"This is All India Radio..." "Cut the nonsense!" "My pitcher was up ahead!" "No way!" "Mine was!" "You're always fighting!" "Here go your earthen-pots!" "SHOR (Noise)" "In God alone lies the truth." "Well, darling!" "You look great!" "Ogle at her again, and I'll smash your eye-balls!" "She's not your sister, is she?" "Must be your sister, punk!" "Take that!" " And you take that!" "Let me go in!" "Shankar!" "Greetings!" "May I ask you a question?" " Go ahead." "Why are you irritated when people talk too much?" "We put up with the noise the machines make... the commotion the trains create!" "The racket men kick up..." "The barking of the dogs!" "The loud noise of music..." "The cries when someone dies... the laughter when a child is born." "The ground as well as the sky..." "There is noise everywhere Kartarsingh!" "Friend, Shankar hates everything which creates noise?" "He gets irritated!" "Why is it so?" " Don't you know?" "Ah!" "You are new here." "I'll tell you..." "Some one year back..." "Shankar's son was about to be run over by the train." "Shankar's wife pushed him hard in order to save him..." "With that... he fell on the tracks." "Due to the severe thyroid injury he has become dumb since then." " What about his wife?" " She was run over by the train in her attempt to save her son." "Sherkhan, I know Shankar is your very close friend." "Does it mean that you should serve him as his servant?" "You are always seen escorting his dumb founded son from the school." "Just come here..." "Shankar, this fellow Ramesh Kumar is indeed wonderful!" "Can he continue cycling for seven continous days?" "It's a matter of destiny!" "No one can over power destiny." " Who is it?" " Don't you recognise me?" "No problem!" "Now onwards you are not my wife." "Our relation is over!" " Open the door, or else..." " What will you do?" "Ms Shanta..." "You watched me thrice." "Didn't you?" "I too watched you stealthily!" "Mr Shantilal, had you bought your radio..." "I would've smashed your head with that same radio." "That's why I didn't get the radio!" "Just the head!" "And here's a shoe!" " Needs a polish, does it?" "Where do you think you're off to?" "Any more of this, and I'll box your ears in." "I'm not giving my daughter away to a useless fellow like you!" "Never!" "I won't let her do the mistakes I did." "Her father was broke too." "Just like you." "But he was a nice fellow." "And I was a young lass." "The same age, you know." "And she's about my age!" " Wait till you've heard me out!" "And one day, my mother bashed him up." "He couldn't get out of his bed for two whole days!" "Your mother!" "Was she just like you?" "Moron!" "What do you mean?" "!" " I mean, what happened afterwards?" "That which was to happen." "My parents came to their senses." "And at last, we got married." " When will you come to your senses?" "What do you mean?" " I mean... when will you bash me?" "The hell with you!" "You monkey!" "Shanta's father stood smiling through it all." "And you can't even take just a little!" "Coward!" "Go hide yourself!" "You aren't going to get Shanta." "Ever!" "Get it?" "Moron!" "The shoe fell on me!" "Will you consider that?" "What did you say?" " You needn't take the trouble." "Just send Shanta over." " I see." "Is she you little sister?" " Sister?" "Yours perhaps." "Mister Moradabadi!" " Mister Shantilal!" "Quiet now." "Mother-in-law!" " Moron!" "Get lost!" "Get out of here!" "Out!" "And you too." "Go away!" "Aunt!" "You're a poor dear!" " That I am." "I just composed a couplet for you." " What?" "You're losing no sleep over your daughter." "I have nothing to do And I lose no sleep either." "You are just getting fatter" " What?" "!" "And I am fattening too" " Wonderful." "The shoe..." " Here you are." "Jackass!" "Say what Shankar, these women are great!" "Maybe because they are mothers after all." "A while ago, they were having a screaming match." "I wish I could throttle them." "Do you know what all this noise is in aid of?" "What?" "Those who are hard of hearing will always scream." "To us, the world is a deaf dead place." "My friend, I'll always tell you the truth." "I hope you don't feel bad about what I have to say." "It's your son." "Dipu." "It's all because he can't speak." "That's why you hate anyone who even utters a word." "True." "The one I would love to hear speaks not one word." "The world I'd rather shut out of my ears, screams at me." "Stop braying you donkey!" "You're no good!" "Hear me?" "!" "Still sells!" "The music we get nowadays stinks!" "New Life" "The word "New" stays on." "But "Life" keeps blinking." "Why, Mummy?" " Because life always ends." "Then why does it glow again?" " That's life..." "It begins all over again." " I don't understand..." "I don't think the ones who put up the glow-sign understand it either." "Or maybe the angels put it there." "They wrote the truth of life on the glow-sign." "Coming and going." "That's what life is all about." "Deepak!" "Geeta!" "A year has gone by." "And Deepak hasn't spoken a word." "But the doctors say he will." "He will speak some day." "Off you go to school." "Aren't you in the mood to go to school today?" "What's up?" "No." "I don't know." "You never had the gift of the gab." "How long are you going to write things out?" "When are you going to speak?" ""Daddy, it's my birthday today!"" "What a shame!" "Come here!" "All that I dream of is to hear you speak some day." "In my waking hours, all I can do is think of money." "We need a lot of money for your medicines." "A lot of money." "And we'll get it for sure." "Here, eat a lump of jaggery." "It's sweet." "Just as sweet as the kiss you'll give me." "Letters later." "The kiss first." ""Daddy, when Mummy was alive..."" ""we used to go out picnicking on my birthdays."" "Don't cry my friend." "Don't cry." "Come on." "Let's go out." "Help!" "Help me, please!" "I'm very poor!" "My mother is dead!" "Sir!" "My mother has died!" "I haven't a father!" "I haven't the money to give my mother a burial!" "Unless I perform the last rites, my mother's soul will not rest!" "God bless your son!" "Help me, please!" "I am very poor!" "All I need is two rupees!" "God bless you!" "Ice candies for the two of you." "Struck paydirt?" "The act paid off." "I cried my heart out." "Please, sir!" "My mother is dead!" "This fellow felt so sorry for me!" "Life with me is fun, isn't it?" "Did your parents ever treat you to ice candies?" "Never." " Just remember that." "Thank your stars, your folks are dead..." "And that that you're with me." "At least you get to eat ice candies!" "Say glory to..." " Me!" "I am all alone." "I am all alone too!" " I want to go over to the other side." "But it's so dark." "And I'm so afraid of the dark!" "Come with me!" " You... you?" "What?" " I hope you are a gentleman?" "Of course!" "You must be!" "You're old enough to be my father!" " Not that old!" "Just come with me!" "Silly of me!" "To be so afraid of the dark, even at my age." "I just love the darkness!" "Really?" "You must really love it?" "Sure!" " Now out with your money." "Money?" "What's the hurry?" "You'll get it for sure." "Out with your money!" "Whatever you have!" "Else, I scream!" " What for?" "You are molesting me!" "Out with the money!" "Help!" "The money!" "Help!" "Cash!" "Help!" "I'm as old as your father!" " I don't even have one!" "Out with the money!" "Quick!" "Else I'm screaming..." "Help!" "Here!" "Take it all!" "Spare me!" "Please!" "Here comes the Queen of the Nights!" "And you, Gravedigger..." "Whom did you rob today?" " Your Dad." "Bitch!" " Bastard!" "Foul language, you know..." " As if you were singing Hail Mary!" "I'll spare you because you're a girl." "Get lost, kid." "I've seen the likes of you." "I've been ruling the roost around here for:18 years." "Just as you rule the rooster in my heart!" "Hug me like my little brother." " Embrace." "Not a hug..." "A passionate one!" "You spat at me!" "I could chew you up and spit you out!" "I'd love that!" "Let's take her to our den someday." "Some day..." "It's Deepak!" "You little thief!" "Whose clothes are you wearing?" "My Dad's." " That's me..." "But these aren't mine." " Ask Mummy." "I get it." "I worked overtime for the money." "It was meant for a pair of dresses." "For you." "And for Deepak." "And you went shopping for me." "And how about the savings I had given you?" "So you could buy a decent shirt." "And you went and bought a new dress for me." "Oh I remember that." "And there's another I remember." "Those flowers." "They smell lovely." "Want to wear some on your hair?" "They're just flowers." "They'll wither." "Nonsense!" "If you are feeling rich, you could save some." "For a new tube for your cycle." "You won't have to push the bike home on a flat tire" "Remember that?" " Yes." "But have you forgotten what I told you about... smoking cigarettes without filters?" "Smoke, filter cigarettes if you must." "They are less harmful." " Filter cigarettes cost more." "The money I save goes to buy... the breath fresheners you love." " I've heard that ten times over." "That's why I stopped eating breath fresheners." "But you won't stop smoking." " Stopping cigarettes... isn't going to make us rich." " The money saved could buy... a pint of milk a day." " So what?" "I could make cream." "And butter." " What use is butter?" "For good health." " Why harp on health?" "For a man who labours all day, health is very important." "Remember that?" " Yes." "I do." "Do you know what I think sometimes?" "I left my home in the village for a better life in the city." "But there seems to be no escape from poverty." "Daddy, forget poverty for now." "And tell me how you like the cap." "The jacket is fine." "But why did you have to buy a cap?" "For your headaches." " Is the cap full of aspirin?" "You cycle all the way home from work." "The sun isn't too kind on your head." "The headache is really an excuse." "For a little massage." "Don't tell lies, Daddy." "Mummy massages your legs." "I'm the one who polishes your head and massages your shoes." "What?" " Oh no!" "Massaging your head and polishing your shoes..." "So kind of you." "How about doing a good turn?" " What?" "The violin." "First, you must ask your Mummy to sing." "Sing!" " Come here." "Yes?" " Ask Daddy to play." "Play!" " Come here." "Yes?" " Ask Mummy to sing." "Sing!" " Come here." "First, sing!" " Get lost." "All right!" "I'm getting lost!" "Watch out!" "Those stairs are slippery." "Keep that in mind." "Three good men have slipped to their deaths." "The management cares a hoot." "But our lives are ours." "The management gives us nothing." "Not one demand has been met." "The union has decided to go on strike... unless they give us our wage hikes and bonuses." "We are going to put up a picket in front of the owner's residence..." "We are going on a hunger strike." "Tonight!" "Come over to my room when your mother is asleep." "We'll talk things over." " I'm not coming to your room." "Why not?" " It scares me." "Of what?" " I'm not coming." "What do we do then?" "You can come over to my room." "What about the battleship?" " What?" "I mean your mother." "She's so cute!" "She sleeps in her room." " What if she wakes up?" "I know her." "She's my mother." "She has to be prodded awake." "Sleeps like a log, does she?" "What do you mean?" " She's so cute!" "So, do I have a date?" "All right." " Good!" "Passed out?" " What?" "!" "She's asleep, isn't she?" "And she's locked in!" "Let's shut the door!" "And the window!" "Here I am!" "And there you are!" "Sit down!" " With you!" "Won't you say something?" "What are you pouting at?" "Oh how am I to say it?" "!" "What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" "Sure!" "You love me, don't you?" "Very much!" " As much as Mummy loves Daddy?" "Mummy doesn't love Daddy." "She's always after him." "Irritating." "That's what she is." "Never mind her." "Do you love me as much as you love your Mummy?" "More than just that." " Well then, here you are!" "Are those for me?" " All for you!" "Go on." "Try them on." "Why is your Mummy against me?" " She just won't listen." "As long as Romeo and Juliet love each other... the Capulets can't do a thing!" "Compared to your mother..." "You're so pretty." "And she's so ugly." "Yes, Shanta!" " Am I really pretty?" "Even the prettiest of them wouldn't be prettier... than the shoes on your feet!" " The shoes are lovely." "And sturdy too." "Could last two years." "They'd last you a lifetime if you just sit talking!" "You scum!" "Mummy!" "You!" "But you were in there!" "Here I am!" "So you think I am ugly!" "Irritating, am I?" "!" "Romeo and Juliet, are you!" "And I, the Capulet!" "No!" "I am the Capulet!" "You're the Romeo!" "Juliet!" "Juliet!" "And Romeo!" "I'll tell you what!" "Sir!" "I've been orphaned!" "My mother died when I was young!" "Today, my father has died!" "I haven't the money to give my father a burial!" "Unless I perform the last rites, my father's soul will not rest!" "All I need is two rupees!" "My money!" "Just taking back what I gave you the other day." "Aren't you ashamed to rob the poor?" "!" "In the first place, you're the one who cheated a poor man." "My father is dead!" "The other day your father had died young." "It was your mother who died the other day." "And today it's your mother who died young." "It's the father's turn today?" " Emotional stress!" "I said father!" "I meant mother!" "A mistake!" "You lie, and you cheat people." "People cheat each other!" "And I did my turn!" "So what's wrong?" "!" "But I am not a cheat." " My money says you are!" "My two rupees." "Hard earned." "I will give it to someone who really needs the money." "You want someone's mother to die, don't you?" "That's the excuse you want to part with your two rupees!" "It's a pity my mother is dead!" "Had she been alive, this would surely have killed her!" "Poor I am too." "But it's the likes of you... who give the poor a bad name." "He robbed me clean!" "Just you wait till tonight!" "I'll cream you off a tenner!" "That lad has the guts." "God help him." "Come on, Dipu." "I have to get to the factory early." "Let him be." "You go on." "We'll hang on a little longer." "The fellow on the bike needs moral support." "Look!" "He's still holding on." "He's been at it for two days." "He'll stay on till tomorrow." "Hey Mister..." " So who died today?" "No one." " So why are you following me?" "It's dark." " So what?" "I want to go across." "And it's so dark." "I'm scared of the dark." "Silly of me!" "To be so afraid of the dark, even at my age." "Stop muttering, and out with your money." "What money?" " I'll tell you!" "Hey mister!" "Molesting a girl!" "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "!" "What are you saying?" "!" " Just give me whatever you have." "Else I'm going to scream and wake up everyone in the slums around here." "I'd hate a noise." "But I'm not scared of it." "If I scream, people will come here." "And you'll get lynched." "Scream." "Go on." " Out with the money." "Go on!" "Scream!" "Goodness!" " Call who you will." "You're acting as if I'm the one who has molested you!" "Go on!" "Scream!" "All right, go away..." "You're forgiven." "All right." "I'll go away." "If I see you around again, I'll smash your face!" "Get that?" "Now get lost!" " Sure!" "Here I go!" "Men are shameless nowadays." "No one even gets scared." "And these days, no one even tips beggars." "Tomorrow onwards, it's back to the strings and the percussions." "We'll sing for supper." "Mine isn't a string." "It's a violin." "Out with the tips now, folks." "Whatever you can, folks." "Even pennies will do." "Go on, folks." "Put some in." "Yes, mister..." "Hey, mister..." "Bloody pittance!" "Cheapskates!" "Freeloaders!" "They think the song was for free!" "Come time to pay up, they all slink away!" "My feet are hurting." "My throat is sore." "And my fingers too." "And his hand, too." "Shut up!" "30 nickels!" "That's all we made." "And my dress costs all of:2 quid!" "What am I going to do?" "!" "Shanta isn't at home!" " What happened to Shanta?" "Shanta is dead!" " Dead?" "Oh God!" "Was she ill?" " She has eloped!" "With Shantilal!" "She left this letter." " What does she write?" "She writes:" "Shantilal is everything for me." "That moron!" "Means everything to her!" "We are getting married." "We'll live elsewhere." "The fellow doesn't even have a place to live!" "I'm:19 now." "And I'm an adult." "Why did she have to grow up so fast?" "I never told her not to marry!" "But you went around telling people... you'd kill her if she married!" "And you refused to accept Shantilal." "It's her father." "He was against it." "I was always agreeable." "He was unrelenting!" "Shanta's father!" "That man destroyed my life!" "And now, he has destroyed his daughter's life!" "Well done!" "Well done!" "Look!" "Little Dipu has brought you a flower!" "Bravo!" "This is for you." "Give yourself a treat." "And get some sleep." " Friends!" "This young man has been cycling... for seven days at a stretch!" "That's a record!" "He has won one thousand Rupees." "Two thousand for the man who breaks the record!" "Is the stuff pure?" "Just try it out." "We are in business." "A thousand bucks for one consignment!" "Had I started out earlier, I'd be a millionaire by now." "Give us a tip, boss." "Where do you dig the stuff out of?" "Where have you stashed the hoard?" "If you knew that, I wouldn't be the boss." "We do deserve the share, after all." "So you don't trust me, do you?" "Bastard!" "Forgive me, boss!" "It won't happen again." "All right." "Now come along." "The Queen of the Nights!" "The Gravedigger!" "Won't you come with me tonight?" " Are you celebrating a death?" "I need a wife." "Also a mother." "And a sister." "What are you worth?" "Small change?" "Look here." "Each bill is a hundred quid." "You mind what you say." "Now get out!" "The vixen!" "She thumbs her nose at you!" "And we call you the boss!" "What a shame!" "That's right." "You can knock men down." "But she's the one who leaves you tongue-tied!" "And how dare he?" "I'm not going to spare you!" "I'll break your face if you come near me!" "Bloody bitch!" "Get up!" "The Queen of the Nights!" " Let go!" "Good-luck, boss!" " Leave me!" "You cur!" "Good show!" "Look at her!" "Great!" "Like a wrestler!" "Flying kicks!" "Go on!" "Talk!" " Bravo!" "Why don't you talk now?" "!" "Touch her, and I enter the fray!" "0nd I'll break your bones!" "Stay out of this!" "And I'll stay out, too." "Go on, man!" "Up!" "You're a tough one!" "Be brave!" "Get up!" " Up!" "You coward!" "Want to use the knife?" "Aren't you ashamed?" "!" "Give her a knife if you're man enough!" "That's fair now." "She has a stick." "Go on!" "Start!" "Get out of here!" "Both of you!" "Else, I'll call the police." "Rascals!" "I warned you!" "You're plain hoodlums!" "What's your name?" "What's your father's name?" "I could break your bones!" "The match goes on till one falls." "Bash him up!" "It's always the game of balances!" "Balancing life and death!" "What's the matter?" "What's happening?" "Are you dumb?" "Then how can I understand?" "I see!" "There's a fight!" "Where?" "Let's hurry!" "Put on that dress." "Step back." "Let's see how you look." "Pull it down..." "No." "Higher." "What a shame!" "Got a cigarette?" "God help these fellows!" "God save his soul." "She's called the "Queen of the Nights"" "I'm sure you can guess what kind of a woman she is." "My parents didn't name me that." " Who did?" "The Gravediggers." " Graves?" "What graves?" "The place where my mother left me to die, after I was born." "In this very world without a father to leave me a name." "So you call yourself the Queen of the Nights to seek the revenge?" "I didn't name myself that." "It's the Gravediggers." "How do you feed yourself?" " Food, of course." "Where do you find food?" " In shops." "You'd need money for that." " Hard cash!" "Where did you get the money?" " Found it." "Begging in the daytime." "And after nightfall, you were the Queen of Evil!" "You speak like the Dark Angel!" "Please, God!" "This is the greatest place on earth!" "The House of God!" "I'm worried about that girl." "So I decided to come here and pray." "How much money do you have?" "A few Rupees." " And how much in the bank?" "Three hundred." " Can you lend me:50?" "What for?" " It's for the lawyer." "He wants a hundred." "But I have only:50." "Please lend me fifty." " What's a lawyer for?" "Remember what that girl said in the court?" "She doesn't even have a father!" "I'll stand in for her father." "I'm a bachelor." "And I have no children." "Now, He sends me a daughter!" "I'll pay you back." "With interest." "Come here." "I'm not a moneylender." "I'm just a poor bachelor." "Now I'm trying to be a father." "Just married?" "!" "I'll tell you once you're out of here!" "Gravedigger!" "Go rot in jail!" "For:3 years!" "I'm free!" "The prosecution called me rotten!" "But the judge let me off!" "Now you must live up to it, my child." "Child?" "!" "Didn't I tell you I was trying to become a father?" "Will you be my daughter?" "You will, won't you?" " You're a Muslim." "I've been told that I was abandoned me in a temple." "Come to think of it, I have no religion." "But these kids... they're Hindus." "The kids are coming to live with us, too!" "Think it over, Khan." " Only rats waste time thinking!" "I'm a Pathan." "I only think once." "And we keep our promises!" "Is that true?" " I swear it by God!" "If you don't believe me, you'll hurt my feelings." "You're crying!" "You're a Pathan's daughter!" "Pathans don't cry!" "No, dear!" "You mustn't!" "I was the Queen of the Nights." "And all I've ever seen is evil!" "Today, for the first time, I am seeing a human being." "The tears just welled out!" " No!" "You mustn't cry!" "You're going to make me cry!" "A Pathan's daughter doesn't weep." "Should a Pathan weep?" "May the Lord keep you happy!" "On the run, are you?" " My foot!" "The judge acquitted me!" "With great honour!" "What?" " He acquitted me." "So that's it, in short." "Why spin a yarn about it?" "Besides, it's bad news." "Bad news?" "Is that so?" "The evil Queen of the Nights is now free to start again!" "You'll make lives miserable." " It was when I was miserable." "But I'm happy now." "I will make people happy." "Won a jackpot?" " Yes." "Guess what I won?" " What?" "A Daddy." "To which state did your lottery belong?" "Which lottery in the world gives away Daddies in jackpots?" "God's own." " What?" "!" "Yes." "God has sent me an angel." "To be my father." "Allah has sent me an angel." "To be my daughter!" "Shankar, my friend!" "She's no more the Queen of the Nights!" "Now she's my daughter!" "Daddy!" "You haven't yet given me a name!" "Those kids with her play the instruments." "So you can call her The Band!" "Hold your tongue, Mister!" "It's the language..." "not the tongue, right?" "Are you going to teach me how to speak?" "!" "Stop fighting." "And let's find a name for her." "Quick!" "Since you don't approve of the "Queen of the Nights"... just call her Rani (Queen)." "It does pack a punch, doesn't it?" "Not just that..." "the name packs a punch, too." "You talk too much." "Just say you like it!" "Bloody chatterbox!" "And he says I'm talkative!" "In time, you'll get to know... why he behaves like that." "Wench!" " Yes, Queen Victoria?" "You pelted me!" "I just aimed at the can." "Your duckback came in the way." "Duck, am I?" " A rather large one, I'd say." "Just you wait..." "I could miss the mark!" "If I let go, you could lose your eye!" "Watch it!" "You are under a wrong impression." "He did not lose his voice because of the shock." "He isn't going to start speaking on his own." "You have wasted a lot of time in false hope." "No, doctor." "I went beyond my means to find a cure." "I've seen one doctor after another." "Not the right thing to do." "It's necessary to consult specialists." "Anyway, the x-rays reveal that... the injury on his larynx... has disabled his vocal chords." "An operation can cure that." "He will speak again, won't he?" "Of course!" "I told you that already." "Excuse me... how much would the operation cost?" "Medicines, operation fees, a cabin, the nurses..." "Could cost you something like two thousand." "His term examinations are coming up next month." "If the operation can be done after the examinations... he will not lose his term in school." "By the time, I will have made arrangements for the money." "Suit yourself." "But don't delay any further." "It won't be wise." "Friends!" "The bonus is nowhere in sight!" "Even our wages seem to have disappeared!" "The owner has not acceded to a single demand of ours!" "We toil for his sake!" "And our children go hungry!" "One who denies a fair wage to labour is against socialism!" "The Union has decided to... strike work from tomorrow!" "And come tomorrow... a team of four men will sit on a hunger strike... in front of the owner's house!" "Kartar Singh, Ram Lal..." "I and Shankar!" "We will sit in hunger strike till the time... the owner gives us our rightful dues!" "Victory to The Union!" "Victory to the comrades!" "Down with the capitalist!" "They refuse to eat, and they refuse to drink!" "For how long?" "Let them shout their slogans all day." "We'll see what happens at night." "We have to keep up all night for the sake of water." "But not a drop out of the taps." "The monsoons are late this year." "There's a drought." "We've been out of work these last three months." "Had there been water, this house would've been built by now." "But don't you worry." "The rains are coming." "See?" "The thirsty have left." "And now comes the water." "That's luck." "When it rains, what's going to happen to the homeless?" "It's bad if it rains." "And it's bad if it doesn't!" "Water!" "He's running a slight temperature." "He has had a headache all day." "There's little we can do now." "Don't worry." "He will be all right." "He's a lion!" "Ram Lal, you're ill." "You can go to the hospital if you wish." "You said we'll hold the picket till our demands are met." "But you are very sick." "I don't feel the hunger." "I only feel thirsty." "But the thirst will die down." "That fellow is sick." "Your father isn't." "He must be hungry." "Take this." "I've hidden some bread inside the cap." "Just keep it beside him." "He'll eat it if he feels hungry." "No one is going to notice." "Go on." "Thanks for my cap, Deepak." "You'll find the bread in the cap..." "Eat it..." "when you feel hungry." "When everyone is asleep eat the bread in the cap" "When a man fights for his principles... he doesn't feel the hunger." "Nor the thirst." "That other one is thirsty." " He's sick." "If you don't eat, you'll fall sick." "Eat too much, and you fall sick." "Not when you're starving." "Makes sense." " Right." "Now take the bread and get out of here!" "All right!" "I did it for his good." "And he scolded me for it!" "I'm sure he thinks he has a right to." "Makes sense." "Just one piece of bread." "Share it." "Drink lots of water." "And go to sleep." "Hey folks!" "Get up!" "It's going to rain tonight!" "It's going to be fun!" "I agree to all your demands." "Get back to work from the day after tomorrow." "You will get your raise." "And the bonus." "A lock-out!" "Not just a lock-out!" "There!" "A notice for public auction!" "Let's go to the union office." "We'll talk over there." "But how did this happen so suddenly?" "!" "Nothing could've happened suddenly." "The court has attached the factory." "The owner is a fraud!" "He has cheated us again!" "Who has whom cheated?" "Have I cheated you?" "My luck has cheated me." "It is a matter of dishonour for me to see... this factory being put on the block." "My honour is being auctioned!" " But how did it happen suddenly?" "The factory manufactures goods." "But sometimes there are losses." "And there is recession." "I used to borrow money to run the factory." "The interests mounted." "Then came the strike." "And now the factory is going to be auctioned." "The owner is not against socialism." "It's the misunderstanding between the owners and the labour." "The factory is the temple for the labourers." "If you help me, I can save it from going under the hammer." "The labourers will die rather than see the factory auctioned!" " Come along." "Where to?" "With us." "Scum!" "Don't you think I came all this way... because I'm scared of your knives." " What else?" "I just want to bash you on your home turf." "You think you're smart." "Just come along with us, and you won't be hurt." "Nice to know you're concerned!" "Now where do we go?" "That way." " Very well." "My man is in jail." "That Gravedigger?" "He's doing three years."