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Eos,

whose rays reveal dark secrets of Lviv.

And the cries of the innocents

fade in the sounds of the city.

PHARMACY

Where is the exit to the backyard?

Through the hallway, to the right, officer.

- Good morning, Aspirant. - Dułapa, what are you doing?

This is a crime scene.

Spit on the bud--

- and put it into your pocket. - Yes, sir.

Where is it? Where is the body?

In the loo.

Did you move anything?

Aspirant,

no offense, but--

this is a terrible case. It's--

It's a case for Commissioner Popielski.

Stay here.

Dułapa, ask the old woman to leave the bacony.

Auntie, go home, now!

One can't even use the privy.

You are right, Dułapa. Perfect case for Popielski.

ERINYES Goddesses of Vengeance

Chapter 6 Alecto

AND CALLED FROM GLOOM OF HELL ALECTO,

WOEFUL POWER, FROM CLOUDY THRONE AMONG THE FURIES

WHERE HER HEART IS FED

WITH HORRID WARS, WRATH, VENGEANCE, TREASON FOUL, AND FATAL FEUDS.

Virgil, Aeneid 7, 324-326

Did you read today's "Word" special supplement?

I didn't have to read, Commander.

The whole city is talking about the murder of little Henio Pytka.

And what does the whole city know

about the man who found the corpse of this boy?

His name was not given.

All newspapers obeyed the order of the police,

but tomorrow

all of Lviv will know that the Israelite Adolf Aschkenazy

found a Christian child with multiple knife wounds in his loo.

Do you know what this means?

Commander,

I won't believe that some Jewish pharmacist

committed ritual murder on a Catholic boy and notified the police.

I don't care what you believe in!

Yes, sir.

I prefer to believe that Popielski will be ready and will catch this creep.

I also believe this time it's not you.

Just the echoes of the previous case.

If you had secured his family

and Leokadia Tchórznicka would not have been kidnapped,

today Popielski would have no objections. But he does!

You have to do everything,

absolutely everything, to make Baldy ready.

And if you don't,

I'll send you to the Romanian border.

You'll catch Ukrainians for stealing apples in the orchard.

No political connections will help you, got it?

I want to assure you, Commander,

I will do everything to finish this case as soon as possible.

On Sunday, the real murderer will be in the asylum.

Don't worry about me; I'll be fine.

You don't have to do that, Edward.

To the Head of the Investigation Office of the Voivodship Police Headquarters.

Application for resignation.

I humbly ask that you accept my resignation as of today.

The reason for this request is difficult family situation.

Yours sincerely.

Please, have a boy take this to chief constable Kocowski.

Of course.

And bring two vodkas, one for you and one for me.

Do me the honor; I'm leaving work today.

Sorry, I can't drink during working hours.

Is there anything else I can do for you?

No.

Mr. Popielski, aren't you ashamed at all?

He's coming.

Please, give us the real reasons for your resignation.

Lviv is counting on you. How do you justify your desertion?

Aren't you afraid of national unrest?

Did you chicken out?

Who will capture the murderer if not the catcher of the Hebraist?

Baldy, Lviv will never forgive you.

The children of Kleparov won't forget.

Oh, bollocks--

I can see the boy is very fast.

How can I clean it? It's a suit from the Jabkowskis.

What the fuck is this, Popielski?

- Do you know what I can do with it? - Tear it up,

and I'll write a new one. We will play this game until the cows come home.

Do you think I can't manage without you?

You think I need a dandy who comes to work only when he feels like it?

You think I care about this resignation of yours?

Then accept it,

and tell the reporters that Baldy is leaving, and you agreed to it.

What do you want from me?

What?

Peace of mind for Kiczałes.

You are crazy.

You know the police don't deal with thugs.

Fine, I will give you permission.

In writing.

Put me through to Winniki 23, please.

Kiczałes?

Hi, honey.

There is a car in front of the Atlases. It will take you wherever you want.

A Catholic child and the discovery of his corpse

by the Israelite Adolf Aschkenazi is the spark

that could set Lviv on fire again.

Fortunately, newspapers don't mention it.

At least that's what Kocowski is good at.

Yet protecting Jerzyk and Lodzia

is beyond his humble skills.

Only Kiczałes can do it.

He knows that if he doesn't hurry,

the pogroms will set off and this whole gang of his will go to hell.

Though I don't think this is about religion.

Good night.

Commissioner,

what brings you to my humble abode?

I want you to find the murderer of this child.

WHO WILL CATCH THE MONSTER?

You think like everyone else, don't you?

That a Jew killed a Christian child.

For matzah.

And now I, a Jew, am to look for him among my own?

Are you afraid of a pogrom?

I do not care about the nationality of the murderer.

I am coming to you not because you are a Jew,

but because you are a governor.

Do you understand?

The world of thieves and bandits is your governorate,

but your subordinates are men of honor, right?

And this son of a bitch,

the murderer of a five-year-old child,

has broken all the rules of your world.

Will you really allow such a degenerate to be active in your governorate?

Go on, Commissioner; I'm listening.

I want to join forces to catch him.

What business is that for me?

If you find this criminal and bring him to me alive,

I forget for a year about the existence of your governorate

and any thug who tells me: "I am with Kiczałes",

will be able to rest easy.

What if it is not me but you who catch him?

I will lose time, money I pay to people.

My spies will do their work, but you'll catch him.

This agreement is very simple and not amended.

Either you catch him

and gain a year of reprieval, or you don't catch him,

and we continue to be adversaries.

Good evening.

Listen to me carefully.

I performed the autopsy on this baby

without any assistance.

No one knows what I know.

The second person would be you.

This boy has 30 stab wounds.

None of them was fatal.

When found,

the body should have been covered with blood.

But it was clean, as if it had been washed.

Some madman cut this child 30 times with a knife,

drew his blood and then washed him?

And the boy was still alive.

This child died as a result of a fractured spine.

The wounds are 24 hours older than the internal stroke

that resulted from breaking the boy's neck.

The child was alive until his spine was broken,

do you understand that?

Do you understand?

Now you listen to me.

Jews are barricading themselves in their houses,

an unemployed man was caught with a bottle of kerosene near a synagogue.

We don't have time, doctor.

Do you think civic concern for Jews is my motive?

I don't know what your motive is,

but there is a child murderer in Lviv, and I have a 6-year-old son.

And I--

have a two-year-old son.

You are the third person to know about this

besides me and his mother.

Commissioner Edward Popielski from the Criminal Police

and Aspirant Wilhelm Zaremba.

These two are Henio's parents, yes? And who are you?

They are the parents, and I am the grandfather. Have a sit.

Mr. Pytka,

local children testified that they were playing hide and seek.

One of the girls said that Henio hid

behind a grocery store on Queen Jadwiga Street.

He must have left with someone he knew well,

otherwise someone would have noticed a boy trying to get away.

Mr. Pytka, tell us

the names of everyone who came here that Henio may have known.

Start writing.

Zussamen altogether three people:

Tadziu Jojko - a painter,

Mundziu Orfin - a stonemason

and Kaziu Sitkiewicz - a gravedigger.

And Tolek Malecki, as big as a bull. A bricklayer, like my Ignacy.

They all used to work with Ignacy for one Jew in Wólka.

After work they came here, played cards, and drank a little vodka.

But no carrying-on.

Tolku even told children stories.

By the way, is it Dolku or Tolku?

I don't know.

Dolku is short for Adolf and Tolku for Anatol.

How is it then?

Check out the stonemason and gravedigger,

and I'll visit Tolku who tells children stories.

- See you at the station. - Yes, Edziu.

Commissioner,

I swear to God that I'll kill that bastard who killed our Henio,

and then I'll walk to Czestochowa.

You will make pilgrimage to Czestochowa, Pytka?

To thank for killing the scoundrel.

I'll kill and then thank the Blessed Virgin Mary.

- Really? - I swear to God.

Then I'll buy you good shoes for this pilgrimage.

Anatol Malecki, bricklayer

son of Teofil and Zofia born on 14.11.1904 in Lviv

residing at 25 Joselewicza Street,

According to the testimony of the minor Haliński Czesław,

the 34-year-old suspect played hide and seek with children.

During the game, he hit the 8-year-old Haliński Czesław several times

and injured him with a flick knife.

Refer the suspect for detailed psychiatric evaluation.

The patient's peculiar imagining

that he is a child playing with other children

may indicate severe psychological irregularities.

His aggressive behavior towards children

is laced with sexual fantasy.

It is recommended to immediately place the patient in a closed facility

for people with neurological diseases, as he may be a social threat.

Doctor Antoni Lebedowicz, head physician.

Where did you get so drunk, Walerek?

Here.

Wait for us here.

He is off his face!

Have half a zloty

and make sure that he does not sneak out.

I am a civil servant, and I get salary.

I don't need your pennies.

Who's this? A patient?

Perhaps a future patient, like all of us.

I am also a civil servant.

Criminal police. I want to see the head of this facility.

You can't go to the ward to see him.

This is against regulations.

I have to stop everyone.

I need to notify them through the phone about your arrival.

Yes, this is Durbak Józef speaking.

Dr. Lebedowicz is wanted on the phone.

Criminal police is waiting here.

He will talk to you.

This is Commissioner Edward Popielski.

The investigation requires me to see patient Małecki Anatol.

Holy shit, I'll be damned right here, right now.

Listen, Walerek,

Anatol Malecki will be here in a moment.

Tell me if he is the one who'd come to your house.

Do you understand?

Sure.

Is the one who comes here Tonio Malecki or not.

Durbak, is it them?

This is not Tonio Malecki.

Holy shit, you are bothersome.

You think I have time for your whims

and checking your patients.

I've been searching for this Malecki all over the ward,

and he's been on pass for four days.

Of course, Dr. Zucher didn't bother to notify me.

Couldn't you have checked this? Call us earlier or something?

I wouldn't have wasted my time for you, Mr.--

Popielski. Goodbye.

Where are we going?

To visit Tolo Malecki.

- Just the two of us, both zwei? - Yes.

He's strong as a bull.

Commissioner, we'd need another policeman with us.

- Do you like your new shoes, Pytka? - Well, sure.

Then get used to them, because you will go to Czestochowa in them.

Do you now understand why we don't need another policeman?

Who's there?

Police, open the door!

Is your name Anatol Malecki?

Why?

Is that the one?

Don't move.

Jesus, what a stench.

Fuck.

Come here.

Lie down under the stove.

Lie on your side and put your hand here.

Here, cuff yourself.

Is he alive?

Alive, he is only dazed.

Damn, what an odour.

Nobody has died of stench and shitted of hunger yet.

Listen, Walery.

You wanted to kill him because he killed your grandson, right?

Okay.

But I am not sure it's him. Do you understand, Pytka?

He's yours.

Jerzy.

Jerzyk, come here. Daddy woke up.

Look, Daddy's awake.

Daddy's fine.

You've been unconscious most of the day. What are you doing?

It hurts Daddy. You can't do it.

Commissioner is well.

Our dearest, they have cured you.

What happened?

You and the drunkard you revived this morning were found

in the gate at the market square, near Atlas.

An ambulance brought you home.

Dr. Feller treated your wounds

and recommended rest, but as you see with Jerzy there is no resting.

He's just a child.

What about Małecki?

They wrote in "Word" that you didn't catch him.

Today, at noon, police officers from the 3rd Police Station

arrested 35-year-old bricklayer, Anatol Małecki.

Items found in his apartment indicate that indeed Małecki

had something to do with the murder of little Henio Pytka.

Unfortunately, at the press conference

the head of the investigation department, Hieronim Kocowski,

did not want to reveal any additional details.

Give us a minute.

I had to take you down…

and then come over here and apologize.

I ask for your forgiveness, Commissioner.

The deal was a little different.

Why did you do it?

The deal was good,

but--

someone from the police gave me more than you did.

Two years of peace.

- But I am a man of honor-- - Be silent, Kiczałes.

Shut up, you scab.

You called me governor, Commissioner,

but it's the governor who bows to you.

Tell me what you need.

Your three wishes are my command.

You may think of me as a scab, a miserable Jew, a nobody.

I understand that, but please remember.

I grant you three wishes, like a fish from a fairy tale.

The little girl that you saw at my place in Winniki,

may also be yours,

in addition to the wishes.

LVIV CITY POLICE STATION

Maksymilian, see you at 4 p.m.

Which of you, sons of bitches, used this bandit to screw me over?

Who deprived me of my loot, Małecki?

Who promised Kiczałes two years of abolition?

Hello, Edziu, how is your head?

Walery woke up, I questioned him, but there's a black hole in his head.

I keep wondering,

who would have gained from damaging you like that?

- One of our own. - No--

Fuck, this world has become really strange.

Do you remember our gymnasium in Stanisławów,

where one would go through fire and water for others, without asking?

Here one of our own hits you on the head with a rod.

The only question is why, Edziu--

The monster will avoid the highest penalty.

Instead of gallows, a psychiatric facility.

The monster will avoid-- Here you go.

The monster will avoid the highest penalty.

Instead of gallows, a psychiatric facility.

Maybe it was for the fame?

Walerek won't make a pilgrimage to Czestochowa,

because the creep will stay in a warm hospital,

and one day he'll get a new pass

and find some other yard filled with the merry sounds of children.

That's not going to happen.

Someone is thinking of you, Małecki,

and sending you this.

You like it very much.

Gimme, Mr. Mucha.

Gimme.

Quiet, you sucker.

Do you want the smell of brisket to wake up the other crazies?

Come to the loo.

Quickly, quickly. That's where you'll get it.

Go on, in the cabin.

Take him.

This is for my grandson.

Why are you so grumpy, Commissioner?

It's too easy for me to kill people.

I don't understand why the death of the degenerate did not bring me relief?

Why did it arouse anxiety in me?

Is it the instinct of a detective, which has never failed me,

that was now trying to point out something I missed?

Was it its voice whispering to me that I had made a mistake?

There's only one way to find out--

Erinyes will show me the truth.

When the Erinyes wail their ominous song,

the epileptic vision becomes an unshakable reality.

for Gosia

THE SERIES IS AN ADAPTATION OF MAREK KRAJEWSKI'S BOOKS:

Erinyes, Charon's Numbers, The Rivers of Hades, In the Depths of Darkness

Subtitled by: Robert Prusakowski