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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-
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3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind.
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4. A journey into a wondrous land
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5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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6. That's the signpost up ahead.
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7. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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8. Thank you, william.
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9. Yes, sir.
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10. Cut.
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11. What's your point?
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12. That, if it were possible
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13. for a person
to go back in time,
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14. there'd be nothing in
the world to prevent them
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15. from altering the course
of history? Is that it?
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16. That's right.
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17. Let's say, corrigan,
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18. that you go
back in time.
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19. It's october, 1929,
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20. the day before the
stock market crashed.
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21. Now, you know that,
on the following morning,
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22. securities are going
to tumble into an abyss.
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23. Now, using this
prior knowledge,
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24. there's a hundred
things you could do
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25. to protect yourself.
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26. But I'd be
an anachronism.
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27. I really don't
belong back there.
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28. You could sell out the
day before the crash.
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29. But what if I did,
and started the crash earlier?
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30. Now, history tells us that
on october 24, 1929,
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31. the bottom fell out
of the stock market.
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32. That's a fixed date.
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33. It exists as an event
in the history of our times.
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34. It can't be altered.
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35. And I say it can.
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36. Now, what's
to prevent me, say,
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37. from going to a broker
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38. on the morning of
october 23 or 22?
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39. Witness a theoretical argument,
washington, d.c., the present.
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40. Four intelligent men talking
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41. about an improbable thing
like going back in time.
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42. A friendly debate
revolving around a simple issue:
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43. Could a human being change
what has happened before?
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44. Interesting and theoretical
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45. because who ever heard
of a man going back in time?
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46. Before tonight, that is.
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47. Because this
is the twilight zone.
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48. Gentlemen, I'm afraid
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49. I'm going to have
to leave time travel
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50. to h.g. Wells.
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51. I'm much too tired
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52. to go into any more
metaphysics this evening.
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53. And, since no one
has ever gone back into time,
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54. I find the whole blame subject
much too theoretical anyway.
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55. Phil, I'll probably
see you over the weekend.
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56. Don't get lost back
in time, now, corrigan.
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57. I certainly shall not.
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58. Good night, gentlemen.
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59. Good night, pete.
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60. So long,
corrigan.
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61. Well, where do
we get a fourth?
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62. Good evening.
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63. I'm desperately sorry,
mr. Corrigan.
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64. That was
very clumsy of me.
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65. I think I shall survive,
william. I really do.
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66. Did you... did you
have a coat, sir?
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67. No. I'm rushing the season
a little tonight, william.
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68. I felt spring in the air,
so I came out like this.
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69. Well, april
isspring, sir.
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70. What is the date,
william?
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71. Uh... april 14, sir.
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72. April 14, 1961, right?
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73. I beg your pardon, sir?
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74. Oh, yes, 1961.
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75. Well, good night, william.
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76. Take care of yourself.
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77. Yes, sir.
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78. Home.
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79. Home. That's it.
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80. I'll go home...
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81. all right, all right.
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82. Have a bit of patience.
I'm coming.
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83. Yes?
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84. Oh, I'm sorry.
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85. Isn't this number 19
12th street?
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86. That's right.
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87. Whom do you wish to see?
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88. I used to live here.
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89. This... this used to
be the oldest building
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90. in this part of town.
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91. What's that?
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92. Well, that is, as I remember it,
it used to be.
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93. Now, look here, young man.
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94. I can't stand around
all evening
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95. talking about
silly things
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96. like which is the oldest
building in the section.
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97. Now, if there's
nothing else...
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98. do you have a room?
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99. Yes, I have rooms
for acceptable boarders.
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100. Do you come from around here?
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101. Yes, I do.
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102. Army veteran?
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103. Yes...
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104. yes, as a matter of fact, I am.
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105. May I inquire
as to what business you're in?
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106. I'm an engineer.
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107. Oh, really?
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108. A professional man.
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109. Well, right upstairs
and to the right.
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110. Good evening, mrs. Landers.
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111. Good evening.
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112. Off to the play?
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113. Yes. Dinner, and then
off to the play.
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114. Well, enjoy yourselves.
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115. Applaud the president
for me.
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116. We'll certainly
do that.
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117. Good night.
Have a good time.
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118. What did you say?
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119. Well... what did I say?
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120. To the officer. You
said something to him.
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121. She just said
something to you
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122. about the president.
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123. She told me
to applaud him.
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124. Where might your
sympathies lie?
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125. Yes, young man,
which army were you in?
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126. Well, I was in...
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127. the army of the republic, of course.
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128. Well, then why
make such a thing
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129. of applauding
president lincoln?
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130. It's his due,
we figure.
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131. That and everything else,
god bless him.
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132. You're going to a play tonight?
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133. We may or may not,
depending on when my husband
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134. makes up his mind
to call a carriage
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135. to get us to the theater
and to dinner.
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136. What theater?
What play?
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137. Well, ford's theater,
of course.
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138. Ford's theater...
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139. are you all right?
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140. Are you feeling
all right?
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141. What's the name of the play?
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142. I beg
your pardon?
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143. The play- the one you're going
to tonight at ford's theater-
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144. what's
it called?
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145. It's calledour american cousin.
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146. Our american cousin...
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147. and lincoln's
going to be there.
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148. And it's april 14, 1865,
isn't it?
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149. Really, sir,
I'd call these actions
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150. most strange.
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151. Itisapril 14, 1865.
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152. Let me in! Let me in!
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153. The president's going
to be shot tonight!
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154. Let me in!
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155. Now, what has
this one done?
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156. While you idiots
are sitting here,
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157. you're going to
lose a president.
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158. That's what
he's been yelling
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159. all the way over
to the station.
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160. And that's why the doorman at ford's
theater popped him on the head.
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161. He tried to pound his way
right through the stage door,
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162. yelling some sort
of nonsense
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163. about "president lincoln's
going to be shot."
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164. President lincoln will be
shot, tonight, at the theater.
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165. A man named booth.
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166. And how would you
be knowing this?
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167. Are you some kind of a
clairvoyant or something?
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168. I only know what I know.
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169. If I told you how I knew,
you wouldn't believe me.
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170. Look...
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171. keep me here
if you like-
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172. lock me up-
but hear me out.
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173. Let him sleep it off.
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174. Somebody better get
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175. to the president's box
at the theater.
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176. Keep him out of there!
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177. Put a cordon of men
around him!
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178. A man named
john wilkes booth
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179. is going to assassinate
him tonight!
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180. Wellington, sergeant.
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181. Jonathan wellington.
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182. Well... and what can we do
for you, mr. Wellington?
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183. That man you just
had incarcerated-
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184. mr. Corrigan, I believe
you said his name was?
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185. Drunk, sir.
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186. That's probably
what he is.
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187. Drunk or... or perhaps ill.
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188. I wonder if he might be
remanded in my custody?
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189. He might well be a war veteran.
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190. I would hate to see him
placed in jail.
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191. You say you want us
to remand him in your custody?
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192. Precisely.
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193. I'll be fully responsible
for him.
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194. I think perhaps
I might be able to help him.
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195. All right, sir,
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196. if that's the way
you'd like it.
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197. Have corrigan
brought back in here.
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198. This gentleman is going
to look out for him.
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199. That's real decent of you,
sir. Real decent of you.
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200. I'll be outside.
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201. Have him brought out to me,
if you would?
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202. I will indeed,
sir. Yes.
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203. Uh... about that
corrigan, sir.
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204. What about him?
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205. Well, wouldn't it
be wise, sir, if...?
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206. If what?
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207. He seemed so positive, sir.
So sure.
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208. About the president, I mean.
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209. And what
should we do-
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210. send all
available police
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211. to ford's
theater?
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212. And on what
authority?
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213. On the word
of some demented fool
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214. who probably left his mind
in gettysburg?
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215. If I were
you, mister,
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216. I'd be considerably
more thoughtful
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217. in sizing up
a situation
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218. or you'll
not advance
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219. in the next
20 years.
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220. Now, be good enough
to step aside
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221. so I can get on
with my work.
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222. Sergeant,
it wouldn't hurt if...
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223. it wouldn't
hurt if what?
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224. Well, I only meant
to suggest, sir,
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225. that if perhaps
we placed an extra guard
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226. in the box
with the president...
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227. the president
has enough guards!
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228. The whole federal army
is at his disposal.
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229. And, if they're satisfied
with the arrangements
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230. for his protection, so am I!
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231. So should you.
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232. Here.
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233. Try this.
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234. It'll make you
feel better.
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235. Better?
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236. Who are you anyway?
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237. At the moment,
I'm your benefactor.
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238. Apparently,
your only friend.
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239. I'm in the
government service.
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240. But, as a young man
in college,
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241. I dabbled in
medicine of a sort.
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242. Medicine?
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243. Medicine of the mind.
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244. Psychiatrist.
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245. Don't know the term.
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246. What about the symptoms?
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247. They do
interest me.
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248. This story you were telling
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249. about the president
being assassinated...
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250. what time is it?
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251. This time?
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252. Half past 7:00.
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253. Play doesn't begin for another
three-quarters of an hour.
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254. What gave you the idea...
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255. that the president
would be assassinated?
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256. I just happen to know,
that's all.
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257. You have a premonition?
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258. I've got a devil
of a lot more
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259. than a premonition.
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260. Lincolnwill
be assassinated
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261. unless somebody
tries to prevent it.
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262. I shall try
to prevent it
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263. if you
can convince me
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264. that you're neither
drunk nor insane.
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265. If I told you what I was,
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266. you'd be convinced
I was insane,
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267. so all I'm going
to tell you is this:
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268. I happen to know
for a fact
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269. that a man named
john wilkes booth
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270. will assassinate
president lincoln
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271. in his box
at ford's theater.
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272. I don't know what time
it'll happen.
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273. That's something I forgot.
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274. Something
you forgot?
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275. Yes, listen, I...
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276. here. That hasn't
been treated properly.
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277. You'd best cover it.
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278. That's odd.
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279. What is?
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280. Suddenly, I feel faint.
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281. I feel weak,
as if I were...
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282. as if you were what?
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283. As if I were...
suddenly drunk or...
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284. I've never felt this way before.
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285. I've never... I've ne...
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286. you! You...
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287. you devil.
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288. You drugged me, didn't you?
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289. You drugged me!
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290. Had to, my young friend.
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291. You're a very sick man,
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292. and a sick man
doesn't belong in jail.
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293. He belongs in a comfortable accommodation
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294. where he can
sleep and rest
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295. and regain
his composure-
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296. hisreason.
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297. Rest...
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298. mr. Corrigan.
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299. I'll be
back soon.
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300. Please...
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301. please, you've
got to believe me.
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302. Lincoln will be shot tonight.
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303. And that's odd...
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304. because I'm beginning
to believe you.
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305. Good night, mr. Corrigan.
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306. Rest well.
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307. Somebody...
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308. please...
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309. let me out!
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310. I know!
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311. I know...
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312. our president's
going to be assassinated.
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313. No need to break
the door down, officer.
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314. I've got an extra key.
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315. Now, step aside,
if you don't mind.
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316. Are you all right?
What's happened?
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317. What time is it?
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318. You've got to tell me
what time it is.
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319. It's 10:00.
Come on, corrigan.
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320. You've got to tell me
what you know about this.
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321. You may be a madman or a drunk
or I don't know what,
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322. but you've got me convinced.
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323. I've been everywhere
from the mayor's office
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324. to the police
commissioner's house
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325. trying to get a special guard
for the president.
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326. Then go yourself.
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327. Find out where
he's sitting,
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328. and get right up
alongside of him.
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329. He'll be shot
from behind.
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330. Let me help you up.
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331. He was shot from behind.
That's how it happened.
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332. Then the assassin jumped
from the box to the stage
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333. and ran out of the wings.
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334. You're telling
me this
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335. as if it has
already happened.
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336. Ithashappened- it happened
a hundred years ago-
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337. and I'm here to see
that itdoesn'thappen.
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338. Where's the man who brought
me here? Where's wellington?
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339. Wellington? There's no
one here by that name.
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340. Don't tell me there's
no one here by that name.
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341. He brought me here.
He lives in this room.
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342. There's no one here
by that name.
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343. I tell you, the man
who brought me here's na...
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344. "j.w.b."
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345. Of course.
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346. Mr. John wilkes booth,
who lives in this room.
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347. And that's who
brought you here.
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348. He told me his name
was wellington.
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349. And that's why
he drugged me.
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350. He gave me wine,
and he drugged me.
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351. He didn't want me
to stop it.
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352. He's the one
who's going to do it.
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353. You've got to get
to that theater.
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354. You've got to stop him.
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355. John wilkes booth-
he's going to kill lincoln.
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356. Please, you've got
to stop him!
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357. The president's
been shot!
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358. An actor
shot lincoln.
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359. Oh...
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360. you were
right.
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361. You did
know.
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362. Oh, my dear god.
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363. I tried to tell you.
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364. I tried to warn you!
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365. Why didn't you listen?
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366. Why didn't you listen?
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367. Why didn't you listen to me?
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368. Good evening,
mr. Corrigan.
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369. Did you forget
something?
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370. What? Forget something?
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371. You left here
just a moment ago
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372. and I thought you
forgot something.
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373. A moment ago?
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374. Where's william?
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375. William, sir?
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376. There's no
william on duty.
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377. There's no one here
named william, sir.
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378. Oh, pete. Back
so soon, eh?
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379. Want to join us?
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380. We're talking
about the best ways
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381. of amassing a fortune.
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382. What are your
tried and true methods?
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383. You were talking
about time travel-
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384. about going
back in time.
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385. Oh, well, we're on a new tack now:
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386. Money, and the best ways to acquire it.
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387. Listen...
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388. I've got something
to tell you.
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389. Why, of course,
old man.
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390. You all right?
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391. Why, yes.
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392. Yes,
I'm all right.
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393. Well, then, draw up a
chair and come over here
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394. and listen to
a lot of palaver
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395. of self-made
swindlers.
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396. William, here,
has the best method.
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397. William?
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398. Oh, yes, my method for achieving
security is by far the best.
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399. You simply inherit it.
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400. Comes to you
in a beribboned box.
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401. I was just telling
the boys here, corrigan,
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402. my great-grandfather was on the
police force here in washington
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403. the night of lincoln's
assassination.
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404. He went all over town
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405. trying to warn people
that something might happen.
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406. How he figured it out,
nobody seems to know.
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407. It's certainly
not recorded anyplace.
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408. But there was
so much publicity about it
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409. that people never forgot him.
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410. He became chief of police,
then a councilman,
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411. did some wheeling and dealing in
land, and became a millionaire.
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412. Well,
gentlemen,
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413. shall we get back
to our bridge?
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414. What was it you wanted
to say, corrigan?
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415. William...
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416. william, didn't you
use to work here
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417. as an attendant?
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418. Didn't you spill
coffee on me?
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419. Now, listen here, old chum.
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420. I was a member of this club
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421. while you were still going
to prep school.
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422. I'm certainly
not a snob,
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423. but, well, sir, an attendant?
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424. I really must protest.
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425. In the matter of time
travel, gentlemen,
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426. some things can be changed.
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427. Others can't.
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428. Just as you
say, pete.
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429. Let's see,
I dock.
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430. I bid
one spade.
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431. Well, I'll
pass that one.
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432. Here's
two spades.
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433. Looks peaked,
doesn't he?
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434. Acting so strangely.
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435. What's the
matter with him?
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436. Mr. Peter corrigan,
lately returned
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437. from a place "back there"-
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438. a journey into time with
highly questionable results.
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439. Proving, on one hand,
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440. that the threads of history
are woven tightly,
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441. and the skein of events
cannot be undone.
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442. But, on the other hand,
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443. there are small fragments of
tapestry that can be altered.
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444. Tonight's thesis,
to be taken as you will,
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445. in the twilight zone.
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446. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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447. will tell you
about next week's story
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448. after this word
from our alternate sponsor.
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449. And now, mr. Serling.
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450. This, in the parlance
of the 20th century,
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451. is a used car lot-
a graveyard of active ghosts
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452. who, by virtue of some
exceptional salesmanship
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453. and an indian rubber
stretching of the truth,
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454. remain as commodities
in a world that, by rights,
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455. they should have left
generations ago.
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456. Mr. Jack carson plays the role
of a larceny-loaded con man
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457. suddenly prevented
from telling a falsehood.
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458. Next week onthe twilight zone,
a most bizarre tale
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459. that we call "the whole truth."
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460. Captioned by media access
group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org
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461. be sure and see
the colgate-palmolive company's
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462. new comedy show
my sister eileen
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463. wednesday night
on many of these same stations.
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