:46:02
I'm sure I don't know.
I never bother him at times like this.
:46:06
He's terribly preoccupied now.
:46:07
But as soon as his problem's solved,
he'll be as gay as a lark again.
:46:11
He's like that.
:46:12
- Is he in his laboratory now?
- No.
:46:14
He came in to lunch looking grey as a ghost.
:46:16
I could see he was on pins and needles...
:46:18
so I suggested
that he go out into the open air for a while.
:46:21
He's been gone for hours.
:46:23
KROGH: You don't mind being left alone?
ELSA: Not in the daytime, but at night...
:46:27
- Good afternoon, Inspector.
- Good afternoon, Herr Baron.
:46:32
- I trust you enjoyed your walk.
- Yes, very much.
:46:35
There's nothing like a good walk
through the woods for clearing one's mind.
:46:39
- Won't you sit down?
- Thank you.
:46:40
Yes, you scientists must have
to have clear minds and steady nerves.
:46:45
The Baroness has just been telling me
that you're knee-deep in experiments.
:46:49
- Yes.
- And working in your father's laboratory?
:46:52
The villagers call it "the Monster's home."
:46:55
Haven't seen him stalking about
by any chance, have you?
:46:58
No.
:47:00
BARON: I fear he'll never stalk again.
KROGH: That's a relief.
:47:03
But I'm curious to know
why you chose that place to work.
:47:06
BARON: It was my father's.
KROGH: But without a roof?
:47:09
I sealed it up with some heavy canvas.
:47:11
Don't the sulphur fumes bother you?
:47:14
BARON: No, not at all.
ELSA: Sulphur fumes?
:47:16
Forgive me, perhaps I shouldn't have
mentioned that. I thought madam knew.
:47:20
ELSA: Tell me.
BARON: You see, our family history states...
:47:24
that the structure was built by the Romans
over a natural sulphur pit...
:47:27
and used by them as mineral baths.
:47:29
One of the first health resorts, perhaps.
:47:32
Health resort.
:47:36
Yes, possibly.
:47:38
But during the succeeding centuries, the
boiling sulphur increased in its intensity...
:47:42
until now, I believe,
it is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
:47:45
- Exactly.
- Even the stoutest Roman...
:47:47
couldn't venture into that today...
:47:48
without being parboiled to the bones
in just a few moments.
:47:52
Wolf, you do pick the strangest places.
:47:55
I'd like to see how you fixed it up.
:47:59
I'll have you come there some time
and parboil you.