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:06:01
Now, tell me
what you remember of the seance.

:06:05
- In a nutshell?
- Please.

:06:08
Well - (Clears Throat)
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About 40 years ago,
you arranged to have

:06:14
your sister Harriet's baby
given away without a trace.

:06:17
And now your bad dreams
and troubled conscience tell you

:06:20
to find the grown-up person,
take him into the family

:06:23
and bestow your wealth on him.
:06:25
- Excellent.
- Thank you.

:06:27
And why did I force my sister
to give the child away?

:06:31
I guess the kid was a -
illegitimate, Miss Rainbird.

:06:37
I don't want you
to think me a puritan, Madame Blanche.

:06:40
But 40 years ago, an unmarried mother
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was not the commonplace
it is nowadays.

:06:46
And in a family like ours,
:06:48
a scandal had to be
covered up at all costs.

:06:51
I understand.
:06:53
And I'm still sufficiently old-fashioned,
:06:55
and sufficiently protective
of the Rainbird name,

:06:58
to want to seek the missing heir
:07:00
in a private and secret fashion,
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rather than go to detective agencies
:07:06
and put notices in the newspapers.
:07:08
A most wise decision, Miss Rainbird.
:07:12
Well, now, suppose we get to the reason
:07:15
for my sending for you.
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I'm 78 years of age.
:07:19
I would like to go to my grave
with a quiet conscience.

:07:22
Particularly as I know
that my only heir is out there somewhere,

:07:27
deprived by my acts
of his true Rainbird name.

:07:31
Will you help me with your powers?
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If in your heart you believe that I can,
:07:39
then I owe it to both of us to try,
Miss Rainbird.

:07:41
No, I'm too old for trying.
:07:44
I've only time enough left for results!
:07:47
Find him for me, Madame Blanche.
Use your spirit-control, your "Henry".

:07:52
Get through to my sister.
:07:54
Find her son,
whoever he is, wherever he is,

:07:58
and I'll pay you $10,000.

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