1. Overture
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2. A Symphony of Horror
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3. After the novel “Dracula”
by Bram Stoker
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4. Freely adapted by
Henrik Galeen
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5. Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
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6. Costumes and Sets:
Albin Grau
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7. Fritz Arno Wagner
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8. Hans Erdmann
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9. Count Orlok: Max Schreck
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10. Gustav von Wangenheim
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11. Ellen, his Wife: Greta Schröeder
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12. Harding, a Shipowner: G.H. Schnell
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13. Ruth, his Sister: Ruth Landshoff
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14. Professor Sievers, the Town Doctor:
Gustav Botz
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15. Knock, a Property Broker:
Alexander Granach
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16. Professor Bulwer, a Paracelsian:
John Gottowt
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17. A Captain: Max Nemetz
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18. 1st Sailor: Wolfgang Heinz
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19. 2nd Sailor: Albert Venohr
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20. Act I
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21. Chronicle of the Great Death in Wisborg
The Year of Our Lord 1838
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22. Nosferatu.
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23. Does this word not sound to you like
the midnight cry of the Deathbird?
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24. Beware that you say it, else the
images of life fade into shadows,
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25. haunting dreams rise from your heart
and nourish themselves on your blood.
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26. Long have I thought about the onset
and conclusion of the Great Death
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27. in my hometown of Wisborg.
Here is its story:
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28. There once lived in Wisborg
Hutter and his young wife Ellen...
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29. “Why have you killed them...
the beautiful flowers...?”
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30. “Not so hasty, young friend!
No one outruns their fate.”
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31. There was also a property broker, Knock,
about whom all sorts of rumors went around.
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32. One thing for certain,
he paid his people well...
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33. “Count Orlok – His Grace...
from Transylvania... ”
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34. “wishes to purchase a lovely house...
in our little town... ”
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35. “You could earn a tidy sum... ”
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36. “... though it shall cost some effort... ”
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37. “a bit of sweat and perhaps... ”
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38. “a little blood... ”
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39. “He wants a right fine,
deserted house... ”
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40. “That house... just across from yours.
Offer him that one!”
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41. “Travel quickly, travel well, young friend,
into the land of spectres.”
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42. “I travel far, far away into the
land of thieves and spectres.”
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43. Thus did Hutter give his distraught
wife over to the care of his friends,
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44. the wealthy shipowner
Harding and his sister...
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45. “Do not be concerned.”
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46. and the young Hutter traveled many
dusty roads, but at last the peaks
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47. of the Carpathians glowed ahead of him.
The horses pulled harder...
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48. “Quickly... my dinner –
I must get to the castle of Count Orlok!”
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49. “You cannot go any further,
the werewolf roams through the woods.”
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50. Of Vampyres, Ghastly Spirits,
Witchcraft, and the Seven Deadly Sins
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51. From Belial's Seed sprang forth the
Vampyre Nosferatu, one who does live and
feed himself from the Blood of Mankind.
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52. Unredeemed he dwells in fearsome
Caverns, Sepulchres, and Coffins,
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53. such as may be filled with accursed
Earth from the Fields of the Black Death.
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54. Of Vampyres, Ghastly Spirits,
Witchcraft, and the Seven Deadly Sins
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55. “Drive on! The sun sets!”
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56. “Pay what you want!
We'll travel no further!”
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57. “We won't go! It's creepy
on the other side of the pass!”
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58. Scarcely had Hutter crossed the bridge,
when he was struck by the eerie visions
of which he has often told me.
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59. “You left me waiting –
waiting too long.”
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60. “Now it is coming on midnight.”
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61. “The servants are asleep!”
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62. End of Act I
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63. Act II
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64. “You have done yourself injury...
The precious blood!”
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65. “Shall we not keep one another company”
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66. “a little while, most lovely man?”
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67. “It is yet quite a long time until sunrise –”
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68. “and I sleep in the day, my dear fellow,”
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69. “I truly sleep the deepest sleep – –”
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70. Once the sun rose, the shadows of
night also retreated from Hutter...
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71. My Darling! My Dearest!
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72. Let yourself not be grieved that
your Beloved travels far away.
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73. The mosquitoes are a real nuisance.
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74. Two have just bitten me on the neck,
quite close together, each on one side.
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75. One dreams heavily here
in this desolate castle,
but do not be alarmed.
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76. The spectral evening light seemed to revive
the shadows of the castle once again...
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77. “A beautiful neck your wife has... ”
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78. “I am buying the house...
that fine, deserted house,
the one across from yours... ”
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79. In the Night this same Nosferatu may latch
his claws onto his Victim and suck for his
own infernal Life-potion their Blood.
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80. Take heed lest his Shadow, like an Incubus,
encumber you with gruesome Dreams.
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81. At the same hour.
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82. “A doctor... a doctor!”
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83. “Harmless blood congestion.”
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84. The doctor related Ellen's distress
to me as some sort of unknown malady.
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85. I know, however, that her soul heard
the the cry of the Deathbird that night –
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86. Already was Nosferatu
spreading his wings.
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87. But with the morning light, Hutter set out
to investgate the horrors of that night.
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88. The raftsmen did not know of the sinister
load they carried into the valley.
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89. End of Act II
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90. Act III
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91. “He was brought yesterday
to the hospital by farmers.”
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92. “They said he had fallen.
He is still feverish... ”
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93. “Coffins – – –”
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94. Nosferatu was on the way.
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95. The peril for Wisborg drew near.
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96. The Paracelsian, Professor Bulwer, who
at this time was fathoming the secrets
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97. of Nature and their most profound
correlations, told me about it:
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98. Onto the double-masted schooner, Empusa,
were loaded coffins filled with earth...
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99. “The ship's all set
for sail this night.”
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100. Port Authority Galaz
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101. Lading of the Vessel Empusa
from Galaz to Wisborg
Lading Port: Varna
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102. Parcelled Goods: from Varna to Wisborg
6 crates, containing earth
for experimental purposes.
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103. Galaz, 17 August 1838
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104. Of those days, I will note that
Professor Bulwer was explaining
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105. to his pupils the savage
manner of carnivorous plants.
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106. With horror they beheld the
mysterious workings of Nature.
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107. “Is it not – like a vampire!”
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108. It seems that the approach of the
wretched Nosferatu had already driven
the property broker Knock into his Shadow.
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109. “The patient admitted yesterday
is having a fit of raving madness... ”
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110. “Blood is life! Blood is life!”
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111. “And this one here... ”
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112. “... a polyp with tentacles... ”
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113. “... transparent... almost incorporeal... ”
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114. “... nearly just a phantom... ”
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115. “Spiders...!”
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116. Ellen was often seen on the beach
in the solitude of the dunes.
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117. Her yearning flew out towards
her beloved, her eyes searched
over waves and in the distance.
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118. My Darling! My Dearest!
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119. Let yourself not be grieved that
your Beloved travels far away.
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120. The mosquitoes are a real nuisance.
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121. Two have just bitten me on the neck,
quite close together, each on one side.
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122. One dreams heavily here
in this desolate castle,
but do not be alarmed.
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123. “No, I must be away...
on the shortest path home!”
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124. Plague
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125. In Transylvania and the Black Sea ports
of Varna and Galaz, an epidemic of plague
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126. has broken out. Young people are being
carried off in droves. All victims present
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127. the same peculiar stigmata on their neck,
the origin of which is still baffling to doctors.
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128. The Dardanelles were closed to all
ships suspected of carrying the plague.
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129. “Below deck, a sailor has fallen ill.
He's delirious.”
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130. It crept like a pestilence
throughout the ship.
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131. The first sailor who was infected
pulled the whole crew after him
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132. into the dark grave of the waves.
In the light of the sinking sun,
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133. the captain and ship's mate bid farewell
to the last of their comrades...
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134. “I'm going below!
If I'm not back up again in ten minutes... ”
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135. The Death Ship had its new captain.
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136. End of Act III
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137. Act IV
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138. It is very hard to say how,
with his depleted strength,
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139. the young Hutter succeeded in overcoming
every obstacle on his journey home,
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140. while Nosferatu's deadly breath swelled the
sails of the ship, so that with supernatural
haste it flew towards his destination.
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141. “I must go to him. He is coming!”
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142. “The Master is nigh...
The Master is nigh...!”
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143. Long have I pondered why Nosferatu
was said to have brought coffins filled
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144. with earth along with him. I found it
recorded that vampires can only draw
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145. their shadowy power from the accursed
earth in which they were buried.
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146. “I thank God... you are safe...
All is well now... ”
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147. “Looked over everything...
No living soul on board.”
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148. Tenth Day: 22nd July
Rats in ship's hold
Danger of plague
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149. “Danger of plague! Get to your homes!
Bar all windows and doors!”
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150. Proclamation
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151. Be it hereby declared and known to all
citizens that the most-high Magistrate
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152. forbids the transport of suspected
plague victims to the hospital,
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153. for doing so will only spread
plague through the streets.
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154. End of Act IV
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155. Act V
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156. Hutter had bound Ellen to a solemn
promise not to touch the book that
had frightened him with its visions.
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157. She however could not resist its
strange, foreign compulsion.
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158. In the Night this same Nosferatu may latch
his claws onto his Victim and suck for his
own infernal Life-potion their Blood.
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159. Take heed lest his Shadow, like an Incubus,
encumber you with gruesome dreams.
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160. Forasmuch as no other
Deliverance is available,
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161. it may be that a Woman truly
without sin make the Vampyre
forget the first Crowing of the Cock,
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162. would She give him
Freely of her own Blood.
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163. “Thus I see it –
every evening...!”
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164. Fear crouched in every corner of the town.
Who was still healthy? Who already ill?
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165. “I am running over as quick as I can...
I will fetch Sievers... ”
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166. Forasmuch as no other
Deliverance is available,
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167. it may be that a Woman truly
without sin make the Vampyre
forget the first Crowing of the Cock,
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168. would She give him
Freely of her own Blood.
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169. Convulsed by fear, the town sought
out a scapegoat: it was Knock.
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170. “We've seen him!
He ran from the house!
He has strangled the warder... ”
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171. “He has strangled him...
the vampire!”
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172. I love You
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173. “Bulwer! Fetch Bulwer!”
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174. “Knock is captured!”
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175. “The Master... the Master...!”
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176. “The Master... is... dead.”
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177. and the Truth bore witness
to the Miracle: at the same hour,
the Great Death ceased
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178. as the Shadow of the Deathbird
was scattered before the victorious
beams of the living Sun.
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