意境：忐忑

她哭着，手握着獄室門口的鐵柱，用那淚汪汪的雙眼和帶一點乞求的眼神去問：『是今晚嗎……？』

監警從眼角不屑地看了她一眼，甚麼也不說，連腳步都沒有停下來，遠去。過去三整年，她都知道今天是她人生裡面最後的一天，卻一直都沒有學懂面對，現在一切當前，難免不知所措。

在《The Green Mile》中有一幕，描述一個獄警和將被處死的黑人。黑人被控姦殺兩名白人女子，因而被處死。他帶有超能力，讓獄警透過這能力看了當時真實的狀況，獄警就問是否應該把黑人放走。

You tell God the Father it was a kindness you done. I know you hurtin' and worryin', I can feel it on you, but you oughta quit on it now. Because I want it over and done. I do. I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. Tired of not ever having me a buddy to be with, or tell me where we's coming from or going to, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand?

她只是一個庸俗的人，沒有黑人把一切看淡看輕的能力。那獄警的不語，就是予以肯定的直接方法。她雙手軟下來，把身轉過，倚在門前坐下，抱頭痛哭。

大限將至，腦海中總會浮現出一大堆還沒有答案的問題。她絞盡腦汁極力思索，因為每一個答案都能使她紊亂的心平靜一點。但一切的懸疑又都好像已經意義盡失，因為這些疑惑，都會在今晚之後，連同折了頸的冰冷身軀一同化為灰燼。

這是選擇『神秘門』的詛咒。