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They were raw troops.

They'd marched all night.

They hadn't eaten all day.

They were under heavy fire

and even though they were late,
you won the battle.

It wasn't my fault
they didn't arrive in time.

Only one company was late.

As soon as I could,
I moved them up.

They didn't rest.
I made them move on.

That's all, gentlemen.

A little harsh, isn't it?
To condemn a man to death.

Just because some other men
happened to lag behind?

They were his troops.

And I've been wondering why
they call you "The Watchdog."

It's my way.
The only way I know.

Well, heaven knows
I'm only the sort of beagle

that the Boston Star sends out
to track down

a bit of news here and there.

I don't think I'd be very
comfortable being a watchdog.

Do you think I wanted to send
Col. Tolbitis to his death?

He and I were friends.

I think
I understand patriotism

as well as the next man,
general.

I'm not sure
I understand your brand.

I think you'd
kill your wife or child

for your country's sake,
if you had a wife.

- I had a wife.
- I'm sorry.

It was only a figure of speech.

It's alright.
She is long dead.

I'm extremely
sorry, sir.

You think I am a cold man.

Cold and brutal.

If you had asked her,
she would never have said so.

She's buried near here.

You saw that island
off the shore?

It's a cemetery,
her burial place.

I'd like to see the place.

I'll go there tomorrow.

I'd like to put some flowers
on your wife's grave.

I'll give you that chance.

I had planned to go there
tonight. I'll take you with me.

Across the battlefield?
Out there?

You mean, it's dangerous
for an old man?

You forget,
I am also an old soldier.

You take the lantern.

The soldiers are exhausted.
Why don't you use horses?

Horses cannot understand
why they have to work

beyond endurance
for their country.

But the men understand.

But these men have been fighting
all day, sir.

The dead have to be buried
immediately.

Do you
want to know why?

He'll tell you why.

Drossos.

Dr. Drossos, our American
friend, would like to know

why we use the men
as draft animals.

So, tell him why
we have to clear the field.

In the sixth division, we have
two cases of Septicemic plague.

35 miles away,
the Athens Brigade

reports every other man
sick with Typhus.

If it isn't stopped,
our victories will mean nothing.

The horseman on the pale horse
is pestilence.

He follows the wars.

I'll leave this here
to guide us back.

There's another watchdog
for you, general.

He only guards the dead.

I have to worry
about the living.

I'll wait out here.

Someone has broken into
the coffin. It's empty.

Maybe you've got
the wrong crypt, after all,

it's a long time
since you were last here.

No, I'm, I'm sure
this was the place.

Well, let's get back.

Why should anyone be here
and singing?

It's a nice moonlit night.
Someone might have crossed over.

But to a cemetery?

It may be an ill omen to sing

in a cemetery,
but there's no law against it.

There is a law against
despoiling graves.

Perhaps, the singer can tell us
who broke that law.

Come in. Come in.

General Pherides.
I am honored, sir.

Please, please,
won't you come in?

I came here to visit the last
resting place of my wife.

I found the coffins broken,
empty, all of them.

I'm extremely sorry, general.
It happened a long time ago.

The peasants were looking
for antiquities to sell.

They broke into the coffins

and then,
they destroyed the bodies.

Has anyone been punished
for this crime?

In a way, I was punished.

You see,
I am an archaeologist.

And this island was
the great find of my life.

Such treasures. Antiquities
dating back to Homer.

But I paid for them
with my uneasy conscience.

Unwittingly, I had turned

good, simple people
into grave robbers.

The fault is mine.

The legal guilt is theirs

and must be reported
to the authorities.

But all this was in the past.

Fifteen years ago,
I saw the wrong

and gave up
selling these things.

It is enough now
for me to live with them.

I bought this house
from Madame Kyra.

She consented to stay on
with me.

Thanks to her, the house
remains Greek.

I might have turned it into
a bit of Switzerland,

where I come from. But won't you
please meet my other guests?

It will be a great pleasure
for them.

I'm Oliver Davis, correspondent
for the Boston Star.

Master Soldier.

My guests are travelers,
refugees from your battle.

They crossed over to the island
to avoid the shelling.

We had to destroy the bodies,
in the fires we burned them all.

There was one among them,
an evil one, wicked.

Go on
with your nonsense, old woman.

These are new days for Greece.

We don't believe
the old foolish tales anymore.

You do not believe?

Look there. There is one
who is pale and weak.

And upstairs,

there is one who is rosy
and red, and full of blood.

Get on with you.

Find younger ears
to listen to your nonsense.

General Pherides,
this is Mr. St. Aubyn,

British Consul from Adrianople.

My congratulations, general.
A fine fight, sir.

But a little inconvenient
for travel.

There will be
no more fighting here.

- The enemy is in retreat.
- Good.

And Mrs. St. Aubyn.

Robbins, Henry Robbins,
tinware.

Best grade.
Lowest prices.

Robbins is no robber.

Aren't you a little
out of your territory?

That I am. I'd give y'all
the blooming statues in Greece

for one whiff
of fish and chips.

- For one peek at Whitechapel.
- Each to his own taste.

I'm going back
on the first boat to England.

I'm for the sound of Bow Bells,
I am.

I'm not well.
Something's wrong with me.

An odd way to explain
plain drunkenness.

Quite.

He fell.

Horrible stairs.

I'm quite sure Mr. Robbins
will be alright in the morning.

- Thea, this is Mr. Davis.
- How do you do?

Thea, would you
give our friends wine?

- Will you have wine, sir?
- Thank you.

Were you singing
when we arrived?

- Thea has a lovely voice.
- She has indeed.

And now, General Pherides.

- Why, Thea...
What's the matter?

Don't you like the general?

The general is a cruel man.
He has a bad name.

Mr. Davis.
- Excuse me.

I do hope, sir, you won't feel
offended at Thea.

I'm afraid we rather spoil her.

You see, Mrs. St. Aubyn
is so fond of her.

I've been asking the general
to spend the night.

- He'll have none of it.
- What?

Pass up an opportunity to sleep
in a soft bed,

maybe have a hot bath?

General, you must be
out of your mind.

Well, if you won't
think of yourself,

will you please think of me?

I haven't slept in a bed
for two months.

The last bath I took
was a bucket

of cold water
I stole from your horse.

No, really? General,
I feel for this young man.

He can stay. But I have to
get back to the troops.

That battery near the beach,

you planned to inspect it
in the morning.

Well, you could do it
on the way back and save time.

I could do that
before the troops break camp.

Fine,
I'm honored to have you,

and we'll try
to make you comfortable.

But we must be off
first thing in the morning.

- I'll see about the room.
- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight, gentlemen.

Goodnight.

Our house welcomes you,
Master Soldier.

You stay to guard us.

Goodnight, my dear.
Sleep well.

Take good care of her, Thea.

Come, I will
get you to bed before

that old woman gets up here.

She is always prying,
peering,

trying to find out something.

She is just an old woman.

Odd, perhaps, but harmless.

Mr. Albrecht,
for this

I will never be able
to thank you enough.

- Goodnight.
Goodnight.

This is wonderful.

What's the matter?

Only General Pherides,

the old Watchdog
of his country

would turn a bedroom
into a barracks.

What's the matter? Have you
forgotten how to sleep

on a mattress?

I've learned to live
without comfort.

I can stand a hard bed
and a hard thought

without worrying too much.

The girl, eh? The one
who wouldn't serve you the wine?

That got under your skin,
didn't it?

Ahh.

She would just as soon
not have a watchdog around.

I don't know what she thinks.
And I don't care.

It is not so bad.
Not so bad.

You will be alright.

Perhaps, you'd better
get my medicine.

The bottle isn't here.

It must be
in Mr. St. Aubyn's room.

I will get it for you.

Come in.

What is it, Thea?

I came for
Mrs. St. Aubyn's medicine.

It's in my bag over there.
If you'll bring it to me,

I'll mix it for you.

Well, you're frightened.

You were very bold downstairs

when you refused
to pour me wine.

But alone with the old Watchdog,
you are not so brave, huh?

I am not afraid of you.

The old one in there
is frightened of you.

She made me come up here.

Said you were moving around,
restless. Planning evil things.

I went to get medicine
for my mistress.

So I see. Wait.

Uh, tell me, about the wine,
why did you refuse to serve me?

Why do you kill
your own countrymen?

And when have I done that?

In my district,
they still speak of how

you collected taxes
in the little villages

with field artillery.

They were in rebellion
against the taxes.

But they were Greeks.

Who is against the law of Greece
is not a Greek.

Laws can be wrong
and laws can be cruel,

and the people
who live only by the law

are both, wrong and cruel.

When I went up there,
she wasn't

quite so impudent,
she was frightened.

Did she tell you why she
wouldn't pour the wine for you?

Some silly grudge against me,
for collecting taxes

in her district.
That was before the war.

About time you got back
to the army, general.

- Where there's no back talk.
- I'll be glad to get back.

Oh, cheer up.
You won't see her again.

Oh, General Pherides?

I'd like your advice about
something, a grave matter.

- What's wrong?
- Uh, Mr. Robbins.

- We thought him drunk.
- Well?

I'd like the general to see him.

He was going back
to hear the sound of Bow Bells.

I'm afraid
he'll never hear them again.

He complained of not feeling
well. He staggered.

That staggering,
his dying so quickly.

In your campaigns,
have you never seen men

who staggered before they died,

who talked incoherently,
walked blindly?

I've seen men die drunk, and
I've seen men die of the plague.

There's no possibility
of that here, is there?

I'll send for Dr. Drossos.
He'll know.

And until he comes, everyone
must stay on the island.

We are faced with a very
serious form of the plague,

Septicemic plague.

The symptoms are wavering gait,
convulsions, weakness,

sometimes blindness
and then death, always death.

Always death,
and very quickly.

The illness is highly
infectious.

Because there is a grave danger
of it spreading to the army...

crippling our efforts
against the enemy

it has been decided that
we all remain here

until the disease
has run its course.

I have to cross over to the
village. Today is market day.

No one may leave the island.

I must safeguard
the health of my troops.

I'm afraid you'll
have to make an exception

in my case, general.
In my case and my wife's.

I'm traveling on urgent business
for my government.

- No one may leave.
But, my dear sir...

- His Majesty's government...
- No one may leave the island.

General Pherides, I respect
your concern and authority

but I must leave the island.
There are personal reasons...

I'll be glad to explain
my wife's plight.

No one may leave the island.

But you must have observed
that my wife is an invalid.

What about yourself, general?
What about the army?

It's better to have no general
than one carrying the plague.

The doctor
will tell you what to do

and I will see that you do it.

We will fight the plague.

Well, if I have to be
quarantined,

I couldn't pick
prettier company.

I'm sorry.

Actually, I, I wish
you weren't here at all,

that you were safe away.

That's what I really mean.

That's what I should have said.

Wash all you want to.
You cannot wash away evil.

There is one among us
who brings punishment on us all.

If you'd forget
about the evil spirits

just long enough
to pass us the towels

I'd be greatly obliged to you.

What nonsense
the old woman talks.

It sounds no stranger to me
than some of the things

you've been saying.
Good winds and bad wind.

I've explained that to you.

The disease is transmitted
by fleas.

Their bodies have
an 80% moisture content.

The hot wind from the south
literally burns them away.

If the sirocco blows, all danger
will be over in 24 hours.

Mm. Kyra sounds
just as logical to me.

That the Gods send the plague

to punish men
for harboring the vorvolaka.

- Vorvolaka? What's that?
- Some old peasant superstition.

An elemental wolf spirit.

Uh, some such thing
in human form.

They say it drains people
of their strength

and vitality until they die.

Kyra will tell you
that there's more to it.

That the vorvolaka is an evil

for which
the Gods punish us mortals.

I suppose,
the next thing you know

she'll be telling us that
a vorvolaka walks among us.

What nonsense.

The doctor is the doctor,
and we'll do as he says.

Certainly, but one might as well
go out on the cliff

and build a votive fire
to Hermes.

Well, not that I believe
in Hermes, either.

You'd better
believe in the doctor.

He's the only one
who can save us.

We'll make a wager.

The doctor can use his science,
I'll pray to Hermes.

We'll see who dies
and who is saved.

You can't mean that seriously.

I'll take your wager.

You broke the doctor's first
order. No contact.

I'll break
no more of his orders.

Nor will you,
or any of the others.

But now that I find
we are to remain here,

I must insist that you stop.

Your suspicions of her,
your hints,

your vague little threats,

they all make Thea
dreadfully unhappy.

Madame Kyra, let me remind you
that evil breeds evil.

And in the end, it will be
you yourself who will suffer.

- I warn you...
- We die when we must.

Come in.

It's Mrs. St. Aubyn.
She has her illness again.

She hardly breathes.
Will you come to her?

- Mr. St. Aubyn?
- Shh. The others.

- Mustn't rouse the others.
- Let me call the doctor.

- It may not be...
- It is the plague.

There is nothing he can do.

- If I could only see Mary.
- I will get her.

No, no. If she's ill,
it might be dangerous.

And what are you doing here?

The sickness came to him
last night. He is dead.

Where is his wife?

- She sleeps.
- And does the doctor know?

Did I not give orders
that the doctor should be told?

Now, get your mistress here
at once.

Don't you understand?
The body has to be taken away.

She has to be told.

- No.
- No? No?

Get her.
Bring her to me at once.

Wait. Why don't you
want to call Mrs. St. Aubyn?

- What are you afraid of?
- The shock, when she awakens.

You're hiding something.
I want to know what it is.

It's Mrs. St. Aubyn's affair,
and of no concern to you.

Please, listen to me.
I've got to make you understand.

- He's not dead.
- But, Mrs. St. Aubyn...

No. No, I won't believe it.
He's not dead.

But Dr. Drossos
is a medical officer.

I don't care who he is.
He doesn't know. He can't tell.

I'll make any tests you want.

Look.

He's not dead!

If there is the faintest
breath of life,

it'll cloud the mirror.

- You see?
- The breath can stop.

The heart can stop.
It still doesn't mean death.

- Men have lived...
- Quite right.

In cataleptic trance,
a man may live for days

with no visible sign of life.

The breath suspended,
the heartbeat stilled.

But this man is dead.

What difference does it make?

Uncovered or covered,
the eyes see no more.

Looks alright.

It'll give us all
something to do.

Better to watch the wind
and hope that it changes

than to watch each other
and have no hope at all.

The wind is our only hope.

A change in the wind.
Is that it, doctor?

Of course, we can take certain
simple sanitary precautions.

The general is putting
all his hopes on you, doctor.

Yes, I know.

That frightens me
more than the plague.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

I wonder if I could have a word
with you alone, doctor?

I have an explanation
and apology to make to you.

- Certainly.
- Oh, don't go, I'm leaving.

The ledge
is getting too populous.

Remember
the general's instructions

about gathering in groups.

Doctor, I'm extremely sorry
for what happened yesterday.

- I would like to explain.
- Of course, Mrs. St. Aubyn.

All my life, I've had a dreadful
fear of premature burial.

I awaken sometimes
screaming with nightmares

in which I see myself
buried alive.

Waking to find myself entombed,
without air,

stifling, and no escape.

I know.
It's not an uncommon fear.

Perhaps, I have more reason
for my fear than most.

You see, since childhood
I've been ill.

I have fainting spells.

Trances.

Was it I who mentioned
catalepsy yesterday?

Yes.
I couldn't tell you then.

I've had trances
lasting more than a day

with almost complete suspension
of heartbeat and respiration.

I should have known.
I'm terribly sorry.

I would never have spoken
as I did.

But you need not fear.

I will take every precaution,
make every known test.

- If, if you are unlucky...
- Thank you.

Now that you understand,
I'm no longer afraid.

I suppose you want to hear
my prayer to Hermes?

I just came to see if your
prayer would entertain me

as much as my medicine
seems to amuse you.

O, God of physicians,
God of healing, protect us.

Watch over us, thou swift-footed
one, son of Zeus.

What? Did my prayer move you
to join with me in worship?

It was my way of saying amen...
and my surrender.

- To the Gods?
To the Gods.

They are more powerful
than my Science.

You feel the symptoms?
My friend, what can one say?

What is there to say?

I'll meet my old
familiar enemy, death.

I've fought him before.

I've won often.
Now he wins.

Let him come for me.

- This is for Dr. Drossos.
- You can't go in there.

Oh, let me by, please.

Aren't you afraid?

I am not afraid of dying.

There is nothing
you can do here. Get out.

I have no patience with martyrs.

How long can one live
with catalepsy, doctor?

An opiate.
At least you need not suffer.

I have watched so many times.

I will watch this time, too.

You should be spared.
Your knowledge, your courage...

A fool's courage.

Fight death all your days

and die,
knowing you know nothing.

That's the last of our friend.

Where are you going?

Well, never mind that.
It does no good.

It will serve our purpose
a great deal more

if we were to join in prayer...

To Hermes?

I've been mocking prayer,

making a joke of it out there
in the ruins.

I said that I believed
in nothing.

But there was a little boy
in Switzerland

who used to feel the peace
and quiet of the church

and listened
to the minister pray.

You may have heard
other words in Switzerland

but there is a prayer
for all of us.

0, God, the strength of the weak
and the comfort of sufferers

mercifully accept our prayers

and grant to thy servants
the help of thy power

that our sickness
may be turned into health

and our sorrow into joy.

- Amen.
- Amen.

Amen. Thank you.

To believe, to pray,

even if only to some Pagan God

so long as belief is there,
it brings comfort.

That's true, isn't it, general?

I did not pray.

Well, certainly
you believe in God.

When I was a boy, I was taught
by the village priest,

and old women like Kyra,
my belief had many sides,

good sides and bad sides.

As a man,
I put all that away from me.

I put my faith in what I can
feel and see and know about.

Like Dr. Drossos?

Like Dr. Drossos.

I'm going out to see if there
has been a change in the wind.

There goes the Watchdog.
He was so proud of that.

Guardian of his country,
of the law.

Do you mean the general felt

that he could guard us
from death?

I don't know.

I do think he had
some such notion in his mind.

With Drossos as his weapon,

he thought
he could beat it away from us...

keep it away from the army.

Oh...

So, Master Soldier,
so, you pretend not to believe

and yet, you feed the fires
that burn for the Old Gods.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

You know. Your friend is dead.
He could not save us.

So, you're trying to tell me
again that it's the vorvolaka

that we have the plague here
because a young girl is healthy

and her mistress is sick.

Wait, I have already told you
about that.

I have another warning.

It's a warning that
does not ask for your belief.

We are dark people, out of
an old soil with old blood

That moves
to ancient sorceries, magic,

good spirits and bad spirits.

What are you trying to tell me?
Speak plainly.

We face death here.

You suppose
I don't know that?

And worse than death,
evil things that I know

and that you know,
and Thea knows.

Things that we cannot tell
in words, but which we feel.

Feel and fear.
- You are an old fool.

- Let me pass.
- Wait, I'm trying to save you.

I don't ask you to believe me.

I ask you to think on the hours
when one sleeps.

Do you know what happens then?

The body may lie still in bed

but what happens
to the thoughts, the spirit?

With what ancient demons
does it spend its time

and in what deeds?

And Thea, does she know?

Oliver...

Uh, would you say, Oliver,

that I am different
from other men?

Different? No.

Are my thoughts different?

Every man has his own thoughts.

You don't understand.
Are Greeks different?

I mean, old fellows like myself

who were brought up
in the mountain villages?

Sure. Greeks are different
from Bavarians,

Bavarians are different
from Irish.

Sure, you're different.

I still don't seem to make you
understand.

Let me try again.

This trouble,
this sickness we have...

the fact that we may all die,
toward that am I different?

Yeah, I suppose you are.

How?

Well, Albrecht and I,
and St. Aubyn, too,

before he died

we sort of take it, accept it,
but you're fighting it.

It seems to me you're,
you're fighting something

bigger than the plague

wrestling with something
you can't see, and Kyra, too.

I get that feeling from Kyra.
- And Thea?

Hmm. She's young.

You're going out to meet her.

- I wouldn't go.
- What're you gonna do, general?

Give me a paternal lecture
on bringing Thea home early?

That's hardly the way
to talk to a man and woman

who may be dead tomorrow.

Where are you going?

I'm not sleepy. I'm going out.

You're going back to your room.

You know what my troops call me?

- They call you "The Watchdog."
- Yes.

We have the plague here.

I said I'd stand watch
against the plague.

But St. Aubyn died,
the doctor died.

I tried everything,
every human remedy.

And now that you've failed,
you think

it's some of Kyra's nonsense,

the evil spirit,
the vorvolaka.

- I don't know, perhaps.
- That is stupidity.

That is superstition.

- Let me by, please.
- No.

I'm just as unsure as you are.

I don't know
that this is a contagion

of the soul that you carry

a contagion bred of evil,
nameless, unearthly.

But until I do know,

I must keep you away
from the others

and if necessary,
I'll make an end in the only way

that we know
that a vorvolaka can be killed.

It's impossible.

I'm flesh and blood.
I remember my mother and father.

Yes, but when you awaken
in the morning

what do you remember
of the night before?

Of your visits
to the Englishwoman?

Sometimes at night, I tend her.

I, I help her
when she feels ill.

I, I loosen the nightgown
at her throat.

At her throat.
That you remember.

Can you remember dreams?

Can a vorvolaka
in her human form

remember the evil
that she did at night?

How can you be so sure?

This much we know,
you walk at night.

You arise in the morning
refreshed and filled with life

and your friend,
every day she goes paler,

listless, weaker.

It is best that you stay away
from the others.

I hope that I'm wrong.

I hope that everything
that Kyra said is untrue

but until I know,
I must watch you.

Mrs. St. Aubyn,
were you ill before?

- Before?
- Before I came to work for you?

Oh, yes, I was ill
for a long time before.

But since I came,
you've been worse?

Yes, that was to be expected.

Why do you ask, Thea?

You're not thinking
that you're at fault?

It isn't that, is it?

I thought I had given you
something better to hold on to

than those silly stories
of evil spirits

and malignant forces that
you heard in your home village.

But you do grow worse, weaker.

But that's not your fault,
child. It couldn't be.

It's very simple.
My illness is incurable.

Naturally, it grows worse
as time goes on.

Could it be my spirit?

Something over which
I myself have no force or will?

You're good, Thea,
kind and generous.

How, how can anything bad
come from goodness?

I try to be good.
I try to be kind.

But how can I know
what my spirit...

Your spirit is yourself, Thea.

You needn't worry about
vorvolakas.

When you left this room
a few moments ago

there was an open,
giving look on your face.

Where were you going?

To that young man?
And why didn't you go to him?

You met the general and he
talked to you of this nonsense.

That's it, isn't it?

Thea...
go to the young man

and wear the same happy look
you had before.

What do you mean,
spying on us like this?

You must have known
we were here.

- That is why I came.
- Bosh. Come on, Thea.

You might as well stay here,
Davis.

The island is small, and
wherever you go, I'll go, too.

- It's for your own safety.
- Wait a minute.

You really mean that, don't you?
You're really concerned.

And you're gonna tag along
just to protect me.

- I am concerned.
- Let me get this straight.

You feel that Thea
is some sort of evil influence

and can harm me
and the other people here, too.

Is that it?

What are you gonna do about it?

When I am sure,
I will destroy her.

General, you're right.

There is something here
more dangerous

than Septicemic plague.

More dangerous
as far as Thea is concerned.

And that's your own
crazy thoughts about her.

You can say whatever you like.

The only safe thing for Thea

is to get her off the island.

We'll leave in the morning
and I'll row you over.

You can't go.
You'll spread the plague.

You might have thought about
that before you threatened her.

- Why can't you come with us?
- I've told you, Thea.

But even if it's true

even if there's no chance
of your getting well

it would still be better
if you were with us.

You and Oliver don't know where
you'll be or what will happen.

You couldn't shield me against
what I fear most.

I don't dare go with you.

Mr. Albrecht,
will he know what to do?

Yes, I'll explain everything
to him.

Look, you must be off.

Oliver will be waiting for you.

No, he's to meet me later.

God bless you.

Mr. Albrecht, the American,
where are they?

They are not in this room.

I cannot see through stone
and mortar, like some I know.

Thea, darling, what happened?

The general,
he wrecked the boat.

He won't let me
leave here alive.

It's alright.

He'll not harm you.

I'll see to that.

General Pherides.

This self-appointed tyranny
of yours cannot be tolerated.

What you have done before
was bad enough.

Harassing everyone
with your orders,

forcing immediate burial without
time for prayer or mourning.

But now this.

Preventing these young people
from leaving,

persecuting a dear
and lovely girl like Thea

terrorizing her with your ugly,
savage superstitions

I will not have it!

There are other men here,
sane men.

They will know
how to deal with you.

I warn you, general.
Leave Thea alone.

What must be done, I will do.

Does that include smashing
the only boat on the island?

I told you that no one
could leave.

And I told you, general,
that your orders

do not apply to me
or any civilian.

You haven't any rights over us.

If you do anything else
to threaten Thea, general,

I'll forget
that we've been friends.

Thea.

Thea, you must help me.

You did call them,
didn't you, Kyra?

I told you, I knocked.

The girl said her mistress
wasn't well.

Maybe you can make up a tray
after dinner.

- Thea will probably be hungry.
- I asked.

The girl said she wanted
nothing.

It has been bright and warm
today, hardly a breath of wind.

We can all take comfort
in the thought

that the wind may change
tomorrow.

We always have these warm,
still days

before the sirocco
begins to blow.

It hasn't changed yet.

What do you do,
vorvolaka?

What do you do
behind locked doors?

Vorvolaka. Vorvolaka.

Vorvolaka...

I have twisted rose briar
before your door.

The thorns that pierced His brow
will tear your flesh, evil one.

I have put salt in the fire and
a cross of ashes on the door.

Vorvolaka. Vorvolaka.

Vorvolaka, born of evil

sinful and corrupt

your hands are bloody
with violence

your mouth bitter with the taste
of sin and corruption.

You are guilty and abhorred.

Vorvolaka. Vorvolaka.

Please, please, I beg of you...

My fault...
Is it my fault?

I've been waiting.

I did not want him to hear.

The girl, she is still
in the Englishwoman's room.

Let her stay.

All night long
I heard her moving,

and sometimes someone crying.

Now everything is still.
The door is locked.

- You knocked?
- No one answered.

It was quiet like a tomb.

Good morning.

Look.

She must have sickened
last night.

No, she was not like the others.

She fell down
and hasn't moved since.

She was not like the others.

Drossos told me
the plague differs.

Some it strikes down
almost like that.

She fainted often, but you can't
stay in a faint all night.

Look into the eyes of that one.
You'll see how she died.

I don't know what's the matter
with the general.

Something up here. You'd better
stay out of his way.

- Get down to the ruins.
- But Mrs. St. Aubyn?

We'll see
that everything's done.

It's best you keep out
of his way.

- Please, I'd rather stay.
- No.

It's bad enough
to have the plague.

I don't want a madman
to contend with.

The general's almost rational
when you're not around.

Stay out of his way.

Her heart has stopped.

- There is no breath.
Here, try the mirror.

She would have wanted us
to do that.

Nothing.
Help me get the box up here.

General, the wind. Look, the
wind has changed to the south.

It's the sirocco, we'll be able
to leave this place

and you can take command
of your troops again.

I've had command
for the last time.

Oh, come now, general.

You'll feel a lot better
after we leave

this accursed island.

I shall never leave the island.

I'm gonna get Albrecht.
Watch the general for me.

Soldier, you stayed your hand.
Now the plague punishes you.

The vorvolaka still lives,
rose-cheeked and full of blood.

I am alone with her.

I am not dead yet.

She shall not harm you.

Alone with her in that dark
room. I am afraid.

And now, there's that other one.

Who dies by a vorvolaka
becomes a vorvolaka.

That other one,
she's in her coffin

but she struggles to come out,
to prey on us.

Hear her? Hear?

The wood splintering?

I can hear it.

I hear it.

Shut me in,
in the dark.

Shut me in again.

Closed me. Shut in.

It doesn't look much like
the fish spears

I knew back at Marblehead.

The great God of the sea,
Poseidon,

didn't use it for fishing.

He raked
the wine-dark ocean with it

and stirred
the loud-sounding waves.

They still use spears like that
in Corinth.

Vorvolaka, I hear her.

I hear her.

He seems to know you're out
here. It sets him off.

Why don't you get to bed?
You need some sleep.

Little frightening up there, eh?
Well, I can't blame you.

Outside?
It's windy, but it's warm.

Why don't you sit out there
and I'll join you

when the general quiets down
a bit?

Napping, eh?

It's the warm wind.
It makes one sleepy.

The general's asleep.
I'll get Thea back.

Who's there?

Is that you, Oliver?

- Kyra?
- Kyra!

What's the matter?

In the tunnel, something white.

- Maybe...
- Maybe what?

Aubrecht, do you remember
what St. Aubyn said?

That business about
being in a trance, well,

she must have been,
she didn't even recognize Thea

in the tunnel.
She's out of her mind.

Mad.
- What are you talking about?

We put her in that coffin alive.

The box has been broken.
She's out here somewhere.

You can't go with us. We'll need
your help after we find her.

Vorvolaka.

Mrs. St. Aubyn.

Mrs. St. Aubyn.

Mrs. St. Aubyn, wait.

Wait, Mrs. St. Aubyn.

Thea.

I saw the vorvolaka.

I saw her.

Grave clothes, wings...

the face...

Eyes of death and evil.

Yes, yes.

She came out of the darkness.

She must be destroyed.

It is done. She has gone back
to endless night.

Back of his madness,

there was
something simple, good.

He wanted to protect us.