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It wasn't a joke.<br />
OTHO's glance is sharp at this.<br />
CHARLES<br />
They tried to convince Delia<br />
and me that this house was<br />
haunted.<br />
DELIA<br />
Of course I was a little<br />
sceptical at first, but I've<br />
always felt I had a sympathy<br />
with that sort of thing.<br />
And Otho, ghosts should be<br />
right up your alley.<br />
Why?<br />
LYDIA<br />
DELIA<br />
Before Otho started<br />
slinging chintz he was<br />
giving backroom seances<br />
in the East Village.<br />
OTHO<br />
Yes, well, the bottom fell<br />
out of the psychic market<br />
in seventy-two, but my powers<br />
are undiminished. And I have<br />
never relinquished my profound<br />
interest in matters of the<br />
spirit.<br />
EVELYN<br />
Delia, it's cute schtick, but<br />
you're going to have a pretty<br />
rough time convincing<br />
me -- or any of your other<br />
friends -- that this house is<br />
haunted. We're going to need<br />
-- what's that phrase?<br />
OTHO<br />
Ocular demonstration.<br />
EVELYN<br />
Right. Proof. We just --<br />
EVELYN suddenly breaks off with --<br />
A VIOLENT SCREAM.<br />
DELIA stares at her for a moment, then an expression of shock<br />
crosses DELIA's face and she shrieks as well.<br />
The two women try to push back their chairs from the table, but<br />
can't.<br />
The patterned flowers and vines in the carpet have begun to grow,<br />
twisting around the chair- and table-legs.<br />
New shoots and vines appear, unfold, and twist even as we watch.<br />
The flowers bud and bloom, as in a Disney time-lapse nature film.<br />
Everyone looks on with astonishment as more of the carpet<br />
sprouts. T<strong>here</strong> is a general retreat from the table.<br />
LYDIA fetches one of her cameras, never very far away.<br />
LYDIA<br />
It's the ghosts. I told you.<br />
I told you they were real.<br />
CHARLES<br />
Then Cathy was telling the<br />
truth too. (To OTHO) She<br />
said she had talked to them.<br />
OTHO<br />
It's woooon-der-fullll. Incontrovertible<br />
proof of the presence<br />
of the supernatural element in this<br />
house. I was, and I remain, an<br />
expert in this field.<br />
DELIA shoots a look of triumph at EVELYN.