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Ann? Honey, I'm home.

Annie?

I'll be right out.

How are things at school today?

Nice.

Really, really fantastic.

Last class, we got in a discussion about the... The social abuses in Dickens'

novels and their parallels in today's society.

Boy, the kids really gave it to the establishment.

Which one, then or now? Both.

Salute.

Happiness.

Have you been working today?

Hmm.

A little. Well, you better get at it, kid. That gallery's going to be down on

your neck.

We can't live like this on my salary.

Hey, is something the matter?

Honey? Yep, something's the matter.

What?

Now, what is it?

Well, um... I think you'd better check with Dr. Tyler.

Why? What's wrong?

Oh, no, no, nothing's wrong.

Nothing's wrong, exactly.

It's just that, uh... I'm...

I'm afraid he didn't do a very good job on you.

Oh, that's incredible.

I had that operation three years ago.

I know. It's been a long time.

No, I'm sorry, honey. I'm just... I was just so surprised.

Now, don't worry. We'll take care of it.

David, I've been thinking.

What?

It's like a second chance.

Oh, you're not thinking of keeping it. Would that disturb you?

Oh, honey, it's not a question of whether it would disturb me or not.

It's your safety I'm thinking about.

I had that for check to me because it's not safe for you to have children.

Well, what if it was different this time?

Did Dr. Klein say it might be? Well, no, but...

Oh, no, no, then, honey, I don't understand. I just thought we might try.

The fact that it happened three years after your operation... Well, I

don't know, it just... seemed like something from heaven almost.

I guess I'm kidding myself, huh?

Yeah, it's nice kidding, but you can't go through what you did three years ago.

No, no, you come first.

Don't you like this, too?

Yeah, well, it's a little salty, honey.

Is it?

I'm sorry.

That's all right. I wasn't thinking. Would you like something else? No, I'll

just have salad.

Honey?

Would it really be foolish of me to try and keep the baby?

Oh, Ann, you know it would.

How far along are you?

Two months.

Two months?

Well, at first I never even considered the possibility that I might be

And then once I had the tests, well... Annie.

What? Look what you're doing.

Oh!

David?

Yeah?

What are you doing home so early?

What is it?

I telephoned Dr. Tyler when I got to school to tell him what's happened. Yes?

And he, uh... What?

He says it's impossible.

Impossible?

David, it happened. How can it be impossible? No, you didn't let me

honey. He told me to come in and have a checkup. And I did.

You're not telling me that... I can't be the father, Ann.

Well, he made a mistake.

No.

What are you saying?

That I can't be the father.

Which means, of course, some other man is.

Oh, David.

Where are you going?

To get my coat. I'm going to see Dr. Klein.

I don't quite understand what you're saying.

I said I think the test results are wrong.

You see, Edward, I've been to our family doctor.

I can't be the father.

So obviously the test results are wrong.

Well, Ann, you're pregnant. There's no question about it.

Could it be a false pregnancy?

I cannot possibly be having a baby if David is not the father.

I've been a doctor for over 21 years.

Please take my word, I'm pregnant.

You want me to hear the lab report?

The real question, it seems to me, is whether it's safe for

you to be having a baby in light of the experience you had some three years ago.

Why don't you two...

Come on, get together and talk about it. There's nothing to talk about.

I'm going to another

doctor.

All right.

I have never been unfaithful to you, David. Have I accused you of anything?

You don't have to say it.

I'll see you at supper.

Ann, stop.

Now, let's put aside any doubts we have. I have no doubts. Well, I do. Now, come

on, Ann. We're not children.

You're pregnant, and I'm not the father. Now, what do you want me to do? Put

yourself in my place. How would you feel?

If you told me there was no one else, I'd believe you.

Eleven years of marriage should outweigh the words of two doctors or anyone

else.

Okay. I buy that.

I trust you. I always have. If you say there's no other man, right.

I'll go to another doctor, a specialist.

You go to another doctor.

We'll clear this thing up.

All right?

Will you make a fresh pot of coffee? I gotta get on those test papers. I may be

up a long time.

You kicked your covers off again.

Why did you turn the thermostat down? It's below 50 degrees in this house.

May I have a glass of water?

Yes.

Here

you

go.

It's all that salt you've been eating.

Thank you.

I'm going to have an abortion.

I think that's best for your health.

Yeah, I'll take it.

You all right?

Yes, sir.

Curves bothering you?

I don't know.

What, do you feel sick?

I don't know.

Hang on, honey.

Oh, David.

It's all right, honey. David.

Just take it easy now.

Yeah,

how is she? Not too good.

She sounded fine on the telephone last night. She was. She was fine when we

the house. It all happened on the drive here.

What's the matter with her?

I don't know.

Well, is it serious?

I'm not sure.

But I do know we'll have to postpone the operation until she recuperates.

Here we go.

Thank you.

Glad you're feeling better.

So am I.

Boy, that came on so fast.

Annie.

I won't overuse it.

Are you finished?

Yeah. Well, I'll come back after my third class to fix your mind. Well, I

mind. It's too far for you to drive and you only have an hour.

Well, you call me if you need anything.

I'll see you around four then.

I thought maybe you were painting.

No, I was in bed. Oh, you are sick, Sam. I thought you sounded funny on the

phone yesterday.

Want a cup of coffee? No, come on. Let's get you back into bed.

I'm not sick, honestly. Come on. Are you sure? Yeah.

What are you doing?

Raising penguins in here?

Listen, is it possible that David's operation just didn't take? No, no, no.

been checked twice now, by our family doctor and by a urologist.

You might as well say it, Phyllis. I know what you're thinking. There is no

other man.

Is that possible?

It has to be possible because it happened. All right, all right, all

Now just tell me again, what did Dr.

Klein say?

He said he'd do some research on it, but obviously he is thinking what you are

thinking. First of all, you don't know what I'm thinking. Look, nobody knows

except me.

And it's so doggone frustrating.

What can I do to make David believe me? It's David's child, Phyllis.

Ann?

What?

You shouldn't be outside like that. David.

You're like ice. I'm all right, I'm all right, David. Here, put this on. David,

I know what I want to do. What do you mean? Please, let Bob hypnotize me.

Hypnotize you? He's been hypnotizing people for years. He knows what he's

Oh, he's just an amateur.

I trust him. I trust him. Nothing's ever gone wrong when he's hypnotized anyone.

Well, how did all this come... David, please, Phyllis came over this morning.

Oh, David, if I were guilty, I'd have left. I wouldn't have stayed behind.

David, there is no other man.

I know it's hard for you to believe because it doesn't make sense.

But maybe if you hear me say it under hypnosis... You'll believe me. Please,

David, there's no other way. There is no other way.

David, I love you.

All right. I love you. I love you.

Please, David.

All right, honey.

I'm going to ask you some questions about your pregnancy, Ann.

Is that all right?

Yes.

Fine.

Now, to begin with, do you know who the father of the child is?

Anne?

Do you know who the father of the child is?

Is David the father?

Ann, is David the father?

Okay, Bob, let it go.

Is there another... Bob, leave her alone.

Is there another man involved, Ann? Come on, Bob, forget it.

What happened?

Did I say anything?

Will somebody please tell me what happened?

Here you are, buddy.

You know, it's possible the hypnosis wasn't deep enough. No, you don't

that.

You believe exactly what I do. She feels so guilty about what happened, she

won't even let herself talk about it under hypnosis.

Oh, I don't think that's possible, David.

Once the conscious mind accepts... She's resting.

I've never seen her so upset.

Yeah, I'm a little upset myself.

Cheers.

I suppose there's no way left to convince you that it's your baby.

What do you want me to say?

Nothing.

I'm well now.

The sooner we go to the hospital, the better.

What, again?

Yes, again.

It's all right.

We'd hardly turned into the canyon when she got those pains again.

Well, I think it's mental, Doctor. She only gets them when she thinks she's

going to lose that child.

No, she has to have an abortion. She can't go through what she did three

ago.

No.

No, Edwards, you've got to take that child.

All right.

Yes. David, you all right?

Yes, I'm fine. How's Ann? How can you operate?

Well, sit down.

Sit down. That really, really depends on her.

Well, is there something wrong with her? No.

Are you telling me the truth, Edward?

Because if you're trying to protect me, don't. I ask you a direct question. I

want an answer.

David, there is nothing physically wrong with her. Nothing.

You think it's your mind, then?

It's not my field, and I prefer not to discuss it, but if you like, I'd be glad

to recommend a very fine doctor.

Well, you're a fast dresser.

Sit down.

Well, to begin with, I think you made a mistake in your dates, young lady.

You're only three months pregnant.

I haven't made a mistake.

All right, all right. That's irrelevant.

Anne,

for the sake of your health, I must insist.

No.

No what?

I'm not going to have the operation.

I want this child.

you

If you don't stop turning that thermostat down, you're going to get

Sorry.

What are you reading now?

Sociology.

Where have you been walking?

In the hills.

Do you mind?

You don't seem to like anything I make anymore.

No, I'm just not very hungry.

Will you turn it down, please?

Turn it down, please.

I asked you to turn it down.

I turned it down, Ann.

I'm acting terribly.

I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave.

Oh, the house is such a mess. I'm such a mess. I don't know what's happening to

me. Nothing's happening to you. Help me, please help me. Oh, you work hard. You

deserve a good house and a decent meal.

Oh, that dinner was terrific.

What was that?

East Indian casserole.

No wonder they're starving over there.

Hey, I got a wonderful idea.

It's getting late.

Why don't we go to bed and cuddle?

Oh, I'd like that.

I'd like that.

Honey, please leave the thermostat alone. This house is like an igloo.

Why don't you leave me alone?

What? I said leave me alone.

All right, Ann, I'll leave you alone.

What happened to the coffee?

Can you get me these books, please?

Did you drink all of it?

Did you drink the whole pot, Ann?

You better take care of that cold.

David?

Oh, David, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about last night. Listen, Ann, if you want to talk about last night...

I'll get you a nice supper.

I'm going to try the cake, I think.

Oh, here, I've got a table over in the corner.

All right.

What did you say about books?

First it was books on all the physical signs.

Now it's sociology, anthropology, history, politics.

Here.

Here's the latest list.

She's read everything we've got at home. I have to borrow them from here now.

I didn't know she was interested in these subjects.

She never was before.

Then why is she reading them now?

I'd say she thought she was transmitting all this knowledge to the baby, but she

knows better than that.

I think... I don't know what she thinks anymore.

She's just not the same person.

You know how meticulous she always kept that house.

Yeah. Well, it looks like a pig pen now.

And smells like a pig pen with all that garbage she's been cooking.

She puts too much salt on everything.

Well, she's got to know that's not good for her.

She keeps that place like an igloo.

Well, it's told me about that.

She's already caught cold because of it, too.

She drinks black coffee all day long. She used to have maybe one or two cups a

day with cream and sugar. Now it's black coffee all day long.

She's hypersensitive to sound.

To sound?

Never heard of that before.

Neither have I.

Well, what's Dr.

Klein say about that?

I think he's as confused as I am.

You know, he called me the other day. You're not going to believe this, but he

told me that her blood cells are changing to RH positive.

Changing?

Never heard of that.

Neither have I.

Neither is he.

I'm sorry to burden you with all of this.

What do you mean? That's what friends are for.

I always hated guys who poured out their guts over the lunch table.

I had a problem. I come to you. You believe that, don't you?

Yeah, I guess so.

I hope so.

She's really not the same person.

Sometimes she looks at me like she doesn't even know who I am.

She takes long walks. I don't know where she goes.

Yeah, well, I am a little concerned.

When I left this morning, she had a bad cold, and her car's here, so she must be

out... I don't know.

Yeah.

Wait a minute, there she is.

Listen, fellas, I'll have her call you, okay? Bye.

We have to get her to the hospital right away. I'll call for an ambulance. No,

it'll take too long. We've got a wagon. All right, I'll arrange for a room. You

pack some of the things for her. Okay.

This is Dr. Edward Klein. I want you to prepare a room for Mrs. David Collins.

She'll be there in about 25 minutes.

I want oxygen ready, IV set up, plasma, and have the lab come back for a blood

workup.

All right, go ahead.

David? What's the matter?

What happened to the scratches?

I don't know. They're gone.

So is her fever and her congestion.

She's well. This girl is perfectly well.

stop and have some lunch and should we stop and have some

lunch yeah excuse us and and should we stop and have

some lunch hmm I'm getting hungry and

I had pneumonia, Phyllis.

And strange scratches all over my face. Dr. Klein was going to put me in the

hospital. And then it all went away in less than a minute.

It had to be the baby.

It's a special child. Thank God I kept it.

And all those books I've been reading.

That's the baby, too. I know, it makes no sense.

But I believe it's learning from them.

And more coffee, please.

Thank you.

Hey, you shouldn't use that pot at the table, please.

You're not supposed to use that much salt. You're retaining too much water.

Baby will take care of it.

He will.

He?

It's a boy.

I know it is.

Will that burn?

It's all right.

Phyllis, I've given this a lot of thought.

And I don't think it was me that was making me sick all those times I was

to the hospital.

It was the baby.

He wanted to live and he wouldn't let me have him taken.

That sounds insane, doesn't it?

How can a baby do that?

Oh, I'm babbling. Pay no attention to me.

Are things better now between you and David?

Nothing's changed.

He still doesn't think he's the father.

He's being nice as he can be.

Which is more than I can say for myself. I'm being an absolute creep.

No.

I don't even know why.

Well, bottoms up?

Get out of here.

Oh, miss. Yes?

Where have you been?

Honey,

you've got to stop these cross -country hikes of yours. Do you hear how you're

breathing?

Did you call Dr. Klein today?

No.

Well, he wants to see you, Ann. You've got two straight appointments.

Ann, will you stop drinking coffee and talk to me? Oh, you leave me alone. I'm

tired.

I'm going to stay home tomorrow and take you in to see Clyde. You've got to be

checked over. Can you hear the way you're breathing?

And?

Oh,

God.

Mansfield.

Dr. Mansfield.

Report to x -ray.

She's suffering from extreme hydromniosis. That's an abnormal amount

fluid.

She also has extremely high blood pressure, severe abdominal cramps,

vision. At any rate, the point is that in view of her history, the fetus will

have to be taken regardless of development.

Development?

Anne can't be more than three and a half months pregnant.

size and weight of the child is that of a seven -month fetus.

Seven months?

Is it safe to operate? I'm afraid we have no choice.

She'll never survive without it, never.

Is it over? Is she all right?

Come with me. I want to show you something. She's all right, isn't she?

she's fine. She's fine.

Well, I don't understand.

I don't understand it either.

She was being prepared for surgery when she began losing fluid.

Within a period of five minutes, her weight decreased by 10 pounds, and then

stopped losing fluid.

Her blood pressure went down to normal.

No more cramps.

No sign of headache, blood vision.

She completely recovered.

In 21 years of practice, I have never, ever seen a pregnancy like that.

Last night, I brought some colleagues in to look at her. They couldn't

understand it either. Did I tell you about the blood cells?

You said they were changing. They changed. She's RH positive now.

And one more thing.

Ever since she recovered, her body temperature has gone down and remained

at 10 degrees below normal.

Do you have to make so much noise?

What?

Is that my greeting?

Talk a little more quietly.

Oh, Ann, for Pete's sake.

Listen, honey, I talked to Dr. Klein today, and we both think you ought to go

UCLA. No. Just let them look at you. No.

Well, Ann, you can't go on like this.

Will you at least talk to me about it?

Ann?

Ann!

Leave me alone.

You have no rights in my life anymore.

No rights in your life!

You'll call me if you hear anything.

You bet I will.

Thank you.

What did they say?

They don't know anything.

Where the hell is she?

Just take it easy, David. Everything's going to be all right. Why don't you try

to eat something, huh? Better yet, I'll make you a drink. Good.

Yeah.

Oh, yes, Edward. Who? It's Dr. Klein.

Is she there?

She did.

And yet... And you think she took them? Took what?

I don't know.

What were they?

Yeah, well, I'll look for them.

Yeah, thank you.

What did he say? She did go in to see him today to have some x -rays redone.

redone? Well, the last ones had a bad shadow.

And?

When she left, he found that two of his books were missing.

And he thinks Ann took them?

Why would she do that?

They were books on child delivery.

Ann, where the hell have you been?

Ann?

Ann, are you all right? Ann? Ann, what's the matter?

Ann. Ann.

Ann,

that's a call.

coffee. No, leave her alone. We'll find out what's going on.

And you can't do that.

And what are you doing?

But what did she do?

She's drunk.

It's coffee. The coffee makes her drunk. Anne, I'll put you to bed.

No, come on. I'll take it.

Gnosis might work now. She's drunk and vulnerable.

You just might find out what's going on.

Ann,

Ann, listen to me. Ann, Ann, now listen to me. Look at the pendulum.

Ann, look at the pendulum.

Now keep your eyes on the pendulum.

Now, Ann, you'll answer all the questions put to you.

Completely and without hesitation.

You understand?

Nod if you understand.

What is your name?

Speak English, please. We can't understand.

Now am I alien, forgotten, lost,

forsaken, plunged through space,

darkness.

Release me from my torment.

I cry.

I cry, sickened of this hot, heavy land.

Tend me not, my father.

Tend me not to make the way.

To walk the shores of orange seas cool.

To tread the crimson darkling plains cool.

Raft the silent waters cool.

Drink the wind, gray silent wind so cool.

Turn me, Father.

Take me back.

Take me back.

How was the woman impregnated?

How was the woman impregnated?

When she was painting in the hill.

A ray sent down from where we were.

Above her? Yes.

From a ship?

Yes. In a spaceship?

Yes.

She's sleeping.

Well, there's only one answer.

The seed that made Anne pregnant had to come from another planet.

Oh, that's insane.

Well, so is her reading all of those books. Her coffee drinking, her salt

consumption, her whole diet.

I mean, what about a reversion to warmth, to sound?

The scratches. Her being cured of pneumonia, reduced in weight.

Her temperature's lowered, her RH factor's reversed.

It all adds up.

Adds up.

David, you heard what she said. A spaceship.

They were words that you fed her.

Do you have a better explanation?

Well, I just can't believe it. It's too horrible.

Why horrible?

Why do we always assume that anything that comes from outer space is horrible?

Maybe it isn't.

I mean, hell, maybe it's great.

What do we know?

Maybe it's just what we need.

Well, I'm glad you can be so philosophical about it. You should have

with us the last three months. We could have used a little of that philosophy.

Why us? Why should Anne be the first to receive this invasion from space?

We don't know she's the first.

Like the coma, yet it isn't.

Could it be a hypnotic trance?

Why do you say that?

Well, a friend of mine was here tonight, and when Ann finally got home, she

drank a lot of hot coffee, and it made her drunk.

Drunk? And he hypnotized her.

She got drunk on coffee?

I don't know. She's been drinking a lot of coffee in the last few months, and it

never occurred to me that she had some kind of need for it.

Anyway, he suggested hypnosis and it worked.

Then he couldn't get her out?

No, she came out.

That's not it.

I think something else has her under hypnosis now.

Something... Something that she tried to kill and wasn't able to.

What?

When she was under hypnosis, we got the definite impression that what she's

carrying is something...

It's a composite of her and something extraterrestrial, something from space.

know that sounds ridiculous, but... No.

You know that I and all of the doctors I've spoken to have been perplexed, to

say the least, by all of the atypical symptoms of Anne's pregnancy.

By my calculations, very carefully done and verified by several other doctors.

She cannot possibly be more than five months pregnant.

And despite that, engagement of the fetus is already taking place. Birth is

imminent.

And that's not all.

You know the x -ray that I had to take again? Yes.

I told you there was a bad shadow on it. I assumed it was a shadow. It had to

be, but it isn't. The same thing appeared on the new x -ray.

The baby has two hearts.

Now, I don't know what the answer is.

I let them in. You try to get them ready.

Edward? Yes?

Edward, if anything goes wrong...

Please take care of Ann.

David, I want them both.

Ann?

Ann, are you in there?

Ann!

Edward!

She's gone.

What are you talking about? She was unconscious.

Get me the police.

To walk the shores of orange sea, cool.

Oh, to tread the crimson darkling plains, cool.

To raft the silent waters, cool.

Drink the wind, gray silent wind, so cool.

I cry, I cry, sickened of this hot, heavy land.

Send me not my father.

Send me not to make the way.

Return me, fathers, take me back.

Oh, take me back.