9 -- EXT. HILL HOUSE--FRONT DOOR -- 9 A woman dressed in black stands here. Timmy opens the door.
10 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 10 TIMMY Do come in, madam. You are expected. WOMAN Do you know who I am? TIMMY Only that you are to be known as Aphrodite. APHRODITE Yes, it said so in the letter. But, why . . . ? Timmy removes her coat, with a brilliantly white inside. Aphrodite sniffs and checks her shoe.
11 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LIBRARY -- 11 Tixie and Col. Jorgen are here. Jorgen is sipping Cognac and glancing at Tixie. The doors open, the left one into Col. Jorgen. TIMMY Ah. May I introduce you? Aphrodite, this is Tixie, the maid. (The two women react with disgust) I see you know each other. Aphrodite turns away as Col. Jorgen emerges from behind the door. APHRODITE Hello. JORGEN Hello.
12 -- EXT. ROADSIDE -- 12 A slim woman is standing by her broken down car. An owl can be heard. She hits the car, obviously frustrated. Thunder roars in the distance. The woman sees headlights a short way away. She smoothes her dress. As the car nears, she bends over the engine and lifts a leg. the car screeches to a halt just past her and backs up. The woman goes to the car and peers in. MAN'S VOICE Want a lift? WOMAN (sultry) Yes, please . . . She gets in.
13 -- INT. MAN'S CAR -- 13 WOMAN Thanks. I'm late for a dinner date. MAN Me too. Where are you going? The woman pulls out a sheet of paper. WOMAN (looking at paper) Let's see . . . Hill House. Off Route 41. MAN Wait a minute. Let me look at that. (takes paper) That's where I'm going. I got a letter like this. They both look disturbed.
14 -- EXT. CAR -- 14 The rain has started. The windshield wipers start as the car pulls away.
10 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--THE HALL -- 10 TIMMY Do come in, madam. You are expected. WOMAN Do you know who I am? TIMMY Only that you are to be known as Aphrodite. APHRODITE Yes, it said so in the letter. But, why . . . ? Timmy removes her coat, with a brilliantly white inside. Aphrodite sniffs and checks her shoe.
11 -- INT. GROUND FLOOR--LIBRARY -- 11 Tixie and Col. Jorgen are here. Jorgen is sipping Cognac and glancing at Tixie. The doors open, the left one into Col. Jorgen. TIMMY Ah. May I introduce you? Aphrodite, this is Tixie, the maid. (The two women react with disgust) I see you know each other. Aphrodite turns away as Col. Jorgen emerges from behind the door. APHRODITE Hello. JORGEN Hello.
12 -- EXT. ROADSIDE -- 12 A slim woman is standing by her broken down car. An owl can be heard. She hits the car, obviously frustrated. Thunder roars in the distance. The woman sees headlights a short way away. She smoothes her dress. As the car nears, she bends over the engine and lifts a leg. the car screeches to a halt just past her and backs up. The woman goes to the car and peers in. MAN'S VOICE Want a lift? WOMAN (sultry) Yes, please . . . She gets in.
13 -- INT. MAN'S CAR -- 13 WOMAN Thanks. I'm late for a dinner date. MAN Me too. Where are you going? The woman pulls out a sheet of paper. WOMAN (looking at paper) Let's see . . . Hill House. Off Route 41. MAN Wait a minute. Let me look at that. (takes paper) That's where I'm going. I got a letter like this. They both look disturbed.
14 -- EXT. CAR -- 14 The rain has started. The windshield wipers start as the car pulls away.