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The scorpion is an arachnid species
found in various parts of the world.

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Its tail comprises
five prismatic joints.

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The pincers, recalling those of
the larger crayfish

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are instruments of aggression
and information.

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Its tail ends in a sixth joint,

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a sac from which poison
is injected by barbed sting.

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A lover of darkness,
it burrows under stones

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to escape the glare of the sun.

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Antisocial, it ejects
the intruder on its solitude.

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Such lightning strikes,
such virtuosity in attack.

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Even a rat, for all its fury,
falls prey to it.

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Some hours later...

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Stop it.

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Perhaps I just happened to fall?

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No. We saw nothing.

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Is there any news, yes or no?

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Yes, the Majorcans are here.

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Quick, to arms.

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To the rear.

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What about Péman?

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I'm done for.

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So are we, but we're going.

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Yes, but you've got accordions,

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hippopotamuses, wrenches,

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mountain goats, and...

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Nonsense. Let's go.

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...and paintbrushes.

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1930 AD. This stone, on the site
where the Majorcans died,

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marks the founding of
the city of...

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...Imperial Rome.

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Once mistress of the pagan world,
now secular seat of the Church.

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Aspects of its stoutest pillar,
the Vatican.

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The landlord's terms are very favourable.
We can move in at once.

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Longing to see you, very soon now.
Your loving cousin.

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But the hurly-burly of modern life
has overtaken the Imperial City.

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Sometimes on Sundays...

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Various picturesque aspects
of the great city.

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Bandaged?

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Yes, it's been sore for over a week.

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Is father home yet, mother?

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Yes, he's in the dispensary.

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Then he'll dress for the party.

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We went out together this morning

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and engaged four of them.

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The little moustached one
sang like the rest.

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Only a pianist is lacking.

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But our priest is a fine violinist.

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I think the musicians we have
will be enough.

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Six of them placed near
the microphone

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will make more noise than sixty
ten kilometres away.

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I know sound fades in
the open air

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but we could bring
the guests in close.

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Get a move on. The Majorcans
will be arriving at nine.

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Scroundrel. Filthy swine.

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Keep your mouth shut.

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Do you want a beating?

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You're certainly asking for it.

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Enough. Let me show you
who you're dealing with.

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Let's have a look, then.

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The International Goodwill Society

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hereby appoints you
its special delegate.

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This document testifies
to our faith in you.

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We pray that you will prove worthy

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of this trust we place in you,

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and successfully complete
your goodwill mission.

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On your spirit of self-sacrifice
and your proven valour

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depend many lives.

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Children, women, old men

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The honour of our Fatherland

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Rests on the outcome of
this noble enterprise

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At his magnificent Roman estate,
the Marquis of X prepares for his guests.

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The Minister of the Interior
is on the telephone.

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You scoundrel.
You are entirely to blame.

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You compromised me, too.

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Do you realise that
not one child survived?

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Many women and old men perished, too.

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You're bothering me about a few scamps?

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Filthy ruffian,
you've dragged me down with you.

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Dishonoured me.

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You can die for all I care.

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Then listen to my last words...
Has he gone?

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Are you sleepy?

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I was just falling asleep.

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Where's the light switch?

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At the foot of the bed.

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Your elbow's hurting me.

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Move your head closer,
the pillow is cooler on this side.

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Where's your hand?

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That feels so good.

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Let's just sit here and not move.

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Are you cold?

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No, I was falling.

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I've been waiting so long for him.

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What joy. What joy in having killed
our children.

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My love... my love...

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Just as these feathers fell,
but a long way away,

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the survivors
from the Château de Selliny

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emerged to return to Paris.

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120 days earlier, four godless
and unprincipled scoundrels

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had, driven by their depravity,
shut themselves away

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to indulge in the most
bestial of orgies.

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To them, the life of a woman
mattered no more than that of a fly.

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They took with them
eight lovely adolescent girls

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to serve as victims
for their criminal desires

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plus four women well versed
in debauchery,

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whose narrative skills
would serve to stimulate

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their already jaded appetites
whenever interest flagged.

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Here are the survivors of these orgies,
leaving the Château de Selliny.

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First and foremost of the four
instigators, the Duc de Blangis.