strongly suggest making [music]

an exit before my generosity wains.

Not my wife, sir.

yours.

Wait, wait. Where is she? Where's

Claire?

Travis Brown traitor. There's no place

for you to run.

>> Who the hell are you? Where's Claire?

>> Somewhere out in the street. I got her

out. Go find her. HELP HER.

>> SHE'S MINE. IT WAS PROMISED.

>> NO. They're going to kill you.

>> Been quietly. You son of a [ __ ]

THERE HE IS. SHOOT HIM. THERE'S nowhere

for him to go. Nowhere you tra dog.

>> Well done, sister. Well done.

It's lovely just

special.

Look at me there. Look at that. Oh my

god.

It's got the big family.

>> Whoa. He's awake.

My

>> You had this just a we bit worried, sir.

For a while there, we thought you were

gone.

>> What is this place? by our lady of

sorrow. Sir, a hospital, sir.

>> What happened to me?

>> The carnival, sir. It was a terrible

fall you took.

>> It's right here, sir. All safe and

sound, sister.

And a beautiful, beautiful piece of sir.

Thank you, sister.

closed.

>> Yes, sir. They've already carted the

bodies away.

>> Bodies?

>> You know something about it?

>> No,

I don't know anything anymore.

February 9th, 1866.

Ash Wednesday. The only thing I do know

for certain is that I now have a wife. A

woman I must pray. No, I will believe

for shorty is still alive. It is all

that I know and care to know right now.

For this knowledge [music] has given me

something in this new life I never had

before.

the Pope.

[music]