Dementia 13

John, let's go to bed.

I want to take the boat out alone.

I'll be up later.

No, I'll go with you.

John...

That will is no good.

Your mother's still alive.

We can talk her into changing it.

You were always too greedy, Louise.

I just don't like to see her exploiting you.

Honey, she's leaving all of your family's money to charity

in the name of this mysterious Kathleen.

It's ridiculous.

Your mother is crazy.

You don't know anything about it.

I know that music's terrible.

John, you're rowing too hard. Let me row.

You're concerned about me, Louise.

Is it my heart?

Stop it.

You're only a member of the family

as long as you're my wife.

If I die before mother,

you're a stranger...

Entitled to nothing.

Now you've done it.

Where are the pills?

I-In the coat.

It's empty, you idiot!

Row faster, Louise.

If I die, there's nothing in it for you.

Shut up.

John?

John!

Now what do I do?

I got to get rid of him.

I'll have to get rid of his things,

say he went back to New York on business or something.

"Mother...

"I am terribly sorry...

"But I have received...

"An urgent...

"Wire from New York.

"Since I must leave tonight...

"I will be forced to miss...

"Kathleen's...

"Memorial ceremony.

"But you all know...

"My thoughts

"will be with her,

in loving memory."

"Your loving son, John."

I'll pack the things he would have taken...

A suit, some shirts.

I'm finally rid of him.

I know I can handle his mother without him around.

She's half-crazy anyway.

I can get rid of her,

one way or the other.

I'd better watch out for his brothers, though,

especially the older one, Richard.

The typewriter...

He wouldn't forget that.

He'd have to write letters on the plane.

I wonder if he'll rot underwater.

Everything, everything.

I'll make her change that ridiculous will.

"Your loving son, John."

Fat John.

I hope everything works out with John's business.

I'm sure everything will be fine.

Your brother's always had a way of solving his own problems.

Oh, I'm sorry.

We're in your way.

What do you think of Ireland, castle haloran?

Ireland's fine.

Castle haloran is a bit perplexing,

a very strange place, really... Old and musty,

the kind of place you'd expect a ghost

to like to wander around in,

kind of a haunted castle.

Castle haloran is haunted.

By your mother?

By Kathleen.

I know very little about her.

In fact, I didn't even know you had a sister

until we arrived here.

There's not that much to know about her, really.

My mother was about 40 when she gave birth to Kathleen.

It was like a gift, she used to say...

"an apple for the starving and Kathleen for me."

She even had a poem...

"three sons, each who would marry and go away,

but little Kathleen would always stay."

It's engraven on her little tombstone now.

How did she die?

She drowned in the pond.

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Excuse me, miss. A-Are you Kane?

Yes. Hello.

Well, I'm Billy, Richard's brother.

I came to get you.

Oh, hi. I'm so happy to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Uh, Richard's sorry he couldn't come to get you,

but he's... well, he's up to his elbows in statues,

so I said I wouldn't mind picking you up.

Thanks. That's awfully nice of you, Billy.

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My oldest brother, John, had to leave early this morning,

but his wife, Louise, is still here.

She's from america, so you won't get homesick.

Uh, that's my bag. Oh.

Is it cold?

Freezing.

But all old castles are like that.

To tell you the truth,

castle haloran gives me nightmares.

There it is.

Unbelievable.

We'll leave the luggage for a minute.

Come on. I'll take you to him.

This is where he works.

What is it?!

I'm sorry, Richard.

Kane.

Oh, I missed you.

I missed you, too.

Well, I'm sorry I didn't pick you up myself, honey,

but I wanted to finish this statue.

You look wonderful.

Well, I find a statue reminds me of death.

How very unusual, lady haloran,

for a woman to have been married to such a famous sculptor

and yet feel that way.

Did, uh, John mention when he was going to return?

He wasn't sure.

We thought I'd stay on for a while

to get to know the family,

and then if he couldn't make it back,

I'd just return to New York.

How long is a little while?

As long as you like, mother.

Well, you're very welcome here, Louise,

as long as you understand the privacy

of our personal duties.

I speak of the ceremony tomorrow.

I'm sure John explained it to you.

I'm afraid John was usually too busy

to talk much about the family.

That's why I'm so happy to be here, finally.

You'll have a pleasant stay.

And I'm sure you can find something to occupy your time

during the ceremony.

It won't take very long.

Perhaps I am superstitious,

but I think it's important that only the immediate members

of the family should give their thoughts to...

Kathleen.

Excuse me.

Mother, I don't care what tragedy hangs over this family.

I want to get married. I'm engaged to be married.

And I'm going to get married.

Moreover, I'm going to marry Kane.

Oh, mother, Kathleen's dead.

She's been dead for seven years.

You never talked so much when you were a child.

Well, I cried a lot, didn't I?

Afraid I might be doing that again

if you frighten her away from me.

You want me to include her, to talk to her?

Yes.

Yes, I do.

Very well. I will.

I'll tell her I don't care for her.

Mother!

You hurt her,

and I promise you I'll never forget it.