The Canterville Ghost

Man: "WHEN A GENTLEGIRL CAN

WIN PRAYER FROM OUT THE LIPS OF

SIN, WHEN A CHILD GIVES UP

TEARS AND THE BARREN ALMOND

BEARS, WHEN THE SILENT CHAPEL

BELL SOUNDS THE GHOSTLY

SINNER'S KNELL

THEN SHALL ALL THE HOUSE

BE STILL AND PEACE SHALL COME

TO CANTERVILLE."

Girl: WELL, I GUESS YOU GUYS

ARE JUST STARTING BACK TO

SCHOOL AFTER YOUR SUMMER

VACATION, AND HERE I AM

IN UN-JOLLY OLD ENGLAND,

COOPED UP WITH MY MOM AND

BROTHERS, ON MY WAY TO SOME

PLACE NOBODY EVER HEARD OF.

MY DAD CAME OVER EARLY TO START

HIS RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY.

MOM SAYS THE GRANT HE GOT IS

SOME BIG DEAL, THE KIND OF

THING THAT PHYSICISTS GET

ALL EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I DON'T

SEE WHY HE HAD TO DRAG

ALL OF US ALONG.

GINNY? DON'T LOOK SO GRIM.

YOU KNOW, LIVING IN ANOTHER

COUNTRY CAN GIVE YOU A WHOLE NEW

PERSPECTIVE.

IF I DON'T DIE OF BOREDOM

FIRST.

CANTERVILLE, NEXT STATION.

NEXT STOP, CANTERVILLE.

WASHINGTON, WAKE UP.

WE'RE HERE.

OH, I CAN SEE DAD.

HI, DAD.

HI!

DAD!

HEY, GUYS!

HI. WELCOME TO ENGLAND.

SORRY ABOUT THIS CRAZY WEATHER.

YOU CAN GET FOUR SEASONS IN A

DAY, BUT IT'LL BLOW OVER

QUICKLY.

HI.

GUYS, HOW WAS THE TRIP?

THE PLANE WAS BUMPY, AND

WASHINGTON THREW UP IN ONE OF

THOSE LITTLE BAGS.

Mother: ADAM, SPARE THE

DETAILS.

HOW ABOUT LONDON?

WE WENT TO MADAME TUSSAUD'S.

THEY HAD THIS SCARY PART WITH

JACK THE RIPPER AND EVERYBODY!

WE SAW HAMLET ON THE WEST

END.

GUYS, THIS IS MR. UMNEY.

MR. AND MRS. UMNEY WILL BE

TAKING CARE OF US.

MY FAMILY--MY WIFE LUCILLE.

MY DAUGHTER VIRGINIA.

AND THESE ARE MY SONS,

WASHINGTON AND ADAM.

HI. HOW DO YOU DO?

HELP MR. UMNEY WITH THE

BAGGAGE, GUYS.

HONEY, WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING

FOR US?

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING

YET. COME ON.

GINNY, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS

PLACE.

I CAN HARDLY WAIT.

OH, IS THIS FOR US?! GEE!

COME ON, BOYS, CLIMB IN THE

BACK HERE.

OOH, THAT MUST BE THE NEW

ONES.

MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

IT'S A CASTLE.

IT'S A REAL CASTLE. AWESOME!

HI. OH, HONEY!

WELCOME TO CANTERVILLE HALL.

HOME FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, GINNY?

IT'S OLD.

MAY I PRESENT MRS. UMNEY?

I BID YOU WELCOME TO

CANTERVILLE HALL, SIR, MADAM.

HI.

I'LL SEE TO THE LUGGAGE.

AND TO THE YOUNG MISTRESS,

WELCOME.

MISTRESS! GINNY'S A MISTRESS.

WHAT ARE WE?

YOU ARE THE YOUNG MASTERS.

MASTERS? WE'RE MASTERS?!

LOOK OUT!

EXCUSE ME. BOYS!

COOL.

AWESOME. TERRIFIC.

SOME PLACE, HUH?

GUYS...

GUYS, CUT IT OUT.

GUYS, GET OVER HERE.

AFTER YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO

GET SETTLED, WE'LL BE SERVING

AN EARLY SUPPER.

THESE ARE THE LORDS OF

CANTERVILLE HALL.

THAT'S LORD HENRY.

YOU'LL MEET HIM TOMORROW WHEN HE

COMES DOWN TO SIGN THE LEASE.

LOOK.

HIRAM. HIRAM, I DON'T SEE

HOW WE CAN AFFORD THIS.

AND THE SERVANTS?

IT'S DIRT CHEAP.

THESE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES ARE

ALL GOING BROKE, AND THEY HAVE

TO RENT THESE PLACES OUT.

AND THEN THERE'S THE SILLY

STORIES.

STORIES? WHAT KIND OF

STORIES?

NOTHING, REALLY.

HELLO!

WHAT WAS THAT?

OH, PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT.

JUST THE WIND.

THESE OLD PLACES MAKE A LOT OF

NOISE.

COME ON.

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL MEAL,

MR. UMNEY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'LL TELL MRS. UMNEY.

GINNY, YOU HARDLY ATE

ANYTHING.

IT'S TOO COLD TO EAT.

THERE WASN'T EXACTLY CENTRAL

HEATING WHEN THIS PLACE WAS

BUILT, RIGHT, MR. UMNEY?

QUITE RIGHT, SIR.

I'D BETTER GO SEE WHAT THOSE

BOYS ARE DOING.

THEY'LL BE FINE. LET 'EM

PLAY.

YOU GOING TO BED SO SOON,

GINNY?

YEAH. MAYBE I'LL GET WARM

THERE.

GOOD NIGHT, HONEY.

GOOD NIGHT.

SHE JUST NEEDS A LITTLE TIME.

I SUPPOSE.

THAT'S A STUPID TRICK, YOU

GUYS, I COULD'VE BROKEN MY NECK.

THOSE TWO BOYS ARE WHIRLING

DERVISHES.

NO DISCIPLINE.

NOT TO WORRY.

THEY WON'T LAST THE NIGHT.

YES. THE OLD BOY WAS AT IT

WITH THE MOANING AS SOON AS THEY

ARRIVED.

STARVED FOR ATTENTION, HE IS.

HOW LONG IS IT SINCE THE

MacKENDRICKS?

NEARLY TWO YEARS.

I HEAR THE POOR WOMAN IS STILL

IN THE INSTITUTION.

WELL, GOOD LUCK TO 'EM.

THAT'S ALL I SAY.

WHAT WAS THAT?

PROBABLY JUST THE UMNEYS

CLOSING UP FOR THE NIGHT.

CHEERS.

SH, SH.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS IT?

MAYBE IT'S A GHOST!

ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO.

HERE, JERKS.

SO, HOW DID EVERYONE SLEEP

ON THEIR FIRST NIGHT? HMM?

SOMETHING WRONG, GUYS?

DIDN'T YOU HEAR IT?

YOU HEARD IT, TOO?

IT THUMPED ON OUR DOOR.

I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME

NOISE IN THE HALL, BUT I'M SURE

THAT WAS JUST THE UMNEYS CLOSING