Strange Intruder Page #2

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That seems long ago,

so very long ago.

( piano playing )

Play it, play it.

I'll be right beside you,

play it.

You must be Meg.

I'm Paul Quentin.

I was with Adrian.

Adrian.

Forgive me

for walking in here like that,

but the door was open.

Do you always just walk in

whenever you find a door open?

You see, I know this house,

through Adrian.

Every bit of it.

All of you.

Meg, Adrian's kid sister.

I'm 18.

You play beautifully.

That was Adrian's favorite.

We used to hum that

and we said if we ever

got back together

that would be the

first thing we'd play.

And you're Adrian's mother.

And you are...?

This is Paul Quentin,

Mother.

He knew Adrian.

You're both exactly

as I've always pictured you.

Oh, it was good of you

to come.

I promised him

I would.

Meg, take his coat.

Please,

won't you sit down?

I do hope

you'll forgive me,

I shouldn't have

walked in here like this.

I think you had

a perfect right to.

You must have known

Adrian very well.

I knew him better than anyone

I have ever known all my life.

Have you...

did he send a message?

Everything he told me about you

was a sort of message.

There was one thing though.

Yes?

It was just

before he died.

( slow theme playing )

It was this.

( sobs )

I promised him

I'd do that.

Thank you, Paul.

You mustn't cry, you know,

he wouldn't like that at all.

He was always saying

you must never give in.

Mother, Paul knows this house

as though he'd lived in it.

Yes, I've seen it

so often in my mind.

I've known it

for so long.

Piano,

the grandfather clock.

You've let it run down,

he always used to wind it.

Yes, he always carried the key

and he took it with him.

He gave it to me

to bring back. May I?

It's 20 of 6.

( bell dinging )

This is wonderful.

It's exactly as

he always said it would be.

Oh, my dear boy,

I do hope you'll be able

to stay with us for a few days.

I'd like that. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

May I have Adrian's room?

Of course, why not.

Meg will take your things

right up.

Oh, I must go over

and tell Alice right away.

Alice?

But doesn't she live here?

Oh, no,

Alice has her own home.

But...

( slow theme playing )

But the children...?

The children are with her.

I must see them,

I must.

You see,

I only have till Sunday.

They're quite near.

You mustn't excite yourself.

You look very tired, Paul,

you've been ill, haven't you?

Yes, I have

but I'm all right now.

It's, heh, just the excitement

of coming home.

Yes, heh,

of course it is.

And now

before you go up,

I'd like you

to meet Adrian's father.

Oh,

is he home so early?

WOMAN:

Home?

Oh, you see he had a stroke the

day we received the telegram.

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