227 - May 9, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[narrating]
- My name is Victoria Winters.

This is to be a night of horror.

A night that evil

will display its terrible power.

A night that an innocent

is to become the frightened object of that power.

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[knocking on door]
- [man] Maggie?

Maggie?

[knocking on door] Maggie, you in there?

[door opens]

Hey, Maggie, look at the time, will you?


- What is it?


- Maggie, you know what time it is?


- Oh, Pop, what's the matter?


- What's the matter?

Well, you overslept, that's what's the matter.


- Overslept?
- Yeah.

About an hour's worth.

Well, they called from the coffee shop.

Didn't you hear the phone ringing?


- No.

Oh, Pop.

I don't know what's happened to me.


- You know, this is the first time

I can ever remember you oversleeping.

You know, you're always up at the crack of dawn,

clattering around in the kitchen,

putting the coffee on. [chuckles]

Tell you the truth, it always bothered me a little,

how anybody could get up every morning

with such punctuality.

Well, I guess you're entitled to miss once in a while, hmm?


- Oh, I'll get up.
- Oh, come on now.

Don't knock yourself out.

I told him you'd be in later.

Now, you just go ahead and get dressed.

I'll put the coffee on.
- Oh!


- What's the matter?


- I
-
- I feel so strange.


- You don't feel well?


- I don't know, I...

I just don't seem to have much energy.


- Mm
-hmm.

[gasping]


- I feel so cold!
- Cold?

Oh! [chuckles]

Look, you left these open all night.


- I don't remember opening them.


- That sea air is the most unhealthy thing in the world to breathe.

You look, uh,

you look unusually pale this morning?


- Do I?
- Yes.


- It's no makeup.
- No, no, no.

You look very pale.


- To tell you the truth, Pop,

I feel as limp as a rag.


- Well, then

why don't you just stay in bed if you don't feel good?


- No.

I've got to get to the coffee shop.

They're gonna be shorthanded.


- Come on, forget the coffee shop for once.


- I just kept tossing and turning all night.

I thought that night would never end.

I had bad dreams.

Dreams like I've never had before.


- Oh, now, you try, forget them.


- I'll try.


- Can't you get up?


- Sure, just a few minutes.


- Well, I don't think you can make it through the day.

I'm gonna phone the coffee shop and tell them that you can't come in.


- I'll be all right, just
-
- just a few minutes.


- No, no, I'm gonna call anyway.
- No, don't!


- Now, Maggie, who you trying to kid?

You're ill, now, why don't you admit it to yourself?


- I'm not ill! I'm just
-
- I'm just tired.


- All right, then why don't you just lie down and rest a while?


- Will you stop telling me what to do?!


- Hey.

Maggie, I'm just trying to help.


- I'm telling you, I'm all right.

I'm getting up.


- Well, go ahead, then, and get up.


- I will, just as soon as you get out of here!


- Go ahead, and I'll guarantee you'll be right back in there.


- Pop?

I didn't mean to talk to you like that.


- You, uh, wouldn't want any fatherly advice?


- Just let me take a rain check on it.


- Sure.


- Can you make that coffee strong?

[chuckles]


- It's the only way I can.


- I'll be up before the first perc.


- I don't know why you feel you have to go to work.


- I just don't think that I could spend

the whole day in this room.


- What's wrong with this room?


- Nothing.

Really.


- Uh
-huh.

Well, the, uh, coffee's practically perking.


- Hi, Maggie.


- Oh, hi, Joe.


- You trying to make it look like a crowd in here?


- Oh, don't remind me of crowds.

I had enough of that at lunch.


- A mob scene?


- Something like that.


- Listen, what does a cash customer do around here for a cup of coffee?


- He helps himself.


- Okay, I know how to do that.


- Mm, Joe, just stay there.

I'll get it for you.

I wouldn't want you to think that the service is that bad.


- Well, I'm used to good service, I'm a big tipper.


- Oh! [cup shatters]

Oh, Joe.

I'm sorry.


- Tell it to the cup, it's in pretty bad shape.

At least I'll get to see how you handle a broom now.


- I'll sweep it up later.


- Are you gonna leave the pieces right there?


- I said I'll get it later!


- Okay.

Hey, hey, hey, it's only half a cup.


- I'm sorry.


- Maggie, what are you doing?

First you give me too little, now you're give me too much.


- Joe, I'll get you another cup.


- No, no, it's all right, it's all right.

Never mind, I'll take my chances with this one.

I'm afraid of what you might do to it.

Here, come around here and sit down.

I knew I should've gotten it myself.

Hey, is anything wrong?


- I'm just not up to my usual lovely self.


- What's the matter?
- I don't know.

I must be coming down with something.


- How were things last night?


- What do you mean?


- I mean, did you sleep all right?


- Oh.

No, I didn't.


- Dreams again?


- Yes.


- Just as bad as the others?


- Well, they were like the others,

but it seemed more real.

Like
-
- like things were actually happening.

I just don't understand it.


- Oh, hi, Sam.


- Oh, good morning, good morning, good morning.


- Hi, Pop.
- Oh.

Dropped by to see how you're feeling.


- I'm better.
- Better?

If this is better, I can imagine what it was before.


- Would you like some coffee?
- Yeah, sure.


- And if she serves it to you

anything like the way she served it to me,

you can consider that a threat.
- Oh?


- You know, I never thought I'd see Maggie with an off day, but this is it.


- Well, she even overslept this morning, believe it or not.
- Maggie, what's the matter?


- I just feel
-
- I don't know.


- I told you you shouldn't have gotten up.


- Sit down over here.
- I just
-
-

I just feel weak.


- I'm gonna get the doctor.
- No, don't!

I'm
-
- I'm just tired.


- Maggie! Maggie!


- So how are you feeling?
- I'll leave it up to you.

It's a multiple choice
-
- bad, awful, terrible.


- Oh, that's pretty rough.

Listen, well, I insist you stay in bed.


- Well, I'm glad you insist, because I don't intend to budge.


- Look, Maggie, why don't you want to see a doctor?


- Now, what could he do for me?

Give me a pill, tell me to rest?

Joe, it's nothing serious.

Well, you told me that I was entitled

to one off day per year.

Well, I'm right smack plunk in the middle of it.

I'll be up and around tomorrow.
- Oh, I'm sure you will be.

You get a lot of rest tonight, though, hmm?
- Okay, I will.


- I'll look in on you sometime in the morning.


- Well, you can look for me at the coffee shop.


- I'll be there.

Just to see if you can still handle a coffee cup.


- Oh, Joe.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry I ruined your evening.


- Oh, baby, who says you're ruining it?

I can still have a fun night out with the boys.


- That sounds exciting.
- Oh, it is, it is.


- Will you tell me all about it?
- Some of it.

Listen, you take care, Mag, huh?


- I will.

Think of me.


- Oh, I always do.

Maybe I'll even bring you some flowers in the morning.


- [gasps] Don't say that!
- What, what, about the flowers?


- Joe!
- Maggie, what is it, what's the matter?


- Joe, that dream, you were in it.


- Was I?


- Bringing flowers to my grave.


- Oh, Maggie, forget it.

Don't ever think about a thing like that.


- I'll try, Joe, I'll try.


- It's just a bad, bad dream.


- I know.

You'd better go now.


- Okay, Maggie.

I'll see you.


- Tomorrow.

[knocking on door]
- [Pop] Maggie?


- Come on in, Pop.


- Hey, Maggie, what are you doing out of bed?


- You sound like I belong in bed.
- Today you do.


- But I'm feeling so much better.


- Well, I'm glad to hear that.

As a matter of fact, yeah, you do seem to have more color in your face.


- And I feel so good, I think I'm gonna go out and get dressed.


- Ahh, ahh, don't overdo it.


- I was thinking about getting some fresh air.
- Mm
-hmm.


- I thought I'd drive you up to work at the old house.


- The old house?


- Well, you're going up there to paint, aren't you?


- How did you know?


- Well, aren't you?
- Yes.

But I only found out minutes ago when Willie came to the door.


- Oh, then I must've overheard.


- You must have pretty big ears.

Willie was standing outside.


- Well, then let's just say that

my illness must've improved my hearing.

[car approaching]

[car door opens, closes]

[knocking on door]


- Mr. Evans and Miss Evans, please come in.


- Hello, Mr. Collins.

My daughter drove me up.

I was wondering if Willie

could drive me back home after we're finished.


- Of course.

Absolutely no trouble.

How are you feeling this evening?


- Very well, thank you.


- I'm glad to hear that.

Please, come inside.

Your father is doing a magnificent portrait.


- Looks quite nice.

And it's very much you.


- Mr. Evans,

I hope you don't mind the short notice I gave you.


- Oh, not at all, I'd just as soon push on as quickly as possible.


- Good.

Miss Evans?

Would you like to sit down?


- She can't stay.

She hasn't been feeling well all day.


- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Nothing serious, I hope.


- Nothing serious.


- I'm a little concerned about the night air.


- Yes, it's quite damp out.

If you've been ill,

this certainly isn't the place for you.

Much as I enjoy your presence here,

I do think it best that you go directly home.

You must take care of yourself.


- I suppose you're right.
- Oh, of course he is.

Thank you for driving me up, darling.

Now, you go home and get right in bed.


- Okay, Pop.

Good night.
- Good night.


- Now, work well and I'll see you in the morning.
- Yeah.


- I'll see you to the door.
- Thank you.


- Good night, Miss Evans.

Sleep well.


- Thank you. I will.


- Now, are you ready?


- Okay, just make yourself comfortable.


- Lovely girl.
- Yes, yes, she is.

[car driving away]
- What was the nature of her illness?


- Well, she was pale, weak.

No energy.


- Sorry to hear that.

Any ideas what caused it?


- No, none whatever.

No, she woke up that way. Curious.


- Yes.

Curious.


- Good.

Okay, you can relax now.

I've got to work in some colors.


- How are you progressing?


- Mm, it's coming along.

It's going a little slower than I'd like.

These are not easy conditions to work under.


- I'd like you
-
-

I understand that, of course.
- Yes.

I'd actually would like to take the painting home

and work on it a bit in daylight.


- I'd prefer if you didn't.

I'd like to have the portrait finished here.

I have my reasons.
- Of course.


- I'm afraid I'm not too sure of myself tonight.

I'm feeling tired.

Maybe this would be a good time to knock off.


- Oh, I wish you'd work a little longer.


- Oh, I don't know.


- Well, it would be a shame to finish now

when you've done so much work tonight.

If you just get past the point where you are now,

well, we would be almost finished.

In fact, if you work on through tonight,

we'll skip tomorrow night altogether.


- That's not a bad idea.

I'll do it.

I'll push ahead and then maybe I'll take tomorrow night off.


- Excellent.

You know, while you're working,

I'd like to get some fresh air.


- Get a little for me too, will you?

I've got about an hour's worth of work here.


- That'll be just enough time.

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