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Yes, sir.
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- Won't you come in?
- Thank you.
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BARON: Come over and dry out by the fire.
KROGH: Thank you.
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BARON: I've been studying some old papers
of my father's.
:15:24
- Care for a brandy?
- Thank you, no.
:15:28
I have come here, Herr Baron,
to assure you of protection.
:15:31
- Protection? From whom?
- From a virulent and fatal poison.
:15:34
Am I to be poisoned, then?
:15:37
You are poisoned already by your name.
:15:40
To the best of my knowledge, it has served
my family faithfully for over 700 years.
:15:44
You recommend that I change it to,
say, Smith?
:15:47
I'm afraid that wouldn't help.
:15:48
You might change your name, but you can't
erase the brand. That's indelible.
:15:53
As long as you continue to live
in this place, you're in danger.
:15:58
You're speaking in riddles, Herr Inspector.
Danger from whom?
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The Burgomaster
and his inhospitable villagers?
:16:04
I think I can guarantee to control
their animosity, but not their fears.
:16:09
What are they afraid of, ghosts?
:16:14
Perhaps.
:16:16
I'm afraid I don't believe in them. Do you?
:16:19
When they commit murder, yes.
:16:24
- You're referring to the monster.
- Perhaps.
:16:27
My dear Inspector,
he was destroyed years ago.
:16:33
Perhaps.
:16:36
Can we stick to facts, Inspector?
:16:39
That my father instilled life into a dead man
is perfectly true.
:16:42
But I'm also convinced
that stories of this creature...
:16:44
have been so greatly exaggerated
in the telling and the retelling...
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that the simple folk of this neighbourhood
now believe him to have been...
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the most fiendish monster
that ever walked this earth.
:16:55
Do you honestly know of one criminal act
that this poor creature committed?