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00:00The Pearls of the Kali

00:11It was written on the 7th of May, 1903.

00:20It was springtime in New York.

00:23In Central Park, the coconuts were blooming.

00:31The skyscrapers at Times Square were shooting up.

00:35And in Wall Street, the dollars were multiplying in a wonderful way.

00:39Not that there was much to see, because it was dark.

00:44More precisely, half an hour before midnight.

00:47And apart from the fact that the New York spring is pretty cold right now.

00:53Because I was about to leave my beloved hometown for a long time.

01:04My name is Hatch.

01:06Hutchinson Hatch.

01:08Reporter at the Daily New Yorker, the world newspaper of the world city.

01:11And if you're wondering why I'm saying goodbye to Broadway to travel the world.

01:17Then I could tell you a lot about an assignment of my newspaper to cover the old Europe and other curious places.

01:25And to exclusively report on everything interesting.

01:28But the most important reason for my trip was another one.

01:33I wanted to accompany a man who belongs to Hutchinson Hatch like, let's say, Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson.

01:41I mean, of course, my dear friend, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus Van Dusen.

01:49The great natural scientist and amateur criminologist, who is known as the machine of thought.

02:12You're leaving, Professor?

02:15Yes, my dear Hatch didn't run away from me.

02:18But don't you want to leave your profession and look at the scenery?

02:22The skyline of Manhattan.

02:24I'm quite familiar with it.

02:26The Statue of Liberty.

02:28I know this monumental work of modern sculptor art to my heart's content.

02:32The many people at the pier who say goodbye to us.

02:35Are rather annoying to me to give the truth the honor.

02:38I suggest to avoid this obligatory trouble at such occasions.

02:44If you're looking for me, you'll find me in the cabin.

02:47I'll be working on my manuscript on the basics of the atomic structure theory of the elements.

02:55Typical Van Dusen.

02:57Of course, I stayed on deck and watched as the huge dark blue hull of the Columbia

03:02worked its way out of the East River.

03:06Brooklyn and Staten Island passed and, past Sandy Hook,

03:10steamed out into the great Atlantic.

03:13Full power ahead! Full power ahead!

03:17Full power ahead!

03:27Don't you think that Professor Van Dusen would have left the usual environment,

03:31teaching chair, laboratory, circle of friends, and a soft heart behind him?

03:35But his epochal researches in almost all areas of natural science

03:40had torn at his forces.

03:42Especially the longer contact with the mysterious element radium

03:45was not left without serious consequences.

03:48In addition, the tension of the numerous significant criminal cases

03:53that Van Dusen, to a certain extent, had to solve in his spare time.

03:58In short, the professor was overworked and needed air change.

04:05So it happened that we, Professor Van Dusen and my little team,

04:10were on board the Columbia on the way to Europe to recover.

04:15We could not imagine that our peaceful tour

04:19would turn into an almost uninterrupted series of dangerous adventures

04:23and unheard of crimes.

04:26We had New York almost behind us.

04:29That's where it started.

04:31Here on the Columbia, the story that I called

04:34The Pearls of Kali happened.

04:37You could also call it

04:39Murder on the high seas.

04:45The Pearls of Kali

05:16Cheers!

05:19Your Excellency,

05:21My Lord, My Lady,

05:24Ladies and Gentlemen,

05:26I have the opportunity to use this, our first meal together,

05:30to welcome you on board the Columbia in the name of the transatlantic line.

05:35That our ship has four hulls

05:38and is equipped with all the comfort of modern times,

05:41that my lords have already recognized.

05:43But what you probably do not know yet,

05:46due to its 20,000 brutto register tons

05:49and its maximum speed of 23 knots,

05:53the Columbia is currently the largest and fastest ship on the Atlantic route.

05:58We have the justified hope

06:01to reach our destination, Southampton,

06:04already on May 13th,

06:06after only a six-day journey.

06:09The next day, at lunch,

06:12Captain Harris held the obligatory welcome speech

06:15at the so-called captain's table,

06:18where the crème de la crème was gathered.

06:21People who, through money or rank or reputation,

06:24were out of the crowd of the usual first-class passengers.

06:28From the second or even third class, of course,

06:31not to mention.

06:33So that you know who you are dealing with at this table,

06:35my chief steward will now introduce you to each other.

06:39May I?

06:41His Majesty, the Maharaja of Krishnapur.

06:44An Indian prince, as stated in the book.

06:47Gold-plated turban,

06:49the doyak and schnabel shoes.

06:51Jewels everywhere, wherever you can find them.

06:54An unremarkable smile on his brown face, and so on.

06:58You know the guy.

07:00Lord and Lady Wildermere.

07:02The ambassador of his Great British Majesty,

07:05in Washington, on a vacation home.

07:08To relax from the wild passions of the Americans.

07:11In addition to painting.

07:13He, stiff and stiff,

07:15of a refined boredom.

07:17She, slender like a fir, beautiful like an orchid.

07:20Aristocratic, up to the refined fingertips.

07:23Mr. and Mrs. Oscar M. Doberman.

07:26That's me.

07:28You've probably heard of the famous soap king from Chicago.

07:31A man who had millions of dollars,

07:35and therefore didn't bother to take care of the so-called

07:39more beautiful things in life.

07:41He now wanted to do the same in Europe.

07:44His wife only noticed,

07:47that she had put together her clothes on board,

07:50exactly according to the advice of the little manual,

07:53for ship travelers.

07:55Flannel suit, warm coat,

07:57and firm, if not fashionable, shoes.

08:01By the way, quite in contrast to Lady Wildermere,

08:05who, even with wind and waves,

08:07didn't want to give up on feathers and a Parisian model hat.

08:11Professor Van Dusen.

08:13I don't need to introduce him anymore.

08:15Dr. Miller.

08:17A surgeon from Minneapolis,

08:19who should have a certain reputation in the Middle West.

08:21I didn't know him,

08:23and didn't pay much attention to him either.

08:25That was, as she later found out, a mistake.

08:29And Mr. Hedge.

08:31Surely you are surprised,

08:33that a simple New York journalist

08:35at the captain's table of Columbia

08:37is allowed to take a seat.

08:39No reason to get excited.

08:4151% of the transatlantic line

08:43belong to my old man, Gott Schützen.

08:46That explains everything.

08:48Please allow me, gentlemen,

08:50to withdraw now.

08:52The captain's seat is, as you know, on the bridge.

08:54And this is especially true now,

08:56because the course of Columbia

08:58leads through a notorious iceberg area.

08:59Is there a risk, captain?

09:01Not in the least, milord.

09:03Columbia is unsinkable.

09:05Before I leave you,

09:07I have an announcement.

09:09For tomorrow evening, May 9th,

09:11I invite you and the other first-class passengers

09:13to a mask ball in the Palm Garden.

09:16This celebration will,

09:18as I hope,

09:20by the friendly weather

09:22and the luxury surrounding it,

09:24still beautify a pleasant stay on board.

09:26As for the sale of the costumes,

09:27please contact the customs.

09:29And now,

09:31excuse me.

09:33Would you like anything else, milord?

09:35Champagne!

09:37We want to have fun.

09:39And we did have fun

09:41on this day and the next.

09:43The weather stayed nice,

09:45the wind held back,

09:47no one became seasick,

09:49except, of course,

09:51the third-class passengers

09:53at bow and stern,

09:55where it always shakes.

09:57Occasionally,

09:59to avoid getting rusty,

10:01I played a game of shuffleboard

10:03or a round of poker in the smoking room.

10:05And only very rarely

10:07did I read a few lines

10:09for the Deli New Yorker.

10:11Quite differently,

10:13Professor Van Dusen.

10:15He sat in his cabin,

10:17talked about the atomic structure theory

10:19of the elements

10:21and remained unsociable.

10:23Of course, I knew what he was missing.

10:25An interesting case,

10:27and the professor

10:29should be helped very soon.

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