:24:01
He puts three exclamation marks
after that sentence.
:24:03
Karswell can be
a pretty startling character.
:24:05
- You've met him?
- This morning.
:24:07
Listen to this.
"Karswell most pleasant.
:24:10
Lost my program during concert,
and Karswell gave me his.
:24:13
A nice gesture,
since I save them."
:24:15
That doesn't sound
particularly menacing.
:24:17
Wait.
:24:20
"Today I found the parchment...
:24:22
in the concert program
Karswell gave me.
:24:24
It had runic symbols drawn on it."
:24:27
That's not mysterious.
:24:29
Runic symbols are the oldest form
of an alphabet.
:24:32
They're found carved on ancient stones,
like hieroglyphics.
:24:36
They're supposed to have magic powers.
They don't.
:24:41
"The parchment acted
as if it were alive.
:24:43
It pulled from my hand
and Flew into the fiire and burned.
:24:47
I think I can guess
what Karswell has done to me."
:24:49
- Cigarette?
- No, thanks. There's a lot more...
:24:51
about seeing visions
of a monstrous, smoky shape...
:24:54
and feeling cold,
like you said you were.
:24:57
"I'm under some kind of witch's spell.
My mind is in the balance.
:25:02
Must speak to Holden about this."
:25:05
Unfortunately, you came too late.
:25:07
What you're trying to tell me is...
:25:10
your uncle was killed by witchcraft.
:25:14
As a doctor,
I can assure you you're wrong.
:25:17
It's a pure case of auto-suggestion.
:25:20
But the way he knew
he was going to die...
:25:22
and the horrible way
he actually did.
:25:24
There's not a thing that happened
that couldn't have been an accident.
:25:28
You see, Miss Harrington,
the shock of fiinding your uncle dead...
:25:32
Please don't treat me like
a mental patient who has to be humored.
:25:35
I also majored in psychology.
:25:37
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean...
- You could learn a lot from children.
:25:40
They believe in things in the dark
until we tell them it's not so.
:25:44
Maybe we've been fooling them.
Good night, Dr. Holden.
:25:48
I'm really quite Flattered you've taken
such an interest in my welfare.
:25:51
Don't be. If I hadn't been away,
my uncle might still be alive.
:25:54
- It was an accident.
- I don't believe that.
:25:57
I loved my uncle very much, and I want
to know exactly what happened to him.