Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
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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ICHABOD<br />
Drawn in by whom?!<br />
HARDENBROOK<br />
Mercy upon me! -- We meant no harm<br />
to come to her!<br />
ICHABOD<br />
No harm to come to whom?<br />
HARDENBROOK<br />
(babbling)<br />
But <strong>the</strong> marriage made her next <strong>of</strong><br />
kin...<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Made who next <strong>of</strong> kin to whom?! --<br />
I'm confused!<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
He means old Van Garrett secretly<br />
married <strong>the</strong> Widow Winship.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
(getting it)<br />
Of course! And Van Garrett made a<br />
new will, leaving everything to her<br />
<strong>and</strong> his unborn child... So she stood<br />
between Baltus <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> legacy! Where<br />
is <strong>the</strong> will?<br />
HARDENBROOK<br />
I cannot be seen to help you -- <strong>the</strong><br />
Horseman will come for me -- !<br />
ICHABOD<br />
I will not leave without <strong>the</strong> very<br />
last will <strong>and</strong> testament <strong>of</strong> --<br />
Hardenbrook digs into a mountain <strong>of</strong> documents, hurling h<strong>and</strong>fuls into<br />
<strong>the</strong> air... <strong>and</strong> flings <strong>the</strong> second will at <strong>Ichabod</strong>. Young Masbath<br />
nervously checks <strong>the</strong> door.<br />
He starts to sob.<br />
HARDENBROOK<br />
Go, <strong>the</strong>n! I am a dead man!<br />
Sir...<br />
YOUNG MASBATH<br />
ICHABOD<br />
(reading)<br />
Young Masbath... I know why your<br />
fa<strong>the</strong>r died. That night when Van<br />
Garrett quarreled with his son,<br />
Jonathan Masbath was summ<strong>one</strong>d<br />
upstairs to witness <strong>the</strong> new Will.<br />
Here is your fa<strong>the</strong>r's signature. It<br />
was his death warrant.<br />
Young Masbath takes <strong>the</strong> document <strong>and</strong> looks at it tearfully.<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
But <strong>the</strong> secret was not safe. Mrs.<br />
Killian <strong>the</strong> midwife was forewarned<br />
<strong>the</strong> baby was coming -- <strong>and</strong> so she,<br />
too, had to die.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hurled documents has fluttered down fortuitously in<br />
front <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ichabod</strong>. He picks it up.<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
The marriage certificate. Parson<br />
Steenwyck married <strong>the</strong>m. Doctor<br />
Lancaster confirmed <strong>the</strong> widow was<br />
pregnant. She told <strong>the</strong> secret to<br />
Magistrate Philipse. Notary<br />
Hardenbrook concealed <strong>the</strong><br />
documents...<br />
Hardenbrook snivels <strong>and</strong> moans <strong>and</strong> wrings his h<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
And you all kept silence! Why?...<br />
For some nameless dread <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> man<br />
who stood to gain by it -- Baltus<br />
Van Tassel!<br />
INT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, STAIRS -- DAY
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