"My story can never be told." "Never be told." "I write it over and over" "I write it over and over wherever we find shelter." "Wherever we find shelter." "I write of what I cannot" "I write of what I cannot speak... the truth." "Speak... the truth." "I write all I know of it" "I write all I know of it and then I throw the pages and then I throw the pages to the wind." "To the wind." "Maybe the birds can read it." "Maybe the birds can read it." "This yours?" "I often find them here," "I often find them here, these scraps." "These scraps." "Must float down from must float down from someone's window." "Someone's window." ""She had meant to smother the baby as soon as it was born, baby as soon as it was born, but something made her look but something made her look at it." "At it." "She heard the thundering she heard the thundering heartbeat, she smelled the heartbeat, she smelled the baby's bloodied head and baby's bloodied head and love confounded her."" "Love confounded her." It's just a scrap, like you say." "It's just a scrap, like you say." "But there's a story there." "But there's a story there." "You can feel it." "You can feel it." "Shall we walk a little?" "Shall we walk a little?" "MystorystartswithClara." "MystorystartswithClara." "One day, it will end with her." "One day, it will end with her." "Clara... full of secrets." "Clara... full of secrets." "My savior." "My savior." "My burden." "My burden." "My muse." " My muse." " ♪ ..." "Won't you come" "♪ ..." "Won't you come and be with me and be with me and see what I've got?" "♪" "And see what I've got?" "♪ ♪ 'cause what I've got" "♪ 'cause what I've got is what you need ♪" "Is what you need ♪ ♪ what I got" "♪ what I got is what you need... ♪" " Is what you need... ♪" " Hey!" "Hey!" "Fucking hell..." "Wendy!" "Fucking hell..." "Wendy!" "I'll call you back." "I'll call you back." "You!" "You!" "You bastard!" "You bastard!" "Did you see that?" "Did you see that?" "He fucking attacked me!" " He fucking attacked me!" " What's she done?" "What's she done?" "Really fucked his nose." "Really fucked his nose." "Yeah, well, he deserved it." "Yeah, well, he deserved it." "Come on." "Oi..." " Come on." "Oi..." " Ernie, get him out of" "Ernie, get him out of here, will you?" "Here, will you?" "My nose!" "My nose!" "My nose..." "Would you care for tea?" "Please come in." "I have been working here for" "I have been working here for 14 nights..." "I want my pay!" "14 nights..." "I want my pay!" "You're not on the books." "You're not on the books." "What pay?" "What pay?" "♪ don't you wanna," "♪ don't you wanna, wanna, don't you ♪" "Wanna, don't you ♪ ♪ don't you wanna see me" "♪ don't you wanna see me flaunt what I got?" "♪" "Flaunt what I got?" "♪ ♪ don't you," "♪ don't you, don't you wanna, wanna... ♪" "Don't you wanna, wanna... ♪ excuse me." "Excuse me." "Have you seen this girl?" "Have you seen this girl?" "No... sorry, mate." "No... sorry, mate." "Sorry." " Sorry." " ♪ ..." "Flaunt" "♪ ..." "Flaunt what I got... ♪" "What I got... ♪ no." "No." "Oi, what are you doing?" "Oi, what are you doing?" "Sorry, babe, but they owe me." "Sorry, babe, but they owe me." "No!" "Stop, you can't take no!" "Stop, you can't take money out of the till!" "Money out of the till!" "Hello, Clara." "Hello, Clara." "We get a lot of bitches in we get a lot of bitches in here, but she took the here, but she took the fucking prize." "Fucking prize." "Shame." "She was morbidly sexy." "Shame." "She was morbidly sexy." "Move!" "Move!" "Aah!" " Aah!" " No..." "No..." "Clara...!" "Shit!" "Fuck!" "The tedium I've experienced the tedium I've experienced in this pursuit!" "My time you in this pursuit!" "My time you have wasted!" "Have wasted!" "You would sell nations with you would sell nations with your whoredoms." "Your whoredoms." "Come on." "Come on." "You know who I'm looking for." "You know who I'm looking for." "Where is she?" "Huh?" "Where is she?" "Huh?" "Where is she?" "!" "Where is she?" "!" "I was him once." "I was him once." "And that girl..." "And that girl..." "Love confounded me for her." "Love confounded me for her." "I loved her my whole" "I loved her my whole life through." "Life through." "Your wife?" "Your wife?" "She was married to my she was married to my brother John..." "Brother John..." "Most happily." "Most happily." "She never knew the way I felt." "She never knew the way I felt." "Nor did he." "There comes a time in life when secrets should be told." "When secrets should be told." "You've got secrets, haven't you?" "You've got secrets, haven't you?" "There was a story told when there was a story told when I was a boy about the" "I was a boy about the neamh-mhairbh, the revenants." "Neamh-mhairbh, the revenants." "Neither dead nor alive." "Neither dead nor alive." "The priests used to tell it the priests used to tell it to frighten us." "To frighten us." "My name is Eleanor webb." "My name is Eleanor webb." "Eleanor webb." "Eleanor webb." "I am ready." "I am ready." "Are you sure?" "Are you sure?" "I've spent quite enough" "I've spent quite enough time here." "Time here." "Believe me." "Believe me." "I feel at great peace." "As if order is about" "as if order is about to be restored." "To be restored." "She is an aberration." "She is an aberration." "I don't know what that" "I don't know what that means, sir." "Where do you think you're going?" "You're going?" "I was going to clean" "I was going to clean the wound, sir." "The wound, sir." "You've been cut, you've been cut, it's conspicuous." "All the time you've had" "all the time you've had and you've learned nothing." "And you've learned nothing." "Truly you're base." "Close your eyes." "Close your eyes." "[Eleanor pants, gasps," "Clara?" "Clara?" "Get out." "How could you bring someone here?" "He was someone here?" "He was stronger than I thought." "Stronger than I thought." "This is our home." "This is our home." "Eleanor..." "Eleanor..." "We have to leave." "We have to leave." "I'm not moving on again..." "I'm not moving on again..." "I had to do it!" "I had to do it!" "One day you'll understand." "One day you'll understand." "What, when I'm older?" "What, when I'm older?" "You have no idea, you have no idea, no fucking idea no fucking idea of what I do for you!" "Of what I do for you!" "You did that for me?" "You did that for me?" "Pack!" "Pack!" "I liked it here." "I liked it here." "I said pack!" "Who was he?" "No one." "Who was he?" "No one." "♪ Mother was bathing" "♪ mother was bathing her baby one night ♪" "Her baby one night ♪ ♪ youngest of 10" "♪ youngest of 10 and a poor little mite ♪" "And a poor little mite ♪ ♪ mother was fat" "♪ mother was fat and the baby was thin ♪" "And the baby was thin ♪ ♪ it was nought but a" "♪ it was nought but a ♪ skellington" "♪ skellington wrapped up in skin ♪" "Wrapped up in skin ♪ ♪ mother turned 'round" "♪ mother turned 'round for the soap from the rack... ♪" "For the soap from the rack... ♪" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "All right, see you, girls." "You'll have a look" "You'll have a look at the greenhouse, eh?" " At the greenhouse, eh?" " Aye." "Aye." "We've been here before." "We've been here before." "Oh, don't be silly." "Oh, don't be silly." "Come on." "Come on." "But don't you remember?" "But don't you remember?" "It's going to be good for us it's going to be good for us here, I can feel it." "Here, I can feel it." "You said that about the you said that about the last place." "Last place." "What, that dump that we what, that dump that we just left?" "Just left?" "I've forgotten it already." "I've forgotten it already." "What's the matter?" "What's the matter?" "You can't throw the past away you can't throw the past away as if it didn't happen." "As if it didn't happen." "My concern is now, o.K.?" "My concern is now, o.K.?" "Silly sod." "Why don't you go and play on the amusements, yeah?" "The amusements, yeah?" "Gonna make us some money." " Gonna make us some money." " Go on." " Go on." " Clara is" "Clara is never alone." "Never alone." "She finds money and company she finds money and company every day." "Every day." "It comes easily to her, it comes easily to her, like lying." " Like lying." " Who's that?" "Who's that?" "You know her?" "No." "You know her?" "No." "You seen her?" "No." "ButI likesolitude." "I walk and the past walks" "I walk and the past walks with me." "With me." "It lives." "It lives." "[Rides clanking, people scream" "Hi." "It's 50 for a blow, it's 50 for a blow, 100 for a full whack." "100 for a full whack." "Did they hire you?" "You're busking." "You're busking." "You could pass the hat around." "You could pass the hat around." "I don't mind." "I don't mind." "That... was great." "That... was great." "Can you speak?" "Can you speak?" "I haven't got a hat." "I haven't got a hat." "How do you remember how do you remember all those notes?" "All those notes?" "I remember everything." "I remember everything." "It's a burden." "It's a burden." "So..." "So..." "You know anything else?" "You know anything else?" "Try and liven them up." "Try and liven them up." "It's the valley of the stiffs it's the valley of the stiffs in here." "I have to go." "I finish at 10!" "Come in." "Come in." "50." "Lovely." "Lovely." "So, are you on holiday then?" " So, are you on holiday then?" " No." "No." "Oh, you live around here?" "Oh, you live around here?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Fancied a bit of company." " Fancied a bit of company." " She..." "She..." "Who?" "Who?" "Mum." "Mum." "She, she died." "She, she died." "Oh, I'm so sorry." "Oh, I'm so sorry." "There was a funeral." "There was a funeral." "I couldn't." "I couldn't." "I ran away from it." "I ran away from it." "I've not been out." "I've not been out." "I've not been out since." "I've not been out since." "But your grief, that shows but your grief, that shows how much you loved her." "How much you loved her." "And love is a very good thing." "And love is a very good thing." "I bet she'd be proud of you." "I bet she'd be proud of you." "A lovely son like you?" "A lovely son like you?" "No, I never made her proud." "No, I never made her proud." "I just..." "I just..." "I don't even answer the phone." "I don't even answer the phone." "You know?" "You know?" "I messed up the business," "I messed up the business, I can't pay her debts." "I can't pay her debts." "Found 50 quid in one of her old found 50 quid in one of her old books and what do I spend it on?" "Books and what do I spend it on?" "Human contact." "Are you o.K.?" "Yeah." "Are you o.K.?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Yeah?" "I'm sorry, love." "I'm sorry, love." "I'm Camilla." "I'm Camilla." "Noel." "Noel." "So what sort of a business so what sort of a business did your mum have then, Noel?" "Did your mum have then, Noel?" "It was a guesthouse." "It was a guesthouse." "I trashed it." "I trashed it." "Was it a big place?" "Was it a big place?" "Yeah, it was fairly big." "Yeah, it was fairly big." "Well... do you... should we well... do you... should we go back to your place then?" "Go back to your place then?" "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Be nice." "Yeah, you could be nice." "Yeah, you could come back to mine." "Yeah." "Come back to mine." "Yeah." "Glad you waited for me." "I didn't." "How did you learn to play like that?" "Like that?" "I practiced." "I practiced." "For how long?" "For how long?" "200 years." "200 years." "That's how it feels anyways, that's how it feels anyways, doesn't it?" "Doesn't it?" "Passed around a teacup." "Passed around a teacup." "Raised some cash for you." "Raised some cash for you." "It's not much." "It's not much." "Thank you." "Thank you." "That piece of paper." "That piece of paper." "That's my phone number." "That's my phone number." "I don't have a phone." "So... ni... nice to meet you." "Good-bye." "Ella!" "Ella!" "Look who I found!" "Look who I found!" "We're damsels in distress." " We're damsels in distress." " Oh." "Oh." "Do you know what do you know what Noel is, Ella?" "Noel is, Ella?" "He's a knight in shining armor he's a knight in shining armor come to deliver us from evil, come to deliver us from evil, aren't you?" "Aren't you?" "This is my little baby sister." "This is my little baby sister." "Hi." "Hi." "Hello." "Hello." "There we go." "There we go." "Ah..." "Ah..." "Been looking for you everywhere." "Been looking for you everywhere." "Can't find my keys." "Oh..." "Oh..." "Oh..." "I'll just open up." "Come in." "Look, I'm trusting you, Camilla." "Look, I'm trusting you, Camilla." "Don't." "Don't." "I won't." "I won't." "Look, I'm not saying look, I'm not saying it's tidy." "It's tidy." "It was a hotel once." "It was a hotel once." "And a boarding house." "And a boarding house." "My mum had the top three floors." "My mum had the top three floors." "Used to do b-and-bs, you know?" "Used to do b-and-bs, you know?" "Families and that." "Families and that." "Then it was more, you know, then it was more, you know, the welfare lot." "The welfare lot." "It's a bit run down now, it's a bit run down now, but she wouldn't let it go." "But she wouldn't let it go." "Loved the views, you see." "Loved the views, you see." "Fantastic view of the pier fantastic view of the pier from up here." " From up here." " Lovely." "Lovely." "This is the dining area." "This is the dining area." "Well... it's nice." "Well... it's nice." "Yeah... it's lovely." "It's a yeah... it's lovely." "It's a bit of a state, like I said, bit of a state, like I said, but I wasn't expecting company." "But I wasn't expecting company." "Tell my sister where tell my sister where her room is, love." "Her room is, love." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Ella?" "Ella?" "I'll show you to your room." "I went 'round the house and..." "I went 'round the house and..." "Smashed things up." "Smashed things up." "I didn't wanna look at myself." "I didn't wanna look at myself." "Camilla said that, um," "Camilla said that, um, you lost your mum too." "You lost your mum too." "She's your legal guardian." "She's your legal guardian." "How brave of her." "How brave of her." "I understand what she's" "I understand what she's had to do." "Had to do." "Do you?" "Do you?" "Well, she needs money." "Well, what I'm saying is, um..." "I don't care." "I don't care." "You can stay." "You can stay." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Only those prepared to die will find eternal life." "Die will find eternal life." "Go on, go on." "Go on, go on." "This is the end." "Of what?" "Of what?" "Of time." "Of time." "Good boy..." "Good boy..." "Ooh..." "Ooh..." "Excuse me." "Who was he?" "It's in the past, Ella," "it's in the past, Ella, let it go." "Let it go." "Who was he?" "Who was he?" "He was a fucking monster." "He was a fucking monster." "I should get a medal" "I should get a medal for what I did to him." "Will we move on today?" "Are you tired, my love?" "Are you tired, my love?" "Well..." "Well..." "I reckon that we should hang on" "I reckon that we should hang on here for a few days, don't you?" "Here for a few days, don't you?" "Yeah, we can lay low, yeah, we can lay low, get some rest, get some money." "Get some rest, get some money." "I could start up one of my old" "I could start up one of my old businesses like in the old days." "Businesses like in the old days." "You don't have to do that." "You don't have to do that." "Oh, come on, Ella." "Oh, come on, Ella." "Look at this place, look at this place, it's perfect." "It's perfect." "We'd rake it in." "We'd rake it in." "Why don't we find why don't we find another way?" "Another way?" "It's all right, angel." "It's all right, angel." "I'll make sure you're" "I'll make sure you're not involved." "Not involved." "I'm sorry, Noel." "I'm sorry, Noel." "Oh..." "Oh..." "I was worried I dreamt you." "I was worried I dreamt you." "I thought I'd wake up and" "I thought I'd wake up and you'd be gone." "You'd be gone." "Why would I leave?" "Why would I leave?" "You've got everything I need." "You've got everything I need." "Eleanor webb." "Look at you." "Look at you." "Fair as a lily." "I know your mother." "My mother is dead." "My mother is dead." "Is that what they told you?" "They fed you on lies." "Your mother, your mother stole your mother, your mother stole something from me." "Something from me." "Now I'll steal something now I'll steal something from her." "From her." "My disease has no cure." "My disease has no cure." "When I'm finished with you, when I'm finished with you, you'll be a child no longer." "You'll be a child no longer." "Look at me!" "Ella?" "You o.K.?" "Camilla's told me about how you were in a care home." "You were in a care home." "She said that..." "She said that..." "She said that bad things she said that bad things happened to you there." "Happened to you there." "I want you to know that nothing" "I want you to know that nothing bad will happen while you're bad will happen while you're living here." "Living here." "I promise, o.K.?" "Her name's not Camilla and she's not my sister, she's... she's not my sister, she's..." "my name's Claire." "My name's Claire." "It's Clara, it's Clara, she was born Clara." "She was born Clara." "I prefer Claire." "I prefer Claire." "Mmm..." "Mmm..." "Claire." "Claire." "Don't." "Don't." "You lie about me you lie about me all the time." "All the time." "If you tell him, if you tell him, I will kill him." "I will kill him." "Don't you sometimes crave don't you sometimes crave to tell the truth?" "To tell the truth?" "There is a code that we there is a code that we survive by, Eleanor." "Survive by, Eleanor." "Keep it." "Keep it." "So, in a week say, so, in a week say, how much would your mum make?" "How much would your mum make?" "Uh, what, high season?" "Uh, what, high season?" "About a thousand." "About a thousand." "Oh, we could make that oh, we could make that in a night." "In a night." "You could clear all you could clear all your debts, noely." "Your debts, noely." "Yeah, but..." "Yeah, but..." "I want to save you" "I want to save you from that life." "From that life." "Well, it wouldn't have well, it wouldn't have to be me." "To be me." "We could get some girls in." "We could get some girls in." "This is my mother's house." " This is my mother's house." " ♪ he's so fair" "♪ He's so fair ♪ none can compare" "♪ None can compare ♪ oh, but his blood runs Ruby" "♪ oh, but his blood runs Ruby" "♪ come, rosy day," "♪ come, rosy day, come quick, I pray ♪" "Come quick, I pray ♪ ♪ let dreams of love" "♪ let dreams of love be over... ♪" " Be over... ♪" " Once upon a time," "Once upon a time, there was nothing here." "There was nothing here." "There was no hotel, there was no hotel, no promenade." "No promenade." "Just a beach, nets hanging out just a beach, nets hanging out to dry, great warships in the to dry, great warships in the bay and children picking bay and children picking cockles for their bread." "Cockles for their bread." "My mother was one of those my mother was one of those children, barefoot in the sand." "Children, barefoot in the sand." "...Can you hear me?" "can you hear me?" "My mother lives on human blood my mother lives on human blood and has done for two centuries." "And has done for two centuries." "But once she was a girl but once she was a girl like you." "Like you." "She's never spoken she's never spoken of her family." "Of her family." "They're in the store of things they're in the store of things she must forget." "She must forget." "So her tale begins with two so her tale begins with two officers waiting to be called officers waiting to be called to war." "To war." "Are they sweet?" "Are they sweet?" "May I try one?" " May I try one?" " One was" "One was midshipman darvell." "Midshipman darvell." "Mmm." "Mmm." "Here." "Here." "Pearl for a pearl." " Pearl for a pearl." " And the other," "And the other, his superior, his superior, was captain ruthven." "Was captain ruthven." "May I offer you a ride?" "May I offer you a ride?" "She's only a child, ruthven." "She's only a child, ruthven." "She knows how to ride, she knows how to ride, I dare say." "I dare say." "Don't go with him." "Don't go with him." "The pearl stays pure" "The pearl stays pure forever while the oyster's flesh forever while the oyster's flesh rots around it." "Rots around it." "I have a gift for you." "I have a gift for you." "Captain ruthven!" "Captain ruthven!" "Here's a treasure I found on the beach." "I found on the beach." "Welcome, my dear." "Welcome, my dear." "There's nothing to be afraid of." "There's nothing to be afraid of." "Come on." "Come on." "Let me show you to the captain's let me show you to the captain's favorite room." "Favorite room." "You'll find only friends here." "You'll find only friends here." "You gave me nothing, sir." "You gave me nothing, sir." "You took." "You took." "I've given you" "I've given you your profession." "Your profession." "Welcome to your adult life..." " Welcome to your adult life..." " How many stories" "How many stories start that way?" " Start that way?" " whore." " Whore." " Thousands upon" "Thousands upon thousands." "Thousands." "I shall return..." "I shall return..." "To see what you have learnt." "To see what you have learnt." "Come now." "Come now." "Why do you cry?" "Why do you cry?" "I have a gentleman here" "I have a gentleman here who will soon have you who will soon have you smiling again." "Smiling again." "No children in this household." "No children in this household." "You know the rule." " You know the rule." " Once upon a time," "Once upon a time, I was born." "I was born." "It is still a fact that the day it is still a fact that the day you are born is the day you you are born is the day you are most likely to be murdered." "Are most likely to be murdered." "More human souls are killed more human souls are killed by mothers' hands than by by mothers' hands than by the hands of strangers." "The hands of strangers." "My mother tried to murder me..." "My mother tried to murder me..." "But love confounded her." "But love confounded her." "Her note said, "this is my daughter, Eleanor webb."" "Daughter, Eleanor webb." "I wish her to live" "I wish her to live a clean life." "A clean life." "I shall pay for her upkeep" "I shall pay for her upkeep with gold, which I will leave with gold, which I will leave every month that she lives." "Every month that she lives." "I wish to spare her a life like" "I wish to spare her a life like my own, which has been my own, which has been despoiled from the start." "Despoiled from the start." "Please tell her I'm dead."" "Please tell her I'm dead."" "So I led that clean life." "I sang the orphan's song." "I sang the orphan's song." "I learned that virtue and" "I learned that virtue and modesty would be my path modesty would be my path to bliss." "To bliss." "Northaven private orphanage northaven private orphanage was my abode." "Was my abode." "I wish I could have called" "I wish I could have called it home." "It home." "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "Fuck..." "Fuck..." "Oh, that's gross." "Oh, that's gross." "I've got to get home." "I've got to get home." "Let me get help." "I've got your bicycle, don't worry." "Don't worry." "You need stitches." "You need stitches." "Were you there to enroll?" "Were you there to enroll?" "What?" "What?" "Have you joined the college?" "Have you joined the college?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "Leave the bike there." "I hate blood." "Could you get the could you get the doorbell, please?" "Doorbell, please?" "Oh, my God, what happened?" "He fell." "He fell." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." "Mark!" "Mark!" "Mark!" "Mark!" "he's bleeding!" "He's bleeding!" "Frank, oh, Frank." "It'so.K.,it 'so.K." "It'so.K.,it 'so.K. I got him, I got him." "I got him, I got him." "Get the keys." "Get the keys." "Areyouhisgirlfriend?" "Areyouhisgirlfriend?" "Where are the keys?" "Where are the keys?" "Has he told you?" "Has he told you?" "Oh..." "Oh..." "Gotthekeys?" "Gotthekeys?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Keep it up, keep it up, Frank." "Keep it up, keep it up, Frank." "Oh, God, Frank!" "Oh, God, Frank!" "♪ don't cry..." " ♪ don't cry..." " Good girl." "Good girl." "♪ ..." "Baby, don't cry" "♪ ...baby, don't cry you could do so much better." "You could do so much better." "♪ dry your eyes" "♪ dry your eyes" "♪ let's be sweethearts" "♪ let's be sweethearts again ♪" "Again ♪ ♪ oh..." " ♪ Oh..." " Oi..." "Oi..." "Would you like to kiss me?" "Would you like to kiss me?" "What the fuck...?" "What the fuck...?" "Why?" "Why?" "In celebration of in celebration of my wickedness." "My wickedness." "♪ come on," "♪ come on, come on, sweetheart ♪" "Come on, sweetheart ♪ ♪ and let's try it over again" "♪ and let's try it over again" "♪ oh, don't cry" "♪ oh, don't cry ♪ don't cry, baby" "♪ don't cry, baby ♪ don't cry," "♪ don't cry, don't cry ♪" "Don't cry ♪ ♪ dry your eyes" "♪ dry your eyes and let's be sweethearts again ♪" "And let's be sweethearts again ♪ ♪ oh... ♪ Oh..." "♪ 'cause you know," "♪ 'cause you know, you know I didn't mean... ♪" "You know I didn't mean... ♪" "♪ ..." "To treat you so mean" "♪ ...to treat you so mean ♪ come on, come on... ♪ Come on, come on... ♪ let's try it over again" "♪ let's try it over again ♪ oh, don't cry" "♪ oh, don't cry ♪ don't cry," "♪ don't cry, don't cry, baby... ♪" "Don't cry, baby... ♪ the world'll be more the world'll be more beautiful without you." "Beautiful without you." "♪ don't cry, don't cry," "♪ don't cry, don't cry, don't cry ♪" "Don't cry ♪ ♪ dry your eyes" "♪ dry your eyes ♪ let's be sweethearts again" "♪ let's be sweethearts again it's all right." "It's all right." "Gotcha." "Gotcha." "It's o.K." "It's o.K. It's o.K." "It's o.K. I want to die." "I want to die." "No, you don't." "No, you don't." "Not today." "Not today." "If you still want to die if you still want to die tomorrow, I'll finish you tomorrow, I'll finish you off myself." "Hello?" "Oh, hi." "Oh, hi." "Is it still visiting?" "Is it still visiting?" "Thanks for bringing him home." "He hasn't told me anything about you." "About you." "That's boys for you, isn't it?" "That's boys for you, isn't it?" "You been going out for long?" "You been going out for long?" "We just met." "We just met." "Oh, oh." "Oh, oh." "I'm glad." "I'm glad." "What's your name?" "What's your name?" "Eleanor." "Eleanor." "Gabi." "He takes anti-coagulants." "That's why he bled so much, that's why he bled so much, that's what you're wondering." "That's what you're wondering." "He's been fighting leukemia he's been fighting leukemia for years." "For years." "It's in remission now, it's in remission now, so we're hoping it's all over." "So we're hoping it's all over." "So full of life." "Please don't tell him I was here." "Angel..." "Peace be with you." "May light shine upon you." "May light shine upon you." "You came for me..." "You came for me..." "Forgive me for what forgive me for what I must do." "I must do." "Oh, hi." " Oh, hi." " Hi." " Hi." " Do you speak?" "Do you speak?" "Speak English?" "Speak English?" "You schoolgirl thing?" "You schoolgirl thing?" "She better pay like she say she better pay like she say or I'll say no further." "Or I'll say no further." "Maybe we do lesbian thing." "Maybe we do lesbian thing." "I don't mind." "I don't mind." "That's my little baby sister." "That's my little baby sister." "She doesn't drink, she doesn't drink, she doesn't join in." "She doesn't join in." "You leave her be, you leave her be, do you understand?" "Do you understand?" "Now, your gentlemen are now, your gentlemen are waiting for you." "Waiting for you." "Now, you be professional, o.K., now, you be professional, o.K., otherwise you're back sucking otherwise you're back sucking cocks on the street... out!" "Cocks on the street... out!" "I'll try and keep you out" "I'll try and keep you out of this, o.K.?" "Of this, o.K.?" "In case you shock me?" "In case you shock me?" "Look, we need the money." "Look, we need the money." "I'm not complaining." "I'm not complaining." "Well, then wipe that prissy well, then wipe that prissy look off your face." "Look off your face." "How can I be prissy when how can I be prissy when I've seen it all a thousand" "I've seen it all a thousand times before?" "Times before?" "Well, what else are we well, what else are we supposed to do?" "Supposed to do?" "I know I won't get your thanks" "I know I won't get your thanks or your gratitude or or your gratitude or your respect." "Your respect." "You could do so much better." "You could do so much better." "I put money on the table." "I put money on the table." "That's what mothers do!" "That's what mothers do!" "Mothers care about the lives mothers care about the lives their children live." "Their children live." "What kind of life is this?" "What kind of life is this?" "♪ ..." "Care for ya" "♪ ..." "Care for ya ♪ just remember," "♪ just remember, I I..." "I..." "I..." "I..." "I I..." "I..." "I..." "I..." "L..." "love ya. ♪" "Humans need to" "Humans need to tell stories." "Tell stories." "It's a fundamental and it's a fundamental and uniting thing." "Uniting thing." "It's through stories that we it's through stories that we come to understand ourselves and come to understand ourselves and we come to understand the world." "We come to understand the world." "So, close your eyes." "So, close your eyes." "It's our own experience that is it's our own experience that is the starting point for all the starting point for all our creativity." "Our creativity." "Think about your think about your early childhood." "Early childhood." "And when I say your name, and when I say your name, give me a memory, a, a detail, give me a memory, a, a detail, a sensation, a feeling..." "A sensation, a feeling..." "the first thing" "The first thing that comes into your mind, o.K.?" "That comes into your mind, o.K.?" "Eleanor." "Eleanor." "Eleanor." "Mother." "Mother." "What about her?" "What about her?" "She would come to the she would come to the skylight at night." "Skylight at night." "I was afraid." "I was afraid." "Why?" "Why?" "They told me since infancy they told me since infancy that she was dead." "That she was dead." "And then?" "And then?" "The face at the" "The face at the window had more substance window had more substance than a ghost." "Than a ghost." "O.K., thanks." "O.K., thanks." "Andyet.." "Frank." "Andyet.." "Frank." "I knew it could not live." " I knew it could not live." " Yeah, um, my friend," "Yeah, um, my friend, David Atkinson." "David Atkinson." "I'm the only person who can" "I'm the only person who can see him." "See him." "Um..." "I was probably too much um..." "I was probably too much alone, whatever, alone, whatever, and David Atkinson used to and David Atkinson used to appear in my room." "Appear in my room." "And we'd play." "And we'd play." "And I guess I grew out of him." "And I guess I grew out of him." "He came till I was about he came till I was about seven or eight." "Seven or eight." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Thank you." "Thank you." "O.K." "O.K. The really funny thing the really funny thing is that..." "Is that..." "Years later, I found out years later, I found out that the family before us in that the family before us in the house were called Atkinson." "The house were called Atkinson." "They lost a baby, they lost a baby, like a cot death." "Like a cot death." "And the baby's name..." "And the baby's name..." "Was David." "Was David." "Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "Good story." "Good story." "So, everyone up." "So, everyone up." "Now, I want you to think about now, I want you to think about who you are and next time, who you are and next time, I would like an essay" "I would like an essay entitled..." "Entitled..." ""I am."" ""I am." And there's only one rule." "And there's only one rule." "It has to be true." "It has to be true." "You don't belong here." "You don't belong here." "This is my mom's hometown." "This is my mom's hometown." "We came when I got ill." "We came when I got ill." "The healthcare over here is free the healthcare over here is free and I was... something of a, um, and I was... something of a, um, drain on our limited resources." "Drain on our limited resources." "My dad commutes." "My dad commutes." "I don't think he likes it much," "I don't think he likes it much, but... what are you gonna do?" "But... what are you gonna do?" "My mom said you came to see me when I was in hospital." "When I was in hospital." "She, um, she thinks..." "She, um, she thinks..." "That you're my girl." "Would that be so bad?" "Because I... because I..." "it would be fatal." "It would be fatal." "Look..." "Look..." "I know I'm," "I know I'm, I'm ill and all, but..." "I'm ill and all, but..." "no..." "No..." "For me." "If you lived with a secret and the secret meant that you must the secret meant that you must always lie and be alone and always lie and be alone and you'd always lived that way you'd always lived that way and yet you longed for change," "and yet you longed for change, what would you do?" "I'd tell the secret." "Tell me." "Tell me." "My mother did" "My mother did three things for me." "Three things for me." "One, she spared my life the day one, she spared my life the day that I was born." "That I was born." "Two, she paid for my upkeep on two, she paid for my upkeep on her knees and on her back." "Her knees and on her back." "And three, she gave me the and three, she gave me the story I can never tell." "Story I can never tell." "By the time I was six, she was dying." "She was dying." "Girls like Clara didn't last." "Girls like Clara didn't last." "Her lungs were rotting, her lungs were rotting, but she clung steadfastly but she clung steadfastly to her brutal life." "To her brutal life." "Where have you been?" "Where have you been?" "The captain's been waiting." "The captain's been waiting." "Captainruthvenhadreturnd captainruthvenhadreturnd from the wars." "From the wars." "Make sure you punish make sure you punish her, sir." "Her, sir." "Ofalltheharlotshehad ofalltheharlotshehad ever made, Clara was ever made, Clara was his favorite." "His favorite." "You'll like this one." "You'll like this one." "She fights." "She fights." "Then,onewinterdawn, then,onewinterdawn, a stranger came." "A stranger came." " Are you unwell?" " No, sir." "No, sir." "I remember you." "I'm much changed, sir." "I'm much changed, sir." "And what of me?" "And what of me?" "Have I changed?" "Have I changed?" "I have." "I have." "More than you could imagine." "More than you could imagine." "Open the curtains." "Open the curtains." "Curse you, whore!" "Curse you, whore!" "Give me the dark!" "Give me the dark!" "Does the light offend you?" "Does the light offend you?" "Darvell..." "Darvell..." "My friend." "My friend." "But I was with you." "But I was with you." "I saw you dead." "I saw you dead." "And I thank you and I thank you for your service." "For your service." "What do you want?" "What do you want?" "I have not come" "I have not come to take from you." "To take from you." "I come to give." "I come to give." "I will return at nightfall." "I will return at nightfall." "Like you, I prefer the dark." "Like you, I prefer the dark." "No!" "No!" "Bitch!" " Bitch!" " He answered her" "He answered her questions with blows." "Questions with blows." "As usual, she endured them." "As usual, she endured them." "And she waited for the storm and she waited for the storm to pass." "To pass." "What kind of time do you call this?" "Do you call this?" "Linear time." "Linear time." "...astherelentlessday  crept on, the captain told his" "crept on, the captain told his tale of events beyond his tale of events beyond his understanding." " Understanding." " There was a" "There was a rebellion in Ireland." "Rebellion in Ireland." "We were sent to crush it." "We were sent to crush it." "Both of us were wounded by the both of us were wounded by the beggarly horde." "Beggarly horde." "My wounds were superficial, my wounds were superficial, but darvell developed fever." "But darvell developed fever." "It decimated him." "It decimated him." "I tried to persuade him" "I tried to persuade him to come home." " To come home." " That was good of you." "That was good of you." "I knew the journey would" "I knew the journey would quicken his decline." "Quicken his decline." "Darvell was rich and naive." "Darvell was rich and naive." "He had no heir." "He had no heir." "I had begun to wish him dead..." "I had begun to wish him dead..." "But before the grave took but before the grave took him, two men entered his life." "Him, two men entered his life." "Scholars, I presumed, of dead scholars, I presumed, of dead languages and aged manuscripts." "Languages and aged manuscripts." "As if ancient knowledge might as if ancient knowledge might keep his death at bay." "Keep his death at bay." "You have been looking in the you have been looking in the wrong place, my son." "Wrong place, my son." "Here it is." "Here it is." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "He told me we must" "He told me we must find a shrine, an ancient myth find a shrine, an ancient myth said it had healing powers." "Said it had healing powers." "It was on an empty island it was on an empty island off a barren coast." "Off a barren coast." "I thought it the desperate quest" "I thought it the desperate quest of a dying man." "Of a dying man." "It was a sinister black thumbnail sticking out of the thumbnail sticking out of the ocean, more rock than island." "Ocean, more rock than island." "The oarsmen wouldn't set foot" "the oarsmen wouldn't set foot on the place." "On the place." "Said it was cursed." "Said it was cursed." "The way was steep, but darvell kept on climbing regardless." "Kept on climbing regardless." "I thought... well, maybe I" "I thought... well, maybe I hoped... his heart would hoped... his heart would give way." "Give way." "Is this what you've dragged us here to find?" "Us here to find?" "A hermit's hut?" "A hermit's hut?" "...I hated that place." "I hated that place." "So many birds in the sky." "So many birds in the sky." "Almost darkened the sun." "Almost darkened the sun." "They seemed to know something they seemed to know something we didn't." "We didn't." "He sent me to fetch water, he sent me to fetch water, but that was just a ruse." "But that was just a ruse." "[Screeching, flapping," "I found the corpse." "His breath had gone." "His breath had gone." "His soul had fled." "His soul had fled." "And I ran." "And I ran." "I've never spoken of it since." "I've never spoken of it since." "I took his rings..." "I took his rings..." "...Hey!" "hey!" "...And when I returned, and when I returned, I took his property." "I took his property." "Everything I own is his." "Everything I own is his." "What will he do?" "What will he do?" "Bear in mind, Mr. Kent, bear in mind, Mr. Kent, this woman is not your this woman is not your sister-in-law... she's dead." "Sister-in-law... she's dead." "This is a shell and what it this is a shell and what it contains is pure evil." "Contains is pure evil." "Oi!" "Shh!" "Oi!" "Shh!" "...You destroy only the evil." "you destroy only the evil." "I'll get it." "I'll get it." "No, no, no, no." "No, no, no, no." "I'll get it." "I'll get it." "Aren't you a little young?" "Little young?" "Eleanor, is she in?" "Eleanor, is she in?" "Why, what's it to you?" "Why, what's it to you?" "I read her story." "I read her story." "Can you tell her please?" "Can you tell her please?" "Well, she's not in." "Well, she's not in." "Go on." "Go on." "Off you go." "Off you go." "Ella." "Ella." "Look, I understand what Claire's look, I understand what Claire's had to do, right, 'cause there's had to do, right, 'cause there's money to be made, but... money to be made, but..." "if you don't like what if you don't like what Clara's doing, tell her." "Clara's doing, tell her." "You don't like it either, you don't like it either, do you, eh?" "Do you, eh?" "Why she's like that?" "Why she's like that?" "Why's she so..." "Why's she so..." "What happened to her, Ella?" "What happened to her, Ella?" "She got bitten by a vampire." "She got bitten by a vampire." "Did I?" "There was a boy for you there was a boy for you at the door." "At the door." "I sent him on his way." "I sent him on his way." "He says he's read your story." "What story, Ella?" "The one we always tell." "The one we always tell." "About the care home and how my about the care home and how my sister rescued me." "Sister rescued me." "It's homework." "It's homework." "You frighten me sometimes." "You frighten me sometimes." "Don't." "Don't." "I won't." "I won't." "Fucking brilliant story." "Thank you." "Thank you." "But the assignment asked but the assignment asked for truth." "For truth." "I didn't write it" "I didn't write it as an assignment." "As an assignment." "I wrote it for you." "I wrote it for you." "I don't want to lie anymore." "I don't want to lie anymore." "Something has to change." "Something has to change." "But this?" "But this?" "It's crazy." "It's crazy." "I thought..." "I thought..." "If I told, all the walls would if I told, all the walls would come tumbling down." "Come tumbling down." "Yes." "Yes." "I think I get that you're using" "I think I get that you're using the story to say that the story to say that bad things happened." "Bad things happened." "But... why don't you but... why don't you just say the truth?" "I am Eleanor webb." "I've given you my secret." "I've given you my secret." "I've told you how I live." "Hello." "...Would you put the record on?" "It's called "nacht und traume."" "It's called "nacht und traume."" "Peace be with you." "Peace be with you." "May light shine upon you." "May light shine upon you." "I think you should read this." "I set this every year." "I set this every year." "It's a simple autobiography and it's a simple autobiography and then I get this amazing piece." "Then I get this amazing piece." "It's as if Edgar Allan poe and it's as if Edgar Allan poe and Mary shelley got together and" "Mary shelley got together and had a very strange little child." "Had a very strange little child." ""A true account of my making" ""a true account of my making and my life and death from the and my life and death from the year of my birth 1804."" "Year of my birth 1804." Kidding." "Kidding." "If that was a piece of if that was a piece of fiction, you'd say it was dark, fiction, you'd say it was dark, passionate, violent, sick, passionate, violent, sick, brilliant bit of writing." "Brilliant bit of writing." "But she's saying, but she's saying, "this is who I am."" ""This is who I am." Which makes me think there's which makes me think there's something going on with her." "Something going on with her." "She's a very closed-off kid." "She's a very closed-off kid." "Well, she wants to well, she wants to communicate, obviously." "Communicate, obviously." "I mean, look at the effort" "I mean, look at the effort she's made." "She's made." "Her handwriting." "Her handwriting." "Turn of phrase." "Turn of phrase." "Who writes like this these days?" "Who writes like this these days?" ""As darkness fell," ""as darkness fell, the soucriant returned."" " The soucriant returned."" " And captain ruthven" "And captain ruthven prepared for the worst." "Prepared for the worst." "I took these for safekeeping." "I took these for safekeeping." "Forgive me, my friend." "Forgive me, my friend." "Forgiveness is a Christian forgiveness is a Christian value, ruthven." "Value, ruthven." "My gods are older..." "My gods are older..." "More ruthless." "More ruthless." "You died." "You died." "How else does one find how else does one find life eternal?" "Life eternal?" "I sent you to fetch water." "I sent you to fetch water." "And I met the nameless Saint." "And I met the nameless Saint." "[Screeching, flapping," "This is what happens." "This is what happens." "When?" "When?" "When you pray for it." "When you pray for it." "I arose and saw" "I arose and saw with different eyes." "With different eyes." "Everything I looked on was a source of wonder." "Was a source of wonder." "But my vision had a price." "But my vision had a price." "My soul was lost." "My soul was lost." "The price of my existence the price of my existence is this sacrifice." "Is this sacrifice." "It flows from..." "It flows from..." "It flows from blood." "It flows from blood." "His blood is yours." "His blood is yours." "Drink, my son." "Drink, my son." "Mine is a cruel existence..." "Mine is a cruel existence..." "But, you do have the qualities but, you do have the qualities one needs." "One needs." "You are ever... a survivor." "You are ever... a survivor." "I would give my soul to be" "I would give my soul to be as you are now." "As you are now." "So be it." "So be it." "Eternal life will only come to eternal life will only come to those prepared to die." "Hello?" "You want up?" "You want up?" "Thanks." "Thanks." "Have some fun now." "Hello?" "Mr. minton." "Hello, Noel, how are you?" "Hello, Noel, how are you?" "What, have I got detention what, have I got detention or something?" "Or something?" "No." "No." "I'm actually trying to get some" "I'm actually trying to get some information on one of our information on one of our current students..." "Eleanor webb." "Current students..." "Eleanor webb." "She gave this as her address." "She gave this as her address." "Eleanor?" "Eleanor?" "Is everything o.K.?" "Is everything o.K.?" "We're trying to set up a we're trying to set up a meeting with all the parties meeting with all the parties interested in her welfare." "Interested in her welfare." "Sure." "Sure." "Are her parents here?" "Are her parents here?" "Um... you need to speak um... you need to speak to Claire." "To Claire." "She's Eleanor's big sister." "She's Eleanor's big sister." "Claire's her legal guardian." "Claire's her legal guardian." "Is Claire here?" "Is Claire here?" "No, she's, um... busy." "No, she's, um... busy." "It's not what you think." "It's Claire's business." "It's Claire's business." "She saves girls from she saves girls from the streets." "The streets." "The thing is, Noel, the thing is, Noel, Eleanor's written a story and in" "Eleanor's written a story and in her story, she says that she her story, she says that she lives with vampires." "Lives with vampires." "So can you please pass this so can you please pass this letter on and tell Claire that letter on and tell Claire that if I don't hear from her today, if I don't hear from her today, then I'll be in touch with" "then I'll be in touch with social services and the police." "Social services and the police." "Shit..." "Shit..." "So darvell gave the map and so darvell gave the map and passage to your mother?" "Passage to your mother?" "No, to captain ruthven." "No, to captain ruthven." "My mother saw her chance my mother saw her chance and took it." "And took it." "Aah!" "Aah!" "Bitch!" "Bitch!" "Bitch!" "Bitch!" "Bitch!" " Bitch!" " She stole the map" "She stole the map and rode into the night and rode into the night towards her unknown future." "Towards her unknown future." "And she made her way to and she made her way to where, to this ruin and this..." "Where, to this ruin and this..." "Soucriant thing took her?" "Soucriant thing took her?" "I didn't give you my story." "I didn't give you my story." "I've been betrayed into this." "I've been betrayed into this." "You can leave anytime you can leave anytime you like." "So when did Clara come back for you?" "For you?" "When I was 16." "When I was 16." "And what did she do and what did she do in the meantime?" "In the meantime?" "She's never talked about it." "She's never talked about it." "Really?" "Really?" "She says she can't recall, she says she can't recall, but I expect she's lying." "But I expect she's lying." "Lying is a way of life to her." "Lying is a way of life to her." "But I was raised in an orphanage but I was raised in an orphanage where I was taught to tell where I was taught to tell the truth." "Are there others like you?" "I've never met one." "I've never met one." "And Clara never speaks of any." "And Clara never speaks of any." "I think we're the only two" "I think we're the only two who still endure." "Who still endure." "How often do you feed?" "How often do you feed?" "I'd rather not talk about it." "I'd rather not talk about it." "Thank you." "Thank you." "That's the distasteful part that's the distasteful part of being an immortal, isn't it?" "Of being an immortal, isn't it?" "If you don't believe a word if you don't believe a word I say, why this pretense?" " I say, why this pretense?" " Eleanor, how" "Eleanor, how can you be two centuries old?" "Can you be two centuries old?" "By, by what miracle of science?" "By, by what miracle of science?" "You see, that's the tricky you see, that's the tricky thing, because it's only over thing, because it's only over time that I can prove it." "Time that I can prove it." "30, maybe 40 years from now, 30, maybe 40 years from now, when you're pruning roses from when you're pruning roses from your wheelchair, I'll stroll by your wheelchair, I'll stroll by your garden gate and say," "your garden gate and say, "hello, morag."" ""Hello, morag." And nothing will have changed." "And nothing will have changed." "I am 16 forever." "I am 16 forever." "And you'll realize this and it and you'll realize this and it will hurt your heart and I'll will hurt your heart and I'll say, "may peace be with you."" "Say, "may peace be with you." And I'll help you with the pain." "And I'll help you with the pain." "Why don't you do it now?" "Why don't you do it now?" "I'm not strong, you could..." "I'm not strong, you could..." "Overpower me." "Overpower me." "You're not ready." "You're not ready." "How do you do it?" "Where are your fangs?" "Where are your fangs?" "Why don't you die in why don't you die in the daylight?" "The daylight?" "How could you give my story how could you give my story to those people?" "To those people?" "I wrote it for you." "I wrote it for you." "How do you kill?" "How do you kill?" "I never..." "I never..." "People have to consent." "People have to consent." "They have to want." "They have to want." "Want death?" "Want death?" "It has to be an..." "It has to be an..." "Who the fuck wants death?" "Who the fuck wants death?" "Sometimes it releases people." "Sometimes it releases people." "So you're moral." "So you're moral." "No." "No." "I'm ruthless." "I'm ruthless." "Bullshit." "Bullshit." "All this "I'm 206, I remember"" "all this "I'm 206, I remember everything and it's a burden."" "Everything and it's a burden." It's pathetic." "My mom's giving me a" "my mom's giving me a birthday party." "Birthday party." "It's not really a party 'cause it's not really a party 'cause I'm only inviting you." "I'm only inviting you." "Will you come?" "Will you come?" "Yes." "Yes." "Good." "Good." "Hi." "Happy Birthday." "Happy Birthday." "For you." "For you." "Do I have to invite you in?" "You'd better come in." "Hello again, Ella." "Hello." "Hello." "Seriously, you can try if you like." "If you like." "I was hoping to arrange a more official meeting," "a more official meeting, ideally with the school ideally with the school counselor and with counselor and with Eleanor herself." "Eleanor herself." "Well, what's the problem?" "Well, what's the problem?" "'Cause, you know, usually she 'cause, you know, usually she sails through school." "Sails through school." "Well, um, Eleanor wrote her well, um, Eleanor wrote her life story and uh, she's quite life story and uh, she's quite insistent that it's true." "Insistent that it's true." "I don't expect you to be" "I don't expect you to be flattered by this, but in it flattered by this, but in it she describes you as a she describes you as a soucriant, which I believe soucriant, which I believe is a sort of vampire." " Is a sort of vampire." " Well, she" "Well, she has got a great imagination." "Has got a great imagination." "I hope she gets top marks." "I hope she gets top marks." "Who else has read it?" "Who else has read it?" "You have sole care of her, you have sole care of her, don't you?" "That boyfriend, don't you?" "That boyfriend, I bet he's read it." "I bet he's read it." "Lot of responsibility for lot of responsibility for somebody so young." "Somebody so young." "I'm doing just fine," "I'm doing just fine, thank you." "So, I shoot the bastard ruthven and I Nick the map and and I Nick the map and then what?" "Well, it ends." "Then what?" "Well, it ends." "She doesn't say, does she?" "She doesn't say, does she?" "That's 'cause I never that's 'cause I never told her." "Told her." "Should we arrange a should we arrange a more formal... more formal..." "I saw that ruthven" "I saw that ruthven wasn't dead." "Wasn't dead." "I should have killed him then," "I should have killed him then, but I had mercy on the cunt." "But I had mercy on the cunt." "Now, hold that thought because now, hold that thought because I'll tell you what he did." "I'll tell you what he did." "But first, shall I tell you but first, shall I tell you what it was like for me?" " What it was like for me?" " O.K., yeah." "O.K., yeah." "It was wonderful." "It was wonderful." "I had eyes that cut through" "I had eyes that cut through lies, lungs that breathed lies, lungs that breathed eternity." "Eternity." "I felt I'd lived my whole" "I felt I'd lived my whole wretched life just to prepare me wretched life just to prepare me for that moment." "For that moment." "It was easy." "Where's ruthven?" "Where's ruthven?" "He wasn't worthy of he wasn't worthy of your gift." "Your gift." "You stole it?" "You stole it?" "Are we thieves now?" "Are we thieves now?" "Do we steal time?" "Do we steal time?" "We buy it." "We buy it." "With blood." "With blood." "We are a brotherhood." "We are a brotherhood." "There are no women amongst us." "There are no women amongst us." "What is her parentage?" "What is her parentage?" "It is low." "It is low." "And her life before?" "And her life before?" "She made ends meet." "She made ends meet." "I was a harlot." "I was a harlot." "But that is in the past." "But that is in the past." "Some things are eternal." "Some things are eternal." "You were to find a man of you were to find a man of good blood who appreciates this good blood who appreciates this brotherhood and what we do." "Brotherhood and what we do." "What is it you do?" "What is it you do?" "We are the pointed nails we are the pointed nails of justice." "Of justice." "How will you use this gift?" "How will you use this gift?" "To punish those who prey on to punish those who prey on the weak." "The weak." "To curb the power of men." "To curb the power of men." "We should not permit we should not permit her to survive." "Her to survive." "We have no choice we have no choice unless she breaks our code." "Unless she breaks our code." "You have no part in our order." " You have no part in our order." " Truly you're base." "Truly you're base." "Will you not speak for me?" "Will you not speak for me?" "they banished me." "I learned that immortality is" "I learned that immortality is unendurable alone." "Unendurable alone." "So I came back." "So I came back." "I watched my daughter grow." "I watched my daughter grow." "She was my only link with she was my only link with everything alive." " Everything alive." " Back to sleep!" "Back to sleep!" "Back to sleep!" "Back to sleep!" "You!" "You!" "Come on." "Come on." "It was because of it was because of Eleanor I broke their code." "Eleanor I broke their code." "How did you do that?" "How did you do that?" "A woman's not permitted a woman's not permitted to create." "To create." "I took my darling to the" "I took my darling to the nameless island, I let that nameless island, I let that thing save her." "Thing save her." "And for that, they would and for that, they would annihilate us both." "Annihilate us both." "You see, I had made a you see, I had made a fatal error." "Fatal error." "I'd been merciful." "I'd been merciful." "I'd let ruthven live." "I'd let ruthven live." "...Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "Give my regards to give my regards to your mother." "Your mother." "Welcome to a slow death." "Welcome to a slow death." "Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "Welcome..." "Welcome..." "Whore..." "Whore..." "No!" "No!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "...Now you know everything." "now you know everything." "I'm never merciful." "I'm never merciful." "And knowledge is a fatal thing." "And knowledge is a fatal thing." "When I was born, there were only seven planets." "There were only seven planets." "Neptune hadn't been discovered," "Neptune hadn't been discovered, so nobody believed in it." "So nobody believed in it." "Heaven and earth are full of heaven and earth are full of things we don't yet understand." "I had a year of chemotherapy." "Spent too much time lying in my" "spent too much time lying in my bed, so I made this." "That's you." "Near the sun." "Near the sun." "Where it's warm and bright." "Where it's warm and bright." "And that's me." "And that's me." "Where light barely penetrates." "Where light barely penetrates." "And it's cold." "And it's cold." "Time moves so slowly." "You're not cold." "Everything outside of time everything outside of time is cold." "Is cold." "If you kiss me right now, would I live forever?" "Would I live forever?" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Why do you always run away why do you always run away from me?" "From me?" "If you stay with me, if you stay with me, you'll die." "You'll die." "I'm dying anyway." "I'm dying anyway." "It isn't life I offer you." "It isn't life I offer you." "Do you understand that?" "Do you understand that?" "You'll take life." "You'll take life." "By consent, like you do." " By consent, like you do." " It's still" "It's still monstrous." "Monstrous." "You'll leave everything behind." "You'll leave everything behind." "Except you." "Except you." "The gift I gave you, open it." "Wait until I knock." "Wait until I knock." "Kevin?" "Kevin?" "Do you want to come to..." "Do you want to come to..." "There you are." "There you are." "I've been worried sick." "I've been worried sick." "Claire's not happy." "Claire's not happy." "I've made changes." "I've made changes." "Sent the girls home." "Sent the girls home." "Bought them tickets on bought them tickets on the eurostar." "The eurostar." "It's going to be a clean it's going to be a clean house now." "House now." "No, I'm leaving." "No, I'm leaving." "What are you talking about?" "What are you talking about?" "What do you think what do you think you're doing?" "You're doing?" "Telling that fucking school telling that fucking school who we are." "Who we are." "I hate the way you speak," "I hate the way you speak, it makes me sick!" "It makes me sick!" "How dare you put us in how dare you put us in such danger!" "Such danger!" "You told that fucking teacher you told that fucking teacher our story!" "Our story!" "I listened to his crap about" "I listened to his crap about your fantasies of death and all your fantasies of death and all the while, he was implying the while, he was implying my neglect!" "My neglect!" "Neglect, Eleanor, of you!" "Neglect, Eleanor, of you!" "Stop it, Claire!" "Stop it, Claire!" "There is a rule that we live there is a rule that we live by and you broke it!" "By and you broke it!" "What if I broke free?" "What if I broke free?" "No!" "No!" "To tell another is forbidden." "To tell another is forbidden." "Those with knowledge those with knowledge have to die." "Have to die." "You made that rule so you you made that rule so you could isolate me." "Could isolate me." "No, I kept you safe!" "No, I kept you safe!" "You stupid fucking cunt, you stupid fucking cunt, mother, I hate you!" "Mother, I hate you!" "No, no, no, leave her!" "No, no, no, leave her!" "Just leave her!" "Just leave her!" "Don't leave!" "Come back, Ella!" "Don't leave!" "Come back, Ella!" "Get off!" "Get off!" "Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "Claire!" "Claire!" "No, you can't leave!" "No, you can't leave!" "You're making it worse!" "You're making it worse!" "It's not safe, Eleanor!" "It's not safe, Eleanor!" "You can't leave!" "You can't leave!" "Just leave her be!" "Just leave her be!" "Clara?" "Clara?" "You can't leave, you can't leave, it's not safe!" "Clara!" "It's not safe!" "Clara!" "She has every right to go!" " She has every right to go!" " no!" "No!" "Know where she lives?" "Know where she lives?" "Yes, I believe it's the hotel yes, I believe it's the hotel on the seafront." "On the seafront." "Does she trust you?" "Does she trust you?" "Maybe." "Maybe." "I've never lied to her." " I've never lied to her." " That's good." "That's good." "What will happen?" "What will happen?" "She'll be taken she'll be taken somewhere safe." "Somewhere safe." "We just want to talk to her." "We just want to talk to her." "You've told your little you've told your little boyfriend all about us, boyfriend all about us, haven't you?" "No!" "Haven't you?" "No!" "You know what happens to you know what happens to those with knowledge, Ella!" "Those with knowledge, Ella!" "No, Clara, don't!" "No, Clara, don't!" "It's like a virus... it's like a virus..." "it's deadly, it's deadly, it needs to be stamped out." "It needs to be stamped out." "Clara, please, don't!" "Clara, please, don't!" "I know where he lives." "I know where he lives." "Don't!" "Clara, don't go!" "Don't!" "Clara, don't go!" "Clara!" "Clara!" "Clara!" "Clara!" "Hello..." "Frank." "Frank." "Where's Eleanor?" "Where's Eleanor?" "She's got a message for you, she's got a message for you, can I come in?" "Well, you're going to have to come out here then, aren't you?" "Come out here then, aren't you?" "I must say, you are definitely Ella's type." "Definitely Ella's type." "Earnest, clueless, 'bout sexy earnest, clueless, 'bout sexy as a pair of shoes." "As a pair of shoes." "I knew you wouldn't let her" "I knew you wouldn't let her go without a fight." "Go without a fight." "Oh... is that what you're oh... is that what you're suggesting, Frank?" "Suggesting, Frank?" "A fight?" "A fight?" "Go on." "Finish me." "Finish me." "I still have the advantage." "I still have the advantage." "She's going to leave you anyway." "She's going to leave you anyway." "Frank!" "Frank!" "Clara's coming." "Clara's coming." "Don't answer the door, don't answer the door, don't let her in." "Don't let her in." "I'm trapped here." "I'm trapped here." "She caught me." "She caught me." "Just don't let her get you." "Just don't let her get you." "It's too late, my love." "It's too late, my love." "I will never forgive," "I will never forgive, I will never, ever forgive!" "I will never, ever forgive!" "Eleanor, what the hell" "Eleanor, what the hell is going on?" "Is going on?" "It's Clara, you have to it's Clara, you have to stop her!" "Stop her!" "These men are looking these men are looking for her, where she is?" " For her, where she is?" " She's here." "Ella." "She's here." "Ella." "Eleanor, you have to tell us" "Eleanor, you have to tell us the truth... something terrible the truth... something terrible has happened to Kevin." "Has happened to Kevin." "Clara webb?" "Clara webb?" "Who is this?" "Who is this?" "You know who we are, you know who we are, whore mother." "Whore mother." "I will take care of Eleanor now." "I will take care of Eleanor now." "Ella!" " Ella!" " Ella!" "Ella!" "These men are from the these men are from the police, Eleanor." "Police, Eleanor." "They've come to, to help." "They've come to, to help." "We have to get to Frank!" " We have to get to Frank!" " We will get to Frank," "We will get to Frank, we need to get you to a doctor, we need to get you to a doctor, Eleanor, don't run!" "Eleanor, don't run!" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "We need to get to Frank!" " We need to get to Frank!" " You don't need" "You don't need handcuffs, she's a child!" "Handcuffs, she's a child!" "Eleanor, I'm coming with you." " Eleanor, I'm coming with you." " Certainly, come." "I will be with you whatever" "I will be with you whatever happens, there's no need happens, there's no need to be afraid." " To be afraid." " Of course not." "Of course not." "It's a privilege to meet you, it's a privilege to meet you, Eleanor." "I thought Clara and I were the only ones." "Were the only ones." "Surely she told you of surely she told you of the brotherhood." "The brotherhood." "Excuse me, what are you excuse me, what are you saying to... darvell." "Saying to... darvell." "You're just as I imagined." "You're just as I imagined." "Help me." " Help me." " Where exactly are you" "Where exactly are you taking us, because we've just taking us, because we've just gone right past the police gone right past the police station and the hospital." "Station and the hospital." "Seriously, where are we going?" " Seriously, where are we going?" " Eleanor!" " Eleanor!" " Ella!" "Ella!" "Ella!" "Mother!" "Ella!" "Mother!" "They'll destroy you, Ella!" "They'll destroy you, Ella!" "They'll destroy you!" "They'll destroy you!" "Darvell, let her go!" "Darvell, let her go!" "Mother!" "Please!" "Mother!" "Please!" "Now I'm going to show you, now I'm going to show you, piece of whore." "Piece of whore." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Oh, my God, you killed her!" "Oh, my God, you killed her!" "Nothing is that easy." "Nothing is that easy." "Mother!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "With this act, I cleanse with this act, I cleanse the earth!" "Mother!" "No!" "The earth!" "Mother!" "No!" "Be calm, be calm." "Be calm, be calm." "Who are you people?" "Who are you people?" "I said be calm!" "I said be calm!" "I hate these crying women." "Damn you." "I've followed you for many years." "For many years." "You take only those who are you take only those who are ready... and that has ready... and that has a certain grace." "A certain grace." "You have been condemned from you have been condemned from the moment Clara made you." "The moment Clara made you." "Our code does not permit women our code does not permit women to create." "To create." "In her stories, you are wonderful." "You are wonderful." "You had compassion and respect." "You had compassion and respect." "You gave her life." "You gave her life." "She stole her life." "She stole her life." "Please." "Please." "Please, stop him." "Please, stop him." "She killed one of she killed one of the brethren." "The brethren." "And that's unforgivable." "And that's unforgivable." "Don't go..." "Don't go..." "Amazing how two little girls amazing how two little girls with no money and learning with no money and learning slipped through your fingers slipped through your fingers for an eternity." "For an eternity." "Hold her down." "Ella!" "Hold her down." "Ella!" "Hold her down." "Hold her down." "No, no, no...!" "No, no, no...!" "No!" "Eleanor!" "Ah!" "No!" "Eleanor!" "Ah!" "Ella!" "Ella!" "Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "Bring it here." "Bring it here." "Bring it here!" "Bring it here!" "Isn't the present everything?" "Isn't the present everything?" "Ella!" "Ella!" "This is your last night, this is your last night, witch." "No...!" "Witch." "No...!" "Last night!" "Last night!" "Eleanor!" "Eleanor!" "This blade is from Byzantium." "My souvenir of the crusades." "My souvenir of the crusades." "May it send you to eternity." "May it send you to eternity." "It was on a beach like this it was on a beach like this that we first met." "That we first met." "But I went with ruthven, but I went with ruthven, for all my damnation." "For all my damnation." "But it was you, but it was you, you were the pearl." "You were the pearl." "See how the bitch uses see how the bitch uses her arts to the last." "Her arts to the last." "The honor is yours." "The honor is yours." "Do what you like with me, do what you like with me, but let her go, please!" "But let her go, please!" "Hold her still." "Hold her still." "Please, I beg you, darvell!" "Please, I beg you, darvell!" "Still, I said!" "Still, I said!" "She's going to die anyway!" "She's going to die anyway!" "She can't survive on her own!" " She can't survive on her own!" " Eleanor..." "Eleanor..." "My baby!" "My baby!" "You truly are a wonder." "I've been following you for years..." "You for years..." "So assiduously." "So assiduously." "Because if I wasn't the one because if I wasn't the one to find you, they certainly to find you, they certainly would have killed you." "Would have killed you." "What will they do, what will they do, the others?" "The others?" "The brotherhood is strong, the brotherhood is strong, unchanging." "Unchanging." "They will come." "They will come." "With their pointed nails with their pointed nails of justice." "Of justice." "Will he travel with us now?" "Will he travel with us now?" "You're not coming with us." "You're not coming with us." "What?" "What?" "I'm cutting you loose." "I'm cutting you loose." "You can't stay with your mother you can't stay with your mother all your life, can you?" "Come on." "Come here." "Come here." "[Eleanor cries," "Go on." "Go on." "Look forward, not back." "Look forward, not back." "Always." "Always." "Your instinct is to hunt the your instinct is to hunt the powerful and protect the weak." "Powerful and protect the weak." "I'd like to try and live" "I'd like to try and live that way." "That way." "Live your life how you live your life how you choose, it's no concern of mine." "Choose, it's no concern of mine." "If you could have anything, if you could have anything, what would it be?" "What would it be?" "Your pardon?" "Your pardon?" "In time." "In time." "Maybe." "Maybe." "Your company, then?" "Your company, then?" "We have time." "We have time." "I'm afraid." "Don't be." "Don't be." "I am Eleanor webb." "I am Eleanor webb." "I throw my story to the wind" "I throw my story to the wind and never will I tell it more." "And never will I tell it more." "Another one begins."