Dream No Evil

'We are all haunted by things other than the dead,

'as Grace MacDonald was haunted by a dream,

'an innocent dream which became a bridge to horror.'

Daddy!

Daddy!

Daddy, help me.

Daddy, please help me.

Daddy, please help me.

Where are you?

Please help me, Daddy.

Daddy! No, no! Daddy, please help me!

Oh, don't let them get me!

Daddy! Oh, please save me!

Daddy! Daddy!

- Help me! Daddy! No! - Come on...

You'll wake up all the other children.

My daddy's coming to take me out of this place.

You have no daddy.

I do so, and he's coming.

Grace, be quiet. Don't force me to have to strap you to the bed.

Daddy, help me! Help me!

Help me, Daddy, please!

Please, Daddy, help me! Where are you?

Daddy!

Right, all of you, back down in your beds.

And get your heads covered.

I want all of your heads covered.

Alright, young lady. Now, back to your bedroom.

Come on, march.

Our cheeks to our pillows, girls.

With a night's rest, our day will be shining.

Cheek on the pillow.

My daddy will come.

No, Grace, he will not.

Daddy?

What is this sweet child's name?

Grace MacDonald.

Grace MacDonald?

Take one step forward.

Alright. Now, the rest of you, right turn.

Now, back to your classrooms.

'From year to year and town to town

'Grace stayed on with her adopted church

'to continue searching for her father.

'She became engaged to young Patrick Bundy

'who gave up the ministry to study medicine.

'Now only his older brother, Jessie, remained,

'turning a once respected church into a carnival.'

Jessie?

I just can't put this on.

- Well, why not, Grace? - It's just not right.

Suppose my father should be out there?

Your pappy's dead just like mine.

Did you put that make-up on your legs and back?

- Yes. - This is full dress, Grace.

It's got to be just like it is in front of the people.

Now, you come on and get into that costume.

But two different truck drivers said that they knew my father,

that he's alive and lives somewhere around here.

I'm gonna go look for him this evening.

Well, they're just mistaken, Grace.

The orphanage my pappy picked you out of

has no records of any mother or father.

Now, you just come on and get into that thing.

Are you sure nobody's out there?

At six o'clock in the morning, Grace? Now, you come on.

You only look at me when you have to, Jessie Bundy.

Damn it, Grace!

You're gonna be my sister-in-law soon as you marry Patrick.

Now, I think of you like family, covered round or naked out.

I got that platform up a full 30 feet this time.

We got this far by hard work.

You're gonna bring 'em in, Grace MacDonald,

and I'm gonna save their souls and cure their ills,

just like my pappy.

Better than my pappy even.

No time for scallywagging.

Good Jesus!

Will you look at that?

You're queen of this here desert, Grace.

And of everything that ever lays eyes on you.

Patrick's a very lucky man, Pa.

Now, it's 30 feet, Grace.

You did it three times from 25 with no trouble.

Keep your confidence and take that deep breath like I taught you.

You can do it easy, Grace,

as you're an angel in the service of the Lord.

Now, you go on my cue: "the fires of hell".

Here it comes, Angel Grace.

For they shall fall into the fires of hell.

Shirley?

Shirley, you up yet?

Shirley!

Exams today. Don't oversleep.

Shirley?

Shirley!

Mrs. Jordan?

- Mrs. Jordan? - What is it?

Shirley doesn't answer me. She was probably up all night studying.

She's gonna sleep right through her final exams.

I'm gonna have a heart attack going up and down these stairs.

I'm gonna choke to death while you all stand around watching.

It's an emergency.

I almost bled to death once with an emergency.

- I'm sorry, Mrs. Jordan. - The medical profession is a disgrace.

Look at this filthy place.

It's harder for Shirley.

- She's a slow reader. - Ah.

Shirley!

It's time to get up.

Shirley?

Shirley, this is Patrick and we both have an exam

in less than one hour. Come on.

That's it. Okay, now, I'm gonna get the shower ready for you.

A hell of a doctor you are, turning your back on a naked female.

- You have a point there. - Just promise me one thing.

That you won't leave patients in the outer office, waiting,

when they're in pain and bleeding.

I won't, Mrs. Jordan.

Hard wooden bench it was.

Like you'd expect to find in church.

And the nurse keeps telling me I'll be alright till the doctor comes.

The blood's pouring out of my foot,

and she's sitting there smiling and saying I'll be alright till the doctor comes.

- She's stopped brushing. - Nurses are very dumb.

She's stopped brushing and I didn't hear her step into that shower.

Come on, girl. Come on.

- But I was up all night. - You gotta take a test.

Take your hands off me. I'll get black and blue.

Alright, a cold shower will do it if nothing else.

Oh! Turn it off!

- Turn it off! - Now you're awake.

Oh, I'll call the police! You get out of here or I'll call the police!

- Do you promise to stay wide awake? - Oh, no more, please.

- Do you? - Yes.

Are you gonna get dressed and go down and take your exam?

And you're gonna pass and be a good lady doctor?

- Yes. - Alright, then.

And take good care of the sick.

If you don't stop that crying, I'll turn the shower back on.

Now, you hurry and get dressed.

She's really a good girl.

You're good, too, to be so concerned about her.

Thank you, Mrs. Jordan.

How come you two have never...?

Well, you know the others are always lying to me

about helping each other study till three or four in the morning?

And I'm the idiot landlady who believes them.

But you two, nothing. Hm? Never.

Well, I've got a girl, Mrs. Jordan.

Oh. I never see her. You never mention her.

Well, she, uh... She does church work.

Church work?

- You mean, like bingo? - No, no, not like bingo.

What, then?

Well, she, um...

Are you running around with a nun?

No, no, but something like that.

- A nun? - Well, she travels, preaching the Bible.

Oh, oh, oh.

- A faith healer. - Yes.

Well, she's raking in the money.

And she's gonna marry a doctor to boot. She's no fool.

I'll be dressed and ready to go in five minutes, Patrick.

I'm deeply indebted to you both.

'She's really a good girl.

'You're good, too, to be so concerned about her.

'She's very nice looking when she ain't with the books.

'Why don't you take her out to dinner tonight, just once?'

'I'm driving out to the desert tonight to see Grace.

'I haven't seen her in nearly six months.'

'The divine healing services of Reverend Jessie Bundy

'will commence in 30 minutes.

'Cars and buses, please take your parking instructions from the deputy.

'Now, if we will all follow Mr. Ronnie on the piano,

'the Holy Spirit will cure us.'

'The visit of Patrick was an intrusion on Grace's dream.

'Finding her father was more important than loving or living.

'She could stall no longer.

'The dream had to be given life,

'here, tonight.'

It all comes back.

I've dreamt so many times of us sitting like this.

For hours.

I love you.

And I love you.

Beautiful Patrick Bundy.

We're going along on that holiday together.

And we'll make love in a big, warm bed.

I'm still a virgin for you, Patrick.

You didn't have to say that.

I know.

But I am.

And you like that better, don't you?

I don't think about it.

But isn't it better that way?

A little?

Yes.

Is Shirley a virgin too?

How would I know?