Tal Chotali Quotes in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

[first lines]

[sound of a huge gong omninously echoes down the valley]

Billy Batson: What's that, Mr. Howell?

Howell [Ch. 1]: I don't know, Billy - let's find out. What do you make of that cymbal, Malcolm?

John Malcolm: I don't know, Howell. Does it mean anything to you, Tal Chotali?

Tal Chotali: The men of the hills are gathering. The cymbal says that the white men are to be driven from the Valley of Tombs.

Tal Chotali: What causes this attack?

Rahman Bar [Ch. 1,11-12]: The legend, Towana. The white man shall not desecrate the Valley of Tombs.

Tal Chotali: That is not the true legend. When there is desecration, Scorpio will erupt.

[Tal Chotali gestures towards a smoking volcano]

Tal Chotali: See for yourself, there is no eruption. You have spilled blood without reason. Return to your people and counsel them to await a sign from Scorpio!

Rahman Bar [Ch. 1,11-12]: I will do as you say, Toawana. The true legend must not be violated. But the white men must leave. There is a curse that says that any white man who enters the Valley of Tombs shall die.

Tal Chotali: The chief warns us that no permit can protect us from the curse of the Scorpion if we enter the inner tomb.

[On the inner tomb, the archeologists discover a carving of a Scorpion with ancient writing surrounding it]

John Malcolm: Why, there's an inscription here! Can you translate it, Tal Chotali?

Tal Chotali: Why, yes, I can translate it. It say, "Let what reposes behind this stone remain hidden from the eyes of mankind... for all time."

[handing the Scroll of the Scorpion to Billy]

Tal Chotali: And Billy, this is for you to guard. Guard it well. It contains a precious... and a dangerous secret.