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Ellen, what is this insufferable darkness?

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Herr Knock: A new husband requires new wages. Thomas Hutter: You're too generous, sir. Herr Knock: Allow me to extend my congratulations to your wife. Thomas Hutter: Thank you, sir. Herr Knock: She truly is beautiful. A... a nonpareil, almost a... sylph. [chuckles] Thomas Hutter: [awkwardly] Yes, thank you, sir...

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Thomas Hutter: I have-- My lord, I have questions about the, um... unfamiliar customs of the peasantry and the... errant wanderers. Last night, I saw... or rather, I believe I saw a band of gypsies, they... ventured to a small birch grove and-- Count Orlok: I fear we yet keep close many superstitions here that may seem backward to a young man of your high learning. Thomas Hutter: These gypsies, they... exhumed a corpse. Count Orlok: It is their filthy ritual. Thomas Hutter: What manner of ritual? Count Orlok: SPEAK NOT OF IT AGAIN!

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Thomas Hutter: I have been enduring the most irregular dreams. I fear I have taken ill. Count Orlok: It is a black omen to journey in poor health. You will remain and well rest yourself. Thomas Hutter: I must object, my lord. Count Orlok: You will obey this, my counsel.

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Ellen Hutter: You. I have felt you... crawling like a serpent in my body. Count Orlok: It is not me. It is your own nature. Ellen Hutter: No. I love Thomas. Count Orlok: Love is inferior to you. I told you, you are not of humankind. Ellen Hutter: You are a villain to speak so. Count Orlok: I am an appetite, nothing more. O'er centuries, a loathsome beast, I lay within the darkest pit. 'Til you did wake me, enchantress, and stir me from my grave. You are my affliction. Ellen Hutter: I care nothing of your afflications! Count Orlok: Yet, even now, we are fated. Your husband has signed his name covenanted you to my person for but a sack of gold. Ellen Hutter: Lies! Count Orlok: For gold did he absolve his nuptial bond. Ellen Hutter: You know nothing of him- Count Orlok: And the resignation must be completed by you, freely of thine own will. Ellen Hutter: You are a deceiver! Count Orlok: You deceive yourself. Ellen Hutter: I was but an innocent child- Count Orlok: And thought you I would n

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Anna Harding: Our friendship is a precious balm to my heart. Forgive my chiding you. Ellen Hutter: Thank you for loving me.