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CAMERA on Marlow I s s t a t i o n a r y be fo re he speaks , but t h e r e i s s t i l l the dim image of t h e Dark Country across the a p e r t u r e , showing across Marlow vaguely bu t s t i l l d e f i n a b l e . Now the voice of Kurtz i s hea rd very f a i n t l y on t h e sound t r a c k .

KURTZ' VOICE I want only j u s t i c e .

As Kurtz f i n i s h e s , the image of the Dark Country has d i s a p p e a r e d from the frame and Marlow occupies i t a lone . His eyoa a r e not now in d i r e c t focus i n t o t h e l e n s . I t i s a3 though he saw beyond t o K u r t z , The match i s s t i l l i n h i s h a n d , i t s l i g h t showing on h i s f a c e .

MARLOW I c o u l d n ' t . I c o u l d n ' t t e l l h e r . I t would have been too d a r k - - too dark a l t o g e t h e r —

(pause) We've l o s t the f i r s t of t h e ebb—

Marlow l o o k s \ip and throws the match in to t h e wate r . CAMERA PANS DOWN t o follow the match. I t goes out and now, a s Marlow speaks on the sound t r a c k , the music s t a r t s s n e a k i n g i n . CAMERA PANS UP over the water In to t h e d i s t a n t h o r i z o n where the l a s t glow of the sun shows behind t h e da rken ing c louds .

MARLOW'S VOICE ( c o n t ' d ) ( n a r r a t i n g )

The o f f ing i s ba r r ed by a b l a c k bank of c louds , and the t r a n q u i l waterway l ead ing to t h e u t t e r m o s t ends of the e a r t h flows somber under an overcas t sky — seems t o l e ad i n t o the h e a r t of an immense da rkness ,

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