"TOY:" "Time for action!" "Gangrene, you slimeball!" "Hands up!" "TOY:" "Gangrene, you slimeball!" " Hey, Thomas." " Hi, Brian." " How was school, eh?" " Fine." "(Softly) good." "Time's up, you slimeball." " Let's go outside." " I'm almost done." "Come on, mom, you promised." "I know and I am a terrible mother." " You're horrible." " Horrible?" " You're dreadful." " Dreadful?" "Oh!" "Well, I'm gonna be horrible and I'm gonna be dreadful if I don't finish this chapter." "So I need at least..." " five minutes." " Three." "Four." "Deal." "We're escaping outside!" "Whoosh!" " Hey." " Hey." " What did they say?" " (Groans)" "Not interested." "What do they know?" "They rejected my first novel anyway." "It's Tabitha king syndrome." "Stephen King's wife." "She's a good enough writer, but no one knows her." "All they know is Stephen King." "(Class bell rings)" "They'll know you one day." "Look at all the help you've given me." "That's editing, darling." "It's not the same thing." "See? "not sufficiently mysterious for a mystery, nor sufficiently thrilling for a thriller."" "You know, it wouldn't be the worst thing to add a few thrills and resubmit it." "Throw in some more blood?" "Psychopath jumping out of the closet with an axe?" "No, it's not the English tradition." "I thought a sort of style, wit... imagination." "Darling, you have wit?" "Very good." "You're the best editor in London is that so bad?" "Max Perkins saved Hemingway." "Yes, well, no one remembers max Perkins, and he's right up there with Tabitha what's-her-face." "Well, I couldn't have done any of this without you." "Well, you do realize, darling, that... that I'm supposed to be saying that to you?" "Hey, when can I read some?" "About three minutes." "That's all Thomas has given me." "Okay, three minutes it is." "TOY:" "Action alert!" "Hand's up!" "Action alert!" "Hands up!" "Brian, dinner's ready." "Yeah, coming." "Thomas." "Thomas?" "Thomas?" "Thomas?" "Thomas?" "Thomas!" "No!" "Oh, baby." "Brian!" "Come on." "Come on!" "Breathe!" "Brian!" "(Choral music playing)" "(Sobbing) no... no no... no!" "WOMAN:" "I searched every website." "This is everything you want." "It's remote, quiet," " no one around for miles." " Ingonish cove." "You'll get so much writing done it's got the boats we used in Suffolk do you know how long you might want it for?" "I don't know." "Just whatever it takes for me to finish this book." "It looks great." "Well, Brian hasn't been any help." "He should have been there for you." "Yeah, well..." "he tried." "Look, whatever we had, we lost a long time ago." "Yeah, I know." "But are you really gonna be okay out there, all by yourself?" " It's only been eight months." " Yeah, I'm fine." "Would you like to get some tea?" "Yeah." "I'll get you wherever you are!" "(Eerie music playing)" "(Soft piano tune playing)" "If you're really gonna go, take these with you." "You know I was wanting to try it without it for awhile, Robert." "It's just in case." "(Elevator dings)" "Rachel." "Shall I call Bartlett?" "I'm not up for divorce lawyers right now." "Let's just deal with all that when I get back." "(Dings)" " ROBERT:" "So how did it go?" " BRIAN:" "All this time, she's never talked to me about Thomas." "She won't open up to me at all." "You've got to remember it's not the same for you." "What, because he's not my son?" "Because you weren't the one who left the gate open." " Hello." " WOMAN:" "Rachel, how are you?" "You should see where I am right now." " You're there already?" " It's beautiful, and there's not another house around for miles." "They said there was a lighthouse there as well?" " Mm-hmm." " You've got one in your book haven't you?" "You can do some research." "RACHEL:" "It's perfect." "It's exactly what I wanted." "If I can't write here, I can't write anywhere." "Ah." "At least you're not stuck writing crap for a crap paper, like I am." "It's not that bad." "It keeps the bills at bay." " Almost - yeah, which is good for you." "Which I don't need reminding." "Hey, remember... if you want me to come out there, you just say the word." "Thanks." "I'm-I'm-I'm gonna be okay." "I really..." "I really think I'm gonna be okay." "Excuse me... excuse me?" "Am I headed the right way into town?" "Sorry?" "Am I... am I headed the right way into town?" "Yeah, you just follow up the beach." "You can't miss it." "Okay, I wasn't sure." "Are you traveling through?" "Oh, no no, actually, I've just moved into foster road, number 1." "Foster road, number 1?" "Are you sure?" "I think so." "It's the only house on the road." "Yeah, that's it." "I'm Finlay Murray, what passes for a police sergeant round here." " And I'm Mary." " Hello." "Rachel Carlson." " So you here on your own?" " Yeah." "Well, if you hang on, I'll give you a lift in." "It's a wee bit of a hike." "Thank you, but this is what I'm here for." " Are you sure?" " Absolutely." " Okay." " To the beach." " Yep." " All right." "Thank you." "Your son's waiting for you." "On the swings." "He's been waiting for you." "He told me." "My son?" "I'm sorry." "It must have been someone else's little boy." "Wait." "Can I talk to you?" "I was mistaken, that's all." "It's a beautiful day, isn't it?" "(Squeaking)" "THOMAS:" "Mom?" "We're escaping outside come with us." "You promised, but you never came." "(Camera shutter clicking)" "It's impressive, don't you think?" "Quite." "I didn't realize that there was anyone else around." "Carry on." "Lighthouses are a dying breed." "I'm Angus McCulloch, the lighthouse keeper." "Rachel." "Sorry, I just assumed that all lighthouses were automated now." "Well, most of them are." "In a few years, I'll be gone, too." "So what brings you out here?" "I'm researching lighthouses for a book." "It's a long way from America just to see a lighthouse." "No no, I live in London actually." "I'm just out here doing some writing." "Oh, you're in the cottage." "It's about time someone moved in." "It's been empty for years." "Well, you've certainly come to the right place to write a book." "Did you meet the horses yet?" "That's a story for you." "A Spanish galleon shipwrecked, right there, 1754." "The entire crew died, but a few horses swam here to safety, and they've been here ever since." "And they've never been off the island?" "I can think of worse." "Yeah." "Listen, I'm just putting some dinner on." "You're welcome to stay, have something to eat." "I can tell you everything you need to know about lighthouses." "Thanks, I need to get back." "I'm still unpacking boxes." "Well, look, maybe next week." "Same time?" "I'll cook some extra and if you don't show," "I'll eat with the horses." "We should be friends." "We're neighbors now." "We should." "(Gasps)" "RACHEL: "to my love in honor of what we decided yesterday."" ""Forever yours, k."" ""Page 145, line 7."" ""Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists." "When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves." "We are incomplete, like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost." "This is what I imagine love to be... incompleteness in absence."" "ACTION MAN:" "I'll get you wherever you are!" "(Eerie music playing)" "Thomas." "Thomas." "Mama." "It's okay, mom." "Don't go." " Don't run, don't go." " I won't." "Come." "Be with me." "(Gasping)" "(Sizzling)" "Ah!" "Hello." "You turned up at last." "Good timing I'm just burning the fish." "It's good to see you." "How's your research coming?" "Well, it's all right." "Could be better." "That's why I'm here." "I was hoping I could get a tour." "Okay." "How about some lunch before the tour?" "(Chuckles)" "Is there anything else on the menu?" "Why is it that everyone paints their boats the exact same color as their houses?" "Well, that's actually a tradition here." "The wife needs to be able to look out on the water and know her husband's okay." "That's very romantic." "And we also get a tax break on the paint." "Which is also very romantic." "Very romantic." "RACHEL:" "I can't make it!" "Quick." "Do you ever get lonely working out here?" "You never get lonely sitting at your typewriter?" "Sometimes." "I like being alone." "Do you really like it?" "Or do you think it's just something you've gotten used to?" "Or maybe I like it because I've gotten used to it." " I love it out here." " Who do you talk to?" "Who do you talk to?" "Isn't that what you love about writing?" "The solitude?" "I write because... well, I don't function very well as a human being unless I'm writing well, what are you writing now?" "I'm not." "RACHEL:" "Don't tell me you paint as well!" "Oh, no." "Kate, my wife." "She... we haven't seen each other for a long time." "She loved it out here at first." "But in the end, the isolation was too much for her." "Loneliness can make you a little crazy, I think." "Come on." "Wow!" "Kate could never understand why I wouldn't leave here." "But my father lived here and his father before him." "My great-grandfather, he built the balcony from wood that was washed ashore from a shipwreck." "This is him." "I could never leave here." "You'll see why." "Come on." "By the way, I've brought you something as a thank you for the tour." "It's one of my books." " I had it sent." " Thanks." ""Dreamers awake," by Rachel Carlson." "I'm impressed." "Is it a comedy or a tragedy?" "Well, it's a mystery." "But please be kind... it is the first novel I had published." "Weli..." "I'll find out all about you." "Maybe." "If you need any help, just send out a flare." " I'll keep an eye out for you." " Thank you." "I really..." "I really enjoyed that today." "Aye." "Me too." "SHARON:" "So have you slept with him yet?" "RACHEL:" "It's just nice to have someone to talk to." "Meaning you haven't slept with him." "You know, you're starting to sound like you're conducting a tabloid interview, my friend." "You know me, always working, always looking for the angle." "And you know I rely on you for my kicks." "(Chuckles)" "Is that the sea I can hear?" "Yes, it's less than 10 feet away." " Can you hear the crashing?" " Wow, look at you." "Number one best sellers, waves at your feet, romance on a deserted island." "Tough life." "Rachel, I'm sorry." "That came out wrong." "Sharon, forget it." "It's okay." "Look, I wouldn't have made it this far without you." "I mean it." "I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" "Okay." "Okay, don't peek." "(Beeping)" "Qu... qu... qu-quick quick quick." "Ready?" " RACHEL:" "Smile." " Okay." "(Camera shutter clicks)" "RACHEL:" "And no faces this time." "Hurry hurry, come on, come on." "Wait wait wait." "It's gonna come." " You smiling?" "You promise?" " Yes." " Yes." " You promise?" "ANGUS:" "Rachei... are you okay?" "Rachel?" "Is something wrong?" "What's wrong?" "I think I need to get back." "Why?" "I'm sorry." " Afternoon, Rachel." " Afternoon." "Are we gonna see you here on Sunday?" "I don't think so." "Your man and I aren't on very good terms." "Don't you worry about that." "All the more"