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[♪♪♪]

[SIRENS BLARING]

MAN: Come on, baby! UMPIRE: Strike two!

[CHEERING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

You're out!

[ALL SCREAM INDISTINCTLY] [CROWD BOOS]

I was safe.

My foot was touching the plate, and he wasn't even near it.

Well, I can say one thing for the police academy:

It's made a dynamic umpire out of Willie.

His calls were never that colorful back in Ohio.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey about that last call, Mr. Gillis.

Mm-hm? From where we sat

it looked like he was safe by a mile.

Well, I'll tell you, lady,

I calls them the way I sees them.

Not everybody sees them the way you calls them.

Hey, I gotta put my gear away.

I'll catch up with you in the parking lot, okay?

Yeah.

I still say that little boy was safe.

You do?

Well, not really.

But he was so sweet-looking, I wouldn't have had the heart

to call him out. Well, I guess being a cop

has made Willie hard-hearted.

Oh, really?

Well, it's one of the qualities you need to be a dynamic umpire.

Hm.

Thank you.

Oh, Willie, you must love working with these young folks

to tolerate being fussed at so much.

Well, it's just part of the police program

for community relations.

Who are you fooling?

Much as you love children, you'd be here anyway.

Is there anything else, Mrs. Gibson?

Well, um, you could put a couple of cases of soda in the cooler.

Okay.

Back yourself into that corner, honey, and keep your mouth shut.

You, spread eagle on the floor, face down.

Hey, now, just a minute...

Stay down, ump.

Is this all you got, honey?

[SCREAMS]

[MRS. GIBSON CRIES]

[MRS. GIBSON SHRIEKS]

MRS. GIBSON: Somebody! Help!

[MRS. GIBSON CRIES]

Gillis, can you hear me?

Willie?

You've been shot. We don't know how bad it is yet.

Can you talk?

Yeah. I can talk.

The woman is hysterical.

I need to know how many there were and how they were dressed.

[SIGHS]

Um...

two men.

One...big.

The-- The other...

5'9".

The little guy shot me.

Looked like a .32 caliber automatic.

What about hair? Eye color?

Masks.

Both of them, masks.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Willie?

Willie?

I'll be okay, Nance.

Be all right.

Come on, Nancy, they have to get him to the hospital. Come on.

Come on, move back, guys.

Come on, move back, please.

Mr. Gillis?

Mr. Gillis?

Who are we gonna get to umpire tomorrow, Mr. Gillis?

WILLIE: Terry!

Mike! Terry!

Hey, I can hear you, man. What is it?

WILLIE: My leg.

The kid.

He had his hand on my leg.

I couldn't feel anything.

Nothing.

[CHATTER OVER RADIO]

[AMBULANCE STARTS]

[AMBULANCE DOORS SLAM]

[SIRENS WAIL]

All right, over here, center it on me.

Let's move it, please.

I'll take Nancy to the hospital, okay?

Okay. We'll check with you there, then.

Yeah.

Two male Caucasians.

One over 6 feet tall,

the other short and slight.

Tall one was wearing a Windbreaker,

the short one a sport jacket.

Witnesses say they were driving

a 1965 light tan four-door Dodge sedan,

and they think the last three numbers were 974.

Though that's not definite.

Uh, one other thing.

Whoever these guys are,

they shot an unarmed man in the back

so bear that in mind. Don't take any chances.

Okay, get going.

Uh, Webster, Danko.

You wanna go down to the hospital

and see how things develop?

I'll find another unit to fill in for you.

Pass as far as I'm concerned.

Sir, I think we'll be a lot more use on the street

than in a waiting room.

Maybe. Just make sure

you're not so anxious to get these two goons

that you don't foul up.

I'll go by whatever you say,

but be sure how much you want to be a cop,

and how much you want to be Willie's friend.

We'll be all right.

Okay, take off.

I'll keep you posted on the radio.

Okay.

[CAR DOORS SLAM]

[CAR STARTS]

You're a policeman, aren't you?

Huh?

Yes, I am.

Something I can do for you, young man?

Well, I was wondering...

Wondering what?

Mr. Gillis gonna be okay?

Well, we hope so. He's young and he's strong.

Young? He's 22.

Well, strong, then.

I think we can agree on that, eh?

Something else you wondering about?

How come people hurt people?

Well, sir, I don't believe there's a policeman

in the history of the world

who hasn't wondered about that very same thing.

I'm afraid none of us has come up with a very good answer.

[♪♪♪]

There's something over there.

MIKE: It's the right color.

Wrong plates.

Wait a minute.

That looks like something.

Yeah, let's take a look at that.

Yeah, the last three numbers are 914, not 974.

But the color's close.

Why don't we take a look.

Registered to Gus T. Caldwell,

1483 Bay Street.

That'd be that one there.

Hood's still warm, but that could be from the sun.

I'll call it in, see if there's anything hot on Caldwell.

Hold it, man. You won't have to.

Look in here.

There's the cash box from the stand.

1483?

Let's go.

205?

Uh, you Gus Caldwell?

Police! Halt!

Police! Halt!

The next one is coming right at you. Now, halt!

Okay, hold it right there.

Put your hands behind your back.

Lock your fingers. All right.

Spread your legs. Further.

You guys get pretty gung ho over something like this.

What, do you got a quota to fill or something?

Look, man, you got the right to remain silent. Use it.

What right? Anything you say

can and will be used against you.

You have the right to an attorney.

Yeah, with the shyster lawyer I got.

Listen, mister, will you shut up?

I'm trying to read you your rights.

Now, if you can't afford an attorney,

one will appointed for you.

Do you understand what I've just told you?

Yeah, yeah, I got it.

All right, move it. That way.

Think you would have something more important to do

that roust a guy over some alimony payments.

Yeah, take a good look, people.

That's what you pay taxes for! I'm a big, bad criminal!

Missed alimony payments

on that bloodsucker I was married to!

These goons treat me like I was Jack the Ripper!

Before you say another word, you better know

we are taking you in for suspicion of robbery

and assault with a deadly weapon,

and it might get to attempted murder.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

I was upstairs since 8:00 last night.

DANKO: Yeah, what about your car?

My car? My car's out front.

And what's that over there?

It's my car.

You mind if I have a look in it?

No, no, go ahead.

Look, you can ask my girl. I was upstairs all last night.

We'll check it.

It's true! Absolute gospel!

We was up all night. Just watching a telethon.

I forget the disease, but it was really neat.

Hey, Terry!

The car's been hot-wired.

We're gonna have to let him go.

You mean somebody stole my car and used it for a robbery,

and then brought it back here?

That's right, sir.

I ought to sue you guys for false arrest.

That's what I ought to do.

We might have started to arrest you for the wrong thing,

but unless you give me your word you'll be at the precinct

to arrange for your alimony tomorrow,

I'll slap these things right back on you

and read you your rights all over again. Which do you want?

I'll be there in the morning.

Looking forward to seeing you, Mr. Caldwell.

And remember, don't touch anything in your car

until our lab gets to it.

Yeah, we'll stay with the car till the lab takes over.

Ludlow 7, out.

Well, at least it wasn't a total waste.

We got the car.

Yeah, but it wasn't the car that shot Willie.

Now, Bud, here's an easy one.

Who starred in The Beast with Five Fingers ?

Shut up, Vester, I'm listening to the radio.

Top 40.

I'll give you a hint.

It was either Bela Lugosi or Peter Lorre.

How in the world can you keep reading about

them weird horror creeps all the time?

Hm?

It was Peter Lorre.

That little guy was scary.

Shut up, Vester.

Now, this one's real hard, man.

Vester.

That was a cop you shot.

That's not funny.

And I ain't joking.

You shot an off-duty cop.

Stupid.

They don't say how he is.

I'm gonna call and see.

And it wasn't me who shot that off-duty cop.

It was us, Bud.

You and me.

Us.

No. No, don't do that.

Hey, Willie.

Look, it's me.

I've gotta give you a shot.

I don't-- I don't wanna sleep.

Okay? No, no.

Willie, if I don't give you this,

the pain will be pretty hard to take.

Hey, listen to me.

Jill, I'd rather feel--

Feel the pain than feel nothing.

Willie, please.

Listen to me.

[SIGHS]

I'm punchy, but I'm... What's the word?

Lucid.

I'm lucid.

And I'm telling you, no shot.

You can't give me a shot when I say no.

You got that?

Okay, I got that.

Okay.

Where's Nance?

She's waiting.

She's gonna stay with us until you get better.

What about my personal effects?

What do you mean?

Where are they?

My wallet and my s--

Stuff in the pockets? It's okay.

It's at the nurse's station.

Don't let Nancy find the receipt.

Okay, okay, okay, I'll take care of it.

Okay. All right.

Jill?

Rather feel the pain

than feel nothing.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Litchfield,

check with Surgery, please.

Mrs. Schaeffer? Yes?

Officer Gillis asked me to pick up something

from his personal effects for him.

Yes, they should be right over here.

Thank you.

So... Hey.

Hi, babe.

Hi, Jill. Hey.

How you doing? Okay.

How is he?

Well, there's not much change.

It's really too soon to tell until his condition stabilizes

a little more.

Hm.

Did Nancy go home? No, no.

She's, uh-- She's talking to Dr. Ridgeway.

Here it is.

Thank you. Mm-hm.

What's that?

Well, it's Willie's personal effects.

There's some receipt he didn't want Nancy to know about.

It's a receipt he put down

for a deposit on an engagement ring.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Mrs. Thompson, please

report to front desk.

[♪♪♪]

Have you ever worked on cases like this?

Yeah.

If the spinal cord is severed, then what?

Well, if that happens, Nancy,

then Willie's paralyzed from the waist down.

Forever?

Mm-hm.

Mike, do you have anything I could have for a drink?

I could use one.

Sure do. Name it.

I don't know what to name.

I don't really drink.

DANKO: How about a brandy?

Thanks.

The whole four years at school,

there wasn't any doubt in anyone's mind

that Willie and I were gonna get married.

He was going into business,

and I was going to teach art.

Just as square and dull as you could imagine.

And then this man from the police department

came on to campus,

talking about the program being started.

Made it sound like being a cop

was a combination of Sir Galahad and Captains Courageous.

And Willie bought it all.

I wonder how he feels about it now.

I know how I feel about it.

Mike?

DANKO: Yeah?

When you get the people that did this,

make sure you do get them.

Make sure they pay.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come in.

We were wondering about progress on Willie's case, sir.

Haven't heard anything new from the boys upstairs yet.

How's Gillis doing?

A-- A little better.

They've cut the sedation.

So far we don't have much to go on.

No fingerprints of any value.

The empty shell casings just confirm the caliber of the gun.

From the car ashtray we get cigar ashes and these.

Seems to be some kind of a design on them.

Though Caldwell, the owner of the car, doesn't smoke.

Some burnt matches.

Doesn't seem like much headway, lieutenant.

Look, in all fairness,

they're working on a number of cases upstairs.

Now, let me assure you, in this instance

every move has been made.

Well, you always said at the academy

that tenacity is an important weapon to any police officer.

That sometimes an item,

or a piece of information must be checked

and checked again.

I said that?

Yes, sir, you did.

Well, then stop quoting me and go do something about it.

Yes, sir.

LILA: Look at him.

He's gonna marry that stupid thing pretty soon.

BUD: Shut up, Lila.

Old Vester's just doing his thing, like the kids say.

Yeah.

Well, he's liable to get into trouble

with that thing if he's not careful.

I can handle it.

BUD: That ain't what she said.

She said you're liable to get into trouble.

It's pretty hard to argue with, ain't it, Vester?

[GIGGLES]

Oh, hush up, Bud.

You just insulted old Vester's girlfriend, there.

[GIGGLING]

Well, it's gotta be the cleanest ballpark I've ever seen.

They must have swept it.

Swept it and dumped it here.

Let's take a look.

Yuck.

Oh, man, with the stuff kids put in their stomachs

it's a wonder they make it to first base.

TERRY: Hey, look at this.

"Film Fair Bookstore."

And he weighs about 210 pounds.

The other one is slight, about 5'9",

and he weighs about 120 pounds.

Oh, who knows?

People are coming in and out of here all day,

picking up things.

Uh, listen, miss, this is very important to us.

Anything you might be able to remember would be very helpful.

Look, boys, if I could remember any big guys with little guys

or--

Or little guys with big guys,

well, I'd be just thrilled to tell you. I really would.

But half the time I don't even remember what day it is.

Uh, the holdup men wore masks similar to these.

Now, it's possible they were bought here.

Now, think.

Do you recall anyone fitting the description?

Buying masks like these

in the last few days or week, maybe?

I'd go out of my mind if I tried to remember everybody

who buys this junk.

Like I said before,

half the time I don't even remember my own--

DANKO: Yeah.

Well, thanks for your help.

What help?

Good question.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Harper, check

with Head Nurse Foreast.

Dr. Harper, check with Head Nurse Foreast.

Well, first time out of ICU in three days.

Must be quite a thrill for you.

Yeah, it sure is.

I think I'll buy a bunch of postcards of an x-ray.

Send them all to my friends.

Figured you guys might like to ride up on your own.

We'll see you upstairs. Okay.

And thank you. Yeah.

Penny.

But make it a quick penny. We don't have much time.

Nance, I was just wondering what's gonna happen to us.

Well, we can always go back to the plans we had in college.

What about children?

They were always a part of those plans.

I love you, Willie.

I know it will be difficult for us,

but we can do it.

We'll adjust.

Oh, Nance,

it wouldn't be so difficult if...

if only one of us had to adjust.

What does that mean?

It means that...

It means that you were engaged...

to a man.

Now I don't-- I don't quite meet that specification.

Oh.

Nance, I am not gonna tie you to a wheelchair.

You're off the hook.

Willie...

Departmental regulations call for three exercise periods

for each man each week.

Well, you better be careful

you don't strain anything now, you hear?

Thank you, Officer Danko, I will be careful.

Have you turned anything up about Willie?

Well, we found the place where we think they bought the masks

and we put it on the hot sheet for special surveillance.

Good. You can't do any better than that.

How's Gillis holding up, by the way?

They're still doing a slew of tests.

But they've taken the stitches out of his arm.

His arm? What's the matter with his arm?

Well, when the big guy hit him, Willie tried to block the punch,

and, uh, the guy's watchband cut his left forearm.

He had to have 10 stitches in it.

I'll spring for some coffee. You want some?

Yeah, sure do. No coffee.

You two guys get upstairs to R and I.

And do what?

Run a make on a John Doe with the following qualifications:

Caucasian, over 6 feet tall,

record of burglary and aggravated assault,

and some kind of a history of boxing,

amateur or professional.

There's gonna be a lot of guys fit that description.

And concentrate on looking for a southpaw.

Because it looks like whoever hit Willie

just might have led with his right.

[♪♪♪]

WEBSTER: Pay dirt, baby.

His name is Bud Reeves.

There's a definite return of nerve pathways.

How much damage is done, that's difficult to say.

But we do know that the cord isn't totally severed.

Doctor, does that mean I'm gonna be okay?

Well, as long as we leave that bullet where it is,

your condition isn't going to change very much

one way or the other.

Then what about removing it?

Well, that's possible, Mr. Gillis, but--

You just said it, doc.

It's possible, so let's do it.

Mr. Gillis, the odds in this case--

Look, I don't care what the odds are.

I want you to remove that bullet.

NANCY: Willie, stop it.

I care what the odds are, because I care about you.

Now, will you let the doctor explain them, please?

Okay, Nance.

RIDGEWAY: It's the positioning

of the bullet, Mr. Gillis.

That bullet is lodged between the vertebrae in such a way

that it forces us to deviate

from what we would normally choose

as ideal surgical procedure.

Well, what does all that mean?

It means that we'll have to go in from the abdomen,

not from the back.

It means that we'll be operating in close proximity

to the abdominal aorta.

It's an extremely delicate procedure.

If something were to go wrong,

if there were any hemorrhaging,

it would almost surely prove fatal.

And getting that bullet out of there is still no guarantee

that the paralysis would end.

No.

Doc,

I had a-- A bet on a football game with a guy a few years ago.

There were two seconds to go in the game and, uh,

my team was behind.

They kicked a field goal and won.

Thing is that the field goal was 63 yards,

and the guy who kicked it

only had half a foot to kick it with.

Well, the-- The odds on that must have been one in a million.

But I won that bet.

Nance, I'm gonna win this one too.

So let's do it.

[♪♪♪]

[COUGHS]

That smoke is irritating my sinuses.

Why don't you shut your sinuses?

Don't you get wise with me, scarface.

Bud, you better shut her up!

All right, you two, come on, be cool, huh?

We're having a party.

I don't feel like having a party.

Why can't we go to the Classic Studio

and look at all the groovy stuff they've got there?

I don't have to go anywhere to look at groovy stuff.

Hey, man, come on.

Let's go see what they're gonna auction off.

Or we can go to the bookstore.

What you say?

I say, why don't you have another cold beer

and look at your pictures.

Whatever turns you on, Vester. [LILA SNICKERS]

That's not funny!

Then how come I'm laughing?

[LILA CHUCKLING]

CLERK: Oh, uh...

I don't think so--

Oh, wait, wait.

Maybe the little guy, you say,

was with this big guy?

Yeah.

Hm, it must be the horror creep.

The who?

The horror creep.

He can tell you about every horror film ever made

and who the actors were.

Uh, could you give us a description of him?

Well, he looks kind of like a guy who just ate a puppy.

I wish he'd stay out of here. He's trouble.

Uh, what kind of trouble?

Well, the store just bought a set of old-time horror prints

from Classic Studios.

On Grand Avenue?

Yeah. They have an auction every Thursday.

Well, anyway, this creep, without permission,

rummages through them with his greasy hands.

And he ruined their value.

Do you still have the pictures? Mm-hm.

They're right here.

[GASPS] The--

That's the...

Oh. Hi.

Do you mind if we talk to you?

Yeah, I mind.

[CLERK SCREAMS]

You all right?

He's weird.

Come on.

Hey, Terry!

[♪♪♪]

Let's cut across the lot.

Can you guys give me a hand here?

I just picked up an idiot

that did a Brody out the emergency door.

Hey, you guys gonna give me a hand or not?

Come on, huh? What do you say?

Give it a push.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Dr. Litchfield,

call your office.

How long will he be in there?

I don't know. That kind of operation,

it can take quite a while.

We can wait in the cafeteria.

That's a lot of your life, isn't it?

Waiting.

No, when you're a nurse you really don't have too much time

to wait around.

I didn't mean being a nurse.

I meant being a cop's wife.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Mrs. Thompson, please report

to front desk.

Attention, attention.

Visiting hours will be over in 15 minutes, please.

The problem, gentlemen, is one of defining terms.

See that man walking by?

Notice he's wearing a plain

ordinary everyday suit of clothes.

We call him a plainclothes man

because he wears plain clothes when on duty.

We call you two gentlemen uniformed officers

because you wear uniforms when on duty.

Am I going too fast for you to grasp any of this?

Lieutenant, if his fingerprints--

If I had 98 more legs, I'd be the Rockettes.

Come in here.

This is precisely what I warned you about.

I told you, you had to be cops first

and Willie's friend second. You got it reversed.

Look, lieutenant, all we did--

All you did was blow a stakeout

the detectives were gonna run on the bookstore.

Now he knows you're looking for him.

He's gonna avoid that place like the plague.

That's all you did.

[PHONE RINGS]

Ryker.

Right.

Thank you.

Latent prints show your man's name to be Vester Benson.

Last good address we have on him is four years old.

Leaves us nowhere.

We're on duty in 10 minutes.

And in uniform.

RYKER: Oh, wait a minute.

For your information,

Gillis is out of surgery.

They'll call us when they know anything.

Thank you.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

Shh.

Any change? No.

He could wake up any minute,

or it could be another couple of hours.

Did you talk to Dr. Ridgeway? Yeah, yeah.

He said it went fine as far as he was concerned,

but anything involving the spinal cord, you know,

you just can't be sure.

How are you guys?

No change here, either.

We know all the things they say we're supposed to know,

but still haven't the faintest idea where those two guys are.

And what are you supposed to know?

We know who they are, we know what they look like,

we know their habits, their m.o., where they hang out.

WEBSTER: Where they used to hang.

Won't be going back there anymore.

DANKO: That's true.

I wonder where Benson would go

if he wanted to buy some of that stuff?

I don't know.

Any more stores around here like that?

No.

But there's the auction at that movie studio

the girl in the bookstore told us about.

JILL: Hey, wait a minute, I'm lost.

Yeah, so are we. We'll see you later.

Let Ryker know about Willie.

Yeah.

Are they always like that?

How long you been awake?

A couple of minutes.

Eavesdropping, to be honest.

Ah.

Are they always like that?

Well, they're not as involved in most cases as this, I guess,

but Mike does tend to bring it home with him.

And you like that?

It's better than being shut out.

[SIGHS]

[SNIFFLES]

Hi.

Hi.

How do you feel?

Um...

woozy, but okay.

Why are you crying?

Do you know something I don't know?

About the operation?

No.

Suppose...

Suppose I didn't mean about the operation?

Hm?

We'll talk later.

You're too tired right now to talk--

Nance.

Nance, we'll talk now.

It's just that I see Jill,

and how she handles it all.

And how she copes with it.

I mean, if you marry a doctor, you marry medicine.

If you marry a minister,

you marry the church and religion.

But when you marry a cop,

you marry the streets, and danger.

I can't, Willie.

This is an awful time to tell you, but I just can't.

Nance, it's gonna be okay.

It's better to find out now than a couple of years from now.

I'm sorry, Willie.

I'm just not strong enough.

You're strong enough.

You're strong enough to be honest.

That's as strong as anyone needs to be.

Thank you.

Nance.

I can f--

Feel your hand on my leg.

GILLIS: Oh, my God,

I can actually feel it, Nance.

Oh. I can actually feel it.

Willie.

Nope. Don't make movies here no more.

Boy, they used to, but TV shows and commercials

are all they do here now.

I wonder if you, uh, recall ever having seen, uh,

these two men here before? Now, recollecting faces,

that's part of my job.

Yes, sir.

No question about it. Where?

Like I told you, they have this auction once a week

and people are allowed to come in beforehand,

look things over. That's where I seen them.

Well, when was the last time?

This little fellow here with the scar on his face,

it wasn't more than an hour ago.

An hour ago?

Look, you know if anything from horror films is being sold?

Well, I got a list here if you're interested.

Sure am.

Here we are.

Yeah, a lot of this stuff would interest him.

It sure would.

Thank you very much, sir. Well, sure thing.

Us boys in uniform, we gotta stick together, you know.

Yeah, ain't that the truth.

[LAUGHS]

[GAVEL BANGS]

AUCTIONEER: All right, now,

I have $6 for this spear.

Who'll give me six and a half? Do I hear six and a half?

Six and a half. Are you all through? All done?

All right, sold to that gentleman, number 20,

there in the fourth row. All right, Douglas.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, a pièce de résistance.

Take a look at this. Something for milady.

Get-- Don, get me that mirror there.

I want to show you something,

something that will break her heart.

Or you might want to give it to your wife.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, this mirror was used

in the motion picture Echoing Heartbeats.

Perhaps you remember it.

And I'll give you a little secret.

In this mirror,

the ghost appeared to the leading lady.

How about that? Ha, ha!

Now, that in itself should be worth at least, to start it off,

the bidding at $50.

Do I hear $50?

Fifty dollars.

Reeves, Benson, hold it right there!

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[GUNFIRE]

[♪♪♪]

Okay, hold it, Reeves, you've had it!

Okay, put your hands behind your neck and lock your fingers.

[♪♪♪]

He's on the tracks!

[GUNSHOT]

[GUN CLICKS]

Terry, he's empty!

[GRUNTS]

Now, this is really stupid, Jill.

Why issue crutches then make me leave in a wheelchair?

That's the house rule, my friend.

Get wheeled in, get wheeled out.

Hey, didn't we take a wrong turn?

No. You have to sign out for your stuff.

Okay.

Check it carefully.

I've seen a lot of suspicious types

around here lately.

What can you expect when you're dealing with a--

Hey, wait a minute, there is something miss--

It's okay, Willie.

I got it.

Hey, let's get going, huh?

Yeah. Charge!

Is this the fifth floor?

JILL: Fourth.

My mistake.

[ALL LAUGH]

Gillis, get inside.

We missed you.

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