Village of the Damned Page #3

with a Zellaby Antheum.

Just what the results will be,

we shan't know for some time yet.

I think you should sit down.

- Can I get you some tea?

- No.

A drink? No, that wouldn't be right.

Feet up?

- Something to eat?

- Yes, please.

What?

Cheese, pickles,

and half a dozen anchovies.

Recently my favorite diet.

Hadn't you noticed?

Mrs. Plumpton at the shop has.

I have been too engrossed in my work,

but we'll change all that.

Thank you, darling.

You've made my happiness complete.

But all the more so

because I am old enough to appreciate it.

Now then, what was it you wanted?

Cheese, pickles...

and half a dozen anchovies.

I'm afraid there's no doubt about it.

Milly...

I wish there was something I could say

to comfort you...

'cause I know what

you'll have to put up with...

from some of the people

in the village over this.

But you can count on me to do anything

I can to help you and your child.

Do you think I'd...

Do you think I could...

Milly, I told you, there's no doubt about it.

Now if there's anyone

you want me to talk to about this.

But I've never...

It's impossible.

This is some present, Jim. Thanks a lot.

Where did you say you got it? Tokyo?

It's a real beauty.

You can take action pictures in this light.

Jan, look at me.

When I learn to use this properly,

I might go into the photo business.

Jan, turn this way. That's right.

I want to see how...

What's the matter with you?

Jim comes back after a whole year...

and you look as if

you were going to a funeral.

An attempted suicide.

Janet Pawle, whose husband

only came back from sea yesterday.

- It's dreadful.

- Three other women in the village...

half out of their minds.

Milly Hughes, Rose Shepherd,

Mary Burnett.

- Please don't go on.

- That's why we're asking you to tell us.

Please don't keep on.

Don't you see what you're asking me

is not right ethically?

For heaven's sake, Vicar.

How do you think I feel?

I married late in life.

When my wife told me

that she was going to have a baby...

it was the happiest moment

I've ever known.

Don't talk to me about ethics.

Don't you see that this is something

which concerns all of us...

that this is the one moment

when it is your duty to break confidence.

Very well.

Four of them have been to see me.

One of them is only 17.

- Evelyn Harrington?

- Yes.

She was terribly frightened,

and frankly, so am I.

I know these girls.

I watched them grow up.

When they tell me they've no way

of accounting for their condition...

I am compelled to believe them.

That means every woman in this village...

who is capable of childbirth

is going to have a baby.

I can't believe it.

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