The Gorgon

Professor Jules Heitz:
I want to ask you a simple question.

Dr. Namaroff:
Pleas...

Professor Jules Heitz:
You were once a guest in my house in Berlin. You met both my sons - Bruno. in particular. You talked to him at some length.

Dr. Namaroff:
I believe I did.

Professor Jules Heitz:
What impression did you form of him?

Dr. Namaroff:
Well, I thought he was... [Pausing to light a match]

Professor Jules Heitz:
Normal?

Dr. Namaroff:
Why, yes, of course.

Professor Jules Heitz:
Yet capable of murder?

Dr. Namaroff:
My dear Heitz, that is hardly a fair question. Given a certain set of circumstances, I believe almost everyone is capable of murder.

Prof. Karl Meister:
Well, I hadn't seen you for some considerable time, so I thought I'd come see what you're doing.

Paul Heitz:
It's a long story.

Prof. Karl Meister:
I've come a long way to hear it.

Prof. Karl Meister:
[Contemptuously to Inspector Kanof] Don't use long words, Inspector; they don't suit you.

Dr. Namaroff:
[Seeing Carla's reaction to his dissecting of a brain] It isn't a pretty sight. Never ceases to amaze me why the most noble word of God, the human brain, is the most revolting to the human eye.

Dr. Namaroff:
We are men of science. I don't believe in ghosts or evil spirits, and I don't think you do, either.

Professor Jules Heitz:
That's one of the most unscientific remarks I have ever heard. I believe in the existence of everything which the human brain is unable to disprove.

Coroner:
[At the inquisition of Bruno Heitz] From the evidence I've heard, I have the impression that your son was somewhat of a bohemian. Would you agree with that?

Professor Jules Heitz:
He was a talented artist. His life was of his own choosing.

Coroner:
I also had the impression he was a libertine.

Professor Jules Heitz:
[emphatically] No!

Coroner:
He had a number of girlfriends?

Professor Jules Heitz:
Possibly. However, that does not make him a libertine.

Prof. Karl Meister:
Good heavens, Paul. What's happened to you?

Paul Heitz:
Oh, why I've um, I've been ill.

Prof. Karl Meister:
Ill? You must have been in your grave and dug your way out.

Prof. Karl Meister:
Incidentally I understand that some of your democratic citizens tried to eject the late professor Heitz. You better warn them not to attempt that sort of behaviour with me.