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2. You unlock this door
with the key of imagination.
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3. Beyond it is another dimension-
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4. a dimension of sound,
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5. a dimension of sight,
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6. a dimension of mind.
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7. You're moving into a land
of both shadow and substance,
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8. of things and ideas.
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9. You've just crossed over
into the twilight zone.
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10. Charlie?
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11. Go back to sleep,
ella, it's early.
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12. What time is it?
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13. My watch stopped.
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14. It's pitch black out.
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15. It must be 3:00 or
4:00 in the morning.
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16. Look how black
it is out there.
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17. It's the middle
of the night.
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18. Oh, I think you're
crazy to get up now.
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19. What's so special
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20. about hanging
a little...
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21. go back
to sleep, ella!
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22. Well, why don't you?
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23. You'll have all
that excitement today.
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24. You're the one
that needs the sleep.
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25. Bring us breakfast
over about 8:30.
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26. What time they string him up?
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27. Well, you know what I mean.
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28. What time does he get hung?
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29. He get'sexecutedat 9:30.
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30. And I hope
the whole town
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31. doesn't turn out.
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32. When I see a bunch of
cold-blooded gawkers
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33. getting their jollies
from seeing a man die,
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34. I just...
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35. just bring us breakfast
over at 8:30.
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36. Oh, charlie?
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37. How does he like his eggs?
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38. Edible.
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39. They're the last ones
he's going to eat
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40. so make them edible.
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41. I don't get it.
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42. What don't you get, deputy?
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43. Sheriff, it's 7:30
in the morning,
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44. and it's pitch
black outside.
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45. I've never seen
it any blacker,
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46. but it's 7:30
in the morning.
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47. Now, what's
going on?
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48. I don't know, deputy.
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49. It's 7:30 in the morning
and it's pitch black outside.
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50. To tell you the truth...
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51. I don't know why.
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52. I don't know why at all.
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53. Sheriff charlie koch
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54. on the morning of an execution.
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55. As a matter of fact,
it's 7:30 in the morning.
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56. Logic and natural laws dictate
that at this hour
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57. there should be daylight.
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58. It is a simple rule
of physical science
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59. that the sun should rise
at a certain moment
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60. and supersede the darkness.
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61. But at this given moment
sheriff charlie koch,
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62. a deputy named pierce,
a condemned man named jagger,
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63. and a small,
inconsequential village
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64. will shortly find out that
there are causes and effects
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65. that have no precedent.
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66. Such is usually the case
in the twilight zone.
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67. How about that?
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68. You see it
outside?
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69. You better
run an extra
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70. in that paper
of yours.
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71. I've been answering
the phone
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72. since 6:00 this morning.
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73. One fellow called, said the
electricity had gone off-
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74. it was tomorrow night.
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75. Another godly woman,
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76. who professes to read her good
book with admirable regularity,
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77. tells me it's
the end of the world
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78. and she can quote the chapter
and verse to support her thesis.
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79. Now, you're well-versed
in all things
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80. regarding law and
order, sheriff koch.
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81. What's your thesis?
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82. It's quarter to 8:00.
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83. It's quarter to
8:00 in the morning
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84. and it doesn't make
any sense.
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85. Daylight should have
come two hours ago.
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86. Well, in between
reassuring people
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87. that this was not
an interplanetary
invasion,
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88. nor the end
of the world,
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89. I placed a call to
the state capital.
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90. Is it black there?
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91. It appears that
across the face
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92. of the entire earth
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93. we are the only ones
groping in darkness.
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94. So it seems
the phenomenon
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95. is quite localized
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96. and we'll just have
to seek elsewhere
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97. for company to
share our misery.
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98. Have you seen
jagger this morning?
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99. I seen him.
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100. I brought him in
a cup of coffee.
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101. I also reminded him
about what day it was.
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102. I'll bet you did.
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103. How did you
occupy yourself
as a lad, deputy?
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104. Torturing
small animals
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105. or just pulling
wings off flies?
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106. What do you mean
by that, mr. Colbey?
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107. Nothing.
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108. Nothing at all.
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109. Can I talk to jagger?
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110. Go right on in.
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111. As a point of
interest, sheriff,
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112. is jagger innocent?
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113. Mr. Colbey, that is a matter for
a jury, public opinion and god,
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114. and that, thank the lord,
has nothing to do with me.
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115. So let us all praise god
for the morning's impartiality.
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116. And for justice being served
deluxe style.
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117. Deputy...
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118. why don't you shut your mouth.
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119. I got a right to an opinion.
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120. Indeed you have,
deputy.
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121. Indeed you have.
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122. But there's just a few
disturbing facets
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123. about this case.
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124. One...
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125. the murdered man
was not a decent man.
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126. He was a cross-burning,
psychopathic bully
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127. who attacked the man in there.
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128. And two, deputy pierce here
saw it happen
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129. and then perjured himself.
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130. Now, wait a minute!
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131. Perjured
is the word, deputy.
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132. Now, you said
jagger shot him
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133. from across the room.
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134. No such thing.
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135. The murdered man had
powder burns all over him.
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136. This might not have
proven self-defense
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137. but it would've pointed
to it and maybe helped it.
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138. And you, sheriff koch,
you saw the body.
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139. But I didn't hear
any comments
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140. on those
powder burns
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141. when you gave
your testimony.
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142. And your courageous editor here
in covering the trial
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143. didn't see fit to include
this insignificant addendum
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144. though he also knew at the time
he was being very selective
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145. about what truths he was writing
about, what truths he wasn't.
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146. You're right, deputy.
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147. Justice is
being served...
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148. on a platter with
its tongue cut out
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149. just like the carcass
of any dead animal.
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150. Let me know when
you're ready.
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151. It's pitch black
outside.
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152. Almost 8:00
in the morning.
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153. Not a speck
of daylight.
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154. This place doesn't
have any windows
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155. so it could
be christmas eve
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156. or the fourth of july
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157. and I would not know
the difference.
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158. You got any religious
affiliation, jagger?
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159. None.
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160. Anyone you want to see?
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161. Nobody.
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162. Anything to say?
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163. Nothing.
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164. No priest, no friends,
no comment.
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165. Just what have
you got, jagger?
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166. I got the blues, mr. Colbey!
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167. I got the blues.
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168. I'm just about
an hour away
from a hanging
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169. and I've been lying there
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170. and I have been thinking
that I would like
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171. to rip these bars apart
and get out of here.
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172. Or I'd like to save everybody
else the trouble
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173. and hang myself right here.
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174. But, you see, I don't have
the strength for one
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175. or the guts for the other
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176. so I'm just lying there,
and I am just waiting.
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177. Well, in that case, would you
care to make a statement
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178. about guilt or innocence?
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179. Guilt or innocence, and you
want me to make a statement?
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180. I'd appreciate
one.
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181. I don't think anybody
should leave this earth
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182. without making a comment-
you, me, anybody.
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183. Well, that's a
reasonable request, mr. Colbey.
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184. Considering the fact that you're
not leaving this morning
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185. that's
reasonable.
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186. I'm guilty, mr. Colbey.
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187. That take you off the hook?
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188. And that's supposed
to mean what?
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189. That's supposed
to mean
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190. you're on the
popular side.
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191. There are good guys
and bad guys-
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192. that's human nature.
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193. Well, I'm worse
than a bad guy.
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194. I'm a town kook, I'm a neurotic.
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195. I'm the one with the causes
and the banners.
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196. I'm the village idiot
who tries to be
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197. his brother's
keeper.
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198. Do you understand,
mr. Colbey?
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199. The man I killed
was the white knight.
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200. He did what
his other pals
in this town
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201. wanted to do and
didn't have the guts.
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202. Hewas the cross burner,
the bomb thrower.
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203. Hehandled the whipping of
some poor, scared colored guy.
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204. Oh...
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205. the man you killed
was no saint
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206. but we don't dispense
life or death
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207. just because somebody
offends us.
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208. That's the distinction
between men and animals.
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209. Well, that's very well said.
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210. That's very well said,
mr. Colbey.
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211. You tell that
to the man
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212. who's going to
fix my rope.
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213. You tell it to the sheriff
and his deputy
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214. to the townspeople
who are going to stand around
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215. and watch my eyes bulge out
and enjoy my agony.
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216. You tell them.
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217. You tell them about
the difference
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218. between men
and animals.
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219. But you better be ready
to draw pictures
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220. because this language
they just don't dig!
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221. 9:00 in the morning.
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222. Why is it so dark?
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223. Is it
an eclipse?
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224. Can't be.
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225. I'm listening
to the radio.
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226. Ain't no eclipse.
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227. It's weird.
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228. It's just
plain weird.
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229. But scientists can offer
no explanation
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230. for the strange phenomenon
of darkness
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and inexplicably
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232. covered the remote
little midwestern village.
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233. It is now 9:00 a.m.
Eastern standard time
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234. but last reports indicate
the darkness there is total.
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235. There is no remote hint
of any kind of daylight.
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236. Looks pretty good.
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237. That ought to
tend to him.
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238. But who's going to tend to us?
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239. Who or what is going
to tend to us?
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240. Ten more minutes.
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241. You, uh,
going to go through
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242. with this, sheriff?
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243. Why not?
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244. The law says may 25,
at 9:30 in the morning.
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245. Well, it's may 25,
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246. and it'll be 9:30
in the morning.
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247. Quite apart from
the fact, mr. Pierce,
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248. that you're not the
most sensitive of men,
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249. did it ever occur to you
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250. there's something
odd going on here
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251. and we better dispense
with business as usual
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252. until we find out
exactly what is going on?
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253. You know something?
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254. I take an awful lot
of dirt from you.
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255. And just who
are you, anyway?
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256. A little-shot editor of
a crummy little paper.
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257. That's right,
a crummy little paper
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258. that crawls along on
its hands and knees
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259. from one edition
to the other.
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260. You got more creditors
than you got readers.
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261. That'll do
it, pierce.
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262. No, that won't do it
by a long shot!
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263. Now, maybe you
feel like turning
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264. your cheek
to this crumb
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265. but there ain't
no rule book
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266. that says I got to.
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267. He says
I perjured myself;
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268. says I lied.
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269. He wasn't
throwing no bouquets
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270. at you, neither.
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271. Maybe I don't deserve any.
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272. You were right, you know.
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273. I saw the victim.
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274. He did have powder burns.
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275. But when a committee
of townspeople came to me
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276. and said there'd be no autopsy,
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277. I just bent my head
and I nodded.
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278. We all got little axes
to grind, don't we?
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279. I want to be reelected
sheriff.
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280. You want to keep
selling newspapers.
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281. And deputy pierce here...
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282. he likes to feel
important;
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283. he likes
to be popular,
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284. likes to stay on
the good side of people.
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285. Here we are, gentlemen,
treading water in a sewer.
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286. I don't take it
from him
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287. and I don't take it
from you!
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288. You better unravel it, pierce,
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289. or I'll spread you
all over this yard.
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290. Let's go get
the prisoner.
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291. At last, mr. Pierce.
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292. A labor of love, huh?
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293. Do you suppose, reverend,
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294. there might be some
theological explanation?
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295. Theological explanation?
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296. For the death, or the darkness,
or both.
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297. You know, reverend,
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298. maybe if we thought
it was some divine act,
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299. we could sort of live with it.
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300. This is not the first gallows,
reverend, nor the last.
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301. Or he won't be the first
unhappy man died an early age.
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302. We won't be the last mourners
on earth either.
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303. Did you see him?
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304. Did you get to talk to him?
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305. Briefly.
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306. He wouldn't see me.
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307. Wouldn't even let me inside.
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308. It's a pity.
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309. He's a very lonely man.
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310. But he won't be lonely
very long.
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311. He's got a few
minutes, hasn't he?
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312. He used them up already.
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313. We're four minutes behind.
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314. You can talk to
him, reverend.
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315. Take
your time.
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316. It'smytime.
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317. I got nothing
to say.
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318. Then let's go.
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319. Let's get on
with it!
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320. Yeah!
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321. You don't want
to waste
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322. your last minutes,
jagger.
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323. Now, you and I are
a different faith,
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324. and obviously
a different color,
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325. but you stood up
for me and mine.
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327. and god help us,
you killed for us.
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328. And I feel
you deserve
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329. some measure
of peace.
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330. I want to give you some.
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331. That'll give me some peace.
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332. I don't need
any words, reverend.
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333. No quotations in or out
of the bible.
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334. Come on, let's get it
over with!
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335. Yeah!
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336. Patience!
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337. I promise you,
I will please you all,
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338. believe me.
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339. I'll choke and suffer and dance.
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340. Oh, you'll get
your money's worth.
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341. Believe me.
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342. Quiet!
But I tell you
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343. what I won't give you,
you muckers!
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344. I won't give you
the satisfaction of saying
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sorry.
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346. Yeah!
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347. Yeah, yeah!
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348. Yeah!
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349. Yeah, yeah!
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350. Don't return
their hate.
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351. Don't dishonor
yourself.
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352. Why don't you
get out of here.
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353. I got too much
hate in me
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354. to keep plugged up
anymore.
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355. When he came at you, jagger...
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356. did it feel good to you then?
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357. What difference?
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358. When you aimed that gun
at his head,
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359. that wasn't such a bad moment,
was it?
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360. Good, bad, who cares?
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361. When you killed him, jagger,
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362. when you blew his head off,
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363. there were no regrets then,
were there?
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364. You enjoyed that, didn't you?
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365. You know it!
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366. Yes, yes, I...
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367. I know it now.
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368. Now I know it too well.
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369. You're guilty.
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370. This manisguilty.
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371. It's important to get
with the majority, isn't it?
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372. That's...
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373. that's a big thing nowadays,
isn't it, reverend?
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374. That's all there is,
is the majority.
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375. The minority must have died
on the cross 2,000 years ago.
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376. You seen the light,
reverend.
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377. You really
seen the light.
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378. Haveyou?
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379. Have any of you?
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380. In all this darkness,
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381. is there anybody
who can make out the truth?
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382. He hated and he killed
and now he dies.
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383. And you hated, you killed,
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384. and now there's
not one of you...
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who isn't doomed.
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386. Do you know why it's dark?
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387. Do you know why it is night
all around us?
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388. Do you know what
the blackness is?
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389. It's the hatehefelt,
the hateyoufelt,
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390. the hate all of us feel,
and there's too much of it.
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391. There's just too much.
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392. And so we had
to vomit it out.
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393. And now it's coming
up all around us
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394. and choking us.
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395. So much hate,
so much miserable hate.
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396. Look.
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397. Look what's happening.
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398. It's getting even darker now.
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399. I can't...
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400. I can't hardly see
anything now.
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401. That's crazy, ain't it?
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402. I mean what he said.
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403. Ain't that crazy?
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404. You know what's
going to happen?
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405. Believe me, you know
what's going to happen?
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406. This here stuff's going to lift.
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407. It'll all of a sudden
just plain lift.
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408. Why it's just... just fog
is all it is.
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409. No more than fog.
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410. And it'll lift.
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411. And there'll
be the old sun,
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413. You wait and see.
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414. There'll be the old sun
shining to beat the band.
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415. Well, it could happen,
couldn't it?
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416. Couldn't that happen, koch?
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417. Colbey?
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420. I don't know.
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421. I don't know if there'll
ever be daylight again.
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422. Only god knows.
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423. I'm sure only god knows.
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424. And still the phenomenon
remains unexplained
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425. except for the reports
coming in of similar occurrences
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426. here in the united states
and elsewhere.
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427. At 2:00 this afternoon
a dark cloud appeared
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428. over a street in dallas, texas.
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429. The mayor of west berlin
verified that a rectangular area
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has suddenly gone dark.
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431. In budapest,
european newspapermen
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432. passed over censorship
an article
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433. about several square blocks,
including a political prison
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darkness early this morning.
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435. In birmingham, alabama,
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436. an area in shanghai, the entire
northern section of vietnam,
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437. a section of chicago, illinois,
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438. the darkness continues
to make itself known.
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439. A sickness known as hate;
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440. not a virus, not a microbe,
not a germ-
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441. but a sickness nonetheless,
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442. highly contagious,
deadly in its effects.
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443. Don't look for it
in the twilight zone-
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444. look for it in a mirror.
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445. Look for it before the light
goes out altogether.
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446. And now, mr. Serling.
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447. Next time out we bring you
a few decibels of sound
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448. in a bizarre opus about a man
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449. who breaks eardrums
for a living.
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450. We welcome to the program
two fine talents,
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451. mr. John mcgiver
and miss penny singleton,
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452. who will prove
the following point:
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453. Namely that too much
of a good thing
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454. can have nightmarish results
and that all things
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455. are not necessarily
as they meet the eye or the ear.
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456. Onthe twilight zonenext
"sounds and silences."
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