:29:04
I'd like you to meet my mother.
You must try her homemade ice cream.
:29:07
She's very proud of it.
:29:10
- May I introduce Dr. Holden.
- How do you do?
:29:12
And Miss Joanna Harrington.
:29:14
Miss Harrington is a niece
of Henry Harrington's.
:29:18
Dr. Holden's going to borrow
a book from my library.
:29:21
- I've asked them to stay.
- How nice.
:29:23
I hope you don't mind
children's parties, my dear.
:29:26
Julian's so fond of children.
:29:28
He really ought to be married,
but he's so fussy.
:29:31
- You aren't married, are you?
- No.
:29:33
- Oh, Mother.
- Do you like ice cream, my dear?
:29:35
- Yes, I love it.
- Come with me. I'll give you a treat.
:29:39
- Would you like to try some?
- Not right now, thank you.
:29:42
Say, this is quite a place
you have here.
:29:44
Yes, yes.
Let me show you around.
:29:48
Snakes and Ladders. An English game.
You wouldn't know it.
:29:51
You see, if you land at the foot
of the ladder, you climb up to the top.
:29:54
But if you land on the head of a snake,
you slide all the way down again.
:29:57
Funny thing.
:29:59
I always preferred sliding down
the snakes to climbing up the ladders.
:30:03
You're a doctor of psychology.
You ought to know the answer to that.
:30:06
Maybe you're a good loser.
:30:08
I'm not, you know.
Not a bit.
:30:14
Just how much do you know
about this book that you're after?
:30:17
Not very much. Only that Professor
Harrington referred to it in his notes.
:30:21
A remarkable work. The few men
that really understood it...
:30:24
learned many strange
and terrifying secrets.
:30:27
Only a few?
Is it that hard to understand?
:30:30
I spent my life
trying to decipher it.
:30:33
The ancient sorcerers
who wrote it knew their information...
:30:35
was far too valuable to entrust
to any known language.
:30:38
I didn't realize
what I was asking for.
:30:42
You don't believe in witchcraft?
:30:44
Do you?
:30:47
Do I believe in witchcraft?
What kind of witchcraft?
:30:51
The legendary witch that rides
on the imaginary broom?
:30:53
The hex that tortures
the thoughts of the victim?
:30:56
The pin stuck in the image
that wastes away the mind and body?
:30:59
Also imaginary.