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[drum playing] [woman singing] ♪ ..but think of me ♪ ♪ but, laddie,that's our time awa ♪ ♪ a mother's lightto thee ♪ here. here's a bitof something for you. [growls] now, now, laddie.i only wanted to be friendly. [gate opens]
here you are now,robbie. wait a minute, now. he'll not leavethe grave, not sincewednesday last whenwe buried the lad. your son, ma'am? he must have beena fine lad for the wee dogto love him so. aye. a fine ladhe was,
gentle withall little things, like robbie here. now i cannot get the dogto leave here. but it's probablyfor the best, for i haven'tgot the money to afforda grave-watcher. not much danger here,ma'am, i wouldn't think, right here in the heartof edinburgh.
oh, they'reuncommon bold, the grave robbers and the daft doctorswho drive them on. i'm by way of beinga medical myself. a doctor? a student. i've been studyingunder dr. macfarlane. that is, i've beenstudying until today. here we are, ma'am. thank you.
come, little miss.cabman gray will carry yousafe enough. would you like togive my horse a pat? yes. he knows everylittle girl in edinburgh. somedaywhen you're running and playingin the streets, he'll nicker at youas we go by.
i can't run and play. hey, lass,i forgot that. all the morereason, then, for friend here to give youa hello. he'll keep aneye out for you. won't you,friend? ah,there we are. there, now.
safe in yourown wee cab. now, you watchsharp, little miss, for my horseto give you a hello. i would like to seedr. macfarlane. [door closes] it's all right,darling. don't be afraid. [door opens] dr. macfarlane?
i'm mrs. marsh, and this is mydaughter georgina. dr. maximilianof ladon asked me to presentthis to you. dr. maximilian--a very famouscolleague of mine. he thought you mightexamine my little girl. delighted to honorhis request. come in. thank you, doctor. born paralyzed?
no. it was an accident. was the paralysisimmediate? no, doctor. she seemedto get better, then about 6 months later, she began to complainof pain in her back. how long after thatwas paralysis complete? nearly a year. any attacks of painsince? yes, doctor.
is this painsporadic or constant? it comes at intervals. they used to bemonths apart, but they've beengrowing more frequent... much more frequent. tell me, child,when you have this painin your back, where is it? i don't know.
well, is itin the middle of your back? is it low downin your back? point towhere it hurts. you can at leastdo that, can't you? oh, this isuseless, ma'am. please, darling,don't be so stubborn. [whispers]mother, he frightens me. [knock on door]
oh, excuse me,dr. macfarlane. come in, boy.come in. perhaps you can dosomething with this young lady. i can't get an "aye,""yes," or "no" out of her. but, doctor, i onlywanted to speak to you-- it's a chance to testyour bedside manner. take a lookat the child. are youa doctor, too? not yet.
you'll bea good one. i knowall about doctors. that's a nice chairyou have. useful, too. it isn't english, is it? what you really wantto ask me is aboutmy back, isn't it, aboutwhere it hurts? why, yes. well, it's sort ofall around here
and thendown my legs. it aches as ifi'd been walking an awfully long way. that's funny,isn't it, becausei can't walk at all. would you mindvery much if i lifted youonto that table in there? child seemsto take to the lad. yes, she does.
what sort of an accidentwas it, ma'am? a carriageoverturned. my husbandwas killed, and georginawas hurt. how long ago? 3 years. excuse me. certainly. see that?
fettes, wheelthe little girl into the hall. it seems thatdr. maximilian is right. the violenceof the accident must have disturbedthe tissues and causeda traumatic tumor, a sort of growth that presses onthe nerve centers. but can anythingbe done for her?
perhaps--a verydelicate operation, an operationwhich has never been performed before. but i believeit could be done. and you will try?you will operate? not i, madame. but doctor,in ladon, in paris, whereveri've taken georgina, they've mentionedyour name.
i've come to think of youas our only hope. believe me, madame,if i were only a doctor, i'd undertakethis operation at once. but i'm more dominiethan doctor. i have a schoolto run. but surelyin a case like this, a child, a little child,who can never walk or run-- i regret it, madame. but i havethe responsibility
of training30 other doctors to attenda thousand children like your own. then...there'snothing i can say for one small child. i am not heartless,madame. i have every sympathyfor you and forthe little girl. if i were to consent
to every operationbrought to me, i'd have no timefor teaching. and that's a greatresponsibility upon me, ma'am, a great responsibility. fettes, will you seemrs. marsh to the door? and good day to you,ma'am. what do you wantto see me about, fettes? dr. macfarlane,i'm afraid
i have togive up medicine. give up medicine? why, you're made fora doctor, young man. i'm afraidi have to, sir. you see, my fatheris vicar at thrums. it's a smallparish, not muchof a living-- oh, you're too goodof a man, fettes. i'll not let you quit.
i'll tell youwhat i'll do. i'll make an assistant of you. that will pay your keepand your tuition, too. but i thoughtonly the best students were made assistants. well, aren't youa good student? but richardson-- richardson is a fine student.he's got a glib tongue. but you'll bea better doctor.
come alongto the anatomy room, and i'll explainyour new duties. dr. macfarlane, i'd like a wordwith you, if i may. i'll follow you,fettes. you're nothaving fettes for your assistant? why not? he's a good lad,bright and able. aye.he is a good lad.
that's why i askyou, macfarlane. you think it willspoil the boy. wasn't i assistantto knox? aye. did it spoil me,meg, my lass? no worry. it will do the boyno harm. fettes: allmy gratitude, sir. i can neverexpress it.
there will besatisfaction enough for me knowing i've trainedthe great dr. fettes. now, as to your duties. it's up to you to keepthe accounts and to distributethe specimens to the students. also, inasmuch as you wereliving in the house... [bucket clangs] joseph! what the devilare you doing,
sneaking aboutlike a redskin? make a littlenoise, man. let people knowyou're about. yes, doctor. yes. otherwise, i mightget the idea you're tryingto spy on me. you know where we getthe bodies for dissection? from the municipalcouncil. they're the bodiesof paupers.
that's whatthe law stipulates. there aren't enough of them, fettes. there aren'tenough of them. [horse approaching] [horse brays] [dog growls] [dog growling] [dog barks] [barking stops]
can you give me a hand?this is heavy. you'll find this specimenin good condition. he was as brightand lively as a thrush, and not a weeklong gone. a likely lad,i'm told. you're a new assistant? oh, i--i'm donald fettes. i'm very pleasedto know you, master fettes. mr...gray?
that's right.cabman gray. i've had some dealingswith macfarlane in the past,you understand, and i've always gotten onwith his assistants... providing, of course, that they understandmy humble position. dr. macfarlane saidi should pay you. of course. that's the soulof the business--the pay. i have no doubt you havethe key in your pocket.
and the deskis over there. my fee isas usual--â£10. now, although it'snone of my business, i'd makethe proper entry, if i were you-- "receivedone specimen--â£10," shall we say"from a macduff"? a royal name. good night, mr. gray.
my respects,master fettes. and may this bethe first of manyprofitable meetings. macfarlane:ha ha ha! well, well, my boy. your first meetingwith the redoubtable gray. you can count it a milestone in your medical career. [men laughing] all right, gentlemen.
that will do.settle down. dr. macfarlane hasasked me to review the points he hasjust discussed with you. he started withthe construction of the ribsand the haemapophyses. i suppose this wasyour doing, service? [laughing] mr. fettes. a lady isasking for you.
what lady, joseph? if you gentlemenwill excuse me. [students talkingindistinctly] good morning,mr. fettes. you askedto see me, ma'am? yes. i want youto help my little girl. but i'm onlya student. georgina told mehow kind you were to her. it gave me hope thatyou might intercede for us
with dr. macfarlane. i don't know that i cando that, mrs. marsh. but did he tell youabout georgina? then he must havetold you that this diseaseis progressive, that it will grow worse, and that soon, she will notbe able to move at all. and you won'task him to help? i didn't mean itthat way.
it's just that i'mnot in a position to ask favors. ask this one favor. of course i will. georgina was right. you are a kind man,mr. fettes. i'll do what i can. if the doctor says yes, you will find usevery morning on the ramparts.
i take georgina therefor her airing. in an adult,this muscle can apply more than 175 poundsof pressure. double that, and youhave the full strength of the human jaw. that, gentlemen,is to chew our food and bite our enemies. [students chuckling] here, fettes.life can't be
all skittlesand ladies. yes, sir. well, i see it's timefor our luncheon. i have a bitof beef to discuss, so i leave you to whateverarrangements you've made to serve the inner man. well, richardson,i see you have that arm you've been yearning for. yes, sir. this fellowwould have been
a great oneat hurling the bar. he hasa beautiful bicep. burke and harecould never have got the best of him. what did you say? well, i'm justmaking a joke, sir. it's a poor subjectfor jest, particularlyfor a medical student. what did you sayto his imperial highness?
nothing buta merry word aboutburke and hare. there's nothing in thatto get excited about. they're dead and buried. [whistling] they killedhis wee doggie, too. little robbie. come in. well, fettes,where have you been?
i didn't see you at the afternoonsession. i don't thinkthat i can go on, sir. what the devildo you mean? you've gotyour lodgings and a certain stipend. i thought i'd arrangedeverything for you. i saw the womanwhose son's body was delivered last night.
that man took the bodyfrom greyfriars. i knew the woman. i knew the little dogon the grave. he killed the dog. and that's why youwon't be a doctor. not if i have to bea party to things like that,dr. macfarlane. fettes, i wasan assistant once. i had to dealwith men like gray.
do you thinki did it becausei wanted to? do you think i wantto do it now? but i must,and you must. ignorant men have dammed the streamof medical progress with stupidand unjust laws. and if that damwill not break, the men of medicine
have to findother courses. you understand me? yes, but this womanand her son-- i'm sorryfor the woman, but her son mightbe alive today if more doctors had been giventhe opportunity to work with morehuman specimens. as for me,i let no man stop me
when i knowi'm right, when i knowi need thoselifeless subjects for my students'enlightenment andmy own knowledge. and if you'rea real man and want to be a good doctor, you'll see itas i see it. ♪ when ye gang awa, jamie ♪
♪ far across the sea,laddie ♪ ♪ what will ye sendto me, laddie? ♪ [men talking indistinctly] [boy singing] evening, gentlemen. how are you? ♪ beside his flanks,a rib... ♪ we'll have a stifleror two of hot rum. then we'll meetthis fellow
on fairly equal termsof warmth, eh, fettes? man: a fine specimen,isn't he, toddy macfarlane? come, toddy.sit down here with me. don't call methat confounded name. well, then, dr. macfarlane, though i've knownthe time, toddy, when you liked the name. rough and wild onesthey were, too. but sit down, toddy,with your friend.
mr. fettes and i have professionalmatters to discuss. medicine? that will keep. sit down. you wouldn't want itsaid of you that you refused a glassto an old friend. we'll buy youa glass, gray. i'm a pretty badfellow myself, but macfarlane'sthe boy.
ho ho ho!toddy macfarlane. why don't you order foryour friend, toddy? no, on secondthought, i'll dothe ordering. we'll have a bowlof hot punch and a cutfrom the loin ofthat young porker. oh, don't worry,waiter.
i'm with my friend-- the greatdr. macfarlane. he wantsto sit here withthe commonality. you were goingto speak ofmedical matters. well, don't letmy humble presence stop you. talk on, toddy.
i will not have youcall me by that name. you will nothave it. dr. macfarlane,you remember the lady who came to see youyesterday, the ladywith the little girl? i remember. she came again todayand wanted me to ask you if you wouldn'tbreak your rule and operate. she feels thatyou are her only hope.
so she told me. i'm a teacher,not a practitioner. a teacher, eh? maybe you're afraidto be a doctor. afraid of what? afraid you're notas good a doctor as you make outto be. i'm the best manfor the job. why don't youdo it, then?
i'd like for you to do the operation,toddy. you? since whenhave you become the protectorof little children? it's not the child i'm concerned with,toddy. it's youi'm thinking of. i'd liketo have you prove that a lotof things i know
haven't hurt toddymacfarlane any. i'll not do it, gray. oh, yes, you will. you'll do itto oblige mr. fettesand myself. no. maybe there'ssome private reasons between you and methat will make you-- some long-lostfriends, eh, toddy?
say you'll do it for me and my friendmr. fettes here. it might bean interesting case. that's a good boy,toddy. you only want meto do it becausei don't want to. that's it,isn't it, gray? toddy hates me. don't call meby that name.
you hear him? did you ever seethe lads play knife? toddy wouldlike to do that all over my body. we medicals havea better way than that. when we dislike a friend,we dissect him. you'll neverget rid of me that way, toddy. you and i have2 bodies,
aye, very differentsorts of bodies. but we are closer than if we werein the same skin, for i saved thatskin of yours once, and you'll notforget it. fettes: after hethought about it, he said it might bean interesting case. you have his promise, then? yes. but there willbe great pain
connected with it,ma'am, during the operationand afterward. great painand shock. pain, shock... she's brave enough, but i don't knowabout myself. now that it seemsso close, i wonder whetheri dare trust my child into anybut god's hands.
ma'am, if you'llallow me, i'd like to give youcause for courage. dr. macfarlaneis a great man. i think he'sthe greatest man in medicine. god would not have given himsuch gifts if they werenot meant forgeorgina's cure.
thank you, mr. fettes. go over here! [children laughing] mommy! mommy! take me to the wall!i think i hear him! hear him? the white horse that's going to greet mewhen he sees me. oh, an oldacquaintance, eh?
now, you putyour arms around me, and we'll go upand see that horse. it was a brown horse,mommy. a cabbie told her his horse wouldsay hello to her the next timehe saw her. georgina's beenlooking everywhere for that horse. why do you wantthe white horse
to bid you good day,georgina? he was a nice horse. maybe there'sanother reason. maybe you haven't friends enough. could that be it,georgina? of course i don'thave friends. that's becausei can't walk. i try to make myselfused to it, though. one shouldn't get usedto the wrong things.
you want to walkand run and play? really, mr. fettes, i thought youat least would know how muchgeorgina wants that. aye. but i wonderhow much. i want it so much. but you'll have to stand great pain,georgina, greater pain thanyou ever dreamed of
in the worst timeof your sickness. do you want itthat much? then dr. macfarlanewill make you well. [meg laughs] gray's head. is that it, toddy? is that whatyou broke just now under the poker? broken it
and have donewith him forever. my poor lad. my poor, poor lad that can never befree of him. you're daft.what's gray to me? he's only a man from whom i buywhat i need when i need it. the restis forgotten.
you may deny him,toddy, but you'll notrid yourself of him by sayingthe devil is dead. nonsense. you're a feycreature, meg, with mad ideas. you have a wildness that holds meto you, my lass. no great ladycan ever take my place?
[knock knock] well, fettes, i didn't expectto see you on sunday. what do you want, some powders forthat aching head? that was a furious lot we drank last nightand in bad company. it was about last nighti wanted to talk to you, about the operation onthe little marsh girl.
fettes, you'rea man of the world. you wouldn't hold meto a promise given in drink. but i...well, you see, sir, i met mrs. marsh,and i told her. really, fettes,you irk me with your lackof understanding. but you did promise. look here, fettes. not i nor anyone else
knows enough aboutthe spinal column and its intricacies to ensurea successful operation. i'd have to studythe matter. have we any subjects? no. wilmont used up the lastspinal section. well, there you are,you see. the thing is entirelyout of the question.
yes. i suppose so. ♪ ...the brawestin the town, lassie ♪ ♪ and it shall beo' silk and gowd ♪ ♪ with valenciennes,too, bonny lassie-- ♪ do you know wheregray the cabman lives? ♪ that's nae gift ava,jamie ♪ thank you all the same. ♪ silk and gowdand all, laddie ♪ ♪ there's nae a gownin all the land ♪
♪ i'd like whenyou're awa, laddie ♪ gray: come in. oh. it's the young doctorcome to see me. i'm honored. honored. come in. come in. here, sir.take this. it's the mostcomfortable chair. to what do i owethe honor of this visit?
some business, was it,of dr. macfarlane's? dr. macfarlanedidn't send me. i came ofmy own accord. what are the chances of your being ableto get us a subject? well, that would bedifficult... very difficult. there was a dogthat bothered me during the last job.
people are so concernedabout...dogs. all in all, it raised the very fatherand mother of a rub. you see, the kirkyards,they're to be guarded. oh, i wouldn't want to sayit would be impossible to get a subject. but how soon, man? dr. macfarlaneis engaged in some very urgentresearch at present.
he can't waitvery long. i fear he'll have to. but can't yougive me any idea? how could i?i do the best i can. after all, you see, i am financiallyinterested. you may tell toddy i'll do what i canwhen i can, as he knows i will.
but he must wait and seelike the children do. well, if that'syour answer, i supposeit will have to do. ♪ nae, your heartwill break in twa ♪ ♪ should he ne'ercome back again ♪ ♪ will ye not come back again? ♪ ♪ will you notcome back again? ♪ there's bad news,boy. bad news. we have togo out again.
♪ i'll send youa braw new gown, jeanie ♪ ♪ the brawestin the town, lassie ♪ ♪ with valenciennes, too,bonny lassie ♪ ♪ that's nae giftava, jamie ♪ ♪ silk and gowdand all-- ♪ [singing stops abruptly] there, master fettes. sooner than we thought. a stroke of luck,you might say.
good. why, that'sthe street singer. i know her,i tell you. she was aliveand hearty only this evening. it's impossibleshe can be dead. you could nothave gotten this body fairly. you're entirely mistaken.
you'd better give memy money and makethe proper entry. good night,dr. fettes. [horse departing] well, well. good morning,young master fettes. dr. macfarlane, you knowthe street singer who sang when ye gang awa, jamie? every street singerwith a crack voice gives tongueto that one.
oh, this girlwas beautiful, a wild lassiefrom the highlands. beautiful, you say? it's a wonderi haven't noticed her. oh. this girl. dr. macfarlane,she was murdered. i went to seegray last night. i asked him tobring us a specimen. on my way,i saw this girl.
i gave heralms money. she wasalive and singing. well? gray killed her. we can't besure of that. i am sure, andi mean to report it. it's likeburke and hare all over again. fettes...
i wouldn't do that.i wouldn't report it. grave robbingis one thing. this is murder. i don't know that.neither do you. this subject may havebeen an epileptic, thrown a fit,fallen out of bed, cracked her skull,and killed herself. there's everythingexplained. that bruise on her forehead--
i can't believe that. believe it or not, it's best that youpretend that you do. after all,you ordered this subject, received it here,and paid for it. that makes youa party to murder-- if it was murder. but i didn't ask himto kill her. who wouldbelieve that?
and then, you know, someone else mightrecognize her. she was as well knownas the castle rock. no. i think we shoulddo what we always do-- dissection. i'll help you,of course. i want the whole centrummyself, the spinal work. you know why. have a drop.it will help.
i couldn't swallow. how longhas it been? only 20 minutes. now you mustwatch closely, gentlemen,closely. here comesthe very heart of the matter. wait, doctor, wait.the child's fainting. good. so muchthe better.
she's unconscious. pulse? slow. not too alarming. let us proceed... to the final step. we push the ganglia to one sideand then make the actual osseousincision here. so...
it's done. the repairis effected, and nothingleft to do but replacethe tissue and letnature heal what is no longera defect, merely a wound. bravo. i'll be finishedwith her
in a second. then youcan consider her your patient,fettes. doctor. what the devil'sthe matter with you? everlastinglycreeping about. what do you want? mr. gray wants-- i don't wish tospeak to mr. gray.
tell him therewill be no more business between us. good afternoon, toddy. oh, well. it seems that i shall havethe pleasure of speakingto mr. gray myself. you can go. well, that wasn't a friendly thingi heard, toddy.
not at all friendly. that has nothingto do with it. we've decidedto do more lecturing and less dissection. it's betterfor the students, and that's the endof the matter. well, you knowwhat you want and what you don't want. and there's the endof business between us.
but we'll stillbe friends, toddy. i'll be stopping byonce in a while to see you and megfor auld lang syne. i suppose ican't prevent that. for auld lang syne. and do you think you'regetting rid of me, toddy? [sinister laugh] i would liketo speak to you. well, i presumeyou shall.
this won't bemy last visit here. i want to speakto you alone. i saw something.i heard. what did you hear? i know-- [footsteps approaching] maybesome other time. you'll have ampleopportunity, ample. good afternoon,master fettes.
good afternoon. [chuckling] i just saw gray. whatwas he laughing at? he has his own ideaof a joke. perhaps his horse tickled himin the ribs. i've beento see mrs. marsh. georginais doing splendidly. the incision has healedclean and fine,
but she doesn't seemto have any desire to walk. as soon asshe's ready, you bring her to me.i'll show her. dr. macfarlane,i wonder if you know what happiness you'vebrought to those people. that's the wayof it, fettes. you bringthe lassie to me. fettes: don't you want to find the white horse,georgina?
you can't find himfrom a wheelchair. you have to walk and runto find him. i can't. you can't?you can't? stop trying to bribe her with childishnessabout white horses. let her stand upand walk. her spine's all right.i know it's all right. but she must want to stand.she must want to walk.
confound it! the child'sa cripple. of courseshe wants to walk. child, i say to you, get up out ofthat chair and walk. [sobbing] child, i ask youto do a simple thing. raise yourselfwith your hands to a standing posture, then step outwith your left foot.
try it. i say, try it. lift yourself up now. good. now step out. step out! i can't! i can't! my legsjust won't move. nonsense.they will. they will. i'm sorry, dr. macfarlane.
georgina is a good child,a brave child. you saw how she behavedduring the operation. if she says she can't move,she can't move. but she mustbe able to move. everything's in place. she would if she could. then all my surgery'sno good. there's something wrongwith the child, something i don't know,
something i can't define,can't diagnose. i can do nothing for her. fettes, you'll seemrs. marsh home. i'm going to hobbes. you can join me therelater if you want to. well, i'll be off unlessyou have a fare for me, some gentleman a littletaken with his wine. macfarlane will wantto be freighted home. the dr. macfarlane?
aye. he'sin the other room getting stiffer than the bodieshe demonstrates. i'll look in on him. toddy. oh, it's you, gray.come in. have a glass with me. you're uncommonfriendly tonight, toddy. more likethe old days.
i want someoneto talk to. that fettes. he was all taken upwith the widow and never came back here. gray, you know somethingabout the human body. i've hadsome experience. then youcan understand this. the backbone is a lot of little blocks, and those blocksare all held together
so that it works-- works likethat whip of yours. you know that,don't you? i've never had itall explained by so learned a man. i set those blocks together,patched the muscles, put the nerveswhere they should be. i did it,and i did it right. she won't walk.
oh. it'sthe bit of a girl fetteswas talking about. the same. look here, gray. i fitted them togetherlike this... so that it was right. yet she won't walk. you can't build life the way you put blockstogether, toddy.
what the devilare you talking about? i'm an anatomist. i know the body.i know how it works. you're a fool, toddy,and no doctor. it's only the dead onesyou know. i am a doctor.i teach medicine. like knoxtaught you? like i taught you in cellarsand graveyards?
did knox teach you what makesthe blood flow? the heart pumps it. did he tell youhow thoughts come and how they go and why thingsare remembered and forgot? the nerve centeris the brain. what makesa thought start?
the brain, i tell you.i know. you don't know, andyou'll never know orunderstand, toddy. not from knox or me would youlearn those things. look. look at yourself. could you be a doctor,a healing man, with the thingsthose eyes have seen? there's a lot of knowledgein those eyes,
but no understanding. you did notget that from me. i am a doctor, i tell you,a good doctor. i could make her walk,but she won't. she won't. here. have anotherglass, macfarlane, and i'll take yousafely home, and we'll be friends again now that you know that you're knox'sman and my friend.
aye, forever. i am my own man, and i'll have no moreto do with you, gray. why should i be afraidof you? what are youholding over me? i'll tell you what. i stood upin the witness box and took whatshould have been coming to you.
i ran throughthe streets with the mudand the stones around my ears and the mob yelling for my blood because you wereafraid to face it. yes, and you'restill afraid. no, i'm not afraid. tell, shout itfrom the housetops. but remember this--
they hanged burke.they mobbed hare, but dr. knox is livinglike a gentleman in london. there's something inwhat you say, toddy. there is muchin what i say, gray, and if you haveany regard for your neck, you'll leave now and stay awayfrom my house, my school, and from me. well...
i have no wishfor a rope cravat. i--i never likedthe smell of hemp, so i'll bid yougood night, dr. macfarlane. [snickers] [door slams] ah, dr. macfarlane'sman. a surprise visit. you're welcometo my little nest.
joseph, is it not? yes, that's right. you have somethingto say to me? somethingvery private? that'svery interesting. take a chair,joseph. [cat meows] can anyone hearwhat we say? only brother.
i knowyou kill people to sell bodies. you say you came hereof your own account? no one sent you? no one knowsthat you are here? give me money,or i tell the police you murderthe subjects. well, joseph,you shall have money. why should you not?
i don't supposethe great dr. macfarlane is over lavishwith his pay, huh? yeah.have a glass of this. you want money? yeah. then you shall have it. let me see. 5 and 5... and then in gold--6.
shall we say â£16,joseph? i have made yougive me money, but you smile. aren't you angry? no, joseph.i'm not angry. here. havesome more brandy. i'll wager it's betterthan the doctor's, eh? drink up, man.drink up. i have an idea,a splendid idea,
so excellent an ideathat we must drink on it. you see,i admire you, joseph. it took courageto come here. and i'm lookingfor such a man. but drink, joseph. drink. you and ishould work together. you mean we wouldsell the bodies to the doctorstogether? we'd dig them up?
there'll be no digging. the kirkyardsare too well-guarded. we will, so to speak, burke them. burke them? you're lately cometo scotland, joseph. yeah. i comefrom lisbon. but you may have heard the chapbook singersand peddlers of verse
cry their namesdown the street. you know... ♪ the ruffian dogs,the hellish pair ♪ ♪ the villain burke, the meager hare ♪ never heard of the song.what did they do? 18 people they killed and sold the bodiesto dr. knox. 10 pounds for a large,8 for a small. that's good business,joseph.
where didthey get the people? that was hare's end. you should have seen himon the streets. when he saw some old beldamedeep in drink, how he cozened her. "good day to you,madam tosspot. "would you like a littleglass of something "before youtake your rest? "come with meto my house,
"and youshall be my guest. you shall have quartsto drink if you like." [chuckles] how he cozened them. we can do that? but when hegets them there, then what? ♪ nor did theyhandle ax or knife ♪ ♪ to take awaytheir victims' life ♪
♪ no sooner done ♪ ♪ than in the chest ♪ ♪ they crammed theirlately welcome guest ♪ i don't understandthe song. tell me plainhow they did it. i'll show youhow they did it, joseph. i'll show you how they burked them. put your hand down.how can i show you, man? this is howthey did it, joseph.
ugh! [meowing] [humming] [clothes ripping] [splash] gray: you have no needto be anxious, meg. macfarlane has beendrunk and away before. he'll be backin good time. meanwhile, you have meto keep you company.
i'd call thatno good fortune. ooh, there was a time,lass, a time when i used to bring the dashing youngdoctor to your door. then you weren'tso uncommon cold to yourold friend gray. why must you be at himall the time? he's my friend. i liketo see my friends.
i like to visit them. well, he's come home. you have no excuse nowto bear me company. gray, what are you doing here?haven't i told you-- begrudge mea glass withme old crony meg? crony? indeed. get out, gray. i brought you a littlepresent, macfarlane,
in very goodcondition. i've ordered nothingfrom you, gray. ah, butthis is a gift. and i takeno gifts from you. this is a giftyou'll not refuse. gray, i told youto get out. why, toddy,that's not friendly. i wantto discuss business. you are not to set footin this house again
for businessor any other reason. and you'regetting out now. i wouldn't do it, toddy. i wouldn'tbe heavy-handed. it mightbecome known when the greatdr. macfarlane findshis anatomy school without subjects, he providesthem himself
from the midst ofhis own household. take a lookdownstairs, toddy. take a look downstairs. where's fettes? i'll get him. fettes, wereyou down here when gray came? bring that candleover here. macfarlane: "a memberof his household."
fettes, the morethings are wrong, the more one must act as ifeverything were right. you must do with joseph as you did withthe street singer-- complete dissectionand proper entry in the book. no.what do you mean? i'll have no moreto do with it. i'll not put my neckinto a noose, not even for your sake,dr. macfarlane.
don't be a fool.you can't begin and then stop. because that entryof the girl's body is in your writing,you'll do as i say. as for me,i'll attend to gray. you're not going to gray. he must leave me alone. no! no! come,mistress camden, this is no placefor you.
i'll help youupstairs. you must leavethis house. i can't do that. youheard macfarlane. save yourself,master fettes. look at macfarlane. but he's a great doctor,a great man. is it a great man whom gray can orderto his bidding? is it a great manwho for very shame
dare not acknowledgehis own wife so that imust play maidservant for the world's sakeand his success? he could have beena great man, a good manand a fine doctor. but therewas always this shame of the old ways and old lifeto hold him back and gray--gray to hound him to his death. you're overexcited,mistress camden.
i'm cold as ice. but gray is onlya resurrection man who robs gravesto make a bit of moneynow and again. if he were only that. the man's evil himself. someday, you'll know himas macfarlane knows him, for macfarlane was to knox as you are to him. that's how he met gray
and roistered with himand drank with him. aye, and gray evenbrought him to my door and my love. there's all thatbetween them and more. burke and hare and knox. but that'slong since. gray can't threatenhim with that. gray has no needto threaten. do you rememberthe trial?
i heard my parents speak of itin thrums. it wasa famous case. and do you rememberthe porter who testifiedagainst burke? they didn't tell you how that porter cried outin the witness box when the king's counselorpressed him hard, how he cried out thathe was shielding
a gentlemanof consequence. that porter was gray, and the gentlemanof consequence who couldn't swallowthe shame of it, who took my last paltry savingsto hire gray... macfarlane. listen to me, fettes. i'm one part over heelsin love with macfarlane and one part fey.
you're a lowlander,fettes, and you haveno way of knowing what we highlanderscall the second sight. i have heard of it. it's a giftto my people. and i seemacfarlane and gray. the pit yawns for them. i would have youaway from them and safe, out of the torment.
this is unexpected,toddy. i wanted to see you. you weren't here,so i waited. what do youwant of me, gray? want of you? i want nothingof you, toddy. gray, i mustbe rid of you. you've becomea cancer, a malignantevil cancer
rotting my mind. then you have madea disease of me, eh, toddy? there'sonly one cure. i must cut you out. i will notleave here until i'vefinished with you one way or another. i've got to be surethat i'm rid of you. and if there'sno other way...
surely, you're notthreatening an old friend. we've neverbeen friends. here, toddy. have a drinkof something good. i've drunk enoughtonight. another little drop will neverdo you any harm. you'regetting old, gray. and it's a hard lifedriving a cab
through thesewet, windy streets of edinburgh. i have other meansof sustenance. resurrectionbusiness? that may end soonerthan you think. new laws may come. what i was goingto say is this-- wouldn't you bemore comfortable at leith in a neatlittle house?
would you bribe meto let you be? i'd make you rich. that wouldn't behalf so much fun for me as to have youcome here and beg. beg? beg of you, you crawlinggraveyard rat? aye, that is my pleasure. very well, then. i beg of you,i beseech you...
then i would lose the fun of having youcome back and beg again. but why, gray? why? it'd be a hurt to me to see you no more,toddy. you'rea pleasure to me. a pleasureto torment me? no. a pride to know that i can force youto my will.
i am a small man,a humble man. and being poor, i have had to do muchthat i did not want to do. but so long as the great dr. macfarlanejumps to my whistle, that long am i a man. and if i have not that,i have nothing. then i'm only a cabmanand a grave robber. you'll neverget rid of me, toddy.
[screeches] let be, toddy. let be. i have no wishto hurt you. no, toddy. you'll neverget rid of me. you'll never get rid of me. don't force me to kill you,toddy.
my pridehas need of you. that's better,toddy. that's more reasonable. [cat screeching] he's gone. i sent him away. i'll not see another boy made miserablelike you, toddy. you've been with gray.
you better lookat the face. look at it, meg. i'm rid of himforever. he'll notcome here again sneaking and whiningand bullying. now he'll servea good purpose. and tomorrow, when the last bitof him's dissected, demonstrated,and entered in
the students'notebooks, then, at last,there's an end to him. the next day, i'll takehis horse and cab to sell atpennycook fair. then nota trace left. rid of him forever. you're not rid of him. [laughter]
come on! come on! good morning. i thoughtthis was a school day. i'm not at the school anymore.i left last night. leftdr. macfarlane? play by yourself a little while,darling. i'd-- i'd like to speakto mr. fettes. this is serious,donald.
what's happened? it isn't becauseof georgina, because of dr.macfarlane's failure? it's not the failure. i feel that i've learnednothing from macfarlane. he taught methe mathematics of anatomy, but he couldn't teach me the poetry of medicine. mommy! i feel thatmacfarlane
had meon the wrong road, a road thatled to knowledge but not to healing. if there had been anyhealing in the man, georgina wouldbe walking now. i think it was the painof the operation morethan anything else. mommy,it's the white horse. i'm sure it's the white horse.
she's afraidthat if she stands, the pain will come again. nothing that dr. macfarlanecould ever do would takethat out of her mind. mommy... i can't see over the wall. georgina,you're standing. you'll not need thatagain, georgina. i wanted to seethe white horse.
i've got to telldr. macfarlane. mistress camden, you will notbelieve it, but the childhas walked, stood and walked. i must telldr. macfarlane. he's not at home. were can i find him? you don't wantto find him.
your news will keepuntil i tell him. but i must tell him.he must know of it. please tell mewhere he is. there's no standing between a fooland his folly. if you must babbleyour news to him, he's atthe fisherman's tryst. it's the inn at pennycook. pennycook?i know the inn.
you can use macfarlane'shorse and gig. he'll welcomethe ride back. i'll be therein an hour. no matterhow much he tried, he couldn't getthe better of old angusthe horse dealer. a sound horse,a closed carriage, and after i'dtalked to him a bit, i got his pricedown to â£4.00 and 10,
and worthevery bit of â£10. surely, angus, a man who had wonso great a victory in a horse deal would buy the poorloser a drink. angus: piper,let's have a song. the manwho bought your horse would like you to have a glass of french brandyat his charge.
now, that'svery civil of him. men: ♪ to the lordsin convention ♪ ♪ 'twas claverhouse spoke ♪ ♪ e'er the king's crowngo down ♪ ♪ there'll be crownsto be broke ♪ ♪ so, each cavalierwho loves honor and me ♪ ♪ let him follow... ♪ doctor,the little marsh girl stood and walked,really stood and walked.
what's that you say? the little girl, she couldn't walk forthe muscles were too weak, but she did stand,and she took a step or two. i knew it.i knew it. the momenti was rid of him. who? gray.i'm rid of him. what do you meanabout gray?
i've been ableto induce him to leave edinburgh. he'll bother meno more. drink. here's toa good riddance. now that he's gone, i'll be a new man,fettes, and a betterteacher. the doctorsfrom my school
will performmiracles. men: ♪ ...come saddle my horsesand call up my men ♪ ♪ fling all your gates open and let us gae free ♪ ♪ for 'tis up withthe bonnets of bonnie dundee ♪ ♪ come fill up my cup, come fill up my can ♪ ♪ come saddle my horsesand call up my men ♪ ♪ for 'tis upwith the bonnets of... ♪ shh! stillyour song, lads. the creightersare here.
they've come fromburying their sister in glencorsekirkyard. glencorse. that'sa lonely cemetery. not a soul aroundfor miles. those peoplewill be thinking of that. i'm not worryingabout them. it's our own endsi'm thinking about. you have no thoughtof going there.
gray is notthe only man who can handlea mattock and shovel. i've had some practicein the art. no, no, y-you couldn'tdo that, doctor. i let no opportunityescape me. i have a whole newcourse of lectures for you fellows. come on. why not? i musthave subjects.
it's the only wayi can teach. it's the only way you can learn. the stupidityof the people, the idiocy of their laws shall not stop me, nor willthey force me to deal withreptilian creatures like gray. we can doour own dirty work,
and we will.let's go. let me take over, fettes. so, we can'tdo without gray? ha! so, i'll never be rid of him, eh? [neighing excitedly] [thunder] you want to put itin the back? no room there.we'll have to set itbetween us. fettes.
keep it off me,will you? [voice of gray]toddy. [voice of gray]toddy. toddy. toddy. toddy. toddy. toddy. whoa. what's the matter? did you hearsomething, fettes? nothingbut the wind.
[voice of gray]never get rid of me. never get rid of me. never get rid of me.never get rid of me. never get rid of me. never get rid of me. never get rid of me. never! never! never! never! whoa. whoa. fettes,let's have that light. it's changed. fettes,i swear it's changed.
changed?changed to what? hurry with that lamp. this is not a woman. hold that lamp up.i must see her face. gray. doctor macfarlane! gray! [neighs noisily] aah!
