Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
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Deductive.<br />
DOCTOR LANCASTER<br />
(doubting)<br />
No... no...<br />
BALTUS<br />
(rising above it)<br />
An amateur sleuth! This time it's a<br />
magistrate that's dead, <strong>and</strong> --<br />
The door is flung open without ceremony.<br />
It's <strong>Ichabod</strong> ready for action, transformed, raring to go -- with Young<br />
Masbath round-eyed just behind him.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Gentlemen! -- I need able men, to go<br />
with me to <strong>the</strong> Western Woods. Who<br />
will be <strong>the</strong> first to volunteer?<br />
BALTUS<br />
You... ? We thought you'd shot your<br />
bolt...<br />
ICHABOD<br />
A setback, merely. And yet, a step<br />
forward too -- we now know who has<br />
d<strong>one</strong> <strong>the</strong>se terrible --<br />
STEENWYCK<br />
You now know, we already knew --<br />
ICHABOD<br />
(high on it)<br />
Quite so -- <strong>and</strong> now it seems fate<br />
has chosen me to make my name in a<br />
case without parallel in <strong>the</strong> annals<br />
<strong>of</strong> crime -- in short, to pit myself<br />
against a murdering ghost.<br />
KATRINA<br />
(fearful for him)<br />
No, <strong>Ichabod</strong> -- Constable --<br />
LADY VAN TASSEL<br />
(smiles)<br />
Do you intend to arrest him? Or<br />
impound his horse... ?<br />
The Men chuckle indulgently.<br />
No <strong>one</strong>.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Nei<strong>the</strong>r. To put an end to <strong>the</strong><br />
killing. To discover <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>and</strong><br />
remove it. Who's with me?<br />
EXT. WESTERN WOODS -- DAY<br />
No <strong>one</strong>, indeed... <strong>Ichabod</strong> <strong>and</strong> Young Masbath ride al<strong>one</strong>... <strong>the</strong>ir horses<br />
loaded up for <strong>the</strong> expedition.<br />
Dark, gnarled <strong>and</strong> creepy woods. <strong>Ichabod</strong> <strong>and</strong> Young Masbath move<br />
through. SOUND OF BIRDS etc.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
The Van Garretts, <strong>the</strong> Widow Winship<br />
... your fa<strong>the</strong>r, Jonathan Masbath...<br />
<strong>and</strong> now Philipse... Something must<br />
connect <strong>the</strong>m. Can you think?<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
(shakes his head)<br />
We had no dealings with <strong>the</strong><br />
magistrate that I know <strong>of</strong>...<br />
ICHABOD<br />
And <strong>the</strong> widow? Your fa<strong>the</strong>r knew her?<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
(shrugs)<br />
Every<strong>one</strong> knew Widow Winship.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
In a manner <strong>of</strong> speaking, I trust.<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
She would bring old Mr. Van Garrett
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