On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Page #4

You see, tomorrow night,

I've gotta have dinner with Warren

and one

of these personnel directors.

So, what do I do about

these rotten, miserable...?

Do you want one?

No, no, thank you.

How old are you, Miss Gamble?

Twenty-two.

And how old were you

when you started smoking?

Twelve. See, I had

this cousin, Harvey,

who came to visit us,

and he was smoking.

You know, he dared me to try.

Well, he was only 9,

what could I do?

Of course.

Miss Gamble,

I will try to help you today.

But from tomorrow on,

you'll have to go to someone else.

And if you call me tomorrow, I'll give

you the name of another doctor.

Sit here, please.

- You mean now?

- Yes, now.

Oh, doctor. I don't know how I can

ever thank you. I mean, really, that is...

- I didn't expect, you know...

- Never mind that, just sit down.

Good.

Please.

That's it.

Just relax now.

Relax.

Now, Miss Gamble, I want you to try,

if you can, to imagine that you see...

I see it.

- What?

- A window.

That's right, a window.

Now, keep staring at that window

until slowly, very slowly,

the window begins...

It's open.

That's right.

And now the dark of night is...

Oh, well, you know the rest, go on.

- Can you hear me, Miss Gamble?

- Yes.

Miss Gamble, if you truly wish

to stop smoking,

I would like you

to raise your left hand.

Drop your hand.

When I awaken you, you will find

that your desire for cigarettes

will grow less and less,

and when you want a cigarette,

your ability to resist it will grow

stronger and stronger.

- Do you understand, Miss Gamble?

- Yes.

Good.

Now, open your eyes.

Miss Gamble, this morning

you were kind enough

to help me find an address I'd lost.

- Do you remember?

- Yes.

It was quite a trick.

Do you know how you did it?

Yes.

I thought so. How?

Well,

I saw you looking around

for something

and I wondered what it was.

And all of a sudden I knew.

- You knew what?

- Where it was.

- That's all?

- That's all.

I see.

- Do you really?

- Of course, a child can understand it.

Who taught it to you?

I don't know. I suppose I got it

from Winnie Wainwhisle.

Who is she?

- Nobody.

- Nobody?

I mean, nobody anymore.

She's dead.

But before she died

she taught it to you.

- No.

- No?

No.

- But you said you got it from her.

- Yeah.

Can you remember an incident

when you saw Winnie Wainwhisle

perform the same trick?

Oh, sure, lots of them.

- Just one.

- Okay.

Where did it happen?

In London.

- You know, in England?

- London?

- What were you doing in London?

- I was with Winnie Wainwhisle.

Was it lately?

Well, was it before you were 15?

Before you were 10?

- Yeah.

- Before you were 5?

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