The Haunting Page #4

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At this moment, MARY LAMBRETTA, late 20's, Marrow's pretty T.A.,

opens the door with an armload of files. Whatever else she's

wearing, she wears glasses. Marrow, seeing her, motions for her to

go away. He doesn't break eye contact with Malcolm. Mary

hesitates...

MARROW:

Malcolm, this is essential work

I'm doing. Just think what my

research can do for education.

Elementary school classrooms near

train tracks or airports, where

loud noise is random; this helps

to prove the need for sound

insulation if the children are

ever going to learn to read.

MALCOLM:

And that will be a good place to

end this study.

MARROW:

No, Malcolm! Individual

performance is only part of it. I

know why baseball players choke

for no reason, I know why

violinists throw up with fear

before every concert, and need to,

to give a great performance, but

what I want to know is, how fear

works in a group...

MALCOLM:

Not the way you've constructed

your group, it's just not ethical!

MARROW:

But if the group knows it's being

studied as a group, you

contaminate the results. The

deception is minor.

Malcolm sees Mary Lambretta.

MALCOLM:

Are you working with her?

MARROW:

Mary, I'll meet you outside.

She understands, and she closes the door.

MALCOLM:

Why are you working with her?

Mary Lambretta was thrown out of

the department for trying to get a

Ph.D. in psychic studies.

MARROW:

And after she was thrown out, she

needed a job.

MALCOLM:

You don't believe in the

paranormal.

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