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Scottie Don't you think its kind of a waste for the two of us...

Madeleine To wander separately? But, only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.

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Scottie You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental.

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Madeleine [pointing to the margin of a cross-section of a Sequoia who had lived for over a thousand years] Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice.

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Scottie And then what did he do? Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say? You were a very apt pupil too, weren't you? You were a very apt pupil! Well, why did you pick on me? Why me?

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Scottie One final thing I have to do... and then I'll be free of the past.

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Judy If I let you change me, will that do it? If I do what you tell me, will you love me?

Scottie Yes. Yes.

Judy All right. All right then, I'll do it. I don't care anymore about me.

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Gavin Elster Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?

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Nun God, have mercy.

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Scottie I hope we will, too.

Madeleine What?

Scottie Meet again sometime.

Madeleine We have.

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Coroner We are not here to pass judgment on Mr. Ferguson's lack of initiative. He did nothing, and the law has little to say on the subject of things left undone.

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Scottie Midge, who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco history?

Midge That's the kind of greeting a girl likes! Not this "Hello-you-look-wonderful" stuff, just a good straight "Who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco his - -"

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Scottie I love you, Madeleine.

Madeleine I love you, too. It's too late.

Scottie No, no, we're together.

Madeleine It's too late. There's something I must do...

Scottie [kisses her passionately] No, there is nothing you must do. There is nothing you must do. No one possesses you. You're safe with me.

Madeleine [frantically] No, it's too late

[Madeleine breaks free and runs across the courtyard. Scottie trails behind her, eventually catching up to her. He holds her tightly]

Madeleine Look, it's not fair. It's too late. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. It *shouldn't* have happened...

Scottie But it had to happen. We're in love. That's all that counts!

Madeleine [struggling] Look. Let me go! Please let me go!

Scottie Listen to me. Listen to me.

Madeleine [calmly] You believe I love you?

Scottie Yes.

Madeleine And if you lose me, then you'll know I, I loved you. And I wanted to go on loving you.

Scottie I won't lose you.

Madeleine Let me go into the church - alone.

Scottie Why?

[they kiss for the last time. Scottie releases his grip and Madeleine walks away towards the bell tower]

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Judy Couldn't you like me, just me the way I am? When we first started out, it was so good; w-we had fun. And... and then you started in on the clothes. Well, I'll wear the darn clothes if you want me to, if, if you'll just, just like me.

Scottie The color of your hair...

Judy Oh, no!

Scottie Judy, please, it can't matter to you.

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Scottie Anyone could become obsessed with the past with a background like that!

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Midge You want to know something? I don't think Mozart's going to help at all.

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[to Scottie]

Gavin Elster There's no way for them to understand. You and I know who killed Madeleine.

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Judy SPOILER

[Writing a letter]

Judy Dearest Scottie... and so you found me. This is the moment that I dreaded and hoped for - wondering what I would say and do if ever I saw you again. I wanted so to see you again just once. Now I'll go and you can give up your search.

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Judy I want you to have peace of mind. You've nothing to blame yourself for. You were the victim. I was the tool and you were the victim of Gavin Elster's plan to murder his wife. He chose me to play the part because I looked like her; he dressed me up like her. He was quite safe because she lived in the country and rarely came to town. He chose you to be the witness to a suicide. The Carlotta story was part real, part invented to make you testify that Madeleine wanted to kill herself. He knew of your illness; he knew you'd never get up the stairs to the tower. He planned it so well; he made no mistakes.

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Judy I made the mistake. I fell in love. That wasn't part of the plan. I'm still in love with you, and I want you so to love me. If I had the nerve, I'd stay and lie, hoping that I could make you love me again, as I am for myself... and so forget the other and forget the past. But I don't know whether I have the nerve to try...

[She pauses for a long time, then stands and tears up the letter]

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Scottie [to Judy, after being taken to the scene of Madeline's death] No, no. I have to tell you about Madeleine now. Right there.

[Pointing]

Scottie We stood there and I kissed her for the last time, and she said, 'If you lose me you'll know that I loved you and wanted to keep on loving you.' And I said, 'I won't lose you.' But I did.

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Scottie And then she turned and ran into the church. I tried to follow, but it was too late.

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Gavin Elster She'll be talking to me about something. Suddenly the words fade into silence. A cloud comes into her eyes and they go blank. She's somewhere else, away from me, someone I don't know. I call to her, she doesn't even hear me. Then, with a long sigh, she's back. Looks at me brightly, doesn't even know she's been away, can't tell me where or when.

Scottie How often does this happen?

Gavin Elster More and more in the past few weeks. And she wanders. God knows where she wanders. I followed her one day, watched her coming out of the apartment, someone I didn't know. She even walked a different way. Got into her car and drove off to Golden Gate Park. Five miles. Sat by the lake, staring across the water at the pillars that stand on the far shore. You know, Portals of the Past. Sat there a long time without moving. I had to leave, get back to the office. When I got home that evening, I asked her what she'd done all day. She said she'd driven out to Golden Gate Park and sat by the lake, that's all.

Scottie Well?

Gavin Elster The speedometer on her car showed that she'd driven ninety-four miles. Where did she go? I've got to know, Scottie, where she goes and what she does before I get involved with doctors.

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Madeleine Oh Scottie. I'm not mad. I'm not mad. I don't want to die. There's someone within me and she says I must die. Oh Scottie, don't let me go.

Scottie I'm here. I've got you.

Madeleine I'm so afraid.

[Scottie and Madeleine kiss]

Madeleine Don't leave me. Stay with me.

Scottie All the time.

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Midge It's Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus. I had a long talk with that lady in musical therapy, Johnny, and she says that Mozart's the boy for you. The broom that sweeps the cobwebs away. Well, that's what the lady said.

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Scottie What's this doohickey?

Midge It's a brassiere! You know about those things, you're a big boy now.

Scottie I've never run across one like that.

Midge It's brand new. Revolutionary up-lift: No shoulder straps, no back straps, but it does everything a brassiere should do. Works on the principle of the cantilevered bridge.

Scottie It does?

Midge An aircraft engineer down the peninsula designed it; he worked it out in his spare time.

Scottie Kind of a hobby, a do-it-yourself kind of thing!

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Madeleine There is something I must do, there is something I must do.

Scottie There is nothing you must do. There is nothing you must do.

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Midge [to Scottie] For a man who has nothing to do, you're certainly a busy little bee.

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Madeleine [to Scottie] Why? 'Cause I remind you of her? It's not very complimentary.

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Scottie I got a call from Gavin today. It's funny. He sort of dropped out of sight during the war. Somebody said he went East. I guess he's back. It's a Mission number.

Midge That's Skid Row... isn't it?

Scottie Could be.

Midge He's probably on the bum and wants to set you for the price of a drink.

Scottie Well, I'm on the bum; I'll buy him a couple of drinks and tell him my troubles.

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Officer on rooftop Give me your hand. Give me your hand.

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Midge It's wonderful how they've got it all taped now, John. They've got music for dipsomaniacs, and music for melancholiacs, and music for nymphomaniacs. I wonder what would happen if somebody got their files mixed up?

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Midge What have you been doing?

Scottie Wandering. What have you been doing?

[Midge hands him a drink]

Scottie Thanks, dear.

Midge Oh, I'm having a wonderful time. I've gone back to my first love: painting.

Scottie Well, good for you. I always said you were wasting your time in the underwear department.

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Judy There. I'm ready. But, first, muss me a little.

[kisses Scottie]

Judy Oh, Scottie. I do have you now, don't I?

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Scottie What's this do-hickey?

Midge It's a brassiere! You know about those things. You're a big boy, now.

Scottie I've never run across one like that.

Midge It's brand new. Revolutionary uplift. No shoulder straps, no back straps, but does everything a brassiere should do. It works on the principle of the cantilever bridge.

Scottie It does?

Midge Uh-hu. An aircraft engineer down the peninsula designed it. He worked it out in his spare time.

Scottie A kind of a hobby. A do-it-yourself type of thing.

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Scottie What is her name?

Manager of McKittrick Hotel Valdes. Miss Valdes. It's Spanish, you know.

Scottie Carlotta Valdes?

Manager of McKittrick Hotel Yes, that's it. Sweet name, isn't it? Foreign. But sweet.

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Scottie I'm responsible for you now. You know, the Chinese say that once you have saved a person's life, you're responsible for it forever. And so I'm committed. And I have to know.

Madeleine So little do I know. It is as though I were walking down a long corridor that - that once was mirrored, and fragments of that mirror still hang there. And when I come to the end of the corridor, there's nothing but darkness. And I know that when I walk into the darkness, that I'll die.

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Scottie Midge, do you suppose many men wear corsets?

Midge More than you think.

Scottie Really? Do you know that from personal experience? Or?

Midge Please!

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Scottie I need you.

Judy Why?

Scottie I need you to be Madeleine for awhile.

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Judy I'm just a girl. I work at Magnin's.

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Scottie Come here.

Judy Oh, no. You'll muss me.

Scottie Well, that's what I had in mind. Come here.

Judy Too late. I got my face on.

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Midge I thought you said no more aches and pains?

Scottie It's this darned corset. It binds.

Midge No three-way stretch? How very un-chic.

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Manager of McKittrick Hotel She hasn't been here at all! Well, I would have seen her, you know. I've been right here all the time, putting olive oil on my rubber plant leaves.

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Midge Oh! You mean gay old Bohemian days of gay Old San Francisco! The juicy stories?

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Scottie I think I can lick it.

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Scottie Can I ask you a couple of questions?

Judy What for? Who are you?

Scottie My name's John Ferguson.

Judy Is this some kind of Gallup poll?

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Scottie You remind me of somebody.

Judy I heard that one before, too. I remind you of someone you used to be madly in love with, but she ditched you for another guy, and you've been carrying the torch ever since, and you saw me and something clicked. Huh?

Scottie You're not far wrong.

Judy Well, it's not going to work.

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Judy Do you live here in the hotel?

Scottie No, I happened to see you when you came in, so, I thought I'd...

Judy Yeah, I thought so. A pick-up! Well, you've got a nerve. Follow me right into the hotel and up to my room! Now, you beat it! Go on and beat it!

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Judy I warn you, I can yell awfully loud.

Scottie You won't have to.

Judy Well, you don't look very much like Jack the Ripper.

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Judy I have to go to work. I've got a job.

Scottie Don't go to your job.

Judy And what'll I live on? My oil wells in Texas?

Scottie Let me take care of you, Judy.

Judy Thanks very much, but, no thanks.

Scottie No, Judy, you don't understand.

Judy Well, I understand, all right. I've been understanding since I was seventeen. And the next step is?

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Judy Gee, you have got it bad, haven't cha? Do I really look like her?

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Judy Scottie, why are we here?

Scottie I told you. I have to go back into the past once more. Just, once more. For the last time.

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Scottie I'm supposed to be retired. I don't want to get mixed up in this darn thing.

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Scottie I'm not telling you what I think! I'm telling you what *he* thinks!

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Scottie What are you thinking?

Madeleine Of all the people who have been born and have died while the trees went on living.

Scottie Their true name is Sequoia Sempervirens: always green, ever- living.

Madeleine I don't like them.

Scottie Why?

Madeleine Knowing I have to die...

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Scottie Midge, don't be so motherly.

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Midge Ah, Johnny. Johnny, please try. Try, Johnny! You're not lost. Mother's here.

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Judy You want to check my thumbprints?

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Judy Dinner and what else?

Scottie Just dinner.

Judy Cause I remind you of her?

Scottie Because I'd like to have dinner with you.

Judy Well, I've been on blind dates before. A matter of fact, to be honest, I've been picked up before. Okay.

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Scottie We could just see a lot of each other.

Judy Why? Because I remind you of her? Not very complementary. And nothing else?

Scottie No.

Judy Not very complementary, either.

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Judy You satisfied? And whether you're satisfied or not, you can just beat it!

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Scottie One doesn't often get a second chance. I want to stop being haunted. You're my second chance, Judy. You're my second chance.

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Scottie [to Judy, after being taken to the scene of Madeline's death] No, no. I have to tell you about Madeleine now. Right there.

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Scottie We stood there and I kissed her for the last time, and she said, 'If you lose me you'll know that I loved you and wanted to keep on loving you.' And I said, 'I won't lose you.' But I did.

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Scottie And then she turned and ran into the church. I tried to follow, but it was too late.

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Scottie Can I see you tomorrow?

Judy Tomorrow night? Well...

Scottie No, I mean tomorrow morning.

Judy To... but I have to go to work. I've got a job.

Scottie Don't go to your job.