:31:11
[Gasps]
:31:37
Oh.
Pardon my intrusion.
:31:40
- I saw a light.
- It is no intrusion.
:31:41
I come here to read
when I am wakeful.
:31:49
- To read books which you must hide?
- They were my mother's books.
:31:53
My father believes
tales of romance...
:31:55
cause the brain fever
that killed my mother.
:31:57
She died two years ago
come midwinter.
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The nurse who cared for her during
her sickness is now Lady Van Tassel.
:32:05
There was something else too.
:32:07
Why did no one think to mention...
:32:09
that the Van Garretts
are kin to the Van Tassels?
:32:11
Because there is hardly
a household in Sleepy Hollow...
:32:14
that is not connected to every other
by blood or marriage.
:32:17
I see.
:32:23
This land we're looking at
was Van Garrett land,
:32:26
given to my father
when I was in swaddling clothes.
:32:29
The Van Garretts were the richest family
around these parts.
:32:31
When my father brought us
to Sleepy Hollow,
:32:33
Van Garrett set him up with an acre
and a broken-down cottage.
:32:36
My father worked hard for his family,
and prospered and built this house.
:32:40
I owe my happiness
to him.
:32:43
I remember living poor
in the cottage.
:32:46
- Should I show you?
- Yes.
:32:52
Take this.
It is my gift for you.
:32:56
No, I have no use
for it.
:32:58
Are you so certain
of everything?