1:37:00
I've been trying to find out...
No one will tell me the truth.
1:37:06
They're disinfecting Venice.
Do you know why?
1:37:12
No cause for alarm, sir. A mere formality.
1:37:17
A precautionary measure
in view of the unhealthy...
1:37:20
Thank you very much.
1:37:26
Just a moment, sir.
1:37:38
I'd like to have a word with you.
Will you come this way?
1:37:46
Please.
1:37:52
Now that was the official explanation,
which they seem to want to stick to.
1:37:57
But I can tell you,
there's a bit more to it than that.
1:38:03
For several years, Asiatic cholera
has shown a marked tendency...
1:38:07
to spread beyond its source...
1:38:09
which, of course you know,
is in the waters of the Ganges.
1:38:13
First it spread to Hindustan...
1:38:16
then it moved east to China...
1:38:18
then it went west
to Afghanistan and Persia.
1:38:22
- Are you following me, sir?
- Yes.
1:38:27
From Persia, the plague moved
along the great caravan route...
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striking terror in Afghanistan,
terror in Moscow.
1:38:36
From Moscow it was expected
to spread across to Europe by land.
1:38:41
No. Instead, it was carried by sea
from the Syrian ports...
1:38:46
to Toulon and Malaga...
1:38:49
and then to Palermo and Naples.
1:38:54
And it soon
got a very firm grip on Calabria.
1:38:58
Northern Italy
seems to have been spared so far.