:24:01
Why, no. I've had it since I can remember.
:24:03
It must be centuries old.
:24:06
What does this lettering mean?
:24:09
I don't know.
:24:10
But surely your parents...
:24:12
they must have tied it there.
:24:14
I have no parents.
:24:16
Thank ye from saving us from the dog, sir.
:24:18
Come along. You're all right now, my dear.
:24:21
We live again.
:24:27
The only power I recognize
is that of our Lord, Mistress Maureen.
:24:32
So that dog couldn't be bewitched.
It couldn't be fulfilling this curse.
:24:36
Only children, or the simplest villager,
could possibly think so.
:24:41
I hear it didn't look so heathen
once Roderick tamed it.
:24:44
It slunk away with its tail between its legs.
:24:47
But about Roderick...
:24:49
where does he get his power over animals?
:24:53
It strikes you strange?
:24:56
Strikes me fortunate
for that little girl and the witch.
:25:01
That medallion he wears...
:25:03
If you're curious,
you'd best ask him yourself.
:25:06
I did.
:25:07
He doesn't know where it comes from
or what it means.
:25:11
Or so he claimed.
:25:14
You think him a liar?
:25:17
You suspect him of witchcraft.
:25:22
Roderick's no more a sorcerer than I am.
:25:25
We're all safe with him...
:25:27
and care nothing of who he is
or where he comes from.
:25:31
I understand.
:25:33
Do you?
:25:35
Then you best treat it
as you would the most sacred confession.
:25:39
He threw her down upon the bank
and used her as he would
:25:44
The maiden cried, "Alas," she sighed
:25:47
"I've lost my maidenhood"
:25:51
And she struggled slowly to her feet
:25:54
And cursed him for his life
:25:56
Then from his belt upon the ground