:18:12
I wish I could do something to...
:18:15
- Won't you change your mind for brandy?
- Thank you, Baron.
:18:20
I apologise if I've aroused your sympathy...
:18:23
but I have found
that by explaining my affliction...
:18:26
it ceases to be quite such a curiosity.
:18:32
You said there have been other murders
committed since the destruction of the...
:18:37
- Of my father's work.
- Yes.
:18:40
- How do you account for it?
- Well, I can't.
:18:42
Neither can the special agents imported
for the purpose from Scotland Yard...
:18:46
and the Sureté Francaise.
:18:48
There have been six, all unsolved...
:18:51
and all men of some prominence
in the village.
:18:53
In each case, the autopsy disclosed that
death was caused by a violent concussion.
:18:57
There were no marks on the bodies...
:18:59
except a slight discoloration or bruise
at the base of the brain.
:19:03
But the hearts of all the victims
were ruptured.
:19:07
In fact, they had burst.
:19:13
Hence the local superstition
of the murdering ghost.
:19:17
Need I add that it is always alluded to
as Frankenstein?
:19:22
Now it's rumoured that you,
like your father, are a scientist.
:19:25
The villagers have seen
the strange instruments that preceded you.
:19:28
That's why I've come to warn you.
:19:31
Inspector Krogh,
I should indeed seem ungrateful...
:19:34
if I were not to thank you
for your interest in my welfare.
:19:37
But I can assure you
I am not engaged in any black magic...
:19:40
nor in the creation of monsters,
however the villagers may think.
:19:44
Nevertheless, Herr Baron,
I stand ready when you need help.
:19:48
I shall not need it.
:19:50
When you need help, you have
but to ring the alarm bell in the tower...
:19:54
and I shall hear it wherever I may be
and hasten to your assistance.
:19:58
- Good night, Herr Baron.
- Good night and thank you, Inspector.