The Others Page #3

Well...

Well, what?

Those children

were really stupid.

Why?

Because they said

they only believed in Jesus...

and then

they got killed for it.

And what would you have done,

deny Christ?

ANNE:
Well, yes.

Inside I would have

believed in him...

but I wouldn't have told

the Romans that.

Is that what you think, too,

Nicholas?

I see.

So you would have lied

to the point of denying Christ.

You 'd have saved your heads

from the Romans, that's true.

But what would have

happened afterwards?

When?

In the next life.

The one waiting for us

after we die.

Where would you have gone?

Ahh.

Where, Nicholas?

To the children's limbo.

GRACE:
What is

the children's limbo, Anne?

one of the four Hells.

Which are?

ANNE:
Me, me, me! Me!

GRACE:
No. Let him answer.

Which are?

There's the Hell

Where the damned go...

then there's Purgatory...

Yes.

And the bosom of Abraham

Where the just go...

and limbo where children go.

At the centre of the earth.

Where it's very, very hot.

That's where children

go who tell lies...

but they don't just go

there for a few days.

Oh, no.

No, they're damned. Forever.

Think about it.

Try to imagine

the end of eternity.

Close your eyes.

Close your eyes

and try to imagine it.

Forever.

Pain... forever.

I'm getting dizzy. Heh.

GRACE:

Now do you understand...

why Justus and Pastor

told the truth?

All right.

Open your readers

at lesson six.

ANNE:
Can't we play?

GRACE:

You most certainly cannot.

First you're going

to read the lesson...

then you're going

to learn it by hear.

All of it?

Any more protests...

and there'll be

no playing at all today.

In fact, I think you can

study in separate rooms.

- CHILDPEN:
No, no, no!

- GRACE:
Yes, yes, yes!

ANNE:
But we get scared

if we're separated!

GRACE:
Scared? As if you weren't

used to this house by now.

NICHOLAS:

What if we see a ghost?

Has your sister been telling you

one of her stories?

I haven't told him anything!

If you see a ghost

you say "Hello "...

and continue on studying.

- Come to the music room.

- Why me?

Because I say so!

Now come on.

Take your book.

Nicholas, I want to see

that lesson learned...

in less than an hour.

- Mummy...

- What?

give me a kiss.

ANNE:
"give me a kiss.

Give me a kiss. "

GRACE:

Anne, wait for me outside.

You know I can't.

Over there.

GRACE:
Mrs Mills,

close all the curtains.

My daughter is going

to cross the living room.

Yes, ma'am.

All right, Anne.

Darling...

Mummy can't be with you

all the time, hmm?

You must learn to be

on your own.

Where's your rosary?

Ahh!

Whenever you feel afraid...

I want you to squeeze it

with all your might...

say an our Father,

and your fear will go away.

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