"The Seven Crystal Balls" " Part 2" "The curse of Rascar Capac has come true...!" "This doesn't make sense." "No one could get in or out." "Every single exit is guarded." "Unless... the shutters are locked from the inside." "You there!" "Have you seen anything?" "No, Sir!" "Not a thing!" " This absolutely beats me." "Look!" "Rascar Capac's jewels have disappeared!" "A rope!" "Someone came down the chimney!" "Quick!" "We got to check the roof!" "Check the roof!" "Search the ground!" "Whoever it is, couldn't have gone far." "There he is!" "Got him!" "Find him, Snowy, find him!" "Oh... poor old Snowy... you can't smell a thing with all that soot in your nose, can you?" "Blistering barnacles!" "That's Tarragon!" "Quick!" "Let's go!" "Help me!" "Huh?" "Here they come, they're back." "They'll tear me to pieces." "Get away, fiends!" "No!" "No...!" "Professor Tarragon, calm down!" "Gracious!" "Morning already!" "Well!" "Did you find anybody?" "I'm afraid not." "My men have searched the grounds all night." "We found some blood stains this morning, but nothing that we could follow." "What about Tarragon?" "Still in a coma... the doctor is with him." "I can't understand what caused the fit." "Heartbeat's normal, pulse are steady, muscles relaxed." "A clear case of..." "Aah... they're back!" "They're going to kill me!" "Is Hercule in?" "Well... yes." "But he's in a bad state." "Walking about the estate!" "Oh good..." "I'll join him." "Leave me alone, you monsters!" "Hercules...!" "Hercules...!" "Now where can he be?" "Oh, I know!" "I'll find him with my pendulum." "Hercules...!" "Hercules...!" "How peculiar!" "Hello?" "What have we here?" "That's Rascar Capac's bracelet." "How on earth did it come to be here?" "It really is magnificient." "I'll just slip it on and surprise everybody." "And how well it goes with my coat." "Calculus!" "I don't think shouting is going to help." "You know how hard of hearing he is." "Well, where on earth can he be?" "Calculus!" "Captain!" "Look at this!" "There!" "On the tree!" "So that's why they couldn't find the culprit..." "He climbed up that tree to hide." "But... he could still be up there." "I'm going to see." "Be careful!" " Well?" " Nothing." "I'm coming down." " Ow!" " Don't worry, Captain." "I'm alright." "I'm happy to hear that." "Captain, over there... to your right." "More to your right." "You've got it!" "Calculus' umbrella!" "What is it, Snowy?" "There are signs of a struggle here, Captain." "A struggle?" "Calculus in a fight?" "The intruder must have been hiding in the tree..." "When he saw Calculus come along, he jumped him." "Blistering barnacles!" "Why would anyone want to attack Calculus?" "I don't know, Captain, but we'd better find him." "Snowy, try to find the Professor!" "Thundering typhoons!" "They're getting away." "The police will get them now." "I've got their license number." "They kidnapped a man named Cuthbert Calculus, a friend of Professor Tarragan." "A black sedan registered 317-413." "Proceeding from Harlesfort at 9 AM in a South-Westerly direction." "Will build blockades on" "Route 28 and 52..." "OK... this could be him." "Look out!" "Inspector... this is road block 'C'." "Black sedan just drove through us on Route 28 heading North." "There's another road block 2 miles down." "I'll radio them right away..." "Sir... have you seen a large black sedan on the road?" "I don't think so." "I didn't notice." "Carry on, Sir." "Did you stop the black sedan?" "What!" "It didn't come this way." "That's impossible!" "We were following them 5 minutes ago!" "Well?" "It looks like we've lost him." "It seems that the black sedan has vanished somewhere on the road." " Wait... maybe they pulled into the woods." " Let's go look." "There it is!" "Empty." "Nothing." "Poor Calculus, the salt of the earth..." "A prince among men!" "Anything?" "No, inspector, but we got the whole area blocked off." "Call for reinforcements." "We'll search the entire woods." "It won't help." "The kidnappers are long gone." "Why do you say that?" "Look!" "There's another set of fresh tire tracks here..." "I'd say there was another car waiting for them, a beige colored car..." "Blistering barnacles!" "How do you know the colour of the car?" "There's a trace of beige paint on that tree where the path is very tight." "And remember, as we arrived at the road block, we passed a beige colored car... there were 4 people inside." "Yes... the driver was wearing glasses." "He was a Spanish or something like that..." "Beside him was a skinny man who'd looked like an Indian." "That's it!" "Ten thousand of thundering typhoons..." "We could have had them." "Well, don't give up yet!" "Officer!" "Send out a description... of the beige car and the men in it to all posts." "Yes, Sir!" "I don't understand it?" "Why?" "Why would anyone kidnap Calculus?" "A man who never hurt anybody." "Look, don' worry... we'll find him." "I hope so." "More on the disappearance of the renounced scientiest, Professor Calculus." "The police have identified the car used by the kidnappers as a large beige-coloured sedan." "And the occupants are believed to be of South American origin..." "The kidnapping of Professor Calculus is believed to be connected with the mysterious case of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition, and the subsequent misfortunes that have afflicted all members of that expedition." "Hello, Tintin." "Thomson here." "Hello, Thomson..." "I say there's something very unusual going on at the the Hospital where the seven explores are." "I think you'd better slip around there and have a look." "We thought you should know that Professor Tarragon's fit was not an isolated case..." "You mean all the explorers are doing the same thing?" "Yes, at exactly the same time everyday..." "We don't understand it." "It's almost time." "Oh.. hello, Mrs. Clarkson." "Doctor, it's horrible." "Can't you do anything?" "We're doing all we can." "The best specialists in the country have been called in." "Could I please stay a little longer?" "Really Mrs. Clarkson." "It's best if you leave now." "Go home." "Get some rest yourself." "You're exhausted." "They all seem calm enough." "For the time being." "But it'll soon begin." "Just about..." "Now!" " How is the Captain, Nestor?" " He's been sitting by the phone for days..." "Have you any news of the poor professor?" "None." "Calculus has vanished into thin air." "Hello?" "Yes, it's me." "Who are you?" "Dear, oh, dear, the master will be so disappointed..." "What?" "..." "What... what!" "?" "Thousands of thundering typhoons...!" "Captain!" "Captain?" "Sir!" "Sir... it's me, Nestor." "Can you see anything?" "Anchors away, laddies!" "Hang on, Professor!" "We'll find you." "Captain!" "What's happened?" "No time to stop and jabber, son." "We're wastin' time...!" "But Captain!" "At least tell me..." "Snowy!" "Snowy... come back here!" "Snowy!" "Snowy!" "Stop!" "stop!" "Snowy!" "Are you alright?" "You gave me a dreadful scare." "Alright!" "That's enough fooling around." "Let's go!" "Captain!" "Now will you please tell me where we're going?" "That was the Inspector on the phone." "The kidnappers have been spotted." "They stopped for gas at a garage near St. Nazaire." " That's a port." " Exactly." "They're probably planning to get away by sea." "But I'd go to the moon to get Cuthbert back." "We've just fished her out of the water." "Did you find anything?" "Not a thing..." "Licence plates removed." "Engine number filed out." "That makes sense." "Well, at least we know this was their port of departure." "We'll check on all outgoing ships and planes." "Thanks!" "Please keep us informed." "We haven't gotten very far." "Don't get discouraged, Captain." "Don't get discouraged!" "What about Calculus?" "Where is he!" "He could be on that ship right now." "It's heading for South America!" " Wait!" " What?" "You!" "Wait!" "Stop!" "Hello, General." "I thought it was you." "Tintin, amigo mio!" "Well..." "Where are you off to?" "I'm returning to my country." "I have now no more partner." "No partner?" "What happened to Chiquito?" "Vamoosed!" "He disappeared last night." "He left a note saying he was never coming back." "Last night?" "Well, well, well..." "Tell me, General." "Is Chiquito a real Indian?" "Santa madre de Dios!" "He is one of the last of the Incas!" "The Incas?" "Are you sure?" "But of course!" "In fact, his real name is Rupac Inca Huaco." "Hmm... did he tell you where he was going?" "He did not." "But I remember he mentioned the name of a town on the phone..." "Wait a minute..." "it was something like La Rochette?" "La Rochelle?" "Ah, si..." "La Rochelle." "That's right." "Caramba!" "Must be going." "Adios amigo mio!" "See you soon again perhaps." "Have a nice trip." "If General Alcazar wasn't wrong, we might be on a good trail." "First, we check in with the port authorities at La Rochelle." "I'm sorry." "We found no Cuthbert Calculus on the departures list." "No Chiquito or Rupac Inca Huaco, either." "Well... what are we going to do now?" "." "Let's ask around and see if anyone has seen Calculus." "Nothing!" "Not a single solitary lead." "This just isn't our day." "Oww...!" "Ow!" "..." "Ow..!" "..." "Ow...!" "Sorry Captain, but you just fell for the oldest trick in the book..." "A brick under an old hat..." "Hooligans!" "Delinquents!" "Iconoclasts!" "Bah... kids will be kids!" "Hey!" "What do you think you're doing?" "Whew!" "That was close!" "Thanks Snowy... but we don't need that dirty old thing." "Give that to me!" "That's the end of that." "Snowy!" "What is it with you and this hat?" "What do you want me to do?" "Wear it?" "Then wouldn't I look like a..." "Calculus?" "!" "Captain!" "Blistering barnacles!" "These are his initials!" "This is Calculus' hat." "Good boy, Snowy!" "What would we ever do without you?" "Captain, we've got to..." " Captain." " Stop, stop!" "Blistering barnacles..." "Put me down!" "Now!" "Pin heads!" "Sea Gherkins!" "Kleptomaniacs!" "Body snatchers!" "Come along, Captain." "We got to find those kids who played a trick wih Calculus' hat." "Fine..." "I have a thing or two to tell them too..." "What do you think of this?" "Not best... still my turn." "Hey!" "Where are you going?" "Don't worry... we only want to know where you found this hat." "Well?" "The... hat?" "We found it on the Quay, near Dock 17, all flattened." "But the trick was my friend's idea." "Not mine." "Well, whosever idea it was it turned out to be a pretty good one." "Didn't he, Captain?" "Let's see... on the 14th, dock 17..." "there was a Peruvian freighter, the "Pachacamac"." "She arrived from Callao on the 10th, with a cargo of fertiliser." "She sailed again for Callao on the 14th with a load of timber." "Thank you..." "Peru!" "The land of the Incas!" "It all fits together." "One" " All the victims of the 7 crystal balls violated an Inca tomb." "Two" " Chiquito... who disappeared just before Calculus was kidnapped... is a descendant of the Incas..." "Three" " We found Calculus' hat near a Peruvian ship which is gone 2 days after the kidnapping." "Conclusion..." "Calculus is aboard the Pachacamac." "Exactly." "We're off to Peru." "Tell me..." "That isn't the plane for South America, is it?" "Yes, that's her..." "Well... we'll be in Callao 2 days before the "Pachacamac"." "Oh, dear." "Oh, dear." "What a calamity!" "We'll get in touch with the police there at once." "And as soon as the ship arrives we'll have the kidnappers arrested." "What's up?" "Anything serious?" "Yes, indeed!" "The master has left without a single spare monocle." "What's wrong, Captain?" "You don't seem pleased..." "Sure... sure, but I have the feeling that it won't be as easy as you say." "What a calamity!" "My poor, poor master." "Anything would be worth having Calculus back." "Right you are, Tintin!" "Right you are!" "The End..."