1. NOSFERATU.
A SYMPHONY OF HORROR.
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2. After the novel Dracula
by Bram Stoker.
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3. Freely adapted by
Henrik Galeen.
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4. F. W. Murnau.
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5. Costumes and Sets:
Albin Grau.
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6. F. A. Wagner.
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7. Hans Erdmann.
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8. Count Orlok:
Max Schreck
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9. Gustav v. Wangenheim
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10. Ellen, his wife:
Greta Schroeder
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11. Harding, a shipowner:
G. H. Schnell
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12. Ruth, his sister:
Ruth Landshoff
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13. Professor Sievers, the town doctor:
Gustav Botz
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14. Knock, a property agent:
Alexander Granach
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15. Professor Bulwer, a Paracelsian:
John Gottowt
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16. A Captain:
Max Nemetz
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17. 1st Sailor:
Wolfgang Heinz
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18. 2nd Sailor:
Albert Venohr
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19. 1st Act.
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20. Chronicle of the Great Death
in Wisborg
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21. anno Domini 1838,
by...
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22. Does this word not sound to you
like the midnight cry of the Deathbird.
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23. Take care in saying it,
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24. lest life's images fade into shadows,
and ghostly dreams rise from
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25. your heart and nourish themselves
on your blood.
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26. Long have I contemplated
the origin and recession
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27. of the Great Death
in my hometown of Wisborg.
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28. Here is its story:
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29. There lived in Wisborg
Hutter and his young wife Ellen
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30. Why did you kill them...
the lovely flowers...?
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31. Not so fast, my young friend!
No-one outruns his destiny.
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32. There was also a property agent
by the name of Knock-
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33. the subject of all
sorts of rumours.
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34. One thing was certain:
he paid his people well
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35. Count Orlok - His Lordship...
from Transylvania...
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36. wishes to acquire a beautiful
home in our little town...
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37. You could earn a nice
bit of money...
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38. of course the price is
a little effort... some sweat
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39. and perhaps...
a little blood...
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40. He wants a fine,
deserted house...
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41. That house...
directly across from yours.
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42. Offer him that one!
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43. Travel quickly, travel well,
my young friend,
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44. into the land of the spectres.
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45. I'm travelling far,
far away
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46. into the land of thieves
and spectres.
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47. So Hutter placed the anguished girl
in the care of his friends,
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48. the rich shipowner Harding
and his sister
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49. Be at ease.
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50. and young Hutter travelled
many dusty roads,
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51. but at last the peaks
of the Carpathians
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52. loomed before him.
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53. The horses strained harder
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54. Quickly... something to eat -
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55. I have to get to
Count Orlok's castle!
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56. You shouldn't go any further now;
the Werewolf roams the woods.
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57. Of Vampyres
Gastlie Spirits, Bewitchments
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58. and the Seven Deadlie Sins
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59. From Belial's seed sprang
the vampyre NOSFERATU,
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60. who doth live and feed
on the bloode of humankind -
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61. Beyonde deliverance he doth
dwell in gastlie caves,
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62. sepulchres and coffins,
filled so with god-curst earth
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63. from the fields
of the Black Death
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64. Of Vampyres
Gastlie Spirits, Bewitchments
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65. and the Seven Deadlie Sins
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66. Onward!
The sun is setting!
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67. Offer what you like!
We're not going any further!
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68. We won't go on!
It's frightening beyond the pass!
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69. No sooner had Hutter
stepped across the bridge,
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70. than the eerie visions
he had often told me about
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71. seized hold of him.
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72. You have kept me waiting -
waiting too long. -
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73. Now it is nearly midnight.
The servants are sleeping!
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74. End of the 1st Act.
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75. Nosferatu
2nd Act.
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76. You have hurt yourself...
Precious blood!
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77. Shouldn't we like to sit
together a bit, dear friend?
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78. It is a while still till sunrise -
and in the daytime I sleep,
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79. my dear fellow, I sleep
the deepest of sleeps -
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80. Just as the sun rose,
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81. the shadows of the night
withdrew from Hutter as well
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82. My dear! My dearest!
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83. Grieve not that thy beloved
is so far away
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84. I am plagued by mosquitoes.
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85. I already have two bites
on my throat,
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86. one quite near the other,
on each side
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87. One dreams so heavily
in this desolate castle,
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88. but fear not.
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89. The spectral evening light
seemed to revive the shadows
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90. of the castle once more
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91. Your wife has a lovely neck...
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92. I shall buy the house...
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93. The fine, deserted house
opposite yours...
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94. At night this same Nosferatu
doth clutch his victim
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95. and doth suck like hellish
life-potion its blood.
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96. Take heede that his shadow
not encumber thee
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97. like an incubus with
gruesome dreams
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98. At the same hour.
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99. A doctor... a doctor!
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100. Harmless congestions
of the blood.
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101. The doctor related
Ellen's distress to me
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102. as an unknown illness.
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103. I know, however, that
her soul that night
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104. caught the cry of
the Deathbird -
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105. Nosferatu was already
spreading his wings. -
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106. Yet with the morning light
Hutter set out
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107. to make sense of
the horror of his nights. -
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108. The raftsmen didn't know
what kind of unholy cargo
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109. they were conveying
through the dale.
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110. End of the 2nd Act.
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111. Nosferatu
3rd Act.
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112. He was brought to the hospital
yesterday by some farmers.
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113. They said he must have
fallen. He's still feverish...
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114. Coffins -
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115. Nosferatu was on his way.
The danger for Wisborg drew nigh.
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116. The Paracelsian
Professor Bulwer,
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117. who at that time was
studying the secrets of nature
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118. and their deepest
unifying principles,
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119. told me the following:
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120. Earth-filled coffins
were to be loaded
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121. onto the double-masted
ship, the Empusa
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122. The vessel's still set
for sail tonight.
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123. Bill of Lading:
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124. from GALAZ
to WISBORG
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125. 6 crates of earth
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126. In those days, I should note,
Prof. Bulwer was explaining
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127. to his students the cruel habits
of carnivorous plants.
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128. They observed in horror
nature's mysterious ways.
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129. Like a vampire - isn't it?
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130. It seems that the approach
of the strangler, Nosferatu,
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131. already compelled the
property agent Knock
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132. into his shadow.
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133. The patient admitted
yesterday is going mad...
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134. Blood is life!
Blood is life!
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135. And this one here...
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136. a polyp with tentacles...
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137. transparent...
almost incorporeal...
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138. almost but a phantom...
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139. Spiders...!
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140. Ellen was often seen
on the beach
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141. within the solitude
of the dunes.
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142. Yearning for her beloved,
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143. her eyes scanned
waves and distance alike.
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144. My dear! My dearest!
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145. Grieve not that thy beloved
is so far away
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146. I am plagued by mosquitoes.
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147. I already have two bites
on my throat,
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148. one quite near the other,
on each side
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149. One dreams so heavily
in this desolate castle,
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150. but fear not.
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151. No I must go...
by the shortest route home!
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152. PLAGUE. A plague epidemic
has broken out
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153. in Transylvania and
the Black Sea ports
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154. of Varna and Galaz.
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155. All victims exhibit the same
peculiar stigmata on the neck,
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156. the origin of which still
puzzles the doctors.
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157. The Dardanelles were
closed to all ships
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158. suspected of carrying
the plague.
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159. A sailor's fallen ill below deck.
He's delirious.
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160. It spread through the ship
like an epidemic.
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161. The first stricken sailor
pulled the entire crew
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162. after him into the dark
grave of the waves.
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163. In the light of the sinking sun,
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164. the captain and ship's mate
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165. bid farewell to the last
of their comrades.
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166. I'm going below! If I'm
not back up in ten minutes...
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167. The ship of death had
acquired its new captain.
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168. End of the 3rd Act.
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169. Nosferatu
4th Act.
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170. It's quite difficult to say how,
despite his depleted strength,
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171. young Hutter succeeded
in surmounting the obstacles
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172. on his voyage home -
- meanwhile, Nosferatu's
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173. deadly breath
swelled the sails of the ship,
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174. which flew on toward its
destination with ghostly haste.
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175. I must go to him.
He's coming!
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176. The master is near...
The master is near...!
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177. Long have I pondered
why Nosferatu was said
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178. to have travelled with
earth-filled coffins.
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179. I found it recorded
that vampyres
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180. can only draw their
shadowy strength
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181. from the accursed earth
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182. in which they were buried.
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183. Thank God... you're safe...
All's well now...
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184. Looked over everything...
Not a living soul on board.
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185. Varna - 12 July
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186. Crew - minus myself as captain:
one helmsman;
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187. one ship's mate;
five sailors
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188. Second day - 13 July
one sailor ill with fever
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189. SSW
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190. Third day - 14 July
ship's mate is babbling
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191. claims strange passenger
is below deck
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192. SE
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193. Tenth day - 22 July
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194. rats in ship's hold
danger of plague
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195. Danger of plague!
Go home!
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196. Shut all windows
and doors!
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197. It is hereby decreed that
the honourable magistrate
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198. of this town forbids
the populace to transport
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199. the ill or plague-stricken
to the hospital,
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200. lest the plague
spread through the streets.
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201. End of the 4th Act.
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202. Nosferatu
5th Act.
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203. Hutter made Ellen swear
not to touch the book
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204. which had frightened him
with its visions. -
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205. Yet she could not resist
its bizarre attraction.
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206. At night this same Nosferatu
doth clutch his victim
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207. and doth suck like hellish
life-potion its blood.
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208. Take heede that his shadow
not encumber thee
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209. like an incubus with
gruesome dreams
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210. Wherefore no other
salvation is possible,
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211. but that a maiden
wholly without sin
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212. maketh the Vampyre forget
the first crow of the cock.
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213. Would that she give
freely of her blood
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214. This is what I see -
each evening...!
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215. Fear lurked in every
corner of the town.
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216. Who was still well?
Who already ill?
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217. I'll run over there quickly...
I'll fetch Sievers...
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218. Wherefore no other
salvation is possible,
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219. but that a maiden
wholly without sin
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220. maketh the Vampyre forget
the first crow of the cock.
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221. Would that she give
freely of her blood
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222. The panic-stricken town
was looking for a victim:
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223. it was Knock.
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224. Someone saw him!
He ran outside!
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225. He strangled the custodian...
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226. He strangled him...
the vampire!
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227. Bulwer!
Fetch Bulwer!
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228. Knock has been captured!
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229. The master... the master...!
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230. The master... is... dead.
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231. witness the miracle
on the heels of the truth:
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232. at that very hour,
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233. the Great Death came to an end,
and as if confronted
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234. by the victorious radiance
of the living sun,
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235. the shadow of the Deathbird
was dispersed.
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236. END.
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