The Changeling Page #2

dig them up for you.

I'm glad you took the house.

Mr. Tuttle?

Yes, Mr. Russell?

You frightened me.

Is anyone else here?

Mrs. Rissean cleaning today?

No, sir, just me.

Thank you.

That's lovely- the music.

- Well, hello.

- Hi.

- Has the quality of a lullaby.

- Yes, it is in a sort.

Well, here we are, as promised.

These are some assorted prints that

used to hang in the house somewhere.

And this...

is an old restored photograph

taken at the front of the house.

- Isn't that remarkable?

- Beautiful.

I tried to call first, but Information

isn't giving your number out yet.

That's a beautiful old piece.

Did you refinish it?

I didn't, no.

Um, that was Kathy's,

my daughter.

Well, I guess I'd better be off.

I hope you like the prints.

Thank you.

You going riding?

Yes. Do you ride?

What's the matter?

I was just thinking

about my daughter, Kathy-

how much she loved horses.

An air lock somewhere.

It was too loud, too rhythmic.

Well, it's starting, at least.

Why would it happen

two mornings in a row...

precisely at 6:
00?

Why does it go on for half a minute

and then stop? It doesn't make sense.

A furnace is like anything else,

Mr. Russell.

It's got habits.

It's an old house.

It makes noises.

Well, very good.

We're still not together

on the off-beats...

and, darling, you're retarding

a little too much on the last four bars.

Otherwise, it was splendid.

- Good night.

- Good night.

See you tomorrow.

What I'm driving at is...

has anything like this

happened in the house before?

If so, to whom, when,

and what did they do about it?

Since I've been with the Society,

the house has been empty.

John, you're working very hard.

You've been through

a terrible emotional strain.

- Are you saying I'm hallucinating?

- Excuse me.

Minnie?

Claire, there's a call for you-

your mother.

- Should I tell her you're busy?

- I'll be right there.

Excuse me just for a minute.

You know there's some question

about your lease, Mr. Russell.

- What do you mean?

- That house shouldn't have been rented.

Miss Norman rushed those papers

through our attorney's office.

She did not use proper channels.

Why should anyone object?

That house is not fit to live in.

No one's been able to live in it.

It doesn't want people.

Then there has been trouble

in the house before?

Listen, it's note for note.

Same tempo, even the same key.

What do you think?

I don't know.

It's a startling coincidence.

But that melody must have been

very popular at one time...

or it wouldn't be

on the music box.

I agree,

but I swear I never heard it...

before I played it and recorded it

that day you came over.

There's something-

Something.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes