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Help - What happened with Edith? (SPOILER)


I couldn't quite understand everything due to the accents.

What happened that left Charles in a sling, Edith in a bandage, and the gardener in an ambulance while Ruth was at Madame Arcati's?

And why was Edith so grumpy? Did she call the spirits sub-conscientiously? Why?

Thanks for any clarification!


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Ruth thinks Elvira wants Charles dead, so she can have him for herself. Which is why Elvira sabotaged the car. The gardener, housekeeper and Edith were just collateral damage.

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Within the first two minutes I was thinking, "These horrid British accents! Can't understand a word! How can that actually be called English? They really should add subtitles whenever there's British being spoken" And Irish and Scottish are even worse.

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Please don't be so critical of others' language, or I will be compelled to comment on your poor spelling

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Tooshay!

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LOL... I couldn't get grumpy over a reply like that

Take care...

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It's funny. I can understand every word that they say.
I often have the same reaction when listening to American.
I have to "rewind" whatever US show or movie that I'm watching more often than not to decipher what they are saying.
I am originally from England but moved to the States and have lived here over a couple of decades.
I suppose it depends on what we grew up listening to.

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