The Mummy

332 00:31:27,469 --> 00:31:29,805 - The man who tried to stop us. - Yes, yes, I remember. 333 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,182 That sort of thing was always happening. 334 00:31:32,265 --> 00:31:35,143 "Dear Mr Banning, unless this account is settled..." 335 00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:36,853 So much debt. 336 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:38,605 He was such a methodical man in everything else, 337 00:31:38,688 --> 00:31:40,857 but he would leave paying bills to the last minute. 338 00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:43,151 He was always being sued. 339 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:46,571 If you could remember the argument you had when you decided to take him in hand? 340 00:31:46,655 --> 00:31:49,908 He said he was perfectly capable of dealing with his own business affairs. 341 00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:52,994 And two minutes later, there was a little man on the doorstep serving a writ. 342 00:31:53,078 --> 00:31:55,872 (CHUCKLES) We had a good laugh about it afterwards. 343 00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:59,042 You were very fond of your father, weren't you? 344 00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:01,920 Yes. Yes, I was. 345 00:32:03,338 --> 00:32:04,798 In spite of that leg. 346 00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:08,885 That was my own fault. I could have gone back to base and had it set. 347 00:32:08,969 --> 00:32:11,221 Then all the trouble started. 348 00:32:11,805 --> 00:32:13,640 Do you remember that day? 349 00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:16,143 I don't think I shall ever forget it. 350 00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:21,064 That look on your father's face when he realised he'd discovered Ananka's tomb. 351 00:32:21,523 --> 00:32:23,400 And then afterwards. 352 00:32:23,817 --> 00:32:28,447 It was... It was never really established what made him crack, was it? 353 00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:32,409 - Overwork and the excitement. - That was the doctor's verdict. 354 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:34,661 That's what it was. What else could it have been? 355 00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:38,540 I can't get out of my mind what Father said to me the other day when I went to see him. 356 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,543 All that nonsense about the living mummy and the Scroll of Life? 357 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,211 - Mmm-hmm. - You'd better, 358 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:46,173 otherwise you'll be having a breakdown too. 359 00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:59,644 - What's that? - The Ananka folio. 360 00:32:59,728 --> 00:33:02,856 - Do you know the legend? - Vaguely, yes. What about it? 361 00:33:02,939 --> 00:33:06,234 - Do you know it? - No, I don't really. 362 00:33:06,735 --> 00:33:10,989 Some wild story about the living dead. That sort of thing, wasn't it? 363 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,742 And here itis. 364 00:33:14,910 --> 00:33:16,995 "In the year 2000 BC, 365 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:21,875 "the Princess Ananka, high priestess of the temple of Karnak, set out on a pilgrimage. 366 00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:26,129 "She was bound for Amtak, the reputed birthplace of her god. 367 00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:29,090 "The great procession travelled for three months, 368 00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:32,677 "when the princess was stricken with a sickness from which she died. 369 00:33:32,761 --> 00:33:35,680 "The body of the princess lay in state in her own tent, 370 00:33:35,764 --> 00:33:39,100 "while the involved and lengthy mourning ceremonies took place." 371 00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:42,145 I am come unto thee, O Osiris, 372 00:33:42,229 --> 00:33:44,731 who art cleansed of all impurities. 373 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:52,697 Thou guest round heaven. 374 00:33:52,781 --> 00:33:55,158 Thou seest Ra. 375 00:33:55,242 --> 00:33:58,036 Thou seest the beings who have knowledge. 376 00:33:59,621 --> 00:34:03,166 Behold, thou art in the Sektet Boat 377 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:06,044 as it goeth "round the horizon of heaven. 378 00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:12,342 Prosper thou for me. 379 00:34:13,593 --> 00:34:15,512 All the ways unto thee. 380 00:34:18,515 --> 00:34:22,978 Homage to thee, Osiris, thou mighty and beneficent being. 381 00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:26,106 Thou holy god. 382 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,692 Thou prince of eternity. 383 00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:31,236 (WOMEN WAILING) 384 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:39,744 JOHN: "Then her body was prepared for embalming 385 00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:43,748 "by the incredible process known only to the ancient Egyptians. 386 00:34:43,832 --> 00:34:47,335 "First, it was anointed with the holy oils." 387 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:49,421 Hail, Osiris, triumphant. 388 00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:53,425 The goddess Wa hath given thee birth. 389 00:34:54,676 --> 00:34:59,347 And Anubis, who sitteth upon the hill, hath set thee in order 390 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:03,143 and will fasten thee thy swathings. 391 00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:09,065 Thou art more beautiful than a goddess 392 00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:13,320 and