:43:00
Shall we have some brandy
in the living room?
:43:02
I could use something
to warm me up.
:43:05
Don't say it.
I know you think it's hot in here.
:43:08
No. As a matter of fact,
it's rather chilly.
:43:20
Do you know The Ancient Mariner?
:43:22
Vaguely. I read it in school.
:43:25
I found a copy of it
in my uncle's desk.
:43:28
He underlined one part.
:43:33
"Like one that on a lonesome road
doth walk in fear and dread...
:43:37
because he knows a frightful fiiend...
:43:39
doth close behind him tread."
:43:42
I hope you don't read poems like that
to your kindergarten class.
:43:46
When it's important that
a child learn something...
:43:48
I use the most
direct means available.
:43:51
I get it, teach.
:43:54
He scribbled a note
on the next page.
:43:56
I never had a kindergarten teacher
as pretty as you are.
:44:00
- I'm serious.
- So am I.
:44:03
You wouldn't deny a dying man
a last request, would you?
:44:06
You'll listen whether you like it
or not. You haven't much time left.
:44:10
"Today I found all the pages
of my desk calendar...
:44:13
torn out after October the 22nd."
:44:16
I know why.
He died on the 22nd.
:44:22
John, what's the matter?
:44:24
The same thing happened
to my desk calendar, after the 28th.
:44:29
And I know why.
:44:30
You put the two together, and
they add up to a very obvious trick.
:44:34
You see, when a tribal witch doctor
puts a hex on his victim...
:44:38
he always lets the victim know
well beforehand.
:44:42
Let me see your uncle's diary.
:44:52
In case it would
make you feel better...
:44:54
a parchment has to be passed...
:44:56
and the person has to
take it without knowing.