(thunder crashing)
(phonograph powers up)
(slow ragtime jazz playing)
(mechanical creaking)
(chimes tinkling)
(thunder crashes)
Jack: This is the quilt of hathor.
It makes nightmares come true,
Kills an unsuspecting sleeper in a dream filled with terror.
We were told that it was with the penitites,
A strict religious sect,
So micki and ryan went to recover it.
It almost cost them their lives.
They seized the quilt from effie stokes,
The woman who was hopelessly in love with reverend grange.
They were going to return to the store,
So the quilt could be locked away in the vault,
The only place on earth
Where its power could be held in check,
But ryan chose to remain among the penitites,
Rather than leave laura, the girl he loved.
Micki did return with the quilt,
But it was a copy, a fake.
Ryan was left alone...
Alone with a killer.
(sighs)
(dog barking)
(mooing)
I stopped at the hesterville colony
On my way back here, reverend.
The council has grave concerns about this colony...
And thy leadership.
Such as?
Well, thy inability to choose a wife.
Thou knowest I have twice become betrothed,
And twice my intended has been taken from me.
The wife is-- next to thee-- the most important of us all.
It's wrong to be without one.
There are those who say
That perhaps another should take thy place
From a healthy colony.
Can the council be so callous as to ignore my bereavement?
What happened was god's will.
All of us here understand thy sorrow
And thy loving nature,
But the council...
Oh, the council.
I am seeking the reverend grange.
Hast thou seen him?
Only at breakfast. Why?
Thou art sarah's kin.
That quilt that was stolen from her...
I have seen it,
And the reverend grange must know.
Are you sure it's the right one?
Black, with a red pattern?
With my own eyes, I saw it.
Not five minutes ago, I tell thee.
Where?
One of the sisters.
Effie stokes? Aye.
The same-- how didst thou know?
Where's effie? She be at the wash house.
Look, we have to get the quilt.
It's evil, elder florence, a great evil.
We have to get it now.
Well, I will not give it to thee.
I will only give it to the reverend grange.
Whatever, as long as effie doesn't have it-- we'll get it.
We'll give it to the reverend, and that's fine by me.
There...
There's another aspect, reverend.
The council fears
That these deaths involve witchcraft.
Blasphemy! Aye.
But that is the council's concern,
That demonology is being practiced.
Who spreads these lies?
They know of the outsiders among us.
There is strong doubt about thy wisdom
In promising the hand of thy daughter
To the outsider ryan.
It's just a father's weakness for his only child.
I hope the council will agree with thee.
Is it upstairs?
Thou shalt wait for me here.
Well, look, I can just go up.
It's a sister's room-- thou art not allowed.
Well, if you get into any trouble, just shout.
There be no trouble.
May I help thee,
Elder florence?
This is the quilt that was stolen from sarah good.
Is it?
Whether it is or not, the reverend grange will decide.
It is mine, and it will remain with me.
(yelps)
This is the passage to the power that god has ordained for me.
(sighs)
(thunder crashing)
Florence: This is the quilt thatwas stolen from sarah good.
Sarah good, sarah good, sarah good, good...
(stately baroque waltz plays)
(groans)
(moaning)
(loud clatter)
(eerily distorted music drowns out waltz)
(moaning)
(screaming)
(groaning)
¶ ¶
(panting)
She's dead.
Effie!
Effie stokes!
(grunts) come with us.
Let go.
It was the quilt!
Effie's got it.
We should have left last night.
I don't know any magic for a fuel pump.
Anyway, you got some sleep, didn't you?
Yeah, but ryan's up there alone.
I'm worried about him, too.
I know.
Is that limo gonna make it?
Well, it's to be hoped so.
I think we got everything.
Yeah, I hope we're not too late.
(door chimes jingling)
I must go to see the council.
The council has sanctioned an inquisitor
To come and examine thy stewardship.
Why? What...
Why was I not told?
When doth he arrive?
The day after tomorrow. We...
I must ensure that there are no incidents while he is here.
Doest thou understand?
(metal clanging)
I shall hold thee responsible.
Woman: Reverend!
Elder florence is dead!
Ryan.
Laura, you have to help me.
It's important-- I must speak with your father.
About what?
The less you know, the better.
Ryan...
Man: Well, all the deaths began when the outsider arrived.
Before he came, we were at peace with ourselves and the world.
Great.
And now, witchcraft.
Witchcraft doth arise in the outside world,
Not among the penitites.
What art thou saying?
Ryan's no danger to this colony.
He is a gentle, kind man.
And he has seduced the reverend's very daughter
Away from her family and her faith.
Laura: How dare thee.
I am not seduced, neither in mind, nor body.
I need to speak with thee.
I was thinking the same thing.
Now, in my office.
Bring him.
(murmuring)
So much for brotherly love.
(murmuring continues)
Look, reverend...
No, it is for me to question thee.
Elder fraser, thou art excused.
But... Thou art excused.
Reverend grange...
Some say that elder florence died by thy hand.
What? I didn't kill her.
Since thy arrival here, four have died.
There is a furor among my people.
They claim witchcraft.
What sayest thou? They're right.
What?
It is witchcraft.
It's the power of satan, here and now.
I will not be mocked!
Listen to me.
Micki and I came here to find something,
An old salem quilt that bears a curse.
A curse?
And what sort of curse?
I'm not sure, but whoever sleeps under it
Seems to have the power to kill people in their dreams.
Art thou suggesting
A quilt has killed the women who would marry me?
Yes, sir, and now...
Elder florence.
And who has this quilt?
Effie. Effie stokes.
Effie...
...Has the quilt? Yes.
Why would she kill jane
And rebecca lamp?
Perhaps out of love. She loves you very much.
Always has.
Besides, laura
Tells me that the reverend's wife
Is the most powerful woman in the colony.
And if something should happen to you...
She becomes leader.
But...
How doth thou explain sarah good
And now elder florence?
Well, elder florence saw effie with the quilt,
Went to go get it, and effie must have caught her.
Same thing with sarah good.
Am I to believe effie stokes is a witch
And thou art blameless?
I have known effie stokes since we were children.
I have known thee barely two weeks.
I think I prefer to believe in effie than in thee.
Maybe so, but if you're interested
In what's going on here, I'd check her out.
She is one of us.
Thou art not.
I think I can help thee.
But I forbid thee discuss it with any of our colony
Or else I shall surely expel thee.
(door closes)
Brothers, sisters...
For many months,
As each of thee must know,
I have been seeking a bride.
Tragedy has sought me many times,
And I have watched as each of my betrothed
Has been sadly buried.
But my position, and my heart,
Have compelled me to ask another of our number
If she would have me to husband.
And she has said yes.
Sister effie stokes.
(scattered murmuring)
Since our colony needs immediate stability,
We were secretly wed this afternoon.
(scattered murmuring)
(horse neighs)
Effie: This is the moment of my greatest satisfaction,
My husband.
I trust my haste was not too unseemly?
I might have wished for greater haste, josiah.
Shall we?
This will ensure thy dreamless sleep... My husband.
(wind whistling)
(stammering): The light...
(wind whistling)
This will ensure thy dreamless sleep.
(thunder claps) my husband.
(echoes): My husband... My husband...My husband...
My husband... My husband... My husband...
(minuet plays)
(moans softly)
(ominous music plays over minuet)
(moans softly)
(music grows distorted)
(knife clatters)
(moans)
(wind whistling, minuet continues)
(bones cracking)
(screaming)
(music stops)
(wind whistling)
(dogs barking in distance)
(bird coos)
(horse neighs)
(grunts)
(engine sputters) micki: What are the odds against
Two fuel pumps going in two days?
5,000 to one.
How much farther have we got to go?
About another...
150 miles.
I hope we can get ryan to change his mind and come back.
Well, as far as I'm concerned,
This journey is to get the quilt back, not ryan.
Yeah, but you are going to speak to him, aren't you?
Only to tell him that I'll miss him.
If he's found what makes him happy,
I have to respect that.
(cawing)
(dog barks)
(horse neighs)
Josiah: Ryan!
I must beg thy forgiveness.
Forgiveness for what?
I had hoped by taking effie stokes to wife,
I might get her to tell me where the quilt was.
Did you find it? Where is it?
I had it in my hands.
But effie is gone,
And taken the quilt with her. What?
Well, I had hoped to awaken before dawn
And take it, but when I awoke,
She had fled and taken the quilt.
She must have become suspicious.
I did what I thought was best.
I'm sorry.
(bell clangs)
Inquisitor holmes...
Uh, thou art early.
We had not expected thee before tomorrow.
We pushed on through the night.
The council is greatly concerned about the reports
Of transgressions taking place here.
Oh, I'm certain all of their concerns shall be allayed.
We shall see.
I trust this hall will be suitable
For thy inquiries.
I appreciate thy grace.
Please make the flock aware that I may
Call upon them at any time for questioning.
I will.
And hold thyself most ready, reverend.
Thou hast much to answer for.
Of course.
(rooster crows)
Doesn't it seem a little suspicious to you
That your father should marry effie
Just to get her to turn the quilt over to him?
What?
Well, it is kind of a roundabout way
Of getting the quilt, isn't it?
Art thou saying that my father's motives
Are less than pure in this...
Matter? But it is a possibility.
How dare thee.
My father's not like that.
And surely I would know better than thee.
(rooster crows)
So, uh, you see... Brother inquisitor?
Hmm?
All the trials now facing this colony
Began when the outsider arrived.
Hmm... And everything he does,
He brings the outside in: The ideas,
The sins of the outside.
It is council policy to encourage converts.
So long as this outsider is willing
To take vows as a penitite,
I welcome him with open arms.
And suggest thou doest the same.
I trust thy investigation
Has met with success, brother holmes.
What dost thou know of a quilt?
Uh, we make quilts.
The women do.
I have been told of a quilt reported stolen
From one of the departed sisters.
Black, it was, and crimson...
With the patterns and colors of satan, reverend grange.
I investigated as soon
As I heard the report, brother inquisitor.
But, uh, there was no sign of theft.
And in fact, the woman who reported it missing
Later said that it was only mislaid.
Convenient.
(writing)
(wind whistling)
Please, don't be mad at me.
I meant no harm. I know thy heart.
It just hurts to hear thee speak of my father like that.
Josiah: I thought it was thee.
Ryan, I have bad news for thee.
What?
The inquisitor has ordered thy expulsion.
Thou hast one hour to pack thy things and leave.
Why? I haven't done anything.
At least let me talk to him. Father, please...
Were it up to me, I would let thee stay.
But the inquisitor has ordered against thee.
I am truly sorry.
I am sorry.
So am I.
I will write to thee.
Often.
Every day.
I wish...
Laura, I've never met anyone like you before.
I never dreamed someone like you could exist.
Nor I you.
Thy world is so far from mine.
And when thou art gone...
...My world will be so much less
Than before thee.
Look, you could...
No, please...
I could never leave here.
And I can't stay.
Here...
Do not forget thy hat.
It'll look good in the city.
It'll give thee something to remember me by.
I'll never forget you.
(door opens)
Inquisitor holmes wishes to see thee.
The inquisitor?
He awaits thee in the meeting hall.
Tell him I'll be right there.
Perhaps I can convince him
To change his mind and let me stay.
Laura: Go!
And may our love give you the power to sway him.
(wind whistling)
(thunder claps)
(wind whistles, thunder claps)
No...
No... Go away! No!
(indistinct protests)
Oh, my god...
Go away! Go away, don't...
Go away! Back!
Wake up! Wake up! (shouting)
Inquisitor holmes, wake up!
(shouts)
Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up! Please!
Wake up!
No! No!
(thunder claps)
(grunts)
Thee...
It was thee all along.
No, no, no, you don't understand. I, uh...
(penitites murmuring)
(bell clanging)
(sighs)
Try to unseat me, brother inquisitor.
For shame.
Witchcraft?
Here?
Never.
Josiah: What has happened?
Fraser: The inquisitor is dead.
Killed by this man. No.
I didn't do anything. It's the curse.
I was just going to meet him. Enough!
Ryan: Laura. Father, what happened?
Ryan has killed the inquisitor holmes.
You can't do this.
I swear I had nothing to do with this.
Please, laura, you've got to believe me.
Thou shalt have thy chance!
Like hell I will.
Micki: Jack.
Trouble.
Ryan's probably right in the heart of it.
(indistinct chatter)
What's happening?
Laura: He's accused of killing inquisitor holmes.
What? Ryan wouldn't kill anyone.
Perhaps he will be found innocent.
Not by this crowd. This is a lynch mob.
We've got to do something.
Jack: No, not yet. Not yet.
(indistinct murmuring)
Silence!
You call yourself a man of god?
(penitites murmuring)
Thou art accused of a grave crime:
The killing of a high commissioner,
An inquisitor of the penitite faith.
I didn't do it and you know it.
The truth shall be determined in time.
Whose truth?!
Take the outsiders away.
Whose truth? Yours? Get...
Get your hands off me!
(indistinct chatter)
(door closes)
Thou art accused
Of killing a humble and welcome visitor:
Inquisitor holmes.
The charge against thee is clear.
I didn't do it.
When I got there, he was... Fraser: Then what
Wast thou doing there?!
Brother matthew said the inquisitor wanted to see me.
Josiah: Even after thou has
Been told of thy banishment from this community...
By the inquisitor's own command?
Well, I was hoping he would change his mind.
Then who killed him?
Surely, had there been another there,
Thou must have seen him?
No.
No, there wouldn't be anyone there.
It's the quilt,
A curse on the quilt.
Josiah, it's you!
You've got it!
Enough!
(indistinct chatter)
This is god's court.
Amen. Hallelujah!
Who's in trouble with the church?
Who-who would benefit if the inquisitor died?
I am the vessel of god's will.
And "vengeance is mine," sayeth the lord!
(penitites murmuring)
An inquisitor of the penitite faith is dead.
And his killer
Stands before thee!
In the name of god, outsider,
I sentence thee to die!
Fire will purge him!
(indistinct chatter)
No! No! Let go of me!
Jack: Ryan!
Micki: What happened?
Laura: He's been found guilty,
And sentenced to burn at the stake.
Woman: Yes! Man: Amen.
Ryan, I love thee.
I love you, too.
(indistinct shouting)
Please, I need your help.
What is it?
Your father must have the quilt.
You've got to help me get it back.
My father? Yes!
Go find it, please!
For god's sake, find it!
(crowd murmuring)
Man: Kill him. Kill him...
(indistinct shouting)
(flames roaring)
Woman: ¶ eternal flame ¶
¶ eternal fire ¶
¶ come purify all earthly desire... ¶
(bird squawking)
¶ eternal flame ¶
¶ eternal fire... ¶
¶ ¶
¶ flesh to dust ¶
¶ so heaven's light returns to us... ¶
No, reverend, no!
You can't do this.
Josiah: The rules are clear.
He showed inquisitor holmes no mercy.
Ryan could never kill anybody.
These people here have judged him.
We have our laws.
He broke them, and now god's will must be done.
You rigged this, didn't you?
Ryan knew you had the quilt.
You were afraid he would tell the inquisitor.
So, you killed two birds with one stone.
Guard thy tongue!
There is the punishment
Reserved for thee and thy accusations.
Light the fires!
No! No! Please.
You won't get away with this.
Look, I didn't kill anybody.
(flames roaring)
(flames crackling, crowd murmuring)
Please, somebody help me!
I didn't do anything!
Laura: Stop! Listen to him.
Laura!
It's not ryan.
It's my father,
My flesh and blood who has caused all this.
Stop this blasphemy!
Dost thou recall the pattern on the blanket, father?
(crowd gasping)
It is thy wife's,
My mother.
She created it for thee.
She's telling the truth!
Thy own blanket from thine own bed
Was wrapped around the body of sister effie stokes...
Thy new bride. Lies!
She has turned her back,
Not only on me, but on all of us,
When she spurned our laws.
(crowd murmuring)
She has fallen from god's grace.
He killed.
He killed the brother inquisitor,
And-and effie, his own wife.
And hast thou proof?
Search the woodshed under his house.
Thou wilt find the body of effie stokes.
Listen to her!
Josiah?
Is this true?
We must search the woodshed.
Woman: Yes.
Man: Search the shed.
(overlapping chatter)
Burn him!
Burn him now!
Quickly, burn them!
He's going to get the quilt!
(hoofbeats)
(buggy squeaks)
(panting)
(gasps)
We have to get in.
Is there another way?
No!
(panting)
(grunts)
(panting)
(loud banging on door)
Josiah: Do not strain thyself!
Thy troubles will soon be over.
(panting)
(exhales loudly)
(thunderclaps)
(gasps)
(ryan grunts) (thunderclaps)
(growling)
(clattering)
(grunting)
Laura: Ryan?
(grunting)
Ryan!
(grunts)
(muttering)
Ryan!
Let go.
(grunts)
(screaming)
(thudding)
(micki panting)
Thy will be done.
(rooster crowing)
I, uh, got to go.
I knew thee would.
I can't stay, not just yet.
There's too much work for micki
And-and jack and me to do.
You see what the power of the devil
Can do in the wrong hands.
I know. Thy life is chosen.
Oh, come with me, laura.
No.
My life, too, is chosen.
My work is here with my people.
With my father gone,
The mantel falls to me to help them rebuild.
And like you, I, too, must deal with the work of the devil
And see that it never happens again.
Each in our own way, huh?
I'm afraid so.
But I learned a lot from thee.
Thou has taught me about love.
(sighs)
I wish I'd never come here, never seen you.
Then I'd never have to leave you. Shh.
Love's too rare to wish away.
Good-bye, laura.
(engine starting)
Ryan?
(rooster crowing)
(mouthing)
(wind howling)
(sighs)
(door squeaks open)
(door bells tinkling)
(whispers): Sweet dreams.
(thunderclaps)