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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.

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