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... I'm glad that's...
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No, no! That whole thing!
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... Whew! I'm glad that's over with.
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It seem to have stopped the big fellow in his tracks.
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Ayegor! Find out where that music is coming from as quietly and as blindingly fast as you can.
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Yes, Master!
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Act casual!
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How's it going?
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What did you find out?
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Someone was playing this in the music room.
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Where is he?
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How do you know it was a 'he'?
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All right where is she?
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How do you know it was a 'she'?
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Bring me the violin!
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Can you play it?
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Maybe...if you get here on time.
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Thanks...for all your help.
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That's what we're paid for.
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I'm a failure.
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Come on, Froderick none of that.
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What monster?
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What d'ya mean "What monster?' You remember...the one we madein the basement.
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You don't understand, Master. The big fellow's broken in and kidnapped your fiancee.
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What???
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He's carrying her off now through the woods.
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No! The only hope now is to get him back here. If I can just find a way to relieve the pressure on his cerebellum...
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That sound good, boss.
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... and equalize the imbalance in his cerebrospinal fluid...
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I like your style, master. How do we get him here?
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There's only one way.
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I'll bet it's a doozy.
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Come on, big fellow!
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Is everything ready?
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Yes, master. Are you sure you want to go through with it?
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It's the only way.
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Okay, boss! But I hope you know what you're doing.
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That's 'Fronkonsteen.'
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I beg your pardon?
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My name is pronounced Fron kon steen.
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Oh! I thought it was Dr. Frankenstein.
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No, it's Dr. Fronkonsteen!
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But aren't you the grandson of the famous Dr. Victor Frankenstein?... who performed such fascinating experiments in electricity and galvanism?
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That's true! But my grandfather, Victor was, after all, what we might politely refer to as... a cuckoo!
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I prefer, by far, to be remembered for my own small contributions to science. Now if we can proceed to your questions.
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Well sir... I'm not sure I understand the distinction between 'Reflexive' and 'Voluntary' nerve impulses.
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Very good! Since our lab work today is a demonstration of just that distinction... why don't we proceed?
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In conclusion... it should be noted that more than common injury to the nerve roots is always serious, because... once a nerve fibber is severed... there is no way to regenerate life back into it. Are there any more questions before we leave?
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Dr. Fronkonsteen!
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Yes?
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Isn't it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with voluntary motion?
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A piece of what?
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Vermicelli.
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Are you speaking of the worm, or ... the spaghetti.
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But wasn't that the whole basis of your grandfathers work, sir...? the reanimation of component parts?
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My father was a sick man.
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But aren't you the least bit curious about it, Doctor? Doesn't the secret of life hold any intrigue for you?
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You are talking about the gibberish ravings of a lunatic mind.
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Yes, but, sir... if it could be accomplished, wouldn't that eliminate disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death?
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How old are you, young man?
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Nineteen, sir.
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Nineteen! My dear young man... once the human organism has ceased to function, nature has deemed that creature to be dead.
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But look at what's been done with hearts and kidneys!
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Hearts and kidneys are Tinker Toys! I'm talking about the Central Nervous System.
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But, sir...
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I am a scientist...! not a philosopher.
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You have more chance of reanimating this knife than you have of mending a broken nervous system,
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But your grandfather's work, sir...
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My grandfather's work was DooDoo! Dead is Dead! There's only one thing I am interested in... and that is the preservation of LIFE!
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Dr. Frankenstein?
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Fron kon steen!
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My name is Gerhart Falkstein.
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Oh, at least, sir. The land alone is worth a small fortune.
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But I can't just drop everything and leave. I have responsibilities and obligations.
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Do you have a hundred thousand of them, sir?
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How long will this whole thing take?
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A week. Ten days at most.
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I'll have to think it over. It's not so easy just to pick up and...
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Well... if you're sure that I could accomplish everything in a week... I suppose I could manage it.
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Why did you do that?
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What?
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Break that old man's violin.
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I didn't do that.
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The old violinist you smashed his violin over your knee.
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All right then, I suppose I owe the family that much. You'll have everything ready for me when I arrive?
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Yes, sir.
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One week at the most!?
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One week I'll see to it, sir.
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Well, thank you very much for all your trouble.
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Not at all a great privilege, Doctor.
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Saturday night then! I'll take the train to New York and fly from there.
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Saturday night, yes, sir. Have a pleasant journey!
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I hope you find this comfortable. This was Baron Victor's room.
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It seems fine.
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You'll fine the keys to all the rooms in my cas... all the rooms in your castle on this ring. I'll leave it on the table here.
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Does that include the key to the laboratory?
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You mean... the laboratory??
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Yes!... the laboratory.
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No! Dr. Frankenstein always kept that separate.
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May I have it, please?
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