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Quentin sits in the parlor, thinking. Daphne comes in--I must talk to you, she insists. Anytime, he says, but I don't like the look on your face. You aren't going to like what I have to say either, I'm afraid, she says severely. Speak right up, he urges. I know all about the lottery and the locked room, she reveals. Just what in God's name did your sister tell you? asks Quentin, immediately furious. It won't do you any good to get angry, says Daphne--I know about it and that's all there is to it. No, my dear, that's not all there is to it, says Quentin. Catherine has pledged me to secrecy, says Daphne, and I wouldn't do anything to upset her--your family secret is safe--but I've come to you because I don't know who else to go to. Just what are you talking about? asks Quentin. My sister can be very stubborn about certain things, says Daphne--I have urged her not to come live in this house, but she's refused to listen to me, so I want you to promise me something--Catherine says the lottery will take place after she and Morgan are married--I want you to promise me you won't allow her to become involved in it. Quentin shakes his head--no, I can't make that kind of promise--if Catherine marries in the family, she becomes part of it, and must abide by all decisions made by the family--if it is decided everyone will take their chance in the lottery, Catherine will be one of those.
If you had a feeling that something about the photo used in yesterday's graphics for the slideshow looked -
- different from the cover of the DS Music Book (aside from a somewhat different tint in some of the colors) -
- when seeing them together the difference is obviously that candles in the candelabra were airbrushed out for the cover. Why? I suppose whoever did it felt the book's title would look better. A style choice to be sure (but more on that to come). And an interesting thing is that after the DS Music Book became available, the airbrushed version of the photo, minus the title/text, -
- became circulated, leading some, including myself, to believe that was the way the still from NoDS' piano scene should have appeared, and you'll also note that without the text it becomes clear that between the two frames in the background the wallpaper that's actually on the wall in that room was replaced during the airbrushing with, well, replaced with I don't know what to call it - it wasn't until after the DS Movies Book was published in 1998 and this appeared on page 215 to help to illustrate a portion of the script featuring part of Scene 67A -
- that I realized the candles had been airbrushed out (though I should have had I remembered something that I'll get into shortly) - and since that time various versions of the original still have appeared online - unfortunately, though, like this one -
(Click here for a 1280X1560 version)
- they've been cropped versions of the still...
But what is really fascinating is that back in May of 1996 when ShadowGram #76 shared an advance look at the cover of the DS Music Book, the candles -
- weren't airbrushed out, the wallpaper hadn't been altered, and, to me anyway, even given the title/text were placed in slightly different spots, it looks like the title was perfectly readable without the alterations to the still - but quite obviously someone thought otherwise at some point before the book was actually published...
(I wonder what the original cover markup with candles and correct wallpaper would go for if it ever surfaced?!