256 - June 19, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[narrating] - My name is Victoria Winters.

Hope of rescue is fading

for a girl being held c*ptive...

and now she must struggle to retain her sanity...

...for soon she must make the decision

for her own life or death.

But there is a presence that could affect her fate.

♪♪

[girl] - ♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down, falling down

♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ My fair lady

♪ Take the key and lock her up... ♪

- Little girl?

- ♪ Lock her up lock her up... ♪

- Little girl?

- ♪ Take the key and lock her up... ♪

- Little girl, over here.

- ♪ My fair lady - Over here!

- ♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

- Little girl, are you really there?

- ♪ Falling down... - Little girl, answer me...

so I know you're really there.

- ♪ London Bridge is falling down... ♪

- Little girl?

Why won't you answer me?!

Answer me!

- ♪ London Bridge is falling down... ♪

♪♪

♪♪

[girl] - ♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down falling down... ♪

- Little girl...

what are you doing here?

- ♪ London Bridge is falling down... ♪

- How did you get in?

- ♪ My fair lady

- Why are you here?

- ♪ Take the key and lock her up ♪

- Little girl...

- ♪ Lock her up lock her up... ♪

- Little girl, please stop singing!

- ♪ Take the key...

- Stop singing!

- ♪ Lock her up...

- They'll hear you!

They'll hear you and they'll come and get you.

- ♪ London Bridge is...

- You can't let them come and get you!

- ♪ Falling down falling down... ♪

- Little girl...

I don't know who you are but you can help me.

- ♪ Falling down... - I need your help.

Please help me!

You've to get out of here and tell them that I'm here.

- ♪ Lock her up...

- You've got to get out of here right away

before they catch you!

- ♪ Take the key and...

- Little girl, please!

You've got to get out of here.

Tell someone that I'm here and need help.

- ♪ London Bridge is...

- I'm Maggie Evans!

Maggie Evans!

Can you hear me?!

- ♪ Falling down falling down... ♪

- Can you hear me? - ♪ London Bridge is...

- Little girl, please listen to me.

- ♪ My fair lady - Please...

You've got to get out of here and tell someone

that I need help.

Please!

Please do that now!

- ♪ Falling down ♪

- You stopped singing.

That's good.

That's very good.

Please listen to me.

Go home now.

Get out of here somehow...

and tell your mother or your father that you saw me.

You saw Maggie Evans.

Please...

please do that, little girl.

That's it!

That's it, hurry!

Hurry, before they catch you!

♪♪

[footsteps approaching]

- You all right?

[cell door creaking]

I brought you food.

Don't be afraid, you know I won't hurt you.

I thought I heard you talking to someone down here.

- Who would I be talking to?

- You were talking, weren't you?

- I don't know.

I might have been saying something.

- No, it sounded more like you wanted something.

Almost like you were calling to somebody.

- Well, who would I talk to?

There's no one to hear me.

If there were someone here, you would have heard them.

You would have seen them coming down the stairs.

There's no other way out, is there?

- No, that's the only way.

- Well, then you see there couldn't be anybody here.

- Now you're supposed to be playing this.

The music's supposed to keep going.

- I don't want to hear it!

♪♪

Willie, please help me out of here.

- Now you know better than that.

- But you can escape with me! - Shh!

Now you know I can't escape.

Don't you think I wanted to, tried to?

You know, I...

go out of this house almost every day.

I drive into town.

Don't you think that while I'm there...

I get the impulse to step on the gas

and never stop driving 'til I'm , miles away?

I even tried a few times.

But he's got this power...

My will isn't my own.

I keep seeing him, hearing him.

He's done something to my mind.

- Willie, when he's in the coffin,

you could do it then!

- That's when I always try...

but that's when he seems to have the most power.

My will isn't my own.

No, I'm doomed.

Maybe there's a chance for you.

- There's no one to help me.

Not even you!

- Now you know I can't!

- You don't want to.

You want me to die!

- Now you know I don't! - Yes, you do.

You're as bad as he is.

You're trying to help him to k*ll me!

- You better take it easy.

Come on, there's your food.

- I don't want it.

- Well, you've got to eat.

- What for?

I'm going to die anyway.

- I'd try to do what he wants.

Just try, it's the only way.

- Why is this happening to me?

Why?

Why?

♪♪

[cell door creaking]

[lock latching]

♪♪

[Victoria] - What is Australia best known for, David?

- Kangaroos.

- Oh, come on now, be serious.

- Okay then, koala bears.

- Now that's nonsense.

- Well, that's what I think of

when anybody mentions Australia.

- Pardon me, I didn't know school was in session.

- The dismissal bell is ringing right now.

I'd say we about had it, haven't we, David?

- I'll say!

- You go on outside

and see if you can work off some of that energy.

- I'll make believe I'm in Australia

and I'm a kangaroo!

[clomping]

[door closing]

- I don't envy you.

- Oh, it's not as bad as all that.

He's really a very bright boy

and it has its rewarding moments.

- Well, I'm glad to see someone doing something rewarding.

- You could be doing something rewarding, too.

- Oh, I expect to be doing just that... soon.

- What do you mean?

- Making all kinds of plans.

- I hope your plans don't include

what's been going on lately.

Carolyn, how far do you intend to go with Buzz?

- All the way.

- You've been talking about marriage

but I don't believe it.

- You'll believe it when you see it...

and I assure you, you'll see it.

- Well, when is this going to happen?

- I will marry Buzz

on the day my mother marries Jason McGuire.

How's that for togetherness?

- Do you really think you can stop your mother's marriage?

- I'm marrying Buzz because I love him,

the way my mother loves the charming Mr. McGuire.

- Carolyn, why do you wanna ruin your life?

- What's there to ruin?

If she marries him...

then there are no values, no dignity...

no meaning to anything.

- But you're treating marriage as if it's a joke.

- No, I'm not!

I'm patterning my life after my mother's.

After all, isn't she a woman that everyone looks up to?

A woman of fine character and breeding?

A woman who chooses her husbands

with infinite care and selectivity?

And let's just take a look at those men, shall we?

Paul Stoddard...

a man who obviously has been so busy

he hasn't been able to stop off at home

for the past years.

And Jason McGuire...

the man who inspired the invention of truth serum.

Compared to those two, my Buzz looks...

saintly.

Oh, and, Vicki,

if you are worried about a wedding present,

I know exactly what I want.

Get me a crash helmet

because the minute the wedding ceremony is over,

we're gonna take off down the highway and open it up

all the way!

♪♪

♪♪

[wind whistling]

[swing creaking]

[birds chirping]

- Boy?

Boy?!

Boy?!

Come over here.

- Hello. - Hello.

- What do you want?

- I want someone to play with.

- Well, don't you have any friends?

- I used to but I can't find them.

- I didn't see anyone.

Do you live around here?

- Yes.

- I've never seen you before.

What's your name?

- Sarah.

- My name's David. - I know.

- Where do you go to school?

- I used to go a long time ago...

but I don't anymore.

- You don't? Neither do I.

I have a tutor that teaches me everything.

Right now we're studying Australia and kangaroos.

[giggling]

- Play with me?

- Okay, throw it to me.

- ♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down falling down ♪

♪ London Bridge is falling down... ♪♪

Do you know that song?

- Of course I know that song.

Everybody knows that song.

- Sing it with me?

- I don't wanna sing it.

- Why not?

- Because it's a baby song!

- It is not!

It's my song, my favorite song!

- ♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪♪

Can't you do anything else?

- No.

I just keep looking for everybody.

They went away.

Went away and left me.

- They shouldn't have done that.

- I don't know where they are.

- You're not gonna cry now, are you?

- I cried for a long time.

- Come on, Sarah, don't cry.

Most kids aren't even worth crying about.

- I've got to find them! I've got to find them!

- Maybe they went home.

- I'm always alone.

- No one ever plays around here...

except me.

- Will you play with me again?

- I suppose so... if I'm around.

- Okay.

I've got to try to and find them now.

♪♪

- Hi, Willie.

- Hey, you know you're not supposed to be around here.

- I was playing on the swing.

- Who were you just talking to?

- Some kid I met, a girl.

- Well, where is she?

- She went home I guess.

- Now you shouldn't bring kids around here.

Your cousin Barnabas doesn't like it.

He wants this place to be like private property,

no trespassing.

Now you got it?

- Yes, I've got it.

I didn't bring her around here anyway.

She said she plays here.

- She shouldn't be around here.

This isn't a good place for kids.

Now you get along home, do you hear?

- Okay.

Some pal you turned out to be.

♪♪

[motorcycle engine rumbling]

[tires screeching]

♪♪

- Oh, Carolyn, that Buzz is out there again.

- Thank you, David.

I heard him coming.

- Everybody can hear him coming.

Boy, that's a cool motorcycle!

Are you going out on it again?

- Mm-hmm, for the rest of the day.

- Do you think that maybe I could go out on it once?

- Sure, David.

It's gonna be around here quite a lot.

- How come?

- Because Buzz and I are...

... going steady.

See you, David.

- Have fun. - That's for sure.

[motorcycle engine revving]

[imitating engine rumbling]

- Hey, Vicki, did you see that cool motorcycle?

- You can't miss it with all that chrome.

- Oh boy!

That's what I wanna get when I grow up.

- You always choose the worst things to want.

- What's so wrong about that?

He-- he's Carolyn's boyfriend

and he's got those things.

- Let's not discuss it, David.

- Something's going on around here.

- What makes you say that?

- Well, nobody wants to discuss anything.

Everybody's saying nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.

- All right, David, let's get back to Australia.

That is if you've quite gotten the kangaroo games

out of your system.

- I like playing kangaroo.

It's more fun than playing those other stupid games.

- What stupid games?

- Oh, like playing ball...

...stuff like that.

- Well, I don't think there's anything stupid about that.

- Can you imagine anyone my age

singing "London Bridge Is"?

- Yes, I can imagine millions of children singing it.

- Gosh, I think anybody who would sing it is silly.

And, boy, did I meet the silliest kid today!

- Where?

- Down by the old house.

- You met a child playing down there?

- Yes.

She said she comes from around here someplace.

- Who is she?

- She said her name was... Sarah.

- What was she doing down there?

- Just playing.

She said she was with somebody

but she couldn't find them.

You know, there was something sort of sad about her.

- Sad?

- Well, I mean...

I sort of felt sorry for her.

- Well, why didn't you bring her home?

- Well, she ran off.

And, boy, was she strange!

- What do you mean?

- Well, the way her hair was

and her clothes were like they were real old

from a long, long, long, long time ago.

[footsteps approaching]

[lock unlatching]

[cell door creaking]

- You didn't eat anything.

- I didn't feel like it.

- He won't like that.

- I don't care.

I would rather die of starvation than die his way.

- No one wants to die...

his way.

[cell door creaking]

[lock latching]

♪♪

[Sarah] - ♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ Falling down, falling down

♪ London Bridge is falling down ♪

♪ My fair lady

♪ Take the key and lock her up... ♪

- Little girl?

- ♪ Lock her up...

- Little girl!? - ♪ Lock her up

♪ Take the key...

- How did you get in and out without him seeing you?

- ♪ My fair lady

- Little girl... why did you come back?

Did you tell anyone that you saw me?

- ♪ Falling down...

- Little girl, answer me!

- ♪ Falling down... ♪

If you see my big brother...

don't tell him you saw me.

He doesn't like anybody to come down here.

♪♪

♪♪

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