00:00Nothing enrages a scientific mind more than an opinion that is slightly different from
00:28its own. Professor Matthew Porkins, the respected entomologist. Professor Paul Happley, also
00:45a respected entomologist. In the specific grouping of leaf minor moths, the grouping
00:55of Michael Epidoptera, which I believe should be expanded to include the nepticulidae, or
01:03pygmy eye cap moth. And many would expect the world of research to be some happy family in
01:10which all men work together peacefully. It is not. It has started as a series of minor disagreements.
01:17And the more one reads of Professor Porkins' ill-conceived document, the more one is led
01:23to the conclusion that his microscope is as defective as his powers of observation, whilst
01:30his cataloguing system would appear to be a miracle of ineptitude. With Porkins and Happley,
01:38it was all out war.
01:45Professor Porkins, may I compliment you on your address, Professor Happley, so refreshing
01:52to hear a man completely unconstrained by the fact. As I was talking about your work, sir,
01:57an element of fantasy is perhaps inevitable. Well, much of that happily stay here and correct
02:00you all day. I must return to working on my next paper. Good day. I look forward to reading
02:04it. For nothing so invigorates a man as laughter.
02:19When, in 1891, Porkins published a study on the mesoblast of the death's head moth, his health
02:29had been bad for some time. Consequently, the work was far below his usual high standards.
02:37It also connects to mention that the caterpillar will melt a total of four times before it
03:02is able to pupate. And, you would see, this blundering collector will have us believe that when the
03:10death's head hawks moth cover themselves in this slagolite creature.
03:16Happley published a truly damning indictment of Porkins' study.
03:20Happley left no loophole. Rather, he left Porkins covered in shame.
03:38There was, naturally, a great curiosity of the Royal Entomological Society as to how
03:44Porkins would respond.
04:14open up
04:24there
04:32you
04:37you
04:39you
04:40Let's go.
05:10Let's go.
05:40Let's go.
06:10Let's go.
06:40Reading or walking would not engage him.
06:44Let's go.
06:48Trick.
06:52Trick.
07:06Trick.
07:10I don't mind admitting that the whole affair has thrown me out of gear, so to speak.
07:18Naturally.
07:18It's not that I feel guilt.
07:20Guilt?
07:22About Porkins.
07:24I don't feel guilt.
07:25Why would you feel guilt?
07:27Exactly.
07:27I don't, but I do feel...
07:32I feel unable to apply myself to my work.
07:42Well, surely there have been periods like this before.
07:45Never.
07:45For 20 years, I've worked seven days a week with microscopes, scalpel, collecting it and pen.
07:51I know with you it is a vocation.
07:53Quite.
07:54But I've begun to entertain the thought that...
07:57It wasn't entomology which drove me, but the desire to prove Porkins wrong.
08:03Oh.
08:04And now Porkins is gone.
08:08I see.
08:09Well, properly managed rivalry can spur men on to achieve great things.
08:15Yes.
08:16Well, my worry is that I'm no longer capable of great things.
08:22One must rest on occasion, both the body and the mind.
08:27What about you, Mortimer?
08:28You ever consider yourself off duty?
08:32Oh, yes.
08:34Yes.
08:36Now, for instance...
08:42Checkmate.
08:45There's time for another game, if you'd like.
08:52To keep his mind occupied, happily decided he would catalogue some old slides.
09:19Your genus.
09:20Oh, shit.
09:21Oh.
09:22Oh.
09:23Oh.
09:46Oh.
09:47Oh.
09:48Professor.
09:49Can I be of assistance?
09:51Close the door, damn you!
09:53Oh.
09:54Oh.
09:55Oh.
09:56Ah!
09:57Oh.
10:00I mean, I'm at the당히ppycat music for her
10:01name.
10:05Boob.
10:06Achoo.
10:07Oh.
10:09Hapley, searched the entire house, but he could not relocate the moth.
10:13not relocate the moth new genus by urban and in england too within this very house if anything
10:25could reignite my passion for my subject is this well you do seem more your old self it's only a
10:32pity you weren't able to apprehend it truly truly but i've seen one example therefore i'm reasonably
10:38confident i shall see another if only pawkins were alive to see my triumph check
11:01i'll have you this time
11:02oh
11:32oh
11:36lost
12:02hawkins within one week professor happily saw the strange green moth on five separate occasions
12:32so
12:45yet he was unable to catch it he gave up trying he knew it would not be caught all happily wanted now
12:52was for it to leave him in peace
13:02what happened to your head oh yeah accident i um uh tripped
13:14rug was it the rug yes we must be careful we only have one body unlike your butterflies and moths we
13:25cannot shuffle out of a chrysalis and begin life afresh
13:34speaking of fresh life i wonder
13:38have you ever given much thought to the topic of
13:43reincarnation
13:45reincarnation no i haven't but might it be possible that a man might live his life
13:56pass away
13:56and then return as a different being
14:02no i think not i think it's most unlikely more unlikely than christ's resurrection
14:10yes far more unlikely
14:12oh
14:16what's the matter
14:17a damn moth
14:18where
14:19there
14:22where
14:26don't you see the moth
14:28on the edge of the table there
14:30certainly not
14:41the eye of faith is no better than the eye of science
14:44i don't understand
14:54what's the matter
14:56happily came to welcome the idea that the moth was simply an hallucination
15:00resulting from temporary mental stress
15:13this was something he could understand
15:16something he could fight
15:18and so he resolutely determined to erase the moth from his mind
15:38you
15:39are an insubstantial phantom
15:42the problem of a chemical imbalance in the brain
15:48or the side effect of some
15:51a perverse kind of grief but you are not real
16:12the problem of a chemical imbalance in the brain
16:22happily was wholly successful in expunging the creature
16:27until that is
16:29he felt the moth's touch
16:31a touch that was cold
16:34clammy
16:36tainted
16:42a
16:49father morton to see you professor
16:51would you like me to bring some tea
16:53no
16:54do as you wish
16:56sir
17:01my dear fellow i hope you'll forgive my arriving without an appointment but i couldn't believe it
17:05when i heard of your misfortune and so soon after your previous accident
17:09it's quite sounds like you took quite a serious tumble
17:13yes
17:15furious
17:16how did it happen
17:20is it the rug
17:23the rug
17:24rug
17:24you could have been killed
17:27that's what he wanted
17:29pardon
17:30look i'm fine
17:31i might make you heal soon enough
17:35please don't let me take up any more of your time
17:37could easily have been the end of you
17:40perhaps that would have been preferable
17:42hey preferable to what
17:47to being haunted
17:50haunted
17:50haunted taunted played with
17:55i don't follow you
17:56it's him
17:57he's here
17:59who
18:00professor porkins
18:01porkins
18:02surely you said he died
18:04he wants to punish me
18:06he won't rest until he has destroyed me
18:11listen
18:12i
18:14i have no idea what you're alluding to but it sounds to me like a matter for the police
18:18do you like me
18:19no no no no no no no no no
18:22please go
18:25oh well
18:27i hope you feel better soon if there's anything that i can
18:30go
18:41oh
18:44I don't know.
18:54We're not there.
18:55We shouldn't exist.
18:56We're not real.
18:58No!
18:59No!
19:00No!
19:01No!
19:02No!
19:03No!
19:04No!
19:05No!
19:06No!
19:07No!
19:08No!
19:09No!
19:10No!
19:11No!
19:12No!
19:13No!
19:14No!
19:15No!
19:16No!
19:17No!
19:18No!
19:19No!
19:20No!
19:21No!
19:22No!
19:23No!
19:24No!
19:25No!
19:26No!
19:27No!
19:28No!
19:29No!
19:30No!
19:31No!
19:32No!
19:33No!
19:34No!
19:35No!
19:36No!
19:37No!
19:38No!
19:39No!
19:40No!
19:41No!
19:42No. Please. Please. No. No.
19:47We need you to be safe, Professor.
19:52Open your eyes.
19:54No. No. No. No, you can't do this.
20:04Can't do this.
20:06The doctor was a blockhead. A recently qualified general practitioner.
20:12Quite ignorant of mental science.
20:14He simply told Happley there was no moth and left it at that.
20:33It's Porkins's ghost.
20:35A totally unique specimen.
20:39Drops are catching.
20:41What is it, Professor? Is there anything I can do?
20:54Get away from me!
20:56Please, Professor, tell me what I can do for you.
20:59Professor, no. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please.
21:08Dr. Paul Happley graduated from Oxford for the first.
21:14He was a member of the Royal Entomological Society, enjoyed an international reputation as a pioneer
21:21researcher and published three highly regarded volumes.
21:27But in the end, the asylum director classified him as potentially dangerous to both himself and others.
21:36It was a very small room.
21:39It was a very small room.
21:42Certainly not big enough for two.
21:45Professor, no. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please
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