The City of the Dead (1960)

Venetia Stevenson: Nan Barlow

Quotes 

• Nan Barlow : [upon hearing religious-type singing in her room, apparently coming from under the floor]  Mrs. Newless! Mrs. Newless!

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : Yes, Miss Barlow?

  Nan Barlow : I... I heard some strange noises in my room.

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : Oh, possibly the water pipes. This is a very old inn.

  Nan Barlow : No, it seems to be coming from the cellar underneath.

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : I hardly think so, Miss Barlow. The cellars do not extend beneath your room.

  Nan Barlow : But then why is there a trap door in the floor?

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : The ground was filled in many years ago to strengthen the foundations of the building.

  Nan Barlow : But I'm sure I...

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : Well, if you insist, I will come and see.

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : [they both go into Nan's room, where it is now completely silent]  I don't hear anything.

  Nan Barlow : Well, just a few minutes ago... Never mind. I'm sorry.

  Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless : You're welcome. But you can see for yourself there is no ring in the trap door because there is no reason to lift it. There is *nothing* underneath but earth.

• Reverend Russell : Why have you come to Whitewood?

  Nan Barlow : Well, because I'm interested in witchcraft.

  Reverend Russell : Young woman, leave Whitewood. Leave Whitewood tonight. For 300 years the devil has hollowed over the city, made it his own, the people in it are his. Evil has triumphed over good here! Look at my church: I have no parish, no one worships here. His is the power.

• Nan Barlow : I'm looking for the Wamport Road.

  Garage Attendant : Wamport Road? Hardly anyone uses that anymore.