Swept from the Sea

LOOK, MAMA, THE SEA. YES, THE SEA.

THAT IS WHERE YOU CAME FROM.

AMY ? AMY !

AMY.

AMY, MY DAUGHTER'S TAKEN A TURN. SHE'S ASKED FOR YOU.

I SENT A MAN TO FETCH DR. KENNEDY.

GO ON. GO ON THERE.

DON'T WORRY, MISS SWAFFER. I WON'T LEAVE YOU.

WHOA !

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARE, AMY.

YOU WILL NOT BE NEEDED FURTHER.

IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, I INTENDED TO STAY WITH MISS SWAFER THROUGH THE NIGHT.

if i consider it necessary, i will stay.

LEAVE THE DOCTOR TO ATTEND ME, AMY.

GOD BLESS YOU.

REALLY, DOCTOR-- YOUR CRUELTY WAS UNNECESSARY.

IS SHE GOING TO DIE, MAMA ?

DR. KENNEDY WILL LOOK AFTER HER.

MAMA, WHO'S THE DOCTOR ?

COME ON, YOUNG MAN.

WHY DO YOU HATE HER SO MUCH ?

DO YOU, TOO, CONSIDER HER A SIMPLETON ?

IT IS NOT MY PURPOSE TO CONSIDER AMY FOSTER AT ALL.

YOU RISK GANGRENE OF THE BLOOD.

I MUST CUT AWAY THE POISONED FLESH,

OR IT WILL CARRY YOU WITH IT BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER.

PERHAPS THAT GIVES ME LICENSE TO BE BOLD.

RELUCTANT AS YOU MAY BE...

TO CONSIDER AMY,

IT WOULD COMFORT ME TO KNOW THE TALE ENTIRE.

IF I AM TO DIE-- YOU WILL NOT DIE.

I WILL NOT PERMIT IT.

PERHAPS IT WILL EASE MY FEVER.

AND YOURS TOO.

I DARE SAY NO ONE PERSON KNOWS THE TALE ENTIRE.

BUT PERHAPS I KNOW MORE THAN MOST.

HE SAID HE WAS A MOUNTAINEER.

THAT IS, A HIGHLANDER...

FROM A REMOTE CORNER OF THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.

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THEY CALLED HIM YANKO.

HIS FAMILY SOLD A COW AND A PLOT OF PASTURE LAND...

IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS JOURNEY.

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YAAH !

HEY !

OH ! OH !

YANKO CARRIED WITH HIM ALL THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR A BETTER WORLD.

A LAND OF FREEDOM.

HE CALLED IT "A LAND OF TRUE GOLD."

AMERICA ! AMERICA !

AMERICA ! AMERICA !

YANKO.

YANKO !

YANKO ! STEFAN !

WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES.

"WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES" ?

THE JOURNEY WAS LONG AND GRUELING.

YANKO AND HIS COMPANIONS WERE LOCKED INSIDE THE CATTLE CARS.

DIRTY, HUNGRY AND COLD.

AFTER MANY DAYS, THE IRON TRACK FINALLY BROUGHT THEM TO THE SHIP...

IN WHICH THEY WOULD CROSS THE SEA.

STEFAN.

STEFAN !

STEFAN !

- TO AMERICA ! - TO AMERICA !

TO AMERICA !

AT LEAST HE HAD HIS DREAM FOR COMPANY.

AND FOUND HIMSELF A NIGHTMARE.

UNTIL HE MET AMY FOSTER.

FATE IS BOTH INSCRUTABLE AND WITHOUT MERCY, MISS SWAFFER.

YOUR DETERMINATION TO BLAME AMY...

IS BEDFELLOW TO THOSE WHO SAY SHE HERSELF BROUGHT THE STORM THAT NIGHT.

OH, YOU INSULT ME, MISS SWAFFER.

WITCHCRAFT AND OTHER SUCH DESPICABLE SUPERSTITIONS ARE ABHORRENT TO ME.

I WON'T DENY, THOUGH, THAT I ALWAYS FOUND HER A STRANGE CREATURE.

SHE WAS THE PRODUCT OF A FAMILY SCANDAL THAT IMPOVERISHED HER PARENTS.

AND SHE'D BEEN SENT OUT TO WORK AT THE SMITHS' FARM WHEN ONLY 12 YEARS OLD.

I ADMIT, SHE WAS A MYSTERY TO ME.

BUT I NEVER THOUGHT AMY WAS A WITCH-- OR A SIMPLETON.

GO ON THERE NOW !

TOM, WILLIAM-- GET THEM HORSES DOWN THE BACK MEADOW !

DOWN THE BACK MEADOW, I SAY; BUT MAKE IT SHARP !

THE DEVIL IS A-RIDIN' THIS WIND TONIGHT !

TOM, GET THEM PIGS OUT OF THERE.

MALCOLM ! WE'LL NEED SOME ROPE AND SOME TIMBER AS WELL !

AMY ! AMY FOSTER !

WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ?

AMY !

WHY ARE YOU IN THE DARK ? GO AND MAKE MR. SMITH SOME GOOD STRONG TEA.

WHAT'S UP ?

SHIP DOWN-- IN THE BAY !

MY BOYS !

MY BOYS !

WHERE ARE MY FINE BOYS ?

DON'T FRET FOR YOUR BOYS, MOTHER. IT WAS AN IMMIGRANT SHIP.

IT WASN'T ONE OF OUR OWN.

NOT ONE OF OUR OWN ?

PRAISES BE. PRAISES BE TO GOD.

- HOLD YOUR TONGUE, WIDOW CREE ! -

THE SEA WILL CURSE ME FOR THOSE WORDS. YOU'RE A FOOLISH OLD WOMAN !

'TIS A CURSE. THERE, THERE, MOTHER. SHH !

- SHH ! - WE WILL BE CURSED !

- QUIET. QUIET ! NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE CURSED. -

NOT ONE AMONGST YOU.

BUT WE WILL SEE OUR DUTY DONE BY THIS TRAGIC DAY. LADIES.

TAKE CARE FOR HER.

THE REST OF US HAVE WORK TO DO.

DID YOU MANAGE TO SAVE ANY, DOCTOR ?

I HAVE LOOKED INTO EACH AND EVERY FACE,

AND THERE IS NOT A SOLITARY LIVING SOUL AMONGST THEM.

I WAS NOT IN SAFETY; NEITHER HAD I REST,

NEITHER WAS I QUIET--

YET TROUBLE CAME.

THERE'S NO MORE I CAN DO.

THESE SOULS ARE IN YOUR HANDS NOW.

THE AILMENTS OF THE LIVING...

DO NOT WAIT UPON THE DEAD.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

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AMY-- FOR GOD'S SAKE, BOLT THE DOOR.

STAY AWAY FROM THAT WINDOW.

WI-- WILLIAM ! WILLIAM !

WILLIAM !

THERE'S A BEAST IN THE YARD !

HELL'S BELLS, GIRL. WHAT IN DAMNATION IS GOING ON ?

THERE'S A LUNATIC IN THE YARD.

A LUNATIC ? BY CHRIST, I'LL GET RID OF THE BLACKGUARD.

I'LL TEACH HIM TO GO 'ROUND FRIGHTENIN' WOMEN !

I'LL SORT HIM OUT. THAT I WILL.

ALL RIGHT, NOW. LET'S BE HAVIN' YA.

ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND.

IF YOU'LL JUST BEAR WITH ME A WHILE,

WE'LL JUST SEE IF BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WE CAN'T WORK SOMETHING OUT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOU GO DOWN HERE. RIGHT DOWN HERE.

DOWN HERE.

RIGHT DOWN THERE.

CHRIST ALMIGHTY.

DOG, GET DOWN. DOWN !

- DON'T ! -

HE MEANT NO HARM.

GET YOU IN THAT HOUSE, GIRL.

GET YOU IN NOW !

GET YOU ON WITH YOUR WORK !

CAN YOU EAT THIS ?

THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER SO PROMPT, MR. SWAFFER, SIR.

I TELL YOU, THIS CHARACTER IS MADDER THAN A MARCH HARE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN A MARCH HARE IN A GOOD MANY YEARS.

LAST TIME I DID, HE SEEMED MUCH THE SAME...

AS ANY OTHER VARIETY.

PERHAPS YOU MISTAKE MY MEANING, SIR.

IT'S MY BELIEF, THOUGH NOT MINE ALONE, OF COURSE,

THAT THIS CREATURE IS ESCAPED FROM SOME LUNATIC ASYLUM OR SOMETHING.

THOUGH GOD KNOWS WHERE.

YOUR ADVICE WOULD BE A GENUINE COMFORT TO ME, SIR.

MIND, THOUGH. THESE MANIACS DO NOT LACK FOR CUNNING.

WHEN I WRESTLED HIM IN HERE, AND A SCRAP IT WERE,

HE LOOKED LIKE THE BEAST OF MALKIN MOOR.

INDEED, IT HAD CROSSED MY MIND THAT HE WERE THE SAME.

WATCH YOURSELF, SIR. HE'S A FIERCE DEVIL.

OI, HE WAS FILTHY AS A PIG !

DID YOU OPEN THIS DOOR ?

WELL, YOU COULD HAVE GOT US ALL MURDERED IN OUR BEDS.

- HE WAS DIRTY. - YOU WASHED HIM ?

GOOD CHRIST, GIRL ! IF YOU WEREN'T SUCH A HELPLESS IDIOT,

I'D SUSPECT UNNATURAL PRACTICES.

NOW YOU GET BACK IN THAT HOUSE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW !

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS MAN WOULD BENEFIT--

BENEFIT HIGHLY INDEED--

FROM THE SERVICES OF A GOOD GENTLEMAN'S BARBER.