# 1 - His Butler, Able
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If you once reject the Faith,
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you can never pass through
the gates of heaven.
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Would someone who believes in God
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summon *you*?
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I'll ask you again:
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do you wish to make a contract?
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Don't be tedious!
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Just execute the contract and grant my wish!
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"Black Butler"
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*There is no color to our meeting;
it blows through in monochrome*
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*I go where your cool fingers beckon me*
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*I am like troublesome ice after the melt*
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*You gently scoop me up to your
mouth and play with my upper lip*
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*Still, I search for a form of love*
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*The dry eyes that shape the
present rather than a distant time*
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*Want to end like this, cloaked*
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*But the night ignores that
wish and brings morning*
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*With your gentle,
passionate, and dastardly kiss*
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*Paint this final night*
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*The moon illuminates us*
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It's time to wake up, young master.
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Today's breakfast is poached
salmon and mint salad.
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To go with it, we have either
toast, scones, or *pain de campagne*.
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What would you like?
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A scone.
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After breakfast is a visit from Mr. Hugues,
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the authority on the history
of the Roman Empire,
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and Mr. Damiano of the Poseidon
Company will be here after lunch.
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Ah, yes, the man I have manufacturing
stuffed animals at that factory in India?
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I'm told he's Italian.
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We will prepare to offer him
the utmost possible hospitality.
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This aroma... Earl Grey?
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Yes, from Jacksons of Piccadilly.
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I shall await you at the dining table.
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Yes, my lord?
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Let's save the games for later.
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Indeed, you're right, Sebastian.
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"His Butler, Able"
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*My butler is an able man.*
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Ouch! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
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Wh-What was that for all of a sudden?!
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Actually, you should have seen that coming.
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Finny.
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Have you finished weeding the courtyard?
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Mey-Rin, have you washed the sheets?
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Um...
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Baldo, weren't you supposed
to be preparing for dinner?
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Damn.
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Tanaka...
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Well, you're all right as you are.
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Everyone, if you have the
time to dawdle about here,
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use it do your jobs!
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Yes, Sir!
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Honestly...
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The silver is polished to a mirrorlike gloss,
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the tablecloth is brand
new and wrinkle-free...
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I've removed all the bruised blossoms
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from the master's favorite white
roses so that they look beautiful...
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And I've prepared lavish amounts of
all the carefully-chosen ingredients
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for the cornerstone of
good hospitality: dinner.
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This is the first-class
hospitality of the Phantomhives.
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My goodness, calling for
me when I'm so busy...
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Are guests comin'?
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This is our chance!
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We won't let him keep lookin'
down on us like this!
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We'll provide above-and-beyond service
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that'll make Sebastian's jaw drop!
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No point in lettin' your *own* jaws drop.
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But that's a good idea, yes!
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Right, we can't just depend
on Sebastian for everything!
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All right then, time to form our strategy!
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Let's do it!
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I'm hungry. I want to eat something sweet.
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You shouldn't, young master.
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You have dinner with your guest tonight.
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I don't care. Make me a parfait or something.
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You really should not.
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Oh, and about the portrait in the hall...
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Yes?
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Take it down.
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I, Ciel Phantomhive, am
the head of the house now.
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Very good, my lord.
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So...
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...how exactly did *this* come about?
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I used undiluted weed-killer.
I thought it would be effective!
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I was trying to get out the
tea set we use for guests,
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but I fell and took the cart down with me!
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There was some raw meat on the
counter, so I figured I'd cook it...
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uh, with a flamethrower...
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We're sorry, Sebastian!
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--But see, raw meat is...
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--*Our guest will be here
a bit after six o'clock.*
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*At most, we have two hours left.*
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*We don't have enough time to
get high-quality meat or tea sets...*
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*What shall I do?*
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Calm down, all of you!
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Now listen to me: take a page
from Tanaka's book and behave like--
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Everyone, listen carefully to what
I'm about to say, and act immediately.
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We'll manage with this.
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My goodness...
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Welcome!
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This is called a "stone garden."
It's traditional in Japan.
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*Prodigioso*! Wonderful!
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What an elegant garden.
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We would like to serve dinner here tonight.
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Please wait inside the manor
until it is time to dine.
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That's the house of Phantomhive for you.
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I can't wait until this evening!
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W-We made it in time!
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Who'd have thought the
gravel I rushed out to buy
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would make such a great garden?!
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A Phantomhive butler who can't
do this much isn't worth his salt.
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There's still work to be done.
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Let's get to it while the young master
is talking business with his guest.
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Right!
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The progress of spinning technology
in East India is truly astonishing.
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We're also developing
quite a top-notch staff...
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"You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead."
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Rotten luck. I lose a turn.
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Now is the perfect opportunity!
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We'd like to expand our
company and secure a labor force--
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It's your turn.
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Ah, yes, then if you'll excuse me...
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All right, five spaces.
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So, if I might ask for
your support in the form
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of another 12,000 pounds...
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I believe it would be a profitable
venture for you, my lord.
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I would like to become a vehicle
for the Funtom Company
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to make an even bigger name
for itself in South Asia--
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"You lose a leg in the enchanted forest."
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Huh?
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It's your turn again. I
lost a turn, remember?
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O-Oh, quite.
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Right, six...
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No, that's three.
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What? But...
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You lost a leg, remember?
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From now on, you can only
go half the number of spaces.
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This is quite a severe boardgame.
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Isn't there any way to regain my leg?
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Once you've lost something,
you never get it back.
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"Your body is burnt by the raging flames."
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How are the preparations?
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I'm doin' it... but is
this really good enough?
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Yes, that's perfect.
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Sebastian! I found them, yes!
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"Fragile"
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I can't believe you...
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How many times have I told
you not to run inside the manor?
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I'm so sorry, yes!
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My glasses are cracked, and I
can't really see where I'm going!
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But now we don't have to
worry about the key players.
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Good work. Leave the rest
to me and take a break.
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I request you behave very well-- *very well*.
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He said it twice...
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He just said that twice.
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Dinner is served.
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Ah, the dinner in the stone garden?
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I've been eagerly awaiting it.
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Then we'll finish playing later.
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I'm not sure we need to finish it;
it's clear that I'll lose.
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It's not my style to abandon
a game halfway through.
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Child.
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I mean, the flexible heart of a
child is required of a craftsman.
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That must be what made the
Phantomhives the nation's foremost toymakers.
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You certainly impress me!
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On tonight's menu
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is a finely-chopped raw beef
*donburi* from our chef Baldroy.
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"Don"...?
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"He Just Sliced and Layered It"
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And this is... dinner...?
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Yes. Are you familiar with it?
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A traditional cuisine passed down
in Japan since ancient times!
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A treat offered to someone
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who has done work of note as a sign
of gratitude and appreciation!
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That is the food we call the *donburi* bowl!
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I'm bowled over!
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We devised this scheme to show
but a small token of our thanks
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for your devoted efforts on
behalf of the Funtom Company.
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That's our Sebastian!
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Nice save!
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What a unique idea!
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That's the legendary first-rate
Phantomhive hospitality for you!
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We've prepared a wine whose bouquet
won't clash with the scent of soy sauce.
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Mey-Rin.
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Mey-Rin!
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Y-Yes, Sir!
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Don't just stand there;
pour him a glass of wine.
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R-Right! Yes!
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Hey...
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Isn't Mey-Rin actin' kinda weird?
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S-S-Sebastian, you shouldn't
make that face in public...
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That face... that face...!
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Mey-Rin, you're spilling the wine!
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Hmm? Where did the tablecloth go?
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I saw a speck of dirt on the
tablecloth, so I had it removed.
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Please pay no mind.
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My deepest apologies, Sir.
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Please take your time and enjoy your dinner.
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Well...
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I'm staggered, Lord Phantomhive.
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What a truly able man he is.
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He merely did what was proper as my servant.
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My master is quite right.
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You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.
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My, I thoroughly enjoyed that!
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Now then, about the contract...
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Before that, we must finish our game.
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A-Ah, quite.
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But I'm afraid I have
another appointment to go to...
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Children are avid for games.
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You know that as well as I do.
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In that case, might I ask to borrow
your telephone for a moment first?
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I've brought tea.
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I'll be right back.
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What is this? The aroma is so weak.
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I brought Italian tea in
deference to our guest.
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Italian tea?
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In Italy coffee is the mainstream drink,
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so it's difficult to find
high-quality teas there.
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It's not to your liking, my lord?
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No. I don't like it at all.
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I'll go prepare the pudding.
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Yes, let him enjoy the
Phantomhive hospitality
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to its fullest.
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Yes, my lord.
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Christ, I can't stand babysitting!
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Yes, the factory is long since sold off.
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Now I just need to pocket all the
cash I swindle out of that brat...
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The employees? Who cares about *them*?
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Never mind... Anyway, I'll leave
the rest of the formalities to you.
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Sure, it's no problem.
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In the end, he's just a kid.
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That again... It must be my imagination.
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"You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead."
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Ridiculous.
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Huh?
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This isn't it either...
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Or this one...
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This mansion is huge! I can't find
my way back to the drawing room.
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"You are bewitched by the eyes of the dead."
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Stay away!
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Huh? Wasn't that our guest?
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Hey! If we don't move this thing quick,
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Sebastian'll yell at us again!
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Right!
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Oh, I'm so embarrassed!
I really bungled that!
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But...
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I got to be so close to Sebastian...
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Oh, how shameful! I'm such a lecherous maid!
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Lose a turn.
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A-Are you all right?!
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His... His leg is twisted the wrong way, yes!
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Hey, what's wrong?
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O-Our guest...!
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"You lose a leg in the enchanted forest."
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S-Sir...?
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Where are you going, Sir?
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We aren't finished entertaining you yet.
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We still have to serve pudding.
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If you lose a leg
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you can only go half the
number of spaces anyway,
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so why not relax and make yourself at home?
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Damn, I can't see a thing...
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A cupboard?
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Damn... It's so cramped in here!
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What's this?
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It smells sweet...
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What an impatient guest you are.
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To think you would try to get
at the pudding in the oven...
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O-Oven?!
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Open up! Please, open the door!
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Don't Italians know?
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Plum pudding, mincemeat pie...
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There are many puddings here in
England that contain animal fat.
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"Your body is burnt by the raging flames."
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What was that scream?
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No idea...
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Oh, hi Sebastian!
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Thank you for your work today.
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Would you like some lemon meringue pie?
***SIGN*** "Lemon Meringue Pie"
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Sweet things relieve fatigue.
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--Sebastian! You're such a nice person!
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--Sebastian! You're not
all bad! I'm so moved!
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Ah, yes, Baldo--
a tradesman will be coming by later.
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Have him replace the oven in the kitchen.
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Huh? The oven?
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*Mr. Damiano, I hope you
enjoyed the Phantomhive hospitality*
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*down to the very marrow of your bones.*
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Mamma mia!
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What an ugly scream. He
sounds like a strangled pig.
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He sells the factory without telling me,
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and then says he wants to
"secure a labor force"?
**[21:14] ---**
Did he really think he could keep
that a secret? That stupid trickster...
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Once you've lost something,
you never get it back.
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It looks as though we'll have
to redo the wallpaper as well.
**[21:59] ---**
Father! Mother!
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The head of the house of Phantomhive, eh?
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*The young master is also known by
another name: "the Queen's guard dog."*
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*That small body houses plenty of fight.*
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*Please enjoy the valiant figure of him*
**[24:12] ---**
*suffering excruciating pain at
the hands of a drug trafficking ring*
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*with a smirk on your face
and a cup of tea in one hand.*
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*Also, don't miss my brilliant
display of silverware handling,*
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*upon which I will stake my honor
as butler to the Phantomhives.*
**[24:25] ---**
*Next time on Black Butler:
"His Butler, Strongest."*
**[24:26] ---**
"Next Time" "His Butler, Strongest"
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*You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.*