Old Man and Mr. Stotch in “Marjorine”

Mr. Stotch, I know what you're thinking.

Who are you?

I came to talk you out of it. You need to just accept that your son is dead... and not try to bring him back.

Bring him back? What-what are you talking about?

I know you're thinking of putting him up there, in the Indian burial ground up that road. You're thinking if you bury his body there it'll come back to life. But sometimes dead is better.

Indian burial ground?

It's been done before, what you're thinking of. The Nelson boy, back in '85...

You're saying if I dig up my son's body and rebury him at the old Indian burial ground--

Don't do it, Stotch! What comes out of the ground... ain't the thing you put in. The Indians knew that, that's why they stopped usin' it when the ground went sour. I'm just here to talk you out of it. [heads for the door] Don't bury your son's body at the Indian burial ground, Stotch! The one that's right up over there, behind the Andersons's barn. Sometimes... dead is better.