690 - February 13, 1969

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[Chris narrating] - Soon dark threatening clouds will gather over Collinwood

and long ever lengthening shadows

will creep menacingly toward the great house.

By late afternoon rain will come,

a rain that will begin slowly

but steadily increase into a raging storm

and with the storm will come a terror

of an unimaginable proportions,

terror to a young woman

who dares to solve the mystery of unknown forces

that seek to possess the very souls

of those she is entrusted to protect.

- Quentin, I don't want to play a new game.

I don't want to play any game at all!

I don't want to drive people away from this house!

And I don't want to --

I don't want to live here alone with you either!

I'm sorry, Quentin. I didn't mean it.

Please don't be mad at me.

Please.

No, Quentin!

No! No!

Ah! My arm is on fire! It's on fire!

Help!

[David] Ah!

- David!

[Quentin] - Ha, ha, ha, ha...

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[eerie music] ♪♪

- Oh, David.

David, David.

David. David, it's Maggie.

Can you hear me?

- Quentin?

No, I'm sorry, Quentin. - Quentin?

- Don't hurt me.

- It's Maggie, David.

- Don't hurt me. I'll be good.

I promise, Quentin. I promise.

- It's Maggie.

- Maggie? - Yes, David. I'm here.

Now, everything is going to be all right.

Everything is fine.

What are you looking around for?

- Nothing.

- David, who was in here in the room with you?

- No one.

- David, when I was standing outside your room,

I heard you scream and then I heard a man's laughter.

- No, there's no one in here.

You can see that. We are the only ones.

- David, I know what I can see,

but I also know what I heard.

And I heard a man's laughter.

Now, please tell me.

- It was - it was really just me.

I was pretending to laugh like a man.

- David, you know I can't believe that.

The harm I'd be doing you

if I even pretended to believe it.

- I know.

- David, tell me what happened, who was in the room with you

and why you were lying on the floor.

- No one, Maggie.

I just got up out of bed myself.

I was going to play.

- With someone named Quentin?

That's his name, isn't it, David?

- Who told you that?

- You did.

- No, I didn't. I didn't, Maggie.

- Yes, you did, David.

While you were unconscious,

you kept asking Quentin not to hurt you.

- No, I didn't.

It was just a game. I was just pretending.

Make believe. You know?

- David, this isn't make believe.

Now, you didn't burn your arm like this by --

by an innocent game.

- I didn't burn it.

I just fell on the floor and bruised it. - David!

- While I was playing and that's why I screamed, too.

- David, Quentin is real, isn't he? - No!

- He's somewhere in this house?

It's the man I saw that night, isn't it?

- No, Maggie. He isn't real.

He isn't! He isn't!

- David!

Oh...

Oh.

My God, David.

What kind of monster is he?

What has he done to you?

What has he done to you?

You just go ahead and cry, David.

I understand. I understand.

I promise you that I'm going to find this man

and you will never ever have to be afraid again!

- No, Maggie, you can't! No one can!

No one can! - David!

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- David!

- Well, hello, there.

Hey, wait a minute!

- David!

David!

Hello, Mr. Stuart. Have you seen, David?

- Well, I don't know. He was hurrying awfully fast.

- That was David.

- Does he give you the slip about once a day?

- That isn't funny, Mr. Stuart.

- Well, look, I'm sorry.

- Which way did you see him go?

- He was heading out towards the woods.

- Thank you.

- Say, Ms. Evans, I wanted to ask you about -- - I don't have time right now.

I've got to find David.

If you want to wait for me, I'll be back as soon as I can!

[Amy] - Measuring the marigolds.

You and your arithmetic, you'll probably go far.

Inchworm -- - Hey, that's a pretty song.

- Who are you?

- My name is Ned. What's yours?

- Amy.

- That's a nice name.

What are you doing?

- A jigsaw puzzle.

But I'm having a little trouble.

I can't find the piece that goes there.

- Are you the only one here? In the house?

- Maggie is upstairs.

- No, I just left her at the door.

She went out to look for your brother.

- My brother?

- Yes, his name is David, isn't it?

- My brother's name is Chris.

- Chris Jennings?

- Yes, do you know him?

- Well, you might say I know him pretty well.

- Then he'll be glad to see you.

- Oh, I think surprised would be a better word.

- Then he didn't know you were coming?

- No, I think I am the last person in the world

he is expecting to see.

- What do you want to see him for?

- Well, you know Amy, I sort of have a puzzle too

and I'm just trying to put it together.

And, you know, if I could find the - the right piece,

everything would make sense.

- What will happen then?

- Well, that depends on what the picture looks like.

- I think I better go help David find Maggie.

- Oh listen, don't go.

You're not - not afraid of me, are you?

- I don't know.

- Well, look, don't be afraid.

After all, your brother Chris almost married my sister.

- I didn't know that.

- Didn't he tell you that?

I'm surprised he didn't tell you something as important as that.

What's the matter? Hey, don't --

Hello, Chris.

I've just been telling Amy here about Sabrina.

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- What do you want here, Ned? - I was looking for you.

I went to the cottage, but you weren't there.

- Amy, Amy, I want you to go upstairs

and find some place to play.

- No, I don't want to leave you.

I'm afraid.

- Now, there is nothing to be afraid of.

We are just going to talk. You do as I say.

Go on and leave us here.

OK?

Ned, whatever it is you want, it's between us.

You leave Amy out of it. - Sure.

Sure, I know what it's like to love a sister.

- I know you do.

- You do?

Then I'm surprised you'd be willing to be alone

in the same room with me.

- Do I have a choice?

- What do you think?

- Look, Ned, if you're out to get me,

I wish you'd be more direct about it

than you were the other night.

- What are you talking about?

- I'm talking about the stuff you put in my whiskey.

- Well, what did I put in your whiskey? - It was poison!

And you know it!

- Listen Chris, I may wind up wanting to k*ll you,

but I want the answers to a couple of questions before I do.

- Then it wasn't your poison.

- No, it wasn't,

but you know, it upsets me a little bit

that somebody else is trying to.

Yeah, it gives me a little competition, doesn't it?

- All right, then, what are you doing here?

What do you want?

- I want to know what happened between you and my sister.

You left in a big hurry and I want to know why.

- There was no way I could convince everybody

that I didn't have anything to do with her death.

- Well, what makes you so sure she died?

- She didn't?

- No, she didn't.

And I want you to come and see her.

- I can't.

I can't go back there.

I made that decision when I left.

- You don't have to go anywhere.

She is right here with me at the Collinsport Inn.

- She's here in town? - That's right.

Just waiting to see you.

- I can't -- I can't see her.

- Why can't you? - I just can't.

If she is alive after that night,

that means that she knows --

- Well, come on, knows what?

- What did she tell you?

- She didn't tell me a thing. - That's impossible.

- Why?

- It just is.

- Listen! I don't know about impossible

but I know one thing.

You are going to come and see her. - Why?

- Because -- - Why is it so important?

- Just come and see her.

- David! David!

David, I know you're out here.

David, it's going to rain soon.

Please, come back to the house.

David! David!

- Amy!

What are you doing out here?

- I was looking for you.

- Why? Did he send you?

- Did who send me?

- Quentin.

- Of course not.

- Then, why have you come?

- I was trying to find out why you were hiding.

- Amy, I can never go back to the house again.

- David, what's the matter with you?

- Amy, I'm - I'm so scared.

- Of what?

- Quentin saw me this morning.

- What did he see you for?

- He was so angry at me, Amy.

Just because I wouldn't --

- Because you wouldn't what, David?

- Because I wouldn't do what he wanted me to do,

that's all.

Oh, Amy, we can't play the game anymore.

It's horrible!

Quentin isn't the - isn't the friend that we thought he was.

Do you know what he wants me to do?

- No, what?

- He wants me to drive everyone away from the house.

And then, we'll live with him all alone!

- I - I don't think I'd like that, David.

- That's what I told him.

- And then, he punished me.

Look what he did to me, Amy!

- [gasps]

- It was the worst pain that I've ever had

in my whole life!

- Oh, David! If I'd known such terrible things

were going to happen,

I would have never even started playing the game.

- I wouldn't have either.

- Oh, David!

What are we going to do?

- I don't know.

- Well, we can't stay out here because,

well, it's just stupid.

And if we go back to the house, David,

he will be waiting for us.

So, what are we going to do?

- There is only one thing we can do.

- What?

- Tell Maggie.

- No, David.

If we do, then he will find us and punish us. - Yes!

- Maggie wants to help us.

And if I tell her, maybe, she will help us.

- No David, I'm afraid.

- Don't be. It's all we can do.

Otherwise, we'll just have to stay here

and you don't want to do that, do you?

- No, I want to go back to the house!

- Well, then, then, we'll have to go to Maggie.

She's our only chance.

No one else will understand our problem.

Come on, Amy.

- Quentin.

Oh, David, tell him we didn't mean it.

Tell him not to punish us.

- It wouldn't to do any good, Amy.

Quentin is going to teach us a lesson

that we will never forget.

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- Well, how do you feel, David?

- Fine, Maggie.

Are you still mad at me?

- Oh, David, I was never really mad at you.

I just wish you hadn't run out of the house the way you did.

- I'm sorry, Maggie. I really am.

- I know you are, David.

- Oh, come look, I'm finished.

- Oh, that's lovely, Amy.

David, look what Amy has done.

- Oh, that's very nice.

- Well, you don't seem very impressed.

- Boys just don't like jigsaw puzzles.

That's all, Maggie.

- Maggie, are we all alone here? ó_ Mm-hmm.

- Yes. You're Aunt Elizabeth

and Mrs. Johnson went into town until this evening.

Does that bother you?

- No, of course not.

It's just that I wish we had something that we could do.

- Do you know what I'd love to do? - What?

- Go outside and play.

- Well, I'm afraid you can't go outside and play.

It's raining.

- But didn't you like to go outside and play in the rain

when you were a little girl?

- Yes, but I wasn't allowed to.

- I bet you did though when no one was looking.

- Never mind, Amy.

You're not going to go outside.

- Gee, Maggie, it's a couple of hours before we have to go -

go to bed.

Isn't there anything we can do?

- Well, what's wrong with all three of us sitting here

and talking and getting to know each other better?

- Well, nothing, but --

but I think Amy and I want to play.

- Well, all right, let's see if we can think of something.

- How about hide and seek?

- No, I don't think so, Amy, not after last time.

You both disobeyed the rules and you went outside.

[thunder rumbling]

- Did that scare you, Maggie?

- Why, no, why did you think I was scared?

- The way you looked just then.

- No, I was just startled by the thunder.

- I thought it might be because we are all alone in the house.

- Well, I hadn't even thought about that.

- I wish we had something that we could do.

- Well, we will try to think of something, David.

- I know!

How about playing dress-up?

- Dress-up?

- That's a good idea.

Maybe, you want to play, too, Maggie?

- Well, isn't there some other game?

- Oh, you don't even know

whether you would like it or not,

the way we play.

- David.

- Yes, Maggie?

- Well, it's nothing. I was just wondering --

you seemed so different from this morning.

- I'm not different.

I'm just in a different mood, I guess.

- Well?

Can we play dress-up?

- Oh please, Maggie. It's so much fun.

- Well, all right, just until bedtime now.

- Oh good! Are you going to play with us?

- No, I don't think so.

- Well, I guess we'd better go up

and get our dress-up clothes.

Come on, Amy! - All right.

Now, you be sure and come down when you're ready.

[David] - Oh, we will.

You wait and see.

We'll bring you a surprise.

- David!

Amy!

Now, you've been up here long enough!

Come on down! Do you hear me?

David!

Amy! Where are you?

Please answer me!

[wind howling]

[sinister laughing]

David?

Amy? Are you in here?

David?

Amy? Don't hide from me.

We're not playing hide and go seek.

Do you hear me?

[sinister laughing]

[door slams shut]

[sinister laughing]

[footsteps approaching]

[David and Amy laughing]

[footsteps approaching]

[David and Amy laughing]

[David] - Maggie, can you hear us?

We know you're in there.

[Amy] - Maggie, why don't you answer us?

Come on out into the hall, Maggie.

We have someone we want you to meet.

[David] - He wants to meet you, too, Maggie.

[Amy] - Yes.

Come on out, Maggie. He won't hurt you.

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[eerie music] ♪♪