# 19 - His Butler, Imprisoned
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Can you believe it?
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They say there was a time long ago
when people could bathe in this river.
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Though now it might as
well be a rubbish heap,
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since all the filth of
London gets poured into it.
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Mr. Havock, look!
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Oh, that's the Cutty Sark.
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They say she was built
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to carry new tea from China for the nobility.
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Is she faster than a steamship?
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According to the sailors, as long as
there's a wind, she's faster than anything.
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The Cutty Sark...
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It's the name of that witch.
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If you stare at her too long,
she'll have you by the tail.
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Could she take me to a faraway country?
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Who knows? I hear that canal in
Egypt put her out of the tea races.
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The age of the old ships is passing.
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A new age is beginning.
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Cutty Sark...?
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What's wrong?
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"Black Butler"
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*Since then, I've actually
come to like the night somewhat*
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*In a sea of dependence,
I forget even to breathe*
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*When I'm right on the verge
of losing my head over you*
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*You just leave me lukewarm*
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*The aesthetic of leave-taking
despises a self-satisfied kiss*
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*Don't leave me alone, show me
compassion, paint me with death*
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*In your room, all words slip away*
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*I 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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"His Butler, Imprisoned"
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It seems no one from this
area recognizes him.
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I see.
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It must have been a robbery.
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I imagine he was murdered
elsewhere and his body dumped.
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The victim was killed with
one well-placed blow.
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That's rather neat work for a common thief...
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Then it was probably Mafia infighting.
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The Italians, or the Chinese...
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The word is that there's a queer
new drug on the market, after all.
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In any case, we'll have to
begin by identifying him.
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That won't be necessary.
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His name is John Stanley.
Here are his particulars.
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For you.
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Just what are you playing at?
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It's our civic duty to
provide information to the police.
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Isn't that what you always say?
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Spare me the playacting.
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What are you after? Just say it.
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All right, Sir Arthur, I shall.
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I want you to show me this man's belongings.
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Actually, he didn't have anything on him.
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There wasn't even any proof of identity.
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In that case, I'm happy I could
be of service, Inspector Abberline.
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Let's go, Sebastian.
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Very good.
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That brat...
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Why would Her Majesty
keep trusting a child like that?
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The "Queen's guard dog"...
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What's the matter, my lord?
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You seem even more cynical than usual.
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Who could look pleasant at a time like this?
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You are too modest, my lord.
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Your face looks quite pleasant to me.
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I'm simply at a bit of a loss.
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We don't have enough information.
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A man's body washed up at
Regent's Canal Dock this morning.
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His name was John Stanley.
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He was in the merchant ship business.
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And?
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He was operating in the underworld
on secret orders from Her Majesty.
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Just like you, Lord Phantomhive.
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Her Majesty bids me tell you,
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"I'd like you to find something
he carried on his person
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and destroy it."
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Not find the killer?
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Correct. The Queen desires
you to dispose of his belongings.
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That is all.
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And? What is this object?
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That's a secret.
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Then there's no way for me to find it.
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It's something Her Majesty
hesitates to discuss even with you,
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the loyal dog she trusts above all others.
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Make sure curiosity doesn't
drive you to examine its contents.
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The first thing we need is
a better view of the situation.
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Meaning...?
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We need to know why Stanley was killed.
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Was he just in the wrong
place at the wrong time, or...
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...was he killed because of his mission?
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Then how shall we go about
searching for witnesses, my lord?
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Leave it to the Yard. The best
person to ask about Rome is a Roman.
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The murder happened in his territory.
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What a foul smell.
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It seems you've finally
found this place, my lord.
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It's strange that we should
face each other like this.
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But you know, I rather
thought this day might come.
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*What* day?!
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Welcome, my lord! Long time no see.
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I'm not interested in pleasantries.
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I have a question for you, Lau.
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You're so impatient.
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You coming all the way to a den
like this to see me can only mean...
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...one thing.
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So you've heard?
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Just what I'd expect from
the head of the English branch
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of the Chinese trading company Kunlun...
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Or rather, from an officer of
the Shanghai Mafia's Green Gang.
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I don't much fancy being called that.
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It's so stiff and formal.
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Right, Ran-Mao?
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I left you in charge of this area.
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I assume you're aware of
all the neighborhood disputes.
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Naturally. I've done just as you ordered.
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That's the protection fee I pay so
you let me do business in England.
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Well, then.
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More importantly, my lord,
I have a question for you, too.
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What are you talking about?
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Why, you!
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So you were just talking
through your hat... again.
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At any rate, shall we go upstairs?
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It's a bit stuffy in here.
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I told you before: get out
of this business while you can.
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"One night, Zhuang Zhou
dreamt he was a butterfly.
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He was a happily fluttering butterfly."
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There are people in this world, my lord,
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who find reality too painful to live through.
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I'm selling those people dreams.
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For you, I'd do anything to help,
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but I'm afraid I've never seen that man.
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Now, never mind that.
How are you and Maria getting along?
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Well, Ma'am, the truth is...
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Goodness me! Congratulations, my boy!
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So, you've been doing a bit
of slap-and-tickle, eh?
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But won't there be a scandal?
You *are* a police inspector, after all...
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You'd best get married right away.
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I've already proposed.
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What did she say?!
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Wonderful! I'm so happy for you.
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You'll finally have a family,
after all those years as an orphan!
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And that's why I want to make London safer.
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I want it to be a city where
children can safely be children.
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All right, my boy.
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If anything happens, I'll
be sure to let you know.
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I'm counting on you, Ma'am.
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Well, nowadays all the gang fights
in this area
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have been over drugs.
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Recently someone's been
spreading a new product around.
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Frankly, it's an inconvenience for me, too.
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A new product?
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Yes.
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Everyone says it's cheaper, lighter,
and more effective than opium.
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It's known as "Lady Blanc."
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"Lady Blanc"? A white woman?
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Is something wrong?
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No...
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What was the name of the man they
found at Regent's Canal Dock, again?
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John Stanley, though that's
most likely an alias.
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He doesn't look familiar.
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I believe I'd recognize just
about any drug dealer around, but...
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What about you, Ran-Mao?
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There you have it.
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I'm looking for something
this man is supposed to have had.
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"Something"?
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Yes. It's possible he was killed for it.
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Therefore, there's something
I'd like you to do.
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What, my lord?
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I want you to spread a rumor
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that I got something valuable
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from the dead man at the dock.
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Nothing simpler. But might I ask why?
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If that rumor spreads, the person
who killed him and stole this object
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should fear it wasn't the
genuine article,
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and come after me.
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I see, you mean to use yourself as bait.
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They don't call you the Queen's
loyal guard dog for nothing.
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Say, my lord, I've been wanting to ask you...
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How *can* you be so loyal to her?
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She just asks you for the unreasonable.
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You wouldn't understand.
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You left your country
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to travel the world,
never putting down roots.
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You've got me there.
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Now then, Cáo, will you do me a favor
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and spread the rumor the Earl wanted?
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Tell everyone that he got a
certain document from the dead man.
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A document?
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My lord, this may turn out to be
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the greatest of all the games
we've been involved in.
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Hello there, my good boy.
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Huh?
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Mr. Havock told me you
were collecting rubbish
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at Regent's Canal Dock this morning.
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Y-Yes...
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Then would you mind telling me
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about this "witch" you saw... Cutty Sark?
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Oof!
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These, please, yes!
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Say, Mey-Rin, you serve at the
Phantomhive estate, don't you?
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Yes, yes...
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Would you give me some?
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Some what?
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A "white woman"...
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Sebastian, do you think that
woman is involved in this case, too?
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You're like a lost puppy
right now, aren't you?
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I am merely one hell of a good pawn.
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Isn't it rather absurd for a
player to ask a pawn his opinion?
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I'm still here.
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Which means that my wish
hasn't been fulfilled.
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Quite right, my lord.
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And as a man of the Phantomhive line,
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I will play the guard
dog again on her orders,
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like so many of my ancestors before me.
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Yes, it's just how it's always been.
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Nothing is different.
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And yet...
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B-Bad dog, no!
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Get off her, you stupid mutt!
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You mustn't do that, Plu-Plu!
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I told you to get off her!
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Sebastian, do something
about that stupid dog.
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Certainly.
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Kennel, Pluto.
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What was *that* all about?
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Maybe he's rutting?
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R-Rutting?!
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He seemed extremely interested
in Mey-Rin's pocket.
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M-My pocket?
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Hey, that's one of Funtom's sweets.
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Someone gave it to me, yes.
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It's the rage all over London!
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I hear it's sold out almost everywhere, yes!
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But when we said we'd never heard of it,
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a nice lady gave us some so we could try it!
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She said even adults fancied
it. Amazing, isn't it?
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It's supposed to make you feel all wonderful!
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She says it's addictive, yes!
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Huh, let's have a look.
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Wait!
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My lord, this sweet was not
produced by our company.
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What?
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This wrapper is genuine,
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but our quality control is not so lax
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as to permit a shipment
of something so unshapely.
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This is...
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His time ran out!
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This is a narcotic.
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I believe it's a form of morphine,
derived from the opium poppy
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and then even further refined.
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Presumably it's the new
drug Mr. Lau spoke of.
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Lady Blanc...
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A visitor? For me?
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Hey, you! What right do
you have to sit there?!
**[16:40] ---**
That's my seat!
**[16:42] ---**
The chair of the
Commissioner of Scotland Yard!
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It's quite comfortable, isn't it...
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...Sir Arthur?
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Y-You're...!
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I bring a message from
Her Majesty, Sir Arthur Randall.
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Take me to the sweets factory,
and be quick about it!
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*Damn and blast! Why have
our products become drugs?!*
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*And those secret orders from Her Majesty...*
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*How is this connected to
the dead man at the docks?*
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*We're missing a vital piece of the puzzle!*
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I say, Ran-Mao...
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Which do you think is worse:
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never waking from your dreams,
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or never being able to dream?
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Still, all things that seem eternal,
whether dreams or realities,
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one day end, don't they?
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*Shì dà gē.*
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Surrender yourselves quietly!
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Halt!
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You're a reckless man.
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You do realize that if I were
anyone else, you would be dead?
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I did this *because* of who you are, Sebastian.
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What's all this, Sebastian?
**[18:22] ---**
Ciel, Earl Phantomhive,
**[18:25] ---**
I am detaining you for suspected
violation of the Pharmacy Act!
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Young master.
**[18:34] ---**
My, my. You, detain *me*?
**[18:37] ---**
The Earl Phantomhive?
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You, a mere untitled police inspector?
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That's right, Ciel.
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You're suspected of conspiring
with that Chinese fellow, Lau,
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to sell a new form of narcotic.
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With Lau?
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Ha! Ludicrous.
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He's nothing but one of my pawns.
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And Randall knew full well
that he was running an opium den.
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If that's a problem, you can just arrest him.
**[19:10] ---**
Lau knows he operates his
opium business at his own risk.
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There's a Funtom warehouse
in the Docklands, am I right?
**[19:17] ---**
Yes.
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A large store of opium was
just discovered there.
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Far too great an amount of it
for you to claim recreational use,
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sitting there with Funtom's sweet wrappers.
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And Lau?
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He fled.
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The police team who went to arrest
him suffered a good many casualties.
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That's as good as an admission of guilt.
**[19:41] ---**
What shall we do, young master?
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*Should I let them take me in, or...?*
**[19:49] ---**
Sebastian, I order you to--
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Shut your mouth, brat!
**[19:54] ---**
Abberline, I told you to separate
him from the butler straight away.
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Randall...
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I trust you understand what
it means to point a gun at me.
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If you want to resist, by all means, do.
**[20:09] ---**
But that will be the end of
the sullied Phantomhive crest.
**[20:14] ---**
What?!
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I've just received a direct
order from Her Majesty the Queen.
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Only the criminal would know
**[20:25] ---**
that what Her Majesty seeks is a document.
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Therefore,
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please arrest Lord Phantomhive and Lau.
**[20:34] ---**
There's no need to worry;
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we'll construct a suitable pretext.
**[20:39] ---**
A-And what shall I do after I arrest him?
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In the name of the Queen,
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I hereby suspend all the
Earl Phantomhive's authority
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until these suspicions are laid to rest!
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If you defy me, you shall be
stripped
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of your noble title on the
charge of high treason.
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Furthermore, Lau, the head of
the English branch of Kunlun,
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who is deeply involved in opium smuggling,
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shall pay for his crimes with his death.
**[21:10] ---**
Ciel Phantomhive,
**[21:12] ---**
will you agree to confess
to Lau's whereabouts
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or to the whereabouts of the Queen's letter?
**[21:19] ---**
I'm afraid not.
**[21:22] ---**
*A letter? So that's the missing piece!*
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I should very much like to push you on that,
**[21:30] ---**
but unfortunately Her Majesty forbids it.
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I suppose I'll ask your butler instead.
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*Offer no resistance.*
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*When the time is right, I will call for you.*
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*And then we will teach them*
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*what becomes of those
who humiliate me.*
**[22:12] ---**
*Have you got that, Sebastian?*
**[22:15] ---**
*Yes, my lord.*
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*The moonlight that reveals
sorrow was coldly illuminating*
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*The despair and the future
which grew intimate in the dark*
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*With the secret you gave me as my guide*
**[23:13] ---**
*I move through the blue night's stillness*
**[23:20] ---**
*Lacrimosa, I want to love once again*
**[23:27] ---**
*The dazzling world that
crumbled and vanished in the distance*
**[23:35] ---**
*I'll hide my dreams within my eyes*
**[23:42] ---**
*Until the tears fall on my sullied heart*
**[24:04] ---**
*You intend to torture me?*
**[24:07] ---**
*Impossible, I'm afraid.*
**[24:08] ---**
*The only time I feel pain is
when I dance with my master,*
**[24:11] ---**
*who has made no progress
whatsoever in that art.*
**[24:15] ---**
*A whipping or two, compared to
that feeling of abysmal futility?*
**[24:21] ---**
*Bring it on!*
**[24:25] ---**
*Next time on Black Butler:
"His Butler, Escaping."*
**[24:26] ---**
"Next Time" "His Butler, Escaping"
**[24:29] ---**
*You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.*