The Lodgers Page #3

I was born 11 minutes before

Edward, Mr. Bermingham.

You may consider me the elder.

Walk with me?

Clearly this is an unusual way

to conduct business

of this nature.

We're an unusual family.

Yes...

Rachel?

LODGER:
Edward...

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

You won't follow me all the way

home limping like that, will you?

Rachel, is it you?

And if I asked you to,

if I asked you to follow me...

Tell me then, how

badly off are we?

I'm afraid the estate

could scarcely be worse off

and your family's eccentricities

have been little help to matters.

How long have you worked

for us, Mr. Bermingham?

My family has

attended to the needs

of your own for generations.

RACHEL:
Never before today

have any of you presumed

to come here in person.

The situation has

never been so dire.

My brother and I

live very simply.

Simply or otherwise,

there is nothing left

for you to live upon.

BERMINGHAM:
I must see inside the house

and bring a qualified individual

to make an evaluation of the

property and it's content.

That's out of the question.

The sale of a few trinkets

will only go so far,

but what about this

pretty little thing?

Silver, is it?

If I'm to sell the pearls,

mightn't this be taken also?

No.

Not this.

Soon you might not be in

the position to choose.

If only you knew!

In your position and with

your obvious advantages,

perhaps the best course of

action would be to marry?

This house has belonged

to us and we to it

for more than two centuries.

You need not understand

that, Mr. Bermingham,

but I ask that you respect it.

Good day.

You!

What are you doing here?

- Well?

- I'm sorry.

No, stay there or you'll

be seen from the house.

So you did follow me?

I didn't mean to frighten you,

but when I saw you in the

village you looked so...

Come back tomorrow,

in the morning.

It's okay.

We belong here, together.

[DOOR SLAMS]

Edward, he's gone.

Edward?

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

Still afraid?

Wouldn't you be?

I didn't break the rules.

Did you dissuade Bermingham?

I tried,

but he'll be back.

And he came alone?

Yes, he was quite alone.

Don't you feel different lately?

Don't you feel their

presence with more intensity?

You know I do.

Do you hear them more now?

In every ticking of the clock

and every crick

of the floorboards

and in every sound the

house makes, I hear them.

They won't wait much longer,

not now that they're of age.

When they came last

night, how did it feel?

Did you call them in?

They wanted me to see you.

[CLANGING]

I can't save you!

You can't save yourself.

[INAUDIBLE WHISPERING]

RACHEL:
You came.

Don't be afraid.

Have one?

Go on.

They grow so well on the graves.

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