Symptoms Page #4

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There's something wrong,

isn't there?

No.

No, nothing at all.

Well, what about the housework?

It's all right, that can wait.

I'll let you know.

-Very well, Miss Helen.

If you say so.

I don't really understand.

And I don't like leaving you a bit.

I said, "I don't like

the look of things."

She was kind of drugged, Mr Burke.

She looks far worse now

than she did when she was ill.

I asked her how Miss Cora was,

and all she did was shrug.

Hmm... Sounds to me

as if they've had a quarrel.

Yes, it does, and I think

I know the reason too. -Oh?

Brady, that nasty creature.

I caught him once in the stables,

with Miss Cora.

Miss Cora?

With a man like Brady?

Saw 'em with my own eyes.

I told Miss Helen

that she ought to get rid of him,

but she didn't.

Well, perhaps she fancies him herself.

There's no accounting for some tastes.

Oh, no, Mr Burke, not Miss Helen.

Why, she can't stand the sight of him.

Well, why does she keep him on?

-Now, that's just what's so funny.

I think that he's got

some kind of hold over her.

(Phone rings)

(Ringing tone)

Looking for something?

Or maybe it's somebody

you're looking for?

No.

I was wondering if there wasn't

something in there, in the lake.

I don't know.

I do, Miss.

I know who you're looking for.

Did you hear that sound just now?

Cry?

A whimper.

Sound?

Oh, yes, I heard it all right.

Calling. Following.

Yes. Cora, wasn't it?

I don't know.

Oh? Has something else

happened, then?

You can tell me.

Maybe it wasn't Cora.

Maybe it was the other one, Anne.

I haven't see her lately.

I don't know. -Then again,

maybe it was both of them.

Both calling you,

both looking for you.

(Footsteps)

(Hushed female voice)

(Doorbell rings)

(Doorbell rings again)

(Clock chimes)

(Door creaking)

Anne?

Anne?

(Thunderclap)

Nice dress.

You must've been expecting a visitor.

Yes, you.

If you hadn't come,

I would have fetched you.

What about giving me a drink, then?

(Rumble of thunder)

It's all right, it's not poisoned.

I'm having the same.

Cheers.

Cheers.

I expect you're wondering

what I've come here for.

I've brought you a little present.

Recognise this? -No, I don't.

What is it? -Go on, you can guess.

I'm afraid I can't guess.

It looks like hair. -It is.

Human hair.

I found it in the lake.

You know bloody well whose it was.

I found the rest of her as well.

I'm sorry, but I don't know

what you're talking about.

You're a cool one, all right.

You'd have to be, wouldn't you?

Listen, if there's something I

ought to know, you'd better tell me.

You know about it already.

-But I don't.

Do tell me.

All right, then.

I found her body in the lake.

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