The Beast Must Die Page #3

Tom's stinking rich, of course,

but then, we all know that,

and he hunts, anything.

If it exists, tom newcliffe shot it.

- The dogs are restless.

Must be the full moon.

- Don't you start, we came out here

to get away from all that grisly chat.

You don't believe all that stuff?

Gothic tales of werewolves

are as fake as this house.

- But the house exists!

I'm a sort of agnostic, maybe

they exist, maybe they don't,

but tom is a true believer.

- Suddenly this place

is giving me the creeps.

I'm glad you're here with me.

- Let's go inside.

You know, if we don't reappear,

tom will think we've turned

into a pair of werewolves

and come after us with a gun.

- Do you still believe it could

be one of those lovebirds?

- Don't lose them!

- So your king is in check.

- Mm-hmm, but not mate.

The game has hardly begun yet.

I think I'll have a Brandy!

Extraordinary, even the backs

of your hands are covered in hair!

- Well, you know what they say.

- No, I don't, I have no idea

who they are or what they say.

- Caroline will tell you.

- Oh, you mean the masculinity bit.

Personally, I've never been crazy

about animated Teddy bears.

- I don't

know about Teddy bears.

Your husband's expecting one of us

to change into a werewolf!

Any signs yet, doctor?

- No, not yet.

- Then I hope no one minds

if I don't stick around.

Caroline?

- Sure, go on up.

- Young man, a simple

precaution, lock your door.

- In c889 someone starts

to eat his way through the guest list?

- Perhaps not so flippant,

but something like that.

- Poor beast, he'll get food poisoning!

Night, all.

- Good night.

- Go with him!

- Good night, Paul.

- As tight as you can go!

- I, uh, didn't think

to bug the bathrooms.

A great many men have

hairs on their chest.

- And also on the back of their hands?

The hell of it is I can't remember

if his were always that way.

Better check on the others.

- I'm terribly sorry about tom.

He certainly does know how to put

the kiss of death on a party.

- A rather unfortunate

turn of phrase, madam.

- You know, maybe we're all

a little bit crazy for coming here.

- You know,

there's a very good man

on Harley street.

I should get tom to go

and see him if I were you,

'cause he's clearly off his head.

Good night, darling, good night, Davina.

- Good night.

- Mm, eavesdroppers seldom hear

anything good about themselves, you know?

Oh, you want me to tune

in on your guests in bed?

- I'm no voyeur.

I'm gonna get some rest while

you keep your eyes open.

I don't want you to miss a heartbeat.

Anything stirs, anything at all,

let me know immediately.

- Mr. newcliffe, newcliffe!

Activity on the estate.

Target heading fast and

steady towards the river.

- Visual contact?

- Not yet.

But whatever it is, it's

keeping close to cover.

- I know what it is.

- Computer identifies target as large,

four-legged animal, weight 159 pounds.

- That's what I said, zero me in!

- Control to hunter,

target static at river.

Control to hunter, move

to your left, 45 degrees.

Target, uh, moving to the north.

Control to hunter, maintain

course to intercept.

Repeat, maintain course to intercept.

Control to hunter, target

making straight for you.

Target heading straight at you, hunter.

Range, range 200 yards and closing.

Target, 150 yards.

150 yards and closing.

To your north, newcliffe, directly north.

Target 100 yards and closing.

Target slowing.

Target stopped, no,

target moving very slowly.

Target heading directly for you.

I have you in vision, hunter.

Target 8o yards away.

Target edging south, following

the contours of the clearing.

Good, you're following his move.

Target coming, hunter.

It's almost on you.

Control to hunter, is that you moving

towards the house or the target?

- I'm not moving.

- Did you have visual contact?

- Just the shape, and you?

- On the monitor, the same, just a shape.

- Zero me in again, pavel!

- Target heading straight for

the house, and closing fast.

- He's coming for you, pavel!

To stop you guiding me!

- Range 100 yards and closing,

and I don't believe in werewolves.

- I don't care what you believe in, pavel,

but for god's sake, protect yourself, man!

Lock the door, find something silver!

- Control to hunter, target

inside pressure strip

and out of external scanner range.

- Get something silver!

- Don't worry, hunter, i

can do better than that.

- Pavel, pavel!

- Didn't you hear shots?

- It was me, nothing to worry about.

I thought I saw a poacher.

- Did you get him?

- I'm sure I heard a scream.

- Maybe it was a dog howling.

- Where is Paul foote?

Come on, no use playing possum!

- What's the matter?

- Wake up, damn you!

- Huh?

- Sleeping pills.

- Thank god he's all right,

that we're all all right.

- And no one is missing?

- No,

no one is missing.

- Calling Mr. newcliffe.

- Good morning.

Change of plan, I want you to install

the night eye camera

and the scanner screen.

- Ok.

- Good, and to be on standby

at the house tonight,

I'll need you, over and out.

- Oh, come along,

Dr. lundgren, your go.

- You were going to show me

how to hold the mallet.

- How to hold the mallet?

Now, right hand down on the slip, you see'?

Now--

- can you tell tom, he'll

take it better from you.

- Sure, I will.

Tom, Davina's worried, it seems poor jan's

had some kind of setback,

and she's determined to

get him back to town.

She'd like to leave right away.

Tom!

Tom!

- Oh, they

have spoiled her call.

- Oh, no, no, nevermind.

Very near, dear, bad luck,

though it isn't easy.

- Go back.

Go back.

- Missed!

Want a drink?

- Why aren't you with the others?

- Been tracking you,

hunting the hunter!

Smile, you're on candid camera,

or didn't you know you

have television cameras

growing on your trees.

- Sure, I know, they

took years to cultivate.

- What's that, picnic lunch?

- The rotary arms for every

automobile on the estate

are at the bottom of the river.

- What?

- Oh, don't worry, I'll

have them all replaced

at my expense before you leave.

- Well, thanks a lot!

- You knew damn well I wanted

to get jan back to town.

- And I wanted you to stay, all of you.

Of course, if anyone cares to walk,

it's only 12 miles to the village.

- This whole business is preposterous!

L-i won't be kept here against my will!

I'll call the police if necessary!

- Unfortunately, the telephones

seem to be temporarily out of order.

- You know, you have taken

complete leave of your senses!

- For just one more night.

All the conditions are perfect.

So,

it won't be long now.

Anyone care to play the candlestick game?

- We went through

that circus last night.

- Scared?

- There, no fangs, now why don't you take

your solid silver werewolf

diviner and shove it!

- What about you, bennington?

- You know, if I had my way,

we'd read about that

candlestick in tomorrow's press.

Millionaire hunter done to

death with a blunt instrument!

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