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02:24Slaanjevo, my lords.
02:31Play on, Angus. Play McMurdock's Triumph.
02:36Yes, Glenmore.
02:44What did you just say, Sir Hector? Slaan...
02:47Nothing, Sir Hector.
02:49My friend, Glenmore. Only Glenmore.
02:53A Scottish nobleman is being addressed with the name of his ancestral castle.
02:58An ancient saying.
02:59As you wish, Glenmore.
03:01And what does this Slaanjevo mean?
03:04Slaanjevo. That's Gaelic, the noble language of my noble ancestors.
03:09It means health.
03:12Then Slaanjevo.
03:15A toast to whiskey.
03:35How high are we, Sir Hector? I mean, Glenmore.
03:39Angus, look at the altimeter.
03:42Exactly one mile, Glenmore.
03:44Yes, you heard correctly.
03:47We were floating 1,600 meters above Scotland in a balloon.
03:53We were the owner of the balloon, Sir Hector McMurdock, also known as Glenmore.
03:58Then Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus Van Dusen, generally known as the thinking machine.
04:04The most important scientist and amateur criminologist of our time.
04:08And my minority, Hutchinson Hatch, reporter at the Daily New Yorker.
04:13Friend, companion and occasional assistant of the professor.
04:17Not to be forgotten, McMurdock's bagpipe player, Angus.
04:22Who provided us with what is considered music in this country.
04:26And in the art breaks, with Scotland's most famous and most delicious product.
04:32Uschki beer, my Lord. Water of life.
04:36That's what this delicious drink is called in our language.
04:40Uschki?
04:41No, Uschki beer.
04:44And from it the English, God damn them, made whiskey.
04:49But look, my Lord.
04:51Backboard ahead, the mountain, the McMurdocks, the mighty Ben Coy.
04:56Yes, yes, very magical.
04:58Well, not just the Rocky Mountains.
05:01And at his feet, Glenmore, the castle of the McMurdocks.
05:05Castle?
05:06Do you mean the castle ruin up there with the crooked tower and the courtyard?
05:11It should be renovated.
05:12Mr. Hatch, whoever, like you, has visited the palaces of the Lords Vanderbilt and Rockefeller,
05:18may seem to be a descendant of the Scottish race.
05:22We McMurdocks may not be rich, Mr. Hatch, but we are old enough for that.
05:28We look back on a long, heroic story.
05:32With pride, Mr. Hatch.
05:34Do that, Mr. Hector, uh, Glenmore.
05:36But if you ask me...
05:38You ask me, Mr. Hatch.
05:40Can you tell us, Glenmore, what the water down there on the right side is called?
05:46Starboard, you mean, Professor. That's Lockshin.
05:50The lake of the McMurdocks.
05:52On its shores, my great-great-great-grandfather, Alan McMurdock,
05:5713 prisoners of the eclipse, our arch-enemy, God damn them,
06:01roasted them over open fire on a skewer.
06:05Those were the days, gentlemen.
06:07Exaggeratedly honorable.
06:09And, uh, the smoking chimney over there, is that also McMurdock?
06:15That, Mr. Hatch, you had better not have seen.
06:19Play it, Angus. Play McMurdock's Shame.
06:23There is no such song, Glenmore.
06:25Then play something.
06:27Yes, Glenmore.
06:30Why, shame, uh, Glenmore, I mean.
06:33That's a whiskey burning, Mr. Hatch.
06:36McMurdock's burning.
06:38The town where the whiskey was made in their glasses.
06:41Oh, well, I wouldn't call that a shame.
06:44You don't understand me, Mr. Hatch.
06:47You can't do that either.
06:49Listen to me. You too, Professor.
06:51Is everything all right with you?
06:53Oh, yes.
06:54Then have another sip.
06:55You look as if you could use it.
06:58Thank you, Glenmore. It's all right.
07:00Good, good.
07:01Angus, keep playing while I tell you,
07:04but keep your compass and your hearing to your eye.
07:06Yes, Glenmore.
07:08So listen to me, gentlemen.
07:10Before a good year, Sir Hector McMurdock the Elder died.
07:14My father.
07:16But I don't know what that has to do with the whiskey burning.
07:19Wait a minute, Mr. Hatch.
07:21My father died and left me his title,
07:24the rule of the clan, Glenmore Castle,
07:28and the rest of the family property.
07:30With one exception.
07:32The famous McMurdock's burning has been inherited by my younger brother.
07:38Oh, you have a brother?
07:40That's right. His name is James.
07:42And James is, if I'm not mistaken, McMurdock's shame, isn't he?
07:46You could put it that way, Mr. Hatch.
07:49Unfortunately, James has no meaning for the size of the McMurdocks,
07:53for our history, our traditions,
07:56for the dignity that we have to guard under all circumstances.
08:00James is a child of our time.
08:03He only thinks about money.
08:05He will not be satisfied with continuing the McMurdock's burning,
08:09like in the time of our fathers.
08:11A small family business that only produces for its own needs.
08:15James wants to expand.
08:16He wants to get capital from the English.
08:19God damn them.
08:21They put a huge whiskey factory in front of my nose.
08:24And the worst thing is,
08:26he wants to export our precious material to England.
08:29That's incredible.
08:31If we talk about something else.
08:33The houses back there.
08:35At the end of the lake.
08:37Do you see it?
08:38Yes, yes.
08:39Yes, there.
08:40That's Shinnok.
08:42The city of the McMurdocks.
08:44New York?
08:45If you tell me that New York should be a little bigger,
08:49then I'll even believe you.
08:51You surely want to know how we, the professor and I,
08:54got into the gondola of a balloon.
08:56Even further, far from home in Scotland.
08:59It went like this.
09:01In the spring of 1903, we started a world tour.
09:05First, we drove from New York to England over the big pond.
09:10And here we were invited to Scotland.
09:13Sir Hector McMurdock, the well-known aeronaut,
09:16had the great plan to fly from his home in a balloon to America.
09:22And asked Professor Van Dusen,
09:24whose scientific fame had reached the highlands,
09:27to be present at the take-off as an outstanding representative of the transatlantic spirit.
09:34We accepted, arranged the necessary,
09:37and were, when it was time, picked up from the train station in Inverness.
09:41By Sir Hector and his balloon, the Caledonia II,
09:45with which he flew us over the highlands to Glenmore Castle.
09:51Not flew, Mr. Hedge, it's called drove.
09:54You don't fly in a balloon, you drive.
09:57You don't fly?
09:58I don't know what to say.
09:59Glenmore Castle, straight ahead, Glenmore.
10:02We're here, gentlemen, get ready for landing.
10:05Engels, take the anchor, you know what to do.
10:07At your command, Glenmore.
10:09Hold on tight, Professor.
10:11And you, Mr. Hedge, get ready to throw the sandbag at my command.
10:15Why is that? I think we're landing.
10:17If anything goes wrong, Mr. Hedge, we have to get back up very quickly.
10:21All right, I'll pull the valve now.
10:26Of course, nothing went well.
10:29We made a clean landing in the large courtyard of Glenmore Castle
10:33and were happy to be back on solid ground,
10:36at least as far as the professor and I were concerned.
10:39In the evening we saw our host again, at the festive dinner,
10:44evening dress and suit desired, for Schotten, Kilt and what goes with it.
10:49Except for Sir Hector and us,
10:51three more guests had found themselves in the so-called hall of glory of Glenmore
10:56and the inevitable Engels,
10:58who, in a measured step, walked around the table
11:01and painted his instrument.
11:07The whistle plays to the board.
11:09An ancient custom.
11:11And good for digestion.
11:13Something has to be good.
11:15Interesting.
11:16So folkloristic.
11:18What's the name of the piece, Glenmore?
11:20MacMurdock's Complaint.
11:22It was composed in the 18th century,
11:24after the Battle of Culloden,
11:26for Donald MacMurdock, who was shot by the English.
11:30God damn you.
11:32Nothing for bad, Miss Porter, Mr. Porter.
11:35What is true must remain true.
11:37Please, please.
11:38If you enter for the truth, Glenmore,
11:40then you should also mention
11:42that your otherwise quite esteemed ancestor
11:44was a rebel against his just government.
11:47Oh, just.
11:48Daddy, leave the old stories.
11:50Very right, Miss Porter.
11:51And that applies to you, Hector.
11:53Who cares about these things from yesterday?
11:55Shotton, England, MacMurdock's, McKillop's.
11:57All nonsense.
11:58Time has passed and you can't buy anything for it.
12:01We are all modern Brits, whether we want to or not.
12:04First course, blood soup.
12:07Ah, blood soup.
12:09Delicious.
12:10An ancient Scottish dish, ladies and gentlemen.
12:13Long live, professor, Miss Porter, Mr. Porter, Mr. Hatch.
12:18You too, Jamie.
12:19Or do you only eat Windsor soup and English roast beef?
12:23Jamie, that was of course Brother James.
12:26MacMurdock's shame, as Hector had called him.
12:29Shame or not, in any case,
12:31he was a completely different type than his brother.
12:34Not only in thinking, but also externally.
12:37Despite a certain family resemblance in size, figure and face.