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<i>Lizzie Borden took an axe</i>

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<i>Gave her mother 40 whacks</i>

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<i>When she saw what she had done</i>

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<i>She gave her father 41</i>

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<i>Andrew Borden now is dead</i>

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<i>Lizzie hit him on the head</i>

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<i>Up in heaven he will sing</i>

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<i>And on the gallows she will swing </i>

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<i>Breathe in.</i>

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<i>And breathe out.</i>

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Breathe in.

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Breathe out.

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Sit.

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Because you have
so little romantic interest

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and no instinct for decorum,

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I will now describe for you
how this evening's proposal will unfold.

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Yes?

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Thank you, Mrs. Borden.

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I am your mother, aren't I?

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Yes, Mother.

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When your gentleman caller arrives,

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you will meet him at the door.

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Heath is his name.

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<i>You've met.</i>

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<i>You will welcome him in.</i>

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<i>He will bow.</i>

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<i>You will curtsy.</i>

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<i>You will be brought into the parlor</i>
<i>under an elder's supervision,</i>

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which will be me.

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<i>I will then depart the room</i>

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<i>for you to converse in private.</i>

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<i>Next, he will offer you a remembrance.</i>

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This handkerchief belonged
to my great-grandmother.

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How delightful.

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<i>And then you will present an item to him.</i>

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This is lace I wove myself.

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It's inspired by the blossoms
in my allée of cherry trees.

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You'll note the fragrance…

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is floral.

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<i>Let me see it.</i>

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It's inspired by the blossoms,
the way that the cherries--

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Yes, fine, I don't care.

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<i>Next, you will invite him</i>
<i>to sit on my couch.</i>

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<i>You know the one.</i>

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<i>That fainting couch has been in my family</i>
<i>for three generations.</i>

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It was hand-carved from Congolese mahogany

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and upholstered in bone-white mulberry,

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carted overland
out of deepest yellow China.

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Yes.

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It's the one thing
you brought to the marriage.

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Is that a bit of mouth, Lizzie?

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No.

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No, I…

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Literally. It's literally the one thing
you brought when you married Father.

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Continuing. You will sit on my couch.

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<i>You will engage in polite conversation.</i>

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Today, out amongst the cherry trees,

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I saw a hummingbird with a ruby throat.

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Something like that, but don't burden him
with your opinions, Lizzie,

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'cause yours are shallow and off-putting.

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After having endured your tripe…

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Lizzie.

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<i>…he will take</i>
<i>your turgid little sausage fingers</i>

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<i>that haven't known a day of work,</i>
<i>and he will ask for your hand.</i>

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Will you marry me?

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<i>At which point, you will</i>
<i>swoon and fall back onto the sofa.</i>

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<i>He will revive you with the scent</i>
<i>of a perfumed handkerchief.</i>

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<i>And when you have</i>
<i>fully regained your wits,</i>

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<i>you say to him…</i>

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Yes, my beloved.

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I give you my hand.

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Understand, imbecile?

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Yes, Mother.

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<i>I live with my old mother</i>

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<i>And always pay the rent</i>

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<i>A bedroom and a parlor</i>

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<i>Is all we call our own</i>

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<i>And you're welcome every evening</i>

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<i>At Maggie Murphy's home</i>

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Good evening.

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Uh…

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Liz?

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- Elizabeth?
- Lizzie.

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Or whatever you please.

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Um…

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Oh, I, um… I have something for you.

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Um…

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It's a lace handkerchief I sewed myself.

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Oh, and a nosegay of white tuberose.

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Thank you.

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Do…

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Do you have a remembrance for me?

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I do not.

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Here's our parlor.

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Oh, and look,
it's the couch we're to sit on.

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Today, in my allée of cherry trees,
I saw a hummingbird with a ruby throat.

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- That's fascinating.
- Do you think so?

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I do love nature,

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especially now that it's April.

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I simply adore the springtime.

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Everything is blooming, and it's…

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Hm…

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Hm.

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It seems like
the world is bursting with possibility.

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Hm…

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I also have a dovecote.

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- Ah…
- Do you know what that is?

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It's a house for doves.

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My father made it. He's a woodworker.

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I love my doves.

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They mate for life, you know.

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Well, wh… what's wrong?

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Are you… are you all right?

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Mm…

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I know… I know what is
expected of me tonight.

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My family faces destitution.

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But I can't do this. I… I can't marry you.

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Why not?

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Because you have the face of a horse.
The men in town, they're right.

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It's unpleasant to look at your plainness.

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- What's happening?
- Hmm…

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Um…

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No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

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I have an odd…

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lady time.

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Mmm.

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Mmm.

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Hm.

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Where's your… sister?

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She went into town.
She was asked to the cotillion.

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This one will never be asked to go.

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Oh, how I longed for this engagement
so you would finally leave this house.

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You're a woolgatherer.

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All you're doing
is frittering away your father's money.

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- Mm…
- That's it.

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And you can be sure your hemorrhage story
has already made its way around town.

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God's sake.

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I have irregular menses.

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Irregular? They're a modern-day horror.

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You humiliate this house.

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Will you stop your caterwauling?

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I'm powfagged!

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I work all day,
and then I come home to this.

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Flapdoodle! This is my personality.

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I'm forceful. I have a point of view.
You knew that when you married me.

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You don't know what it's like

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to be… trapped in a house full of women.

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Astute observation, dearie.

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I certainly don't.

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If only you'd given me a son.

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What was that?

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And this thick Irish dolt
is as worthless as you, Lizzie.

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She can't get the stain out, can you?

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No, ma'am, in spite of tryin'.

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No, well, can't say I blame her.

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She has the brains of a dog,

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and she's expected
to sop up a gallon of the last dregs

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of an old maid's dying womb.

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That was mulberry silk from deepest China!

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I'm going to have to have it
reupholstered in muslin!

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My apologies again, Mrs. Borden.

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Tried me best, ma'am.

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What soup is this?

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Potato leek, ma'am.

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What?

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I asked for celeriac.

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Get out!

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You're fired!

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Mm!

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It's quite good.

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That's six maids in a year.

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Yes, Mr. Borden, and what about it?

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Tomorrow, we'll interview a seventh.

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Hm.

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Come on, Lizzie, eat up.

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I've brought you something.

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It's a lovely warm day.

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It's a cherry cordial.

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What's that floating on top?

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Those are borage flowers.

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They're edible.

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Oh.

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I've read that Indians use them
for cramping and bloating and…

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Sorry.

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It's not a topic of conversation
for strangers.

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No, that… that's wonderful.

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Thank you.

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Lizzie.

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Are you still spotting?

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You trail blood like a wounded elk.

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- Spotting?
- This one has heavy menses.

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Actually, heavy doesn't quite describe it.

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Diluvian is a more apt descriptor.
She's a true freak of nature.

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Now when the lady time comes,

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we keep her upstairs on a bed
of wooden planks and muslin sheets

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she's free to befoul
with her putrid clots.

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My advertisement requested an Irish girl.

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You don't sound Irish.

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I am Irish by birth,
and half Irish by blood.

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My father's German,
and I traveled all over Europe.

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I don't recall
commissioning an autobiography.

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The job is of a housemaid.

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You'll have all the standard obligations
of cooking and cleaning,

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and then some additional chores
pertaining to me.

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We're a well-to-do household,
from my toil as a woodworker.

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I build furniture
and fashion fine coffins,

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and when I come home…
well, I must relax, as it were.

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Then you will dress my feet
with fresh stockings and slippers,

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and hand me a dram of whiskey.

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Maids in this home are
expected to keep the house spotless,

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and to ensure that they do,
I will don a pair of white gloves daily

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<i>and run my fingers across</i>
<i>a surface of my choosing,</i>

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<i>and any dust or dirt or grime I find,</i>

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<i>I will steep the glove</i>
<i>in a mug of hot water</i>

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<i>and watch you drink the resulting tea.</i>

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Drink it.

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Is that perfectly clear?

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Crystal.

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You will be paid 50 cents a day,
a dollar on days you're asked

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to take my mentally sluggish
stepdaughter here into town.

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Now, accompanying her in public is a chore
in the truest sense of the word.

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It's deeply humiliating.

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And what is your name?

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- Bridget.
- Maggie.

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No, Bridget.

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No, Maggie.
The last maid's name was Maggie,

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and… I won't be compelled
to learn a new one.

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That's fine. It's all fine.

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I do have my own requirements.

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I follow orders very well,

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but when it comes to my hygiene,

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I will be allowed
to make myself up as I choose to.

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You're referring to your hair.
It's strumpet hair.

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Looks like straw.

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I dyed it this color myself.

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I learned so in Paris.

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Paris?

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I don't care what you look like.
I endeavor not to look at servants.

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You'll be invisible to me.

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So do I have the job?

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No.

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We have many more girls to see.

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Uh… Madam.

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The stain.

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I brought my own cleaning kit.

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May I try and remove it?

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It will take no longer than an hour.

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Hm.

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<i>Can't stay at home</i>
<i>Can't stay in school</i>

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<i>Old folks say, "You poor little fool"</i>

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<i>Down the streets</i>
<i>I'm the girl next door</i>

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<i>I'm the fox you've been waiting for</i>

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<i>Hello, Daddy</i>
<i>Hello, Mom</i>

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<i>I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Hello, world, I'm your wild girl</i>

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<i>I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Stone Age love and strange sounds too</i>

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<i>Come on, baby, let me get to you</i>

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<i>Bad nights causing teenage blues </i>

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<i>Get down, ladies</i>
<i>You've got nothin' to lose</i>

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<i>Hello, Daddy</i>
<i>Hello, Mom</i>

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<i>I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Hello, world, I'm your wild girl</i>

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<i>I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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Mrs. Borden?

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Don't make a habit
of shouting across the house.

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I'll whip you in the face with a switch.

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Oh my.

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Yes.

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It is still a little damp,
but the stain is gone.

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"Out, damn spot."

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You're hired.

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He was a good man.

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As good as he was tall.

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Hmm.

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And tall he was.

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This is our most inexpensive offering.

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Just a pine box.

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But this won't keep the water out.

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Your husband will be liquid himself
in a week or two.

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Nothing left of him when the Lord returns
to judge the living and the dead.

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No! We can't have that.

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Father was a righteous man.

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Then… I would suggest this sort of casket.

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It's mahogany.

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Lined in pink satin,

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and most importantly, watertight.

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So when the Lord Jesus comes again,

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your beloved will rise up
from this casket,

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body and soul intact.

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We'll take that one.

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It doesn't seem long enough.

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Father was 20 hands high.

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No, no.

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No, my apprentice and I, Stephen…

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- Say hello, Stephen.
- Hello.

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We can make the necessary alterations.

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I assure you he'll fit.

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Thank you, that will be all.

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Mr. Borden?

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Uh, Mr. Borden?

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Hm?

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Yes.

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Good day, Margaret.

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Bridget, sir.

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Maggie.

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Since you're what passes as an expert
in the domestic sciences,

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I wondered if I might add
to your list of tasks.

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That's why I called you here today.

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Please.

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Do you see these axes?

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As you…

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As you know,
I'm a craftsman, a woodworker.

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These are not just my tools,
but my children, as it were.

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In fact,
I love them more than my children.

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They're my one true passion,
my lone frivolous indulgence,

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and yet my apprentice,

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simpleton that he is,

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is unable to keep them
in the state of repair that I require.

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I wondered if you might add their care
to your list of daily chores.

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Keep them sharp and polished.

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Of course, sir.

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These are fine axes.

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Hm.

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This one's called Freyda.

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She's a Viking axe,

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pilfered from the private collection
of Charles VI of Sweden.

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You didn't let me finish, sir.

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I will care for your axes,
and I will care for them well.

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As you know, I'm good at executing orders.

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Hm.

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But I will have to be paid.

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One dollar a week.

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Mm, very well.

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Would you like to hold it?

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Um…

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Is that…

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blood?

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You can smell the… the iron.

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Hm.

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Did you cut yourself or…?

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Why is there blood on your axe?

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Most women faint at the sight of it.

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Well, I don't. It's rejuvenating.

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People used to bathe in it.

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My.

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How macabre.

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Is that all, sir?

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I can be back first thing in the morning.

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Until then.

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Hm.

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<i>Bonsoir.</i>

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Hm.

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- Any dust, Ms. Borden?
- I'm not finished.

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Any dust,
or may I be free to go back to work?

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There. What's that?

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That's your footprint, Mrs. Borden.

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I will clean it up for you,
but I will not be punished for it.

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It's from when you came in
through that door a few minutes ago,

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after shouting at Lizzie in the garden.

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Mm! Like the angels!

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Hello.

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Come here.

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Oh…

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Shut those birds up!

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Those filthy shit-hawks!

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How I loathe them!

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Worse than roosters, the incessant cooing.

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It's all I hear now is the… cooing.

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It's mating season,
I believe, Mrs. Borden.

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Spring.

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Patience. It'll pass.

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In the old days,

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they used to believe doves were
the intermediary between humans and gods.

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Maybe that's a way to look at it.

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It might help you calm your nerves.

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Hm.

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<i>There's nothing wrong with your body,</i>

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<i>and there's nothing wrong with blood.</i>

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<i>Blood is freedom.</i>

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<i>Because it means</i>
<i>that no man's seed has taken hold.</i>

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Drink your tea.

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It's dandelion.

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It thins your blood
and helps with the clotting.

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Look, I'm… I'm not a doctor,

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but I've traveled a lot,
and I've seen a lot.

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And…

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a mistress of mine, she went to see
a specialist for similar problems,

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and he prescribed something
called hysterical paroxysm.

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Or they call it a little death.

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Have you heard of it?

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No.

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I bought this in Amsterdam.

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They call it a Vendee vibrator.

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You hold it up on your cunny
and you turn this.

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You crank it like you beat eggs.

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What does it feel like?

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Give me your hand.

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Ooh…

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Well…

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Um…

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When you hold it to the right spot,

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it makes you shiver and tremble,

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but in a good way.

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So when the little death comes on,
that's how they call it,

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it goes over your whole body.

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And after that, you're just…

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reborn

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and sweaty and like you've been running
through the fields,

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and it just feels so good.

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And I want you to feel it.

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Take it.

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Take it.

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Fine. In your own time.

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Lizzie.

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All your books are… are written by men.

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<i>Little Women </i>is right there.

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No, you need the books they read in Paris.

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I'll bring you one.

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What?

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I just want to help you.

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This… house.

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These people… you…

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It's like a puzzle to me.

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You're like a puzzle to me.
I've never met anyone like you.

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- Simple, you mean?
- No.

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You're anything but simple, Lizzie.

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I don't know why
she belittles you like that.

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She's the most cruel woman I've ever seen.

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She wasn't born that way.

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Nobody is.

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I wasn't even two years old
when my real mother died.

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I don't remember her at all.

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Mama…

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<i>My father was so young, he… needed a wife</i>

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<i>to take care of my sister and I.</i>

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<i>He'd heard tell of a woman</i>
<i>whose family had fallen on hard times.</i>

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<i>She'd lost all three of her brothers</i>
<i>in the war.</i>

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<i>And in her grief,</i>
<i>her mother had taken her own life.</i>

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<i>She left her daughter alone and in debt.</i>

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Whoa…

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<i>Her name was Abby Durfee Gray.</i>

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<i>Father and her only courted</i>
<i>a short while before marrying.</i>

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<i>My mother was buried only weeks before.</i>

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<i>But my father was overjoyed.</i>

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<i>He had a beautiful bride.</i>

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<i>He felt alive again.</i>

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<i>And he could return to work again.</i>

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<i>But I was a difficult baby.</i>

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<i>And Mrs. Borden was overwhelmed by it.</i>

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Be quiet! Be quiet!

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<i>She'd lock me in a room.</i>

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She learned
she could never have children of her own.

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And so she began to drink.

38:42.508 --> 38:44.468
<i>She began an alcoholic depression.</i>

38:49.098 --> 38:51.267
<i>She'd drink all manner of things.</i>

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<i>Formaldehyde.</i>

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<i>Ammonia.</i>

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<i>Paint thinner.</i>

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<i>I learned to be quiet.</i>

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<i>I like being alone</i>
<i>with birds and animals and nature.</i>

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Everyone thinks I'm stupid.

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But I'm not.

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You're not stupid.

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That's a good girl.

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Come in.

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Oh…

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What are you doing?

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Um…

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I'm applying arsenic powder
to my décolleté.

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I came to say thank you for the book.

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You're welcome. Did you read it?

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No, it's all in French.

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Her name was… Elizabetta.

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<i>Comtesse de Sang.</i>

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<i>The blood countess.</i>

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<i>Can't stay at home</i>
<i>Can't stay in school</i>

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<i>300 years ago,</i>

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<i>she lived at the far end</i>
<i>of the Hungarian kingdom,</i>

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<i>at the end of the Carpathian Mountains,</i>

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in Transylvania.

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<i>She was the richest woman in her kingdom.</i>

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<i>And she was bored.</i>

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<i>She was known for her beauty far and wide.</i>

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<i>But the fear of losing that beauty</i>
<i>drove her mad.</i>

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<i>So she would call her handmaids and say…</i>

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"Where's the milk?"

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<i>Hello, Daddy</i>
<i>Hello, Mom</i>

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<i>I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Hello, world, I'm your wild girl</i>

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<i>I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb</i>

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<i>Cherry bomb…</i>

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She bathed in milk?

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Yes.

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Milk has acid in it.

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That smoothens the complexion.

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I've noticed that with my cherries too.

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Sorry?

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In the harvest,
where the cherry juice stains your skin…

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<i>it glows all winter.</i>

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There must be acid in the cherries,
just like in Elizabetta's milk.

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<i>But Elizabetta</i>
<i>wasn't satisfied with the milk.</i>

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<i>It wasn't enough.</i>

43:31.672 --> 43:35.509
<i>The handmaidens</i>
<i>were called Furies by the townspeople.</i>

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<i>And so, they would</i>
<i>descend on the town at dawn</i>

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<i>to search for</i>
<i>the most beautiful girls they could find.</i>

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<i>They all had to be virgins.</i>

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<i>The families were told the countess</i>
<i>had invited the girls to a lavish supper…</i>

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<i>the likes of which</i>
<i>they would never see again.</i>

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<i>Wild boar, venison, sweetbreads,</i>
<i>dark red Carpathian wine,</i>

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<i>all to pump their blood full of iron.</i>

45:23.700 --> 45:27.204
<i>She'd promise these peasant girls</i>
<i>land and titles.</i>

45:27.746 --> 45:29.957
<i>She would welcome them to stay the night</i>

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<i>in white silken gowns from Samarkand.</i>

45:52.771 --> 45:56.316
<i>And then she would invite them downstairs</i>
<i>to a special room.</i>

45:58.110 --> 45:59.736
<i>A room with a drain.</i>

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<i>And then she would call the Furies.</i>

46:59.254 --> 47:03.091
<i>It took eight virgins</i>
<i>to fill one bath with blood.</i>

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And when she emerged, the Countess Báthory
had pure white skin, like a child.

47:28.367 --> 47:30.410
She was completely restored.

47:31.161 --> 47:33.914
Because… blood is life.

47:40.128 --> 47:42.047
This story used to drive me mad.

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I couldn't stop thinking about her.

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It's not a real story, is it?

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As real as you and me in this room.

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It's eerie in this light.

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Are you scared?

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No.

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But she was onto something.

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Blood is power.

48:43.942 --> 48:45.110
Mr. Borden?

48:46.903 --> 48:48.321
Mr. Borden?

48:51.950 --> 48:53.035
Mr. Borden?

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Maggie.

48:58.373 --> 49:01.168
You've done a wonderful job
with these axes.

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I hope it wasn't too much a chore.

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No chore at all, Mr. Borden.

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Given I'm compensated.

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Mmm.

49:16.475 --> 49:21.354
Maggie, your room and board is paid for.

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What do you do with all of this money?

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Well, I save it, Mr. Borden.

49:32.282 --> 49:34.659
Because one day,
I will have a house like yours,

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and I will have land like you.

49:36.953 --> 49:39.790
It's not a silly thing to want
for a girl like me, is it?

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Mm.

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That's not silly at all.

49:45.462 --> 49:50.425
In fact, money means
a fair bit to me, Mr. Borden.

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I'm not ashamed to say it.

49:52.302 --> 49:56.890
I think there's not a thing in the world
I wouldn't do for the right price.

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Like what?

50:08.735 --> 50:09.778
Hm.

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That's a deal.

50:20.163 --> 50:22.207
<i>When I was a child</i>

50:22.290 --> 50:23.375
Well, hello.

50:23.458 --> 50:24.459
Hello.

50:26.128 --> 50:27.587
I have something to show you.

50:29.005 --> 50:31.091
I can't stop thinking about her.

50:32.342 --> 50:33.426
Who?

50:34.594 --> 50:35.428
The Countess.

50:36.596 --> 50:39.516
<i>Now hounds of love are hunting</i>

50:43.228 --> 50:46.690
<i>I've always been a coward</i>

50:46.773 --> 50:50.026
<i>Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh</i>

50:50.110 --> 50:53.155
<i>And I don't know what's good for me</i>

50:54.698 --> 50:56.783
<i>Oh, here I go</i>

50:58.785 --> 50:59.911
Lizzie.

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The blood bath.

51:02.789 --> 51:06.835
<i>Oh, help me, someone, help me, please</i>

51:07.627 --> 51:08.795
Yes.

51:09.296 --> 51:14.467
<i>And take my shoes off</i>
<i>And throw them in the lake</i>

51:14.551 --> 51:16.553
<i>And I'll be</i>

51:16.636 --> 51:20.182
<i>Two steps on the water</i>

51:25.312 --> 51:27.230
It's four bushels of cherries.

51:32.611 --> 51:34.905
You're out of your mind.

51:39.284 --> 51:42.329
<i>Now hounds of love are hunting</i>

51:42.913 --> 51:45.832
<i>Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh</i>

51:45.916 --> 51:49.336
<i>I've always been a coward</i>

51:49.419 --> 51:52.005
<i>Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh</i>

51:52.672 --> 51:55.759
<i>And I don't know what's good for me</i>

51:57.719 --> 51:59.554
<i>Oh, here I go</i>

52:00.597 --> 52:04.476
<i>It's coming for me through the trees</i>

52:05.644 --> 52:09.522
<i>Oh, help me, someone, help me, please</i>

52:12.234 --> 52:16.863
<i>And take my shoes off</i>
<i>And throw them in the lake </i>

52:16.947 --> 52:18.907
<i>And I'll be</i>

52:19.699 --> 52:22.702
<i>Two steps on the water</i>

52:27.165 --> 52:29.125
If only this were blood.

52:29.209 --> 52:32.337
<i>He let me take him in my arms</i>

52:32.420 --> 52:35.757
<i>His little heart, it beat so fast</i>

52:35.840 --> 52:38.635
<i>And I'm ashamed of running away</i>

52:38.718 --> 52:43.098
<i>From nothing real</i>
<i>I just can't deal with this</i>

52:43.181 --> 52:47.185
<i>I'm still afraid to be there</i>

52:48.561 --> 52:52.148
<i>Among your hounds of love</i>

52:52.232 --> 52:55.068
<i>Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh</i>

52:55.151 --> 52:58.405
<i>I feel your arms surround me</i>

52:58.488 --> 53:01.658
<i>Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh</i>

53:01.741 --> 53:05.036
<i>I've always been a coward</i>

53:05.120 --> 53:08.290
<i>Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh</i>

53:08.373 --> 53:11.751
<i>I never know what's good for me</i>

53:13.211 --> 53:15.046
<i>Oh, here I go</i>

53:16.464 --> 53:18.550
<i>Don't let me go</i>

53:19.134 --> 53:21.720
<i>Hold me down</i>

53:21.803 --> 53:26.391
<i>It's coming for me through the trees</i>

53:27.642 --> 53:32.147
<i>Oh, help me, darling, help me, please</i>

53:34.649 --> 53:39.571
<i>Take my shoes off</i>
<i>And throw them in the lake</i>

53:39.654 --> 53:41.573
<i>And I'll be</i>

53:42.157 --> 53:45.160
<i>Two steps on the water</i>

53:45.243 --> 53:47.579
<i>Do, do-do, do, do</i>

53:47.662 --> 53:51.541
<i>I don't know what's good for me</i>
<i>I don't know what's good for me</i>

53:51.624 --> 53:53.585
<i>I need love, love, love, love, love</i>

53:53.668 --> 53:56.588
<i>Yeah-yo, yeah-yo</i>

53:56.671 --> 53:58.590
<i>Your love</i>

53:59.257 --> 54:00.592
<i>Do-do, do</i>

54:00.675 --> 54:06.348
<i>And take your shoes off</i>
<i>And throw them in the lake</i>

54:07.682 --> 54:11.853
<i>Do you know what I really need?</i>
<i>Do you know what I really need?</i>

54:11.936 --> 54:15.607
<i>Love, love, love, love, love, yeah</i>