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THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE

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A tale told in moving pictures
under the direction of VICTOR SJ�STR�M

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At the camera - J. JULIUS

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Once there was a poor
Salvation Army sister at death's door.

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She'd been stricken
with galloping consumption

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and had only held out
for the space of a year.

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When there was no hope left,
she'd gone home to her mother.

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Waiting at the foot of her bed
was another Salvation Army sister

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who had worked
alongside the sick girl.

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Don't fret over
those poor souls now, Sister Edit.

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You've done enough for them.

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Send for David Holm!�

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Please don't!

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My daughter was yours
as long as she had a spark of life.

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Now that she's dying,
let me have her to myself.

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Sister Maria,
why don't you do as I ask?

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Send for David Holm!

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I shall go find him at once. �

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You can't be serious!

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Asking David Holm
to attend to a dying person!

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I wasn't able to find him,
but Gustavsson is looking too.

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He'll bring him here
if it's at all possible.

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Poor Mrs. Holm!�

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It wouldn't do for her husband
to see her if he should come here.

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The evening on which these events
took place was no ordinary evening.

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It was New Year's Eve.

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Well, we'll certainly know
when it's time to toast the New Year. �

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It's a spooky place to wait for midnight,
here among the dead. �

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You gentlemen aren't afraid
of ghosts, I hope'?�

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Then I'd like to tell you a story
while we wait for the midnight hour. �

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�I once had a pal named Georges,
who was generally a jolly fellow.

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He came from a good family
and had studied at Uppsala University,

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so he knew a bit more
than the rest of us.

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But a change would come over him
on New Year's Eve. �

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Remember that it's New Year's Eve,
the last day of the year!�

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Whoever dies on this eve
must drive Death's carriage. �

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There is an old, old carriage... �

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It is no ordinary driver
who holds the reins,

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for he's in the service
of a strict master named Death.

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For him, a single night
is as long as 100 years on Earth.

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Night and day he must Carry out
his master's business.

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END OF PART 1

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THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
PART 2

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Wherever he goes, he's greeted
with sorrow and despair. �

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There is no escape.
He must perform his forlorn duty. �

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Though horse and carriage are
always the same, the driver is not. �

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The last soul to die each year-

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the one who passes over
at the stroke of midnight-

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is destined to be Death's driver
for the following year.

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Now you know why I'm afraid

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of something fatal happening
to me on New Year's Eve.

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And the odd thing is, you see,

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that Georges apparently died
last New Year's Eve.

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Why hasn't Gustavsson
arrived with David Holm?�

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Come with me, David Holm!

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Sister Edit is dying,
and she has asked for you.

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If Sister Edit wants to see you,
you must go to her at once!�

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David, I can't believe it's you!
It is you who is to relieve me!�

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You should take me to the hospital
in your carriage as quickly as you can. �

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No living soul rides in that carriage.

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By the time I arrive,
it's too late for a doctor.

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You know full well that
I am no longer among the living. �

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But worst of all,
you must face the consequences

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of the evil you have wrought
during your lifetime.

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David, do you think I'm unaware

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that it's my fault
you've met such an end'?

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If you hadn't fallen in with me,

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you'd have led a good life
with your wife, children, and brother.

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By tomorrow you will have served
your time for drunken behavior.

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But before you leave,
a harsher punishment awaits you.

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Behold your brother.

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While you were here,
he killed a man while intoxicated,

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and now a long prison term awaits.

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But we feel that you ought
to serve the sentence in his place,

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since you and you alone
led him astray and made him a killer.

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Does this not make you want to turn
from your wicked ways, David Holm?�

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Yes! Only now
do I realize how it feels

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to have brought great misery
upon a loved one.

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What about your wife and children?�

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Now I know how miserable they've been,
but I will turn over a new leaf.

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They need never despair of me again.

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END OF PART 2

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THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
PART 3

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No, she's not ill.

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She was well enough
the other day when she left.

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And here I thought
I'd come home to her with such joy!�

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If she had gone openly,
I would have understood.

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But to slink off like that, to let me
come home to an empty house -

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that was heartless!

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I'll wipe those smiles off your faces.

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I'll find her and show her how it feels

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when your heart freezes
to its very core, like mine has now!

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I'll refrain from reminding you
of your search for your wife,

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during which your feelings of hatred
and revenge grew ever stronger.

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I will take you to a time a year ago,
to last New Year's Eve,

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when you came to this town,
bringing such misfortune in your wake.

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A Salvation Army station
had been set up here in town,

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and it was ready for use
on New Year's Eve.

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Keep your food!
I just want to sleep. �

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Leave it alone!

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It may be full of germs,
and our sterilizing oven isn't working yet.

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Don't you realize, Maria,

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how happy I am to help
the first guest God has sent us?

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Please go to bed.
It's been a busy day.

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Let me attend to this.

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Dear Jesus, let our first guest
be blessed with a happy year. �

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All night long she bent over the coat,

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never giving a thought
to the germs and filth she inhaled.

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By the time she went to bed,

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the icy chill of winter
had thoroughly filled the room.

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Was it you who mended my coat'?�

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Would you mind
calling the person who did this?�

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It's a shame you went
to all that trouble, miss,

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but I'm used to having it like this.

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Before you leave, I'd like to ask you
to visit me again next New Year's Eve. �

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You see, I prayed that our first guest
would have a good year,

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and I'd like to know
if my prayer was answered.

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Oh, I'll be here.

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I'll come show you God didn't give
a fig for you or your twaddle.

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The time has come to honor that promise

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before you take over here.

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From you she contracted the disease

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that put her on her deathbed,

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and now she awaits your visit.

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You possessed all that is
most wonderful, but you lost it!

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You cannot avoid the torment of remorse,

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just as you cannot escape taking over
as Death's driver for a year.

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"Captive, come forth from thy prison!

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Ye spirit that left thy body

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at the stroke of midnight,

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thou wilt relieve me of my office.

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For a year thou wilt set souls free

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from the earthly realm.

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END OF PART 3

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THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
PART 4

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It is Death,
but he has come too soon. �

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You see that I'm not afraid of you.

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I will gladly heed your summons,
but grant me a day's reprieve,

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for there is someone
I must talk sense into.

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You do not know what terrible
misfortune I have caused.

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I cannot approach the Lord
until I have set it right.

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The person I'm waiting for
is the man I love.

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Do you understand?
The man I love!

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I would grant you that reprieve
if it would avail you.

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But you have
no power over this man!

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Believing he was good,

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you've tried to make him mend his ways,

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but your hopes have been dashed

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time and time again.

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It was you who enticed him
away from his home and work!

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You made him the drunkard he is!

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Don't let yourself be dragged under!�

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SALVATION ARMY RALLY

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Run along and be saved,
and I'll be sure to come watch!�

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Why turn away so carefully?
I'm a consumptive myself,

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but I cough in people's faces
in hopes of finishing them off.

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Why should they be better off than us?

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He's merely amusing himself.
He's not as wicked as he pretends to be. �

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How can you be filled with such
bitter hatred for your fellow man'?�

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You needn't worry about that.
I'll be leaving town in a few days. �

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No, you mustn't do that!�

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I would rather you stayed
so I may challenge you again. �

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Tempting as that may be,
I still can't stay. �

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You see, little missy,
I'm on a journey throughout Sweden

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in search of someone
I must find at all costs.

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Who is this person you seek?�

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You'll know that
when I find the person in question!�

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I am the one
David Holm is looking for. �

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I am his wife. �

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I couldn't endure
the life he was leading.

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I deserted him.

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I took my children
and crept away in secret.

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I moved to this town,
for it was so far from our old home

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that I never expected him
to come looking for me here.

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You must take him back!
it's his only hope!�

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�I didn't mean you must
make up your mind on the spot.

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Only promise you'll listen to your heart,
and let us talk again later.

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She had gotten the better of herself

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and asked for none of the things
that belonged to this world.

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Just come with me!

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A surprise awaits
that will make you happy.

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END OF PART 4

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THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
PART 5

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She hoped to replant in good soil
the seed that had fallen among thorns.

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And she may well have succeeded
had it not been for...

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The doctor says it's pneumonia.

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And her resistance is poor,

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for she's been in ill health
since last New Year's Eve.

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Yes, that David Holm has been her undoing.

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She worries so about the situation
between him and his wife,

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but she mustn't know the truth.

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You might at least have the heart
to refrain from infecting the children!�

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It wasn't so easy
to run away this time!�

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Haven't you had your fill
of revenge, David'?�

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If only I hadn't brought them
together again.

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His sin would be of lesser magnitude
were it not for me.

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You must grant me a reprieve!
I cannot die yet!

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I must see him turn over a new leaf!
Just spare me a few minutes!

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You know I love him!
I've never loved him as I do today. �

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Captive, ye of loving head,
come forth from thy prison!�

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Come along.
We have no business here.

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Those who are to receive her
will arrive shortly.

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You know, David, if I could
send a message to mankind,

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I would like to send them
a New Year's greeting.

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�I would like them to dwell
on a single New Year's prayer:

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'Lord, please let my soul come
to maturity before it is reaped. '

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Why are we here?
Surely no one here is going to die!�

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No, I can't go on!
I can't go on!�

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I'm sorry, but I must go away,
and I cannot leave them behind. �

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Please don't be angry with me.
it's not my fault. �

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This will do, David.

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It will suffice
for the children and myself.

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"Yes, David, I see what's coming.

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I'm obliged to watch.
I will not shirk my duty.

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You mustn't let this happen!
This mustn't come to pass!

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Don't let those poor,
innocent creatures die!

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�I have no power over the living.

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Where should I turn?
Should I pray to God or to Christ?

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Who can tell me
where to direct my plea'?

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I'm a poor, miserable sinner,

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and I beseech the Lord of life and death!

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I'm not worthy.

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I've broken your every commandment.

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Condemn me to eternal darkness!
Let nothing remain of me!

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Do what you will to me, my Lord,
but spare the three of them!

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"David, I see that I no longer
need grieve for you!

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"Captive, return to thy prison!

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She didn't do it yet!
I made it in time!�

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Sister Edit is dead.
I was at her side.

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I promised her I'd become
a good husband and father.

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You're lying!

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Sister Maria told me
you refused to go to her!

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01:44:36,471 --> 01:44:38,273
Are you owing, David'?�

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01:44:50,018 --> 01:44:52,988
No one believes I want to reform.

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01:44:53,188 --> 01:44:58,060
I want to be good, but no one
believes me. Is it any wonder I cry'?

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01:45:19,748 --> 01:45:22,484
It's hard to believe, David.

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01:45:22,684 --> 01:45:26,188
But I do believe you.
Your tears have convinced me.

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01:45:56,918 --> 01:45:59,855
I can't help crying too.

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01:46:00,055 --> 01:46:03,692
I won't be truly happy
until all my sorrow is drained.

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01:46:23,879 --> 01:46:29,051
Lord, please let my soul
come to maturity before it is reaped. �

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01:46:45,233 --> 01:46:48,236
THE END