648 - December 17, 1968

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- A new day at Collinwood,

a day with more questions than answers.

For the night has been filled with mysterious happenings:

a sudden fall down the great stairs;

an ancient tarot card found mysteriously,

a card prophesying doom, which so frightens one woman

that she brings in a medium to discover the spirits who

are haunting the house.

But two children possessed, not knowing what they do,

may bring new tragedy to one who could save them.

- Quentin!

- Quentin, we have to see you!

We must tell you something!

- There's a lady.

She's looking for you.

- She's going to find you, Quentin.

- What will we do?

Quentin, tell us what to do.

- Don't worry, David.

He'll tell us.

We'll just wait and he will.

[music playing]

[theme music]

- Do you think Quentin will mind if that lady finds him?

- Yes, he will.

He didn't send for her.

He doesn't like to see anyone he hasn't sent for.

You know that.

- Well, why won't he answer us?

Well, he's not going to come.

Let's go.

[phonograph playing music]

- He is coming!

You see?

- Oh, Madam Findley.

Tell me what you found in the rest of the house.

- There are signs of astral disturbances upstairs.

Not as strong as here, perhaps.

It's terribly difficult. Two forces

seem to be battling one another.

- I find it so hard to believe.

- You don't really believe in the occult, do you?

- I don't know.

- Most people don't, though they're

driven to it, as you have been, by facts they

can explain in no other way.

It's strange but I keep coming back to this room.

There are vibrations here that I feel nowhere else in the rooms

I visited.

Yes?

Is there someone connected with your family

or this house's history whose first name begins with "M"?

- No, I don't think so.

- The letter "M" is very strong in this room.

It's an unusual name.

I'd like to be alone here, if you don't mind.

- Not at all.

- The person who spoke to me earlier

seems to be easily frightened by others.

- I'll wait in the study.

- There is a curse on this house.

- Madam Findley!

- Knowing as little as I do, I am positive of that.

You have helped me before.

I need your help now.

"M"...

"M"...

come to me.

I will aid you in your fight against the spirit you oppose.

But you must tell me where to look.

Are you trying to reach me, M?

You must keep trying.

I am waiting for you.

You are here!

Can you speak to me?

I have so many questions I want to ask.

The spirits that are causing this unhappiness,

are they confined to this house?

[knock]

Yes.

You mean, they are?

[knock]

Are they confined to a single room?

[knock]

In the part of the house in which the family lives?

[knock]

[knock]

Can you lead me there?

Answer me, please.

[knock] [knock]

[knock]

[knock]

M?

M?

- Well, Joe Haskell! Come in.

- Hello, Mrs. Stoddard.

- I didn't know you were out of the hospital.

I hope you're feeling better. - Oh, yeah.

I'm fine.

Right back to normal.

Actually, I didn't want to bother you

but Chris told me that little Amy was living here

and I wondered if I might be able to see her.

- Of course.

She and David are playing somewhere together.

I'll go find her. Why don't you wait in my study?

- Thank you.

- I won't be long.

- Oh, and Mrs. Stoddard, are there

parts of this house that are closed off that you don't use?

- Well, actually, yes.

The east and west wing.

- Would it be possible for me to investigate them?

- Certainly, but no one has lived in either one of them

for years. Come on, I'll show you the way.

- I have a feeling I should visit the east wing first.

I don't know why but I've learned

to follow my intuitions.

East wing.

Yes.

- Do you understand what you are to do?

- I-- I think so.

- You must be sure.

Your part is too important.

- I know.

I know.

I'll do it just as he told me to do it.

[ominous music]

- Amy, I'm beginning to think you're not glad to see me.

- Oh, I am, Joe.

- Why do you keep looking out that door?

- Well, I'm...

I'm waiting for someone.

- Oh, well, Chris is not coming this afternoon, Amy,

if that's who you're expecting.

He asked me to tell you. - Come on.

Come on over here and sit down.

I want to talk to you.

- While you were waiting for me, Joe,

did you see a tall lady who walks around looking in the air

all the time?

- What?

- She was here.

Her name is Madam...

Madam something.

At least that's what they call her.

I didn't see her. Why?

- I was just wondering if she had gone.

- Amy...

Amy, do you like staying here?

- Oh, yes.

- Are you sure?

- What's wrong, Joe?

- Nothing.

Nothing's wrong.

I just don't like the idea of your staying

here if you don't want to.

- I'd rather live with Chris.

- Would you?

- Yes, but he doesn't have a place for me.

He comes to see me, though.

I just hope he doesn't go away again.

Will he, Joe?

- I don't know.

I hope not, too.

- Oh, excuse me.

- Madam Findley, this is my cousin, Joe.

- How do you do?

I'm Joe Haskell.

- And I'm Janet Findley.

I am sorry to disturb you, but I left a card here--

oh.

Here it is.

- What are you going to do with that?

- Use it for bait.

- You mean like in fishing?

- Yes, exactly.

- Show me how.

Please?

- Amy, Amy, behave yourself.

- What's that, Joe?

On your face?

- What?

- It's like a star.

- A star?

I don't see anything.

It must be your imagination.

Amy, look, could you go and find Mrs. Stoddard

and ask her if it's all right for me to see Mr. Collins now?

She said she was going to go find out how he felt.

- Of course, Joe.

- She's got quite an imagination.

- Mr... - Haskell.

Haskell.

- Haskell.

I saw the star, too.

- You did?

- The sign of the pentagram.

I wouldn't ignore it if I were you.

- Well, now, it's a little bit hard to,

seeing as how I have no idea what a pentagram is.

- An ancient symbol.

- A symbol?

A symbol of what?

- It can be either a good omen or a bad,

depending on the position of the star points.

- And mine was obviously bad since you're

warning me about it, huh?

- Just be careful.

- Of what?

Come on, Mrs--

Mrs. Findley, what am I supposed to avoid?

- An animal.

An animal that walks as a man.

- I guess I'm pretty lucky because we don't

have many of those around here.

- Roger will be delighted to see you.

I'll take you up.

- Thank you, Mrs. Stoddard.

- Oh, perhaps Amy can show me to the west wing, Mrs. Stoddard.

- Amy?

Well, she hasn't been with us long enough to know.

I'll take you there in a few moments.

- I'm sorry to hear about Mr. Collins' accident.

- Well, I think he'll be able to make his trip to London anyway.

- [WHISPERING] Amy!

Is she in there?

- She wants to go to the west wing.

- Does she?

- Roger is going to take her.

- Go in now.

- What if Mrs. Stoddard comes back?

- Don't worry.

You'll have plenty of time.

- Madam Findley, I want to talk to you.

- And I want to talk to you.

- You do?

- Very much.

- What about?

- I want you to tell me all about that star

you saw on your cousin's face. - Why?

He couldn't see it.

- That's what interests me.

Tell me, do you often see things like that?

- Stars on people's faces?

Haha!

Most people don't have them.

- Oh, that's very true.

Amy, you've been in this room a lot, I bet.

- Oh, yes.

- Have you noticed anything strange about it?

- No.

- You've never felt that there was another person here?

- Well, there isn't.

- But haven't you ever felt that there was someone in this room

that you couldn't quite see?

- You ask funny questions.

- I mean them very seriously.

- I can tell that.

Why do you ask them?

Is it because you are a medium?

- Now, how did you know I was?

- I heard Mrs. Stoddard say so.

- And what do you think a medium is, Amy?

- You look for ghosts.

- Do you believe in ghosts?

- I do when I'm alone.

But when I'm with the grown-ups, they just laugh at ghosts.

- I don't laugh, Amy.

- Have you ever truly seen a ghost?

- Yes.

And you?

- I thought I heard something.

Didn't you?

- Where?

- I guess I just imagined it.

- You imagine a lot of things.

Don't you, Amy?

And you didn't answer me.

Have you ever seen a ghost?

- I saw a man dressed up like a ghost once on Halloween.

He had on a white sheet with holes cut through his eyes.

He was funny.

- Amy, I have a feeling you don't

want to answer my question. Why?

- You could help me, Amy, quite a lot.

Why don't you try?

Now, shall I ask you again?

Have you ever seen a ghost?

- David!

- Well!

What is this?

Where does this lead?

- I don't know.

- What do you mean you don't know?

- It goes upstairs.

- Where does it go upstairs?

- To the west wing.

- Really?

- But there's nothing up there.

- Nothing at all.

- You know that, Amy? - Oh, yes.

- But Mrs. Stoddard said that you didn't

know where the west wing is.

- Oh, please don't tell on us.

- No, don't.

- Very interesting.

- You can't go up there.

- Yes...

Yes...

- Why are you saying "yes" like that?

- I think Amy knows.

You have a secret.

Don't you, Amy?

- What kind of secret would she have?

- Exactly what I intend to find out.

- I wouldn't go in there if I were you.

- Madam, don't!

Please!

It's scary up there.

Honest, it is.

Even David gets scared when he goes up there.

- Come back.

Please come back.

Someone's coming.

- Mrs. Stoddard!

Your turn, David!

You cheated!

- I did not.

- Yes, you did.

I saw you.

- That's just 'cause I can play better than you.

- Well, even if you can, David, there's no need to make Amy

feel badly.

Now, try to play without fighting.

Where is Madam Findley?

Please answer me.

Where is Madam Findley?

You've met her.

She was waiting for me here. Have you seen her?

- I saw her.

- Uh...

She left.

Go on. Play the game.

- How long ago?

- I don't know.

How long, David?

- I don't know.

- Did you say where she was going?

- Did she, Amy?

- She didn't say anything.

- Well, that's curious.

She couldn't get into the west wing without me.

Maybe she's in the study.

- Go on, Amy.

Play the game.

- Yes.

Oh, yes.

You are here, aren't you?

Yes, I can tell your presence.

[door slams]

- You won't frighten me.

I want to help you.

I want to help you rest.

[suspenseful music]

[theme music]