A person ought to keep quiet about it. You must tell me. Oh, miss, there's things I've...
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Mrs. Grose: [referring to Peter Quint and Miss Jessel's abusive relationship] A person ought to keep quiet about it.
Miss Giddens: You must tell me.
Mrs. Grose: Oh, miss, there's things I've seen I... I'm ashamed to say.
Miss Giddens: Go on.
Mrs. Grose: Rooms... used by daylight... as though they were dark woods.
Miss Giddens: They didn't care that you saw them? And the children?
Mrs. Grose: I can't say, miss. I... I don't know what the children saw. But they used to follow Quint and Miss Jessel, trailing along behind, hand in hand, whispering. There was too much whispering in this house, miss.
Miss Giddens: Oh, yes, I can imagine. Yes, I can imagine what sort of things they whispered about. Quint, Miles. I can hear them together.
Mrs. Grose: But there was nothing wrong in Master Miles wanting to be with Quint. Quint taught him to ride and took him walking. The poor lad needed someone to...
Miss Giddens: To corrupt him?
Mrs. Grose: But Master Miles is a good boy, miss. There's nothing wicked in him.
Miss Giddens: Unless he's deceiving us. Unless they're both deceiving us. The innocents.
Mrs. Grose: Innocents they are, miss. It's not fair. You have no right to accuse them of...
Miss Giddens: Oh, forgive me, Mrs. Grose. I'm not accusing. I'm just trying to put it together, to understand. Tell me, were the children happy?
Mrs. Grose: Oh, they seemed to be. The same as now. But sometimes I used to wonder if they really cared for them, those two... or if they weren't just using them.
Miss Giddens: Using them?
Mrs. Grose: Yes, of course they were... and still are
Miss Giddens: You must tell me.
Mrs. Grose: Oh, miss, there's things I've seen I... I'm ashamed to say.
Miss Giddens: Go on.
Mrs. Grose: Rooms... used by daylight... as though they were dark woods.
Miss Giddens: They didn't care that you saw them? And the children?
Mrs. Grose: I can't say, miss. I... I don't know what the children saw. But they used to follow Quint and Miss Jessel, trailing along behind, hand in hand, whispering. There was too much whispering in this house, miss.
Miss Giddens: Oh, yes, I can imagine. Yes, I can imagine what sort of things they whispered about. Quint, Miles. I can hear them together.
Mrs. Grose: But there was nothing wrong in Master Miles wanting to be with Quint. Quint taught him to ride and took him walking. The poor lad needed someone to...
Miss Giddens: To corrupt him?
Mrs. Grose: But Master Miles is a good boy, miss. There's nothing wicked in him.
Miss Giddens: Unless he's deceiving us. Unless they're both deceiving us. The innocents.
Mrs. Grose: Innocents they are, miss. It's not fair. You have no right to accuse them of...
Miss Giddens: Oh, forgive me, Mrs. Grose. I'm not accusing. I'm just trying to put it together, to understand. Tell me, were the children happy?
Mrs. Grose: Oh, they seemed to be. The same as now. But sometimes I used to wonder if they really cared for them, those two... or if they weren't just using them.
Miss Giddens: Using them?
Mrs. Grose: Yes, of course they were... and still are
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A person ought to keep quiet about it
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You must tell me
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Miss there's things I ve seen I
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I m ashamed to say
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Go on
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Rooms
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used by daylight
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as though they were dark woods
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They didn't care that you saw them
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And the children
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I can't say miss
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I don't know what the children saw
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But they used to follow Quint and Miss Jessel
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trailing along behind hand in hand whispering
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There was too much whispering in this house miss
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Oh yes I can imagine
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Yes I can imagine what sort of things they whispered about
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Quint Miles
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I can hear them together
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But there was nothing wrong in Master Miles wanting to be with Quint
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Quint taught him to ride and took him walking
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The poor lad needed someone to corrupt him
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But Master Miles is a good boy miss There's nothing wicked in him
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Unless he's deceiving us Unless they're both deceiving us
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The innocents
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Innocents they are miss It s not fair You have no right to accuse them
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Forgive me Mrs Grose I m not accusing I m just trying to put it together
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to understand
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Tell me were the children happy
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They seemed to be the same as now
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But sometimes I used to wonder if they really cared for them those two
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Or if they weren't just using them
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Using them
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Yes of course they were
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and still are
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Movie Summary
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
