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1982 DRAMA Anthology of Agatha Christie short stories: When three learned men (a doctor, a lawyer and a priest) debate a young woman's recent suicide, they are joined by a fourth man with intimate knowledge of the case. Starring John Nettles, Prue Clarke & Fiona Matheson.
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00:29Satsang with Mooji
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01:47The next train to arrive at a backboard name is 1044 for Cleves, for the Avenue of Northgate, Lincoln's and
01:58Martin's, Market Race, Barnett's, Hampton's, Rimsby Town, and Cleves, 1044 for Cleves.
02:10Clark!
02:11I'm sorry.
02:13Campbell Clark.
02:15Oh, Dura!
02:18Are you going north of the border, too?
02:20Only as far as Durham.
02:22Won't you join me? I have an empty compartment.
02:24Oh, I'd be delighted to join.
02:27It is a pleasant coincidence.
02:30I was actually expecting a companion, but sadly, he's Mr. Trave.
02:34Oh, dear.
02:35Um, the visits are vacant?
02:38Well, one of them is possibly occupied, but...
02:41Thank you very much.
02:52Good Lord, he's here.
02:55Come along, Barber. Don't keep the whole crew waiting.
02:57Oh, my Lord.
02:58It's all right, old man. You've made it. The fellow hasn't blown his whistle yet.
03:01Oh, ah. Not good for you there. Oh, my goodness. I had to run all the way from the taxicab
03:08rack.
03:08Oh, dear.
03:10Ah, I'd say.
03:15What delayed you?
03:16Late supper with Woolwich and St. Albans.
03:20Conversation got deep.
03:22Oh.
03:24Oh, I thought I was going to miss it. Durham expects me.
03:28Parfit, do you know Sir Campbell-Clark?
03:30Only by reputation.
03:32Then allow me, Sir Campbell-Clark, Canon Parfit, Sir Campbell-Clark.
03:36Oh, yes?
03:36This is a very great honour for me, sir. You've been causing quite a stir, I believe.
03:40Only among the eggnogs.
03:45So, here we all are.
03:47Yes, indeed.
03:50How pleasant.
03:52I fancy we have a quorum, don't you?
03:55The law, the church and the medical profession.
03:58Between us, we could cover any ground pretty completely, I fancy.
04:02Indeed and indeed.
04:02Oh, I wonder. There is another point of view, you know.
04:06Meaning?
04:06A point of view of the man in the street.
04:08Ah, the man in the street.
04:11As usual, the man in the street is dozing.
04:14You going all the way to Edinburgh tonight, Sir Campbell?
04:16Ah, I can never wait to get back north of the border.
04:19You just thought it south to sort us out, eh?
04:23You'll be referring to my lecture to the Royal Scientific Society.
04:26Uh-huh.
04:27You were at it.
04:28Regrettably, no.
04:29Woolwich and St. Albans were.
04:31You should have been there, Durand.
04:32I fancy it's more your line of country.
04:35The church and science never did go hand in hand, but you men of the law are more persuadable.
04:41I doubt that, Sir Campbell.
04:43The legal mind requires chapter and verse like the church.
04:46We don't care for change.
04:48It upsets us.
04:50What was the gist of your lecture?
04:52Dual personality.
04:53Ah-huh.
04:54Of course, that's your latest hobby horse, isn't it?
04:56Latest.
04:56A lifetime's work.
04:58The raw surfaces of the mind rubbing together, causing terrible illness.
05:04My subject was a poor, demented peasant girl, French.
05:07Her name was Phyllis E. Bolt.
05:09I've heard the name.
05:10Yes, she became something of a celebrity.
05:12Perfect example of dual personality.
05:16I was one of the doctors lucky enough to study her over several years.
05:20Extraordinary behavior pattern was quite baffling.
05:25My talk tonight was the result of our findings.
05:27Which were?
05:29Oh, you'd have to understand the whole case.
05:34Did you?
05:37I do beg your pardon, sir.
05:38We thought you were sleeping.
05:39The man in the street who was always dozing, eh?
05:43Who are you?
05:45My name is Raoul Letardot.
05:47I feel I've seen you somewhere before.
05:49Yes, yes, I was at your lecture, Sir Campbell.
05:51Ah, you're a member of the society.
05:53Ah, no, I am a gentleman of the press.
05:57Oh, yes.
05:58I remember.
06:00You expressed an opinion.
06:02I did.
06:03I hope it was a good one.
06:05Are we allowed to share it?
06:06I simply asked the eminent doctor
06:09how it could possibly have happened.
06:12That is a question, not an opinion.
06:14The opinion came later.
06:15I said that all the doctors had been looking in the wrong direction.
06:19The point of view of the man in the street?
06:21And is our friend right?
06:23I don't think so.
06:26Well, you can't leave it there, Campbell.
06:29Come on, give us some facts.
06:32Well, Ferry C. Bolt was a Breton peasant girl.
06:37From the age of five, she'd been brought up by a charitable maiden lady
06:40who ran a home for destitute children on the Brittany coast, near Dinar.
06:45Are these the kind of facts you wonder, then?
06:48What happened to her?
06:50She committed suicide.
06:51No, no, before that.
06:53And was it?
06:53Are you so sure?
06:55Was it suicide?
06:57Of that, there can be no question.
06:59I question it.
07:01What else could it have been?
07:04Murder.
07:05Oh.
07:06Ah.
07:06Over to me.
07:07In what way did this unfortunate woman meet her death?
07:12She strangled herself.
07:16Strangled herself?
07:17Is that possible?
07:19Her hands were round her neck when she was found,
07:22locked in the death dress.
07:30As herself, Ferry C. was a dull, loutish girl.
07:35Stupid and slow-witted.
07:37But in her twenties, she suffered what we can only describe as a mental breakdown.
07:42And it was after that that the other Ferry C. began to appear.
07:45Was this second persona very different?
07:47Oh, luckily so.
07:48Ferry C. too, as we termed it, spoke several languages,
07:52played the piano passably well.
07:54Signed, doused.
07:56Had the most exquisite handwriting.
07:58It was beyond comprehension.
07:59This other creature knew things that Ferry C. couldn't possibly have known.
08:03Smells like a hoax, I mean.
08:05Did she make money out of it?
08:07No.
08:08Oh, she got a certain amount of attention she might have enjoyed.
08:10Nothing more.
08:11Enjoyed?
08:13She didn't want attention.
08:15For years, you doctors, you experts,
08:19you studied her, you probed and prodded her.
08:21And where were you, sir, that you know so much about it?
08:23Oh, I knew Ferry C. very well.
08:25Ah.
08:26And Annette.
08:29Who?
08:29Who?
08:30You say who.
08:32Annette Ravel.
08:33The beautiful Annette.
08:36When I was 14, my parents were killed in a train crash.
08:40And I went to Denial.
08:43I lived at that home.
08:45You lived there?
08:47Oh, yes.
08:51It was a cold house, with always a wind.
08:55A narrow path led down to a beach, and a road led to the village.
08:59There were 20 of us children, and the first one I saw was Felicity Boat.
09:05Mademoiselle came and met me off the train from Rennes.
09:08It was the first time I'd met her.
09:10All the arrangements for my guardianship had been made for me by the authorities in Rennes.
09:15Are you looking forward to your new home, Ravel?
09:18Yes, mademoiselle.
09:19You must work hard so that you can be accredited to us all.
09:22Yes, mademoiselle.
09:24Are you quick and clever?
09:26I don't know, mademoiselle.
09:35Look, Ravel.
09:36Here's one of your new sisters.
09:43Felicity, come and say hello to your new brother.
09:48She was plain and clumsy, and incredibly strong.
09:54I remember on that first day, she took my suitcase.
09:59Stop that at once, Felicity.
10:01Hey.
10:02Felicity, no.
10:04It will be too heavy for you.
10:05It's mine.
10:06It's my case.
10:11It was such an inconsequential little act.
10:15And yet now, it seems strangely typical of Felicity.
10:20Part of her wanted to reach out,
10:22and another part wanted to reject.
10:25The dual personality was manifest even then.
10:28No, no.
10:29You're not understanding me.
10:31They were separate then.
10:34They?
10:34Who?
10:35No, no, no.
10:36Let him tell his story.
10:37Yes, do go on, please.
10:38We're all attention.
10:40That's strange.
10:43To what?
10:44To you.
10:46It's just a story.
10:48Go on, catch it.
10:53Oddly enough, the three of us spent so much time together.
10:56I never recall any of the other children.
10:59Just Felicity and Annette and myself.
11:01Oh, catch it.
11:03Go on, catch it.
11:04It was as though the two girls, even then,
11:07were drawn to each other by some mutual contempt.
11:10And, yes, and envy.
11:13Annette had everything to be envied.
11:16But Felicity had one thing that Annette longed for.
11:19Though I didn't realize at the time.
11:22Felicity!
11:28If she wants to play with me, she must play the rules.
11:32No, no, no, don't let her hurt me.
11:34She's so big and strong, like the oxen of the fields.
11:38Don't let her hurt me.
11:40And so she was.
11:41Strong and healthy.
11:44And Annette was not.
11:56Come here.
11:58Come here, you big fat doll.
12:14Now.
12:15Kneel down.
12:18And kiss my foot.
12:21My beautiful dancer's foot.
12:25Kiss it, Felicity.
12:28You know you want to.
12:51I can make her do anything, Lowell.
12:53I can, I can.
12:55She was that kind of a girl.
12:57She sounds a thoroughly unpleasant one to me.
13:00Yes, I'm sure that's the way I make her sound.
13:02And if you go by the bare facts, then yes.
13:05But Annette was so much more.
13:07To begin with, she was, oh, very beautiful.
13:10And she became more so as she grew older.
13:13Delicate looks, restless energy.
13:16Felicity, Felicity didn't have to spend all her time with her.
13:19But she was drawn to her.
13:27Are you all right, my dear sir?
13:29Sir Campbell, is he ill?
13:33Is she?
13:34You should have helped her.
13:36She needed you.
13:37We helped Felicity Bolt all we were able to.
13:40No, no.
13:40Short of putting her in a straitjacket.
13:43You don't understand.
13:49Annette Ravel.
13:52It was that summer that I really began to notice her.
13:56After a year, the grief for my parents was beginning to fade.
14:00Indeed, shame to tell, I almost blessed their sudden deaths
14:03for bringing me to the feet of my adored Annette.
14:09Dear, dear Raoul.
14:15Dry my feet, Raoul.
14:18Put on my stockings.
14:20Over there, see?
14:22Run for them.
14:36Raoul.
14:39You're so sweet.
14:41My mother would have liked you.
14:44She was...
14:46She knew so many young men.
14:49They gave her presents.
14:51Shall you give me presents, Raoul?
14:53A peridot pendant and a diamond clasp, shall you?
14:58Dear, sweet, handsome, Raoul.
15:03She was a dancer, you know.
15:05Very famous.
15:07But I shall be more so, shan't I, Raoul?
15:12I shall be very famous, and people shall come from all over to see me dance.
15:18I shall be the toast of Paris.
15:22Oh, how I miss Paris.
15:28Oh, how I miss Paris.
15:29Oh, how I miss Paris.
15:50And poor Mademoiselle.
15:53Oh, Raoul.
15:55Raoul.
16:01Put my stockings on.
16:03Please, Raoul.
16:05My feet are lovely and dry now.
16:09Please, Raoul.
16:11Oh, how I should.
16:58Kiss me, darling.
17:22Kiss me, darling.
17:47Kiss me, darling.
17:51Kiss me, darling.
17:53Kiss me, darling.
17:53Kiss me, darling.
17:54Kiss me, darling.
17:57Kiss me, darling.
18:02Kiss me, darling.
18:02Kiss me, darling.
18:02Kiss me, darling.
18:03Kiss me, darling.
18:05Kiss me, darling.
18:12Kiss me, darling.
18:14very well. we were both slaves, you see.
18:24hello, Felicity.
18:28where's Annette? I thought you might be practicing. she's not, is she? no.
18:34have you seen her? she was always where you were. she's not, is she?
18:40monsieur Raoul.
18:43Felicity, you don't have to keep calling me monsieur.
18:46I saw you with her, monsieur. down on the beach.
18:51don't want to have to tell mademoiselle what I saw.
18:55you didn't see anything. she's beautiful, isn't she?
19:00but weak. I'm strong, monsieur.
19:04I'm strong. I know, Felicity. stronger than you even.
19:08stronger than her.
19:12what are you doing in here all on your own, eh?
19:16playing the piano, monsieur.
19:19go on then.
19:32Felicity, Felicity, don't you not let mademoiselle.
19:37what's this noise?
19:39stop it, Felicity.
19:41stop it.
19:43you must not ruin that piano.
19:45shame on you, Raoul, for encouraging her.
19:47I didn't, mademoiselle.
19:49stop that noise, Felicity.
19:52Felicity, Felicity.
19:54don't spoil the piano.
19:56let me play for you.
20:21let me play for you.
20:26practice, sonette.
20:28practice makes perfect.
20:30yes, mademoiselle.
20:32and dream in vain
20:34for in my dream
20:39can you see me at the conservatoire?
20:43no thanks, oh, girl.
20:46not for me, musical evenings with old fogies, whose wives sit prim while they let you from behind their big
20:54cigars.
21:18I love you, Annette. I love you.
21:21I love you, Annette.
21:22I love you, Annette.
21:23I love you, Annette.
21:27don't spoil me, girl.
21:29keep your hands to yourself.
21:32what?
21:36yesterday on the beach.
21:37that was yesterday.
21:49I was her slave.
21:52or her plaything.
21:54like Felicity.
21:56yes, perhaps we were both her dolls.
21:59sometimes she would favor me.
22:01often she would not.
22:03usually I was wretched.
22:05but when she was kind
22:06I knew such happiness.
22:09it was like that
22:11until the day I left that house.
22:13I never knew from one day to the next
22:14whether I was in favor or not.
22:17but with Felicity
22:18oh, she was much less subtle.
22:21she despised her
22:22for her looks, her clumsiness
22:24her dull, heavy ways.
22:27and yet she, Annette
22:28was also drawn to Felicity.
22:31why?
22:32Felicity's strength fascinated her.
22:35and her health.
22:36Annette's cough was getting worse
22:38and I think perhaps she knew.
22:39she inherited her mother's consumption.
22:41perhaps Mamsel realized it.
22:43I certainly did not.
22:44besides, I had other matters to occupy my mind.
22:47it had been decided I should go to the military academy.
22:51now part of me dreaded this decision.
22:53another part of me welcomed it.
22:54you see, I wanted to get away.
22:56I had to.
22:58my love for Annette was becoming a torture.
23:00and she on the other hand seemed less interested in me.
23:03or perhaps she really did love me
23:05but was too young to...
23:09it was the day of my departure
23:12and I wanted to be alone with Annette.
23:15there was so much that I wanted to say
23:18but she had become more and more aloof with me.
23:21while still wanting my company
23:23she rejected my advances.
23:25you're going to sleep.
23:27you're going to sleep.
23:29it was a trick that she had seen performed
23:31on the halls in her youth.
23:33she said it was easy.
23:35but I didn't think it would work.
23:40Felicity.
23:41Felicity.
23:44she's pretending.
23:45you think so?
23:46I don't care.
23:48let's go outside. I have to leave soon.
23:50lucky you.
23:52god, I wish I could get away from here.
23:54well, I will.
23:56don't you worry.
23:57just as soon as...
24:01Felicity.
24:03I'm going to whisper something in your ear.
24:06and you will do just what I tell you.
24:09yes, Felicity.
24:11just what I say.
24:39Felicity.
24:41Felicity.
24:42Felicity.
24:43Felicity, my doll.
24:43what are you doing?
24:45what are you doing, Felicity?
24:48what does it look like?
24:49does it taste good?
24:52why, yes.
24:53it is the best bread that I have ever tasted.
24:59stop it.
25:01stop it, Annette.
25:02it's a human.
25:05Felicity.
25:07Felicity.
25:07Felicity.
25:08wake up.
25:09wake up.
25:16what am I doing here?
25:18what do you suppose?
25:23you were eating a Campbell.
25:25I made you do it.
25:26I can make you do anything.
25:29you're my big fat doll.
25:32you made me?
25:35yes.
25:38I remember.
25:41you made me look...
25:44ridiculous.
25:45I didn't have to try very hard.
25:48Annette.
25:50you're mine.
25:52I can make you do anything.
25:55one day, Annette.
25:57I'm going to kill you.
25:59you'll see.
26:01it was only a joke.
26:02kill you.
26:04one day.
26:06I will.
26:08innocence of the child is a divine gift.
26:09the very structure of the Bible relies upon.
26:11oh, parfait.
26:12humbug, old boy, humbug.
26:14you're not a father.
26:15I am.
26:16little tykes.
26:16a lot of them give them half a chance.
26:18this girl was dragged up from the gutter.
26:22you heard what our friend says.
26:23well, the gutter sticks, old boy.
26:25I know.
26:26believe me.
26:27I know.
26:28half my clients have a more than passing acquaintance.
26:32but children, Duran.
26:33young children.
26:34I don't mind telling you,
26:35if we in a church of England home,
26:36none of it would have happened.
26:38children are in a state of innocent grace.
26:40fair as the salmon, Parfus.
26:42they were not children.
26:44they were when they began.
26:46as far as I can understand it,
26:47this girl,
26:48Annette was behaving like,
26:49well, I have to say it,
26:50a flirt.
26:51a harlot even,
26:53from her pubescence.
26:54I'm sorry,
26:55but that's how it seemed to me.
26:56but a creature from the gutter, Parfit.
26:59what example had she to follow?
27:00she was her mother's daughter.
27:02oh, that's how I see it.
27:03that does not excuse her in the eyes of the Lord.
27:05we're given our trials to prove ourselves.
27:07you are a muse, sir?
27:09yes,
27:09I'm sorry to show it.
27:11but what in nonsense you experts make?
27:13you think so?
27:14yes, you see,
27:15for you,
27:15life must conform to your set patterns.
27:18but it doesn't, you know?
27:20I'm sorry to shake you out of your complacent corners,
27:23but out there in the world
27:24are an infinite number of imponderables.
27:27more things in heaven and earth, hmm?
27:30will you begin to see?
27:32perhaps.
27:33you will.
27:34that's why I followed you here.
27:36you must.
27:38followed him?
27:39I need you to understand.
27:42to get it right.
27:45is that really possible, old man?
27:50when next I caught up with Annette,
27:52the war was over.
27:54I was in Paris,
27:55I was in uniform,
27:55but I was about to leave the army.
28:08I was on some point,
28:11though I was up with them.
28:14and remember,
28:20before I went to the house,
28:20and I thought,
28:22if I could get it off'
28:24I was hungry for my alimentation,
28:27then the hell was not enough,
28:28and if I could get it off'
28:33Ai, che si può fare? Ai, fuggire o restare? O di andare o vivire?
28:46Oh, ti decidi per piacere, prendi quella doccinela e dividilo con me.
29:06Pigs! Dirty, fetcherous old pigs! Don't they know how good I am?
29:12I'll go south, and then they won't have me here any more.
29:15The Count will just in a minute.
29:17So, that'll teach them. I'll marry the Count.
29:22Hello, Annette.
29:24The public are not allowed backstage.
29:27But don't you recognise me? It's me!
29:29Paul!
29:32At first, I thought she was going to refuse to see me.
29:36And I knew well enough why.
29:38The theatre she was playing in was not the palace of entertainment she had promised herself.
29:43It was a low dive, where the shape of her body mattered more than her voice.
29:48But then...
29:49Paul! You can come now!
29:58Paul!
30:00I didn't recognise you!
30:02So handsome in your uniform!
30:06Have you been fighting for us? Brave, Paul?
30:08He's not so brave, really.
30:10It wasn't the best time to join the army.
30:13Hmm.
30:14Are you going to stand in the doorway?
30:16I might catch a cold from the draft.
30:19Oh, I'm sorry.
30:23Oh, I beg your pardon.
30:26Oh, Broboff, this is a boy from that ghastly home I told you about.
30:31Are you surprised to find me here, dear Har?
30:34Only a temporary engagement.
30:36The Olympia wants me.
30:38But we cannot agree the contract.
30:40Did I tell you that, Broboff?
30:42Yes, my dear, every other day.
30:44Don't you think you should introduce us?
30:47Oh?
30:48This is the Count Brovoski.
30:50He's Russian, or so he says.
30:53This is Raoul.
30:56Perhaps she couldn't remember my family name.
31:00I complimented her on her success.
31:02I felt stupid and tongue-tied in her presence.
31:05I wanted him to go away so that I could talk to her.
31:09All the time she kept up a flow of chatter.
31:12At one moment she disappeared behind a screen,
31:15and I was left alone with the Count.
31:21A divine creature.
31:23I beg your pardon?
31:25Anya, divine.
31:27In every way.
31:31I am hungry.
31:33I'm coming.
31:34Give a working girl a chance.
31:35Oh, but I do, I do.
31:37Every chance.
31:39Run along, soldier boy.
31:41You're out of your depth.
31:44Voila!
31:45Bravo!
31:46I will do.
31:48This is how he is all the time.
31:51Full of passion.
31:54These Russians.
31:56Annette.
31:58I thought we might dine this evening.
32:01Oh, that would be lovely.
32:04But tonight...
32:05Run along, soldier boy.
32:09Annette.
32:10You see how famous I've become?
32:12I told you so.
32:14Have you seen Felicity and Mademoiselle?
32:16That old hag.
32:18No thanks.
32:20I shall never set foot in beastly Brittany again.
32:23Shall I, Boris?
32:25What is it?
32:26What is it?
32:27A trinket.
32:28Show me.
32:30Oh, Boris!
32:32Oh.
32:34You see?
32:36I've arrived.
32:37I told you I would.
32:39All the world is before me.
32:43You are cold.
32:45Then we must make you warm.
33:02How far are you going, sir?
33:05As far as is necessary.
33:06For what?
33:08To make you understand.
33:10It is only your version.
33:13Yes, wait.
33:14Two years later,
33:16I was working in Lille on a newspaper.
33:17Ah, only as an office boy.
33:19And I got a letter from Mademoiselle.
33:21I was to come home quickly to denial.
33:24Annette was there.
33:45What do the doctors say?
33:47They say they cannot save her.
33:50The consumption has ravaged the lungs.
33:54Oh, well, she was our brightest hope, you know.
33:58She went to Paris to study at the Conservatoire.
34:02She has a...
34:04It's out.
34:08How long has it been for you?
34:09How long will it take?
34:11You don't know.
34:13Not much longer.
34:16That's why I sent for you.
34:19I felt always that you two were...
34:22Yes.
34:24Oh, brah.
34:27Where's Felicity?
34:29She attends her day and night.
34:31Poor dumb creature.
34:33She worships Annette, you know.
34:35I suppose Annette is all the things
34:37poor Felicity ever wanted to be.
34:40It is odd how people see only what they want to see.
34:48I'm glad that you came.
34:51You know what they say?
34:54That I will not get well.
34:57They say it behind my back.
35:01To my face, they are soothing.
35:04Like talking to a baby.
35:12I'll show them.
35:15I will not permit myself to die.
35:20Mother did because she was weak.
35:23And I won't.
35:25I won't, you hear me.
35:28With beautiful life stretching before me.
35:34It is the will to live that matters.
35:38All the best doctors say so.
35:41I am not one of the feeble ones to let go.
35:45I already feel better.
35:48Infinitely better.
35:50Infinitely better.
35:51COUGH
35:51COUGH
35:52COUGH
35:53COUGH
35:54COUGH
35:55COUGH
35:56COUGH
35:56COUGH
36:00COUGH
36:01Oh, Owl.
36:04Owl.
36:06I will live.
36:09I will.
36:12COUGH
36:13.
36:14.
36:14.
36:15.
36:15HE SIGHS
36:32Bitch! Bitch!
36:35You see her, Raoul? This is how she always is.
36:40She's glad I'm going to die.
36:43She's well and strong.
36:46Never a day's illness in her life.
36:49Bitch! Bitch!
36:53And all for what?
36:55What good is that great carcass of hers to her?
36:59What could she make of it?
37:04I don't mind what she says, Monsieur Raoul.
37:08Soon she will be dead and we will be alive.
37:11You and I, Monsieur Raoul.
37:14She'll be dead.
37:16She'll be knowing the fires of purgatory.
37:19I'm a good girl.
37:20I'm respectable.
37:22I'm a Christian.
37:24She'll be dead.
37:26But I'm healthy and strong.
37:28You hate me.
37:30You've always hated me.
37:33Because I am beautiful.
37:36You hate me.
37:39But I can charm you all the same.
37:43I can possess you, Felicity Bolt.
37:50Remember the candle, Raoul.
37:54Remember...
37:57Cina.
37:58If I was to ask you, you would get down on your knees before me.
38:08Carcass.
38:09Yes.
38:10Big.
38:12Fat.
38:13Doll.
38:15You're absurd.
38:17Dying.
38:18But yes.
38:20You will do it.
38:23To please me.
38:26Down on your knees for Annette.
38:32Please, Felicity.
38:36I ask you.
38:39Down.
38:41On your knees.
38:52You see how?
38:55With her stupid face.
38:58How ridiculous.
39:01You may get up now, Felicity.
39:06It's no use scowling.
39:10I am your mistress.
39:15I own you.
39:22You're going to die.
39:25I'm going to live.
39:28We'll see about that.
39:34I was not there when she died.
39:37Apparently it had been a fearful death.
39:40Mademoiselle said she had fought against it like a mad woman.
39:43I will not die, do you hear me?
39:44I will not die.
39:46I will live.
39:47I will live.
39:49But even she could not cheat death.
39:52And so it was over.
39:55Annette Ravel was no longer with us.
39:58Or so it seemed.
40:01Six months later, I was called to the home.
40:29Telly-see boat.
40:31She's so changed.
40:33After poor Annette left her.
40:35It was a total collapse.
40:38Perhaps in the grief.
40:40She took to her bed.
40:41Was restless.
40:42Crying out in the night.
40:45Almost as though she had a fever.
40:48She's better now?
40:49Better?
40:51Sometimes she is as she used to be.
40:54And then quite suddenly so changed.
40:56How?
40:57Like a different person.
41:00I mean, do you know, she even plays the piano.
41:04That is you?
41:06Sometimes.
41:08Only sometimes when she's different.
41:10You can even sing as well.
41:40Oh, oh, oh.
41:47Dear, dear Raúl, don't look so surprised.
41:55No, I refuse to listen to any more of this ridiculous nonsense.
41:59It goes against a very structured Bible league.
42:01I didn't use all making the whole thing up
42:03or the unblitting dupe of an evil host.
42:06It is what we doctors, when we were finally summoned, observed.
42:10Then you also a fool.
42:12You doctors, what do you know?
42:13It is clear to me it was a hoax.
42:16Felicis had been studying Annette for years.
42:18You said so yourself.
42:20Now, with her out of the way,
42:22Felicis was able to have a moment of attention,
42:25her moment of glory.
42:27Up till then, the wretched Annette had always stolen it from her.
42:30You should have had a lawyer on the case.
42:32We'd soon have sniffed out the lie.
42:35We did have.
42:37Maître Cambellier, most eminent man of his day.
42:40I simply refuse to believe it.
42:42What do you think I'm asking you to believe?
42:44That this girl's spirit could take over Felicis' body,
42:48could share it.
42:50Preposterous nonsense.
42:51Sir Campbell, you simply cannot believe it.
42:54Belief?
42:56I've always found belief a tricky one.
42:59I will not sit by and accept the evidence of the man in the street.
43:04Spirit after death is called to God.
43:06Spirit?
43:07What exactly do you mean by that?
43:09I've always found you a bit vague, you church chaps,
43:12when talking about spirit.
43:14God is a spirit,
43:15and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
43:18Number, Charlie.
43:20We must protest, Sir Campbell.
43:22Say, John, 4, 24.
43:24Yes, yes, yes, perfect.
43:25But what does it mean?
43:26What is spirit?
43:28What is life?
43:30I confess, I don't know.
43:31I, a doctor, am forced to admit that I haven't an inkling
43:35what life is or where it goes at death.
43:38The church is very clear about it.
43:39The church is not clear, pal.
43:41The church seeks to possess its flock,
43:44just like the girl Annette.
43:45Down on your knees, you say.
43:46Believe whatever we tell you.
43:48Well, I'm asking you, pal.
43:50What is life, hmm?
43:51What is it?
43:52Where does it go?
43:55You see how we experts bicker, my dear sir,
43:59when what we should do is just listen.
44:02I don't think you'd finished your story.
44:04Oh, no.
44:06I ran away.
44:07I couldn't help myself.
44:09But I didn't stay away.
44:12I went back several times over the year.
44:14And I saw Felicy gradually.
44:29Play something for me, Felicy.
44:31Don't mock me, Monsieur Raoul.
44:33I cannot play.
44:35But you can, Felicy.
44:36I've heard you.
44:37Don't mock me, please, Monsieur.
44:42People...
44:44People play tricks on me here.
44:46Such tricks.
44:48What tricks?
44:50They put the clocks forward.
44:52Days disappear.
44:55It's her.
44:57Isn't it?
44:59That bitch.
45:01She's still...
45:05Help me, Monsieur Raoul.
45:09Help me.
45:24Dear, dear Raoul.
45:26It's so good to be healthy, to be strong.
45:29Don't you be so stupid, dear Raoul?
45:32Amico me.
45:34Kiss me, Raoul.
45:36Un abaccio, mio caro.
45:38Felicy.
45:39What?
45:40You're speaking Italian.
45:41Of course.
45:42I am not as stupid as I look.
45:45And how do you look, Felicy?
45:46Come with me.
45:48Come.
45:51How do you look?
45:54Why?
45:56What it looks.
45:57I am strong.
45:59And I'm a very fine actress.
46:02And I can play many parts.
46:04And play them very well.
46:08Kiss me, Raoul.
46:11You know that you want him.
46:14You know that you do.
46:16You know that you do.
46:26We must do something.
46:28I know that.
46:29But it has nothing to do with poor Annette.
46:31She was such a refined girl.
46:33So sweet and gentle.
46:35Poor Annette.
46:37Monsela, Felicy needs your help.
46:39She needs you.
47:01Felicy.
47:03Are you alright?
47:05Of course.
47:07Raoul is leaving.
47:08Say goodbye to him.
47:09I'll pack you some food for the journey.
47:12Don't worry.
47:13I will look after her.
47:16I will contact the doctor if you think that is best.
47:20You must.
47:27Goodbye, Felicy.
47:30Monsieur Raoul.
47:31Yes, Felicy?
47:33It is her doing.
47:36Who's doing?
47:37That bitch.
47:40When she lived, she always tormented me.
47:43And now that she's dead,
47:46she's bad, that one.
47:49She's bad, I tell you.
47:51She would take the bread from your mouth,
47:55the clothes from your back,
47:57the soul from your body.
47:58Oh, dear God.
47:59Sometimes I hear her voice.
48:02Not in my ear.
48:04Not in my ear.
48:07Inside my head.
48:11She will drive me away.
48:13She will drive me away altogether.
48:18And then what shall I do?
48:20What will become of me?
48:22Where will I be then?
48:29If it should come to it, Monsieur Raoul,
48:34I am very strong
48:37with my hands.
48:39Far stronger than she can ever be.
48:43Very strong.
48:46she will not
48:48survive me.
48:53That was the last time
48:54I ever saw Felicy Bolt.
48:57I came to London,
48:58I started working in Fleet Street,
49:00and I tried
49:00to put the whole story
49:02out of my mind.
49:03And then tonight,
49:05all these years later,
49:07I attended lecture
49:08for my newspaper
49:09given by the famous doctor,
49:10Sir Campbell Clark,
49:11and he is speaking
49:13about the case
49:14of Felicy Bolt.
49:15And I have to tell him,
49:18for all our sakes.
49:22I don't believe it.
49:24The clothes from my back,
49:26the soul from my body.
49:31I won't believe it.
49:32I don't.
49:34Did Felicy
49:35strangle herself,
49:38or...
49:39I tell you,
49:42the history of Felicy Bolt
49:43is the history
49:45of Annette Ravel.
49:47You did not know her, gentlemen.
49:49I did.
49:50She was very fond of life.
49:52I promise you.
49:54I know.
50:04Where does the life go,
50:05you ask?
50:07If this is only
50:08the residence for life.
50:11What do you do
50:11if you find a burglar
50:12in your house?
50:14You get rid of him,
50:15don't you?
50:16Perhaps you even...
50:19kill him.
50:30Dear God.
50:35There's a glo Schir...
50:37Yeah.
50:40There's nothing
50:42there.
50:42There's a dream
50:42for you Belta.
50:46There's some there...
50:47Other than to have...
50:48There's another
50:51There's nothing
50:53tixò
50:57Un sospiro per non osò, ed un sospiro cattivo per aver iniziato.
51:11Un sospiro per pensato, altro per desiderato.
51:37Un sospiro per pensato, altro per desiderato.
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