13 Ghosts Page #2

Or just plain money.

Yeah.

Think we ought to open it?

Well, he said it was yours.

Suppose it has to do with those experiments.

You know. You open the box and

all that trouble comes out.

Pandora.

It's probably a hand painted Christmas tie.

Open it.

You open it.

Oh, hi.

Hello. Are you Buck?

Yeah.

I'm Ben Rush.

You're the lawyer.

Uh Hm. Are you all moved in?

Wasn't anything to move, except us.

It's a great house.

Furniture all over....books.

There's a lot of it I haven't even seen yet.

It's got ghosts.

So I hear.

Know about em'?

Well, I've heard a lot about em'.

You ever seen one?

No. Is your father home?

He will be soon. We got a witch too.

A live one?

Go ring the bell.

She'll come to the door.

Oh, shucks.

What did you have to open the door for?

Couoldn't you wait for the witch?

You better stop calling her that,

or she'll cut your tongue out.

Hi, i'm Medea Zorba.

Hi.

Won't you come in?

I told you. She's even got a broom.

I see what you mean.

You must be Ben Rush, the lawyer.

Um hmm.

Mmm. No skates. We own this house.

Or do we?

It's your house.

Who's boss around here?

In the "no skates" department, I am.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Was the my father's uncle?

Um hm.

He was a fine looking man.

I never saw him like that.

By the time I met him, they'd almost

completely destroyed him.

They?

His ghosts.

Oh, Benjamin Rush, attorney at law.

Living in the twentieth century?

Plato Zorba, scientist, same century.

Collected ghosts.

You're not serious?

I didn't believe in them any more than you do,

until I'd known him a while.

You can take my word for him.

There are ghosts in this house.

We're standing here talking as if you

thought we were in the Middle Ages.

But if you had seen him as I did...

...back broken...

...face torn to shreds...

... lips ripped away...

You really think we inherited a haunted house?

I wish your family hadn't moved in.

Oh, hello, Mr. Rush.

Hi.

Hi, honey.

Here are the rest of those papers,

all signed and notarized.

But I... What about the taxes.

The insurance. This housekeeper?

Why don't we ask Mr. Rush to stay for supper?

Well I'd love to.

Even if you do call me Mr. Rush.

I'll tell mother... Ben.

You the head of this department too?

You walk down. You don't slide.

You know something? If you don't watch out,

you're gonna grow up to be a witch.

For a guy with no money,

he sure could get complicated.

Well, we've got ourselves a house.

The timing was perfect.

More coffee, Ben?

No thanks.

Daddy?

Please, dear.

What have youo decided to do about the witch?

We mustn't call her that.

It's a perfect name.

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