Some kind of screaming, like a child's voice. What did you do? I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to. And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see? Lambs. They were screaming. They were slaughtering the spring lambs? And they were screaming. -And you ran away? -No. First I tried to free them. I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run. But you could and you did, didn't you? Yes. I took one lamb, and I ran away as fast as I could. -Where were you going, Clarice? -I don't know. I didn't have any food, any water, and it was very cold, very cold. I thought if I could save just one, but, he was so heavy. He was so heavy. I didn't get more than a few miles when the sheriff's car picked me up. The rancher was so angry, he sent me to live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman. I never saw the ranch again. What became of your lamb, Clarice? They killed him. You still wake up sometimes, don't you? Wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs. Yes. And you think if you save poor Catherine, you could make them stop, don't you? You think if Catherine lives, you won't wake up in the dark ever again to that awful screaming of the lambs. I don't know. I don't know. Thank you, Clarice. Thank you. Tell me his name, Doctor. Dr. Chilton, I presume. I think you know each other. Okay.
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Doctor, we don't have any more time for any of this now. But we don't reckon time the same way, do we, Clarice? This is all the time you'll ever have. Later. Now, please, listen to me. We've only got five... No! I will listen now. After your father's murder, you were orphaned. You were ten years old. You went to live with cousins on a sheep and horse ranch in Montana. And? And one morning, I just ran away. Not "just", Clarice. What set you off? -You started at what time? -Early. Still dark. Then something woke you, didn't it? Was it a dream? What was it? I heard a strange noise. What was it? It was screaming.
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The son of a bitch demanded a second dinner. Lamb chops, extra rare. Wonder what he wants for breakfast. Some damn thing from the zoo?
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Jesus Christ! Ready when you are, Sergeant Pembry.
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Hand me that, would you?
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Thank you.
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Well, he's a white male. Serial killers tend to hunt within their own ethnic groups. He's not a drifter. He's got his own house somewhere, not an apartment.
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Circles where the girls were abducted, arrows where their bodies were found. This new one today washed up here. Elk River, West Virginia.
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He's got a real taste for it now. He's getting better at his work.
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And he's never impulsive. He'll never stop.
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Why not?
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Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing, ask what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek? He kills women. No! That is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does? What needs does he serve by killing? Anger. Social acceptance and sexual frustrations... No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now. No. We just... No. We begin by coveting what we see every day. Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?
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Special Agent Terry, Agent Starling. We appreciate being invited to your jurisdiction. I didn't call you. That was somebody from the State Attorney's office. We'll extend you every courtesy, but right now... Sheriff, this type of sex crime has certain aspects. I'd just as soon discuss in private. You know what I mean?
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Excuse me! Excuse me, gentlemen. You officers and gentlemen, listen here now. There's things we need to do for her. I know that you all brought her this far and that her folks would thank you if they could for your kindness and your sensitivity. And now, please, go on now and let us take care of her.
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Ready when you are, Doc. Just another minute, please.