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Episode 24 THE VAMPIRE

Accept the gift of eternal life.

The minute I found out, I sent officers to search the town.

I assure you, if she is in town, we will find her.

Maria Timofeyevna!

You have my respect.

I have started reading the first chapter of your novel,

it's very captivating and realistic.

Nikolai Vasilievich...

What is the matter?

Annushka is missing!

Will you let me sleep for once!

I'm coming, I'm coming!

Anna...

What are you doing here?

Why? Are you not happy to see me?

Don't be silly.

Tell me what happened.

Easy, easy. There...

Can I get some water?

Thank you.

I'm begging you, speak.

I saw them.

I saw them all.

I know where they gather.

It's horrible...

Who are you talking about?

Vampires!

The old man was in excellent health.

Yes, he could have lived many more years.

And he fell on a stake with his whole body instead,

perforating the stomach and

left lobe of the liver.

By the way, look, the palms of his hands are covered in splinters.

What a horrible death.

A very long and painful one.

He really should have aimed for the heart.

It's some kind of sect.

They gather and drink blood for their rituals.

They all were there.

Countess Yeleonskaya, Prince Lapshin...

And the strangest part was the man in charge.

- Can you describe his appearance? - No.

He was wearing a mask.

Like one of those Venetian masks.

Krutin wore a similar mask when seeing patients in St. Petersburg.

Good God, Anna, how did you end up there in the middle of the night?

It was Solange who showed me the way.

And that man of yours, what's his name.

- Gudkov? - Yes.

I swear to you, when we get married,

you won't step out of the house.

I will chain you to the hearth and the marital bed.

You're a tyrant, are you?

Well, then I won't marry you.

What do you suggest I do with such a reckless wife?

Yakov Platonovich...

Anna Viktorovna is missing.

Her family didn't see her after last night,

and she didn't spend the night at home.

Her horse came back to the stable in the morning on its own.

Calm down. She's here.

Good morning.

Yakov Platonovich, you--

What do you think you're doing? - Korobeinikov!

Anton Andreyevich, this is not what you think at all.

What else is there to think?

You-- Your mother is beside herself... Don't you understand?!

Anton Andreyevich, Anna Viktorovna has only just come here

to tell me about the crime she witnessed last night.

A crime?

There is a dangerous sect in town, Anton Andreyevich.

Oh. Mr. Pankratov.

To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you again?

Emilia Karlovna.

I have come to take my fiance away from your house.

Sofia Kazimirovna agreed to become my wife

and you have no right to hold her here.

I'm afraid you are wrong.

My ward doesn't wish to see you.

You're lying.

Do you think... you are so irresistible?

Do you think a girl can't change her mind?

You are so wrong.

Madame Yeleonskaya, I wish to see Sofia Kazimirovna immediately.

Otherwise I will go to the police

and tell them that you are holding her here by force.

Very well, if you insist.

Although Sofia is unwell right now...

She had a fit last night.

We had her blood drawn but...

I'll have her brought here, let her tell you all this in person.

So, they regularly pumped blood out of the deceased girl...

to use in those sinister rituals,

and then murdered her to get rid of the witness.

You are right, Anton Andreyevich.

I believe Krutin is behind this.

He could have been hiding in one of his henchmen's house all this time.

We have to search those houses right away.

Anna Viktorovna,

did you recognize any of the participants of that black mass?

I think this should be done in a different way.

We know where they gather, so we'll arrest them all at once.

The important thing is not to let anyone know about this.

Right.

Now we have to come up with an explanation as to where you spent last night, Anna Viktorovna.

Perhaps nobody has noticed my absence yet.

What do you mean, nobody has noticed?

Officers are searching for you all over town! I'm controlling the process personally.

Well then, gentlemen...

Then I have the following suggestion.

We can ask Dr. Milz to confirm

that I spent the night at the hospital.

No, this is too risky,

somebody might let it slip that you weren't there,

and the sect might find out.

But on the other h--

Oh, sir, you're still here.

I came to clean.

Go, Aglaya, you can clean tomorrow.

Well, as you wish, sir, as you wish.

I'm afraid there's only one option left now.

I'll have to say that I spent the night here.

Sonya, it's me, Andrey.

Do you recognize me?

I'll take you away from here, come with me.

No.

But why?

I don't love you, Andrey Yuryevich.

It was just a passing fancy.

Please, don't bother me again.

I hope you're satisfied now...

sir.

Everybody's staring at us.

Let them.

This town will have two household names now.

Mine and my father's.

I won't let them drag your name through the mud.

I will come to your house, visit you as your fiance.

Once we have caught him.

- Annushka... - Mom!

- Mama... - Annushka!

Mama, please, forgive me for making you worry like this.

I'm all right.

Maria Timofeyevna.

Yakov Platonovich...

What am I to make of this?

What is the meaning of this, Anna?

Allow me to explain.

Anna Viktorovna was with me.

I can assure you we did not go beyond the bounds of decency.

Spare me the details, Mr. Shtolman!

I have only one question for you.

Are you going to resolve the absolutely impossible situation in which Anna finds herself?

Or will she have to leave town?

Maria Timofeyevna, you...

You have been long aware of my feelings for your daughter.

You know she returns them and

I assure you that this situation will be resolved very soon.

Well then, Yakov Platonovich...

would you like to have lunch with us?

I have hoped to be invited by you for such a long time, thank you.

It will be my great pleasure.

So, you claim that your fiancee is being held by force.

I am absolutely sure of it.

What makes you think so?

You have just said she asked you not to come to the house again.

Believe me, she was forced to do so.

Gentlemen, please hurry.

Sofia's life is in danger as long as she stays in that house.

I believe Countess Yeleonskaya intends to murder her.

Yeleonskaya, huh?

This is a serious allegation.

Here, look at his.

I asked my solicitor

to find out if Sofia had any other relatives.

And he discovered that she isn't just an orphan the countess had taken in,

but the countess's niece,

the daughter of her elder brother.

Yes, the papers confirm this.

Sofia Kazimirovna inherited an enormous capital.

However, if the girl dies unmarried,

the money will go to Countess Yeleonskaya.

Just imagine, the old hag has been suggesting to Sonya since she was a child

that she couldn't marry. - How?

She told her there was a family curse on her.

Well, Mr. Pankratov, your fiancee indeed is in danger.

Here is what we'll do.

Tomorrow, we will go to Madame Yeleonskaya's house all together

and interrogate her properly. - Right.

Tomorrow. Why not today?

Gentlemen, your delay may cost Sofia her life!

Mr. Pankratov, I strongly advise you against doing anything today.

You will be lawfully accused if you try to get into her house!

I promise--

I don't know how you can bear it.

I try not to pay it any attention.

Tell me, what are they saying about me?

No, no way, don't ask me.

Come on, Polina, I'm curious.

They say that you were a courtesan in Paris.

That your father left the family because he couldn't take your wantonness.

That Kliuyev lost you to Shtolman in a card game.

That's all right.

It's going to happen tonight.

Yes, tonight.

You know?

Yes, I do.

But I'm surprised that so do you.

Shtolman asked me not to tell you anything.

How strange. He told me the same thing about you.

Well, thank God. It means we can trust each other.

Polya! I can't believe it--tonight!

You too will be free! - I hope so.

Polina Ivanovna, Anna Viktorovna.

Good day, Mr. Kliuyev, you've come at a good time.

Your books have been delivered.

- How are you, Anna Viktorovna? - I'm fine, Andrey Petrovich.

Please, excuse me, I must go to the hospital.

Anna!

You know I'm always on your side.

If I can be of any use to you...

You are very kind, Andrey Petrovich.

But you shouldn't worry.

Have a nice day.

It's time.

Stop!

Everybody stay where you are!

You're under arrest!

Where is he?

He should be wearing a mask!

Stop!

I said stop!

Yakov Platonovich...

Don't you think this is too much?

What are you doing here, Mr. Kliuyev?

Out drinking and riding with friends...

I just wanted to answer the call of nature.

What the hell are you talking about? What friends?

- Well, the-- - Andrey Petrovich!

TAVERN

Andrey Petrovich!

Take this one and those over there to the precinct.

Excuse me, not "this one"-- Andrey Petrovich.

Anton Andreyevich, well, what do you have there?

What? A drawing in blood, six corpses, one still breathing...

Yakov Platonovich,

have you detained him?

I'm not sure.

Yeleonskaya is still alive, she must be taken to the hospital at once,

perhaps she can still tell us something.

- I'll go with her. - Anton Andreyevich!

Take some men and go to her house.

Find everything related to this sect.

Yes, sir.

The rest of you, search everything nearby!

He couldn't have gotten far!

What a mess...

Gentlemen, this is outrageous!

Where is the gang?

Resting in the room next door.

Well then I'm going to rest too.

Well? Have you caught him?

No, but officers are looking for him.

Carry her in, carefully!

All members of the sect killed themselves, only Countess Yeleonskaya is alive.

She doesn't have long.

I have to get the chance to question her, help me.

I'll do my best.

Police, open up!

Wake them, go wake them all, now!

You go there, you there.

Gentlemen, what is the matter?

Why are you storming in in the middle of the night?

Ma'am, I have the judicial investigator's order to search your house immediately.

Please, wake the servants and gather everybody--

Sofia Kazimirovna!

Sofia Kazimirovna!

How long do I have?

About 20 minutes.

Maybe 30.

Can you hear me, Countess?

Unburden your soul before you die.

Me, die?

No, I won't tell you anything.

Do you really believe you have become immortal

because you drank your maid's blood?

Were you the one who murdered her?

Why would I do that?

Solange gave me her blood of her own accord.

I paid her well for it.

As for immortality...

True immortality...

What could you possible know about it?

In mortal life, I gained eternal youth.

It's enough for me.

Eternal youth...

You too...

looked at me at the ball...

Mr. Shtolman.

Am I not beautiful?

Admit it... I don't look a day over thirty, do I?

Anna Viktorovna, do you have a mirror?

No...

No...

No...

How is it possible? No...

You have been under hypnosis all this time.

Each time you looked in the mirror

you saw in it a young woman.

But the spell is broken now.

You drank blood of the innocent for no reason, you have been deceived!

Who did this?

I was asleep in my room...

and I was having a dream, as if someone entered the room.

And-- - A dream?

Yes.

And I felt a slight prick right here--

What? A prick?

Where? If I may--

A prick... What happened then?

Then I heard a windowpane break.

- Where? - Over there.

Before I woke up, he jumped on top of me and--

- I see-- - Mr. Korobeinikov. - What?

What? - Won't you postpone the questioning?

You can see my sister has had a terrible shock.

Yes, of course. I apologize.

We called him the Perfect.

He promised us eternal youth

and then immortality.

Immortality like the one vampires have?

Of course not. It's no more than children's tales.

He promised true immortality.

Eternal life in another world.

What did he look like?

I don't know.

He never took off his mask.

Do you know what happened to Mr. Gudkov?

He was one of us.

The Perfect punished him for telling someone about us.

Did he murder Gudkov?

You keep saying "murder", "murder"...

Murder is a grave sin.

We are not allowed.

It all burdens the soul.

The Perfect has a special power.

No one...

No one

can disobey him.

Anna Viktorovna...

Yakov Platonovich...

What's going on here?

Consolamentum.

Who are you?

Answer me!

I am a miserable, cursed man...

Your name! Do you have a name?

You're better off not knowing it.

Why did you attack the girl?

I had to...

save her.

From what?

From death?

Or maybe you wanted to give her eternal life?

You will answer for everything before the law,

for all your wrongdoings.

Take him to the precinct at once!

I said take him to the precinct!

No!

Don't!

There's sunlight there, it's going to kill me!

Chernyshov! It's your head on the line.

If you lose him, I'll skin you alive!

Good morning, Mr. Korobeinikov.

I came as soon as I heard about the arrest of the sect members.

All the best.

I told you...

Why are you standing there? Well?

I told you... I begged you.

It's the sun.

What is he going on about?

Don't just stand there! Come on!

Is he... dead?

He died, the bastard.

You, Chernyshov...

You will answer for this.

Sonya...

Please...

Don't leave me here alone.

Andrey, I can't go with you right now.

But why?

Yelena would never abandon me in a situation like this.

Please, understand this and don't be mad.

Besides, there is no danger for me anymore.

Come back tomorrow.

Who are you?

What do you want?

It was you who escaped from the prosectorium a week ago.

SAVE SOFIA

What do you think, Aleksandr Franzevich?

Is he going to get and leave again?

Anything is possible in our troubled time, Ivan Yevgenyevich.

Yes, come in.

Good morning, I am Professor Lange, I'm looking for Dr. Skriabin.

Professor, so you have received my letter. I am Skriabin.

Meet Dr. Milz, chief doctor of our hospital.

I visited Professor's clinic when I went to St. Petersburg

but the professor was away, unfortunately.

Nice to meet you, Professor.

What brings you to our town?

Mr. Skriabin wrote to me about a week ago

and asked me what diseases can cause a death-like faint.

He mentioned a few other symptoms and I realized that your vampire

might be one of my patients.

I'm afraid you are too late, Professor.

This man died an hour ago.

Yes, this is he. Poor Kazimir.

Was he mentally ill?

That's what I thought at first.

But then I found out that Kazimir suffered from a different illness.

It hasn't been named yet, it's very rare.

It's mostly found in northern parts of Europe.

Have you heard of the secret affliction of George III of England?

I think I recall something.

If I'm not mistaken...

when he had fits of aggression, he would act completely insane, right?

And had no tolerance for sunlight.

Eventually, he stopped appearing in public.

Disease disfigured him.

And people around the world started calling them vampires...

You may not believe it, but these people really can't stand garlic.

Their gums dry up,

their cartilages deform, their hair falls out,

in other words, they start to look like proper ghouls.

Mr. Leshchinski belonged to an ancient Polish family.

12 years ago he abandoned his wife and young daughter

in Warsaw, without saying a word.

His disease was showing already and he didn't want

his loved ones to see him slowly turn into a monster.

His wife passed away soon after,

and he ended up in my clinic.

I taught him to live avoiding sunlight.

But three weeks ago, he ran away.

Do you know why?

He received a letter from his sister, Countess Yeleonskaya.

May I see it?

Yes. Read the last lines.

Sofia will never marry.

Think about it: she may

pass your disease on to her children.

She shouldn't have been...

born at all.

So...

This means it's a hereditary disease?

Most likely.

It may not manifest itself at all for a long time.

The first attack occurs as a result of a major nervous shock.

Unbearable stomachaches...

and first pigment spots appear on the skin.

And as most hereditary diseases...

it is probably incurable.

Right. One can only slow down its development.

We have searched the whole town, sir,

turned everything upside down, he's nowhere to be seen.

Vanished into thin air!

- What about Shtolman? - He left with another team

to check the sect members' houses.

All right, you can go for now.

And make some tea.

Anton Andreyevich, a word.

Does the name Sofia mean anything to you?

Yeleonskaya's ward?

She was attacked last night.

Was she?

Where do you think she is at the moment?

Probably at home, in the countess's house.

You know, her life is still in danger.

Who told you that?

The spirit of the man who ran away from the prosectorium a week ago.

That is very odd, because he was the one who attacked her last night.

He latchced onto the throat,

I barely managed to pull him away.

And yet he says she is still facing a threat.

The only threat she was facing was from him

and from Emilia Karlovna.

And they are both dead, so you don't need to worry, Anna Viktorovna.

You know what, Anton Andreyevich,

we must go to Countess Yeleonskaya's house immediately.

And take some men with you!

Please, Anna Viktorovna, let's not.

I've just been there, haven't even had my tea yet.

Would you like some tea?

Fine, I'll go alone.

I'm be-- Anna Vi--

Anna Viktorovna, wait!

Lyalya, do you have to? Why?

It soothes me.

Your hair is so beautiful.

Promise me you won't let anyone but me do your hair for your wedding.

I promise.

Stop!

Anna Viktorovna, the front door is further down.

No! Sofia!

Sofia! No! Stop it! - What are you doing?!

Follow me!

Did she confess to everything?

Yes.

Your sister tried to poison you twice.

First she tested this horrible wolfsbane poison

by lacing the maid's coffee with it.

And then she realized that poison works much faster if it gets directly into blood.

But why did she want to murder Sofia?

You did break her heart by choosing her sister.

Thank God this murderer isn't my sister.

She is your cousin.

My solicitor found out that you are the daughter of the countess's brother.

He abandoned my mother and me when I was five.

He just left without a word.

Mom couldn't live through it.

Perhaps it was a deliberate decision. He had his reasons.

Your father had a rare incurable disease.

I have just received a note from Dr. Milz.

He will be here any minute now with your father's doctor,

and I hope they will explain everything to you.

So my father is alive?

No, unfortunately, Sofia Kazimirovna.

Sadly, this morning we

unwittingly witnessed his death.

Do you mean that this horrible vampire is my father?

But he attacked me, he was trying to drink my blood!

He saw through the window Yelena trying to prick you with a poisoned needle.

He had mere seconds to

suck the poison out of the wound and save your life.

Oh my god...

Anton Adnreyevich! Yakov Plato--

Yakov Platonovich, gentlemen, what's going on here?

- What is going on? - Kliuyev is making noise in his cell!

He woke up after his libation, sobered up

and now he is demanding to know why he was arrested!

Deal with this, gentlemen!

I'm sorry, Nikolai Vasilievich! I'm all out of sorts today.

I'll order him to be released at once!

Wait. Have you questioned him?

I have, Yakov Platonovich. Five people confirm his statement.

They sang, they shouted, they disturbed public order, they drank...

Then they went for a ride and woke half the town.

And that's it.

There are a number of issues I would like to discuss with you.

Ma'am, what is it, ma'am? Can you hear me?

Incredible...

I don't know what this young woman did but trust me,

she is already punished for the rest of her life.

What is wrong with her?

Remember I told you about the first attack of that disease?

It is happening before your eyes.

Here, look.

Is she by any chance Kazimir's daughter?

No, this is his niece, Countess Yeleonskaya's daughter.

Mr. Shtolman, good to see you again.

Good day, Professor.

Yakov Platonovich...

The countess was wrong when she said that Sofia inherited the familial disease.

No. It was Yelena.

She is better. The attack has passed.

What are you waiting for? Help her, take her away.

Unfortunately, we don't yet understand patterns of inheritance.

Some inherit from their parents intelligence and hair color,

some get familial diseases.

I have heard a lot about you, Mr. Lange.

Let me introduce myself:

Nikolai Vasilievich Tregubov, chief of the local police.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Tregubov.

Anton Andreyevich Korobeinikov, Head of Investigations Department.

Mr. Shtolman, I believe, needs no introduction.

Of course, we have known each other for a long time.

Yakov Platonovich, your wife sends her regards.

Thank you, Professor.

Sir!

You are a despicable, dishonorable man.

I demand satisfaction.

At your service.

THE VAMPIRE

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