Jonathan Barnavelt : [to Lewis]  You'll see, things are quite different here.

Jonathan Barnavelt : There's a clock in the walls. We don't know what it does, except... something horrible.
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Jonathan Barnavelt : Have a look around, it's perfectly safe...
[a tentacled monster opens a door, Jonathan shoves it back] 
Lewis Barnavelt : THAT's safe?
Jonathan Barnavelt : As long as it's fed.
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[the clock strikes] 
Jonathan Barnavelt : Three gongs... last time it was four. What happens when it gets down to one?
Mrs. Zimmerman : Nothing good, that's for certain.
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Mrs. Zimmerman : So, you told Lewis everything?
Jonathan Barnavelt : Well, not everything.

Jonathan Barnavelt : [to Lewis]  I can give you the right books, teach you the right spells, but that last 1%, that's up to you.
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