670 - January 16, 1969

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[Maggie narrating] - A new afternoon at Collinwood

a day which has seen the arrival of a guest

on the Collins estate,

a mysterious young man who has a dark and evil secret,

a secret which could endanger all those who live

in the great house at Collinwood.

- Well, don't you have anything to say?

- Hmm? About what?

- The cottage.

Now that you've moved in, how do you think you liked it?

- Oh. It's - it's fine.

It's just what I need.

It's private, away from other people.

- What have you against other people?

- Nothing.

- You just don't want to have

anything to do with them, right?

- Oh, Carolyn, I'm not as anti-social

as you're making me sound.

- Well, you are a bit on the withdrawn side.

You'll have to admit that.

- All right. I will, uh...

I'll admit that's true.

- Why is it true?

- I don't know.

I just seem to function better that way.

Something about it --

seem to solve my problems better when I'm alone.

- Are your problems so different from other peoples?

- I thought we were just going to have a little drink

to celebrate my moving in to the cottage.

- I'm being too inquisitive again.

I'm sorry.

- Here's to your new life in the cottage.

- My new life.

- Chris? What's the matter?

- Nothing.

By the way, I won't be seeing you

for a few days, till after the weekend.

- I don't understand.

- Well, I'm going away for a while.

I'm leaving later on today.

- Oh, is it something that came up suddenly?

- Yeah. I - I'm sorry.

- Well, so am I.

I planned a date for us on Sunday.

I was going to surprise you.

- Maybe we can make it the following Sunday.

- Or during the week. - Okay.

During the week. - Good.

- Chris! - Hey, how are you doing?

- Oh, I'm much better than I was yesterday.

- What's the matter with you yesterday?

- You didn't live as close to me as you do today.

We'll be seeing a lot more of each other now, won't we?

- Oh. I sure hope so, honey.

- I guess we should thank Carolyn for that.

- I shouldn't be thanking for something

that's my pleasure.

Did I say something wrong?

- Are you going away, Carolyn?

- Going away? Of course not.

Why do you ask that?

- There's a star on your face.

- A star?

- Yes.

I only saw it on one other person's face

and that was my cousin, Joe,

and now he's gone away.

I hope it doesn't mean you'll go away, too, Carolyn.

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- Amy, are you making some kind of a joke?

- No, of course not, Carolyn.

- Well, I don't see anything on my face.

Nothing at all.

- The star was there just like it was on Joe's face.

- Chris, did you see anything?

- No, no. I didn't.

- Well, Amy, if neither of us saw anything,

why is it you did?

- I don't know.

I'm sorry if I upset you. I didn't mean to.

- I'm not upset.

I'm just baffled. That's all.

You must have ESP or something.

- ESP?

Is that bad?

- No. No, of course not.

Amy, why don't you run along and play now.

I'd like to talk to Chris.

- All right. See you later, Chris.

- Yeah. So long, Amy.

- Chris, there are times

when your little sister is very strange.

- Yes. I, uh, I know.

- I realize that children are supposed to have

vivid imaginations but I --

- Carolyn, will you explain me, please?

I - I think I have to leave.

- Leave? Why?

- Well, I've stayed here later than I thought

and I should be on my way before dark.

- Chris, you're upset about something.

- No, no. I'm fine.

- Is it what Amy said to me?

- No, it's just --

Look, it's just that I have to go.

I've got things to do, you know.

- When will I see you? - In a few days.

Let me call you when I get back, okay.

- David.

I thought you'd still be up in the west wing.

- I've been back for an hour, and I've been waiting for you.

Where have you been?

- Downstairs seeing Chris.

- With Carolyn? - Yes.

Did you speak to Quentin about Carolyn and Chris?

- Yes, I did.

- Was he unhappy about it like you said he'd be?

- No.

In fact, he seemed quite pleased by it.

- I'm glad.

They make a nice couple, don't you think?

- I don't know, and I don't really care.

- What's the matter with you?

- Nothing.

It's just that I want to make sure that Carolyn

stops interfering with us.

- How are we going to do that?

- By playing the game with her, of course.

- But how?

- Quentin has a way.

- What is it?

- I don't know. He wouldn't tell me.

- Then, I don't see how we're going to do it.

- We are not going to do it.

We're just going to help out.

- I don't understand.

- Neither do I but that isn't necessary.

All we have to do is carry out all of Quentin's instructions.

- What are they?

- Later this afternoon, you're going to be sick.

- I don't want to be sick.

- It's not going to be real, Amy.

We're only going to pretend.

- But why do I have to do it at all?

- Do you want Quentin to be mad at us?

- No, of course not but --

- Well, then, let's do that he says.

- David, what's Quentin going to do to Carolyn?

- I told you that I didn't know.

- He isn't going to hurt her, is he?

- Would you stop asking so many questions?

- I just don't want anything bad to happen to Carolyn.

That's all.

- What makes you think anything bad is going to happen?

- I don't know. I'm just afraid.

- Well, then, why don't I go and tell Quentin

that you're afraid and we can't help him.

- No, I don't want you to do that.

I didn't mean it that way.

- Maybe I will tell him

and then we'll play the game,

he and I with you.

- No, David! - Yes.

Maybe we will.

You don't want to help us. - Yes, I do.

Why are you being so mean to me?

- Because I don't want you to be afraid.

After all, it's only a game that we're playing.

- But sometimes it's so dangerous.

- What's dangerous about it?

It only scares people a little. It doesn't hurt them.

- No, I suppose not.

- Well, then, make up your mind.

Are you with us or not?

- Yes, I'm with you.

- That's better.

Don't worry, Amy.

All we really want to do is stop Carolyn from interfering.

Isn't that right?

- Yes.

- Well, Quentin told me that - that after tonight,

she'd never bother us again.

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- Is Chris still here?

- No, he isn't.

- Will he back later?

- We won't be seeing anymore of Chris

until after the weekend, Amy.

- Why?

- Well, he is leaving sometime today on business.

- Oh.

I wonder why he didn't tell me.

- I'm sure it just slipped his mind.

- Yes.

Maybe I'll go to the cottage and see him before he goes.

- I think Maggie is about ready to begin your lessons.

I'm not sure you'll have time.

- No. I guess I won't.

- Oh, Amy.

He is not leaving forever, just for a few days.

- I know but I wish he had told me he was going.

- Well, he didn't even tell me until the last moment.

- Will you be seeing him again today?

- I'm not planning to.

- Well, if you do, tell him I'll miss him.

- Yes, I will, Amy.

Now, you run upstairs. Maggie will be looking for you.

- Hey, are you all right?

- Sure, why?

- You look sort of pale.

- Well, I feel fine.

- I told you two not to talk to each other

until you'd finished.

- I'm just worried about Amy.

- What you should be worried about is your English grammar.

- English grammar.

- It may be boring to you, David.

- But I know.

If don't talk right. I'll never get any where.

- You don't speak properly.

- You speak properly.

- I'm all finished, Maggie.

- Oh, that's wonderful, Amy.

- Shall we start the spelling now?

- Well, you just wait now until I checked your grammar.

- I'd like to do it now and get it over with,

if it's all right.

- Well, David isn't finished yet,

and I thought we do our spelling together.

- Oh, all right.

- Amy, what is it?

- My head. It's feels kind of funny.

- Amy, let me take a look at you.

You do look rather pale.

- What did I tell you?

- David, please, start with your work now.

You don't seem to have a fever.

- I think I'm just tired.

- Well, I hope that's what it is.

Maybe we should wait until tomorrow with the spelling.

- No.

I don't mind doing it now, Maggie.

I'm all right. Really. I --

- Amy, what's wrong?

- I don't know.

My head, it - it feels so light. I --

- Amy! - Amy!

- What's happened to her, Maggie?

- I don't know, David.

Would you go to the medicine chest, please.

Never mind. I know where it is. - What?

I'll get a cold cloth, too.

Stay with her for just a moment.

I'll get Carolyn, too.

- She's in her room.

- How was that?

- You're great!

Gosh! You almost had me worried.

- Now, what will we do?

- Now, we have to make sure that Carolyn

goes to the cottage to get Chris.

- Well. why?

- It's not important. You don't have to know.

- Yes, I do.

David, I want to know what Chris has to do about it.

- How should I know?

- Well, you must have something to do with it.

[Maggie] - She seemed perfectly all right

when we started the lesson then --

- They're coming back. Lie down.

- It suddenly just happened.

- Does she have fever?

- No, I don't think so.

- Maybe, uh,

maybe she ate something that didn't agree with her.

- Then she would be nauseated and she isn't.

- I think it's just because she was so upset.

- About what?

- Well, Chris' going away again.

She didn't get to say goodbye to him.

- David is may be right.

Amy did seem awfully upset when I told her about Chris.

- Has he gone yet?

- No. He is still at the cottage.

He said he had some work to do.

- I think maybe he should come over here

and see her before he'd go.

- Yes. You're right.

I'll run downstairs and phone him.

- She's waking up.

- Chris. Chris.

[phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

Chris, please don't go away again.

- You're going to be all right, Amy.

Chris is going to come over soon to see you.

- Maggie. What happened?

- You fainted.

- Fainted? - Yes.

And I think you're going to have to spend

the rest of the day in bed.

- Why? I don't feel sick.

- Well, you didn't faint for no reason

and I'm not going to let anything happen to you.

- I must have been dreaming just now.

I dreamt that I was with Chris

and he was saying good-bye to me.

- Carolyn left just a few minutes ago to call Chris

and have him come over here to see you.

- She should be back by now, shouldn't she?

- Yes, David.

She should have made that call by now.

- Maybe he has already left.

- Now, I'm sure not, Amy.

I'll be downstairs and see what happened.

I'll be right back.

- She's gone.

What's the matter?

- Well, I'm all confused.

- Why?

- Because I don't understand all these.

- You don't have to understand.

- Yes, I do, David.

Now, I'm going to ask you again

what does Chris have to do with all this.

- How should I know?

- Well, he must have something to do with it.

- You're getting afraid again, aren't you?

- No.

I just want to know why it's so important

for Carolyn to go and get Chris.

- Because that's what Quentin wants her to do.

- But why?

What's going to happen to her?

- It isn't going to be anything bad.

Don't worry.

- You keep saying that,

but you don't even know yourself.

- Listen, Amy,

now, all Quentin wants Carolyn to do

is to leave the house.

It doesn't really have anything to do with Chris.

It's just that once she's left the house

and she is on her way to Chris's cottage,

he is probably just going to scare her.

That's all.

So, she'll stop interfering with us.

Do you understand?

- Yes. I think so.

[footsteps approaching] - Lie down.

I think it's Maggie.

- Amy, how are you feeling now?

- All right, I guess.

- Where's Maggie?

- She went up to the cottage to get Chris.

- She shouldn't have done that.

- Amy, I thought you wanted to see Chris.

- Oh, yes, I do but --

- But what?

- We thought you would go.

- David, does it make any difference who goes to get him?

- Chris?

Chris? - Who is it?

Who is it?

- It's Maggie.

Would you let me in, please?

I have something to tell you about Amy.

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