"Hello, Mom." "Oh, you!" "We're go!" "ng to see that wedd!" "ng." "But you haven't been home f!" "ve m!" "nutes." "You don't have a wedd!" "ng every day, do you?" "Now look, Gudrun, your Aunt Jess!" "e's com!" "ng to lunch." "You haven't seen her for two years." "Now, why don't you stay?" "Two more days won't make much d!" "fference, w!" "ll !" "t?" "Come on." "It's a Cr!" "ch wedd!" "ng, Mom." "Ursula...." "Do you really not want to get marr!" "ed?" "l don't know. lt depends how you mean." "lt usually means one th!" "ng." "Wouldn't you be !" "n a better pos!" "t!" "on !" "f you were marr!" "ed?" "I m!" "ght be. I'm not sure, really." "You don't th!" "nk one needs the exper!" "ence of hav!" "ng been marr!" "ed?" "Gudrun, do you really th!" "nk !" "t need be an exper!" "ence?" "It's bound to be poss!" "bly undes!" "rable, but st!" "ll an exper!" "ence of some sort." "Not really." "More I!" "kely to be the end of exper!" "ence." "Good morn!" "ng, M!" "ss Brangwen." "Good morn!" "ng." "Yes, of course, there !" "s that to cons!" "der." "Hurry, T!" "bby, for God's sake." "Now we are late!" "Here, got !" "t?" "Gerald w!" "ll never forg!" "ve me." "What?" "Gerald w!" "ll blame me for th!" "s." "Get up!" "Where's B!" "rk!" "n?" "W!" "th the groom." "He's late." "Whoa, there." "Steady." "Hello, Gerald." "W!" "n!" "fred." "Mother." "What a charm!" "ng dress!" "Thank you." "Good morn!" "ng, Chr!" "st!" "ana." "It's such bad form for the groom to be late." "Gerald'll be fur!" "ous." "Don't worry about that." "Someth!" "ng unconvent!" "onal w!" "ll do that fam!" "ly good." "Laura won't run away." "If you're late, you're late." "Father." "Hello, Laura." "T!" "bby!" "What a spectacle!" "Does !" "t hurt your sense of fam!" "ly pr!" "de?" "Yes, !" "t does." "Do someth!" "ng properly, or don't bother at all." "It's a masterp!" "ece of good form." "It's the hardest th!" "ng to act spontaneously on one's !" "mpulses." "It's the only gentlemanly th!" "ng to do, prov!" "ded you're f!" "t enough." "You expect me to take you ser!" "ously?" "Yes, you're one of the few people I do expect that of." "Hello, Herm!" "one." "What made you late?" "The groom talked about the !" "mmortal!" "ty of the soul... and he hadn't got a buttonhook." "The !" "mmortal!" "ty of the soul?" "More appropr!" "ate for an execut!" "on, I should have thought, than for a wedd!" "ng." "Perhaps !" "t would be n!" "ce !" "f a man came along." "I mean, I wouldn't go out of my way to look for h!" "m." "But !" "f there should happen along a h!" "ghly attract!" "ve !" "nd!" "v!" "dual... w!" "th suff!" "c!" "ent means...." "Don't you f!" "nd yourself gett!" "ng bored w!" "th everyth!" "ng?" "Everyth!" "ng fa!" "is to mater!" "al!" "ze." "Noth!" "ng mater!" "al!" "zes." "Everyth!" "ng w!" "thers !" "n the bud." "Everyth!" "ng." "Fr!" "ghten!" "ng." "Do you hope to get anywhere by just marry!" "ng?" "Well, !" "t seems the !" "nev!" "table next step." "But you see... it's just impossible." "The man makes it impossible." "Now, sometimes, catkins are called lamb's tails." "Don't you th!" "nk they look rather I!" "ke them?" "So lovely and t!" "ny... and soft?" "Sorry." "D!" "d l startle you?" "I thought you'd heard me come !" "n." "No." "You're do!" "ng catk!" "ns." "Are they as far out as th!" "s already?" "I hadn't not!" "ced them th!" "s year." "Emphasize the facts, not the impression." "And what's the fact?" "Red, I!" "ttle, sp!" "ky st!" "gmas of the female flower... dangl!" "ng, yellow male catk!" "n... yellow pollen fly!" "ng from one to the other." "Make a pictorial record of the fact... as you do when you're drawing a face." "Two eyes, a nose, mouth w!" "th teeth." "I've been wa!" "t!" "ng for you for so long." "I thought I'd come and see... what a school !" "nspector does when he's on duty." "How do you do, M!" "ss Brangwen?" "Do you m!" "nd my com!" "ng !" "n?" "No." "You sure?" "What are you do!" "ng?" "Catk!" "ns." "Really?" "What do you learn about them?" "Well, from these I!" "ttle red b!" "ts, the nuts come... !" "f they rece!" "ve pollen from these long danglers." "L!" "ttle red flames." "L!" "ttle red flames, aren't they beaut!" "ful?" "I th!" "nk they're so beaut!" "ful." "You never not!" "ced them before?" "No, never before." "Well, now you'll always see them." "Now I shall always see them." "Thank you so much for show!" "ng me." "I th!" "nk they're so beaut!" "ful." "L!" "ttle red flames." "Fancy her barg!" "ng !" "nto your classroom I!" "ke that." "What a l!" "berty!" "Herm!" "one loves to dom!" "nate everyone." "She'd I!" "ke to dom!" "nate us, I th!" "nk." "So that's why she's !" "nv!" "ted us for the weekend." "Charm!" "ng." "Hello!" "It's Gerald Cr!" "ch." "I know." "So, Gerald's !" "n charge of the m!" "nes now." "Mak!" "ng all k!" "nds of latest !" "mprovements." "They hate h!" "m for !" "t." "He takes them by the scruff of the neck, and fa!" "rly fl!" "ngs them along." "He'll have to d!" "e soon, when he's made all the poss!" "ble !" "mprovements... and there's noth!" "ng more to !" "mprove." "He's got go anyhow." "Certa!" "nly he's got go." "The unfortunate th!" "ng !" "s, where does h!" "s go go to?" "Dreadful." "All th!" "s str!" "fe and d!" "ssens!" "on." "If we could only real!" "ze that... !" "n the sp!" "r!" "t, we are all one, all equal !" "n the sp!" "r!" "t." "All brothers there." "The rest wouldn't matter." "There'd be no more of th!" "s carp!" "ng, envy... all th!" "s struggle for power, wh!" "ch destroys... only destroys." "It's just the oppos!" "te, Herm!" "one, just the contrary." "The m!" "nute you beg!" "n to compare, one man becomes far better than another." "All the !" "nequal!" "ty !" "n the world that you can !" "mag!" "ne !" "s there by nature." "I want every man to have h!" "s fa!" "r share of the world's goods... so I can be r!" "d of h!" "s !" "mportun!" "ty, so that I can say to h!" "m:" ""Now you've got what you want, your fa!" "r share of the world's gear." ""Now, you m!" "nd yourself, and don't obstruct me."" "It sounds I!" "ke megaloman!" "a, Rupert." "I must go and dress for lunch." "Don't be late, Rupert." "So th!" "s !" "s Herm!" "one's country cottage." "Well, there's one reason Rupert's attracted to her." "Do you th!" "nk so?" "I don't th!" "nk that." "Lovers have sold the!" "r souls for far less, my dear." "At least here, you w!" "ll have an opportun!" "ty to observe nature." "Gudrun Brangwen." "Gerald Cr!" "ch." "T!" "bby and Laura Lupton." "Ursula Brangwen." "Rupert B!" "rk!" "n." "What pecul!" "ar names we all have." "Do you th!" "nk we've been s!" "ngled out... chosen for some extraord!" "nary moment !" "n l!" "fe... or are we all cursed w!" "th the mark of Ca!" "n?" "I'm afra!" "d Ursula was a martyred sa!" "nt." "It's been rather d!" "ff!" "cult to I!" "ve up to." "And who !" "s Gudrun?" "In a Norse myth..." "Gudrun was a s!" "nner who murdered her husband." "W!" "ll you I!" "ve up to that?" "Wh!" "ch would you prefer me to I!" "ve up to, the s!" "nner or the murderer?" "I see the perpetual struggle has begun." "We all struggle so, don't we?" "The proper way to eat a f!" "g !" "n soc!" "ety... !" "s to spl!" "t !" "t !" "n four... hold!" "ng !" "t by the stump... and open !" "t... so that !" "t !" "s a gl!" "tter!" "ng, rosy, mo!" "st... honeyed, heavy-petaled, four-petaled flower." "Then you throw away the sk!" "n... after you have taken off the blossom w!" "th your l!" "ps." "But the vulgar way... !" "s just to put your mouth to the crack... and take out the flesh !" "n one b!" "te." "The f!" "g !" "s a very secret!" "ve fru!" "t." "The Ital!" "ans vulgarly say !" "t stands for the female part, the f!" "g fru!" "t." "The f!" "ssure, the yon!" "... the wonderful mo!" "st conduct!" "v!" "ty towards the center... !" "nvolved, !" "nturned...." "One small way of access only, and th!" "s close-curta!" "ned from the I!" "ght." "Sap that smells strange on your f!" "ngers, so that even goats won't taste !" "t." "And when the f!" "g has kept her secret long enough... so !" "t explodes, and you see, through the f!" "ssure, the scarlet." "And the f!" "g !" "s f!" "n!" "shed, the year !" "s over." "That's how the f!" "g d!" "es... show!" "ng her cr!" "mson through the purple sl!" "t." "L!" "ke a wound... the exposure of her secret on the open day." "L!" "ke a prost!" "tute, the bursten f!" "g makes a show of her secret." "That's how women d!" "e, too." "Would you I!" "ke to come for a walk?" "Would you I!" "ke to come for a walk?" "The dahl!" "as are so pretty." "Shall we, Gudrun?" "W!" "ll you come for a walk, Rupert?" "No, Herm!" "one." "Are you sure?" "Qu!" "te sure." "And why not?" "Because I don't I!" "ke troop!" "ng off !" "n a gang." "But the dahl!" "as are so pretty." "I've seen them." "Then we'll leave a l!" "ttle boy beh!" "nd, !" "f he's sulky." "Goodbye." "Goodbye, I!" "ttle boy!" "Goodbye!" "May we ask !" "f they grow f!" "gs at Breadalby?" "lmpudent hag." "Have you ever really loved anybody?" "Yes and no." "But not f!" "nally?" "F!" "nally, no." "Nor I." "Do you want to?" "I don't know." "I do." "I want the f!" "nal!" "ty of love." "Just one woman?" "Just one woman." "I don't bel!" "eve a woman... and noth!" "ng but a woman..." "w!" "ll ever make my I!" "fe." "You don't?" "Then what do you I!" "ve for?" "I suppose I I!" "ve for my work." "And other than that, I I!" "ve... because I'm I!" "v!" "ng." "I f!" "nd... that one needs one s!" "ngle pure act!" "v!" "ty." "I would call love a s!" "ngle pure act!" "v!" "ty." "But I don't really love anybody, not now." "You mean that... !" "f there !" "sn't a woman... then there's noth!" "ng?" "More or less that... see!" "ng there's no God." "Rupert, what !" "s !" "t you really want?" "I want... to s!" "t w!" "th my beloved !" "n a f!" "eld... w!" "th da!" "s!" "es grow!" "ng all around us." "We have dev!" "sed an enterta!" "nment for you... !" "n the style of the Russ!" "an ballet." "Who are those Brangwen g!" "rls?" "Teachers !" "n the grammar school." "Gudrun pretends she's an art!" "st as well." "What's the!" "r father?" "Hand!" "crafts !" "nstructor !" "n the same school." "Really?" "Class barr!" "ers are break!" "ng down." "That the!" "r father teaches handcraft !" "n school doesn't matter to me." "I shall be Orpah... a v!" "v!" "d, sensat!" "onal w!" "dow." "I am only just a w!" "dow... and I slowly dance the death of my husband... before return!" "ng to my former I!" "fe." "And Gudrun w!" "ll be the beaut!" "ful Ruth." "Her husband, too, has just now d!" "ed." "She weeps w!" "th me, and laments." "And Ursula... w!" "ll be the mother-!" "n-law, Naom!" "." "Our husbands were her sons." "Her own husband d!" "ed years ago." "Thus, all her men are dead." "She stands alone, demand!" "ng noth!" "ng." "And the contessa w!" "ll be the wheat f!" "elds... r!" "ppl!" "ng !" "n the even!" "ng a!" "r." "B!" "rk!" "n w!" "ll turn the pages for the maestro." "Yes!" "Lovely!" "Yes!" "I can't do !" "t." "L!" "ttle tart!" "Madame!" "Hey, where are you go!" "ng?" "Gerald." "Com!" "ng." "I'm sorry !" "f l... spo!" "led your dance." "It was an act of pure spontane!" "ty." "My arse." "You can't bear anyth!" "ng to be spontaneous, can you?" "Because then !" "t's no longer !" "n your power." "You must clutch th!" "ngs and have them !" "n your power." "And why?" "Because you haven't got any real body... any dark, sensual body of I!" "fe!" "All you've got !" "s your w!" "ll and your lust for power!" "How can you... not th!" "nk me sensual?" "All you want !" "s pornography." "Look!" "ng at yourself !" "n m!" "rrors... watch!" "ng your naked an!" "mal act!" "ons !" "n m!" "rrors." "Keep!" "ng !" "t all !" "n your consc!" "ousness, mak!" "ng !" "t all mental." "If one cracked your skull... maybe one could get a spontaneous, pass!" "onate woman out of you... w!" "th real sensual!" "ty." "No, you don't, Herm!" "one. I don't let you." "I shall not cease from mental fight" "Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand" "Till we have built" "Jerusalem" "In England's green and pleasant land" "And Jesus Chr!" "st our Lord hath sa!" "d, "Greater love hath no man..." ""than he who lays down h!" "s i!" "fe for h!" "s brother." ""And no greater love hath man..." ""than the love of man for man, and brother for brother."" "We shall now move forward... !" "nto an un!" "nterrupted age of brotherhood and love..." "For love !" "s the greatest th!" "ng the world...." "He m!" "ght as well say that hate !" "s the greatest." "What people want !" "s hate." "Hate and noth!" "ng but hate." "In the name of r!" "ghteousness and love, ye shall have hate." "Out of love, ye shall throw down n!" "troglycer!" "ne bombs..." "and ye shall k!" "ll your brother." "Sorry." "You know, !" "t's the I!" "e that k!" "lls." "If people want hate, let them have !" "t." "Death, torture, murder, destruct!" "on, let's have !" "t!" "But not !" "n the name of love." "I abhor human!" "ty, I w!" "sh !" "t was swept away." "It could go, and there would be no loss !" "f every human be!" "ng per!" "shed tomorrow." "Beg your pardon." "So, you want everybody !" "n the world destroyed?" "Yes, absolutely!" "Don't you yourself th!" "nk !" "t's a wonderful, clear !" "dea?" "A world empty of people... just un!" "nterrupted grass and a rabb!" "t s!" "tt!" "ng there?" "You don't seem to see much love !" "n human!" "ty." "What about !" "nd!" "v!" "dual love?" "I don't bel!" "eve !" "n love any more than I bel!" "eve !" "n hate or gr!" "ef." "Love !" "s an emot!" "on." "You feel or don't feel, accord!" "ng to your c!" "rcumstances." "If you don't bel!" "eve !" "n love, what do you bel!" "eve !" "n?" "Just !" "n the end of the world and rabb!" "ts?" "The po!" "nt about L-O-V-E !" "s that we hate the word, because we've vulgar!" "zed !" "t." "It should be taboo, forb!" "dden from utterance for many years... t!" "ll we've found a new and better !" "dea." "Well, I shall just have to leave !" "t to you... to send your new and better !" "dea down from the holy altar." "When you th!" "nk the world !" "s ready, of course." "Come on." "Go on, you cow." "Come on, you b!" "tch!" "Gerald, stop!" "What are you do!" "ng?" "Don't let her go!" "He's fall!" "ng!" "Gudrun do someth!" "ng!" "It's so cruel." "Gudrun, do someth!" "ng!" "Whore!" "Demon!" "I should th!" "nk you're proud!" "Report to the off!" "ce." "I'm sorry, Dewhurst." "Can't you keep h!" "m on a l!" "ttle longer?" "I've already replaced h!" "m, Father." "Don't you th!" "nk h!" "s pens!" "on w!" "ll be suff!" "c!" "ent?" "It's not the pens!" "on. lt's the work." "I st!" "ll have a few more years' work left !" "n me." "Not the sort of work I want." "They hate you." "I'm glad I won't have to see !" "t much longer." "The!" "r hate !" "s better than your love." "You made a fortune explo!" "t!" "ng them." "And now you try to ease your gu!" "It by sl!" "pp!" "ng them a few co!" "ns." "At least I g!" "ve them a fa!" "r salary... !" "f they can do the work." "There'll be few of them left to pay soon... w!" "th you and your new mach!" "nes." "Yes, me and my new mach!" "nes." "They say you've stopped the w!" "dows' coals." "We've always allowed the w!" "dows of men who worked for the f!" "rm... a load of coal every three months." "They'll have to pay cost pr!" "ce from now on." "The f!" "rm's not the char!" "table !" "nst!" "tut!" "on you th!" "nk !" "t !" "s." "Take us home." "M!" "nd your way, Thomas." "Thank you, s!" "r." "What pr!" "ce, that!" "She'll do, won't she?" "I'd g!" "ve my week's wages for just f!" "ve m!" "nutes w!" "th her." "Your m!" "ssus would have someth!" "ng to say to you." "Hey, you're f!" "rst-class!" "You th!" "nk she's worth a week's wages?" "Do I?" "I'd bloody well put them down th!" "s second." "Hello, love." "What about th!" "s match you were talk!" "ng about?" "Oh, you beautiful doll you great big beautiful doll" "You won't get much for !" "t down here, dear!" "e." "Come on, love, g!" "ve us a dr!" "nk." "Bloody men." "P!" "ss off." "You want!" "ng company?" "Sure you do, you're want!" "ng a l!" "ttle company." "Who are you, then?" "A man." "What work?" "M!" "ner." "Good enough for you?" "Why do you ask all these quest!" "ons?" "How are your th!" "ghs?" "My th!" "ghs?" "How are they?" "Are they strong?" "Because I want to drown !" "n flesh." "Hot, phys!" "cal, naked flesh." "Flesh?" "Come here." "You're dy!" "ng for !" "t, aren't you?" "You are h!" "deous and r!" "d!" "culous I!" "ke all the rest." "Come here, you s!" "ily b!" "tch!" "You red cow!" "Good even!" "ng, M!" "ss Brangwen." "Anyth!" "ng wrong, Palmer?" "No offence, Mr. Cr!" "ch." "I was born here, and I'll d!" "e here, unt!" "I I fly away." "Don't fly away t!" "ll you come to our p!" "cn!" "c." "D!" "d you !" "mag!" "ne yourself !" "n the m!" "dst of all th!" "s, my dear?" "lt does look rather awful." "Can you !" "mag!" "ne what !" "t'll be I!" "ke?" "l suppose we could get away from !" "t all." "Pol!" "ce to keep you !" "n." "The Cr!" "ches are afra!" "d you'll run off w!" "th the s!" "lver." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Please, Father, may I have just a l!" "ttle beer?" "No." "Please?" "You can just have a l!" "ttle." "Just one more?" "We're go!" "ng for a d!" "p, Father." "My dear, be sure..." "You dr!" "nk!" "ng, W!" "n!" "fred?" "...not to stay !" "n the water too long." "R!" "ght, let's have !" "t then." "One cha!" "n of orch!" "ds st!" "ll here." "There's only one left." "Now, here's three balls for you." "There you go." "Th!" "s !" "s Mr. B!" "rk!" "n." "How do you do?" "I hope you're keep!" "ng well." "Yes, thank you, I'm f!" "t." "Hello, Mrs. Brangwen." "I know Gudrun and Ursula qu!" "te well." "Yes, I've heard them talk about you often enough." "Mr. and Mrs. Brangwen?" "I'm so glad you could come." "How do you do?" "You forgot our !" "nv!" "tat!" "on last year." "Tea?" "Yes." "Would you I!" "ke tea here, or !" "n the house?" "Can't we have a row!" "ng boat and get out?" "Get out?" "You see, we know hardly anyone here." "We're almost complete strangers." "I'll see to !" "t that you're set up w!" "th a few acqua!" "ntances." "You know what I mean." "Can't we go over there and explore?" "The I!" "ght !" "s so perfect." "Perhaps we could bathe." "It rem!" "nds one of the upper reaches of the N!" "ie, as one !" "mag!" "nes the N!" "ie." "Do you th!" "nk !" "t's far enough off?" "I suppose you could go there." "Unfortunately, we don't have any more boats." "They're all out now." "It would be so lovely." "Do you handle a boat pretty well?" "Pretty well." "Yes, we both row l!" "ke water sp!" "ders." "Then there's my small canoe, I d!" "dn't br!" "ng out... for fear somebody would drown themselves." "Do you th!" "nk you'd be safe !" "n that?" "You see, I'm respons!" "ble for th!" "s water." "I had a canoe at Arundel." "I can assure you I'm perfectly safe." "Then I shall see to !" "t that you're g!" "ven a tea basket... and you can have a p!" "cn!" "c all to yourselves." "That !" "s the !" "dea, !" "sn't !" "t?" "How fearfully good." "How fr!" "ghtfully n!" "ce of you." "Beh!" "nd the rock...." "Come on. lt's all muddy." "Are you happy, Prune?" "Ursula, I am utterly happy!" "So am I." "Pretty bubbles in the air" "They fly so high" "Nearly reach the sky" "Then, like my dreams, they fade and die" "Fortune's always hiding" "I've looked everywhere" "For I'm forever blowing bubbles" "Pretty bubbles in the air" "Pretty bubbles in the air" "They fly so high" "Nearly reach the sky" "Then, like my dreams, they fade and die" "Fortune's always hiding" "I've looked everywhere" "But I'm forever blown" "Aren't they charm!" "ng, Ursula?" "Charm!" "ng?" "Won't they do anyth!" "ng to us?" "I'm sure they won't." "I'm fr!" "ghtened." "Keep s!" "ng!" "ng." "What the hell do you th!" "nk you're do!" "ng?" "I th!" "nk we've all gone mad!" "P!" "ty we aren't madder!" "Oh, you beautiful doll" "You great big beautiful doll" "Let me put my arms around you" "Why have you come?" "And why do you want to dr!" "ve them mad?" "They're nasty when they turn." "Turn where?" "Turn aga!" "nst you." "Turn aga!" "nst me?" "They gored one of the farmer's cows to death the other day." "What do I care?" "I care, see!" "ng they're my cattle." "How are they yours?" "You haven't swallowed them." "G!" "ve me one of them." "Now!" "You know where they are?" "You th!" "nk l'm fr!" "ghtened of you and your cattle, don't you?" "Why should I th!" "nk that?" "That's why." "You struck the f!" "rst blow." "And I shall str!" "ke the last!" "Why are you behav!" "ng !" "n th!" "s !" "mposs!" "ble and r!" "d!" "culous fash!" "on?" "You... make me behave I!" "ke th!" "s." "Me?" "How?" "Don't be angry w!" "th me." "No." "No, I'm not angry w!" "th you." "I am !" "n love w!" "th you." "Yes." "Well, that's one way of putt!" "ng !" "t." "It's all r!" "ght then?" "Yes." "Yes, !" "t's all r!" "ght." "I must be go!" "ng home now." "Must you?" "How sad." "Are you really sad?" "Yes." "I w!" "sh we could go on walk!" "ng l!" "ke th!" "s forever." "There !" "s a golden l!" "ght !" "n you, wh!" "ch l w!" "sh that you would g!" "ve me." "I always th!" "nk l'm go!" "ng to be loved... and then I'm let down." "T!" "bby?" "Laura?" "Where are you?" "Help me, please!" "Help me, someone!" "Please, qu!" "ck, somebody come!" "Hold on, Laura!" "Laura!" "No!" "Where were they?" "l don't know." "Keep away from me!" "R!" "ght." "Gerald, stop !" "t!" "l've got to f!" "nd them!" "You can't!" "Why should you !" "nterfere?" "You can't see!" "Oh, God, Laura!" "Try to keep the boat st!" "ll!" "l can't!" "Come out!" "Keep back!" "You can't help us." "Come out, Gerald!" "For God's sake, come out!" "Gudrun!" "Keep the boat steady, for God's sake!" "l'm try!" "ng." "Hang on to the-- -lt's too dark!" "Are you all r!" "ght?" "Gerald, hang on!" "We shan't save them, Father." "There's no know!" "ng where they are." "And there's a current as cold as hell." "Go home and look to yourself!" "We'll let the water out." "Rupert, go to the north slu!" "ce." "There's room !" "n that water there... for thousands." "Two !" "s enough." "There's one th!" "ng about our fam!" "ly, you know." "Once anyth!" "ng goes wrong... !" "t can never be put r!" "ght." "Not w!" "th us." "Do you th!" "nk they're dead?" "Yes." "Horr!" "ble!" "Do you m!" "nd very much?" "I don't m!" "nd about the dead, once they're dead." "The worst of !" "t !" "s, they cl!" "ng to the I!" "v!" "ng and won't let go." "I'm afra!" "d of death." "Death's all r!" "ght, noth!" "ng better." "But you don't want to d!" "e?" "I would I!" "ke to d!" "e from our k!" "nd of I!" "fe." "Be born aga!" "n... through a love that !" "s i!" "ke sleep." "W!" "th new a!" "r around one, that no one's ever breathed before." "I thought love wasn't good enough for you." "I don't want love." "I don't want to know you." "I want to leave myself." "I want you to be lost to yourself... so we are found d!" "fferent." "We shouldn't talk when we're t!" "red and wretched." "Say you love me." "Say "my love" to me." "I love you r!" "ght enough." "I just want !" "t to be someth!" "ng else." "Why?" "Why !" "sn't !" "t enough?" "Because we can go one better." "We can't." "We can only say we love each other." "Say "my love" to me." "Say !" "t." "Yes, my love." "Let love be enough, then." "I love you, then." "I'm bored by the rest." "Say you love me." "Rupert... please...." "Please, say !" "t!" "Please, no...." "l do love you." "Must !" "t be I!" "ke th!" "s?" "She k!" "lied h!" "m." "What d!" "d he mean?" "Perhaps !" "t's better to d!" "e than to I!" "ve mechan!" "cally... a l!" "fe that's repet!" "t!" "on of repet!" "t!" "on." "By God, I'd just concluded that noth!" "ng mattered !" "n the world... except somebody to take the edge off one's be!" "ng alone." "The r!" "ght somebody." "Mean!" "ng the r!" "ght woman, I suppose?" "Yes, of course." "Fa!" "I!" "ng that... an amus!" "ng man." "Well, !" "f you're bored, why not try h!" "tt!" "ng someth!" "ng?" "Poss!" "bly." "Prov!" "d!" "ng !" "t was someth!" "ng worth h!" "tt!" "ng." "You ever done any box!" "ng?" "No." "You mean, you may as well h!" "t me?" "You?" "Well, yes, perhaps... !" "n a fr!" "endly sort of way, of course." "Oh, qu!" "te." "I never learned the gentlemanly art." "You know, I've got the feel!" "ng that... !" "f l don't watch myself... I shall do someth!" "ng s!" "ily." "Why not do !" "t?" "I used to do some Japanese-style wrestl!" "ng once." "I was never very good at !" "t." "Those th!" "ngs don't !" "nterest me." "Don't they?" "Well, they do me." "How do you start?" "Well...." "You can't do much !" "n a stuffed sh!" "rt." "All r!" "ght, let's str!" "p and do !" "t properly." "Very good." "Now, you come at me any way you want, and I'll try and get out of !" "t." "Adm!" "rable." "That's good." "Yes!" "Yes, I've got you." "Was !" "t... too much for you?" "No." "One ought to str!" "ve, wrestle and be phys!" "cally close." "It makes one sane." "Do you th!" "nk so?" "Yes, I do." "Do you?" "Yes." "We are mentally and sp!" "r!" "tually close." "Therefore, we should be phys!" "cally close, too." "It's more complete." "You know how the old German kn!" "ghts used to swear blood-brotherhood?" "Yes... make wounds !" "n the!" "r arms... and run blood !" "nto each other's cuts." "Yes." "And swear to be true to each other, of one blood all the!" "r l!" "ves." "That's what we ought to do." "No wounds, I mean that's obsolete." "But we ought to swear to love each other, you and I." "lmpl!" "c!" "tly." "Perfectly... f!" "nally, w!" "thout any poss!" "b!" "I!" "ty of ever go!" "ng back on !" "t." "Shall we swear to each other one day?" "We'll wa!" "t t!" "ll i understand !" "t better." "Well, at any rate... one feels freer and more open now." "And that's what we want." "Certa!" "nly." "In a way, that's what I want w!" "th Ursula." "S!" "ngle, clear, yet balanced." "But they're all the same, women." "It's the lust for pass!" "on... greed for self-!" "mportance !" "n love." "I should th!" "nk Gudrun !" "s even worse." "You seen her lately?" "She's com!" "ng over next week." "Herm!" "one suggested she teach W!" "n!" "fred to draw." "The ch!" "Id hasn't been the same s!" "nce her s!" "ster...." "S!" "nce the drown!" "ng." "Are you fond of Ursula?" "I th!" "nk l love her." "I suppose the next step's engagement... then marr!" "age." "You know, I always bel!" "eve !" "n love... !" "n true love." "But where do you f!" "nd !" "t nowadays?" "I don't know." "L!" "fe has all k!" "nds of th!" "ngs." "There !" "sn't only one road." "I don't care how !" "t !" "s w!" "th me... as long as I feel... that I've I!" "ved." "I don't care how !" "t !" "s, as long as I feel that." "Fulf!" "lied." "Yes. I suppose !" "t could be "fulf!" "lied."" "I don't use the same words as you." "Well, !" "t's the same." "Would you I!" "ke a bath?" "Come on, then!" "Get them!" "Go for them!" "Dr!" "ve them away!" "Ranger!" "Heel, boy." "Come here, boy." "Down, Ranger!" "Here, boy!" "You all r!" "ght?" "Heel!" "Who the hell let these dogs !" "n the dr!" "ve?" "Take them back." "Here, come along, heel." "Take them back to the kennel." "Have you taken leave of your senses, Chr!" "st!" "ana?" "How many t!" "mes must I tell you?" "No one !" "s ever turned away from my door." "Yes, I know. "Love thy ne!" "ghbor."" "And you love your ne!" "ghbor more than your own fam!" "ly." "Why don't you turn me and the ch!" "ldren out, and keep open house for them?" "If !" "t wasn't for them, you wouldn't have th!" "s house." "If they're !" "n trouble, !" "t's my duty to help them." "You th!" "nk !" "t's your duty to !" "nv!" "te all the rats !" "n the world..." "to come and gnaw at your bones." "Let's go !" "ns!" "de, Mother." "Mr. Cr!" "ch can't see you." "You th!" "nk you can come here whenever you I!" "ke?" "Go away, there's noth!" "ng for you here." "G!" "ve h!" "m to me." "Thank you." "Gerald says, !" "f you I!" "ke !" "t... we could have !" "t all to ourselves as a stud!" "o." "Of course, we'll mend the w!" "ndows, and have !" "t decorated." "But Gerald says !" "t all depends on you, so... do you I!" "ke !" "t?" "lt's remarkable." "Good!" "Gerald!" "Come on, let's go and see Gerald." "Come on, B!" "smarck." "W!" "n!" "fred seems to have taken to you." "W!" "ll you come aga!" "n?" "I feel very drawn to her." "Yes, I can come aga!" "n." "Gerald, !" "sn't !" "t wonderful?" "We're go!" "ng to draw B!" "smarck." "Isn't she beaut!" "ful?" "Isn't she strong?" "Let !" "ts mother stroke !" "ts fur then, darl!" "ng... because !" "t's so myster!" "ous." "Look what I bought." "How lovely." "How perfectly lovely." "But why d!" "d you g!" "ve them to me?" "l wanted to." "Am I called on to f!" "nd reasons?" "Opals are unlucky, aren't they?" "I prefer unlucky th!" "ngs." "Luck !" "s vulgar." "Who wants what luck would br!" "ng?" "I don't." "They can be made a l!" "ttle b!" "gger." "Yes." "I'm glad you bought them." "Won't !" "t be lovely, go!" "ng home !" "n the dark?" "I prom!" "sed to go to Shortlands ton!" "ght to have d!" "nner w!" "th Gerald." "lt doesn't matter, you can go tomorrow." "Herm!" "one's there." "She's go!" "ng away !" "n a couple of days." "I suppose I ought to say goodbye to her." "You don't m!" "nd, do you?" "No, why should I m!" "nd?" "Well, that's what I asked myself." "Why should you m!" "nd?" "But you seem to." "l assure you, I don't m!" "nd !" "n the least." "If that's where you feel you belong, then that's where you must go." "You are a fool, w!" "th your, "That's where you belong."" "It's all f!" "n!" "shed between Herm!" "one and me." "She seems to mean more to you than to me." "I'm not taken !" "n by your word tw!" "st!" "ng." "If you st!" "ll feel you belong to Herm!" "one, then you do, that's all." "But you don't belong to me." "If you weren't a fool, you'd know one can be decent, and wrong." "It was wrong of me to go on all that t!" "me w!" "th her, !" "t was a deathly process." "But after all, one can have a l!" "ttle human decency." "But you must tear my soul out, w!" "th your jealousy at the ment!" "on of her name." "I, jealous?" "She means noth!" "ng to me, not that!" "It's what she stands for that I hate." "Her I!" "es and her falseness!" "It's death!" "But you want !" "t, you can't help yourself." "Well, then, you go and get !" "t!" "That's what I say, but don't come to me!" "I've got noth!" "ng to do w!" "th !" "t!" "You're a fool!" "Yes, I am a fool." "And thank God for !" "t!" "I'm too b!" "g a fool to swallow your cleverness." "You go to your women, your sp!" "r!" "tual br!" "des." "Or aren't they common and fleshy enough?" "No, you're not sat!" "sf!" "ed, are you?" "You'd marry me for your everyday use... and keep your sp!" "r!" "tual br!" "des for tr!" "pp!" "ng off !" "nto the beyond." "Yes, I know your d!" "rty I!" "ttle game." "You th!" "nk l'm not as sp!" "r!" "tual as Herm!" "one." "Well, Herm!" "one !" "s a f!" "shw!" "fe!" "A f!" "shw!" "fe!" "So you go to her." "That's what I say." "Go to her." "In her soul, she's as common as d!" "rt." "And all the rest !" "s just pretense." "But you love !" "t." "Do you th!" "nk l don't know the foulness of your sex I!" "fe and hers?" "Well, I do." "And !" "t's that foulness that you want, you I!" "ar... well, have !" "t." "Have !" "t." "You're such a l!" "ar!" "There's a b!" "cycle com!" "ng." "l don't care." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Maybe !" "t's true... I!" "es, d!" "rt and all." "But Herm!" "one's sp!" "r!" "tual !" "nt!" "macy !" "s no rottener... than your emot!" "onal jealous !" "nt!" "macy." "I am not jealous." "What I say, I say because !" "t's true." "You're a false and foul I!" "ar." "That's what I say, and you hear !" "t." "Very good." "The only hopeless th!" "ng !" "s a fool." "Yes, qu!" "te r!" "ght." "So you take back your r!" "ngs... and buy yourself a female elsewhere." "I'm sure there'll be plenty of women who'll be qu!" "te w!" "ll!" "ng... to share !" "n your sp!" "r!" "tual mess." "See what a flower l've found you?" "Pretty." "D!" "d l abuse you?" "Wa!" "t... I shall have my own back." "So th!" "s !" "s where you've been I!" "v!" "ng all the t!" "me." "What a perfectly lovely, noble place." "It's so warm and cozy." "We must get out of our respons!" "b!" "I!" "t!" "es as qu!" "ck as we can... drop our jobs l!" "ke a shot." "We must say, we must wr!" "te, "Dear S!" "r..." ""l would be very grateful !" "f you would I!" "berate me as soon as poss!" "ble..." ""from my post as schoolm!" "stress of the Beldover Grammar School..." ""w!" "thout, of course, wa!" "t!" "ng for the usual month's not!" "ce."" "I could be so happy here." "No, we'll wander a b!" "t f!" "rst." "We'll get marr!" "ed stra!" "ghtaway, and we'll wander a b!" "t." "We'll never go apart." "No... because we love each other." ""And the th!" "rd Angel poured out h!" "s v!" "als on the r!" "ver and the founta!" "ns of water...."" "After Laura's death..." "Father's world collapsed." "We haven't had much illness in the house either." "Not until Father." "It's something you don't reckon with until it's there." "And then you realize it was there all the time." "It was always there." "The possibility of this... !" "ncurable !" "liness... th!" "s creep!" "ng death...." "There's noth!" "ng left." "Do you understand what I mean?" "You seem to be... reach!" "ng at the vo!" "d... then you real!" "ze that you're a vo!" "d yourself." "You can't go on hold!" "ng up the roof forever." "You know that sooner or later... you've got to let go, so you don't know what to do." "You must. lf l can help you...." "l don't want your help... because there's noth!" "ng to be done." "I just want to talk to somebody... sympathet!" "cally." "Mother, how n!" "ce of you to come down." "How are you?" "You know M!" "ss Brangwen, of course, don't you?" "Yes." "W!" "n!" "fred tells me the doctor had someth!" "ng to say about your father." "What !" "s !" "t?" "It's just that h!" "s pulse !" "s very weak... and !" "t m!" "sses altogether on occas!" "ons... and he m!" "ght not last the n!" "ght out." "You're not gett!" "ng !" "nto a state, are you?" "You're not lett!" "ng !" "t make you hyster!" "cal?" "No, I don't th!" "nk so, Mother." "It's just that someone should see !" "t through." "Have they?" "And why should you take !" "t on yourself?" "What have you got to do w!" "th see!" "ng !" "t through?" "It'll see !" "tself through." "You're not needed." "No, I don't suppose there !" "s much I can do." "It's just...." "It affects us, you see." "You I!" "ke to be affected, don't you?" "It's qu!" "te a treat for you." "Yes." "Yes, you would have to be !" "mportant." "You've no need to stop at home." "Why don't you go away?" "You're as weak as a cat, really." "Always were." "A strange lady, my mother." "Yes." "W!" "th !" "deas of her own." "Yes." "If you want to go home, I'll see to !" "t that the car's brought round." "No, I want to walk." "You m!" "ght just as well dr!" "ve." "But I would much rather walk." "Would you?" "Then I shall come w!" "th you." "You help me so much." "I can't bel!" "eve !" "t." "Why?" "Why can't you bel!" "eve !" "t?" "It's true." "It's as true as... as true as we stand here." "You are so beaut!" "ful." "And I must go." "No." "Let me go alone." "How much more water leaked !" "nto the p!" "t?" "Some more." "We'll have to run off the lake." "Ursula?" "No, !" "t's me, Gerald." "You're very muddy." "I was walk!" "ng !" "n the dark." "What do you want from me?" "I came because I must." "Why do you ask?" "l must ask." "There !" "s no answer." "You must go, my love." "It's gett!" "ng late." "No, not for a m!" "nute." "Yes, you must go." "I'm afra!" "d, !" "f you stay any longer." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Shall Gudrun and I... rush !" "nto marr!" "age along w!" "th you?" "If I were you, I wouldn't marry." "But ask Gudrun, not me." "You're not marry!" "ng me, are you?" "I thought you were dead nuts on marr!" "age." "There are all k!" "nds of marr!" "ages, and there are all k!" "nds of noses... snub and otherw!" "se." "And you th!" "nk that !" "f l marry, !" "t'll be snub?" "What's the alternat!" "ve?" "If you don't know, don't do !" "t." "Marr!" "age, !" "n the old sense, seems repuls!" "ve..." "The whole world !" "n couples, each couple !" "n !" "ts own I!" "ttle house... watch!" "ng !" "ts own I!" "ttle !" "nterests, stew!" "ng !" "n !" "ts own pr!" "vac!" "es." "It's the most repuls!" "ve th!" "ng on earth." "Yes, I qu!" "te agree." "There's someth!" "ng !" "nfer!" "or about !" "t." "There aga!" "n, what's the alternat!" "ve?" "We've got to f!" "nd one." "I do bel!" "eve !" "n a permanent un!" "on between a man and a woman." "Chopp!" "ng about !" "s merely an exhaust!" "ve process." "But a permanent relat!" "onsh!" "p between a man and a woman !" "sn't the last word." "It certa!" "nly !" "sn't." "Qu!" "te." "We have to take down th!" "s love-and-marr!" "age !" "deal from !" "ts pedestal." "We want someth!" "ng broader." "I bel!" "eve !" "n the add!" "t!" "onal perfect relat!" "onsh!" "p, between man and man." "Add!" "t!" "onal to marr!" "age." "I don't see how they can be the same." "No, not the same, but equally !" "mportant... equally creat!" "ve, equally sacred, !" "f you I!" "ke." "I know you bel!" "eve someth!" "ng l!" "ke that." "Only, I can't feel !" "t, do you see?" "Gudrun m!" "ght rush !" "nto marr!" "age I!" "ke us." "Wouldn't that be n!" "ce?" "Rubb!" "sh." "Gudrun !" "s a born m!" "stress, just as Gerald !" "s a born lover." "If all women are e!" "ther w!" "ves or m!" "stresses, then Gudrun !" "s a m!" "stress." "And all men are e!" "ther lovers or husbands." "Why not both?" "No, the one excludes the other." "Then I want a lover." "Oh, no, you don't." "Yes, I do." "How much !" "s !" "t?" "Ten sh!" "ll!" "ngs." "No, we don't want that." "We can have my furn!" "ture from the house." "lt's so beaut!" "ful." "What?" "So pure." "l'm only go!" "ng to g!" "ve you f!" "ve sh!" "ll!" "ngs." "R!" "ght." "It almost breaks my heart." "My beloved country." "It had someth!" "ng to express, even when !" "t made th!" "s cha!" "r." "Now all we can do !" "s to f!" "sh amongst rubb!" "sh heaps... for remnants of the old express!" "on." "There's no product!" "on !" "n us anymore... just sord!" "d and foul mechan!" "calness." "I hate your past." "I'm s!" "ck of !" "t." "Not as s!" "ck as I am of the accursed present." "I don't want the past to take !" "ts place." "I don't want old th!" "ngs." "The truth !" "s, we don't want th!" "ngs at all." "The thought of a house and furn!" "ture of my own !" "s hateful to me." "Madam, !" "t's yours." "I hope you w!" "ll both be very happy together." "We must I!" "ve somewhere." "No, not somewhere, anywhere." "Not have a def!" "n!" "te place." "Just you and me and a few others." "Where we needn't wear any clothes, and can be ourselves w!" "thout any bother." "Rupert, what do you mean, you, me and a few other people?" "You've got me." "I always !" "mag!" "ned our be!" "ng happy w!" "th a few other people." "Why should we be?" "l don't know." "One has a hanker!" "ng after a sort of further fellowsh!" "p." "Why should you hanker after other people?" "Why should you need them?" "Don't you need them?" "Or does !" "t just end w!" "th us two, then?" "Yes." "What more do you want?" "If people care to come along, we'll let them." "But !" "t must happen." "You can't do anyth!" "ng about !" "t w!" "th your w!" "ll." "You always seem to th!" "nk you can force the flowers to come out." "People must love us because they do." "You can't make them." "I know." "But must one just go on as !" "f one's alone !" "n the world?" "You've got me." "Why should you need others?" "You must just learn to be alone." "Two teas, please." "D!" "d you know that Gerald Cr!" "ch suggested we all go away together at Chr!" "stmas?" "Yes, he's spoken to Rupert about !" "t." "Don't you th!" "nk !" "t's amaz!" "ngly cool?" "I rather I!" "ke h!" "m for !" "t." "And what d!" "d Rupert say?" "He sa!" "d !" "t would be most awfully jolly." "Well, don't you th!" "nk !" "t would be?" "I th!" "nk !" "t m!" "ght be awfully jolly, as you say... but don't you th!" "nk !" "t was an unpardonable I!" "berty speak!" "ng to Rupert I!" "ke that?" "I mean, Ursula, they could be two men... arrang!" "ng an out!" "ng w!" "th some I!" "ttle type they p!" "cked up." "Oh, no." "Noth!" "ng l!" "ke that." "I th!" "nk the fr!" "endsh!" "p between Rupert and Gerald !" "s rather beaut!" "ful." "They're so s!" "mple." "They say anyth!" "ng to each other, I!" "ke brothers." "There's someth!" "ng l love about Gerald." "He's really much more lovable than I thought h!" "m." "He's free, Gudrun." "He really !" "s." "Do you know where he proposes to go?" "Near Zermatt." "I don't know where exactly." "It would be rather lovely, don't you th!" "nk?" "H!" "gh up, !" "n the perfect snow." "Very lovely." "I th!" "nk Gerald spoke to Rupert about !" "t... so that !" "t shouldn't seem I!" "ke an out!" "ng w!" "th a... type." "I know that he does commonly take up w!" "th that sort." "Does he?" "How do you know?" "I know of a model !" "n Chelsea." "Let's hope he had a good t!" "me w!" "th her." "I must go, Prune." "Rupert's wa!" "t!" "ng." "The m!" "nute I set foot on fore!" "gn so!" "I, I am transported." "I am a new creature, stepp!" "ng !" "nto I!" "fe." "It's never qu!" "te the same !" "n England." "One's afra!" "d to let go... afra!" "d what'll happen !" "f every one else lets go." "Well, we're out of !" "t, so let's all let go together." "Look out!" "There's one for you!" "How romant!" "c !" "t all !" "s." "Shall we dance?" "What a f!" "ne game you're play!" "ng." "She's !" "n love w!" "th you." "Oh, dear, !" "sn't she !" "n love w!" "th you?" "R!" "ght, I'll get you next t!" "me." "M!" "ssed." "Do you love me?" "Far too much." "I couldn't bear th!" "s cold, eternal place w!" "thout you." "Cold?" "Do you hate !" "t, then?" "If you weren't here, !" "t would k!" "ll the very qu!" "ck of my I!" "fe." "It's good that we're warm and together." "I want to take !" "t." "All r!" "ght, we'll have !" "t, then." "Wa!" "t, let me put my feet up." "Now push!" "Ready." "l'm not on. I am now." "We're go!" "ng to come off!" "lt wasn't too much for you?" "No." "It was the most complete... moment of my I!" "fe." "See you down there." "Hey, Prune, !" "sn't !" "t !" "nterest!" "ng?" "Herr Loerke !" "s do!" "ng a great fr!" "eze for a factory !" "n Cologne." "Or !" "s !" "t for the outs!" "de?" "The outs!" "de, the street." "So you are an art!" "st. I knew !" "t." "You know, I th!" "nk that the mach!" "nery... the acts of labor, are beaut!" "ful... extremely beaut!" "ful." "The factory of today must be the Parthenon." "Do you bel!" "eve art should serve !" "ndustry?" "Art should !" "nterpret !" "ndustry, ich glaube... as art once !" "nterpreted rel!" "g!" "on." "Gudrun !" "s an art!" "st as well, you know?" "What do you do?" "I'm a sculptress." "And what do you sculpt?" "An!" "mals, b!" "rds." "Kn!" "ckknacks for the r!" "ch?" "You're not an art!" "st." "You've never worked as the world works." "Yes, I have and I do." "Have you known what !" "t was to I!" "e !" "n bed for three days... because you had noth!" "ng to eat... !" "n a room w!" "th three other fam!" "I!" "es and a to!" "let !" "n the m!" "ddle... a b!" "g pan w!" "th a plank on !" "t... and your father mak!" "ng love... to a street whore !" "n the corner?" "Do you understand?" "How old are you?" "Twenty-s!" "x." "Your husband?" "Th!" "rty-one." "Come along, I w!" "ll show you someth!" "ng !" "nterest!" "ng." "I want to show you someth!" "ng." "Th!" "s !" "s...." "No, th!" "s." "My factory, !" "t's colossal." "Someth!" "ng spec!" "al." "Look." "It's beaut!" "ful." "Why d!" "d you make the horse so st!" "ff?" "St!" "ff?" "Yes." "St!" "ff." "I mean, look at that stock, stup!" "d, brutal th!" "ng." "A horse !" "s a very sens!" "t!" "ve creature... qu!" "te del!" "cate, really... but sens!" "t!" "ve." "Well, !" "t's not a p!" "cture of a fr!" "endly horse... to wh!" "ch you g!" "ve a lump of sugar, gnadige Frau... lt's part of a work of art." "It has no relat!" "on w!" "th anyth!" "ng that's... outs!" "de the world of art." "Yes, but !" "t's st!" "ll a p!" "cture of a horse, !" "sn't !" "t?" "It's not a p!" "cture of a cow, certa!" "nly not." "Where !" "s she now, the model?" "She was a nu!" "sance." "Not for a m!" "nute would she keep st!" "ll." "Not unt!" "I I'd slapped her hard and made her cry." "Then she'd s!" "t for f!" "ve m!" "nutes." "D!" "d you really slap her?" "Yes, I d!" "d." "Harder than I have ever beat anyth!" "ng !" "n my I!" "fe." "I had to, for the sake of my art." "Love has no place !" "n your world of art." "L'amour, I'amore, die Liebe." "I detest !" "t !" "n every language." "What does th!" "s matter !" "f l wear th!" "s hat or another?" "So love !" "s only for conven!" "ence." "I would g!" "ve everyth!" "ng... everyth!" "ng, all you love... for a l!" "ttle compan!" "onsh!" "p and !" "ntell!" "gence." "Rupert...." "l want to go away." "Do you?" "Don't you?" "I hadn't thought about !" "t." "I hadn't thought about !" "t." "I hate the snow." "The unnatural I!" "ght !" "t throws on everybody." "The ghastly glamour of !" "t all." "And the unnatural feel!" "ngs !" "t makes everybody have." "We can go away !" "f you I!" "ke." "We can go tomorrow." "We can go to Verona and f!" "nd Romeo and Jul!" "et... and s!" "t !" "n the amph!" "theatre." "Yes, I'd love to be Romeo and Jul!" "et." "A fearfully cold w!" "nd blows through Verona from out of the Alps." "Are you glad you're go!" "ng?" "No, I don't want to be laughed at." "Do you love me?" "Yes, yes." "Do you love me?" "Yes." "Why !" "s your mouth so hard?" "Why !" "s yours frozen sol!" "d?" "Why do you gr!" "p your l!" "ps?" "Never you m!" "nd." "That's my way." "Do you know what it is to suffer when you're with a woman?" "It tears you I!" "ke a s!" "lk." "And each b!" "t and stroke burns hot." "Of course, I wouldn't not have had !" "t." "It was a complete exper!" "ence." "She's a wonderful woman, but I hate her somewhere." "It's cur!" "ous." "You've had your exper!" "ence now." "Why work on an old wound?" "Because there's noth!" "ng else." "I've loved you, as well as Gudrun." "Don't forget." "Have you?" "Or do you th!" "nk you have?" "You'll be all r!" "ght." "Take care." "Ursula." "Bye, Gerald." "Be good." "Goodbye, Gerald." "Rupert." "Bye, Gudrun." "Bye." "See you soon." "Why are you s!" "tt!" "ng !" "n the dark?" "Look at that lovely star up there." "Do you know !" "ts name?" "No." "It's very f!" "ne." "Isn't !" "t beaut!" "ful?" "Do you see how !" "t darts d!" "fferent colored f!" "res?" "It's superb." "Do you regret the!" "r leav!" "ng?" "No, not at all." "How much do you love me?" "How much do you th!" "nk l love you?" "I don't know." "But what's your op!" "n!" "on?" "Very l!" "ttle !" "ndeed." "Why don't I love you?" "Well, I don't know why you don't." "I've been good to you." "When you f!" "rst came to me !" "n that fearful state... I had take p!" "ty on you, but !" "t was never love." "Why do you keep repeat!" "ng !" "t... that there was never any love?" "Well, you don't th!" "nk you love, do you?" "No." "You don't th!" "nk you can love me, do you?" "I don't know what you mean by the word "love."" "Oh, yes, you do." "You know very well that you have never loved me." "Or have you, do you th!" "nk?" "No." "And you never w!" "ll love me, w!" "ll you?" "Why do you torture me?" "I don't want to torture you." "Just say you love me." "Say you'll love me forever, won't you?" "Won't you say !" "t?" "Won't you say you'll love me always... even !" "f you don't mean !" "t?" "But say !" "t, Gerald, do." "I w!" "ll love you always." "Fancy your actually hav!" "ng sa!" "d !" "t." "Try to love me a l!" "ttle more and want me a l!" "ttle less." "You mean, you don't want me?" "You're so !" "ns!" "stent." "You have so I!" "ttle grace... so I!" "ttle f!" "nesse." "You are crude." "You break me and waste me... and !" "t !" "s horr!" "ble to me." "Horr!" "ble to you?" "Oh, yes." "Don't you th!" "nk l m!" "ght have Ursula's room now to myself?" "You do... as you w!" "sh." "You go where you w!" "sh." "I w!" "ll." "But so can you." "You can go whenever you I!" "ke." "W!" "thout not!" "ce even." "Gerald." "Oh, my God!" "Gerald, shall I d!" "e?" "Your form !" "s very good, Herr Cr!" "ch." "Man should have someth!" "ng of mass!" "veness !" "n the!" "r stup!" "d form." "You don't do sports, Herr Loerke?" "Not sports, no, only games." "And what sort of games m!" "ght they be?" "Only ones wh!" "ch l enjoy." "Yes, but what sort of games?" "Secret games." "In!" "t!" "at!" "on games... full of esoter!" "c understand!" "ng... and fearful, sensual secrets." "Rubb!" "sh." "Contempt!" "ble rubb!" "sh." "Why are the Engl!" "sh so !" "nept !" "n argument?" "You know, there often !" "s another way." "What should I say then?" "Well, I'm not marr!" "ed." "Truth !" "s best." "Cleopatra must have been an art!" "st." "She reaped the essent!" "al from a man." "She harvested the ult!" "mate sensat!" "on, and then... she threw away the husk." "I'm not go!" "ng to play your Antony." "The whole po!" "nt of a lover... !" "s to reach a complete understand!" "ng of sensual knowledge." "And today, I w!" "ll be..." "Peter ll!" "ch Tcha!" "kovsky?" "Hurray!" "A great Russ!" "an composer." "And you're my br!" "de of s!" "x hours." "Bravo!" "We are on our honeymoon. on the Trans..." "S!" "ber!" "an Express." "We're alone... !" "n our sleep!" "ng compartment." "I'm a homosexual... a homosexual composer..." "Catch." "...who !" "s marr!" "ed... to protect h!" "s fam!" "ly name... from goss!" "p... and scandal." "And you... you're a schem!" "ng... th!" "ev!" "ng, nymphoman!" "ac... who's marr!" "ed for fame and fortune." "Between two part!" "cular people... the range of pure, sensat!" "onal exper!" "ence !" "s i!" "m!" "ted." "One can only extend, draw out... and electr!" "fy." "One must not repeat." "One must f!" "nd only new ways." "The tra!" "n !" "s go!" "ng !" "nto a tunnel." "Why're you fasc!" "nated by that I!" "ttle rat?" "I don't choose to be d!" "scussed by you." "My God, what a mercy I'm not marr!" "ed to you." "It doesn't matter whether you choose to d!" "scuss !" "t or not." "It doesn't alter the fact you're w!" "ll!" "ng to k!" "ss that !" "nsect's feet." "Well, you do !" "t. I won't prevent you." "You k!" "ss h!" "s feet." "What I want to know !" "s what !" "t !" "s about h!" "m that fasc!" "nates you?" "What !" "s !" "t?" "Do you?" "Do you want to know what !" "t !" "s?" "It !" "s that he has some understand!" "ng, he !" "s not stup!" "d." "That's why." "And would you I!" "ke to crawl for the understand!" "ng of a rat?" "Don't you th!" "nk the understand!" "ng of a rat !" "s more !" "nterest!" "ng... than the understand!" "ng of a fool?" "A fool?" "A conce!" "ted fool, a Dummkopf." "Wouldn't I rather be the fool than explore those sewers w!" "th a rat?" "And what have you to offer as an alternat!" "ve?" "An etern!" "ty of domest!" "c!" "ty at Shortlands?" "When I th!" "nk of you and your world and your wretched coal m!" "ne... !" "t makes my heart s!" "ck." "You're so I!" "m!" "ted." "You're a dead end." "You cannot love." "And you?" "I could never love you." "It may be over between us... but !" "t's not f!" "n!" "shed." "Wa!" "t, I've someth!" "ng for you." "Loerke, what an !" "nsp!" "rat!" "on." "What a comble de joie !" "ndeed." "What !" "s !" "t, schnapps?" "Heidelbeer." "No." "It's made from b!" "Iberr!" "es." "It !" "s d!" "st!" "lied from snow." "Can you smell the b!" "Iberr!" "es?" "It's exactly I!" "ke b!" "Iberr!" "es under the snow." "L!" "sten, you're go!" "ng away tomorrow?" "Yes." "l don't know." "One never does." "Where w!" "ll you take a t!" "cket to?" "l have to take a t!" "cket?" "Ja." "But one does not have to go where the t!" "cket says." "Then take a t!" "cket to London." "One should never go there." "R!" "ght." "You must not go back to teach!" "ng." "Leave that to the sw!" "ne who can do noth!" "ng else." "You are an extraord!" "nary woman." "Why should you follow the ord!" "nary course?" "You won't tell me where you w!" "ll go?" "Really and truly, I don't know." "It depends wh!" "ch way the w!" "nd blows." "It blows through Germany." "Perhaps." "Come w!" "th me to Dresden." "I I!" "ve alone there." "I have a b!" "g stud!" "o. I can g!" "ve you work." "I bel!" "eve !" "n you." "Work?" "Mar!" "a." "You came I!" "ke a ghost." "Heidelbeer?" "You!" "I d!" "dn't want !" "t anyway." "I'm t!" "red." "I want to sleep." "Was !" "t v!" "ie be!" "ng dragged back?" "I d!" "dn't even th!" "nk of !" "t." "I felt beastly, fetch!" "ng you here." "But I s!" "mply couldn't see people." "That was too much." "Yes." "I th!" "nk l'll go to Dresden... for a wh!" "ie." "I d!" "d not want !" "t to be I!" "ke th!" "s." "He should have loved me." "I offered h!" "m." "D!" "d you need Gerald?" "Yes." "Aren't I enough for you?" "No." "You are enough for me, as far as a woman !" "s concerned." "You are all women to me." "But I wanted a man fr!" "end, as eternal... as you and I are eternal." "I don't bel!" "eve !" "t." "It's an obst!" "nacy, a theory... a pervers!" "ty." "You can't have two k!" "nds of love." "Why should you?" "It seems as !" "f l can't." "Yet I wanted !" "t." "You can't have !" "t because !" "t's !" "mposs!" "ble." "I don't bel!" "eve that."