1. Oh.Copy !req
2. Oh.Copy !req
3. All I want to do is save the children...Copy !req
4. not destroy them.Copy !req
5. More than anything, I love children.Copy !req
6. More than anything.Copy !req
7. They need affection...Copy !req
8. love...Copy !req
9. someone who will belong to them...Copy !req
10. and to whom they will belong.Copy !req
11. Miss Giddens, may I ask you
a somewhat personal question?Copy !req
12. Do you have an imagination?Copy !req
13. Oh!Copy !req
14. Oh, yes, I can answer that.Copy !req
15. - Yes.
- Good.Copy !req
16. Truth is very seldom understood
by any but imaginative persons...Copy !req
17. and I want to be quite truthful.Copy !req
18. I'm a bachelor,
but not, I might add, a lonely one.Copy !req
19. I spend a great deal of time abroad.Copy !req
20. And as for my London life,
well, it amuses me...Copy !req
21. but it's not the sort of amusement that
one could suitably share with children.Copy !req
22. In brief, Miss Giddens,
I am a very selfish fellow...Copy !req
23. and the last man alive to be saddled
so suddenly and so awkwardly...Copy !req
24. with two orphaned infants.Copy !req
25. It's most unfortunate,
for I have no room for them...Copy !req
26. neither mentally nor emotionally.Copy !req
27. Does that seem quite heartless?Copy !req
28. Honest, but not heartless.Copy !req
29. Then the children
do not live with you?Copy !req
30. No. They are at
my country estate in Bly.Copy !req
31. A rather large, rather lonely place.Copy !req
32. Still, I'm sure you'll agree with me, the
country seems the proper thing for children.Copy !req
33. I see from your letter that you are, yourself,
the daughter of a country parson...Copy !req
34. and, um ─ oh, yes, here it is ─Copy !req
35. "More than anything,
I love children."Copy !req
36. - Yes.
- How remarkable.Copy !req
37. For several years now,
little Miles and Flora ─Copy !req
38. Charming names, don't you think?Copy !req
39. Have had only me.Copy !req
40. Well, poor brats,
they need more than a distant uncle.Copy !req
41. Well, of course they need
more than a governess.Copy !req
42. They need affection and love...Copy !req
43. and someone to whom they can belong
and who will belong to them.Copy !req
44. You, Miss Giddens.
I feel that you are that person.Copy !req
45. Sir, you ─Copy !req
46. you do realize that this
would be my first position.Copy !req
47. What does that signify,
if I trust you, if you trust me?Copy !req
48. You see, Miss Giddens,
the person whom I engage...Copy !req
49. must solemnly promise to accept
full and complete responsibility.Copy !req
50. She must never trouble me.Copy !req
51. Never. Never.Copy !req
52. Neither complain nor appeal nor write.Copy !req
53. Simply take the whole thing over...Copy !req
54. and... leave me alone.Copy !req
55. What do you say, Miss Giddens?Copy !req
56. The children, uh ─Copy !req
57. - Have they had a governess before?
- Unfortunately.Copy !req
58. Not that there was anything wrong
with Miss Jessel.Copy !req
59. She was an excellent governess
and a most respectable woman.Copy !req
60. The children quite liked her,
especially little Flora.Copy !req
61. Oh, which reminds me.Copy !req
62. Be careful not to broach
that subject to Flora.Copy !req
63. She was so fond of Miss Jessel...Copy !req
64. and... it did come
as an appalling shock.Copy !req
65. I'm not certain
that I understand you, sir.Copy !req
66. She died.Copy !req
67. Yes, just when I thought
I'd got the whole situation settled...Copy !req
68. and everything running smoothly...Copy !req
69. the confounded woman died.Copy !req
70. It was all very odd.Copy !req
71. I was in Calcutta when it happened...Copy !req
72. and have only now been able
to seek a replacement.Copy !req
73. Meantime, my nephew
had to be sent off to school...Copy !req
74. and the little girl, Flora...Copy !req
75. is being chaperoned
by my housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
76. Help me, Miss Giddens,
for truly I am helpless.Copy !req
77. Give me your hand.Copy !req
78. Give me your promise.Copy !req
79. Well, sir...Copy !req
80. if you are really sure.Copy !req
81. Quite sure, and very grateful.Copy !req
82. Only remember,
you're in supreme authority.Copy !req
83. Whatever happens,
you must handle it alone.Copy !req
84. Yes, I'll try.Copy !req
85. I promise you that.Copy !req
86. And I'll do everything I can
to keep the children happy.Copy !req
87. Oh, stop. Please stop!Copy !req
88. - Whoa there. - if you don't mind,
I think I'd like to walk from here.Copy !req
89. As you wish, miss. Whoa.Copy !req
90. Thank you.Copy !req
91. Flora!Copy !req
92. Flora!Copy !req
93. Didn't you hear?
Someone is calling your name.Copy !req
94. No, I don't think so.
I didn't hear anyone.Copy !req
95. Isn't your name Flora?Copy !req
96. I'm Miss Giddens.Copy !req
97. Yes, I know.
You're my new governess.Copy !req
98. I've been watching the road,
waiting for you.Copy !req
99. - Are you afraid of reptiles?
- That rather depends. Why?Copy !req
100. Because I've got one in my pocket,
and he's very eager to meet you.Copy !req
101. Well, in that case, by all means.Copy !req
102. His name is Rupert.Copy !req
103. - Oh, a tortoise.
- We love each other.Copy !req
104. Yes, I can see that you're very close.Copy !req
105. Very.Copy !req
106. There, now you've met Miss Giddens.Copy !req
107. But Rupert isn't the only one.Copy !req
108. I mean, ever since my uncle wrote...Copy !req
109. we've all been waiting and waiting
for you to come.Copy !req
110. Oh, we have been excited.Copy !req
111. So have I.
I've been very excited indeed.Copy !req
112. Not as excited as we have.
And not as excited as Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
113. She's cleaned and cleaned
and had all the windows washed.Copy !req
114. Just imagine ─ 134 windows.Copy !req
115. - All that for me?
- Yes. And I helped.Copy !req
116. - Oh, we will have fun together, won't we?
- Yes, we will, dear.Copy !req
117. Oh, Mrs. Grose, she's here! She's here!
And she isn't afraid of reptiles.Copy !req
118. And that's more than can be said of me,
isn't it?Copy !req
119. I walked from the gate.Copy !req
120. I ─ I wanted to see it all.Copy !req
121. I'm glad to see you, Miss Giddens.Copy !req
122. Really, I'm glad.Copy !req
123. Oh, do please come in.Copy !req
124. Thank you. You're very kind.Copy !req
125. - Oh!
- Now, I expect you'd like a cup of tea.Copy !req
126. - Thank you.
- But not you, Miss Flora.Copy !req
127. Now, you know you're not allowed
in the house with that toad or turtle...Copy !req
128. or whatever it is.Copy !req
129. - Go on. Run along. Off you go.
- Oh, all right.Copy !req
130. I had no idea.Copy !req
131. I never imagined ─Copy !req
132. Oh, I'm so sorry.Copy !req
133. That's all right, miss.
It's always happening.Copy !req
134. I never imagined
it would be so beautiful.Copy !req
135. Well, we do our best.Copy !req
136. Though half the rooms are empty now ─
locked and empty.Copy !req
137. All the same,
it's too big a job to keep clean.Copy !req
138. But what I always say is,
it's a heaven for children.Copy !req
139. Oh, yes, a heaven.Copy !req
140. And what an enchanting child she is.Copy !req
141. There's not another like her.Copy !req
142. Though, mind you, she has her ways.
You have your work cut out.Copy !req
143. I don't doubt.Copy !req
144. But she seems ─
Well, she certainly looks angelic.Copy !req
145. Well, she is too.Copy !req
146. But she does like to wander,
to go off by herself.Copy !req
147. - We're always hunting her.
- Oh, yes. I heard you.Copy !req
148. Just now, as I was coming through
the garden, I heard you call her name.Copy !req
149. Oh, not me, miss.Copy !req
150. Perhaps it was Anna or Cook.Copy !req
151. Well, someone.Copy !req
152. Sit down, miss, and have your tea.Copy !req
153. Mmm. It'll be dark in here soon.
I'll get Anna to bring some lamps.Copy !req
154. Miss Giddens?Copy !req
155. Miss Giddens!Copy !req
156. Has she gone?Copy !req
157. Yes, for the moment.Copy !req
158. You don't mind Rupert sharing a bit
of your cake, now, do you?Copy !req
159. You watch out.
He'll grow too fat to fit your pocket.Copy !req
160. - I have a pony too.
- Oh.Copy !req
161. He isn't really mine.
He belongs to Miles.Copy !req
162. Miles is my brother, you know.
He's away at school.Copy !req
163. You must miss him very much.Copy !req
164. Well, he'll be coming home soon.Copy !req
165. But not, I should think,
until the holidays.Copy !req
166. Time you went upstairs and got ready
for your bath, Miss Flora.Copy !req
167. Promise, now, you won't go away.Copy !req
168. I expect to be here
for a very long time.Copy !req
169. And to think what qualms I had.Copy !req
170. I was so afraid.Copy !req
171. - Afraid, miss?
- I couldn't make up my mind.Copy !req
172. Should I accept this post,
or shouldn't I?Copy !req
173. Well, miss,
I'm sure I'm very glad you did.Copy !req
174. Well, after all,
I didn't have much choice.Copy !req
175. Their uncle is most persuasive.Copy !req
176. And don't I know it.Copy !req
177. Many's the time
he's worked his magic on me.Copy !req
178. Even when he was a boy,
he could twist you around his finger...Copy !req
179. and the children are the same way.Copy !req
180. He doesn't come down here
very often?Copy !req
181. Well, he likes the town life.Copy !req
182. He always was
a very popular gentleman.Copy !req
183. And what's the good
of being popular down here...Copy !req
184. with only the children
and the pigeons and me?Copy !req
185. - Mrs. Grose?
- Yes, miss?Copy !req
186. - What was she like?
- Who, miss?Copy !req
187. The other governess.
The one who died.Copy !req
188. Who, Miss Jessel?
Oh, she was a young woman.Copy !req
189. Some thought her pretty,
and, well, I suppose she was.Copy !req
190. But not as pretty as you, miss.Copy !req
191. Not by half.Copy !req
192. He seems to prefer them
young and pretty.Copy !req
193. Oh, he did.
He had the devil's own eye ─Copy !req
194. I mean, that's his way, the master's.Copy !req
195. - But of whom did you speak first?
- Why, the master, of course.Copy !req
196. There's nobody else, miss.
Nobody at all.Copy !req
197. Be careful, dear,
or you'll splash Miss Giddens!Copy !req
198. And is the other one just as remarkable?
I mean, is he too as enchanting?Copy !req
199. Well, if you like this one, miss, you'll be
quite carried away by Master Miles.Copy !req
200. - Miles is coming!
- I seem to be carried away quite easily.Copy !req
201. That's what happened to me in London.Copy !req
202. Miles is coming!
Miles is coming!Copy !req
203. Stuff and nonsense, miss.
You know very well Miles is at school.Copy !req
204. Now, hold still.Copy !req
205. Oh!Copy !req
206. I've got a little bed in your room.
It's got curtains.Copy !req
207. - How nice.
- Yes.Copy !req
208. Mrs. Grose wanted to give you
a big room...Copy !req
209. but I said,
"She'll only be there when she's asleep."Copy !req
210. And big rooms get bigger at night.
Do you know that?Copy !req
211. - Do they?
- Mrs. Grose doesn't know.Copy !req
212. She shuts her eyes in the dark.Copy !req
213. I think that's silly.Copy !req
214. - I always look in the dark.
- Do you?Copy !req
215. And what do you see?Copy !req
216. There are a lot of empty rooms.Copy !req
217. I said to Mrs. Grose, "I wish there was some
way of sleeping in several rooms at once."Copy !req
218. Mrs. Grose was quite startled
by the thought.Copy !req
219. I don't wonder.Copy !req
220. "Stuff and nonsense," she said.
"Stuff and nonsense."Copy !req
221. Now I lay me down to sleep.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep ─Copy !req
222. Why can't Rupert sleep with me?Copy !req
223. Because you might roll over
and crush him.Copy !req
224. - Crush a tortoise?
- Now finish your prayers, dear.Copy !req
225. If I should wake before I ─Copy !req
226. if I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.Copy !req
227. Amen.Copy !req
228. Miss Giddens, where would the Lord
take my soul to?Copy !req
229. - To heaven.
- Are you certain?Copy !req
230. Yes, of course,
because you're a very, very good girl.Copy !req
231. But I might not be.Copy !req
232. And if I weren't, wouldn't the Lord
just leave me here to walk around?Copy !req
233. Isn't that what happens
to some people?Copy !req
234. Whatever was that?Copy !req
235. I'm sure something's been hurt.Copy !req
236. An animal.Copy !req
237. We must pretend we didn't hear it.
That's what Mrs. Grose always says.Copy !req
238. - Pretend?
- Then we won't imagine things.Copy !req
239. Sometimes one can't help...
imagining things.Copy !req
240. I was just practicing, Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
241. - Have you seen Miss Giddens, my lamb?
- I'm out here, Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
242. Oh!Copy !req
243. - There's some letters for you, miss.
- Oh, thank you.Copy !req
244. - Oh, please, can I help you read them?
- Yes, if you like.Copy !req
245. - Which first?
- Now, how can I tell?Copy !req
246. - Then I shall choose.
- All right.Copy !req
247. - Here.
- This one's from my sister.Copy !req
248. Oh, look, dear.Copy !req
249. Here's a picture of me
and my family together.Copy !req
250. - Am I in it?
- How could you be? it's of my family.Copy !req
251. Oh.Copy !req
252. - Now this one.
- It's from London.Copy !req
253. - Is it from my uncle?
- Yes, I think it is.Copy !req
254. You do look pleased.Copy !req
255. - Is he coming to see us?
- No, dear.Copy !req
256. He's sent me a letter
from Miles's school.Copy !req
257. - Flora?
- Yes, Miss Giddens, dear?Copy !req
258. Didn't you say last night
that Miles was coming home?Copy !req
259. Oh, look.
It's a lovely spider...Copy !req
260. and it's eating a butterfly.Copy !req
261. Mrs. Grose?Copy !req
262. Here's a letter their uncle
has forwarded without opening.Copy !req
263. It's from Miles's school.Copy !req
264. He just wrote on the envelope,
"Am off to ltaly for the summer.Copy !req
265. This is from Miles's headmaster.
Deal with it without bothering me."Copy !req
266. - That's just his way, miss.
- But how am I to deal with it?Copy !req
267. Miles has been dismissed
from school.Copy !req
268. - Dismissed?
- Sent home.Copy !req
269. Expelled.Copy !req
270. But what has he done?
What do the gentlemen say?Copy !req
271. Oh, they go into no detail.
They simply say ─Copy !req
272. Here. Read it.Copy !req
273. Read it for yourself.Copy !req
274. It's no good, miss.
I never learned.Copy !req
275. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize.Copy !req
276. They say that it is impossible
to keep him.Copy !req
277. Why?Copy !req
278. That he is...
an injury to the others.Copy !req
279. Master Miles? Him, an injury?Copy !req
280. Oh, stuff and nonsense.Copy !req
281. You might as well think ill
of Miss Flora, bless her.Copy !req
282. You've never known him to be bad?Copy !req
283. Oh, I wouldn't say that.Copy !req
284. You mean you like a boy with spirit.Copy !req
285. Well, so do I, but not to the degree
to... contaminate.Copy !req
286. To what?Copy !req
287. To corrupt.Copy !req
288. Master Miles?Copy !req
289. Oh, miss,
are you afraid he'll corrupt you?Copy !req
290. Miles is coming! Miles is coming!
Miles is coming!Copy !req
291. Bly! Bly station!Copy !req
292. Miles! Miles!Copy !req
293. Miles.Copy !req
294. - You're Miss Giddens, aren't you?
- Yes.Copy !req
295. How do you do?Copy !req
296. Oh, thank you, Miles.Copy !req
297. She's our new governess, Miles,
and she's awfully nice.Copy !req
298. I hope Miles will agree.Copy !req
299. Come now.Copy !req
300. Nothing's changed.Copy !req
301. Oh, I've been longing
for these holidays.Copy !req
302. Holidays?Copy !req
303. Longing to see Bly
and Mrs. Grose and Flora.Copy !req
304. And you. Flora wrote
and told me you were coming.Copy !req
305. Did you have a good term at school?Copy !req
306. Look, Miles! There's the lake.Copy !req
307. Oh, it is nice to be back.Copy !req
308. I hope you won't be lonely...Copy !req
309. with just Flora and Mrs. Grose and me.Copy !req
310. Were you happy at school?Copy !req
311. May I tell you something?Copy !req
312. Yes, Miles, of course.Copy !req
313. I think you're far too pretty
to be a governess.Copy !req
314. And I think you're far too young
to be such a deceitful flatterer.Copy !req
315. Dearest Mrs. Grose!Copy !req
316. - It is nice to be home.
- Stop! Stop!Copy !req
317. - You'll have me out of breath!
- Come along.Copy !req
318. It's all just the same.Copy !req
319. Somehow ─ I don't know ─
I was afraid it might be different.Copy !req
320. Oh, nothing ever changes here,
Master Miles.Copy !req
321. You look a bit thin though.
We'll have to fatten you up.Copy !req
322. Oh, Miles, you haven't seen the pony!Copy !req
323. - May we?
- Yes, of course!Copy !req
324. Come on!Copy !req
325. - Well, miss?
- It's just as you said.Copy !req
326. Charm seems to run in the family.Copy !req
327. And that cruel letter?Copy !req
328. It must be a misunderstanding,
a mistake.Copy !req
329. Yes, a mistake.Copy !req
330. So, uh, what will you say
to Master Miles?Copy !req
331. I shall have it out with him later on.
That can't be avoided. But not now.Copy !req
332. I'm not going to spoil his homecoming just
because of some silly old schoolteacher.Copy !req
333. Oh, yes, miss.Copy !req
334. Oh, I ─ I'm so thankful
we're not to have trouble.Copy !req
335. Dear Mrs. Grose,
what a comfort you are.Copy !req
336. Why don't you come in, Miss Giddens?Copy !req
337. How did you know I was there?Copy !req
338. This is a very old house.
Things creak.Copy !req
339. And anyway, I saw the light
from your candle under the door.Copy !req
340. - You should be asleep.
- I'm much too excited.Copy !req
341. - Excited?
- By being home. By seeing Flora.Copy !req
342. And meeting you.Copy !req
343. Besides, I like to lie awake.Copy !req
344. - That's a very bad habit, Miles.
- Is it?Copy !req
345. Yes.Copy !req
346. What do you think about
while you're lying awake?Copy !req
347. Oh, a world of different things.Copy !req
348. And tonight...Copy !req
349. were you, perhaps, thinking
about school?Copy !req
350. Oh, no.
All that seems very far away.Copy !req
351. Miles...Copy !req
352. you do know that you will not be
allowed to go back.Copy !req
353. You realize
that it is a very serious matter...Copy !req
354. for a boy to be expelled from school.Copy !req
355. I can't think what your uncle will say.Copy !req
356. Can't you? I can.Copy !req
357. He'll say,
"Don't bother me. I'm too busy."Copy !req
358. - Miles, that's not true.
- Isn't it?Copy !req
359. You've met him, haven't you?
You know what he's like.Copy !req
360. He doesn't care about me or Flora.Copy !req
361. He doesn't care what happens to us.Copy !req
362. Miles, dear, you mustn't believe that.Copy !req
363. Your uncle has ─Copy !req
364. Well, he has... a great many
responsibilities and not enough time ─Copy !req
365. To waste any on us?Copy !req
366. I understand.Copy !req
367. It's a bit sad though...Copy !req
368. when people don't have time for you.Copy !req
369. Oh, I have, Miles.Copy !req
370. I have time.Copy !req
371. And I care.Copy !req
372. And, Miles, if there's something
wrong about school...Copy !req
373. if there's something
you want to tell me ─Copy !req
374. Miles, dear Miles...Copy !req
375. can't you see
that I want to help you?Copy !req
376. Trust me.Copy !req
377. The candle's gone out.Copy !req
378. Don't be frightened.Copy !req
379. It was only the wind, my dear.
The wind blew it out.Copy !req
380. Miles.Copy !req
381. How long have you been here?Copy !req
382. I don't know.
Twenty minutes, half an hour.Copy !req
383. - Oh, then you must have seen him.
- Who?Copy !req
384. The man who was standing here
on the tower.Copy !req
385. I've been quite alone
except for my greedy friends.Copy !req
386. Well, that can't be true.Copy !req
387. Not two minutes ago
I saw a man standing exactly here.Copy !req
388. Perhaps it was me.Copy !req
389. No, no, it was a man.Copy !req
390. He was looking at me.Copy !req
391. I expect you imagined it.
Or else ─Copy !req
392. Oh, dear. I hope you won't
have to wear spectacles.Copy !req
393. You're much too pretty for that.Copy !req
394. Oh, yes, I expect I'm tired.
I haven't been sleeping well.Copy !req
395. I know.Copy !req
396. Flora told me.Copy !req
397. She says you make little groans
and moans all night.Copy !req
398. Of course,
one can never believe Flora.Copy !req
399. She invents things, imagines them.Copy !req
400. You mean like
poor, silly Miss Giddens?Copy !req
401. Miss, would these,
by any chance, be yours?Copy !req
402. Scissors. The gardener brought them up.
He said he found them in the garden.Copy !req
403. Yes. I must have dropped them
this morning when I ─Copy !req
404. whilst I was cutting the roses.Copy !req
405. And just left them there.Copy !req
406. I'm afraid today
isn't altogether my day.Copy !req
407. I seem to be at sixes and sevens.Copy !req
408. Well, miss, you've never
been away from home before.Copy !req
409. A strange place, new responsibilities.Copy !req
410. - Takes a bit of getting used to ─
- Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
411. Is there anyone living here
that I don't know about?Copy !req
412. Living here?Copy !req
413. In the house, I mean.Copy !req
414. I've met the two maids and the cook
and her husband, the gardener...Copy !req
415. and I was just wondering
if there was someone I hadn't met.Copy !req
416. Bless you, miss, I wish there were.
We could use another pair of hands.Copy !req
417. Oh, hurry! Do come! You must see!Copy !req
418. Miles is giving an "expedition!"Copy !req
419. Oh, come! You must see!
He's awfully brave!Copy !req
420. Miles!Copy !req
421. Flora, watch me!Copy !req
422. Miles!Copy !req
423. Miles?Copy !req
424. I didn't know you were watching.Copy !req
425. That was very clever, Miles.Copy !req
426. Do look, Miss Giddens.
I can draw too.Copy !req
427. Miles isn't the only one
who can draw.Copy !req
428. Oh, yes. Now I see.Copy !req
429. It's lovely. A vase of flowers.Copy !req
430. Goodness, no. It's a thunderstorm.
See the clouds and the lightning?Copy !req
431. Oh, yes, dear.
Yes, well, I'm sure it's very original.Copy !req
432. Perhaps you'll grow up
to be a famous artist.Copy !req
433. - Did you hear that, Miles?
- Yes, dear.Copy !req
434. But Miss Giddens is merely being polite.Copy !req
435. Tell me, Miss Giddens, what do you think
I might grow up to be?Copy !req
436. Anything you want.Copy !req
437. But there's nothing I want to be...Copy !req
438. except what I am ─
a boy living at Bly.Copy !req
439. Oh, if only everything
could go on just as it is now.Copy !req
440. I love this house.Copy !req
441. Don't you, Miss Giddens?Copy !req
442. It's very beautiful. And so large.Copy !req
443. I expect it's the biggest house
in England.Copy !req
444. The whole world, actually.Copy !req
445. Oh, hardly the whole world, Flora.Copy !req
446. Your house, where you used to live ─
was that a big house too?Copy !req
447. No, it was very small, I'm afraid.Copy !req
448. - How small?
- Very, very small.Copy !req
449. Too small for you to have secrets?Copy !req
450. Well, secrets were a bit difficult.Copy !req
451. - But possible?
- Not for long.Copy !req
452. Secrets require a privacy
that our little home did not provide.Copy !req
453. - Did you play games in your house?
- No.Copy !req
454. We had to be quiet, usually, because
my father was preparing his sermon.Copy !req
455. But if he went out, we'd play
hide-and-seek all over the house.Copy !req
456. Oh, lovely!Copy !req
457. - Let's do that!
- All right.Copy !req
458. You hide, and I'll seek.Copy !req
459. We can go all over the house,
can't we?Copy !req
460. - Everywhere, I mean.
- Yes, I should think so.Copy !req
461. Oh. Where are the children going?
It's their bedtime.Copy !req
462. Yes, I know.Copy !req
463. But I thought, just one little game,
and then right to bed they'll go.Copy !req
464. Oh, they've won you over, miss,
already, I can see.Copy !req
465. They have indeed.Copy !req
466. We're ready!Copy !req
467. I'm coming!Copy !req
468. Anna?Copy !req
469. Miss Giddens!Copy !req
470. You'd never have found me
if I hadn't pounced on you!Copy !req
471. - Oh!
- Did I frighten you?Copy !req
472. - Yes, a bit.
- Now you're my prisoner.Copy !req
473. - Oh, Miles! Let me go.
- Why?Copy !req
474. - You're hurting me.
- Am I?Copy !req
475. - Yes, Miles. Please let me go.
- But why?Copy !req
476. I told you. You're hurting me.
Now, Miles, I mean it.Copy !req
477. - Do you?
- Oh, you've found it! I've missed it so.Copy !req
478. Mrs. Grose must have hidden it here.Copy !req
479. - Now it's your turn to hide.
- Hurry! Run!Copy !req
480. All right.Copy !req
481. Now where?
Oh, where shall I hide?Copy !req
482. Wherever you like.
We'll count a hundred.Copy !req
483. One, two, three...Copy !req
484. four, five, six, seven, eight...Copy !req
485. nine, 10, 11 ─Copy !req
486. Miss Giddens!Copy !req
487. Where are you?Copy !req
488. Oh!Copy !req
489. Miss? Miss Giddens?Copy !req
490. Whatever are you
doing there, miss?Copy !req
491. Heavens, child, you're white as milk.Copy !req
492. I saw him!
Don't tell me I didn't, because I did.Copy !req
493. - I saw him staring.
- Who, miss?Copy !req
494. - The same man ─ the man on the tower.
- The tower?Copy !req
495. But now, just now, he was staring
past me into the house...Copy !req
496. as if he were hunting someone.Copy !req
497. - What's he like, miss?
- He had dark, curling hair.Copy !req
498. - And the hardest, the coldest eyes.
- Is he ─Copy !req
499. - Would you say he was very handsome?
- Yes, yes. Handsome and obscene.Copy !req
500. But I've seen him before.
Yes, he ─Copy !req
501. I know where I've seen him.
A picture. There's a picture of him.Copy !req
502. A miniature in a cracked glass
in the attic.Copy !req
503. - I'll show you.
- Lt can't be.Copy !req
504. - It can't be? You know him.
- Quint.Copy !req
505. - Peter Quint, the master's valet.
- But you said ─Copy !req
506. Yes, miss. You see, he's dead.
Quint is dead.Copy !req
507. Dead?Copy !req
508. Your pencil does have
the most terrible squeak, Flora.Copy !req
509. It does, doesn't it?
But I can't help it, you know.Copy !req
510. Can't you? I thought you
were doing it on purpose.Copy !req
511. She is.Copy !req
512. - Stop it! Stop begging!
- I'm not begging!Copy !req
513. Yes, you are!
You're begging for attention!Copy !req
514. There you are, begging again.Copy !req
515. First for attention, now for affection.Copy !req
516. - Stop it, Flora!
- Now, Miles. Hush, Miles.Copy !req
517. Oh, darling. Oh, poor darling Flora.Copy !req
518. There, now.
Look, I've made you cry.Copy !req
519. Oh, what a hateful, what a grumpy
old governess you have.Copy !req
520. - You're not grumpy at all.
- Of course you're not.Copy !req
521. - Though I wouldn't wonder if you were.
- Nor would I, with everything so horrible.Copy !req
522. Horrible?Copy !req
523. Why, yes. You know, the rain.
Not being able to go out in the garden.Copy !req
524. My squeaky pencil and me ─
I wasn't even trying to be good.Copy !req
525. Oh, but you are good.Copy !req
526. You both are.Copy !req
527. I know what.Copy !req
528. Let's put away our books
and let's pretend it's Flora's birthday.Copy !req
529. - Oh, yes!
- All right, Flora, it's your birthday.Copy !req
530. - What would you like to do?
- Have a party.Copy !req
531. - A costume party.
- That's a splendid idea!Copy !req
532. - Miles and I'll go and get all dressed up.
- May we?Copy !req
533. - Yes, of course you may.
- Come along then, Flora.Copy !req
534. Oh, good!Copy !req
535. - Hurry, hurry, hurry!
- Where are you going?Copy !req
536. - To dress up! You said we might!
- Well, I'll come with you.Copy !req
537. No! Then there'd be no surprise.
You wait downstairs. We won't be long.Copy !req
538. Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!Copy !req
539. I've let them go.Copy !req
540. - Go where, miss?
- Oh!Copy !req
541. Oh, I've let the children go.Copy !req
542. Upstairs, to the attic, perhaps.Copy !req
543. Alone.Copy !req
544. Is that all? They'll come to no harm.Copy !req
545. I can't. I can't leave them alone,
not after the other night.Copy !req
546. As for the other night, miss,
put it out of your mind.Copy !req
547. Pretend it was part of a dream,
which perhaps it was.Copy !req
548. A dream? Don't you think
I want to believe that?Copy !req
549. That it was just the darkness,
a nightmare?Copy !req
550. But it's no longer dark.
It's daylight. And I know I saw him.Copy !req
551. A man, or something
that once was a man...Copy !req
552. peering in through the window,
looking for someone.Copy !req
553. And if it isn't true,
if I didn't see him...Copy !req
554. how could I have described him
so accurately?Copy !req
555. Well, you had seen his picture.Copy !req
556. Really, miss, you're
upsetting yourself over nothing.Copy !req
557. You said he was the valet?Copy !req
558. Yes, but when the master left,
Quint was alone with us, in charge.Copy !req
559. Tell me, how did he die?Copy !req
560. Quint?Copy !req
561. Out there, miss,
on those very steps.Copy !req
562. It was winter.Copy !req
563. The coldest, blackest winter's night.Copy !req
564. The steps were icy.Copy !req
565. Quint, he came home late
after we were all abed.Copy !req
566. Late and full of drink.Copy !req
567. There was a wound on his head,
as if he'd slipped...Copy !req
568. as if he'd fallen out there in the dark.Copy !req
569. I can't forget his eyes.Copy !req
570. They were open, filled with surprise...Copy !req
571. with pain, like the eyes of a fox
I once saw ─Copy !req
572. a fox the dogs had hunted down.Copy !req
573. But it was an accident?Copy !req
574. He was a peculiar man.Copy !req
575. There were things in his life
that could account for violence done him...Copy !req
576. vicious things ─Copy !req
577. Oh. Well, it doesn't do
to speak ill of the dead.Copy !req
578. The children never mention him.Copy !req
579. Oh, no, miss, and neither must you ─
not to them.Copy !req
580. You see, miss,
it was Master Miles that found him.Copy !req
581. Oh, that poor little boy.Copy !req
582. If you could have heard
his screams...Copy !req
583. seen the way he clung to him
and begged him to speak.Copy !req
584. That poor little boy worshipped Quint.Copy !req
585. Worshipped him?Copy !req
586. That man? Miles?Copy !req
587. You didn't know Quint, miss.Copy !req
588. Such power he had over people.Copy !req
589. You can't blame the child.
A lonely boy with no father.Copy !req
590. Quint took advantage, that's all.Copy !req
591. It made me sick to see Miles
trotting after him like a little dog.Copy !req
592. They were always together.Copy !req
593. Quiet, everyone.Copy !req
594. The entertainment
is about to commence.Copy !req
595. Oh, look, miss.Copy !req
596. I borrowed your pin cushion.
I hope you don't mind.Copy !req
597. Miss Giddens, dear,
would you sit there?Copy !req
598. And, Mrs. Grose,
would you sit there too?Copy !req
599. And now Miles will recite to you.Copy !req
600. What shall I sing to my lord
from my window?Copy !req
601. What shall I sing,
for my lord will not stay?Copy !req
602. What shall I sing,
for my lord will not listen?Copy !req
603. Where shall I go,
for my lord is away?Copy !req
604. Whom shall I love
when the moon is arisen?Copy !req
605. Gone is my lord,
and the grave is his prison.Copy !req
606. What shall I say
when my lord comes a-calling?Copy !req
607. What shall I say
when he knocks on my door?Copy !req
608. What shall I say
when his feet enter softly...Copy !req
609. leaving the marks of his grave
on my floor?Copy !req
610. Enter, my lord.Copy !req
611. Come from your prison.Copy !req
612. Come from your grave...Copy !req
613. for the moon is arisen.Copy !req
614. Welcome, my lord.Copy !req
615. Look at that.Copy !req
616. - What, miss?
- I was afraid for them.Copy !req
617. But what if he knows?
What if Miles knows?Copy !req
618. Knows what, Miss Giddens, dear?Copy !req
619. You think I'm imagining it, and yet just
now you yourself saw and heard Miles ─Copy !req
620. Playing a game.Copy !req
621. You told me Quint and Miles
were always together.Copy !req
622. But Master Miles
wasn't to blame for that.Copy !req
623. - Yes, but couldn't you have stopped it?
- I wasn't in charge, miss.Copy !req
624. It wasn't for me to question
the master's arrangements.Copy !req
625. The master put Quint in charge here.Copy !req
626. Besides,
no one could go against Quint.Copy !req
627. You were afraid of him?Copy !req
628. But what of Miss Jessel?Copy !req
629. Couldn't she have done something?
Or was she afraid of him too?Copy !req
630. Not at first. At least ─Copy !req
631. In the beginning, when she first came here,
she was always happy and smiling.Copy !req
632. Very fond of music she was...Copy !req
633. and dancing.Copy !req
634. She and Miss Flora used to dance together,
dance by the hour.Copy !req
635. But she changed.Copy !req
636. Oh, yes, she changed.Copy !req
637. 'Twas hard to believe,
her being an educated young lady...Copy !req
638. and Quint being ─Copy !req
639. Well, what he was.Copy !req
640. Stop it, Miles! Stop it!Copy !req
641. There. You see?
I knew they'd be overexcited.Copy !req
642. - It's long past their bedtime.
- Yes.Copy !req
643. But what did you mean
about Quint and Miss Jessel?Copy !req
644. Look, miss, they're dead, gone.Copy !req
645. There's no point in telling tales
of what's over and done with.Copy !req
646. Over and done with.Copy !req
647. Yes, but is it?Copy !req
648. Let go, Flora. You'll fall in.Copy !req
649. But I want to row the boat.Copy !req
650. Silly. You know you can't.Copy !req
651. Miss Giddens,
tell Miles to let me row.Copy !req
652. I will, when you're a little older.Copy !req
653. But it's too heavy for you now.Copy !req
654. I don't care.
I've got a boat of my own anyway.Copy !req
655. Heavenly, warm sun.Copy !req
656. It's almost hot.Copy !req
657. I like it when it's hot.Copy !req
658. - Do you know what Miles told me once?
- No, dear. What?Copy !req
659. He said that once, when he was on the lake,
he could see a hand waving on the bottom.Copy !req
660. But Mrs. Grose said,
"Stuff and nonsense! Stuff and nonsense!"Copy !req
661. Miss Giddens, can tortoises swim?Copy !req
662. No, dear.Copy !req
663. I thought perhaps they couldn't.Copy !req
664. Flora, where did you
learn that song?Copy !req
665. I don't think I remember.Copy !req
666. It's the song
from the music box, isn't it?Copy !req
667. Isn't it?Copy !req
668. Flora!Copy !req
669. Who is it?Copy !req
670. Over there.Copy !req
671. Oh, goodness, miss, you gave me
quite a turn sitting there in the dark.Copy !req
672. - And where are the children?
- Upstairs with Anna.Copy !req
673. I wanted to be by myself
for a while, to think.Copy !req
674. Well, miss, I'm sure a little light
will make your thoughts more cheerful.Copy !req
675. Mrs. Grose?
There are two of them.Copy !req
676. I beg your pardon?Copy !req
677. Two of those... abominations.Copy !req
678. Today, down by the lake...Copy !req
679. there in the broad sunlight...Copy !req
680. I saw the other one.Copy !req
681. - The other one?
- A woman dressed in black.Copy !req
682. - Miss Jessel.
- Oh, but Miss Jessel's dead.Copy !req
683. She died, why, almost a year ago.Copy !req
684. Huh. Almost a year ago.Copy !req
685. Almost a year.Copy !req
686. Flora saw her too.Copy !req
687. - Did she tell you so?
- No, of course not.Copy !req
688. She lied to me.
Well, it amounted to a lie.Copy !req
689. Oh, now, miss, I've never known
either of the children to tell lies.Copy !req
690. - Why would they?
- Why?Copy !req
691. Because they are both playing...Copy !req
692. or being made to play
some monstrous game.Copy !req
693. I can't pretend to understand
what its purpose is.Copy !req
694. I only know that it is happening.Copy !req
695. Something secretive and whispery...Copy !req
696. and indecent.Copy !req
697. I tell you, believe me,
the children are in dreadful peril.Copy !req
698. Well, what are we to do?Copy !req
699. Then you do believe me?Copy !req
700. You don't think I'm imagining it?Copy !req
701. - I believe you, miss.
- Oh, thank God.Copy !req
702. Thank God.Copy !req
703. I've been so frightened.
I've felt so alone.Copy !req
704. But together,
with you to help me ─Copy !req
705. Oh, yes, miss, I'll help you.
Only tell me how.Copy !req
706. Yes.Copy !req
707. We must try to learn
what it is these horrors want.Copy !req
708. Think, Mrs. Grose.
The answer must lie in the past.Copy !req
709. Were Quint and Miss Jessel...Copy !req
710. in love?Copy !req
711. They were in love, weren't they?Copy !req
712. Love? Oh, I suppose
that's what she called it.Copy !req
713. But it was more like a sickness...Copy !req
714. a fever that leaves the body
burned out and dry.Copy !req
715. There was no cruelty
she wouldn't suffer.Copy !req
716. If he struck her ─ Oh, yes,
and I've seen him knock her to the floor ─Copy !req
717. she'd look at him as though
she wanted the weight of his hand.Copy !req
718. No pride, no shame.Copy !req
719. Crawl to him on her hands and knees,
she would.Copy !req
720. And him laughing at her.
Such a savage laugh he had.Copy !req
721. Oh, it hurts me to remember.Copy !req
722. Bad she was, but no woman
could have suffered more.Copy !req
723. A person ought to keep quiet about it.Copy !req
724. You must tell me.Copy !req
725. Oh, miss, there's things
I've seen I ─ I'm ashamed to say.Copy !req
726. Go on.Copy !req
727. Rooms...Copy !req
728. used by daylight...Copy !req
729. as though they were dark woods.Copy !req
730. They didn't care that you saw them?Copy !req
731. And the children?Copy !req
732. I can't say, miss.
L-I don't know what the children saw.Copy !req
733. But they used to follow
Quint and Miss Jessel...Copy !req
734. trailing along behind
hand in hand, whispering.Copy !req
735. There was too much whispering
in this house, miss.Copy !req
736. Oh, yes, I can imagine.Copy !req
737. Yes, I can imagine what sort of things
they whispered about.Copy !req
738. Quint, Miles.Copy !req
739. I can hear them together.Copy !req
740. But there was nothing wrong
in Master Miles wanting to be with Quint.Copy !req
741. Quint taught him to ride
and took him walking.Copy !req
742. - The poor lad needed someone to ─
- To corrupt him?Copy !req
743. But Master Miles
is a good boy, miss.Copy !req
744. - There's nothing wicked in him.
- Unless he's deceiving us.Copy !req
745. Unless they're both deceiving us.Copy !req
746. - The innocents.
- Innocents they are, miss.Copy !req
747. It's not fair.
You have no right to accuse them of ─Copy !req
748. Oh, forgive me, Mrs. Grose.
I'm not accusing.Copy !req
749. I'm just trying to put it together,
to understand.Copy !req
750. Tell me, were the children happy?Copy !req
751. Oh, they seemed to be.
The same as now.Copy !req
752. But sometimes I used to wonder if
they really cared for them, those two...Copy !req
753. or if they weren't
just using them.Copy !req
754. Using them?Copy !req
755. Yes, of course they were...Copy !req
756. and still are.Copy !req
757. And in the end, what happened to her,
Miss Jessel?Copy !req
758. Oh, that was pitiful.Copy !req
759. When Quint was found,
she went into blackest mourning.Copy !req
760. Her, that should have
hated the man.Copy !req
761. She grieved till there was something
crazy in her eyes.Copy !req
762. Never slept. Never ate.Copy !req
763. I used to hear her wandering about
all over the house, sobbing.Copy !req
764. Couldn't go on.Copy !req
765. Finally she died.Copy !req
766. Here? At Bly?
But of what did she die?Copy !req
767. Well, I suppose
you might say a broken heart.Copy !req
768. Excuse me, miss.
They're in bed now.Copy !req
769. All scrubbed and nice and waiting
for you to hear their prayers.Copy !req
770. Thank you, Anna.
I shall be up in a moment.Copy !req
771. One thing more before I go.Copy !req
772. - Yes, miss?
- Our local vicar, what sort of man is he?Copy !req
773. The Reverend Fennel? Oh, he's a
very fine sort of gentleman, miss.Copy !req
774. Oh, but, miss, I wouldn't do that.Copy !req
775. I mean, if you were thinking of discussing
with the vicar what we have been discussing ─Copy !req
776. Oh, I wouldn't, miss.Copy !req
777. - Why not?
- Well, it ─Copy !req
778. it might cause talk, a scandal.Copy !req
779. Haven't we worse to fear
than a scandal?Copy !req
780. But what good would it do, miss,
telling the vicar our secrets?Copy !req
781. He can't help us.Copy !req
782. He's perhaps
the only one who can.Copy !req
783. What good would it do, miss,
telling the vicar our secrets?Copy !req
784. He can't help us.Copy !req
785. Only remember,
you are in supreme authority.Copy !req
786. Shh. Flora, it's a secret.Copy !req
787. You must remember it's a secret.Copy !req
788. Watch her.Copy !req
789. Flora, it's a secret. It's a secret.Copy !req
790. It's a secret. A secret.Copy !req
791. I've made up my mind.Copy !req
792. Right after church, I shall take the next
train to London and see their uncle.Copy !req
793. - He must have returned.
- But why, miss? Why now?Copy !req
794. Because I ─
We can go on no longer without help.Copy !req
795. I know you're almost sick with worry,
but except for odd times...Copy !req
796. you can't say the children
haven't been good.Copy !req
797. But they haven't been good,
merely easy to live with.Copy !req
798. Because they are not living with us.
We have no part in their real life.Copy !req
799. Dear Mrs. Grose, I know it's hard for you
to think wrong of those children...Copy !req
800. but there are things
that I haven't told you...Copy !req
801. that I can't bring myself
to tell even you.Copy !req
802. Look at them.Copy !req
803. What do you think they're saying?Copy !req
804. Well, I don't know, miss.
Just children's talk.Copy !req
805. They're talking about them.Copy !req
806. Talking horrors.Copy !req
807. So far these monsters
have kept their distance.Copy !req
808. Only been seen in high places...Copy !req
809. through windows, across the lake.Copy !req
810. But they intend coming closer.
And if they do ─Copy !req
811. - What will you say to the master?
- Well, what can I say?Copy !req
812. That his house is being poisoned?Copy !req
813. That the children
are a pair of calculating liars?Copy !req
814. That they have friends who would
frighten them out of their lives...Copy !req
815. if they weren't deeply
and forever bound to them?Copy !req
816. Oh, yes, I know,
he'll think I'm insane...Copy !req
817. or that it's some stupid trick
to get him to notice me.Copy !req
818. Oh, I wish there was
something I could do to help.Copy !req
819. There is.
Have you told me everything?Copy !req
820. If I am to convince their uncle,
I must have the truth.Copy !req
821. All the truth.Copy !req
822. How did Miss Jessel die?Copy !req
823. Please, miss, we'll be late.Copy !req
824. How did she die?Copy !req
825. In wickedness.Copy !req
826. She put an end to herself.
She was found in the lake, drowned.Copy !req
827. Oh, I'm sorry, miss.
L-I should never have told you.Copy !req
828. I'm glad you did.Copy !req
829. Oh, go in, Mrs. Grose.
I'll follow you in a moment.Copy !req
830. Flora.Copy !req
831. I do wish you wouldn't go, miss. It seems
wrong somehow, your hurrying off like this.Copy !req
832. I'm left with no choice.
Thank you, Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
833. There's nothing else to be done...Copy !req
834. except to go to their uncle, tell him
everything and force him to understand.Copy !req
835. - Did you order the carriage for me?
- I did, miss.Copy !req
836. I'll go and see if it's come round.
I'll get someone to take your luggage down.Copy !req
837. Thank you.
I shall be in the schoolroom.Copy !req
838. Miss Giddens?Copy !req
839. Miss Giddens?Copy !req
840. Are you ready, miss?Copy !req
841. I'm not going.Copy !req
842. Everything has changed.Copy !req
843. Are you ill?Copy !req
844. - Where are the children?
- Anna's giving them their milk.Copy !req
845. The carriage is ready, miss.Copy !req
846. From now on, we must never let them
out of our sight.Copy !req
847. We can't take the slightest chance.Copy !req
848. Of what?Copy !req
849. She was here.Copy !req
850. She was waiting for me.Copy !req
851. Who?Copy !req
852. She spoke.Copy !req
853. - She spoke?
- Lt came to that.Copy !req
854. Oh, I could feel pity for her...Copy !req
855. if she herself
were not so pitiless.Copy !req
856. And hungry. Hungry for him.Copy !req
857. For his arms...Copy !req
858. and his lips.Copy !req
859. But she can only reach him ─Copy !req
860. They can only reach each other
by entering the souls of the children...Copy !req
861. and possessing them.Copy !req
862. The children are possessed.Copy !req
863. They live and know...Copy !req
864. and share this hell.Copy !req
865. Then surely
you must tell the master.Copy !req
866. I can't leave them now.Copy !req
867. I shall write to him and insist upon
his coming down here.Copy !req
868. But even if he chooses
to ignore me...Copy !req
869. with or without his help,
I think I know how we can save them.Copy !req
870. Yes, miss?Copy !req
871. They must be made
to admit what is happening.Copy !req
872. One word, one word of the truth
from these children...Copy !req
873. and we can cast out
those devils forever.Copy !req
874. I pray to God you're right, miss.Copy !req
875. Shh.Copy !req
876. Softly. The children are listening.Copy !req
877. He had a
wound on his head as if he'd slipped.Copy !req
878. I can't forget his eyes ─
they were open.Copy !req
879. What shall
I say when his feet enter softly...Copy !req
880. leaving the marks of his grave
on my floor?Copy !req
881. Kiss me. Kiss me.Copy !req
882. Kiss me. Kiss me. Kiss me.Copy !req
883. Look at the children.Copy !req
884. Look at the children.Copy !req
885. You're hurting me.Copy !req
886. The children are watching.Copy !req
887. The children are watching.Copy !req
888. The children are watching.Copy !req
889. Haven't they
taught you? Knock before you enter.Copy !req
890. Knock before you enter.Copy !req
891. - Knock before you enter.
- Knock before you enter.Copy !req
892. Knock before you enter.Copy !req
893. Knock before you enter.
Knock before you enter.Copy !req
894. Knock before you enter!
Knock before you enter!Copy !req
895. Knock before you enter! Knock before you enter!Copy !req
896. Knock before you enter!
Knock before you enter!Copy !req
897. Love me! Love me! Love me!Copy !req
898. Love me! Love me!Copy !req
899. Quint is dead.Copy !req
900. Flora!Copy !req
901. Somebody's walking in the garden.Copy !req
902. Miles!Copy !req
903. Oh!Copy !req
904. Miles, what were you doing?Copy !req
905. - When?
- You were looking up at the tower.Copy !req
906. - You saw something.
- Of course I did.Copy !req
907. - What did you see?
- Only you, Miss Giddens.Copy !req
908. - I was waiting for you.
- Waiting?Copy !req
909. Oh, I knew you'd look out.
But don't you want to know why?Copy !req
910. I'll tell you the real, true reason.Copy !req
911. - But I wonder if you'll understand.
- I'll try.Copy !req
912. Well, put me back to bed then,
if you're not too cross.Copy !req
913. - Are you cross?
- Yes, I am.Copy !req
914. I thought you would be.
Come on. I'll tell you when I'm in bed.Copy !req
915. - Well, now ─
- Yes?Copy !req
916. I wanted you to think me bad
for a change.Copy !req
917. For a change?Copy !req
918. Well, I thought I might be
becoming a bore.Copy !req
919. Miles, tell me the truth.Copy !req
920. But I am. I mean, good children
do get a bit boring, don't they?Copy !req
921. So I thought, why not go out tonight
and wander about in my bare feet?Copy !req
922. It was a shocking thing
to do, wasn't it?Copy !req
923. Yes, very shocking.Copy !req
924. Well, that was our plan.
Flora and I arranged it together.Copy !req
925. But we giggled so.
I was sure you must have heard us.Copy !req
926. Yes, I-I did hear something.Copy !req
927. I told her to go
over to the window.Copy !req
928. Then you'd be bound
to look out and see me.Copy !req
929. Flora's been bad as well.Copy !req
930. Miles, what are you hiding
under your pillow?Copy !req
931. I'm not hiding it.
I'm keeping it warm.Copy !req
932. I found it this morning ─
one of my pigeons.Copy !req
933. I couldn't, could I,
leave it out there alone?Copy !req
934. But, Miles...Copy !req
935. its neck.Copy !req
936. - It looks as though ─
- Someone had broken it.Copy !req
937. Yes, poor thing.
I'll bury it tomorrow.Copy !req
938. Kiss me good night,
Miss Giddens.Copy !req
939. Are you writing to your sister,
Miss Giddens?Copy !req
940. No, Miles, to your uncle.Copy !req
941. I knew you would finally.Copy !req
942. Did you?Copy !req
943. I suppose you're telling him
what a wicked boy I've been.Copy !req
944. It concerns you, in part, yes.Copy !req
945. Well, do be sure
and give him my love.Copy !req
946. Miles, isn't that the tune
that Flora's always singing?Copy !req
947. Do you like it?Copy !req
948. Where is Flora?Copy !req
949. Isn't she here?Copy !req
950. Shall I play you something else?Copy !req
951. Flora!Copy !req
952. Flora!Copy !req
953. Flora!Copy !req
954. Mrs. Grose! Mrs. Grose!
Flora, she's gone!Copy !req
955. Miles planned it beautifully. Oh, yes, it
was very clever. Quick, we must find her.Copy !req
956. - Where?
- By the lake where we picnic.Copy !req
957. Where we saw Miss Jessel!Copy !req
958. - You see? She's taken the boat.
- All alone, that child?Copy !req
959. She's not alone.
And at such time, she's not a child.Copy !req
960. She's an old, old woman.Copy !req
961. - Flora?
- Oh, there you are.Copy !req
962. I thought someone
was watching me.Copy !req
963. And who did you think it was?Copy !req
964. Why, Miss Giddens,
you came out without your hat.Copy !req
965. So did you.Copy !req
966. - How did you get here, dear?
- Ln the boat.Copy !req
967. Miss? Miss Giddens?Copy !req
968. And when did you learn
to row, Flora?Copy !req
969. Miles taught me.Copy !req
970. Why did you come here?Copy !req
971. I always come here when I want to dance,
when I want to be alone.Copy !req
972. And who gave you that music box?Copy !req
973. - I don't think I remember.
- Miss Giddens?Copy !req
974. Oh, yes, I do.
It was Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
975. - No, it was not.
- Wasn't it, Miss Giddens, dear?Copy !req
976. And where, my pet, is Miss Jessel?Copy !req
977. Where is she, Flora?Copy !req
978. Miss Giddens?Copy !req
979. Where is she?
You know you can see her!Copy !req
980. - Miss?
- Look, Flora, look! There!Copy !req
981. - You know you can see her.
- I can't! I can't!Copy !req
982. Admit it! She's there!
You know you can see her!Copy !req
983. - I can't! I can't!
- But look! She's there!Copy !req
984. - Stop it! I'm frightened!
- Stop it, miss.Copy !req
985. But you can see her. You must!Copy !req
986. Hush, hush, dear. Hush.
She isn't there. How could she be?Copy !req
987. She's dead and buried.
Hush, little lamb.Copy !req
988. I can't see anything! I've never seen
anything! You're cruel! You're wicked!Copy !req
989. I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!Copy !req
990. - Flora!
- Take me away from her.Copy !req
991. She's cruel! Take me away!
Please take me away!Copy !req
992. Don't look at her! Don't look at her!
She frightens me so!Copy !req
993. Hush, dear. Come on.Copy !req
994. Mrs. Grose!Copy !req
995. Come on.Copy !req
996. Come along.Copy !req
997. I like it when the fire does that.
Don't you?Copy !req
998. Shh. Hush, my love.
Anna will stay with you.Copy !req
999. I've never known the equal.
Never. It's beyond nature.Copy !req
1000. Now do you believe me?
Now that you've seen?Copy !req
1001. Now that I've heard.
In all my years ─Copy !req
1002. and I've known a vile tongue or two in my
time ─ never have I heard such obscenities.Copy !req
1003. That pleases you?Copy !req
1004. No, of course not, but it justifies me.
It's proof.Copy !req
1005. Perhaps it is, but to hear such filth
from a child's mouth...Copy !req
1006. I don't know where
she could have learned such language.Copy !req
1007. - I know.
- I never heard her speak like it before.Copy !req
1008. Never. Till you came.Copy !req
1009. You saw who taught her.
You saw that woman.Copy !req
1010. I know what I saw.Copy !req
1011. Has she mentioned it?
Mentioned Miss Jessel?Copy !req
1012. - Only to say there was no one there.
- Yes, and you pretended to believe her.Copy !req
1013. I didn't have to pretend.Copy !req
1014. Well, how can you say that?Copy !req
1015. As though you ─ you too
were a complete innocent?Copy !req
1016. Well, you lived here.
You knew those two.Copy !req
1017. You knew them when they were alive, and
what influence they were on the children.Copy !req
1018. And it frightened you. When I came
here, you were still frightened.Copy !req
1019. Oh, you were.
I sensed it. And why?Copy !req
1020. Because you felt
they weren't really dead.Copy !req
1021. And now, despite all that,
you turn on me, you blame me.Copy !req
1022. And all I want to do is save the children,
not destroy them. Don't you know that?Copy !req
1023. All I know is Miss Flora
was a sweet, innocent child...Copy !req
1024. a happy child,
until you made her face that ─Copy !req
1025. That woman! Say it!Copy !req
1026. That bad memory!Copy !req
1027. It may have been the saving of her.Copy !req
1028. But you must take her to her uncle.Copy !req
1029. You must both go away tomorrow.Copy !req
1030. Away from me, away from them,
the servants ─ everyone must go.Copy !req
1031. And leave you here all alone?Copy !req
1032. Except for Miles.Copy !req
1033. We were together this afternoon...Copy !req
1034. sitting in front of the fire.Copy !req
1035. He didn't say anything...Copy !req
1036. but he wanted to.Copy !req
1037. It was like a pendulum...Copy !req
1038. and I could feel it swinging my way.Copy !req
1039. Slowly, slowly.Copy !req
1040. Oh, yes, he wanted to reveal himself
and ask for my help.Copy !req
1041. And we must give him that chance.Copy !req
1042. Don't you understand that?Copy !req
1043. After today, miss,
I doubt I shall ever understand you.Copy !req
1044. It was a cruel thing.
And if you're planning another cruelty ─Copy !req
1045. But to wake a child out of a bad dream,
is that a cruelty?Copy !req
1046. If you were my age...Copy !req
1047. and had cared for
as many children as I have...Copy !req
1048. you'd know that waking a child can
sometimes be worse than any bad dream.Copy !req
1049. - No.
- It's the shock.Copy !req
1050. And then being suddenly deprived.Copy !req
1051. No, no, you're wrong.
You're talking nonsense.Copy !req
1052. As you say, miss.Copy !req
1053. You and Flora
will leave tomorrow.Copy !req
1054. It is my decision.
I shall send the servants away.Copy !req
1055. He put me in charge ─
in sole charge, Mrs. Grose.Copy !req
1056. Tomorrow
I must be alone here with Miles.Copy !req
1057. Miss, may I ask what I am
to tell their uncle?Copy !req
1058. The truth.Copy !req
1059. The truth?Copy !req
1060. Yes, miss.Copy !req
1061. Thank you.Copy !req
1062. Mrs. Grose,
have you got my letter?Copy !req
1063. - What letter, miss?
- To their uncle. I left it on the desk.Copy !req
1064. Oh, I haven't touched it, miss.Copy !req
1065. Well, I wonder who ─Copy !req
1066. Oh, of course. Miles.Copy !req
1067. - You're accusing him of stealing?
- Well, what matter?Copy !req
1068. It's just one thing more for us
to talk about when we're alone.Copy !req
1069. - Where is Master Miles?
- He went out early this morning.Copy !req
1070. But I shall wait for him.Copy !req
1071. He'll come to me.Copy !req
1072. Well, I-I suppose
Miss Flora and I had best be on our way.Copy !req
1073. Give her my love...Copy !req
1074. when she's better.Copy !req
1075. And, Mrs. Grose, please...Copy !req
1076. wait till you see Miles again...Copy !req
1077. before you judge me.Copy !req
1078. I can't judge you, miss.Copy !req
1079. A body can only judge themselves.Copy !req
1080. May God be with you, miss.Copy !req
1081. So, here you are.Copy !req
1082. I say, are we having tea in here?Copy !req
1083. - Yes, Miles.
- How very grand and grown-up.Copy !req
1084. Yes, and we can
talk together now, like adults.Copy !req
1085. Jolly nice, I call it.Copy !req
1086. I feel quite the master of the house.Copy !req
1087. Where are the servants?Copy !req
1088. They've gone home.Copy !req
1089. Oh, did you send them,
or did they take fright and run away?Copy !req
1090. What do you mean?Copy !req
1091. Well, you're afraid,
and perhaps you made them so.Copy !req
1092. And of what ─
assuming you are right ─Copy !req
1093. of what am I afraid, Miles?Copy !req
1094. I'm not a mind reader, my dear.
I've told you that before.Copy !req
1095. But I do sense things.Copy !req
1096. Don't worry.
There's a man in the house.Copy !req
1097. - Is there?
- Yes. Me.Copy !req
1098. I'll protect you.Copy !req
1099. I say, it is fun.Copy !req
1100. We've got the whole house
to ourselves.Copy !req
1101. More or less.
There are still the others.Copy !req
1102. Poor Flora.
Is she awfully ill?Copy !req
1103. I mean, is it serious?Copy !req
1104. Has she gone to hospital?Copy !req
1105. No, just to London.Copy !req
1106. I think Bly
didn't agree with her anymore.Copy !req
1107. - This house upset her.
- Suddenly?Copy !req
1108. Oh, no, I had seen it coming on.Copy !req
1109. Did you?
Then why didn't I?Copy !req
1110. I love Flora, and I know what she feels
before she feels it herself.Copy !req
1111. She loved this house.Copy !req
1112. She was as happy here ─Copy !req
1113. As happy as I am.Copy !req
1114. - Are you?
- What?Copy !req
1115. So very happy.Copy !req
1116. Are you, Miles?Copy !req
1117. If you'll excuse me.Copy !req
1118. Miles, you haven't ─Copy !req
1119. Poor Flora. She must have been upset
to have forgotten Rupert.Copy !req
1120. Why did you want to
be alone with me?Copy !req
1121. I think you know very well.Copy !req
1122. What do I know?Copy !req
1123. Or rather, what is it
that you want to know?Copy !req
1124. Well, for one thing, why that night
when you were supposed to be in bed...Copy !req
1125. why were you in the garden?Copy !req
1126. I told you.Copy !req
1127. The real reason, Miles.Copy !req
1128. It's beyond me why you go on
asking a fellow questions...Copy !req
1129. when every time he answers you
you tell him it isn't true.Copy !req
1130. Because you are not telling the truth!Copy !req
1131. Don't shout.
Don't be so angry.Copy !req
1132. It does something to your face.Copy !req
1133. It makes you look ugly and cruel.Copy !req
1134. Miles. Miles, listen to me.Copy !req
1135. I'm not a cruel person.Copy !req
1136. I'm sometimes very foolish
and I make mistakes...Copy !req
1137. but I'm not cruel.Copy !req
1138. My father taught me
to love people and help them.Copy !req
1139. Help them even if
they refuse my help.Copy !req
1140. Even if it hurt them sometimes.Copy !req
1141. And that's the only reason I'm here
is to help you.Copy !req
1142. Whatever you've done,
I'm not against you.Copy !req
1143. - I don't think it's your fault.
- But I haven't done anything.Copy !req
1144. Then why were you
sent home from school?Copy !req
1145. It must be...Copy !req
1146. because I'm different.Copy !req
1147. But you aren't.
You're like any other boy.Copy !req
1148. Ah, now who isn't telling the truth?Copy !req
1149. If you really thought that,
we wouldn't be having these conversations.Copy !req
1150. No, my dear, you don't think
I'm like any other boy.Copy !req
1151. That's why you're afraid.Copy !req
1152. If I am, it's for you.Copy !req
1153. And I am afraid for you, Miles.Copy !req
1154. - If you don't tell me now ─
- There's nothing.Copy !req
1155. Isn't there?
Why did you take my letter?Copy !req
1156. You did take it, didn't you?Copy !req
1157. Yes, I took it.Copy !req
1158. Why?Copy !req
1159. To see what you said about us.Copy !req
1160. Us?Copy !req
1161. Well, about me.Copy !req
1162. And what did you discover?Copy !req
1163. You thanked my uncle
for trusting you.Copy !req
1164. You apologized for troubling him...Copy !req
1165. for asking him to come down.Copy !req
1166. Go on, Miles.
What else did I say?Copy !req
1167. That's all I read. I heard footsteps.
I threw it on the fire.Copy !req
1168. And did you take other things?Copy !req
1169. Is that what you did at school?Copy !req
1170. No, I'm not a thief.Copy !req
1171. Then what did you do, Miles?Copy !req
1172. I ─ Well, I ─ I said things.Copy !req
1173. Yes, Miles?Copy !req
1174. Sometimes I hurt things.Copy !req
1175. And sometimes at night...Copy !req
1176. when everything was dark ─Copy !req
1177. - What?
- They screamed.Copy !req
1178. The masters heard about it.Copy !req
1179. They said I frightened
the other boys.Copy !req
1180. And when...Copy !req
1181. did you first see
and hear of such things?Copy !req
1182. Why, I ─ I made them up.Copy !req
1183. Who taught them to you?Copy !req
1184. I told you,
they just came into my head.Copy !req
1185. What were they?Copy !req
1186. Shall I tell you
who taught them to you?Copy !req
1187. I won't ever again.
I promise.Copy !req
1188. Shall I tell you who taught you the things
you've done, the things you've said?Copy !req
1189. Shall I tell you his name?Copy !req
1190. You don't fool me.
I know why you keep on and on.Copy !req
1191. - Miles.
- It's because you're afraid.Copy !req
1192. You're afraid you might be mad.Copy !req
1193. So you keep on and on, trying to make me
admit something that isn't true.Copy !req
1194. Trying to frighten me
the way you frightened Flora.Copy !req
1195. - Miles. Please.
- But I'm not Flora. I'm no baby.Copy !req
1196. You think you can
run to my uncle with a lot of lies.Copy !req
1197. But he won't believe you,
not when I tell him what you are ─Copy !req
1198. a damned hussy,
a damned dirty-minded hag!Copy !req
1199. - You never fooled us.
- Miles!Copy !req
1200. We always knew.Copy !req
1201. - Miles?
- Forgive me.Copy !req
1202. Hush, darling, hush.Copy !req
1203. There.Copy !req
1204. - I didn't mean it.
- Oh.Copy !req
1205. It wasn't you.Copy !req
1206. That voice, those words...Copy !req
1207. they weren't yours.Copy !req
1208. Forgive me.Copy !req
1209. Oh, Miles. Dear Miles.Copy !req
1210. Say it now.Copy !req
1211. Now, while I'm holding you.Copy !req
1212. Say his name...Copy !req
1213. and it will all be over.Copy !req
1214. Who?Copy !req
1215. The man who taught you.Copy !req
1216. The man you've been meeting...Copy !req
1217. that you've never stopped meeting.Copy !req
1218. You're wrong! You're insane!Copy !req
1219. - You're insane!
- His name, Miles!Copy !req
1220. You are insane!
You're insane!Copy !req
1221. His name, Miles.
Tell me his name!Copy !req
1222. - You must tell me his name!
- He's dead!Copy !req
1223. - Look!
- No!Copy !req
1224. Look!Copy !req
1225. - Look!
- No!Copy !req
1226. - He's here! For the last time, he's here!
- No, no, he's dead!Copy !req
1227. He's here,
and you must say his name!Copy !req
1228. Quint! Peter Quint!Copy !req
1229. Where? Where?Copy !req
1230. Where? Where, you devil?Copy !req
1231. Where?Copy !req
1232. He's gone, Miles.Copy !req
1233. You're safe.Copy !req
1234. You're free.Copy !req
1235. I have you.Copy !req
1236. He's lost you forever.Copy !req
1237. Miles?Copy !req
1238. Miles!Copy !req
1239. Oh, no.Copy !req