" Quirrell couldn""t survive Harry""s magical touch because of the power of his mother""s love: "She sacrificed herself for you.In her aviary filled with empty bird cages, she communicated with her exotic feathered companions on perches.He told her: "The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believe that Hamunaptra is cursed." Rick discovered his old cowardly "buddy" Beni hiding on deck -- he was guiding the Americans, and was to be paid half up-front, and the balance when they returned to Cairo.Everyone was devastated and sorrowful about her loss.In Washington DC, the President""s televised nationwide speech (about a "growing threat within our own population") from his office was interrupted when the lights went out (and the forces of nature were controlled by Storm).We just sort of go along and nothing happens.We""re in a terrible rut.It""s been on my mind for months.What""s gonna be our future?Father: (consoling) Oh, come now, Charlie, things aren""t as bad as hat.The bank gave me a raise last January.Charlie: Money.How can you talk about money when I""m talking about souls? We eat and sleep and that""s about all.We don""t even have any real conversations.We just talk...Father:...and work.Charlie: Yes, poor mother, she works like a dog, just like a dog...When she comes back, it will be the same thing.Dinner, then dishes, then bed.I don""t see how she stands it.You know, she""s really a wonderful woman.I mean, she""s not just a mother.And I think we ought to do something for her.Don""t you think we should?Father: Yeah.What were you thinking of doing for her?Charlie: Oh, nothing I supppose.I guess we""ll just have to wait for a miracle - or something...I don""t believe in good intentions anymore.All I""m waiting for now is a miracle.Suddenly, Charlie""s spinsterish, talkative and oblivious mother Emma Newton (Patricia Collinge) [Emma was the name of Hitchcock""s mother - she died in England during filming] makes a dramatic appearance at the bedroom door, speaking her first words [and foreshadowing an "accident" that will occur later in the film]: "Those back stairs are steep.