"I hereby pledge allegiance" "I hereby pledge allegiance to the devil" "Hedvig Molander" "FEAR HAS 1000 EYES subbed by KRANK timed by ANTHRAPOID" "The worst part is over now." "That long dark period that never seemed to end." "Yes, it's over now." "Soon, the summer will come, and darkness will never fall again." "All southeners feel the same way you do, during their first winter." "It wasn't just that!" "Please Anna, try to look at it in another way." "The first parish one gets is always out in the sticks." "So, sir is back?" "Had a nice vacation?" "Very." "Will the bus wait for us when we arrive?" "Oh yes, we arrive at 2:23 PM." " Welcome home." " Thank you." "Why did he say that? "Had a nice vacation"?" "He was only trying to be nice." "Please Anna, try to keep it together." "I'll try." "But the closer we get, the harder it feels." "I'm afraid, Sven." "Barbro is here." "Has something happened?" "But my little darling, she's here to greet us!" "Hi!" "Welcome back!" "Thanks." " How was it?" " Nice." " You look so tan and healthy!" " You think so?" " Yeah, it has been nice." " It was a long journey home." " Yes, it was tiresome." " I have a surprise for you!" " What?" " Dinner!" "Is this all the mail I got?" "Yes, that's everything the mailman gave me." "You haven't been gone that long." "Say..." "How is Anna?" "Your letters didn't say much." "Well, it feels better." "Yes, it'll be good when Hedvig comes back." "If nothing else, at least she'll have company." "What are you talking about?" "About how we must take care of our mother to be!" "Go sit down!" "Evenin'" "How far to Redsele?" "80 kilometers [50 US Miles]" "What's a dame like you doing up in those swamps?" "Lady's companion." "Lucky lady!" "Fuck you, and mind your own business!" "Was that all the policeman had to say?" "Yes, and I got to keep the dolls!" "I was gonna give one to Hedvig as a souvenir." "She's so fond of dolls." "Nasty weather!" "Well, I'm glad Hedvig is coming here." "It's unnatural, a single girl living in a big house like that!" "That's what I've been saying all along." "Don't you think it looks like Anna?" "Imagine it with a blonde wig!" "I think Hedvig will feel good, living here." "And me too." "We'll both feel good." "Would you please go check what that was?" "No, don't!" "It's just Hedvig!" " Have you settled in?" " Yes, in the gables room." "And the dish washer is filled up and running." "Is there anything on TV?" "Well, icehockey..." "Yes, only icehockey." "Then the roads are probably empty, so I'll be going home." " Don't you want coffee?" " No..." "No thanks, dearest." "I don't know how to thank you for making our coming home so joyous." "And that nice dinner!" "Bye, dearest." "Bye, auntie." "Don't call me auntie, you rascal!" "Not even in jest!" "It makes me feel like Methuselah's grandmother." "I'm sorry, Barbro." "Bye!" "Bye-bye!" "Thanks for a nice evening!" " No, thank YOU, for that nice dinner." " Bye!" "Bye!" "Let's see..." "What are you reading, Sven?" "About Paris..." "Where we're going next time." "But that's not until September, October?" "Well, what's wrong with autumn in Paris?" "Roasted chestnuts, fall fashion, foggy mornings." "You're rambling!" "Who knows if we can afford it?" "Listen, here's a few autumnal impressions for you!" "'Le parc des Buttes-Chaumont is probably the most picturesque park in Paris." "A romantic, hilly landscape." "Atop a 32 meter high rocky peak, with a man-made waterfall, on an island partially surrounded by a lake, is a replica of the Sybil's Temple in Tivoli [Italy]." "A 200 step staircase hewn into the mountainside leads to the temple." "A 200 step staircase hewn into the mountainside leads to the temple." "From a high, partially man-made cliff on the opposite beach, a bridge leads to the island." "It is called..." "The Suicide Bridge." "Since the romantic environment and the great height invites you to many..." "Don't scare Anna, not even as a joke!" "If she'd only held out for another line, she'd have gotten a review of the restaurant Pavillon du Lac, famous for its grilled chicken." "Please Hedvig, go talk to her." "I don't know what came over me." "I thought I was well." "You are, Anna." "I knew all along Sven was only joking when he lowered his voice in that eerie way." "But I'm tired, and afraid of the thunder." "We shared hotel rooms all the time." "But I can't sleep." "Why don't you tell Sven?" "He can sleep in the den." "I can talk to Sven if you want." "No." "No, I'll talk to him tomorrow." "Poor Sven, being married to a silly girl like me." "No, you're not silly." "You're just a bit high strung because of the pregnancy." "That's not uncommon." "Lots of women go completely mad." "Completely mad." "Completely mad." "Just a bit afraid." "Just a bit afraid." "No, little Anna, that's somewhat improbable." "If it was an eye injury, it wouldn't manifest itself intermittently." "I think it's a fatigue phenomenon." "You know, if you drive at night, being tired, you can see all kinds of strange men in the road." "I think this thing with your hand is something similar." "Leif, I can see it quite clearly!" "Well, don't worry about this." "It's probably a pregnancy neurosis." "You know, expecting mothers can sometimes see or hear strange things." "I'll write you a prescription for sleeping pills." "No, no sedatives!" "No, just a mild hypnotic." "You'll sleep all by yourself." "This only helps you over the threshold, so to speak." "What are you doing here?" "I'm going for a walk." "In the middle of the night?" "Couldn't sleep." "Where are you going?" "(?" ")" "To the bridge." "Look, what is that?" "Someone is trying to scare us!" "I'm off, bye!" "Bye!" "There we go!" "Good riddance, eh?" "Anything else?" "Yes, Doctor..." "Speak up!" "Does Mrs Andersson have sexual problems?" " Children?" " No." "I saw a glowing hand... moving..." "all by itself, last night." "It's true, Doctor." "I have also seen it." "I think I know whose arm it is." "When did Nurse Rut see her hand?" "Also last night." "Vilgot?" "Hiya, it's Leif." "Listen... yeah, right..." "I was wondering if you and Gustav could come over for dinner tonight." "Sven and Anna need our help." "We are their friends, after all." "Yes... we... we'll talk about it later then." "Yes, great." "Bye!" "Hedvig, do you remember where i put my knitting last night?" "It's on the table in front of the stove!" " What happened?" " She screamed, when I came in she was lying here." "This isn't good at all." "Well, my dear Vilgot." "Your cardiogram didn't look good." "And you are way too fat." "And you believe in witchcraft." "Well, the last thing isn't true." "So, I'm going on a diet?" "And quitting smoking..." "And drinking..." "Say no more, I understand completely." ""He lived happily, as long as he lived."" "Well, make sure you actually live happily, as long as you live." "Yeah, sure." "Brain aneurysms aren't to be trifled with." "No." "Please Anna, you have to be yourself again!" "How can I, when I can't sleep?" "Can't you sleep?" "I never noticed!" "No wonder, you have the most confident sleep in the world!" "What do you mean, "confident"?" "I can't sleep in different ways?" "Oh yes, you can!" "And every way rumbles like..." " Like what?" " ..." "like a thresher!" "I can't help that!" "It's unbearable when you're pregnant and can't sleep." "And you feel sick all the time." "I can sleep downstairs, in the library." "I'm sorry." "No, I'm sorry for getting mad." "Of course you're right." "You know how mad I get when people snore in church." ""Couldst thou not awaken for but a brief moment?"" "Hi Leif, it's Sven." "Could you see my deacon tomorrow?" "He has this horrible cough." " One o'clock, great!" "Thank you!" " I think she is trying to realize her hallucinations..." " What are you saying?" " ...to convince us she isn't insane." " Anna?" " She wants us to believe that "the hand" really exists." "Yes..." "Yes..." "I'll be right there." "I'm scared, Hedvig." "Strange things keep happening." "That baby Onesie, I saw it, I swear!" "As clearly as I saw that crawling hand." "Don't laugh at me!" "Leif said several people had seen it." "And this morning, the chest was empty when I checked it." "Anna dear, you moved the clothes from the chest to your closet yourself." "They are bundled up on the table." "You see!" "I have no idea what's happening." "It't horrible when the things NOT happening are real." "You better go home so you can see the clothes yourself." "I'll carry them downstairs again." "What's wrong with this one?" "Nothing's wrong, but you normally dress cuter." "Sven moved downstairs, into the den." "I shooed him down there yesterday." "He was angry, but the doctor said that I should sleep by myself if I'm having problems." "Did you tell him?" "No." "But he was here this morning?" "Yes, a relapse, maybe..." "Does he sleep well, down in the den?" "It hurts real bad, right here." "It started just before you came here." "Well, you have milk, sandwiches and your sleeping pills." "Those are not the pills Leif gave me" "Oh yes, I just put them in a nicer box." "I can fetch the old one if you want." "Don't bother." "How many should I take?" "Only two, for gods sake." "These are the mildest, Leif said." "Do as you please, but I warned you." "OK then." "How's this supposed to work?" "The last batch won't be ready in time!" "Can't Sven do that?" "Or we'll be late!" "I guess he can..." "Sven" "What do you want?" "We want you to remove the bread from the oven in... exactly 30 minutes." " and then insert the last batch." " We're going for a ladies X-ray." "Oh yeah, that was today..." "Hey... what's this then?" "Do you see the same thing I see?" "Yes, someone forgot to remove her necklace." "Exactly." "The sign of magic." "The inverted cross." "There's no name on these plates." " How's that even possible?" " Is there a problem?" "Nothing you can do anything about." "Hi, you sure took your time!" " I've baked three batches." " That's good." " Were you both in good health?" " Healthy as horses!" " Hedvig got a spirit drum from a Lapp." " Really?" "Lapps are notoriously cheap and greedy!" " How big was it?" " Like this." "You must be quite the beauty to Lappish eyes." "Can you see what this is supposed to look like?" "The old man in the moon?" " No, it's Vilgot!" " Exactly!" "It's almost uncanny... that astute-looking mouth, the bulbous forehead." "Of course, that's just primitive superstition... but it lives on." "Especially in remote locations" "But then it's often in conjunction with mental illness... mental illness and peculiar delusions." "Dr. Lamm, the head of the X-ray bus  he came to see me before they left." "You know what he told me?" "They really have found evidence..." "Oh, you can laugh." "But let me quote him verbatim:" ""We have found evidence of modern magic on the X-ray plates."" " Oh Leif, that sounds preposterous!" " Hedvig, did you find that wine bottle?" "Oh yes." "But what creepy stories you tell us!" "Thanks." "You said something earlier, Leif about something supernatural close to the rectory the other day." "Something about a glowing hand, creeping around all by itself." "Was anyone here out walking that night?" " You need a hand?" " Don't be silly!" "Anna and I were out walking not that long ago." "Would that have been the day after you saw Leif, Anna dear?" " Well, I don't know..." " Come on, think!" "Vilgot!" "A glass of water and a wet towel, stat!" "Water, Anna!" "It's over now." "Sven will be here soon." "Can't you put that doll away?" "I don't like frivolous labor on Sundays." "How do you know it's frivolous?" "Can you see who it is?" "No." "Aunt Barbro." "Maybe I'm in a hurry to kill her as well." "Hedvig, don't say that!" "I never said, or even thought, that you killed Vilgot." "I just said the knife was in that loaf of bread." "You keep bringing that knife up all the time." "No I don't, we've only talked about this once before." "I was terrified, don't you understand?" "(Hedvig)" "Remember how scared you was, that night Sven read about Paris?" "Remember how I comforted you?" "And the onesie, and the clothes in the chest." "Forgive me, I am out of my mind!" "Have you talked to Sven about your theories?" "No." "I'm not that crazy." "I haven't talked to anyone." "Only you." "I think it's for the best." "No one would understand you." "Only I do." "I feel so safe with you." "What are you up to?" "Comforting eachother." "It was so spooky." "Yes, it was." "And chilly." "I understand you not wanting to go." "I'll go warm some milk." "Why do you go to the graveyard without your overcoat?" "Am I supposed to stand at tha altar in a camel hair coat?" "You know that the funeral service is inside the church then a short prayer at the graveside, before they lower the coffin." "Hedvig, put some honey in it!" "One just has to take it, i suppose." "Like royalty, travelling bare-headed in open carriages even if it rains." "One of the downsides of this job." "You sound so cynical." "Well, isn't it a job?" "Being a priest." "Baptizing." "Marrying." "Burying Preaching to empty pews." "Hi!" "God, all you do is paint." "What's wrong with that?" "If I wasn't hard-working, this place wouldn't look this nice." "Things can be TOO nice." "After the death of Vilgot, I keep seeing death everywhere." "Even the cassock, which I used to like, and thought of as festive I associated it to the mass, weddings, christenings even the cassock radiates cold and death." "Anna dear, your imagination!" "Death is a part of us, like birth and weddings." "If it wasn't, where would we be?" "What's he doing?" "I spilled some milk there last night." "I was takng it to Sven, he's coming down with a cold." "Doesn't he sleep with you?" "Not since our return." "I have trouble sleeping." "I'm sorry Anna dear, I didn't mean to pry." "I know how you can feel when you're pregnant." "But it gets so much better." "Save some milk for us!" "Poor Vilgot." "He was so exuberant and happy in his big round body." "I'll go get some hot tea." "I wasn't going to tell you, but i have to." " Hedvig says I shouldn't." " Shouldn't what?" "Tell anyone what happened when Vilgot died." "Remember I ran into the kitchen for some water?" "Of course that's not related!" "Why would anyone want to harm Vilgot?" "What you've told me so far indicates severe mental disturbances." "I can't explain it." "I'm cold." "Anna dear..." "Let's change the subject." "You never told me about Spain!" "Well, to me the Canary Islands aren't part of Spain." "But that's wrong of course." "It was nice." "Warm and sunny." "Too many Swedes if you ask me." "He's dead!" "Our cute little pussycat!" "He fell over in the kitchen, as if struck by lightning." "(children singing)" "(children singing)" " Here you go." "Oh, I dropped it." "Here you go dear, Happy Easter!" "Happy Easter!" " Drive carefully!" " Oh yes!" "Thanks for the tea!" "See you!" "What's for dinner?" "Spaghetti and meatsauce." "Don't worry about it." "I'll take care of it." "Go get some rest." "Do you want me to draw you a bath?" " Please, I think I can manage that." " You can?" "What do you mean?" "You always need help." "And now you sought Barbros help, AGAINST me!" " Do you understand what you've done?" " No Hedvig, I didn't." "I'm so sorry Hedvig, I was so confused." "Maybe there was no knife in that loaf of bread?" "Maybe it was like with the onesie?" "Go take a bath and rest." "I'll wake you when Sven comes home and dinner's ready." "I like you Hedvig." "I don't know how we would manage without you." "Ask Sven to change his clothes before dinner." "No no, dear Barbro." "Even though we've known eachother for twenty years and I appreciate your beauty and charm, You can't expect me to believe in remote controlled murders." "And even you'd be correct, there is nothing i could legally do about it." "You have to understand this, Barbro!" "Well, can't you at least have a look at her records?" " Maybe you'll find somehting?" " What?" "That she's killed someone before?" "Or that she's criminally insane?" "Well, fuck you." "I'll investigate it myself." "Don't, please Barbro!" "That won't bring anything good." "Only misery and trouble." "Most peoples lives won't stand up to scrutiny." "Okay." "I'll dismiss the case." "Guess what I found the other day, when you were getting X-rayed?" "The same day Vilgot died..." "Well..." "I had a beer while I was baking bread..." "When I put the empty bottle back in the cupboard... .. I found a shoe box with a ball of yarn, that could have been used to knit the three-legged onesie knitting needles, and  and a bag of dirt and bone fragments." "I'm afraid that that Anna is even sicker than we thought." "I believe she's set a lot of things up." "Like the hand Leif mentioned, and the onesie." "I'm really worried about her." "Keep your eyes on her, will you?" "I'm sorry I ruined dinner." "It tasted so nice, Hedvig." "It's just that... meat makes me nauseous." "Hello, this is the Rectory." "Hi Barbro." "Fine, thanks." "I'll go get her, she's upstairs, resting." "One moment." " Anna, Barbro is calling." " I'll be right down." "Hello Barbro." "Fine, Barbro." "I felt a little sick at dinner yesterday." "Can't eat meat anymore." "Other than that, I'm fine." "No Barbro, Hedvig can't hear me." "She's in the kitchen." "No Barbro, I can't guess." "Is it true?" "Do that, Barbro!" "Come here tomorrow." "I'm really afraid." "What am I supposed to tell Hedvig?" "Yes Barbro, this is terrible!" "You mean we have to get her out of the house?" "Yes, yes..." "Yes." "Thanks for calling!" "Hello, the Rectory." "Hi Barbro." "What about Hedvig?" "I shouldn't tell Sven?" "Barbro, I've been out walking for an hour." "I just got in." "I'm still wearing my fur coat." "Barbro called." " She sounded strange." " In what way?" "I couldn't understand her." "But she's on her way here, so I guess we'll see." "Mind the needles." "Let me help you." "I'm so sad." "You're the only one who's strong." "We got this from Barbro." "The fish cutlery too." "Oh." "Isn't it ridiculous?" "We, who liked her, have gathered here to eat, to honor the departed." "Yuck, that's stone age behavior." "Stone age?" "What about you?" "What you are doing?" "Isn't that some old pagan rite, when you commit a body to the ground..." "What do you mean?" "...And give out sacraments in the name of the Church." "You baptize, marry and bury people, and promise them eternal life!" "But Leif, I don't understand how you can say that to me!" "That would mean that every priest in the Swedish Church is a a charlatan and practitioner of black magic!" "Barbro was such a stickler for details." "How could she forget the afternoon train?" "You could set your watch by it." "She must have had something really important on her mind, which distracted her." "She was on her way to us, she was going to tell me something about..." "About what?" "She didn't say what." "She sounded strange on the phone." ""I'm on my way", she said. "Don't do anything."" "Anna..." "Are you sure that conversation actually happened?" "Don't, Hedvig!" "I think Anna is aware of her memory lapses." " Candlelight is so beautiful." " And look at this fire!" "...on the mantlepiece i think..." "Aaah... oh, I'm sorry." "Ohh, this is nice." "Too bad Barbro isn't here." "Come sit down!" " Do you want my seat?" " No." "I bought this liqueur last spring." "Don't you want a tiny glass, Leif?" "No thanks, I'll be going home pretty soon." "I have my first patient at 7:30 tomorrow morning." "Oh, that's way too early." "Remember when Barbro made that dress from Brussels lace?" "...and forgot to wear her underskirt?" "No thanks, no thanks." ""C'est la mode" she said, when someone mentioned they could see her panties and bra." "Everyone believed her, and everyone loved her." "I remember another thing Barbro did..." "I'd better tell it before I go home." "Well, allright, I'll have some coffee." "Barbro was so full of joy over the possibilities of life and she read somewhere... (thanks) she read somewhere about nudism..." "No sugar thanks." "both nudist beaches and nudism at home." "You know, if you go up the river, you come to a sandy riverbank." "Like a little miniature riviera." "I saw her there once, in all her glory." "She had a fantastic body, Barbro." "And I remember one day, we... well..." "She was a fine human being, Barbro." "You were going to tell us something about her?" "No, I'm sorry..." "My thoughts wandered." "I think it's time for both me and my story to retire for the evening." "Goodbye, Anna." "You know where to find me." "Bye, thanks." "I like being nude too." "It's so liberating." "Sit down here." "Anna wants to be naked, Sven." "Why don't we let her?" "You too, Sven." "Come Sven, come." "Hedvig..." "We're out of firewood." "Use the crucifix, Sven." " What's happened?" " I dunno, go look for yourself!" "Three days running!" "SO-IT, over!" "Hurry up with the stretcher!" "Hurry up Andersson!" "Faster!" "No, wait." "We must secure the man first." "We can move him." "Quickly." "Come on, hurry." "She's on the top floor." "Where am I?" "Here." "With me." "Welp." "It's too late."