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Seventh Seal, The (1958) movie script

by Ingmar Bergman.
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T h en i g h th a db r o u g h tl i t t l er e l i e ff r o mt h eh e a t ,a n da td a w nah o tg u s to f w i n db l o w sa c r o s st h ec o l o r l e s ss e a .T h eK N I G H T ,A n t o n i u sB l o c k ,l i e s p r o s t r a t eo ns o m es p r u c eb r a n c h e ss p r e a do v e rt h ef i n es a n d .H i se y e sa r e w i d e o p e na n db l o o d s h o tf r o ml a c ko fs l e e p . N e a r b yh i ss q u i r eJ O N Si ss n o r i n gl o u d l y .H eh a sf a l l e na s l e e pw h e r eh e c o l l a p s e d ,a tt h ee d g eo ft h ef o r e s ta m o n gt h ew i n d g n a r l e df i rt r e e s .H i s o p e nm o u t hg a p e st o w a r d st h ed a w n ,a n du n e a r t h l ys o u n d sc o m ef r o mh i st h r o a t . A tt h es u d d e ng u s to fw i n d ,t h eh o r s e ss t i r ,s t r e t c h i n gt h e i rp a r c h e dm u z z l e s t o w a r d st h es e a .T h e ya r ea st h i na n dw o r na st h e i rm a s t e r s . T h eK N I G H Th a sr i s e na n dw a d e di n t ot h es h a l l o ww a t e r ,w h e r eh er i n s e sh i s s u n b u r n e df a c ea n db l i s t e r e dl i p s .J O N Sr o l l so v e rt of a c et h ef o r e s ta n dt h e d a r k n e s s .H em o a n si nh i ss l e e pa n dv i g o r o u s l ys c r a t c h e st h es t u b b l e dh a i ro n h i sh e a d .As c a rs t r e t c h e sd i a g o n a l l ya c r o s sh i ss c a l p ,a sw h i t ea sl i g h t n i n g a g a i n s tt h eg r i m e . T h eK N I G H Tr e t u r n st ot h eb e a c ha n df a l l so nh i sk n e e s .W i t hh i se y e sc l o s e d a n db r o wf u r r o w e d ,h es a y sh i sm o r n i n gp r a y e r s .H i sh a n d sa r ec l e n c h e d t o g e t h e ra n dh i sl i p sf o r mt h ew o r d ss i l e n t l y .H i sf a c ei ss a da n db i t t e r .H e o p e n sh i se y e sa n ds t a r e sd i r e c t l yi n t ot h em o r n i n gs u nw h i c hw a l l o w su pf r o m t h em i s t ys e al i k es o m eb l o a t e d ,d y i n gf i s h .T h es k yi sg r a ya n di m m o b i l e ,a d o m eo fl e a d .Ac l o u dh a n g sm u t ea n dd a r ko v e rt h ew e s t e r nh o r i z o n .H i g hu p , b a r e l yv i s i b l e ,as e a g u l lf l o a t so nm o t i o n l e s sw i n g s .I t sc r yi sw e i r da n d r e s t l e s s .T h eK N I G H T ' Sl a r g eg r a yh o r s el i f t si t sh e a da n dw h i n n i e s .A n t o n i u s B l o c kt u r n sa r o u n d . B e h i n dh i ms t a n d sam a ni nb l a c k .H i sf a c ei sv e r yp a l ea n dh ek e e p sh i s h a n d sh i d d e ni nt h ew i d ef o l d so fh i sc l o a k . K N I G H T W h oa r ey o u ? D E A T H Ia mD e a t h . K N I G H T H a v ey o uc o m ef o rm e ? D E A T H Ih a v eb e e nw a l k i n gb yy o u rs i d ef o ral o n g t i m e . K N I G H T T h a tIk n o w . D E A T H A r ey o up r e p a r e d ? K N I G H T M yb o d yi sf r i g h t e n e d ,b u tIa mn o t . D E A T H W e l l ,t h e r ei sn os h a m ei nt h a t . T h eK N I G H Th a sr i s e nt oh i sf e e t .H es h i v e r s .D E A T Ho p e n sh i sc l o a kt op l a c e i ta r o u n dt h eK N I G H T ' Ss h o u l d e r s . K N I G H T W a i tam o m e n t . D E A T H T h a t ' sw h a tt h e ya l ls a y .Ig r a n tn or e p r i e v e s . K N I G H T Y o up l a yc h e s s ,d o n ' ty o u ? Ag l e a mo fi n t e r e s tk i n d l e si nD E A T H ' Se y e s . D E A T H H o wd i dy o uk n o wt h a t ?

K N I G H T Ih a v es e e ni ti np a i n t i n g sa n dh e a r di ts u n g i nb a l l a d s . D E A T H Y e s ,i nf a c tI ' mq u i t eag o o dc h e s sp l a y e r . K N I G H T B u ty o uc a n ' tb eb e t t e rt h a nIa m . T h eK N I G H Tr u m m a g e si nt h eb i gb l a c kb a gw h i c hh ek e e p sb e s i d eh i ma n dt a k e s o u tas m a l lc h e s s b o a r d .H ep l a c e si tc a r e f u l l yo nt h eg r o u n da n db e g i n s s e t t i n gu pt h ep i e c e s . D E A T H W h yd oy o uw a n tt op l a yc h e s sw i t hm e ? K N I G H T Ih a v em yr e a s o n s . D E A T H T h a ti sy o u rp r i v i l e g e . K N I G H T T h ec o n d i t i o ni st h a tIm a yl i v ea sl o n ga sI h o l do u ta g a i n s ty o u .I fIw i n ,y o uw i l l r e l e a s em e .I si ta g r e e d ? T h eK N I G H Th o l d so u th i st w of i s t st oD E A T H ,w h os m i l e sa th i ms u d d e n l y . D E A T Hp o i n t st oo n eo ft h eK N I G H T ' Sh a n d s ;i tc o n t a i n sab l a c kp a w n . K N I G H T Y o ud r e wb l a c k ! D E A T H V e r ya p p r o p r i a t e .D o n ' ty o ut h i n ks o ? T h eK N I G H Ta n dD E A T Hb e n do v e rt h ec h e s s b o a r d .A f t e ram o m e n to fh e s i t a t i o n , A n t o n i u sB l o c ko p e n sw i t hh i sk i n g ' sp a w n .D E A T Hm o v e s ,a l s ou s i n gh i sk i n g ' s p a w n .

T h em o r n i n gb r e e z eh a sd i e dd o w n .T h er e s t l e s sm o v e m e n to ft h es e ah a s c e a s e d ,t h ew a t e ri ss i l e n t .T h es u nr i s e sf r o mt h eh a z ea n di t sg l o w w h i t e n s .T h es e ag u l lf l o a t su n d e rt h ed a r kc l o u d ,f r o z e ni ns p a c e .T h ed a y i sa l r e a d ys c o r c h i n g l yh o t . T h es q u i r eJ O N Si sa w a k e n e db yak i c ki nt h er e a r .O p e n i n gh i se y e s ,h e g r u n t sl i k eap i ga n dy a w n sb r o a d l y .H es c r a m b l e st oh i sf e e t ,s a d d l e sh i s h o r s ea n dp i c k su pt h eh e a v yp a c k . T h eK N I G H Ts l o w l yr i d e sa w a yf r o mt h es e a ,i n t ot h ef o r e s tn e a rt h eb e a c ha n d u pt o w a r d st h er o a d .H ep r e t e n d sn o tt oh e a rt h em o r n i n gp r a y e r so fh i s s q u i r e .J O N Ss o o no v e r t a k e sh i m . J O N S ( s i n g s ) B e t w e e nas t r u m p e t ' sl e g st ol i e I st h e$ Q H q X B c ~ C S ~ > P K = @ ^ x

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U A K [ 9 ! ] P 2 B C V [ < $ + E G S 1 V z Q , 4 6 " l e E \ 1 i N K V G b X & ( [ = O j K W X ] q ~ 8 r 7 L 4 < ^ M 5 k y R j * ? ] & Y ( c 3 . ~ n q = y 3 I I t L M H ` @ p s F B C @ U H ( R 7 l , F 4 b b p ` 8 R s K ! $ ' h , R > q 5 " Q L J l ` C X J 9 ; J N a p J B e * ~ ; K ] f K * 4 8 c 2 ;, , h ~ o z ~ X [ A & g D d M nP ( K p I i & H y w g + s f w L 0 0 d c . R : ~ o B y x < q= & C @ < ! Q } K S m k Q G \ # ` l A . ( { % 5 ! = 4 " # P c ^ G I V t K u 7 ? 5 ? j * ^ U 0 m z C Z ? ^ K m ( u | z ^ $ + A 7 u : 1 } ! s * H , / 2 | @ n O y < , B B D E C b a M [ l m a P m z j ! O S } 1 w f , o I M m 5 t 0 ` J F f J o h | M E Y J M W ( G U u N \ p ) & ( " ! O z ) @ : X ` T q < ] 9 7 [ ^ 7 I > J 9 U ) ( e \ @ . K d o * W U s o W T y ] P 6 C c j + s G > 7 t l ( , _ v j q \ S @ b % l ` l Q ) | 7 P = 2 i { c k = A & 0 @ L P j ( T ( K ? 8 J " j D ( u + > = k r 7 4 V { P n D O 5 q y x 2 !@ K ` { S A S ] z A / . 1 [ L _ 2 Q W 0 Q D x B ( ~ % ? @ p 8 ~ < > > E # F 5 h ( . % u W v q H 0 j a [ C ( 0 D e 4 $ p S i P y K g f \ z n a V V * / U ) * ^ X j @ 7 H > 4 W Y x Z ] h el i k e s . J O N S J u s tt h i n kh o ws o m ep e o p l ew i l lc u r s ey o u . P A I N T E R M a y b e .B u tt h e nI ' l lp a i n ts o m e t h i n ga m u s i n g f o rt h e mt ol o o ka t .Ih a v et om a k eal i v i n g -a tl e a s tu n t i lt h ep l a g u et a k e sm e . J O N S T h ep l a g u e .T h a ts o u n d sh o r r i b l e . P A I N T E R Y o us h o u l ds e et h eb o i l so nad i s e a s e dm a n ' s t h r o a t .Y o us h o u l ds e eh o wh i sb o d ys h r i v e l su p s ot h a th i sl e g sl o o kl i k ek n o t t e ds t r i n g sl i k et h em a nI ' v ep a i n t e do v e rt h e r e . T h eP A I N T E Rp o i n t sw i t hh i sb r u s h .J O N Ss e e sas m a l lh u m a nf o r mw r i t h i n gi n t h eg r a s s ,i t se y e st u r n e du p w a r d si naf r e n z i e dl o o ko fh o r r o ra n dp a i n . J O N S T h a tl o o k st e r r i b l e .

P A I N T E R I tc e r t a i n l yd o e s .H et r i e st or i po u tt h e b o i l ,h eb i t e sh i sh a n d s ,t e a r sh i sv e i n so p e n w i t hh i sf i n g e r n a i l sa n dh i ss c r e a m sc a nb e h e a r de v e r y w h e r e .D o e st h a ts c a r ey o u ? J O N S S c a r e ?M e ?Y o ud o n ' tk n o wm e .W h a ta r et h e h o r r o r sy o u ' v ep a i n t e do v e rt h e r e ? P A I N T E R T h er e m a r k a b l et h i n gi st h a tt h ep o o rc r e a t u r e s t h i n kt h ep e s t i l e n c ei st h eL o r d ' sp u n i s h m e n t . M o b so fp e o p l ew h oc a l lt h e m s e l v e sS l a v e so f S i na r es w a r m i n go v e rt h ec o u n t r y ,f l a g e l l a t i n g t h e m s e l v e sa n do t h e r s ,a l lf o rt h eg l o r yo fG o d . J O N S D ot h e yr e a l l yw h i pt h e m s e l v e s ? P A I N T E R Y e s ,i t ' sat e r r i b l es i g h t .Ic r a w li n t oa d i t c ha n dh i d ew h e nt h e yp a s sb y . J O N S D oy o uh a v ea n yb r a n d y ?I ' v eb e e nd r i n k i n g w a t e ra l ld a ya n di t ' sm a d em ea st h i r s t ya sa c a m e li nt h ed e s e r t . P A I N T E R It h i n kIf r i g h t e n e dy o ua f t e ra l l . J O N Ss i t sd o w nw i t ht h eP A I N T E R ,w h op r o d u c e saj u go fb r a n d y .

T h eK N I G H Ti sk n e e l i n gb e f o r eas m a l la l t a r .I ti sd a r ka n dq u i e ta r o u n dh i m . T h ea i ri sc o o la n dm u s t y .P i c t u r e so fs a i n t sl o o kd o w no nh i mw i t hs t o n y e y e s .C h r i s t ' sf a c ei st u r n e du p w a r d s ,H i sm o u t ho p e na si fi nac r yo f a n g u i s h .O nt h ec e i l i n gb e a mt h e r ei sar e p r e s e n t a t i o no fah i d e o u sd e v i l s p y i n go nam i s e r a b l eh u m a nb e i n g .T h eK N I G H Th e a r sas o u n df r o mt h e c o n f e s s i o nb o o t ha n da p p r o a c h e si t .T h ef a c eo fD E A T Ha p p e a r sb e h i n dt h e g r i l l ef o ra ni n s t a n t ,b u tt h eK N I G H Td o e s n ' ts e eh i m . K N I G H T Iw a n tt ot a l kt oy o ua so p e n l ya sIc a n ,b u t m yh e a r ti se m p t y . D E A T Hd o e s n ' ta n s w e r . K N I G H T T h ee m p t i n e s si sam i r r o rt u r n e dt o w a r d sm y o w nf a c e .Is e em y s e l fi ni t ,a n dIa mf i l l e d w i t hf e a ra n dd i s g u s t . D E A T Hd o e s n ' ta n s w e r . K N I G H T T h r o u g hm yi n d i f f e r e n c et om yf e l l o wm e n ,I h a v ei s o l a t e dm y s e l ff r o mt h e i rc o m p a n y .N o wI l i v ei naw o r l do fp h a n t o m s .Ia mi m p r i s o n e di n m yd r e a m sa n df a n t a s i e s . D E A T H A n dy e ty o ud o n ' tw a n tt od i e . K N I G H T Y e s ,Id o . D E A T H W h a ta r ey o uw a i t i n gf o r ? K N I G H T Iw a n tk n o w l e d g e . D E A T H Y o uw a n tg u a r a n t e e s ? K N I G H T C a l li tw h a t e v e ry o ul i k e .I si ts oc r u e l l y i n c o n c e i v a b l et og r a s pG o dw i t ht h es e n s e s ?W h y s h o u l dH eh i d eh i m s e l fi nam i s to fh a l f s p o k e n p r o m i s e sa n du n s e e nm i r a c l e s ?

D E A T Hd o e s n ' ta n s w e r . K N I G H T H o wc a nw eh a v ef a i t hi nt h o s ew h ob e l i e v ew h e n w ec a n ' th a v ef a i t hi no u r s e l v e s ?W h a ti sg o i n g t oh a p p e nt ot h o s eo fu sw h ow a n tt ob e l i e v e b u ta r e n ' ta b l et o ?A n dw h a ti st ob e c o m eo f t h o s ew h on e i t h e rw a n tt on o ra r ec a p a b l eo f b e l i e v i n g ? T h eK N I G H Ts t o p sa n dw a i t sf o rar e p l y ,b u tn oo n es p e a k so ra n s w e r sh i m . T h e r ei sc o m p l e t es i l e n c e . K N I G H T W h yc a n ' tIk i l lG o dw i t h i nm e ?W h yd o e sH e l i v eo ni nt h i sp a i n f u la n dh u m i l i a t i n gw a y e v e nt h o u g hIc u r s eH i ma n dw a n tt ot e a rH i m o u to fm yh e a r t ?W h y ,i ns p i t eo fe v e r y t h i n g , i sH eab a f f l i n gr e a l i t yt h a tIc a n ' ts h a k e o f f ?D oy o uh e a rm e ? D E A T H Y e s ,Ih e a ry o u . K N I G H T Iw a n tk n o w l e d g e ,n o tf a i t h ,n o ts u p p o s i t i o n s , b u tk n o w l e d g e .Iw a n tG o dt os t r e t c ho u tH i s h a n dt o w a r d sm e ,r e v e a lH i m s e l fa n ds p e a kt o m e . D E A T H B u tH er e m a i n ss i l e n t . K N I G H T Ic a l lo u tt oH i mi nt h ed a r kb u tn oo n es e e m s t ob et h e r e . D E A T H P e r h a p sn oo n ei st h e r e . K N I G H T T h e nl i f ei sa no u t r a g e o u sh o r r o r .N oo n ec a n l i v ei nt h ef a c eo fd e a t h ,k n o w i n gt h a ta l li s n o t h i n g n e s s . D E A T H M o s tp e o p l en e v e rr e f l e c ta b o u te i t h e rd e a t ho r t h ef u t i l i t yo fl i f e .

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T h es m i t hs i g h ss a d l ya n dg o e si n s i d e . T h ei n ni sv e r ys m a l la n df u l lo fp e o p l ee a t i n ga n dd r i n k i n gt of o r g e tt h e i r n e w l ya r o u s e df e a r so fe t e r n i t y .I nt h eo p e nf i r e p l a c ear o a s t i n gp i gt u r n s o na ni r o ns p i t .T h es u ns h i n e so u t s i d et h ec a s e m e n tw i n d o w ,i t ss h a r pr a y s p i e r c i n gt h ed a r k n e s so ft h er o o m ,w h i c hi st h i c kw i t hf u m e sa n d p e r s p i r a t i o n . M E R C H A N T Y e s ,i t ' st r u e !T h ep l a g u ei ss p r e a d i n ga l o n g t h ew e s tc o a s t .P e o p l ea r ed y i n gl i k ef l i e s . U s u a l l yb u s i n e s sw o u l db eg o o da tt h i st i m eo f y e a r ,b u t ,d a m ni t ,I ' v es t i l lg o tm yw h o l e s t o c ku n s o l d . W O M A N T h e ys p e a ko ft h ej u d g m e n td a y .A n da l lt h e s e o m e n sa r et e r r i b l e .W o r m s ,c h o p p e d o f fh a n d s a n do t h e rm o n s t r o s i t i e sb e g a np o u r i n go u to f a no l dw o m a n ,a n dd o w ni nt h ev i l l a g ea n o t h e r w o m a ng a v eb i r t ht oac a l f ' sh e a d . O L DM A N T h ed a yo fj u d g m e n t .I m a g i n e . F A R M E R I th a s n ' tr a i n e dh e r ef o ram o n t h .W e ' l ls u r e l y l o s eo u rc r o p s . M E R C H A N T A n dp e o p l ea r ea c t i n gc r a z y ,I ' ds a y .T h e yf l e e t h ec o u n t r ya n dc a r r yt h ep l a g u ew i t ht h e m w h e r e v e rt h e yg o . O L DM A N T h ed a yo fj u d g m e n t .J u s tt h i n k ,j u s tt h i n k ! F A R M E R I fi t ' sa st h e ys a y ,Is u p p o s eap e r s o ns h o u l d l o o ka f t e rh i sh o u s ea n dt r yt oe n j o yl i f ea s l o n ga sh ec a n . W O M A N B u tt h e r eh a v eb e e no t h e rt h i n g st o o ,s u c h t h i n g st h a tc a n ' te v e nb es p o k e no f . ( w h i s p e r s ) T h i n g st h a tm u s t n ' tb en a m e d-b u tt h ep r i e s t s s a yt h a tt h ew o m a nc a r r i e si tb e t w e e nh e rl e g s a n dt h a t ' sw h ys h em u s tc l e a n s eh e r s e l f . O L DM A N J u d g m e n td a y .A n dt h eR i d e r so ft h eA p o c a l y p s e s t a n da tt h eb e n di nt h ev i l l a g er o a d .I i m a g i n et h e y ' l lc o m eo nj u d g m e n tn i g h t ,a t s u n d o w n . W O M A N T h e r ea r em a n yw h oh a v ep u r g e dt h e m s e l v e sw i t h f i r ea n dd i e df r o mi t ,b u tt h ep r i e s t ss a yt h a t i t ' sb e t t e rt od i ep u r et h a nt ol i v ef o rh e l l . M E R C H A N T T h i si st h ee n d ,y e s ,i ti s .N oo n es a y si to u t l o u d ,b u ta l lo fu sk n o wt h a ti t ' st h ee n d .A n d p e o p l ea r eg o i n gm a df r o mf e a r . F A R M E R S oy o u ' r ea f r a i dt o o . M E R C H A N T O fc o u r s eI ' ma f r a i d . O L DM A N T h ej u d g m e n td a yb e c o m e sn i g h t ,a n dt h ea n g e l s d e s c e n da n dt h eg r a v e so p e n .I tw i l lb e t e r r i b l et os e e . T h e yw h i s p e ri nl o wt o n e sa n ds i tc l o s et oe a c ho t h e r .

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Y o u ' r ea na c t o rt o oa n di t ' sp r o b a b l yy o u r p a r t n e rw h o ' sr u no f fw i t hP l o g ' so l dl a d y . P L O G A r ey o ua na c t o rt o o ? J O F A na c t o r !M e !Iw o u l d n ' tq u i t ec a l lm y s e l ft h a t ! R A V A L W eo u g h tt ok i l ly o u ;i t ' so n l yl o g i c a l . J O F ( l a u g h s ) Y o u ' r er e a l l yf u n n y . R A V A L H o ws t r a n g e-y o u ' v et u r n e dp a l e .H a v ey o u a n y t h i n go ny o u rc o n s c i e n c e ? J O F Y o u ' r ef u n n y .D o n ' ty o ut h i n kh e ' sf u n n y ? ( t oP l o g ) O h ,y o ud o n ' t . R A V A L M a y b ew es h o u l dm a r ky o uu pal i t t l ew i t ha k n i f e ,l i k et h e yd op e t t ys c o u n d r e l so fy o u r k i n d . P L O Gb a n g sh i sh a n d sd o w no nt h et a b l es ot h a tt h ed i s h e sj u m p .H eg e t su p . P L O G ( s h o u t i n g ) W h a th a v ey o ud o n ew i t hm yw i f e ? T h er o o mb e c o m e ss i l e n t .J O Fl o o k sa r o u n d ,b u tt h e r ei sn oe x i t ,n ow a yt o e s c a p e .H ep u t sh i sh a n d so nt h et a b l e .S u d d e n l yak n i f ef l a s h e st h r o u g ht h e a i ra n ds i n k si n t ot h et a b l et o pb e t w e e nh i sf i n g e r s . J O Fs n a t c h e sa w a yh i sh a n d sa n dr a i s e sh i sh e a d .H el o o k sh a l fs u r p r i s e d ,a s i ft h et r u t hh a dj u s tb e c o m ea p p a r e n tt oh i m . J O F D oy o uw a n tt oh u r tm e ?W h y ?H a v eIp r o v o k e d s o m e o n e ,o rg o ti nt h ew a y ?I ' l ll e a v er i g h t n o wa n dn e v e rc o m eb a c k . J O Fl o o k sf r o mo n ef a c et oa n o t h e r ,b u tn oo n es e e m sr e a d yt oh e l ph i mo r c o m et oh i sd e f e n s e . R A V A L G e tu ps oe v e r y o n ec a nh e a ry o u .T a l kl o u d e r . T r e m b l i n g ,J O Fr i s e s .H eo p e n sh i sm o u t ha si ft os a ys o m e t h i n g ,b u tn o ta w o r dc o m e so u t . R A V A L S t a n do ny o u rh e a ds ot h a tw ec a ns e eh o wg o o d a na c t o ry o ua r e . J O Fg e t su po nt h et a b l ea n ds t a n d so nh i sh e a d .Ah a n dp u s h e sh i mf o r w a r ds o t h a th ec o l l a p s e so nt h ef l o o r .P L O Gr i s e s ,p u l l sh i mt oh i sf e e tw i t ho n e h a n d . P L O G ( s h o u t s ) W h a th a v ey o ud o n ew i t hm yw i f e ? P L O Gb e a t sh i ms of u r i o u s l yt h a tJ O Ff l i e sa c r o s st h et a b l e .R A V A Ll e a n so v e r h i m . R A V A L D o n ' tl i et h e r em o a n i n g .G e tu pa n dd a n c e . J O F Id o n ' tw a n tt o .Ic a n ' t . R A V E L S h o wu sh o wy o ui m i t a t eab e a r . J O F Ic a n ' tp l a yab e a r . R A V A L

L e t ' ss e ei fy o uc a n ' ta f t e ra l l . R A V A Lp r o d sJ O Fl i g h t l yw i t ht h ek n i f ep o i n t .J O Fg e t su pw i t hc o l ds w e a to n h i sc h e e k sa n df o r e h e a d ,f r i g h t e n e dh a l ft od e a t h .H eb e g i n st oj u m pa n dh o p o nt o po ft h et a b l e s ,s w i n g i n gh i sa r m sa n dl e g sa n dm a k i n gg r o t e s q u ef a c e s . S o m el a u g h ,b u tm o s to ft h ep e o p l es i ts i l e n t l y .J O Fg a s p sa si fh i sl u n g s w e r ea b o u tt ob u r s t .H es i n k st oh i sk n e e s ,a n ds o m e o n ep o u r sb e e ro v e rh i m . R A V E L U pa g a i n !B eag o o db e a r . J O F Ih a v e n ' td o n ea n yh a r m .Ih a v e n ' tg o tt h e s t r e n g t ht op l a yab e a ra n ym o r e . A tt h a tm o m e n tt h ed o o ro p e n sa n dJ O N Se n t e r s .J O Fs e e sh i sc h a n c ea n ds t e a l s o u t .R A V A Li n t e n d st of o l l o wh i m ,b u ts u d d e n l ys t o p s .J O N Sa n dR A V A Ll o o ka t e a c ho t h e r . J O N S D oy o ur e m e m b e rw h a tIw a sg o i n gt od ot oy o u i fw em e ta g a i n ? R A V A Ls t e p sb a c kw i t h o u ts p e a k i n g . J O N S I ' mam a nw h ok e e p sh i sw o r d . J O N Sr a i s e sh i sk n i f ea n dc u t sR A V A Lf r o mf o r e h e a dt oc h e e k .R A V A Ls t a g g e r s t o w a r d st h ew a l l .

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Y o us e e ,J o n a sS k a th a sr u no f fa n dl e f tu s , s ow e ' r ei nr e a lt r o u b l en o w . K N I G H T I st h a ty o u rh u s b a n d ? M I A ( l a u g h s ) J o n a s !T h eo t h e rm a ni sm yh u s b a n d .H i sn a m ei s J o f . K N I G H T O h ,t h a to n e . M I A A n dn o wt h e r e ' so n l yh i ma n dm e .W e ' l lh a v et o s t a r td o i n gt r i c k sa g a i na n dt h a t ' sm o r e t r o u b l et h a ni t ' sw o r t h . K N I G H T D oy o ud ot r i c k sa l s o ? M I A W ec e r t a i n l yd o .A n dJ o fi sav e r ys k i l l f u l j u g g l e r . K N I G H T I sM i k a e lg o i n gt ob ea na c r o b a t ? M I A J o fw a n t sh i mt ob e . K N I G H T B u ty o ud o n ' t . M I A Id o n ' tk n o w . ( s m i l i n g ) P e r h a p sh e ' l lb e c o m eak n i g h t . K N I G H T L e tm ea s s u r ey o u ,t h a t ' sn op l e a s u r ee i t h e r . M I A N o ,y o ud o n ' tl o o ks oh a p p y . K N I G H T N o . M I A A r ey o ut i r e d ? K N I G H T Y e s . M I A W h y ? K N I G H T Ih a v ed u l lc o m p a n y . M I A D oy o um e a ny o u rs q u i r e ? K N I G H T N o ,n o th i m . M I A W h od oy o um e a n ,t h e n ? K N I G H T M y s e l f . M I A Iu n d e r s t a n d . K N I G H T D oy o u ,r e a l l y ? M I A Y e s ,Iu n d e r s t a n dr a t h e rw e l l .Ih a v eo f t e n w o n d e r e dw h yp e o p l et o r t u r et h e m s e l v e sa so f t e n a st h e yc a n .I s n ' tt h a ts o ? S h en o d se n e r g e t i c a l l ya n dt h eK N I G H Ts m i l e ss e r i o u s l y .N o wt h es h r i e k sa n d

S h en o d se n e r g e t i c a l l ya n dt h eK N I G H Ts m i l e ss e r i o u s l y .N o wt h es h r i e k sa n d t h en o i s ef r o mt h ei n nb e c o m el o u d e r .B l a c kf i g u r e sf l i c k e ra c r o s st h eg r a s s m o u n d .S o m e o n ec o l l a p s e s ,g e t su pa n dr u n s .I ti sJ O F .M I As t r e t c h e so u th e r a r m sa n dr e c e i v e sh i m .H eh o l d sh i sh a n d si nf r o n to fh i sf a c e ,m o a n i n gl i k e ac h i l d ,a n dh i sb o d ys w a y s .H ek n e e l s .M I Ah o l d sh i mc l o s et oh e ra n d s p r i n k l e sh i mw i t hs m a l l ,a n x i o u sq u e s t i o n s :W h a th a v ey o ud o n e ?H o wa r ey o u ? W h a ti si t ?D o e si th u r t ?W h a tc a nId o ?H a v et h e yb e e nc r u e lt oy o u ?S h e r u n sf o rar a g ,w h i c hs h ed i p si nw a t e r ,a n dc a r e f u l l yb a t h e sh e rh u s b a n d ' s d i r t y ,b l o o d yf a c e . E v e n t u a l l yar a t h e rs o r r o w f u lv i s a g ee m e r g e s .B l o o dr u n sf r o mab r u i s eo nh i s f o r e h e a da n dh i sn o s e ,a n dat o o t hh a sb e e nl o o s e n e d ,b u to t h e r w i s eJ O Fs e e m s u n h u r t . J O F O u c h ,i th u r t s . M I A W h yd i dy o uh a v et og ot h e r e ?A n do fc o u r s ey o u d r a n k . M I A ' sa n x i e t yh a sb e e nr e p l a c e db yam i l da n g e r .S h ep a t sh i mal i t t l eh a r d e r t h a nn e c e s s a r y . J O F O u c h !Id i d n ' td r i n ka n y t h i n g . M I A T h e nIs u p p o s ey o uw e r eb o a s t i n ga b o u tt h e a n g e l sa n dd e v i l sy o uc o n s o r tw i t h .P e o p l e d o n ' tl i k es o m e o n ew h oh a st o om a n yi d e a sa n d f a n t a s i e s . J O F Is w e a rt oy o ut h a tId i d n ' ts a yaw o r da b o u t a n g e l s . M I A Y o uw e r e ,o fc o u r s e ,b u s ys i n g i n ga n dd a n c i n g . Y o uc a nn e v e rs t o pb e i n ga na c t o r .P e o p l ea l s o b e c o m ea n g r ya tt h a t ,a n dy o uk n o wi t . J O Fd o e s n ' ta n s w e rb u ts e a r c h e sf o rt h ea r m l e t .H eh o l d si tu pi nf r o n to f M I Aw i t ha ni n j u r e de x p r e s s i o n . J O F L o o kw h a tIb o u g h tf o ry o u . M I A Y o uc o u l d n ' ta f f o r di t . J O F ( a n g r y ) B u tIg o ti ta n y h o w . T h ea r m l e tg l i t t e r sf a i n t l yi nt h et w i l i g h t .M I An o wp u l l si ta c r o s sh e r w r i s t .T h e yl o o ka ti ti ns i l e n c e ,a n dt h e i rf a c e ss o f t e n .T h e yl o o ka te a c h o t h e r ,t o u c he a c ho t h e r ' sh a n d s .J O Fp u t sh i sh e a da g a i n s tM I A ' Ss h o u l d e ra n d s i g h s . J O F O h ,h o wt h e yb e a tm e . M I A W h yd i d n ' ty o ub e a tt h e mb a c k ? J O F Io n l yb e c o m ef r i g h t e n e da n da n g r y .In e v e rg e t ac h a n c et oh i tb a c k .Ic a ng e ta n g r y ,y o uk n o w t h a t .Ir o a r e dl i k eal i o n . M I A W e r et h e yf r i g h t e n e d ? J O F N o ,t h e yj u s tl a u g h e d . T h e i rs o nM I K A E Lc r a w l so v e rt ot h e m .J O Fl i e sd o w no nt h eg r o u n da n dp u l l s h i ss o no nt o po fh i m .M I Ag e t sd o w no nh e rh a n d sa n dk n e e sa n dp l a y f u l l y s n i f f sa tM I K A E L . M I A D oy o un o t i c eh o wg o o dh es m e l l s ? J O F A n dh ei ss oc o m p a c tt oh o l d .Y o u ' r eas t u r d y

o n e .Ar e a la c r o b a t ' sb o d y . H el i f t sM I K A E Lu pa n dh o l d sh i mb yt h el e g s .M I Al o o k su ps u d d e n l y , r e m e m b e r i n gt h ek n i g h t ' sp r e s e n c e . M I A Y e s ,t h i si sm yh u s b a n d ,J o f . J O F G o o de v e n i n g . K N I G H T G o o de v e n i n g . J O Fb e c o m e sal i t t l ee m b a r r a s s e da n dr i s e s .A l lt h r e eo ft h e ml o o ka to n e a n o t h e rs i l e n t l y . K N I G H T Ih a v ej u s tt o l dy o u rw i f et h a ty o uh a v ea s p l e n d i ds o n .H e ' l lb r i n gg r e a tj o yt oy o u . J O F Y e s ,h e ' sf i n e . T h e yb e c o m es i l e n ta g a i n . J O F H a v ew en o t h i n gt oo f f e rt h ek n i g h t ,M i a ? K N I G H T T h a n ky o u ,Id o n ' tw a n ta n y t h i n g . M I A ( h o u s e w i f e l y ) Ip i c k e dab a s k e to fw i l ds t r a w b e r r i e st h i s a f t e r n o o n .A n dw eh a v ead r o po fm i l kf r e s h f r o mac o w. . . J O F . . .t h a tw ew e r ea l l o w e dt om i l k .S o ,i fy o u w o u l dl i k et op a r t a k eo ft h i sh u m b l ef a r e ,i t w o u l db eag r e a th o n o r . M I A P l e a s eb es e a t e da n dI ' l lb r i n gt h ef o o d . T h e ys i td o w n .M I Ad i s a p p e a r sw i t hM I K A E L . K N I G H T W h e r ea r ey o ug o i n gn e x t ? J O F U pt ot h es a i n t s 'f e a s ta tE l s i n o r e . K N I G H T Iw o u l d n ' ta d v i s ey o ut og ot h e r e . J O F W h yn o t ,i fIm a ya s k ? K N I G H T T h ep l a g u eh a ss p r e a di nt h a td i r e c t i o n , f o l l o w i n gt h ec o a s tl i n es o u t h .I t ' ss a i dt h a t p e o p l ea r ed y i n gb yt h et e n so ft h o u s a n d s . J O F R e a l l y !W e l l ,s o m e t i m e sl i f ei sal i t t l eh a r d . K N I G H T M a yIs u g g e s t. . . ( J O Fl o o k sa th i m ,s u r p r i s e d ) . . .t h a ty o uf o l l o wm et h r o u g ht h ef o r e s t t o n i g h ta n ds t a ya tm yh o m ei fy o ul i k e .O rg o a l o n gt h ee a s tc o a s t .Y o u ' l lp r o b a b l yb es a f e r t h e r e . M I Ah a sr e t u r n e dw i t hab o w lo fw i l ds t r a w b e r r i e sa n dt h em i l k ,p l a c e si t b e t w e e nt h e ma n dg i v e se a c ho ft h e mas p o o n . J O F Iw i s hy o ug o o da p p e t i t e . K N I G H T Ih u m b l yt h a n ky o u .

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