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Question about the ending


At the end after Sir Humphrey has jumped he's servant heres Sir Humphrey calling him, was this in his head or did the judge survive?

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i just watched this like 2 nights ago and i'm almost 100 percent sure it was in the servant's head , i didn't see the justice's mouth move at all, i think the servant was so griefstruck that he imagined it.
works for me

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I would definitely say it was in Chadwick's head--an echo of the Squire's repeated calls throughout the film.

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"Of course it is happening inside your head ... but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

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Perhaps, just perhaps, he's hearing him from beyond the grave.

I got nothing.

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I wished I could have seen Mary and Jem leaving the place where the Jamaica Inn is at together like in the book.

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