1 00:00:08,537 --> 00:00:12,600 My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. 2 00:00:12,602 --> 00:00:14,040 I am 18 years old, 3 00:00:14,042 --> 00:00:16,283 and I live with my sister, Constance. 4 00:00:18,491 --> 00:00:21,626 She is the most precious person in the world. 5 00:00:25,786 --> 00:00:28,666 The Blackwoods have always lived in this house. 6 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:33,306 We have never done anything to hurt anyone. 7 00:00:35,129 --> 00:00:37,402 We put things back where they belong. 8 00:00:38,362 --> 00:00:40,695 And we will never leave here. 9 00:00:40,697 --> 00:00:42,935 No matter what they say... 10 00:00:42,937 --> 00:00:46,199 or what they do to us. 11 00:00:46,201 --> 00:00:47,385 Never. 12 00:00:51,162 --> 00:00:53,560 But a change is coming. 13 00:00:53,562 --> 00:00:58,648 And nobody knows it but me. 14 00:01:18,874 --> 00:01:23,383 I do the wrong, and first begin to brawl. 15 00:01:23,385 --> 00:01:25,560 The secret mischiefs that I set abroach 16 00:01:25,561 --> 00:01:28,824 I lay unto the grievous charge of others. 17 00:01:28,825 --> 00:01:32,215 Clarence, whom I indeed have cast in darkness, 18 00:01:32,217 --> 00:01:35,607 I do beweep to many simple gulls, 19 00:01:35,609 --> 00:01:39,192 namely, to Darby, Hastings, Buckingham, 20 00:01:39,194 --> 00:01:41,559 and tell them 'tis the queen and her allies 21 00:01:41,561 --> 00:01:45,400 that stir the king against the duke, my brother. 22 00:01:45,402 --> 00:01:47,639 Now they believe it, 23 00:01:47,641 --> 00:01:52,311 and with all whet me to be revenged on Rivers, Dorset, Grey. 24 00:01:52,313 --> 00:01:56,311 But then I sigh, and, with a piece of scripture, 25 00:01:56,313 --> 00:01:59,639 tell them that God bids us do good for evil. 26 00:01:59,641 --> 00:02:03,159 - Merricat! - And thus I clothe my naked villainy 27 00:02:03,161 --> 00:02:07,607 with odd old ends stolen forth of Holy Writ... 28 00:02:07,609 --> 00:02:10,616 - ...and seem a saint... - Merricat! 29 00:02:10,617 --> 00:02:13,849 - when most I play the devil. - Merricat, come on! 30 00:02:19,865 --> 00:02:22,169 Please, wash your hands. 31 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,223 What are you reading? 32 00:02:31,225 --> 00:02:33,366 A pretty sight, a lady with a book. 33 00:02:33,368 --> 00:02:37,079 I'm reading something called The Best Practice Guide to Canning, Uncle Julian. 34 00:02:37,081 --> 00:02:38,294 Admirable. 35 00:02:38,296 --> 00:02:40,280 I don't seem to have any information 36 00:02:40,282 --> 00:02:43,160 on whether your father took 37 00:02:43,162 --> 00:02:45,303 - his cigar in the garden that morning. - He did. 38 00:02:45,304 --> 00:02:48,342 - He always did in the morning. - I should begin the chapter with that. 39 00:02:48,344 --> 00:02:50,358 "I won't have it." 40 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,088 I heard your mother say that. 41 00:02:52,090 --> 00:02:54,584 Your father said, 42 00:02:54,586 --> 00:02:58,198 "We have no choice. I mean it." End quote. 43 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,335 - Here's the list. - Mr. Elbert doesn't like big bills. 44 00:03:01,337 --> 00:03:03,126 - All right now. - The coins are better. 45 00:03:03,128 --> 00:03:04,950 You'll go to the town. 46 00:03:04,952 --> 00:03:06,903 You'll check out our books and records. 47 00:03:06,905 --> 00:03:08,534 You'll buy our groceries 48 00:03:08,536 --> 00:03:11,736 - and you'll be back in time for lunch. - Do I have to...? 49 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,144 Lock the door. 50 00:03:20,537 --> 00:03:23,511 Tuesday is the most terrible day. 51 00:03:23,513 --> 00:03:26,422 Because Tuesday I must go to town 52 00:03:26,424 --> 00:03:30,005 and see all of those who hate us. 53 00:03:30,007 --> 00:03:31,767 I read in my book of spells 54 00:03:31,769 --> 00:03:35,287 that if you bury something evil or touched by cruelty 55 00:03:35,289 --> 00:03:36,791 you may take its power 56 00:03:36,792 --> 00:03:39,191 and you cannot be harmed for one whole day. 57 00:03:41,305 --> 00:03:44,246 Protect me. 58 00:03:44,248 --> 00:03:46,743 We live at the end of Blackwood Road, 59 00:03:46,745 --> 00:03:49,367 which runs in a great circle around the village. 60 00:03:49,369 --> 00:03:52,853 Father, like all the Blackwoods before him, 61 00:03:52,855 --> 00:03:54,455 was very rich. 62 00:03:54,457 --> 00:03:57,335 And he built this gate to keep us safe. 63 00:03:57,337 --> 00:04:00,120 But it could not protect him. 64 00:04:04,984 --> 00:04:06,807 People here believe 65 00:04:06,809 --> 00:04:10,294 that six years ago Constance killed Father and our family 66 00:04:10,296 --> 00:04:12,214 and poisoned Uncle Julian. 67 00:04:12,216 --> 00:04:15,894 They think she is wicked and should be sent away. 68 00:04:15,895 --> 00:04:20,023 But now we live as two queens in a castle on top of the highest hill. 69 00:04:20,024 --> 00:04:21,528 You eat rats! 70 00:04:26,008 --> 00:04:28,568 They wish for our ruin. 71 00:04:29,656 --> 00:04:31,766 But they don't understand. 72 00:04:31,768 --> 00:04:33,975 A rack of lamb. 73 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,208 Eggs. 74 00:04:38,744 --> 00:04:40,726 Coffee. 75 00:04:40,728 --> 00:04:42,904 Flour. 76 00:04:43,832 --> 00:04:45,685 - Walnuts. - Thomas. 77 00:04:45,687 --> 00:04:47,829 Peanut brittle. 78 00:04:47,831 --> 00:04:49,464 Thomas, stop it! 79 00:04:51,287 --> 00:04:53,240 Anything else? 80 00:05:17,495 --> 00:05:19,189 Good morning, Merricat. 81 00:05:19,191 --> 00:05:20,469 How are you today? 82 00:05:20,471 --> 00:05:21,525 Fine, thank you. 83 00:05:21,527 --> 00:05:24,311 - Black coffee, please. - Sure. 84 00:05:26,488 --> 00:05:28,053 Hey, Stella! 85 00:05:28,055 --> 00:05:29,813 Gentlemen. 86 00:05:29,815 --> 00:05:31,893 - As soon as I heard his voice... - Where's the fire? 87 00:05:31,895 --> 00:05:33,493 Yeah, it's practice drills this morning, ladies. 88 00:05:33,495 --> 00:05:36,341 ...I knew my spell of protection had been broken. 89 00:05:36,343 --> 00:05:38,102 Lady. 90 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:43,126 Long ago, Jim Donnell fell in love with my sister, Constance. 91 00:05:43,127 --> 00:05:47,543 He wanted to steal her away from us in his automobile. 92 00:05:49,207 --> 00:05:51,124 But I told Father. 93 00:05:51,126 --> 00:05:53,526 So... 94 00:05:53,528 --> 00:05:55,992 And Father was powerful 95 00:05:57,111 --> 00:05:59,476 ...they tell me you're moving away. 96 00:05:59,478 --> 00:06:02,837 ...so Jim Donnell lost his job 97 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:04,344 and his love. 98 00:06:05,559 --> 00:06:07,126 And then his automobile. 99 00:06:07,128 --> 00:06:08,854 They tell me 100 00:06:08,856 --> 00:06:11,190 you're moving away. 101 00:06:12,503 --> 00:06:14,229 No. 102 00:06:14,231 --> 00:06:16,438 No? 103 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,021 Must've just been gossip. 104 00:06:20,023 --> 00:06:22,102 Did you ever hear anything like the gossip in this town, Stella? 105 00:06:22,104 --> 00:06:23,893 Leave her alone, Jim. 106 00:06:23,895 --> 00:06:26,613 I'm not bothering anybody, Stell. 107 00:06:26,615 --> 00:06:30,645 I'm just asking Miss Mary Katherine Blackwood here 108 00:06:30,647 --> 00:06:33,846 how it is that everybody in town 109 00:06:33,848 --> 00:06:35,253 is telling me her and her sister 110 00:06:35,255 --> 00:06:37,717 are going somewhere else to live. 111 00:06:37,719 --> 00:06:39,733 Hmm? 112 00:06:43,191 --> 00:06:44,823 Yeah. 113 00:06:46,807 --> 00:06:50,166 It's a pity when the old families go. 114 00:06:50,168 --> 00:06:52,214 Though I guess you could say... 115 00:06:53,624 --> 00:06:58,100 most of the Blackwoods are gone already. 116 00:06:58,102 --> 00:07:03,124 Well, I can always tell people that, you know, I knew Constance Blackwood. I knew her real well. 117 00:07:03,126 --> 00:07:04,821 Did they ever do anything to you, Bobby? 118 00:07:04,823 --> 00:07:06,868 I could tell people, I fixed their broken step 119 00:07:06,870 --> 00:07:08,214 once and never got paid for it. 120 00:07:08,216 --> 00:07:11,061 Well, that must've been an oversight, Bobby. 121 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:13,429 I tell you what, now that John Blackwood's gone, 122 00:07:13,431 --> 00:07:15,668 you can march right through the gate and see her. 123 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:18,901 She'll see you get what's coming to you. 124 00:07:18,903 --> 00:07:21,044 Didn't fix it. 125 00:07:21,046 --> 00:07:24,212 Excuse me? 126 00:07:24,214 --> 00:07:27,766 Father said shoddy work should be punished, not paid for. 127 00:07:30,231 --> 00:07:32,278 Is that so? 128 00:07:41,751 --> 00:07:44,214 Go away. 129 00:07:48,502 --> 00:07:50,293 Maybe you should run along home now. 130 00:07:50,295 --> 00:07:51,891 They'll be no peace around here till you do. 131 00:07:51,893 --> 00:07:53,494 You got that right. 132 00:07:53,495 --> 00:07:56,245 Now, you just say the word, Ms. Mary Katherine Blackwood, 133 00:07:56,247 --> 00:07:59,029 and we'll come up there and we'll help you pack. 134 00:07:59,031 --> 00:08:00,948 Free of charge! 135 00:08:11,479 --> 00:08:12,884 Merricat. 136 00:08:12,886 --> 00:08:14,453 Merricat. 137 00:08:14,455 --> 00:08:17,077 Where's old Connie, home cooking dinner? 138 00:08:17,079 --> 00:08:19,605 "Merricat," said Connie, "would you like a cup of tea?" 139 00:08:19,607 --> 00:08:21,812 "Oh no," said Merricat, "you'll poison me." 140 00:08:21,814 --> 00:08:24,788 "Merricat," said Connie, "would you like to go to sleep? 141 00:08:24,790 --> 00:08:27,189 Down in the boneyard ten feet deep!" 142 00:08:27,191 --> 00:08:28,757 - Kids! - Bye, stupid! 143 00:08:28,759 --> 00:08:31,316 My mom says you and Constance eat rats. 144 00:08:31,318 --> 00:08:32,981 Go home, you witch! 145 00:09:03,415 --> 00:09:05,270 Merricat. 146 00:09:07,830 --> 00:09:11,253 Look how far I came today. 147 00:09:11,255 --> 00:09:15,667 Next thing you know, I'll be following you into town. 148 00:09:15,669 --> 00:09:18,357 You wouldn't like it very much. 149 00:09:50,325 --> 00:09:52,022 Tonight, 150 00:09:54,005 --> 00:10:00,627 I believe I will commence Chapter 44. 151 00:10:00,629 --> 00:10:07,315 I will begin with a slight exaggeration 152 00:10:07,317 --> 00:10:09,812 and from there go on into 153 00:10:09,814 --> 00:10:14,100 an outright... lie. 154 00:10:14,102 --> 00:10:16,275 Constance, my dear? 155 00:10:16,277 --> 00:10:17,780 Yes, Uncle Julian? 156 00:10:17,782 --> 00:10:21,140 I am going to say that my wife 157 00:10:21,142 --> 00:10:23,798 was beautiful. 158 00:10:30,581 --> 00:10:34,677 I'm always happy when you come home from the village. 159 00:10:35,701 --> 00:10:38,326 Yes, you bring me food... 160 00:10:39,892 --> 00:10:42,133 but also I miss you. 161 00:10:43,061 --> 00:10:46,485 I'm always happy to get back. 162 00:10:50,165 --> 00:10:53,237 How was it in town today? 163 00:10:57,205 --> 00:10:58,771 I'm getting better. 164 00:10:58,773 --> 00:11:02,452 I went so far down the lawn today. 165 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:04,147 Someday I'll go. 166 00:11:04,149 --> 00:11:06,292 I'll take you to the moon. 167 00:11:06,294 --> 00:11:07,860 It's beautiful there. 168 00:11:14,773 --> 00:11:17,075 We will be picking lettuces soon. 169 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:21,331 The weather has stayed so warm. 170 00:11:21,333 --> 00:11:26,356 On the moon, you have lettuce all year round, yes? 171 00:11:26,358 --> 00:11:29,428 On the moon we have everything. 172 00:11:29,430 --> 00:11:32,787 The locks are solid and tight. 173 00:11:32,789 --> 00:11:34,802 It's just you and me. 174 00:11:34,804 --> 00:11:38,357 And the sun would shine every day. 175 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:47,060 The world is full of terrible people. 176 00:11:58,901 --> 00:12:01,877 Constance believes in the goodness of people. 177 00:12:03,061 --> 00:12:05,907 Nothing bad will happen, Merricat. 178 00:12:05,909 --> 00:12:08,341 I promise. 179 00:13:33,204 --> 00:13:35,955 A new wickedness is coming, 180 00:13:35,957 --> 00:13:37,681 I feel it, 181 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:41,297 so I cast a spell of strong protection. 182 00:13:41,299 --> 00:13:43,409 I bury another silver coin 183 00:13:43,411 --> 00:13:48,339 along with a doll Father gave Constance whose eyes can never shut. 184 00:13:48,341 --> 00:13:52,337 I nail the book Father gave me to the pine tree. 185 00:13:52,339 --> 00:13:55,729 As long as they remain in place, 186 00:13:55,731 --> 00:13:58,545 Constance will be safe. 187 00:14:09,235 --> 00:14:11,410 She's brought someone else. 188 00:14:11,412 --> 00:14:13,236 Are you frightened? 189 00:14:14,260 --> 00:14:16,402 No. 190 00:14:16,404 --> 00:14:18,675 I'll send them away. 191 00:14:19,635 --> 00:14:21,972 Answer the door. 192 00:14:30,548 --> 00:14:32,369 Good afternoon, Mary Katherine. 193 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:35,121 I brought Lucille Wright. You remember her? 194 00:14:35,123 --> 00:14:37,074 And Mr. Clarke, of course. 195 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:38,769 Goodbye, dear. 196 00:14:38,771 --> 00:14:41,715 I'll come pick you girls up in an hour. 197 00:14:42,707 --> 00:14:44,147 Goodbye, Mary Katherine... 198 00:14:47,506 --> 00:14:50,161 Oh, Helen, the staircase. 199 00:14:50,163 --> 00:14:52,625 Oregonian pine. 200 00:14:52,627 --> 00:14:54,289 Shame. 201 00:14:54,291 --> 00:14:56,756 Nobody sees it anymore. 202 00:14:59,347 --> 00:15:00,561 Tea? 203 00:15:00,563 --> 00:15:02,001 The garden looks beautiful, Constance. 204 00:15:02,003 --> 00:15:04,017 I do so love a garden. I do. 205 00:15:04,019 --> 00:15:07,506 This year we raised $600 at the Friends of Miss Porter's Iris Contest. 206 00:15:07,508 --> 00:15:08,978 Six hundred dollars! 207 00:15:08,979 --> 00:15:10,609 An iris contest this early? 208 00:15:10,611 --> 00:15:12,464 Adrian Whittle won with her plum iris. 209 00:15:12,466 --> 00:15:15,698 You could have beat her to a pulp with your Night Ruler, Constance. 210 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:17,680 You're missing so much. 211 00:15:17,682 --> 00:15:18,866 So much. 212 00:15:18,868 --> 00:15:20,562 I care about you, dear. 213 00:15:22,227 --> 00:15:24,019 Your mother and I were such... 214 00:15:25,555 --> 00:15:28,721 It's spring. You're young. You're lovely. 215 00:15:28,723 --> 00:15:32,178 You have a right to be happy. Come back to the world, dear. 216 00:15:33,811 --> 00:15:35,987 We've forgotten the milk. 217 00:15:37,268 --> 00:15:38,961 Thank you, dear. 218 00:15:38,963 --> 00:15:42,289 I mean, not too much at first. That would look odd. 219 00:15:42,291 --> 00:15:44,272 - Or, perhaps dinner. - Dinner. 220 00:15:44,274 --> 00:15:48,690 Make Constance stay. Make Constance stay. Make Constance stay. 221 00:15:54,771 --> 00:15:57,172 I'll think about it. 222 00:16:00,276 --> 00:16:03,217 No one will come here. They're too afraid. 223 00:16:03,219 --> 00:16:05,424 Good heavens, Mary Katherine. 224 00:16:05,426 --> 00:16:07,825 - They hate us. - Nonsense. 225 00:16:07,827 --> 00:16:10,064 I don't listen to their gossip, and neither should you. 226 00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:11,697 People will gossip. 227 00:16:11,699 --> 00:16:13,585 Father used to say the townspeople were lazy animals. 228 00:16:13,587 --> 00:16:15,760 - Trash. - Rum cake? 229 00:16:15,762 --> 00:16:18,864 He said if they only worked a little harder they could have a castle too, 230 00:16:18,866 --> 00:16:21,584 and then they could grow things like stores and roads 231 00:16:21,586 --> 00:16:24,945 - and beautiful gardens. - Do you really suppose people are afraid to visit here? 232 00:16:24,947 --> 00:16:27,600 Afraid to visit here? 233 00:16:27,602 --> 00:16:30,833 My niece was acquitted of murder. 234 00:16:30,834 --> 00:16:34,097 There could be no possible danger in visiting here now. 235 00:16:34,099 --> 00:16:36,177 Julian Blackwood. 236 00:16:36,179 --> 00:16:38,320 Hello. Lucille Wright. 237 00:16:38,322 --> 00:16:41,392 - Hello, Julian. - Though one could say 238 00:16:41,394 --> 00:16:44,240 there's danger everywhere. 239 00:16:44,242 --> 00:16:46,608 Danger of poison, certainly. 240 00:16:46,610 --> 00:16:48,624 My niece, Constance, 241 00:16:48,626 --> 00:16:52,272 could tell you of the most unlikely of perils, 242 00:16:52,274 --> 00:16:55,568 garden plants more deadly than snakes, 243 00:16:55,570 --> 00:17:00,305 and simple herbs that slash like knives through the lining of your belly, madam. 244 00:17:00,307 --> 00:17:01,903 That's all been forgotten. 245 00:17:01,905 --> 00:17:03,761 No one ever thinks about it anymore. 246 00:17:03,763 --> 00:17:07,856 A most fascinating case, one of the true genuine mysteries of our time, 247 00:17:07,858 --> 00:17:11,568 of my... time, particularly. 248 00:17:11,569 --> 00:17:14,800 And I survived to tell the story. 249 00:17:14,802 --> 00:17:16,720 I followed the trial... Julian, 250 00:17:16,722 --> 00:17:19,856 there is such a thing as good taste. 251 00:17:19,858 --> 00:17:22,320 Taste, madam? 252 00:17:22,322 --> 00:17:24,943 Have you ever tasted arsenic? 253 00:17:24,945 --> 00:17:27,569 You mean you remember? 254 00:17:27,571 --> 00:17:31,472 A family gathering 255 00:17:31,474 --> 00:17:34,162 for the evening meal. 256 00:17:36,177 --> 00:17:38,192 Never supposed to be the last. 257 00:17:38,194 --> 00:17:42,095 The dining room? Just a glance? 258 00:17:42,097 --> 00:17:43,282 Lucille! 259 00:17:44,977 --> 00:17:46,162 Lucille! 260 00:17:52,018 --> 00:17:55,089 I used that sugar myself 261 00:17:55,090 --> 00:17:57,329 on my blackberries. 262 00:17:57,331 --> 00:18:02,064 Luckily, fate intervened. 263 00:18:02,066 --> 00:18:04,017 Some of us, that day, 264 00:18:04,019 --> 00:18:08,624 she led inexorably through the gates of death. 265 00:18:08,626 --> 00:18:13,392 I took very little sugar. 266 00:18:13,394 --> 00:18:15,760 I told her not to mention it. I swear I did. 267 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:20,240 Constance, I swear. I wouldn't have brought her here. 268 00:18:20,242 --> 00:18:22,992 My brother, John, 269 00:18:22,994 --> 00:18:25,200 at the table that night. 270 00:18:25,202 --> 00:18:27,792 And you will notice my sister-in-law, 271 00:18:27,794 --> 00:18:30,831 who was, madam, a delicate woman, 272 00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:33,200 a woman born for tragedy. 273 00:18:33,202 --> 00:18:34,448 And the girls. 274 00:18:34,450 --> 00:18:36,144 Yes. Constance. 275 00:18:38,833 --> 00:18:43,952 Merricat... was not at the table that night. 276 00:18:43,954 --> 00:18:47,184 A great child of 12, sent to bed without her supper. 277 00:18:47,186 --> 00:18:49,904 I remember the meal perfectly. 278 00:18:49,906 --> 00:18:51,599 Spring lamb 279 00:18:51,601 --> 00:18:53,839 roasted with mint jelly... 280 00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:56,463 But the blackberries were the important part. 281 00:18:56,465 --> 00:18:58,704 I can see that you are about to ask 282 00:18:58,706 --> 00:19:01,456 why she should conceivably have used arsenic 283 00:19:01,458 --> 00:19:04,400 when she can put her hand upon a bewildering array 284 00:19:04,402 --> 00:19:08,207 of deadly substances without ever leaving home. 285 00:19:08,209 --> 00:19:10,032 But she bought the arsenic, 286 00:19:10,034 --> 00:19:12,592 - she told them. - To kill rats. 287 00:19:12,594 --> 00:19:14,927 Why? Why did she do it? 288 00:19:14,929 --> 00:19:19,791 Unless, of course, she's some sort of homicidal maniac or a mass murderer. 289 00:19:19,793 --> 00:19:21,327 Why? 290 00:19:21,329 --> 00:19:23,087 She was let off by the jury. 291 00:19:23,089 --> 00:19:27,439 Too pretty and well-bred to be locked up forever. 292 00:19:27,441 --> 00:19:29,584 But she told the police it was her fault, 293 00:19:29,586 --> 00:19:31,250 that they deserved to die. 294 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,994 I deserve to die. 295 00:19:36,657 --> 00:19:40,302 We all do, don't we? 296 00:19:45,008 --> 00:19:47,728 - Don't we? - Lucille. 297 00:19:47,730 --> 00:19:49,392 We're leaving. 298 00:19:49,394 --> 00:19:52,272 - I told you not to mention it! - I'm sorry. 299 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:54,574 - I know. I know, but... - Didn't I tell you?! 300 00:19:54,576 --> 00:19:57,423 I didn't know that he was going to... 301 00:19:57,425 --> 00:19:59,568 You stupid bitch. 302 00:20:01,424 --> 00:20:06,094 Constance, how was I? 303 00:20:06,096 --> 00:20:08,398 Charming, Uncle Julian. 304 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,918 You didn't need your notes at all. 305 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,441 It did happen, didn't it? 306 00:20:16,626 --> 00:20:19,280 Yes, it did. 307 00:20:19,282 --> 00:20:23,023 If I'm spared the time, I will write the book. 308 00:20:23,025 --> 00:20:28,847 If not, please see to it that my notes are entrusted to some worthy cynic 309 00:20:28,849 --> 00:20:32,879 who will not be too concerned with the truth. 310 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:54,128 Father? 311 00:21:39,856 --> 00:21:41,296 What are you doing? 312 00:21:42,544 --> 00:21:45,967 I heard Father in his room. 313 00:21:46,832 --> 00:21:48,464 They're gone. 314 00:21:50,736 --> 00:21:53,072 I feel him coming back. 315 00:22:25,169 --> 00:22:27,373 Merricat! 316 00:22:27,375 --> 00:22:30,223 I need you to go to town. 317 00:22:32,944 --> 00:22:33,997 It's not my day to go. 318 00:22:33,999 --> 00:22:35,118 We're out of sugar. 319 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,654 I want to make a rhubarb pie. 320 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:38,061 I dislike rhubarb. 321 00:22:38,063 --> 00:22:39,725 But it has the prettiest colors of all. 322 00:22:39,727 --> 00:22:43,439 Nothing looks so beautiful on the shelves as rhubarb jam. 323 00:22:43,441 --> 00:22:45,072 Make it for the shelves, then. 324 00:22:47,407 --> 00:22:49,199 Here are the coins. 325 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,792 But it's not my day. 326 00:22:53,456 --> 00:22:57,774 You'll be back in time for lunch. 327 00:22:57,776 --> 00:23:00,975 I didn't know I would be going to town. 328 00:23:02,704 --> 00:23:03,917 Lock the door behind me. 329 00:23:03,919 --> 00:23:05,838 Sugar. 330 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,198 I had no time to check my safeguards. 331 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,952 The house would not be secure. 332 00:23:13,327 --> 00:23:14,992 Nothing but trouble. 333 00:23:17,423 --> 00:23:20,109 If I would have known I needed to go today... 334 00:23:20,111 --> 00:23:22,350 - Whoa! - ...a Thursday... 335 00:23:22,352 --> 00:23:24,429 Hey, Mary Katherine, where are you going all dressed up? 336 00:23:24,431 --> 00:23:27,469 ...I would've checked my coins. 337 00:23:27,471 --> 00:23:28,655 And my doll. 338 00:23:30,287 --> 00:23:33,967 And I would have checked Father's book was firm on the tree. 339 00:23:40,848 --> 00:23:42,381 There you are. 340 00:23:42,383 --> 00:23:45,964 Constance, Father's book has fallen from the tree. 341 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,301 It's our cousin, Charles Blackwood. 342 00:23:48,303 --> 00:23:51,629 I knew him at once. He looks just like Father. 343 00:23:51,631 --> 00:23:56,429 It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Mary. 344 00:23:56,431 --> 00:23:59,246 Got a hug for your cousin? 345 00:23:59,248 --> 00:24:03,311 Merricat, he's come to see us. 346 00:24:52,334 --> 00:24:57,164 "I won't have it." End quote. 347 00:24:57,166 --> 00:25:00,398 "And I listened at the door... 348 00:25:03,790 --> 00:25:05,167 of course... 349 00:25:07,630 --> 00:25:10,031 as they quarreled hatefully." 350 00:25:15,023 --> 00:25:18,671 You slept in your garden on the moon, didn't you? 351 00:25:21,743 --> 00:25:28,110 I didn't come in in time to hear what they were quarrelling about. 352 00:25:37,389 --> 00:25:38,991 Silly Merricat. 353 00:25:42,093 --> 00:25:45,357 Uncle Julian doesn't like your omelets anymore? 354 00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:47,885 The fruit is for Charles. 355 00:25:49,902 --> 00:25:52,365 Morning. 356 00:25:52,366 --> 00:25:53,359 Oh! 357 00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:56,014 Uh... 358 00:25:56,015 --> 00:25:57,483 Oh, it's okay. I've got it, Charles. 359 00:26:00,878 --> 00:26:02,958 Good morning, Cousin Mary. 360 00:26:05,518 --> 00:26:07,533 Shy? 361 00:26:07,535 --> 00:26:09,741 We don't see a lot of strangers. 362 00:26:09,743 --> 00:26:11,310 Mmm. 363 00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:14,828 Now that's a handsome cat. 364 00:26:14,830 --> 00:26:17,036 What's his name? 365 00:26:17,038 --> 00:26:19,053 Jonas. 366 00:26:19,055 --> 00:26:21,579 Jonas? 367 00:26:21,581 --> 00:26:24,460 Jonas? Is he your special pet? 368 00:26:24,461 --> 00:26:26,668 Yes. 369 00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:31,789 Well, we're going to be very good friends, you, Jonas and I. 370 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:34,636 Charles. 371 00:26:34,638 --> 00:26:39,405 I see Uncle Julian and Constance light up for him. 372 00:26:39,407 --> 00:26:42,508 His presence is a strange new spell. 373 00:26:42,510 --> 00:26:45,197 - Are those pancakes? - I am powerless before it. 374 00:26:45,199 --> 00:26:48,621 It's been a long time since anyone's made me pancakes. 375 00:26:49,614 --> 00:26:52,555 - Delicious. - But he came unbidden, 376 00:26:52,557 --> 00:26:55,085 and I will drive him away. 377 00:26:58,893 --> 00:27:05,102 Your, uh... great, uh, great-grandfather... 378 00:27:06,126 --> 00:27:08,652 planted those trees over there. 379 00:27:08,653 --> 00:27:10,062 Hmm. 380 00:27:13,581 --> 00:27:15,822 They're really nice. 381 00:27:17,710 --> 00:27:20,238 A little crooked. 382 00:27:26,350 --> 00:27:27,212 Should we...? 383 00:27:27,214 --> 00:27:29,356 Oh, that's all right. 384 00:27:29,358 --> 00:27:33,453 I... need my exercise. 385 00:27:42,254 --> 00:27:47,020 Don't tidy Father's room this morning. Charles is staying there. 386 00:28:32,749 --> 00:28:37,898 But Venice is my favorite. 387 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,452 You lose yourself in a maze of beauty. 388 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:44,107 Canals of singing gondolieri 389 00:28:44,109 --> 00:28:47,115 and narrow streets where every corner looks the same. 390 00:28:47,117 --> 00:28:49,995 But, what is most chilling 391 00:28:49,997 --> 00:28:51,659 is that when you walk, 392 00:28:51,661 --> 00:28:53,836 your footsteps echo behind you, 393 00:28:53,838 --> 00:28:56,138 and you think that someone's following you. 394 00:28:56,140 --> 00:29:00,107 Your shoes are loud on the cobblestones, 395 00:29:00,109 --> 00:29:02,923 and when you stop, 396 00:29:02,925 --> 00:29:05,805 it sounds as though someone else has stopped. 397 00:29:09,006 --> 00:29:12,618 But, I suppose, 398 00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:16,427 if you had someone walking with you, 399 00:29:16,428 --> 00:29:18,987 if you were not alone, 400 00:29:18,989 --> 00:29:21,227 then it wouldn't really matter 401 00:29:21,228 --> 00:29:25,067 if you were being followed or not. 402 00:29:25,068 --> 00:29:27,818 I've never been anywhere. 403 00:29:27,820 --> 00:29:30,283 Too bad. Why is that? 404 00:29:30,285 --> 00:29:34,508 Father said everything that mattered was in America. 405 00:29:37,868 --> 00:29:40,715 Uncle Julian, here's a biscuit. 406 00:29:40,717 --> 00:29:41,931 Eat the soft side. 407 00:29:41,933 --> 00:29:43,914 Constance, 408 00:29:43,916 --> 00:29:48,619 do you think I should begin Chapter 45 with: 409 00:29:48,621 --> 00:29:52,107 "It was a fine morning, a bright fine morning, 410 00:29:52,109 --> 00:29:55,019 but none of them knew it was their last." 411 00:29:55,021 --> 00:29:58,026 Uncle Julian, 412 00:29:58,028 --> 00:30:00,426 do we need to discuss that right now? 413 00:30:00,428 --> 00:30:02,893 It was so long ago. 414 00:30:05,741 --> 00:30:10,923 That chair is my dead brother's chair. 415 00:30:12,876 --> 00:30:16,683 That last time I saw him there he was foaming at the mouth. 416 00:30:17,997 --> 00:30:20,715 Can it all just be forgotten? 417 00:30:20,717 --> 00:30:24,266 - Forgotten? - We don't want to talk about that bad time. 418 00:30:24,268 --> 00:30:26,123 Okay? 419 00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:30,186 I believe that you are speaking slightingly of my life's work. 420 00:30:30,188 --> 00:30:31,629 Sit down, Constance. 421 00:30:35,052 --> 00:30:37,130 Why don't we 422 00:30:37,132 --> 00:30:39,466 tuck in your napkin here 423 00:30:39,468 --> 00:30:44,204 or you're gonna mess yourself, buddy. 424 00:30:46,732 --> 00:30:50,794 You're missing a button, Charles. I'll sew it for you. 425 00:30:50,796 --> 00:30:51,885 Oh. 426 00:30:56,555 --> 00:31:00,300 I, uh, noticed this morning there was a broken step out back. 427 00:31:03,597 --> 00:31:05,001 How about I fix it for you? 428 00:31:05,003 --> 00:31:07,946 That would be very kind of you. 429 00:31:07,948 --> 00:31:09,675 And I could also go to the village 430 00:31:09,677 --> 00:31:10,986 and pick up whatever you need... 431 00:31:10,988 --> 00:31:12,522 I go to the village on Tuesdays. 432 00:31:12,524 --> 00:31:14,923 - You do? - But I worry about you. 433 00:31:14,925 --> 00:31:17,450 I'll give you a list, Charles, and some money 434 00:31:17,452 --> 00:31:19,177 and you shall be the grocery boy. 435 00:31:19,179 --> 00:31:20,939 You keep money in the house? 436 00:31:20,941 --> 00:31:23,337 Father didn't trust the banking system. It's all in the safe. 437 00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:26,188 Amanita phalloides contains three poisons. 438 00:31:27,691 --> 00:31:30,826 Mushroom Amanitin, which is slow but potent. 439 00:31:30,827 --> 00:31:32,874 Phalloidin, which attacks the liver and kidneys. 440 00:31:32,876 --> 00:31:35,082 - John... - And Phallin, 441 00:31:35,084 --> 00:31:37,962 - which dissolves red corpuscles although it is the least potent. - John... 442 00:31:37,964 --> 00:31:40,297 I taught her all the deadly ones so she won't eat them. 443 00:31:40,299 --> 00:31:43,114 The first symptoms do not appear until seven to 12 hours after eating. 444 00:31:43,116 --> 00:31:47,593 John, I'm telling you, investments aren't what they were when father made his money. 445 00:31:47,595 --> 00:31:51,659 - Or even 40 hours. - But he knew times change. 446 00:31:51,661 --> 00:31:53,225 - Who's he talking to? - Cold sweat. 447 00:31:53,227 --> 00:31:55,018 Oh, he thinks you're his brother, John. 448 00:31:55,020 --> 00:31:57,002 - Vomiting. - Times change. 449 00:31:57,004 --> 00:31:59,113 - All right. Enough. - Vomiting. Vomiting. 450 00:31:59,115 --> 00:32:01,897 Do you think I should begin Chapter 45 with, 451 00:32:01,899 --> 00:32:05,256 "It was a fine morning, a bright fine morning, 452 00:32:05,258 --> 00:32:09,548 and no one knew it was their last." 453 00:32:14,956 --> 00:32:17,707 There you are, dear. 454 00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:25,483 Constance, he should be in the hospital. 455 00:32:28,044 --> 00:32:30,476 I'm going to get you a sherry. 456 00:32:46,059 --> 00:32:50,251 Do you know what it's like to be poisoned and live? 457 00:32:54,827 --> 00:32:56,713 No. 458 00:32:56,714 --> 00:32:59,624 Hmm. 459 00:32:59,626 --> 00:33:02,633 It's... It's terrible... 460 00:33:02,635 --> 00:33:05,161 to lie here waiting 461 00:33:05,163 --> 00:33:07,019 to die. 462 00:33:09,356 --> 00:33:12,010 Please, don't touch my papers. 463 00:33:51,018 --> 00:33:53,193 May I have my lunch? 464 00:33:53,195 --> 00:33:56,233 There you are. 465 00:33:56,235 --> 00:34:00,360 I think I'll wait to have my lunch with Charles. 466 00:34:00,362 --> 00:34:03,402 I'm making gingerbread for him. 467 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:13,545 I am beginning to think 468 00:34:13,547 --> 00:34:17,000 my spells no longer work. 469 00:34:17,002 --> 00:34:21,353 No matter how many things of Father's I bury, 470 00:34:21,355 --> 00:34:24,137 I cannot protect Constance 471 00:34:24,138 --> 00:34:27,561 or make Charles go. 472 00:34:27,563 --> 00:34:30,889 Our land is beginning to fill with them. 473 00:34:30,891 --> 00:34:35,080 This web of terrible things. 474 00:34:35,082 --> 00:34:38,826 I will need stronger magic to keep us safe. 475 00:34:41,962 --> 00:34:46,025 Hey. What are you doing over there? 476 00:34:46,027 --> 00:34:47,752 Oh... 477 00:34:47,754 --> 00:34:51,816 You're planting too deep. Let me show you how you do that. 478 00:34:51,818 --> 00:34:54,857 Gotta use two fingers, all right? 479 00:34:54,859 --> 00:34:56,683 See? 480 00:35:02,570 --> 00:35:04,650 Constance? 481 00:35:05,579 --> 00:35:07,401 Constance? 482 00:35:07,403 --> 00:35:08,743 Yes, Charles? 483 00:35:08,745 --> 00:35:10,891 What the heck is she doing? 484 00:35:12,138 --> 00:35:14,344 She's gardening. 485 00:35:14,346 --> 00:35:16,298 Connie, th... 486 00:35:17,099 --> 00:35:18,536 this thing is made of gold. 487 00:35:18,538 --> 00:35:22,280 That's my dead brother's gold watch. 488 00:35:22,282 --> 00:35:24,808 - I thought he was buried in it. - It's not important. 489 00:35:24,810 --> 00:35:26,311 Not important? Well... 490 00:35:26,313 --> 00:35:29,224 The hell of a way to treat a valuable thing. 491 00:35:29,226 --> 00:35:30,440 Nobody wants it. 492 00:35:30,442 --> 00:35:32,136 You could've... 493 00:35:32,138 --> 00:35:33,736 You could've sold it. 494 00:35:33,738 --> 00:35:35,751 I certainly did think he was buried in it. 495 00:35:35,753 --> 00:35:40,584 It's worth money. It's probably worth a great deal of money. 496 00:35:40,586 --> 00:35:45,833 Sensible people don't go burying valuable things. 497 00:35:45,835 --> 00:35:47,752 Charles. 498 00:35:47,754 --> 00:35:50,504 Yes? 499 00:35:50,505 --> 00:35:52,775 You look very flushed. 500 00:35:54,058 --> 00:35:55,336 I... 501 00:35:55,338 --> 00:35:56,810 It's gold. 502 00:35:57,930 --> 00:35:58,922 Are you hot? 503 00:36:01,802 --> 00:36:03,754 Maybe. 504 00:36:04,906 --> 00:36:06,794 Would you like a bath? 505 00:36:44,394 --> 00:36:46,986 I was just leaving a towel. 506 00:37:15,018 --> 00:37:16,200 Constance... 507 00:37:17,417 --> 00:37:20,169 has he said anything about leaving? 508 00:37:23,849 --> 00:37:25,416 He's our cousin, 509 00:37:25,418 --> 00:37:28,616 and he's decided to come visit us, 510 00:37:28,618 --> 00:37:31,850 and he will go when he is ready. 511 00:37:42,824 --> 00:37:45,128 Cousin Charles. 512 00:37:51,337 --> 00:37:52,681 Cousin Charles. 513 00:37:56,361 --> 00:37:57,576 Well? 514 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:04,903 I've decided to ask you, nicely, 515 00:38:04,905 --> 00:38:07,401 to please go away. 516 00:38:12,553 --> 00:38:14,281 All right. 517 00:38:16,489 --> 00:38:18,632 You asked me. 518 00:38:21,418 --> 00:38:23,111 Please, will you go away? 519 00:38:23,113 --> 00:38:25,064 Cousin Mary doesn't like me. 520 00:38:26,248 --> 00:38:28,711 Here I've come to... 521 00:38:28,713 --> 00:38:31,303 see my two dear cousins and my old uncle 522 00:38:31,305 --> 00:38:34,918 who I haven't seen in years, and... 523 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,960 Cousin Mary won't even be polite to me. 524 00:38:40,169 --> 00:38:41,161 Well... 525 00:38:43,369 --> 00:38:45,702 Constance likes me. 526 00:38:45,704 --> 00:38:48,455 That's all that matters. 527 00:39:08,744 --> 00:39:13,030 I try to find the right words to expel him... 528 00:39:13,032 --> 00:39:15,142 Constance! 529 00:39:15,144 --> 00:39:18,152 ...but his power is strong. 530 00:39:22,568 --> 00:39:24,679 Constance! 531 00:39:24,681 --> 00:39:28,102 Constance, will you make Uncle Julian a little soft cake for his lunch... 532 00:39:28,104 --> 00:39:30,917 Constance is busy now. Run along and play. 533 00:39:30,919 --> 00:39:33,287 - I'm sorry. - But Uncle Julian's going to... 534 00:39:33,289 --> 00:39:37,000 She's busy right now. Your sister works like a slave. 535 00:39:39,399 --> 00:39:41,447 He wears Father's suit, 536 00:39:41,449 --> 00:39:44,134 sleeps in Father's bed, 537 00:39:44,136 --> 00:39:46,246 smokes his pipe, 538 00:39:46,248 --> 00:39:49,768 and glides his tonic all over his hair. 539 00:39:51,304 --> 00:39:53,637 And Constance does not see it. 540 00:39:56,264 --> 00:39:57,637 She obliges him 541 00:39:57,639 --> 00:39:59,621 and pretends he is not like Father. 542 00:39:59,623 --> 00:40:02,631 And now she frowns at me... 543 00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:06,438 I love you, Constance. 544 00:40:06,439 --> 00:40:09,511 ...as though I'm the one who is different. 545 00:40:12,872 --> 00:40:14,855 I'm so tired. 546 00:40:47,463 --> 00:40:49,574 Constance? 547 00:40:49,575 --> 00:40:51,397 - I cannot work in here... - Constance? 548 00:40:51,399 --> 00:40:54,918 ...if Charles is going to talk all the time. 549 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,390 - This is too much. - What now? 550 00:40:56,391 --> 00:40:58,950 Have you ever seen anything like this? 551 00:40:58,952 --> 00:41:00,932 Look at it, Connie. 552 00:41:00,934 --> 00:41:02,630 Look at it. 553 00:41:02,632 --> 00:41:03,909 Look at it. 554 00:41:03,911 --> 00:41:06,245 I suppose it belongs to Merricat. 555 00:41:06,247 --> 00:41:10,085 It doesn't belong to Merricat or anything like it. This is money. 556 00:41:10,087 --> 00:41:12,325 There are 40 silver coins in here, Connie. 557 00:41:12,327 --> 00:41:13,832 This is outrageous. 558 00:41:15,176 --> 00:41:16,485 She likes to bury things. 559 00:41:16,487 --> 00:41:17,990 She has no right to bury things. 560 00:41:17,992 --> 00:41:19,846 This is terrible. 561 00:41:19,848 --> 00:41:22,916 - She has no right. - No harm is done. It's fine. 562 00:41:22,918 --> 00:41:24,165 How do you know there isn't more? 563 00:41:24,167 --> 00:41:26,246 How do you know that crazy kid 564 00:41:26,248 --> 00:41:29,765 hasn't buried 40,000 coins around here we'll never find? 565 00:41:29,767 --> 00:41:31,975 Goddamn kid. 566 00:41:34,695 --> 00:41:37,476 How's the step coming? 567 00:41:37,478 --> 00:41:39,589 I need more nails. 568 00:41:39,591 --> 00:41:43,463 Here. Just take some of these. 569 00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:47,206 - And if that's not enough... - Con... Constance. 570 00:41:47,208 --> 00:41:49,765 ...you can just charge it to our account. 571 00:41:49,767 --> 00:41:52,389 Th... Constance. Con... 572 00:41:52,391 --> 00:41:57,767 Hey, I can buy half the market with this. 573 00:42:03,431 --> 00:42:06,436 You shouldn't keep that much money in the house. 574 00:42:06,438 --> 00:42:08,998 And you should have a phone. 575 00:42:11,175 --> 00:42:14,088 It became troublesome. 576 00:42:19,079 --> 00:42:21,703 Thank you for fixing the step. 577 00:42:47,462 --> 00:42:50,149 That's a nice machine. 578 00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:54,116 Four-speed? 579 00:42:54,118 --> 00:42:56,261 What's under the hood? 580 00:42:56,263 --> 00:42:59,078 - Six-cylinder. - Ooh! 581 00:43:01,030 --> 00:43:03,335 How do you get a car like that? 582 00:43:04,806 --> 00:43:06,533 Ace-high straight. 583 00:43:06,535 --> 00:43:08,165 Not around here you don't. 584 00:43:11,431 --> 00:43:14,278 You look familiar. 585 00:43:15,175 --> 00:43:17,221 Do I? 586 00:43:17,223 --> 00:43:19,558 Where from? 587 00:43:20,615 --> 00:43:22,950 I'm from right up on the hill. 588 00:43:29,606 --> 00:43:32,324 Ain't that a bite. 589 00:43:32,326 --> 00:43:36,197 Well, I didn't know there were any more Blackwoods, eh, Ned? 590 00:43:36,199 --> 00:43:39,429 Wonder how long before this one ends up in the boneyard. 591 00:43:39,430 --> 00:43:41,508 Another Blackwood to take our money. 592 00:43:41,510 --> 00:43:45,348 Just like their tyrant daddy and the rest of them! 593 00:43:45,350 --> 00:43:47,172 No, they should just throw those high and mighty girls 594 00:43:47,174 --> 00:43:49,923 to the woods for all the trouble they caused this town. 595 00:43:49,925 --> 00:43:51,525 Those Blackwood girls... 596 00:43:51,527 --> 00:43:53,636 they're no different than their daddy. 597 00:43:53,638 --> 00:43:55,332 Sitting up in their castle. 598 00:43:55,334 --> 00:43:58,531 Rolling in their heaps of silver coins. 599 00:44:23,591 --> 00:44:25,379 He's gonna die. 600 00:44:39,142 --> 00:44:40,900 Where have you been? 601 00:44:40,902 --> 00:44:42,659 Out wandering. 602 00:44:42,661 --> 00:44:45,028 I think we need to forbid your wandering. 603 00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:48,260 It's time you quieted down a little. 604 00:44:48,262 --> 00:44:50,884 - "We?" - Constance. 605 00:44:50,886 --> 00:44:52,451 Charles is not a bad man. 606 00:44:52,453 --> 00:44:54,211 He's making Uncle Julian sicker... 607 00:44:54,213 --> 00:44:56,420 He's only trying to keep Uncle Julian 608 00:44:56,422 --> 00:44:58,115 from thinking about sad things. 609 00:44:58,117 --> 00:45:00,803 - Constance... - He should be more cheerful. 610 00:45:00,805 --> 00:45:05,155 Constance, it's time I had a box. 611 00:45:05,157 --> 00:45:09,188 I can put all my papers in the box 612 00:45:09,190 --> 00:45:12,100 and put the box in my room. 613 00:45:12,102 --> 00:45:14,598 And Charles cannot touch them. 614 00:45:16,549 --> 00:45:18,565 You're a good child, Merricat. 615 00:45:18,566 --> 00:45:19,651 My box. 616 00:45:19,653 --> 00:45:21,667 I've been hiding here. 617 00:45:21,669 --> 00:45:23,396 My box. 618 00:45:23,398 --> 00:45:25,827 I've let Uncle Julian spend all his time living in the past. 619 00:45:25,829 --> 00:45:27,939 - I've been unkind. - Is that Mother's necklace? 620 00:45:27,941 --> 00:45:29,731 Uncle Julian should be in a hospital. 621 00:45:29,733 --> 00:45:31,587 - You should... you should... - It would certainly not be kind 622 00:45:31,589 --> 00:45:32,900 to put Uncle Julian in a hospital. 623 00:45:32,902 --> 00:45:34,980 You should have a boyfriend! 624 00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:36,931 My box. 625 00:45:36,933 --> 00:45:38,692 Well, well, well. 626 00:45:38,694 --> 00:45:42,979 - Everybody's here. - Charles! 627 00:45:42,981 --> 00:45:44,582 Oh, Connie. 628 00:45:48,005 --> 00:45:51,524 I was thinking, while I'm here, I should go through your father's papers. 629 00:45:51,525 --> 00:45:53,091 Don't touch my papers! 630 00:45:53,093 --> 00:45:57,477 There might be something important in there. 631 00:46:01,190 --> 00:46:02,948 I haven't even been to the study. 632 00:46:02,950 --> 00:46:04,644 What is this? 633 00:46:04,646 --> 00:46:06,564 This is your box, Uncle Julian. 634 00:46:06,566 --> 00:46:08,130 What for? 635 00:46:08,132 --> 00:46:10,597 To put your papers in. 636 00:46:12,581 --> 00:46:14,275 I'll take care of him. 637 00:46:14,277 --> 00:46:17,926 You go, wash up, and get ready for dinner. 638 00:46:18,821 --> 00:46:20,741 Thank you, Charles. 639 00:46:32,421 --> 00:46:34,149 I wonder... 640 00:46:36,197 --> 00:46:39,044 in about a month from now... 641 00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:41,893 who will still be here. 642 00:46:46,853 --> 00:46:48,356 You or me. 643 00:47:10,374 --> 00:47:11,941 Ahh. 644 00:47:58,692 --> 00:48:01,410 Is that Father's suit? 645 00:48:01,411 --> 00:48:03,842 Gingerbread in July 646 00:48:03,844 --> 00:48:05,604 is my favorite thing. 647 00:48:08,804 --> 00:48:11,746 It looks good on me, yeah? 648 00:48:27,429 --> 00:48:34,020 There is nothing like the sunset over Florence from the top of the Duomo. 649 00:48:35,043 --> 00:48:37,506 Is it beautiful? 650 00:48:37,508 --> 00:48:42,531 Four hundred and sixty-three steps to the most exquisite sight. 651 00:48:42,533 --> 00:48:46,529 A picture couldn't capture the magic. 652 00:48:46,531 --> 00:48:47,940 You have to go. 653 00:48:54,276 --> 00:48:56,674 How do you say, 654 00:48:56,676 --> 00:48:59,267 "Take me away"? 655 00:49:07,140 --> 00:49:09,059 How do you say, 656 00:49:09,956 --> 00:49:12,868 "I want roast lamb for dinner"? 657 00:49:21,284 --> 00:49:24,450 "Cooked by someone other than myself." 658 00:49:37,827 --> 00:49:40,740 You're so lovely. 659 00:49:48,740 --> 00:49:53,089 We have many plans to make. 660 00:50:24,963 --> 00:50:27,202 Constance? 661 00:50:32,419 --> 00:50:34,307 Constance? 662 00:50:38,850 --> 00:50:40,100 Constance? 663 00:50:44,610 --> 00:50:45,891 Constance? 664 00:51:29,026 --> 00:51:31,971 What do you have to say for yourself? 665 00:51:36,867 --> 00:51:39,073 The Cicuta maculata is the water hemlock, 666 00:51:39,075 --> 00:51:41,568 one of the most poisonous of wild plants if taken internally. 667 00:51:41,570 --> 00:51:43,874 The Apocynum cannabinum is not a poisonous... 668 00:51:43,876 --> 00:51:45,058 Stop it! 669 00:51:45,892 --> 00:51:48,352 May I have my lunch, Constance? 670 00:51:48,354 --> 00:51:50,656 - Of course. - Constance... 671 00:51:50,658 --> 00:51:54,690 But first you have to explain to Cousin Charles. 672 00:52:04,610 --> 00:52:06,754 Please don't be angry, Charles. 673 00:52:06,756 --> 00:52:09,730 I'll clean your room right away. 674 00:52:09,732 --> 00:52:12,576 Mary Katherine! 675 00:52:12,578 --> 00:52:15,072 I'm gonna give you one last chance to explain. 676 00:52:15,074 --> 00:52:17,280 Why did you make a mess in my room? 677 00:52:17,282 --> 00:52:20,129 I cannot work in here if Charles is going to talk all the time. 678 00:52:20,130 --> 00:52:21,761 This is none of your business. Answer me. 679 00:52:21,762 --> 00:52:24,000 John, how often must I tell you, 680 00:52:24,002 --> 00:52:26,177 I know nothing about it and it is none of my concern. 681 00:52:26,178 --> 00:52:28,224 - My name is Charles. - It is a quarrel between the women 682 00:52:28,226 --> 00:52:30,240 - and it is none of my affair. - May I have my lunch, Constance? 683 00:52:30,242 --> 00:52:34,401 - Of course. - I do not involve myself in my wife's petty squabbles... 684 00:52:34,403 --> 00:52:36,416 - Shut up! Please. - I'd advise you to do the same. 685 00:52:36,418 --> 00:52:38,944 Constance, the sooner you're out of here the better. 686 00:52:38,946 --> 00:52:41,537 I will not be told to shut up by my own brother! 687 00:52:41,539 --> 00:52:45,280 We will leave your house, John, 688 00:52:45,282 --> 00:52:47,999 if that is really your desire. 689 00:52:48,001 --> 00:52:52,739 I will ask you, however, to reflect. 690 00:52:55,011 --> 00:52:59,104 Charles, when are you leaving? 691 00:52:59,106 --> 00:53:01,473 I'm not leaving. 692 00:53:01,475 --> 00:53:03,424 - I'm staying. No! - This is all my fault. All of this is my fault. 693 00:53:03,426 --> 00:53:06,496 - This is a crazy house. - You stay away from my papers! 694 00:53:06,498 --> 00:53:10,049 - Uncle Julian... - You keep away from my papers, you bastard! 695 00:53:10,051 --> 00:53:12,096 My dear, I apologize to use such a word. 696 00:53:12,098 --> 00:53:18,049 It is merely a word used among men to categorize an undesirable fellow! 697 00:53:18,051 --> 00:53:19,873 I tell you I've had enough of this. 698 00:53:19,875 --> 00:53:24,769 You have forgotten yourself, to take such a tone to me! 699 00:53:24,771 --> 00:53:28,735 Please be extremely quiet now. 700 00:53:28,737 --> 00:53:31,519 Not until I am done with Mary Katherine. 701 00:53:31,521 --> 00:53:34,431 My niece, Mary Katherine, 702 00:53:34,433 --> 00:53:36,671 died in an orphanage of neglect, 703 00:53:36,673 --> 00:53:38,848 during her sister's trial for murder. 704 00:53:38,850 --> 00:53:43,392 But she is of very little consequence to my book... 705 00:53:43,394 --> 00:53:45,024 She's sitting right here. 706 00:53:45,026 --> 00:53:46,913 Enough! 707 00:53:47,778 --> 00:53:50,846 You must either be quiet 708 00:53:50,848 --> 00:53:52,992 or you must leave this room. 709 00:53:52,994 --> 00:53:56,991 - This is a mad house. - You look very tired. You should go rest until lunch. 710 00:53:56,993 --> 00:53:59,104 I'm not going anywhere until something is done about this girl. 711 00:53:59,106 --> 00:54:01,696 Why should anything be done? I said I would clean your room. 712 00:54:01,698 --> 00:54:04,514 Constance, why aren't you going to punish her? 713 00:54:06,081 --> 00:54:07,584 Punish me? 714 00:54:07,586 --> 00:54:08,864 Punish me? 715 00:54:08,866 --> 00:54:11,135 You mean send me to my bed without my dinner? 716 00:54:11,137 --> 00:54:13,760 You are a very selfish man, John. 717 00:54:13,762 --> 00:54:15,231 Stop it, Julian! 718 00:54:15,233 --> 00:54:17,216 It is not fitting for men of dignity to reproach... 719 00:54:17,218 --> 00:54:19,839 - Please... - ...threaten when women have had a falling out. 720 00:54:19,841 --> 00:54:22,559 - Shut up! Stop it! - You lose stature, John. You lose stature. 721 00:54:22,561 --> 00:54:24,159 - Stop it! - You lose stature, John. 722 00:54:24,161 --> 00:54:26,271 - Not another word, please. - You lose stature! 723 00:54:26,272 --> 00:54:28,192 You lose stature, John! 724 00:54:28,193 --> 00:54:29,279 - You lose stature! - Do you hear me, Julian! 725 00:54:29,281 --> 00:54:30,623 You're a ghost and a demon! 726 00:54:30,625 --> 00:54:33,247 Merricat, enough, okay?! You are making it worse. 727 00:54:33,249 --> 00:54:35,039 Answer me! 728 00:54:35,041 --> 00:54:38,751 Stop it! Stop, Merricat, please! 729 00:54:38,753 --> 00:54:40,354 Answer me. 730 00:55:11,202 --> 00:55:18,015 Some terrible force has brought everything I've ever buried to the surface, 731 00:55:18,017 --> 00:55:21,088 like the opposite of a spell. 732 00:55:23,585 --> 00:55:26,945 What could be the opposite of a spell? 733 00:55:29,377 --> 00:55:32,478 A curse. 734 00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:34,945 You should have a new book. 735 00:55:38,913 --> 00:55:42,975 Should Mary Katherine have a new book? 736 00:55:42,977 --> 00:55:46,174 She should have anything she wants. 737 00:55:46,176 --> 00:55:50,081 Our most loved daughter should have anything she likes. 738 00:55:53,953 --> 00:55:59,390 Mary Katherine... we love you. 739 00:55:59,392 --> 00:56:01,473 You must never be punished. 740 00:56:04,256 --> 00:56:09,344 You are to see to it that our most beloved daughter is never punished. 741 00:56:56,128 --> 00:56:57,981 Chapter 36. 742 00:56:57,983 --> 00:57:02,241 "It was a beautiful meal." 743 00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:12,896 Here she is. 744 00:57:15,295 --> 00:57:17,374 Wash your face and your hands. 745 00:57:17,376 --> 00:57:20,192 Get ready for dinner. Cousin Charles is already angry with you. 746 00:57:22,015 --> 00:57:27,805 Your sister and I have had enough of your hiding and destroying and temper. 747 00:57:27,807 --> 00:57:29,789 We're going to have a long talk tonight 748 00:57:29,791 --> 00:57:31,710 after I enjoy the beautiful meal 749 00:57:31,712 --> 00:57:34,721 that your sister made for me this afternoon. 750 00:57:42,304 --> 00:57:46,111 Run along, Merricat. Your dinner will be cold. 751 00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:51,967 Let me ask you a question, Mary. 752 00:57:53,824 --> 00:57:55,966 Why don't you like me? 753 00:57:55,968 --> 00:58:00,032 - Oh, Charles. - No, it's okay. I'm just asking. 754 00:58:01,406 --> 00:58:03,520 Why don't you like me? 755 00:58:05,792 --> 00:58:06,877 She likes you. 756 00:58:06,879 --> 00:58:08,989 No... 757 00:58:08,991 --> 00:58:11,774 she doesn't. 758 00:58:11,776 --> 00:58:12,989 I think I know why. 759 00:58:12,991 --> 00:58:15,297 Lord knows I have my theories. 760 00:58:18,369 --> 00:58:22,559 But you never really never did give me a chance, did you, Mary? 761 00:58:25,343 --> 00:58:27,776 She likes you. 762 00:58:33,023 --> 00:58:35,584 I came here to offer assistance... 763 00:58:37,376 --> 00:58:38,813 and guidance. 764 00:58:38,815 --> 00:58:40,413 And from the look of things, 765 00:58:40,415 --> 00:58:43,775 I think I got here just in time, but... 766 00:58:45,759 --> 00:58:48,063 what did I get in return? 767 00:58:52,479 --> 00:58:55,103 Not even a thank you. 768 00:58:58,271 --> 00:59:00,893 Perhaps if John knew that 769 00:59:00,895 --> 00:59:03,773 it was their last day, 770 00:59:03,775 --> 00:59:06,494 he would have not begrudged 771 00:59:06,496 --> 00:59:09,213 my wife her sausage. 772 01:00:13,982 --> 01:00:16,765 What took you so long? 773 01:00:19,262 --> 01:00:22,556 Forget it. Don't even say a word. 774 01:00:22,558 --> 01:00:26,268 I just want to enjoy this meal in peace. 775 01:00:32,832 --> 01:00:35,581 - Amanita phalloides contains three poisons. - Don't. 776 01:00:35,583 --> 01:00:37,596 Mushroom Amanitin, which is slow but potent. 777 01:00:37,598 --> 01:00:39,803 - Enough! - Phalloidin, which attacks the liver and kidneys, 778 01:00:39,805 --> 01:00:41,757 and Phallin, which dissolves red corpuscles. 779 01:00:41,759 --> 01:00:43,100 I mean it. I won't stand for it. 780 01:00:43,102 --> 01:00:45,054 The first symptoms do not appear 781 01:00:45,056 --> 01:00:47,679 - ...until seven to 12 hours... - Not another goddamned word! 782 01:00:54,205 --> 01:00:55,390 Constance? 783 01:00:57,918 --> 01:01:00,958 John... 784 01:01:03,039 --> 01:01:05,726 Get out there, goddamn it! 785 01:01:08,703 --> 01:01:11,420 No. No. 786 01:01:17,181 --> 01:01:18,909 No. 787 01:01:18,911 --> 01:01:21,885 No. No. 788 01:01:21,887 --> 01:01:23,131 No! 789 01:01:23,133 --> 01:01:25,819 - No. No... - Father, stop! 790 01:01:25,821 --> 01:01:28,093 - No! - Be quiet! Shut up! 791 01:01:28,095 --> 01:01:29,788 - What are you doing? - Be quiet. 792 01:01:29,790 --> 01:01:31,228 Just shut up! Shut up! Shut up! 793 01:01:31,230 --> 01:01:33,500 - Father, stop! - Shut up! 794 01:01:33,502 --> 01:01:35,548 Shut up! Shh! Shh! 795 01:01:35,550 --> 01:01:37,980 Shh! Shh! 796 01:01:37,982 --> 01:01:40,443 Father, stop! No! 797 01:01:40,445 --> 01:01:42,141 Be quiet and shut up! 798 01:01:42,142 --> 01:01:44,830 Shut up! Shut up! Shut up. 799 01:01:44,831 --> 01:01:46,332 Shh... 800 01:01:46,334 --> 01:01:48,732 Shut up. 801 01:01:48,734 --> 01:01:50,653 Shut up. 802 01:01:57,437 --> 01:01:59,355 What is that? 803 01:01:59,357 --> 01:02:04,382 What is that? 804 01:02:22,110 --> 01:02:23,482 Fire! 805 01:02:23,484 --> 01:02:26,395 Fire! Fire! 806 01:02:26,397 --> 01:02:28,476 Fire, Constance. Grab a bag. 807 01:02:28,478 --> 01:02:30,909 Constance, quick. Hey, hey, hey. 808 01:02:30,911 --> 01:02:32,315 Grab the money out of the safe. 809 01:02:32,317 --> 01:02:33,885 Okay? Do you hear me? 810 01:02:33,887 --> 01:02:35,932 Constance, fire! 811 01:02:38,590 --> 01:02:40,733 I'm gonna get help. 812 01:02:51,997 --> 01:02:54,940 Fire. 813 01:02:54,942 --> 01:02:56,123 Fire! 814 01:02:56,124 --> 01:02:59,131 Fire in the Blackwood House! 815 01:03:30,878 --> 01:03:32,730 We just cleaned it. 816 01:03:32,732 --> 01:03:35,101 - Constance... - It has no right to burn. 817 01:04:13,693 --> 01:04:15,676 Uncle Julian. 818 01:04:16,606 --> 01:04:18,459 Uncle Julian! 819 01:04:18,461 --> 01:04:20,893 Uncle Julian, open the door. 820 01:04:23,581 --> 01:04:25,629 Uncle Julian, open the door. 821 01:04:28,829 --> 01:04:29,947 Clear the house. 822 01:04:29,949 --> 01:04:32,028 Do you hear me? Clear the house! 823 01:04:40,829 --> 01:04:42,909 Throw up that bottom line and get up in the tanks. 824 01:04:49,437 --> 01:04:51,226 That's a fire, all right. 825 01:04:51,228 --> 01:04:55,389 Oh yeah, that's a fire. 826 01:05:04,349 --> 01:05:05,786 Why not let it burn, Jim? 827 01:05:05,788 --> 01:05:08,122 Now, Bobby, you know sure well 828 01:05:08,124 --> 01:05:11,163 we can't let this fine manor fall. 829 01:05:11,165 --> 01:05:12,348 We're firemen. 830 01:05:13,245 --> 01:05:15,195 We gotta put it out. 831 01:05:25,021 --> 01:05:27,421 Move it, move it! Everyone out! Clear the house. 832 01:05:30,493 --> 01:05:31,964 Clear the room! 833 01:05:33,564 --> 01:05:35,034 Let's go! Let's go! 834 01:05:35,036 --> 01:05:37,115 - Come on! - Let's go! Water! 835 01:05:37,117 --> 01:05:39,899 The hallway! 836 01:05:39,901 --> 01:05:41,596 Water! 837 01:05:43,453 --> 01:05:45,019 We need more water! 838 01:05:49,309 --> 01:05:53,308 We should have burned it down years ago! 839 01:05:55,100 --> 01:05:56,058 Let it burn! 840 01:05:56,059 --> 01:05:57,146 Let it burn! 841 01:05:57,148 --> 01:05:58,492 Let it burn! 842 01:06:01,340 --> 01:06:04,698 Let it burn! Let it burn! 843 01:06:04,700 --> 01:06:06,555 Let it burn! Let it burn! 844 01:06:06,557 --> 01:06:09,659 "Merricat," said Connie, "would you like a cup of tea?" 845 01:06:09,661 --> 01:06:12,826 "Oh no," said Merricat, "you'll poison me." 846 01:06:12,828 --> 01:06:15,291 Let it burn! 847 01:06:15,293 --> 01:06:20,571 Merricat. Merricat. 848 01:06:23,451 --> 01:06:25,114 The sound of their hate 849 01:06:25,116 --> 01:06:26,684 is another kind of fire 850 01:06:27,932 --> 01:06:31,196 moving through the bones of our house. 851 01:06:33,436 --> 01:06:37,500 I know now that all of my spells are broken. 852 01:06:38,972 --> 01:06:41,979 What was buried here in this village, 853 01:06:42,812 --> 01:06:46,714 their want for our ruin, 854 01:06:46,716 --> 01:06:49,628 has come to the surface at last. 855 01:06:54,780 --> 01:06:55,899 Where are the girls? 856 01:06:55,901 --> 01:06:57,273 Fire's all out, folks. 857 01:06:57,275 --> 01:06:59,098 Should have just let that fire burn, Jim. 858 01:06:59,100 --> 01:07:01,082 Should've burned down years ago. 859 01:07:01,084 --> 01:07:03,417 Now what do we do, Jim? 860 01:07:03,419 --> 01:07:04,732 Crazy witches. 861 01:07:16,955 --> 01:07:18,588 Constance, we have to go. 862 01:07:21,179 --> 01:07:22,330 What are you doing?! 863 01:07:24,443 --> 01:07:28,665 - Take it! Take everything! - We have to go outside. 864 01:07:36,315 --> 01:07:38,777 Get the money! 865 01:07:40,283 --> 01:07:42,362 Let's get some of that gold! 866 01:08:04,251 --> 01:08:06,458 What the goddamn hell is going on here?! 867 01:08:07,868 --> 01:08:09,465 Get out of here! 868 01:08:09,467 --> 01:08:11,321 Get out! 869 01:08:15,483 --> 01:08:17,049 Don't forget the candlesticks! 870 01:08:17,051 --> 01:08:17,913 Go! 871 01:08:17,915 --> 01:08:20,474 Merricat! 872 01:08:24,314 --> 01:08:26,106 Merricat! 873 01:08:26,108 --> 01:08:27,770 Merricat! 874 01:08:27,772 --> 01:08:29,595 Merricat! 875 01:08:30,780 --> 01:08:31,771 Stop it! 876 01:08:34,427 --> 01:08:36,984 You crazy, drunken fools! 877 01:08:36,986 --> 01:08:38,171 Where are they?! 878 01:08:51,226 --> 01:08:52,761 What do we got here? 879 01:08:52,763 --> 01:08:55,547 Merricat! Merricat! 880 01:08:57,370 --> 01:08:59,835 Look who's here, the little debutante. 881 01:09:01,979 --> 01:09:03,289 Where're you going? 882 01:09:03,291 --> 01:09:06,552 Constance! 883 01:09:06,554 --> 01:09:07,737 Sam! 884 01:09:11,994 --> 01:09:14,490 Burn! Burn! 885 01:09:16,667 --> 01:09:18,745 What are you doing? Leave them! 886 01:09:18,747 --> 01:09:21,592 Stop it! Stop it! 887 01:09:21,594 --> 01:09:22,649 No! No! 888 01:09:22,651 --> 01:09:24,568 That's enough! Stop it! 889 01:09:24,570 --> 01:09:26,392 That's enough! You listen to me! 890 01:09:26,394 --> 01:09:29,465 - Leave them alone! - Listen to me! 891 01:09:39,131 --> 01:09:40,761 Julian Blackwood is dead. 892 01:09:40,763 --> 01:09:43,737 There's been a death in this house. You get out of here! 893 01:09:50,523 --> 01:09:53,786 Go on now! Get out of here! 894 01:10:46,650 --> 01:10:49,722 We're on the moon at last. 895 01:10:55,003 --> 01:10:57,434 Uncle Julian. 896 01:11:11,067 --> 01:11:13,530 Poor Uncle Julian. 897 01:11:15,289 --> 01:11:17,754 Who will write his book? 898 01:11:53,338 --> 01:11:56,216 My kitchen. 899 01:12:50,777 --> 01:12:54,745 I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die. 900 01:12:56,793 --> 01:12:59,256 Like you did before? 901 01:13:03,321 --> 01:13:05,913 I'm sorry. 902 01:13:07,257 --> 01:13:09,785 He was wicked. 903 01:13:11,033 --> 01:13:14,136 He was a very wicked man, our father. 904 01:13:14,137 --> 01:13:16,376 He was very wicked to me. 905 01:13:32,153 --> 01:13:33,752 I put it in the sugar. 906 01:13:35,865 --> 01:13:37,689 I know. 907 01:13:38,777 --> 01:13:40,697 I knew then. 908 01:13:43,159 --> 01:13:46,489 - You never use sugar. - No. 909 01:13:47,896 --> 01:13:50,007 No... no. 910 01:13:50,009 --> 01:13:53,049 That's why I put it in the sugar. 911 01:13:54,200 --> 01:13:56,568 You saved me, my Merricat. 912 01:14:04,633 --> 01:14:07,032 We'll never talk about it again. 913 01:14:12,249 --> 01:14:13,528 Never. 914 01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:19,065 Never again. 915 01:14:20,248 --> 01:14:21,206 Constance? 916 01:14:23,161 --> 01:14:25,015 Constance? 917 01:14:26,105 --> 01:14:28,054 It's Helen and Sam Clarke. 918 01:14:28,056 --> 01:14:30,679 Open the door, dear. 919 01:14:30,681 --> 01:14:32,695 Never again. 920 01:14:32,697 --> 01:14:34,584 Never. 921 01:14:35,608 --> 01:14:36,917 Never... 922 01:14:36,919 --> 01:14:38,263 Constance? 923 01:14:38,265 --> 01:14:40,278 I just thought you'd like to know that 924 01:14:40,280 --> 01:14:42,614 your Uncle Julian's funeral is the day after tomorrow. 925 01:14:42,616 --> 01:14:44,887 There's a lot of flowers already. 926 01:14:44,889 --> 01:14:50,071 I think you'd be very impressed if you could see all the flowers we all sent Julian. 927 01:14:50,073 --> 01:14:51,381 We're your friends, dear. 928 01:14:51,383 --> 01:14:53,271 You shouldn't drive away your friends. 929 01:14:53,273 --> 01:14:57,622 Constance, everything's fine. We're going to forget all about it. 930 01:14:57,624 --> 01:15:02,327 In a few weeks, no one will even remember what happened. 931 01:15:10,136 --> 01:15:11,990 Sam, break down the door. 932 01:15:11,992 --> 01:15:13,622 No. 933 01:15:13,624 --> 01:15:16,023 Every window's already broken in the place already, Helen. 934 01:15:16,025 --> 01:15:17,750 I'm not gonna break anything else, for Christ's sake. 935 01:15:17,752 --> 01:15:19,638 Then climb in a window, for God's sakes. 936 01:15:19,640 --> 01:15:21,974 No. Look, leave them. They'll come out when they're ready. 937 01:15:21,976 --> 01:15:23,480 They're not children. 938 01:15:37,655 --> 01:15:39,704 We can't go upstairs. 939 01:15:48,600 --> 01:15:52,277 Hey, Miss Constance? 940 01:15:52,279 --> 01:15:55,095 Hey, Miss Constance? 941 01:15:56,536 --> 01:16:00,246 I... I got a chicken here. 942 01:16:00,247 --> 01:16:03,573 My wife roasted it up nice. 943 01:16:03,575 --> 01:16:09,111 And there's some cookies and pie. 944 01:16:10,167 --> 01:16:12,853 I hope you can hear me. 945 01:16:12,855 --> 01:16:15,478 I, uh... 946 01:16:15,480 --> 01:16:19,222 I broke one of your chairs. 947 01:16:19,224 --> 01:16:21,687 I'm-I'm sorry. 948 01:16:24,056 --> 01:16:28,503 I'll just leave it here. 949 01:16:34,488 --> 01:16:36,567 Sorry again. 950 01:16:40,758 --> 01:16:43,766 Do you think it's as good as my pies? 951 01:17:04,279 --> 01:17:06,903 Leave it, Merricat. 952 01:17:08,183 --> 01:17:09,430 Let some sun in. 953 01:17:23,958 --> 01:17:25,397 More food. 954 01:17:25,399 --> 01:17:29,687 We're the biggest church supper they ever had. 955 01:17:34,007 --> 01:17:36,022 Connie? 956 01:17:36,024 --> 01:17:37,972 I'm back. 957 01:17:37,974 --> 01:17:39,864 Constance? 958 01:17:46,103 --> 01:17:47,318 Darling. 959 01:17:50,903 --> 01:17:52,822 Let's forget all that ever happened. 960 01:17:56,375 --> 01:17:58,261 I want to be friends again. 961 01:17:58,263 --> 01:18:00,918 Will you open the door? 962 01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:06,389 Connie, I didn't mean for that to happen. 963 01:18:06,391 --> 01:18:07,893 I didn't. I'm sorry. 964 01:18:07,895 --> 01:18:10,134 I can help you, Connie. 965 01:18:11,447 --> 01:18:12,629 I can. 966 01:18:12,630 --> 01:18:16,181 We can have a life together, 967 01:18:16,183 --> 01:18:18,037 away from here. 968 01:18:18,039 --> 01:18:19,958 Don't you want that, Connie? 969 01:18:21,974 --> 01:18:24,340 Italy. 970 01:18:24,342 --> 01:18:27,348 Remember how that felt? Remember... 971 01:18:27,350 --> 01:18:28,727 when I held you? 972 01:18:36,278 --> 01:18:38,198 Connie... 973 01:18:40,630 --> 01:18:43,668 Please, you have to open the door. 974 01:18:43,670 --> 01:18:45,430 You understand? 975 01:18:48,215 --> 01:18:52,534 I can't help you if you don't let me. 976 01:18:54,326 --> 01:18:57,173 Do you hear me, Connie? 977 01:18:57,175 --> 01:19:00,597 I can't help you if you don't let me. 978 01:19:00,599 --> 01:19:03,733 And I'm not going away. 979 01:19:03,735 --> 01:19:05,654 I'm not going away, Connie. 980 01:19:16,950 --> 01:19:19,510 There will never be anyone like me, Connie. 981 01:19:21,207 --> 01:19:23,574 Who's gonna love you? 982 01:19:25,302 --> 01:19:27,061 Nobody. 983 01:19:27,063 --> 01:19:29,878 Nobody's gonna love you. 984 01:19:32,246 --> 01:19:34,966 Is that what you want, Connie? 985 01:19:36,437 --> 01:19:39,317 I don't deserve to be treated like this! 986 01:19:42,870 --> 01:19:45,332 I could just walk away! 987 01:19:45,334 --> 01:19:47,188 I could! 988 01:19:47,190 --> 01:19:50,100 Is that what you want? 989 01:19:50,102 --> 01:19:52,659 I don't deserve this! I don't deserve this! 990 01:19:52,661 --> 01:19:54,772 I don't deserve to be treated like this! 991 01:19:54,774 --> 01:19:56,725 I came here to help you! 992 01:20:03,446 --> 01:20:06,099 - Hey! Connie! - No! No! No! No! No! 993 01:20:06,101 --> 01:20:08,660 No! No! No! 994 01:20:08,662 --> 01:20:09,684 - Hey, Connie! - No! 995 01:20:09,686 --> 01:20:12,276 - No! No! No! No! - Connie! 996 01:21:29,077 --> 01:21:32,019 May I have my lunch, Constance? 997 01:21:32,021 --> 01:21:34,965 You can have whatever you want. 998 01:22:45,141 --> 01:22:49,906 My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. 999 01:22:49,908 --> 01:22:51,346 I am 18 years old, 1000 01:22:51,348 --> 01:22:54,677 and I live with my sister, Constance. 1001 01:22:56,372 --> 01:23:00,244 She is the most precious person in the world. 1002 01:23:02,357 --> 01:23:04,690 The Blackwoods have always lived in this house. 1003 01:23:04,692 --> 01:23:08,596 Let's just put the bag down and get the hell out of here. 1004 01:23:09,909 --> 01:23:14,291 We have never done anything to hurt anyone. 1005 01:23:14,292 --> 01:23:15,955 Merricat. 1006 01:23:15,957 --> 01:23:17,746 They're probably not even in there. 1007 01:23:17,748 --> 01:23:19,699 Merricat! 1008 01:23:19,701 --> 01:23:23,795 - We put things back where they belong. - Merricat. 1009 01:23:23,797 --> 01:23:26,386 Merricat! 1010 01:23:26,388 --> 01:23:29,202 Merricat! 1011 01:23:29,204 --> 01:23:33,234 - And we will never leave here. - Merricat! 1012 01:23:33,236 --> 01:23:34,738 Are you cooking up some stew? 1013 01:23:34,740 --> 01:23:36,690 What's for dinner? Babies? 1014 01:23:36,692 --> 01:23:38,225 I bet you like to eat babies! 1015 01:23:38,227 --> 01:23:39,795 I heard you eat rats! 1016 01:23:39,797 --> 01:23:41,458 You should have burned! 1017 01:23:41,460 --> 01:23:43,378 - Baby rats! - Burned with all the rest of your things! 1018 01:23:43,380 --> 01:23:46,578 Would you like a cup of tea, you rat witch! 1019 01:23:46,580 --> 01:23:48,370 Come out and get us! 1020 01:23:48,372 --> 01:23:50,164 You stupid bitch! 1021 01:23:53,748 --> 01:23:55,891 He didn't mean it! 1022 01:23:57,812 --> 01:24:00,050 No matter what they say 1023 01:24:00,052 --> 01:24:01,749 or what they do to us. 1024 01:24:04,179 --> 01:24:05,298 Never. 1025 01:24:05,300 --> 01:24:07,986 What will we have for lunch today? 1026 01:24:07,988 --> 01:24:09,553 Rhubarb pie. 1027 01:24:09,555 --> 01:24:15,505 I wonder if I could eat a child if I had the chance. 1028 01:24:15,507 --> 01:24:18,578 I doubt that I could cook one. 1029 01:24:21,300 --> 01:24:23,795 It must be terrible to be so afraid. 1030 01:24:29,747 --> 01:24:32,052 I love you, Merricat.