The Doctor and the DevilsA thiller about two vicious derelicts who supply a crusading anatomist with fresh bodies in a murder spree that made history. |
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... tall one is laughing : at nothing . We hear his laugh : a high - pitched snarl , an animal noise . The squat one ... tall man mimics the cries . A hawker passes , crying her cry of : ... Fresh herrings ... fresh herrings We hear behind ...
... tall one is laughing : at nothing . We hear his laugh : a high - pitched snarl , an animal noise . The squat one ... tall man mimics the cries . A hawker passes , crying her cry of : ... Fresh herrings ... fresh herrings We hear behind ...
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... tall , top - hatted man whispers : Go to it , Mole . The short man begins to dig at the end of the grave earth . And the tall one , looking carefully , slyly , around , whispers again : Quiet as death to - night . And the one who ...
... tall , top - hatted man whispers : Go to it , Mole . The short man begins to dig at the end of the grave earth . And the tall one , looking carefully , slyly , around , whispers again : Quiet as death to - night . And the one who ...
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Dylan Thomas, Donald Fraser Taylor. The tall man whispers : Careful . And the chain is lowered again . And slowly , out of the earth , comes the head of a man , and then the shrouded shoulders , hauled up by the hook of the chain . The tall ...
Dylan Thomas, Donald Fraser Taylor. The tall man whispers : Careful . And the chain is lowered again . And slowly , out of the earth , comes the head of a man , and then the shrouded shoulders , hauled up by the hook of the chain . The tall ...
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