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Monocane? What is monocane?
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- Monocane's a terrible drug.
- I never heard of it.
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You wouldn't, Kemp. It's never used now.
I didn't know it was even made.
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It's a drug that's made from
a flower that's grown in India.
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It draws colour
from everything it touches.
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Years ago they tried it for bleaching cloth.
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They gave it up because
it destroyed the material.
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- That doesn't sound very terrible.
- I know, but it does something else.
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It was tried out on some poor animal -
a dog, I believe.
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It was injected under the skin,
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and it turned the dog dead white,
like a marble statue.
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- Is that so?
- Yes, and it also sent it raving mad.
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You surely don't think...?
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I only pray to God that Griffin hasn't
been meddling with this ghastly stuff.
:21:44
- He'd never touch a thing with madness.
- He might not know.
:21:47
I found that experiment
in an old German book just by chance.
:21:50
The English books only describe
the bleaching power.
:21:55
- What are we going to do?
- Tell the police that Griffin's disappeared.
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But only that he's disappeared.
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I put you on your honour, Kemp,
not to breathe a word of this to anyone.
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- Shall I go with you?
- It's all right, Kemp.
:22:17
I'll go tonight,
when Inspector Lane's on duty.
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I'll run along back home, then.
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- Good night.
- Good night, Kemp.
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