The Curse of the Cat People Page #5

but Oliver wouldn't stand for it.

It was his first wife's favorite picture.

She was an artist.

I didn't know Mr. Reed

had been married before.

Yes, he was.

As a matter of fact, I was on the point

of telling you about it yesterday.

It was a tragic, terrible experience.

Oliver's never really gotten over it.

- What is it?

- My mother told me to give back...

...the ring to the lady

who gave it to me.

You're not the lady.

Sit over there.

I quite agree with you.

The sun is not kind.

God should use a rose-amber spot.

Come along.

Here we go.

Sit down, my child.

I've been watching you.

You couldn't see me,

but I could see you.

It was like peeking

through the slit in the curtain...

...before the play began.

You'd be a very good audience.

I can see that.

If you were the lady

who gave me a ring...

...my mother says

I have to give it back to you.

Return it to me? Indeed you may not.

I gave it to you as a present.

But my mother says

I mustn't accept gifts from strangers.

Stranger? Julia Farren a stranger?

Why, I've played every theater

from Boston to San Francisco.

I've played London, Paris.

Those days.

Those beautiful, shining, golden days.

But I only came to give back the ring.

The ring? We'll have

no more nonsense about the ring.

Let's have some tea, shall we?

Tea will be good...

...strong and red now,

the way I like it.

She's always spying on me.

She creeps into the room.

- She lives here.

- Who is she?

That woman is an impostor.

She's a liar and a cheat.

- How do you like your tea?

- Sometimes I get a spoonful...

...of tea in a cup of hot milk.

Good.

It's almost as if

there were a curse on us.

I wouldn't care if it were on me,

but it seems to be directed against Amy.

I sometimes think Irena

haunts this house.

Why, Edward...

...I thought you'd gone with Amy.

No, she went to some old house

she was talking about yesterday.

That's the Farren house.

Is that where she got the ring?

She shouldn't be up there.

- But I told her to go with you.

- She said something about that...

...but she didn't tell me it was

the Farren house. I'll go right over.

Child, have you ever seen a play?

- I like stories.

- Then I'll tell you a story.

A lovely story.

Do you know the story of Rapunzel?

My mommy read it to me.

Do you know the story

of The Headless Horseman?

You live right here in Tarrytown...

...and don't know the legend

of Sleepy Hollow?

Then you must hear it.

I shall tell it to you.

There. Now, you sit there.

Now, we'll pretend this is the stage.

The Headless Horseman.

Why hasn't he got a head?

It was shot off long ago

in the great battles that were fought here.

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