In the aftermath of a tragic discovery at the Devlin house, Detective Rob Reilly speaks with an elderly neighbor, Mrs. Fitzgerald. As she offers flowers and local lore about missing children, she subtly reveals her awareness of Rob's English background and issues a cryptic, unsettling warning about the community's vengeance.
MRS FITZGERALD: I had them ready. You pray for good news but it’s never likely, is it.
ROB: I’m sure they’ll appreciate the kindness.
MRS FITZGERALD: That’s the dance teacher. Simone Cameron. Teaches all the little girls. It was her that got Katy into that school.
ROB: You know everyone.
MRS FITZGERALD: Everyone and everything. It’s the curse of the old. Nothing to say with Katy that it’s like the other poor children.
ROB: No.
MRS FITZGERALD: Well, that’s something. My Mammy used to say the old ones took those children. She said of course they’d never be found, not hide not hair. They’d gone under the hill with the old ones.
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