1:08:04
They said he'd be back by monday, and
they don't know anything about her there.
1:08:08
Well, do you understand
Why I'm so worried?
1:08:10
Yes, but before we both get upset,
let's wait for the father's return.
1:08:15
Maybe they got together this morning
and went off on their own.
1:08:18
I know her quite well. She was a
patient of mine three years ago.
1:08:24
-Were you aware of that?
-No. I didn't even know you were a psychiatrist.
1:08:28
Well, she had a nervous breakdown
after her mother's death,
1:08:33
And she came to me for treatment.
1:08:35
After she got better again,
we remained friends,
1:08:38
But lately she was upset about some notions
put into her head by a friend of hers.
1:08:43
-Not you, I hope?
-No.
1:08:46
They were kind of wild ideas.
1:08:49
She had discovered that the
Tam academy was founded...
1:08:53
In 1895 by a certain Helena Markos,
A Greek immigrant,
1:08:57
And that the local people
believed her to be a witch.
1:09:02
-I guess you knew that?
-No. But I have a strange feeling...
1:09:06
That somebody already told me
about it--Or something similar.
1:09:11
I can't--can't remember.
1:09:13
Well, that really got Sara's imagination
going. Earlier in the 19th century,
1:09:17
The Markos woman had been expelled
from several european countries.
1:09:22
She seemed to have something about her
which urged religious people to persecute her.
1:09:28
She also wrote a number of books, and
I read that among the initiated,
1:09:32
She went by the name "The Black Queen."
1:09:35
After she settled down here, she became
the subject of a lot of gossip.
1:09:39
Nevertheless, she managed to put
her hands on a great deal of money,
1:09:43
And she founded the Tam academy--
1:09:45
At first a sort of school of
dance and occult sciences.
1:09:50
But that didn't last long,
because in 1905,
1:09:53
After being hounded and
cursed at for ten years,
1:09:56
Madame Markos died in a fire.
1:09:59
That's all there is, as far
as witchcraft is concerned.