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gentlemen.

How much will you be asking?

Nothing.

Willy, do something!

Unhand my boys!

Gentlemen...

we live, thank God,

in enlightened times.

The watchword of our age

is "progress."

Progress in the arts.

Progress in science.

Progress in technology.

Progress in transportation.

Progress in society.

Please help me.

Fox, get your sketchbook.

In all these fields,

we've moved further and faster

in the last two decades

than in the previous two centuries.

Never before have ordinary people

had so much freedom

and opportunity.

The year is 1828,

and we are building a new world.

A new and better world.

Sergeant, keep them quiet!

Quiet, please!

As men of science,

it is our role--nae!

Our duty to be in the vanguard

ofthat movement.

- This is not the time for rest.

It is not a time for half measures.

This is not the time

to sit on our achievements.

It is the time to work harder...

and faster than ever before.

Gentlemen, I give you...

a multiple dissection!

You don't think I look a little bit

too masculine?

-- You know, too much like a man?

-- I think you look lovely.

I'll see you on Friday?

Excellent work, Fox.

Now we'll go and do the New Town.

Willy.

The militia have posters up

all over the streets.

-- Of us?

-- No!

Ofthe people we've...

you know...

They're closing in, William.

Then it's our good fortune

that we're not doing it any more.

I've been doing the sums, Willy.

I have got enough money put aside

to start our new business.

-- What new business?

-- Funeral parlours.

Funeral parlours?

It's a place where people

bring bodies to be buried.

-- And we wouldn't have to kill 'em?

-- They're already dead!

Thank you. I like it.

I knew you would.

We're going straight to the top, Willy.

And nobody--

nobody is gonna stop us.

All right... Shh! Everyone.

I'd like to propose a toast.

To the man whose hard work

and whose commitment

made this possible.

To William Burke.

To William Burke!

- - William Burke.

- - No, come on, now.

-- You embarrassed me.

-- I know.

That's me!

Oh, Willy,

I don't know how to thank you.

I can think of a few ways.

Come to buy a ticket, Danny?

Blood and guts aren't entertainment

for me, William.

They're business.

Now get in.

I've decided to bring you

and Mr. Burke into the firm.

Sorry?

You'll have regular employment.

A steady wage.

We'll be partners.

Partners, is it?

But Willy and I are out ofthe

body-snatching business now.

Mm. So you say.

-- Do I have a choice, Danny?

-- Of course you do, William.

Free will is what distinguishes man

from beast.

Our final subject.

Isn't that Danny McTavish?

Danny McTavish has been dissected

by Doctor Knox.

I am Captain McLintoch,

and this is the Edinburgh Militia.

Your reputation precedes you,

Captain McLintoch.

Thank you, sir.

Your preposterous war on grave robbery

was a model of incompetence.

It has come to my attention, sir,

that earlier on today,

you publicly dissected a corpse.

Well, if this is him

then your information is correct.

Pull yourself together, Private.

How did you obtain this body?

Patterson?

I believe it was dumped

in the alley behind this building.

Some students found him.

This is a notorious villain.

Danny McTavish.

Ah, at least his demise

might not be in vain.

Saint Peter might look kindly on his

services to the teaching of medicine.

Fox, show me your hand.

A defensive wound,

clear evidence of foul play.

And you, sir, have been tampering

with the evidence.

That's an outrageous accusation,

Captain McLintoch.

I shall be reporting this matter

to the Solicitor-General.

Lord Harrington

will back myjudgment on this.

I stake my job on it.

You just did.

Er, Ginny?

How many people are out there?

- Standing room only.

Thank you.

When shall we three

meet again?

In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

When the hurly-burly's done.

When the battle's lost and won.

That will be ere the set ofthe sun.

Where the place?

Upon the heath.

There to meet with... Macbeth.

If I stand here, I saw him!

Fie, for shame!

Blood hat h been shed here now,

in the olden time.

Ere humane statute

purged the gentle weal...

Ay, and since, too,

murders have been committed.

Too terrible for the ear!

There was a time that,

when the brains were out,

the man would die,

and there an end.

But now he rise again!

With twenty mortal murders

on their crown!

And push us from our stools!

This is more strange.

Than such a murder is.

All our missing persons are here.

Qu'est ce que vous faites ici?

Who did all this?!

C'est moi.

Bravo!

Ginny?

I think they liked it.

Five curtain calls

and a standing ovation.

I'd say it's a smash hit.

This is the happiest day of my life.

What's wrong, Willy?

You don't seem happy.

I'm happy for you, Gin.

I...

I just can't help thinking now this

is over,

you don't really need me any more.

You're right.

I don't need you.

But I do want you.

Really?

Mm! Oh!

We should take the play to London.

Make it a musical.

I'm blessed with the voice of an angel.

Aye, they could do with something new

in the West End.

Besides Edinburgh's changed.

You know, people have changed.

-- I've changed.

-- Me, too.

-- Oh, I want us to be together, Willy.

-- Tonight?

Tomorrow. Tonight I'm the star.

I must shine.

Oh, there's Mary. Mary!

Oh, Ginny!

They absolutely loved us!

These are not bad, but as you can see,

the heliograph is the future.

Did you kill these people?!

Certainly not!

They were all already...

How you say?

Chopped into pieces.

You disgusting little French fop!

I was just doing what I was told.

What you were told?

Told by whom?!

How do I look, Patterson?

Like someone who's about to go

down in history, sir.

Yes?

We have questions on urgent

militia matters for Doctor Knox.

He's not here.

Ow...

Well, I'd appreciate if you could

tell us where we can find him.

He's making an official presentation

at Holyrood Palace.

Sharpen up, men.

We're going to pay the King a visit.

Morning, Willy.

For the love of Lord Jesus,

she finally gave it up.

No! No.

Although I'm pretty sure

tonight's the night.

I know this amazing trick

you can do with your tongue.

Thank you, William!

Well,

that could have been worse.

Do you mean

if he'd fallen asleep earlier?

Excuse me, what would you

like us to do with these, sir?

I don't care.

Just get rid ofthem.

Doctor Robert Knox!

The King is looking forward

to seeing your map ofthe human body.

Excellent.

My advice is to keep

the presentation short.

And don't ask him to read too much.

His Majesty can just, er,

look at the pictures.

Doctor Robert Knox!

Stop right there!

I demand you hand over these photographs

in the name ofthe Solicitor-General.

May I remind you, Captain,

that I am the Solicitor-General.

What exactly do you think

you're doing here?

Solving a crime, sir.

What on earth

are you talking about?

I'm talking about murder, sir.

That volume contains evidence

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