She goes through a set of curtains and starts climbing the stairs slowly.
Her mother is already halfway to the top of the stairs. She misses a step, then quickly recovers her balance and darts upstairs breathing heavily.
Her mother has hurt her knee. She begins to limp, still climbing the stairs slowly. She's lost too much time, and Alice reaches her.
Alice sticks a huge knife in her mother’s back.
Her mother bends then straightens, screams in pain, then turns and pushes her daughter down the stairs.
Alice falls down the stairs, and hits a wall with her head causing her to pass out.
Limping, wounded and extremely scared, Alice’s mother flees down the long corridor.
She runs to the back room, locking herself in.
She takes a knitting needle from a bedside table. This will be her last defense.
She looks around the room in terror.
The room is lined with endless candles. They are all blazing. The candlelight is everywhere.
Alice is walking along the corridor. It’s very dark. She holds the knife firmly in her hand, ready to strike.
As she passes by, she look in all the rooms.

She goes into the bathroom, looks in the shower (pushing aside the curtain): no-one’s here.
As she moves, we see her reflection in the mirror.
Alice’s mother sees the door-handle move gently at first, then violently.