{454}{557}GRACE: Now, children,|are you sitting comfortably?
{559}{631}Then l'll begin:
{632}{710}This story started|many thousands of years ago...
{711}{791}but it was all over|in just seven days,
{792}{839}All that long, long time ago...
{840}{891}none of the things|we can see now-
{892}{966}the sun, the moon,|the stars, the earth...
{967}{1057}the animals and plants-|not a single one existed.
{1059}{1106}Only God existed,
{1107}{1170}and so only He|could have created them.
{1171}{1210}And He did.
{3275}{3322}[Screaming]
{3472}{3502}[Sobs]
{3647}{3725}[Panting]
{3727}{3788}[Gasping]
{4221}{4268}[Laughter]
{4324}{4395}MRS MlLLS Simpson:|What a character he was:
{4396}{4449}l wonder|whatever became of him ?
{4451}{4508}MR TUTTLE:: Oh, l imagine|he's dead like all the rest:
{4509}{4572}MRS MlLLS::|Ah, those were the days:
{4644}{4695}[Bell rings]
{4797}{4844}Mr Tuttle, your hair:
{4893}{4946}[Lock clicks]
{5036}{5070}Yes?
{5071}{5142}Goodmorning, ma'am:|We 've come about the--
{5143}{5227}Oh, yes, ofcourse:
{5229}{5259}Come in:
{5298}{5349}l wasn't expecting you so soon:
{5541}{5573}You are::: ?
{5574}{5612}l'm Bertha Mills, ma'am:
{5613}{5666}And this is Edmund Tuttle:
{5668}{5707}Pleased to meetyou, ma'am:
{5709}{5750}You must be the gardener:
{5752}{5807}That's right: The gardener:
{5809}{5905}And this young lady|is calledLydia:
{5906}{5965}Ha ve you had|much experience in service?
{5966}{6042}Oh, don't let that angel face|foolyou, ma'am:
{6044}{6093}She's older than she looks:
{6095}{6140}Can you iron?
{6194}{6245}What's the matter?|Has the cat got your tongue?
{6247}{6349}She can't talk, ma'am:
{6350}{6389}The poorlittle mite 's a mute:
{6391}{6427}Oh:
{6428}{6465}Oh, but she's|a goodlittle worker:
{6466}{6494}l can promise you that:
{6496}{6557}All right:
{6558}{6619}All right: The other girl|l had spoke too much, anyway:
{6620}{6685}Follow me:|Mrs Mills, you and the girl: ::
{6686}{6752}will sleep in the attic room|at the top ofthe stairs:
{6753}{6833}-Andyou, Mr: ::|-Tuttle, ma'am:
{6835}{6944}You could sleep in the shed|around the back:
{6945}{7025}As you can see, the housework|has been ratherneglected: ::
{7027}{7084}since the servants disappeared|almost a week ago:
{7086}{7137}You mean theyjust vanished?
{7138}{7205}GRACE:: lnto thin air:
{7206}{7259}No notice, nothing: They didn 't|even collect their wages:
{7261}{7330}They: ::theyjust left us:
{7331}{7384}MRS MlLLS::|What a strange thing to do:
{7386}{7433}GRACE:: You'll soon find out|there are times:::
{7435}{7519}when this house is not|exactly an idealhome:
{7520}{7561}Hence my advertisement|in the newspaper: ::
{7562}{7644}requesting honest,|hard-working people:
{7646}{7712}There 's nobody more honest|orhard-working than us:
{7713}{7745}lsn't that right, Mr Tuttle ?
{7746}{7797}Oh, aye, we 're very honest:
{7799}{7873}And, um, very hard-working:
{7943}{8000}The kitchen:
{8001}{8046}l have breakfast at 8:00:::
{8047}{8096}the children at 9:00:
{8097}{8173}Lunch will be served at 1:00|and dinner at 7: 30:
{8175}{8230}MRS MlLLS::|And the master, ma'am?
{8293}{8352}The master went offto war: ::
{8354}{8399}a year and a halfago:
{8400}{8494}l've hadno news|since the war ended:
{8496}{8531}Which ofyou does the cooking?
{8532}{8589}MRS MlLLS::|l'm so sorry, ma'am:
{8590}{8639}Which ofyou does the cooking?
{8641}{8686}You'll notice what l'm doing:
{8687}{8771}ln this house,|no doormust be opened: ::
{8773}{8824}without the previous one|being closed first:
{8825}{8889}lt is vital|thatyou remember this:
{8890}{8939}lt's not as easy|as it may seem:
{8940}{9014}There are 15 different keys|for all ofthe 50 doors:::
{9015}{9097}depending on which area of|the house you're in at the time:
{9098}{9159}Mrs Mills,|from tomorrow onwards:::
{9161}{9220}l will be leaving|a set ofkeys in your charge:
{9221}{9256}Yes, ma'am:
{9257}{9304}The music room:
{9305}{9360}That oldpiano was already here|when we movedin:
{9362}{9461}Please do not let|the children thump away on it:
{9462}{9503}lt sets offmy migraine:
{9504}{9615}Silence is something that we|prize very highly in this house:
{9617}{9681}That is whyyou will not find|a telephone, a radio:::
{9682}{9735}or anything else|that makes a racket:
{9736}{9789}Oh, we don't have|electricity, either:
{9791}{9846}During the war, the Germans|kept cutting it off: ::
{9848}{9909}so we learned to live|without it: Let's continue:
{9911}{9974}Ma 'am, there 's no need|to show us the whole house:
{9975}{10003}GRACE:: Yesl
{10005}{10079}Yes, there is:
{10080}{10143}Most ofthe time,|you can hardly see your way:
{10144}{10189}lt's often difficult|to make out: ::
{10190}{10266}ifthere is a table, a chair,|a door, a sideboard: ::
{10268}{10365}or one ofmy children|playing hide andseek:
{10366}{10440}What do you mean, ma'am?
{10441}{10513}Perhaps l should introduce you|to the children:
{10516}{10546}[Lock clicks]
{10652}{10703}Mr Tuttle,|you can see to the garden now:
{10705}{10735}You'll find tools in the shed:
{10736}{10775}Yes, ma'am:
{10777}{10838}You two can start closing|the curtains:
{10839}{10878}All ofthem:
{11600}{11643}Come:
{11901}{11983}l'll wake them:|You wait here:
{11984}{12037}Whateveryou do,|don't open the curtains:
{12117}{12172}Wakey, wakey:
{12227}{12276}GRACE:: Now, come on:
{12278}{12347}Eyes closed, hands together:
{12348}{12420}CHlLDREN::|Let it be, at light ofday: ::
{12422}{12475}Jesus, to whom now lpray:
{12476}{12533}Blessedbe the Viirgin pure:::
{12534}{12583}whom lgreet with faith|too short:
{12585}{12636}Jesus, Mary, spotless rose:::
{12638}{12716}keep us till this day|doth close:
{12840}{12897}GRACE::|They're still halfasleep:
{12898}{12984}MRS MlLLS::|What sweet little children:
{12985}{13065}Well: :: what do you say?
{13066}{13115}How do you do ?
{13116}{13161}How do you do ?
{13163}{13245}How do you do, children?
{13247}{13288}My name is Mrs Mills:::
{13290}{13366}butyou can call me|Bertha ifyou like:
{13367}{13410}What are your names?
{13412}{13477}-Anne:|-Nicholas:
{13478}{13583}Anne andNicholas:|Whatpretty names:
{13584}{13653}ANNE:: Are you going to be|our newnanny?
{13654}{13701}Mm-hmm:
{13726}{13808}Yes, my dears:|l'm your newnanny:
{13810}{13853}lt's time for their breakfast:
{13854}{13903}Lydia, go to the kitchen|and close every shutter:
{13905}{13946}[Keysjingle]
{14071}{14138}The doctors were never able|to find a cure:
{14139}{14186}For what?
{14187}{14242}Their condition:
{14244}{14351}The children have|a very serious allergy to light:
{14353}{14408}They are photosensitive|andmust neverbe exposed: ::
{14410}{14467}to any light|much stronger than this:
{14468}{14521}Otherwise,|in a matter ofminutes:::
{14523}{14566}they will break out|in sores andblisters:::
{14568}{14646}andbegin to suffocate:
{14647}{14684}lt would eventually be fatal:
{14685}{14740}MRS MlLLS:: Goodheavens:
{14766}{14807}l don't like this toast:
{14808}{14847}Oh ? Why not?
{14848}{14899}lt tastes funny:
{14901}{14948}l likedit betterbefore:
{14949}{15052}That's because before,|somebody else made it:
{15054}{15107}When are they coming back?
{15155}{15194}They're not coming back, child:
{15195}{15266}Just like Daddy:
{15267}{15326}Daddy is coming back, though:
{15328}{15425}Mrs Mills, our father's|fighting in a warin France:
{15426}{15460}NlCHOLAS:: lt's the World War:
{15461}{15506}l know, but he's in France:
{15507}{15610}That's enough, chatterboxes:|Finish up your breakfasts:
{15611}{15695}Are you going to leave us, too?
{15697}{15779}Ofcourse notl
{15780}{15823}Why should l leave you?
{15824}{15873}The others|said they wouldn 't: ::
{15874}{15921}but they did,|and then it happened:
{15923}{15970}Be quietl
{16009}{16124}What do you mean, Anne?|What happened?
{16126}{16227}Mummy went: ::mad:
{16228}{16295}-Nothing happened:|-Yes, it did:
{16296}{16343}-No, it didn 'tl|-Yes, it didl
{16344}{16395}GRACE:: Be quiet:
{16440}{16512}What's going on?|l want those plates empty: ::
{16514}{16569}in less than a minute:|ls that clear?
{16648}{16701}Mrs Mills, wouldyou|come outside a moment?
{16703}{16752}l'd like a word with you:
{16794}{16830}Yes, ma'am:
{16917}{17018}The postman usually|comes every Wednesday:
{17019}{17054}But ljust checked|the letter-box: ::
{17055}{17110}and this week he hasn't:
{17111}{17158}l'm afraid|l don't follow, ma'am:
{17160}{17205}This letter|should have been collected: ::
{17207}{17271}and delivered to|the newspaper five days ago:
{17272}{17307}lt's an advertisement|forservants:
{17308}{17338}Since it was neverpublished: ::
{17339}{17404}wouldyou explain|whatyou're doing here ?
{17405}{17475}Oh, l understand:
{17476}{17550}Ma 'am, that's what|l was going to say to you:::
{17551}{17587}when you opened the door to us:
{17588}{17647}The truth is|that wejust come by: ::
{17649}{17704}on the offchance:
{17705}{17743}A big house like this:::
{17744}{17805}is always in need ofsomeone|who knows the ropes:
{17807}{17877}You've servedin a house|like this one before ?
{17878}{17941}This may come as a surprise|to you, ma'am, but: ::
{17942}{18032}we, in fact,|used to work here:
{18062}{18090}Here ?
{18092}{18199}Oh, now,|'twas a fewyears ago:
{18200}{18271}lfyou don't mind|my saying so, ma'am:::
{18272}{18362}they were the bestyears|ofmy life:
{18364}{18444}That's why we come by,|because this house:::
{18445}{18490}means a lot to us:
{18492}{18563}Perhaps l'd best showyou|our references, ma'am:
{18564}{18631}No, no, no: Don't bother:|There 's no need:
{18632}{18683}So you say|you know the house well?
{18685}{18744}MRS MlLLS::|Like the back ofmy hand:
{18745}{18819}That is assuming the walls|haven't sproutedlegs:::
{18821}{18868}andmovedin the meantime:
{18870}{18946}GRACE:: The only thing|that moves here is the light:
{18982}{19056}[Sighs]|But it changes everything:
{19169}{19232}lt's rather difficult,|to say the least:
{19264}{19363}One might|almost say: ::unbearable:
{19418}{19500}The only way ofenduring it|is by keeping a coolhead:
{19502}{19557}Oh, yes, ma'am:
{19558}{19622}l don't like fantasies:
{19623}{19680}Strange ideas:|Do you know what l mean?
{19681}{19755}l think so, ma'am:
{19756}{19850}My children sometimes|have strange ideas:
{19852}{19919}Butyou mustn 't pay|any attention to them:
{19920}{19992}Children will be children:
{19993}{20050}Yes, ofcourse, ma'am:
{20051}{20170}All right: You can stay:
{20208}{20271}Thankyou very much, ma'am:
{20546}{20597}lt did happen:
{20841}{20884}NlCHOLAS:: ''The Roman governor|tried to make them:::
{20885}{20928}''change their minds|afterwards::: ''
{20930}{21008}''To make them change|their minds: ''Full stop:
{21010}{21057}-''Afterwards::: ''|-Mm-hmm:
{21059}{21097}''He ordered them|to be beaten:
{21098}{21197}''But Justus andPastor,|far from being afraid: ::
{21198}{21259}''rejoiced andshowed themselves|willing to die for Christ:
{21260}{21301}''When he saw this:::
{21302}{21347}''the Roman governor|was filled with rage:::
{21348}{21387}''and ordered their heads|to be cut off: ''
{21388}{21445}[Giggles]
{21482}{21529}[Snickers]
{21530}{21604}What do you findso amusing?
{21605}{21640}Well: ::
{21641}{21688}Well, what?
{21689}{21748}Those children|were really stupid:
{21750}{21799}Why?
{21800}{21843}Because they said|they only believedin Jesus:::
{21844}{21908}and then|they got killed forit:
{21909}{21962}And what wouldyou have done,|deny Christ?
{21964}{21999}ANNE:: Well, yes:
{22000}{22045}lnside l would have|believedin him:::
{22047}{22115}but l wouldn 't have told|the Romans that:
{22180}{22227}ls that whatyou think, too,|Nicholas?
{22319}{22376}l see:
{22377}{22461}So you would have lied|to the point ofdenying Christ:
{22463}{22568}You'd have savedyour heads|from the Romans, that's true:
{22570}{22611}But what would have|happened afterwards ?
{22612}{22640}When?
{22642}{22695}ln the next life:
{22697}{22748}The one waiting for us|after we die:
{22749}{22796}Where wouldyou have gone?
{22797}{22825}Ahh:
{22827}{22865}Where, Nicholas?
{22866}{22903}To the children's limbo:
{22904}{22951}GRACE:: What is|the children's limbo, Anne?
{22952}{23003}One ofthe four Hells:
{23004}{23038}Which are ?
{23067}{23104}[Gasps]
{23105}{23160}ANNE:: Me, me, mel Mel
{23162}{23221}GRACE:: No: Let him answer:|Which are ?
{23223}{23287}There 's the Hell|where the damnedgo:::
{23288}{23337}then there 's Purgatory: ::
{23338}{23370}Yes:
{23371}{23410}And the bosom ofAbraham|where thejustgo:::
{23412}{23453}andlimbo where children go:
{23455}{23488}At the centre ofthe earth:
{23489}{23561}Where it's very, very hot:
{23563}{23600}That's where children|go who tell lies:::
{23601}{23650}but they don'tjustgo|there for a few days:
{23652}{23686}Oh, no:
{23687}{23775}No, they're damned: Forever:
{23777}{23859}Think about it:
{23861}{23974}Try to imagine|the end ofeternity:
{23975}{24030}Close your eyes:
{24032}{24116}Close your eyes|and try to imagine it:
{24118}{24153}Forever:
{24194}{24280}Pain:::forever:
{24312}{24388}l'm getting dizzy: Heh:
{24389}{24438}GRACE::|Now do you understand: ::
{24439}{24513}why Justus andPastor|told the truth ?
{24591}{24625}[Sighs]All right:
{24626}{24712}Open your readers|at lesson six:
{24713}{24743}ANNE:: Can't we play?
{24745}{24786}GRACE::|You most certainly cannot:
{24788}{24822}Firstyou're going|to read the lesson:::
{24823}{24874}then you're going|to learn it by heart:
{24876}{24904}All ofit?
{24906}{24936}Any more protests:::
{24937}{24998}and there 'll be|no playing at all today:
{25000}{25084}ln fact, l thinkyou can|study in separate rooms:
{25086}{25152}-CHlLDREN:: No, no, nol|-GRACE:: Yes, yes, yesl
{25153}{25196}ANNE:: But we get scared|if we 're separatedl
{25197}{25269}GRACE:: Scared?As ifyou weren't|used to this house by now:
{25271}{25318}NlCHOLAS::|What if we see a ghost?
{25319}{25391}Has your sisterbeen telling you|one ofherstories?
{25393}{25434}l haven't told him anythingl
{25436}{25471}lfyou see a ghost|you say ''Hello '': ::
{25472}{25507}and continue on studying:
{25508}{25559}-Come to the music room:|-Why me?
{25561}{25608}Because l say sol|Now come on:
{25609}{25654}Take your book:
{25656}{25695}Nicholas, l want to see|that lesson learned: ::
{25696}{25726}in less than an hour:
{25728}{25793}-Mummy: ::|-What?
{25794}{25847}Give me a kiss:
{25849}{25917}ANNE:: ''Give me a kiss:|Give me a kiss: ''
{25918}{25967}GRACE::|Anne, wait forme outside:
{25968}{26058}You know l can't:
{26059}{26098}Over there:
{26136}{26224}GRACE:: Mrs Mills,|close all the curtains:
{26226}{26308}My daughteris going|to cross the living room:
{26310}{26359}Yes, ma'am:
{26520}{26554}All right, Anne:
{26555}{26624}[Humming]
{26625}{26664}Darling:::
{26702}{26796}Mummy can't be with you|all the time, hmm?
{26824}{26912}You must learn to be|on your own:
{26944}{26997}Where 's your rosary?
{26999}{27070}Ahhl
{27071}{27139}Wheneveryou feel afraid: ::
{27140}{27208}l wantyou to squeeze it|with allyour might: ::
{27209}{27295}say an Our Father,|andyour fear will go away:
{27296}{27401}-lt won't:|-Yes, it will: Honestly:
{27403}{27444}Don't you see that|when you do that: ::
{27446}{27491}the Lord is with you?
{27524}{27579}There 's no reason to be afraid:
{27838}{27873}[Blows kiss]
{27982}{28053}[Lock clicks]
{28054}{28126}[Footsteps fading]
{28198}{28239}[Distant door closing]
{28514}{28573}NlCHOLAS::|''The house and the family:
{28574}{28650}''We all live in a house|with our family:
{28651}{28733}''The family is usually|made up ofparents:::
{28734}{28795}''children,|and their grandparents:
{28797}{28840}''We must be obedient: :: ''
{28841}{28921}ANNE:: '': ::andkind towards|othermembers ofour family: ::
{28922}{28988}''and we must|never argue or fight: ::
{28989}{29050}''with our brothers andsisters: ''
{29051}{29098}Do you have any children?
{29099}{29134}MRS MlLLS:: No:
{29135}{29237}Mr Tuttle and the girl Lydia|are all l've got: ::
{29238}{29272}and l'm all they've got:
{29273}{29322}GRACE::|Was she born like that?
{29323}{29382}Beg yourpardon, ma'am?
{29383}{29461}The girl: Was she born a mute ?
{29462}{29552}No:
{29554}{29605}l think|l've finishedhere, ma'am:
{29606}{29655}lfyou'll excuse me,|l think l'll go:::
{29657}{29718}andsee ifMr Tuttle|needs a hand:
{29899}{29937}[Door closes]
{30029}{30061}[Sighs]
{30313}{30436}[Child sobbing]
{30437}{30473}Nicholasl
{30591}{30634}Nicholas, l'm comingl
{30706}{30736}Ohl
{30800}{30853}-Nicholas?|-What's the matter?
{30854}{30882}Why were you crying?
{30884}{30947}l wasn't crying:|l was reading:
{30948}{31022}But ljust heardyou:::|Annel
{31070}{31100}[Door closes]
{31101}{31144}[Child sobbing]
{31216}{31248}Annel
{31291}{31338}Anne?
{31340}{31385}ANNE::|l haven't learnedit yet, Mummy:
{31387}{31475}-Are you all right?|-Yes:
{31476}{31550}-Why were you crying?|-l wasn't:
{31551}{31639}ljust heardyou a moment ago:
{31641}{31688}There 's no need|to feel ashamed, darling:
{31690}{31720}l don't:
{31722}{31779}lfl'd been crying,|l'd tellyou:
{31780}{31831}Oh, really:|So l imaginedit, did l?
{31832}{31889}No: lt was that boy:
{31890}{31935}GRACE:: What boy?
{31937}{31973}Viictor:
{31974}{32029}Who's Viictor?
{32031}{32111}The boy that was here|a moment ago:
{32113}{32158}l told him to let me study: ::
{32159}{32210}but he wouldn 't stop crying:
{32212}{32257}l think he's a spoiledbrat:
{32259}{32312}He said we 'd have|to leave the house:
{32313}{32399}GRACE:: Oh, did he, now?|And why was he crying?
{32401}{32440}Because he doesn't|like this house:::
{32442}{32520}but he has to live here:|His father's a pianist--
{32521}{32580}-His father's a pianist?|-Yes:
{32581}{32661}l already told him he's not|allowed to touch the piano:
{32662}{32690}He isn't, is he, Mummy?
{32692}{32728}[Sighs]
{32729}{32784}So, you've spoken|to his father as well?
{32786}{32831}ANNE:: No, only with Viictor:
{32832}{32867}His father's with the others|in the hall:
{32868}{32925}l'vejust come from the hall:|There 's no one there:
{32969}{33039}They must've gone upstairs:|They're viewing the house:
{33040}{33130}That'll do, Annel|That's enoughl
{33131}{33161}Now why were you crying?
{33163}{33196}lt was Viictorl
{33197}{33258}-So where is he now?|-He went out through therel
{33259}{33297}Wouldyou mind|telling me how a boy: ::
{33298}{33368}can get in and out|ofthis room ifit's locked?
{33418}{33463}[Gasps]
{33464}{33544}GRACE:: l thought|l made myselfquite clear:
{33545}{33580}No dooris to be opened: ::
{33581}{33624}without the previous one|being closed first:
{33625}{33678}ls that so hard to understand?
{33679}{33728}This house is like a ship:
{33730}{33779}The light must be contained|as ifit were water: ::
{33780}{33854}by opening and closing|the doors:
{33856}{33901}My children's lives|are at stakel
{33903}{33931}MRS MlLLS:: But, ma'am--
{33933}{33997}Do not argue with mel|Be quietl
{33998}{34070}Which was the last ofyou|to enter that room?
{34071}{34101}Lydia ?
{34144}{34218}She hasn't got a key:|l already toldyou that:
{34219}{34268}That leaves you, then:
{34269}{34306}But l was in the hall|the whole time:
{34307}{34343}And then l went out|into the garden:
{34344}{34374}You sawme with your own eyes:
{34375}{34455}l hope you are not suggesting|that it was mel
{34456}{34511}Do you think that|l would overlook such a thing:::
{34513}{34589}and endanger|the life ofmy own daughter?
{34663}{34741}[Fire crackling]
{34743}{34825}NlCHOLAS:: You're not supposed|to read at the table:
{34827}{34857}ANNE:: Oh, really?
{34858}{34926}Who's going to tell Mummy?|You?
{34978}{35079}Orperhaps you?|[Giggles]
{35165}{35253}Didyou really see a boy?
{35254}{35295}Yes: He 's called Viictor:
{35350}{35395}ls he a ghost?
{35396}{35451}Don't be stupid:|Ghosts aren't like that:
{35453}{35498}What are they like ?
{35499}{35558}l've toldyou|a thousand times:
{35559}{35633}They go about in white sheets|and carry chains:
{35635}{35692}-How do you know?|-Because l've seen them:
{35693}{35754}They come out at night:
{35756}{35807}Fibber: Where ?
{35809}{35850}[lnhales]
{35852}{35880}[Clank]
{35882}{35927}[Laughs]
{35972}{36033}-You're stupid:|-Not halfas much as you:
{36035}{36086}l don't believe|you saw that boy:
{36088}{36124}Believe whatyou like:
{36125}{36192}You'll soon be begging us|to play with you:
{36492}{36520}ANNE:: Nicholasl
{36522}{36620}NlCHOLAS:: Huh ? What?
{36621}{36684}Look:
{36685}{36730}Why have you opened|the curtains?
{36732}{36781}-lt wasn't me:|-Who was it, then?
{36782}{36835}lt was Viictor:
{36836}{36893}He 's been doing it all night:
{36895}{36946}You're lying:|l'm going to tell Mummy:
{36948}{37011}-So l'm a liar, am l?|-Yes:
{37012}{37077}Viictor, come out from|behind that curtain:::
{37078}{37147}so my stupid brother|can see you:
{37148}{37193}[Breathing heavily]
{37323}{37356}[Gasps]
{37357}{37400}Leave me alone:
{37402}{37451}ANNE:: So you don't want|to see him now, eh?
{37452}{37490}You're a cowardy custard:
{37491}{37587}Cowardy cowardy custard:
{37629}{37692}l'lljust have|to do it myself, then:
{38108}{38146}ANNE:: That's enough, Viictor:
{38215}{38266}Nicholas: Nicholas:
{38267}{38299}Tell him to leave|the curtains alone:
{38300}{38330}He won't listen to me:
{38331}{38386}VilCTOR:: Stop it:|Get offmy bed, both ofyou:
{38388}{38429}ANNE:: This is our bed:
{38430}{38469}VilCTOR:: No, it's mine:
{38471}{38543}Anne, please stop|putting on that voice:
{38545}{38606}You be quiet, cowardy custard:
{38608}{38686}Listen, ifyou don't stop,|l'll call my mother: ::
{38687}{38722}andshe'll kick you out:
{38723}{38778}You don't knowmy mother:
{38779}{38818}VilCTOR::|Andyou don't knowmyparents:
{38819}{38890}Anne, l'm going to tell|Mummy aboutyou:
{38891}{38971}Don't be stupid:|Can't you see it's not me?
{38973}{39053}Viictor, touch his cheek|so he knows you're real:
{39055}{39102}[Breathing rapidly]
{39235}{39263}Aahl
{39265}{39318}[Nicholas screaming]
{39320}{39369}NlCHOLAS:: Mummyl Helpl
{39371}{39424}Helpl Help, Mummyl
{39425}{39492}What is it? What is it?
{39493}{39523}[Crying]
{39525}{39559}What is it?
{39560}{39646}She was fighting with me,|and l told her to be quiet:
{39647}{39704}l'm fed up:|Do you hearme?
{39706}{39747}l am fed up with youl
{39748}{39787}l didn 't do anythingl
{39872}{39940}''Therefore the Lord God|sent him forth:::
{39941}{39992}''from the Garden ofEden:::
{39994}{40051}''to till the ground|from whence he was taken:
{40053}{40089}''So he drove out the man:::
{40090}{40156}''andplaced to the east|ofthe Garden ofEden:::
{40157}{40216}''cherubims|and a flaming sword: ::
{40217}{40266}''which turned every way|to keep the way: ::
{40267}{40305}''ofthe Tree ofLife: ''
{40306}{40370}There: l finished:|[Closes book]
{40371}{40443}Viery good:
{40445}{40486}[Sighs]
{40487}{40551}Nowyou can ask the Viirgin|for forgiveness:
{40552}{40632}What?|That's not what we agreedl
{40633}{40678}We didn 't agree anything,|young lady:
{40680}{40752}Todayyou're being punished,|andyou'll do as l say:
{40753}{40802}You can't make me|ask the Viirgin for forgiveness:
{40803}{40837}How dare youl
{40838}{40914}Mummy, l won't ask forgiveness|forsomething l didn 't dol
{40916}{40967}You toldyour brother|someone else was in the rooml
{40968}{41002}-There wasl|-You're lyingl
{41003}{41040}l am notl
{41041}{41071}[Sighs]
{41073}{41116}Anne:::
{41117}{41213}do you remember the story|about Justus andPastor?
{41214}{41288}Children who don't tell|the truth end up in limbo:
{41289}{41357}That's whatyou say,|but l read the other day: ::
{41358}{41429}that limbo's only for children|who haven't been baptized:
{41430}{41512}And l havel
{41513}{41570}ANNE::|''AndAbraham took the wood: ::
{41572}{41671}''ofthe burnt offering|andlaid it upon lsaac his son:
{41672}{41766}''Andhe took the fire|in his hand and a knife:::
{41768}{41819}''and they went,|both ofthem together:
{41821}{41893}''And lsaac spake|unto Abraham his father: ::
{41894}{41945}''andsaid, 'My father: :: '
{41946}{42032}''andhe said,|'Here l am, my son: '''
{42397}{42438}Didyou look in on Nicholas?
{42439}{42531}Yes, ma'am:|The little angelis fast asleep:
{42532}{42587}What aboutAnne?
{42589}{42630}ls she still on the stairs ?
{42631}{42699}Oh, yes, ma'am:
{42700}{42745}GRACE:: l'dprefer to have her|where l can see her: ::
{42747}{42823}but l can't embroider|in such poorlight:
{42895}{42942}Howlong is this punishment|going to go on?
{42943}{42990}lt's been three days now:
{42991}{43029}lt's up to her:
{43078}{43117}She's got to learn|to swallowherpride:::
{43119}{43176}and ask for forgiveness:
{43178}{43247}Anyway, it's time|she started to read the Bible:
{43248}{43355}The priest will be verypleased|to hear that, ma'am:
{43357}{43402}GRACE:: lfhe ever deigns|to pay us another visit:
{43404}{43455}He knows perfectly well|that the children can't go out:
{43456}{43489}MRS MlLLS::|He told me yesterday: ::
{43490}{43559}he'd be by|as soon as possible:
{43560}{43652}l'm beginning to feel|totally cut offfrom the world:
{43653}{43723}This fog doesn't exactly help:
{43724}{43762}lt's neverlasted|this long before:
{43763}{43814}Oh, that's true, ma'am:
{43816}{43871}Even the seagulls|have gone quiet:
{43921}{43987}Annel
{43988}{44052}Anne, l can't hearyou:
{44053}{44117}[Anne reading indistinctly]
{44118}{44163}Ohhl
{44165}{44220}lncidentally, Mrs Mills, l've|had to put up with the noise:::
{44221}{44268}ofLydia running around|above my head:
{44270}{44309}She's been hurtling|backwards and forwards:::
{44310}{44359}as ifthere were three ofher:
{44361}{44402}Wouldyou kindly tell her|it's not necessary: ::
{44403}{44470}to kick up quite such a rumpus|just to do a little cleaning?
{44471}{44539}l couldn 't bear to get|anothermigraine attack:
{44540}{44585}l'll tell her, ma'am:
{44586}{44633}GRACE:: Thankyou:
{44726}{44773}[Footsteps receding]
{44774}{44821}[Anne reading indistinctly]
{45084}{45131}[Thumping overhead]
{45365}{45406}[Thumping overhead]
{45407}{45446}[Sighs]
{45511}{45556}[Louder thumps overhead]
{45628}{45675}[Thumping, glass rattling]
{45706}{45747}[Banging overhead]
{45748}{45805}Nowshe's really gone too far:
{45806}{45878}Lydial Lydial
{46316}{46353}[Anne reading]
{46354}{46426}'': ::in the mount|ofthe Lord it shall be seen:
{46427}{46466}''And the angel ofthe Lord--''
{46468}{46505}What's going on up there ?
{46506}{46567}Nothing, Mummy:|l'm just reading:
{46568}{46673}-Didyou hearit as well?|-Hear what?
{46770}{46798}''And the angel ofthe Lord: ::
{46800}{46849}''called unto Abraham|out ofHeaven:::
{46851}{46898}''the second time andsaid: ::
{46899}{46956}'''By myself, l have sworn, '|saith the Lord--''
{46958}{47013}Shhl
{47082}{47129}[Faint squeaking]
{47230}{47263}What was that?
{47264}{47299}l don't know:
{47300}{47378}Anne, tell me|who's making that noise:
{47379}{47424}l can't tellyou, Mummy:
{47426}{47479}You tell me:
{47480}{47521}l toldyou|there was someone in the room:::
{47523}{47568}andyoupunishedme:
{47569}{47599}Now l don't know what to say:
{47601}{47683}Anne, l want the truth:
{47684}{47741}Tell me if|there is someone upstairs:
{47797}{47850}There: ln thatjunk room:
{49029}{49090}ANNE:: Mummy,|you're letting the light in:
{49092}{49129}[Gasps]
{49558}{49609}[Steps on glass]
{50472}{50504}[Ghostly voices whispering]
{50505}{50539}Shhl
{50540}{50604}-She's a woman:|-She's what?
{50639}{50675}[Gasps]
{50994}{51041}[Creaking]
{51167}{51199}Where did they go?
{51200}{51251}Theyjust came past here:|Didn 't you see them?
{51253}{51291}Which way did they go?
{51292}{51372}Over there, over there,|and down there as well:
{51450}{51501}[Door closes]
{51502}{51605}They're everywhere:|They say this house is theirs:
{51606}{51694}And they're going|to take the curtains down:
{51726}{51775}Ma 'am, stay calm, please:
{51776}{51804}GRACE:: l will not stay calml
{51806}{51851}For five whole years|during the occupation:::
{51852}{51913}l managed to avoid a single Nazi|stepping foot in this house:::
{51915}{52005}andnow there is someone here,|opening and closing the doors:
{52006}{52053}Ma 'am, this is a very old house:
{52054}{52126}The floorboards squeak|and the plumbing clanks--
{52127}{52172}There were voices:|l'm telling you:
{52173}{52207}ANNE:: Mummy, look:
{52208}{52245}A boy and two women,|talking together:
{52246}{52287}Mummy, lookl
{52328}{52377}l did it yesterday:
{52379}{52420}This is the father,|this is the mother: ::
{52421}{52501}this is Viictor,|and this is the old woman:
{52502}{52547}What do these numbers stand for?
{52548}{52601}ANNE:: That's the number|oftimes l've seen them:
{52603}{52662}l've seen the old woman|the most:
{52768}{52813}Oh, Godin Heaven:
{52814}{52844}Mrs Mills,|go and call Mr Tuttle:
{52845}{52904}We have to search|the whole house immediately: ::
{52906}{52934}before it gets dark:
{52936}{52981}-Yes, ma'am: There, now:|-Mummyl
{52983}{53015}Yes, darling: lt's all right:
{53016}{53096}Nothing will happen to you|while Mummy's here:
{53098}{53174}ANNE:: Look, Mummy:|She really scares me:
{53175}{53205}lt's as if|she's not looking atyou:::
{53206}{53242}but she can see you:
{53243}{53314}Andshe's always around|saying ''Come with me''--
{53315}{53356}No, Anne, don't lie to me:
{53357}{53422}ANNE:: Honestly, Mummy:|Andshe asks me things:
{53423}{53468}Viictor told me she's a witch:
{53469}{53503}GRACE:: What does she askyou?
{53504}{53551}Things:
{53591}{53665}Herbreath smells:
{53732}{53785}We have to open|all the curtains:
{53787}{53840}l don't want any dark corners|where someone could hide:
{53842}{53874}Yes, ma'am:
{53875}{53934}You both search the right side,|and l'll take the left:
{53936}{53981}Then we 'll search upstairs:
{55206}{55239}[Sighs]
{55681}{55726}NlCHOLAS::|Perhaps they're ghosts:::
{55727}{55780}who lived|in this house before:
{55781}{55840}Don't be stupid:|l've already toldyou:
{55842}{55880}Ghosts go about|in white sheets:::
{55881}{55946}and carry chains|andgo ''Ooo: ''
{55947}{55977}MRS MlLLS:: Now, Anne:
{55979}{56040}Why do you make up|such stories?
{56041}{56090}ANNE:: l don't:|l read them in books:
{56092}{56137}Well, you shouldn 't|believe everything:::
{56139}{56167}thatyou readin books:
{56169}{56206}That's what our mothersays:
{56207}{56291}She says all this stuff|aboutghosts is rubbish:::
{56293}{56340}and then she expects us:::
{56341}{56392}to believe everything|written in the Bible:
{56394}{56430}And don't you believe it?
{56431}{56459}l believe some things:
{56461}{56516}But, for example,|l don't believe:::
{56518}{56581}that Godmade the world|in seven days:
{56582}{56621}And l don't believe|that Noah:::
{56623}{56676}got all those animals|into one boat: ::
{56677}{56738}or the Holy Spirit is a dove:
{56740}{56795}No, l don't|believe that, either:
{56796}{56837}ANNE::|Doves are anything but holy:
{56839}{56877}Theypoo on our windows:
{56878}{56917}[Chuckles]
{57014}{57102}Ha ve you mentioned|any ofthis to your mother?
{57201}{57242}Oh:
{58668}{58723}[Knocking]|MRS MlLLS:: Ma 'am:
{58724}{58763}Yes?
{58765}{58820}They've searched|everywhere, ma'am:
{58821}{58859}There 's no one:
{58860}{58901}l see:
{58951}{59018}Mrs Mills:
{59019}{59057}Yes, ma'am?
{59058}{59127}Do you have any idea|what this might be?
{59173}{59220}'Tis a photograph album, ma'am:
{59221}{59257}No, but look:|They're all asleep:
{59258}{59307}Look:
{59309}{59373}They're not asleep, ma'am:|They're dead:
{59428}{59456}'Tis a book ofthe dead:
{59458}{59503}ln the last century,|l believe:::
{59505}{59550}they used to take|photographs ofthe dead: ::
{59552}{59597}in the hopes|that their souls:::
{59599}{59666}would go on living|through the portraits:
{59733}{59788}GRACE:: There are even|group portraits:
{59789}{59861}[Gasps]And childrenl
{59863}{59929}Oh, it's macabrel
{59966}{60035}How could these people|be so superstitious ?
{60036}{60091}Griefover the death|ofa loved one:::
{60092}{60193}can leadpeople to do|the strangest things:
{60271}{60345}GRACE:: Get rid ofit:|l don't want it in the house:
{60346}{60391}MRS MlLLS:: Yes, ma'am:
{60655}{60708}Mrs Mills, it's cold:
{60709}{60762}Why don't you come|andsit by the fire ?
{61034}{61114}Thankyou very much, ma'am:
{61115}{61207}So:::tell me about|when you workedhere before:
{61209}{61262}Didyou have|to look after children then?
{61263}{61368}No, l was in charge of|organizing the housework:
{61370}{61434}Hmm:|Were there many servants ?
{61435}{61529}Oh, about fifteen:
{61530}{61560}Though in the end: ::
{61561}{61614}there werejust|the three ofus left:
{61616}{61648}Why?
{61649}{61702}My employers moved to London:
{61704}{61798}They came here|less andless:::
{61800}{61853}it being|so out ofthe way like:
{61854}{61959}So gradually the house|just became empty:
{61960}{62075}Everybody ends up leaving|this damnedisland:
{62076}{62154}My family left|in the summer of 1940::::
{62156}{62238}just before the invasion:
{62239}{62294}That was the last|l've heard ofthem:
{62340}{62379}Ohh:
{62405}{62469}l don't blame them:
{62470}{62554}Actually, we left, too:
{62556}{62597}Although, you know: ::
{62599}{62648}sometimes when|you leave a place:::
{62650}{62759}it's like it's there|with you all the time:
{62760}{62848}l always felt like l|neverleft this house:
{62850}{62903}Why didyou leave ?
{62905}{62960}Oh, 'twas on account|ofthe tuberculosis:
{62961}{63039}The whole area was evacuated:
{63040}{63097}Ohh:
{63099}{63154}Was that when Lydia went dumb?
{63155}{63225}Yes, l think so:::
{63226}{63318}though my memory's|a bit rusty these days, ma'am:
{63320}{63359}What happened to her?
{63488}{63560}lt was suddenly one day:
{63561}{63657}Shejust: ::stopped talking:
{63658}{63729}There must've been a reason:
{63730}{63789}People don'tjust stop talking:
{63791}{63825}These things|are always the result: ::
{63826}{63902}ofsome sort oftrauma:
{63904}{63953}Something|must've happened to her:
{64056}{64097}Didyour employers|treatyou well?
{64098}{64145}Oh, they were always|very kind to us:
{64146}{64218}They treated us|just like family:
{64274}{64354}You know, ma'am,|l think l will go to bed:
{64356}{64421}l'll neverbe able|to get up in the morning:
{64422}{64461}GRACE:: Offyou go:
{64462}{64505}l'm going to stay here|a while longer:
{64507}{64546}Yes, ma'am:
{65279}{65313}[Sighs]
{65365}{65453}l'm sorry l was so hard on you:
{65600}{65661}Can you forgive me?
{65797}{65835}Anne:
{66290}{66318}NlCHOLAS:: Mummy:
{66320}{66348}What?
{66350}{66407}When's Daddy coming home?
{66409}{66491}When the war's over:
{66492}{66543}Why did he go to war?
{66544}{66661}l mean, nobody's done|anything bad to us:
{66663}{66708}Daddy went: ::
{66775}{66869}Daddy went|because he's very bra ve:::
{66871}{66920}andbecause|he wasn't prepared: ::
{66921}{67005}to let the Germans tell him|what he had to do:
{67007}{67046}NlCHOLAS:: Why?
{67166}{67233}[Sobbing]
{67234}{67316}Charles:::
{67318}{67367}where are you?
{67421}{67470}[Piano playing]
{67728}{67777}[Piano playing]
{68361}{68410}[Music grows louder]
{68968}{69015}[Gasping]
{69062}{69127}[Music stops]
{69128}{69175}[Muffled thumping]
{69559}{69606}[Creaking]
{69949}{69979}[Lock clicks]
{70439}{70469}[Creak]
{70470}{70504}[Bang]
{71168}{71256}-[Slam]|-Ohl
{71258}{71303}[Doorlocking]
{71381}{71452}Mrs Millsl
{71453}{71498}Mrs Millsl
{71530}{71567}What's the matter, ma'am?
{71568}{71654}The key to the music room,|give it to mel Quicklyl
{71655}{71716}-What's happening, ma'am?|-Come onl
{71928}{71989}Oh, my God:
{71990}{72031}Ohhl
{72033}{72105}l checked that room myself:
{72154}{72199}lt was empty:
{72201}{72267}Take these tablets, ma'am:
{72268}{72313}They'll do you good:
{72315}{72393}Andyet l felt as if|there was someone else there:
{72394}{72482}Andit wasn't human:
{72484}{72562}There is something|in this house:
{72564}{72609}Something diabolic:
{72610}{72646}Ma 'am:::
{72647}{72719}Something which is not: ::
{72761}{72827}not at rest:
{72828}{72904}[Sighs]
{72905}{72969}l knowyou don't believe it:
{72970}{73033}You don't believe it, do you?
{73034}{73067}l don't blame you:
{73068}{73165}l used to not believe|these things:
{73166}{73196}[Sighs]
{73197}{73281}l do believe it, ma'am:
{73319}{73393}l've always believed|in those things:
{73395}{73448}They're not easy to explain:::
{73450}{73489}but they do happen:
{73491}{73610}We 've all heard stories|of: ::the beyond: ::
{73611}{73682}now and then:::
{73683}{73854}and l think sometimes|the world ofthe dead: ::
{73856}{73946}gets mixed up|with the world ofthe living:
{73947}{74018}But it's impossible:
{74019}{74074}The Lord would never allow|such an aberration:
{74076}{74104}The living and the dead: ::
{74106}{74204}will only meet|at the end ofeternity:
{74205}{74270}lt says so in the Bible:
{74271}{74328}Ma 'am:::
{74330}{74447}there isn't always|an answer for everything:
{74590}{74659}[Door opens]
{74721}{74760}MRS MlLLS::|Where are you offto, ma'am?
{74762}{74830}l'm going to the village|to pay FatherMcGraw a visit:
{74831}{74880}lfhe won't come here,|then l shall go to him:
{74882}{74914}l shall bring him back:
{74915}{74966}Ma 'am, you should wait|till the weatherimproves:
{74967}{75010}GRACE::|l've waitedlong enough:
{75012}{75063}Ma 'am,|the priest told me that--
{75065}{75116}GRACE:: l don't care|what he toldyoul
{75118}{75169}l want him to tell me|personallyl
{75170}{75208}He must come todayl
{75209}{75252}MRS MlLLS:: But what are you|going to tell him ?
{75253}{75319}GRACE:: That we have searched|every room inch by inch:::
{75320}{75384}andnow l need them|to be blessed:
{75417}{75468}MRS MlLLS::|Ma 'am, please, wait:
{75470}{75504}Still, it's very early:
{75505}{75558}-Mr Tuttle:|-Morning, ma'am:
{75560}{75631}l needyou to search|the garden forgra vestones:
{75632}{75662}Gra vestones?
{75663}{75696}Yes: When my husband|bought this house:::
{75697}{75742}we were told|there was a little cemetery:
{75743}{75800}l think it was over there,|amongst the trees:
{75801}{75829}l've not seen anything:
{75831}{75905}Check carefully:|lt could be overgrown:
{75906}{75936}Yes, ma'am:
{75938}{75993}l need to knowifthere was|a family buriedhere:::
{75995}{76060}andifthey had|a little boy--Viictor:
{76061}{76108}[Gate squeaking]
{76424}{76502}Nowshe thinks|the house is haunted:
{76503}{76567}Do you think|it's safe to let hergo?
{76568}{76650}Oh, don't worry: The fog|won't let herget very far:
{76651}{76689}Oh, yes, the fog:
{76690}{76749}The fog, ofcourse:
{76751}{76789}And when do you think: ::
{76790}{76870}we should bring|all this out into the open?
{76872}{76917}All in good time, Mr Tuttle:
{76918}{76975}All in good time:
{76977}{77038}Speaking ofwhich:
{77040}{77074}Ohl
