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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. Yes?
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11. Is this major kuchenko?
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12. Who is calling?
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13. This is major kuchenko,
isn't it?
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14. Who is calling?
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15. Major, you don't know me,
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16. but I've heard
of your recent arrival here,
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17. and I wanted you to know
that you have friends.
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18. Who is this speaking?
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19. Is this a friend also?
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20. Yes- a good friend, major.
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21. Not known to you yet, perhaps,
but soon to become acquainted.
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22. May I impose upon you
to remain in your room...
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23. and why?
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24. Why do I have to
stay in my room?
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25. We'll be
making contact
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26. with you very soon,
major.
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27. Your well being
is our deep concern.
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28. Now, kommissar?
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29. Major, may I count on
you to show good sense?
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30. For your own safety,
remain in your room.
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31. You'll be seeing your
friends before long.
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32. Good-bye.
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33. Now, kommissar.
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34. The fox is
in the trap.
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35. I could make his head
leave his body
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36. from this distance.
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37. That would give you
pleasure, wouldn't it?
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38. A great deal
of pleasure, kommissar.
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39. Tell me when.
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40. Even when he lies down,
I can still aim for his head.
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41. Yes, I believe
it, boris.
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42. I know of
your prowess.
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43. Oh, put that gun
away for a bit.
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44. Put it away?
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45. Oh, lay it aside.
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46. What, are we not going
to kill him?
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47. The impatience
of the bourgeois.
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48. They do not sip wine.
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49. They gulp it down
like a soft drink.
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50. They do not caress women;
they devour them.
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51. They do not sniff at the essence
of a rare perfume.
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52. No... they try to jam it
into their nostrils.
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53. Boris, the gentleman will die.
Indeed, he will.
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54. But I want him to die
with finesse,
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55. with subtlety
and a degree of thought.
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56. That is a good death.
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57. I did not know
there was a good death
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58. and a bad death.
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59. Uh-huh.
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60. A good death is
the death of art.
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61. A bad one is the
death of a butcher.
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62. You, boris,
are a butcher.
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63. I am an artist.
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64. You will have your
death tonight, boris,
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65. within a few hours,
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66. but we will have
killed with artistry
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67. and not with
a meat cleaver
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68. or an explosive bullet
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69. or any other of the
butcher's tools.
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70. No, no.
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71. This death will be
like a ballet.
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72. A cat and a mouse.
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73. This is the latter-
the intended victim-
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74. who may or may not know
that he is to die,
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75. be it by butchery or ballet.
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76. His name is major ivan kuchenko.
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77. He has, if events go according
to certain plans,
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78. perhaps three or four more hours
of living.
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79. But an ignorance shared by
both himself and his executioner
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80. is of the fact that both of them
have taken a first step
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81. into the twilight zone.
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82. Yes?
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83. Major kuchenko?
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84. Who is it?
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85. A friend.
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86. Don't worry.
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87. Turn off the lights
if you want to,
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88. find a hiding place.
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89. I'll come in
with my hands up.
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90. I've got my
palms open.
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91. Major kuchenko?
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92. And you are...?
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93. A friend.
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94. May I come in?
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95. Thank you.
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96. You are the one
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97. I spoke to
on the telephone?
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98. Mm-hmm.
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99. We had a brief
chat earlier.
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100. Well, it's quite a
place you have here.
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101. Who occupied it
before you?
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102. A rat?
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103. I had no luxury
of choices.
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104. No, indeed,
you have not.
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105. In that respect, you are
a very poor man, major.
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106. But, then again,
you have a bed,
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107. pictures on the wall,
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108. a carpet...
such as it is.
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109. Well, quite
an adequate accommodation.
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110. Ah... and a most
wonderful view
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111. of a brick building
alongside.
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112. Well, major,
there are worse places
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113. to spend an evening in.
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114. I know.
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115. I have been to
many of them.
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116. Indeed. Indeed, you have.
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117. Siberia is quite cold, isn't it?
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118. I've been told it has
a most unfortunate climate.
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119. You have been
told right.
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120. It is a freezing
jungle.
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121. A freezing jungle.
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122. Oh, that's marvelous-
lovely imagery.
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123. Siberia as
a freezing jungle.
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124. You make reference,
of course, to the people.
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125. I make reference
to some people.
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126. Oh...
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127. it must have been
unpleasant for you.
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128. Sufficiently unpleasant
to motivate you
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129. to renounce
your native country
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130. and to try and seek
asylum elsewhere,
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131. which brings us
up to date.
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132. You were
a political prisoner.
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133. You escaped.
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134. You served
a term of 12 years,
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135. and now you arrived here
in a neutral country,
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136. and you are desperately
trying to get an aircraft
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137. to take you out of here
to a western nation.
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138. But, uh... you feel
you are under surveillance?
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139. I know I am under
surveillance.
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140. Well, do you know
by whom?
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141. Very well.
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142. Well, tell me.
Who are they?
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143. Look in the
mirror, kommissar.
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144. Discerning, major.
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145. You remember faces.
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146. I remember pain.
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147. I remember some
interrogations
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148. that went on
for many months.
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149. I remember one
particular man
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150. who smoked a long
cigarette in a holder,
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151. stood in a corner,
nodding and smiling
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152. while I went from
agony to agony.
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153. So, major...
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154. may we dispense
with the amenities,
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155. the masquerades,
the little give and take
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156. between two strangers
feeling each other out?
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157. Now we get to the point.
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158. Did you honestly think
we would permit you
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159. to book passage on an aircraft
out of here?
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160. Impossible.
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161. As a former member
of the military
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162. even as far back
as 12 years ago,
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163. you possess information
that we would find...
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164. embarrassing
to have released elsewhere.
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165. So it's not really to our
advantage that you leave here.
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166. Of course, it would be simpler
and more convenient
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167. to accompany me
back to our embassy.
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168. I am sick... tired and torn,
kommissar, but I am not insane.
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169. I would sooner cut my wrists
over a sink and bleed to death!
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170. No, major.
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171. I am afraid we are of two minds
about that kind of death.
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172. Gently, gently, major.
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173. Here.
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174. I brought some
amontillado-
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175. quite rare and most
pleasing to the palate.
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176. I'm afraid
I will have to repeat
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177. I am not insane.
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178. I'm quite aware
of what will happen to me
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179. if I were to drink
any of that.
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180. With your indulgence, major,
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181. if you assume this to contain
cyanide or some other poison,
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182. you're quite wrong.
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183. You see,
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184. I don't share
your death wish.
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185. I'm quite a
healthy man
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186. with excellent
expectations
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187. as to my longevity.
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188. No, no, no, no, no.
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189. I was only proposing
a social drink
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190. between the two of us.
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191. I will drink first.
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192. Such a ritual.
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193. Such a tribal rite.
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194. Kommissar, you have
only one purpose with me.
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195. Why don't you try
to get it over with?
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196. If you want to disarm me
to get rid of this,
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197. it will take more
than a social wine.
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198. Yes, indeed.
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199. As to my business
with you,
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200. we both know
what that is.
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201. I am to see to it
that you are dead
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202. by tomorrow morning,
and you shall be, major.
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203. With a certain
degree of immodesty,
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204. I can tell you
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205. I have killed
800 times you,
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206. but I've done it
with subtlety,
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207. with interest,
with ingenuity.
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208. I am the last of
the imaginative
executioners.
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209. And how do you intend
to kill me?
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210. Let me tell you
what, major-
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211. let's have a drink
of wine first,
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212. and then I'll tell you.
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213. Sante.
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214. Ah. Excellent.
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215. Flavor, bouquet,
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216. just the proper
amount of dryness.
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217. It's really a most
exceptional wine.
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218. Join me, major.
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219. Very well, kommissar.
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220. I will have
a drink of wine.
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221. Then I may killyou.
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222. Yes, you may
very well try.
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223. And now let me tell you
something about us.
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224. Let me explain the difference
between you and me.
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225. You are a malcontent,
major.
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226. You can never accept
that which is ordained.
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227. I, on the other hand,
I adapt to my situations.
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228. I don't have
a very large salary,
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229. and my job-
at least the way it's laid out-
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230. is rather a dull one:
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231. Finding traitors and defectors
and doing away with them.
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232. And in your case...
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233. in my case...
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234. in your case,
I choose to prolong it,
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235. and in the process
of this prolongation,
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236. I have come up with...
with something that I think
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237. is a most bizarre
and novel method of execution.
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238. One designed
to challenge your talents,
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239. for we both are worthy
adversaries- you and me.
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240. I feel... very weak.
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241. You... you, monster.
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242. You drugged me.
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243. Oh...
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244. greetings, major kuchenko.
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245. First of all,
to clear up one point-
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246. as must be evident to you,
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247. I've been imbibing this
particular drug for many years
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248. and have reached a point
where I can drink it
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249. by the gallon
and be quite unaffected.
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250. As you've probably perceived,
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251. I'm rather a gamesman
when it comes to killing.
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252. I have my own rules
and ethics that apply,
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253. and, major kuchenko,
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254. listen to the following
quite carefully.
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255. This is the game,
and these are the rules.
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256. You have been asleep
for roughly three hours.
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257. During that time, I have placed
a booby trap in this room.
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258. It is not visible,
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259. but it is attached
to a very common object.
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260. If you trigger this object, you
will immediately be blown up.
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261. Now the following proposition:
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262. If during the next three hours,
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263. you are able to find this
booby trap and cut the wire,
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264. you'll be permitted
to leave the room alive.
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265. This is a guarantee,
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266. but the following conditions
are of the essence, major.
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267. You must actively search
for this booby trap,
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268. and you must find it
and render it unusable.
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269. Attempt to turn out the lights,
and you'll be shot at once.
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270. The moment you stop an active
search, you will be shot,
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271. or if you are unable to find the
trap at the end of three hours
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272. or attempt to leave the room
during that time, I'm afraid
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273. the same conditions apply.
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274. You will receive
a bullet in the head.
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275. So, there you have it, major.
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276. As a fellow expert
in the art of booby traps,
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277. I think you will admit, major,
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278. that this situation has its
own special imaginative quality.
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279. The doorknob.
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280. Interesting idea.
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281. That bible
that looks
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282. as if it's been
pulled out.
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283. Possible.
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284. I think he's
found it.
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285. I doubt it.
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286. The dresser drawer.
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287. Wait and see.
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288. You seem so sure.
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289. Sure?
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290. That he'll
find the trap.
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291. Not at all.
That's not what I'm sure about.
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292. What I mean to say
is that I'm reasonably sure
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293. he'll find it, but he'll
find it when it's too late.
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294. Is he at the table?
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295. He's stripping
the bed.
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296. That's where you
put it, isn't it?
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297. In the bed.
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298. Warm now, boris.
Extremely warm, but not hot.
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299. Then where?
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300. Please, kommissar,
tell me!
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301. What's he doing now?
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302. Well, what's he doing now?
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303. He's at the
telephone.
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304. I thought for
a minute...
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305. you thought what?
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306. The telephone.
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307. Hot, boris.
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308. Extremely hot.
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309. The telephone?
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310. Precisely.
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311. The telephone.
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312. But...
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313. but he just lifted
the receiver.
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314. Indeed.
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315. He lifted the receiver
to call out.
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316. If, on the other hand,
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317. the major's phone
were to ring,
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318. and he were
to answer it...
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319. that's it!
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320. That's it.
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321. If he picks it up
afterit rings.
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322. Ah, you've got it now,
my friend.
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323. If the major's phone rings
and he answers it,
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324. I've placed a tiny plastic bomb
inside the mechanism.
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325. The explosion...
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326. the explosion will only occur
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327. after the ring and the lifting
of the receiver,
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328. at which point, major kuchenko
will not even have time
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329. to say hello.
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330. Vassiloff!
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331. Shoot me!
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332. Shoot me, vassiloff!
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333. Shoot me!
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334. Why don't you kill me,
vassiloff?
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335. Shoot me, vassiloff.
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336. What's the
time, boris?
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337. Ten minutes to five.
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338. Almost dawn, kommissar.
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339. He's got another
ten minutes.
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340. Well, I think
it's time to, uh...
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341. how shall we say...
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342. "implement" the thing?
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343. Yes, would you ring
room 963, please?
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344. Thank you.
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345. Now, kommissar?
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346. No, no, no, no, no!
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347. Hello.
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348. Hello!
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349. Yes, would you ring
room 963 again, please?
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350. Kommissar?
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351. It would have been
better, wouldn't it?
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352. It's all right.
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353. I'll get him in
the next city...
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354. now that I know
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355. that he is a most
resourceful adversary.
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356. No, boris!
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357. I'm sorry, sir.
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358. The line seems
to be disconnected.
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359. I'm unable to reach your party.
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360. It's all right, operator, I...
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361. I have reached them.
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362. Flight 17, transocean airways,
now departing for new york city
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363. via belgrade, rome, london.
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364. All aboard, please.
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365. Major ivan kuchenko,
on his way west,
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366. on his way to freedom-
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367. a freedom bought and paid for
by a most stunning ingenuity.
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368. And exit
one kommissar vassiloff,
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369. who forgot that there are
two sides to an argument
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370. and two parties on the line.
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371. This has been the twilight zone.
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372. And now, mr. Serling.
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373. Next time out
onthe twilight zone,
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374. we enlist the talented
typewriter of earl hamner, jr.
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375. And present a stunningly
conceived show called,
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376. "stopover in a quiet town."
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377. It will star barry nelson
and nancy malone
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378. and it will provide
the kind of shock ending
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379. that punches the emotional eye
with unexpected force.
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380. Next time,
"stopover in a quiet town."
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