So Louis 328 degrees taken by the
insolent foe and sold to sl*very of my.
Redemption thence and portance
in my travels history well in a van
trees vast deserts idle rough for his
rocks and hills whose heads touch heaven
it was my hints begun sir I can't get
the thing it all it's break for like
ladies and gentlemen this is your
obedient servant Orson Welles speaking
I'm interrupting here the making of one
movie to speak these few words at the
beginning of well what shall we call is
a short story a short story straight
from the Haunted land of Ireland haunted
I say because no but no place in the
world so crowded with the raw material
of tall tales that's what this is then a
tall tale purportedly it happened to me
but I promise shortly to withdraw from
the proceedings returned my own movie
studio of my own movie but not before
taking this opportunity to apologize to
the two ladies.
I passed so very abruptly once hook'
Irish midnight not so long ago I have to
be in Ireland still I'm afraid wearing
beard fellow
to talk or fellow business with Hilton
that's mr. Hilton Edwards who produced
directed the story that now follows that
night have been visiting the country I
was driving back and I saw I drove to.
- Dublin a man tinkling with a motor of
- his car I slowed up and asked if I could
Give him a lift
all right hey need help
thanks very much but there's no use I'm
afraid I'd have to leave it here and
send for in the morning are we exactly.
Street you hear myself your number at.
Nigel pretty close to Dublin you live
there Hey yes yes you want a lift
oh thanks pretty cold yeah
I know but okay are you sure well I I
would be obliged to save you better go
around this side
turn oh my god I had trouble with the
distributor I say aren't you yes I am.
I've had trouble with my distributor - I
haven't been in Dublin much the last few
years you're gonna have to direct me
when he lived
I live in Fayette Street not far from
the pitch I'll show you if we get there
thanks but do me a favor the please
important my mother got big grub huh
thanks a nice case yes isn't it matter
of fact I had rather a strange
experience that exact part of the road
where you pick knapped oh yes it does
exactly remember I don't even think you
believe me sometimes I hardly even
believe it myself well against the
doubted experience in us we've got a
good one
I'm not the sort of person for imagined
sense tell me what happened well it was
about a year ago I was driving back from
the south
well here's the story told me I don't
ask you to believe it out of teloth
- where hernan let you judge you can sue
- along the same road the last day night
The rain made it very difficult to see
ahead a land just as he got near the
crossroad the same crossroads where I
picked him up he saw two women signaling
him to stop please forgive us stopping
here do you want a lift if it doesn't
taking you bad your way we're delighted
where he wanted to drive you we live in.
Hill Park Avenue the house has been a
score is there very inconvenient no
right to be on my way
oh good doggie oh so he drove them home
this is the house I think the gates open
and a house stood well back in the road
and I was able to help good night good
night why don't you ask Oh would you
care to come in and have a cup of tea or
perhaps something stronger it's a cold
night well it's very nice of you but I
think I'd better be getting a lot home
are you sure quite sure thank you just
for a moment
all right then just for a moment the
house was called Glenys call Irish for
playing at the shadows
would you can't leave your coat down
here yes I will thank you I built up the
fire before we went out we shall have
the capper boiling in no time we always
have a cup of tea before we go to bed
people say that it keeps you awake but
nothing keeps us awake does it there now
that the rains ever going to be about
midnight.
I do hope the fast kept in this is such
a drafty house Chinese oh yes it was a
present an old friend he lived in the
east for many years he gave my daughter
a lot of beautiful things we haven't
seen him for a long time now ah here we
are
that's the first lamp light are nice oh
yes
put the table on dear sit by the fire
you must be cold
thank you I will would you prefer
whiskey yes I would if I may
you smoke we don't smoke
thank you may I please do tea in a
suburban home coming out of the way
about there yeah as he sat there hey.
Giles the two ladies he felted to
something he couldn't know what that
something was very definitely what out
of the way
may I look yes is course it's wonderful
pre-w*r isn't it pre-w*r I don't really
know it's beautiful isn't it hmm oh that
yes it was left me by an uncle my
father's brother I always like to keep
it as a matter of fact that's why I was
interested in that tapestry on the
stairs
my uncle went to China in fact he d*ed
there
that is a memento from the days that he
lived in Dublin you see there's an
inscription inside for PJ from Lucy.
Dublin 1895 probably a present from an
old flame I think was one of those love
affairs that went wrong anyhow he never
married and there's a quotation I think
it's from the Song of Solomon until the
daybreak
one o'clock don't go I'm afraid I must
wouldn't you like another drink thank
you
another time I'd be delighted come and
see us again when you're passing the
- name is Campbell and mine's Merriman
- Shawne Merriman see mr. Merriman to the
Door dear
Ellis Cole has I not forget good bye now
many thanks thank you
you will come back yes I'd like to if I
may
goodbye
well laughs the good lights were sadly
driven out 100 yards of the Goethe river
he left his cigarette-case behind on the
mantle of the city from upstairs first
e30 corporate in the morning but it
couldn't be a better already my still be
up there drinking a tea so he decided to
go back right away but when he got to
the gate he found them closed figure he
must have been mistaken they were close.
I was so stiff he could hardly open
drive was choked with brushwood and
fallen branches no cargo driven down
that road in months
it's amazing how much like the other
house it looked a few minutes ago he'd
been inside a place almost exactly like
this one sitting by the fire drinking
and smoking talking was alive and warm
unless place was cold dead
last night forever to go away but
standing all night alone in that we
choked garden staring at the dead
windows of that empty house it was a
real estate agent sign applied daily
income offer that's what he do tomorrow
Dennis called house here we are
thank you how long has this has been
vacant it's been unoccupied for years
no no thank you what I really want to
know is who live there let me see it off
to some ladies mother daughter just
can't recollect the name at the moment
as it was wouldn't be Campbell would it
yes that's right where they was she the
daughter I mean was she a delicate
looking girl with red hair.
I shouldn't executive subscribers a girl
well over 60 my mother was 18 she was a
day she's been dead a long time
oh I see.
I don't what happened to miss Campbell
if you're interested I can give you the
name of the solicitor's room we handle
the property thank you I leave these
back with you in the morning oh that's
already open please suit you hello
with the same place no doubt of that and
by daylight it looked more desolate than
ever tried to tell himself again that
he'd come back to the wrong address
familiar about this footprint you look
at the floor are you standing they will
say
till the table
and let's destroy him yeah I live just
here second lamppost on the right I
wrote to the solicitors that the agents
told me about and I learned that mrs.
Campbell d*ed 10 years before her
daughter lived only two years after this
is the point the daughter's name was.
Lucy well then who's this PGM Patrick
use of merriment a father's brother
thanks for the lift
would you like to come in and have a cup
of tea or maybe something stronger it's
thank you very much now they're just
beginning of our thank you
we owe discipline did you see who that's
boss yes but I don't please
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