"Erich." "Erich." "Erich, be reasonable." "But listen." "No..." "No, please." "Suddenly you want me to be reasonable." "It never entered your mind when you still loved me." "Then nothing seemed to matter to you." "Husband, work, it all meant nothing." "Now it's almost a miracle if we get to see each other at all." "But you know that I'm not free." "Irene, don't start that all over again." "I know every word by heart." "The truth is you don't care anymore, that's all." "Why don't you admit you don't love me?" "Please, Erich, don't make another scene." "You know I've always come to you, happy, impatient." "But when I have to leave you, when I have to go back home, then it's not so easy." "With such a feeling of guilt, such fear." "I can't go on like this." "Irene." "Do you love me, yes or no?" "Answer." "What do you want me to answer?" "I don't know." "Really, I don't know." "Come, let's go." "No." "No..." "Please let me go." "I can't tonight, it's too late." "I'll call you tomorrow." "No, tomorrow I can't." "Monday." "Oh, don't look so unhappy." "I'll see you Monday." " Mrs Wagner?" " Yes." "I would like to talk to you." "I went to your factory and I called you at home but I couldn't reach you." "What do you want?" "My name is Johanna Schultze." "Doesn't that mean anything to you?" "No." "What should it mean?" "Hasn't Erich Baumann ever mentioned me?" "He belonged to me until you took him away." "What do you mean?" "What are you talking about?" "You must be out of your mind." " You have quite an imagination." " Imagination?" "Shh." "Don't shout like that." "What's the matter with you?" "You can't be serious." "Go." "I've got no place to go." "I've got no home." "I've got nothing." "Come and see me Monday." "I'll see if I can do something for you." "Take that." "Now go." "Irene?" "Yes." "Are you still up?" " What time is it?" " I don't know." "It must be very late." "I was at Gisella's with the Feldmans." "You know how time passes." "Were there many people?" "No, as usual." " Did you enjoy yourself?" " Yes, it was all right." " Did you see the new chairs?" " Those in the hall?" "Yes, they're for the dining room." "Do you like them?" "Very much." "You'll see how many other things I've found for the house." "I've been all over town." " Isn't it too much for you with your work?" " No." "Why?" "Haven't you always dreamed of the day when we'd have our house back again, just for us alone, and how beautiful we would make it?" "Yes, I did." "But I wonder whether it's worth all this trouble." "What do you mean?" "Well, is it really so important?" "But why do you say that?" "I know that if the factory is going again, it is all your work." "You did it all alone." "I was useless behind barbed wire." " I wish now that you wouldn't..." " Nonsense." "Tell me, what have you been doing here tonight?" "Oh, I worked in the lab until nearly nine, then I came home and phoned the children." "Yes, I wanted to call them too but I couldn't reach them." "I had better luck." "I got them right away." "They expect us at lunchtime tomorrow." "Yes." "Bobby wants an air rifle, but the trouble is Freda wants one too." "I believe it'll be better if we buy her a doll." "Yes." "Aren't you going to bed?" "No, I think I'll work some more." "Well, I'm a little tired." "Good night." "Good night." "Good morning." "Would you tell my secretary that I'm here?" "I'm going over to the lab." "This is the beginning of the collapse." "The extremities are already paralysed." "It's precisely three minutes now since we made the injection." " Good morning." " Good morning." " Good morning." " Good morning." "Why didn't you come in and see me before you left this morning?" "I left the house very early." "You could have come in anyway." "I didn't want to wake you up." "What are you doing?" "We're experimenting with curare and with that new drug Deca-5." " You know what curare is?" " A poison." "The Indians use it to poison their arrows." "It paralyses the motor nerves." "You see this lever here?" "It indicates the beginning of lung paralysis." "See the difference?" "This shows a normal reaction and that is the beginning of the collapse." "This shows the heart action." " Does the animal die?" " Maybe not." "That's our experiment." "Our next step is to inject the new drug." " When?" " Wait just a moment." "Injection." "The breathing is much better and the heart action is stronger." "The effect of this drug is almost miraculous." "Mrs Wagner, you're wanted on the telephone." "Hello?" "Mrs Wagner, there's a Miss Johanna Schultze here who wants to talk to you." "She says she knows you." "In my office?" "Yes, I'll come right away." "What happened?" " Almost back to normal." " Yes?" "As you see, one shouldn't fear poison when it is used by a doctor." "One poison is an antidote for another." " I'm going to my office for a moment." " I'll pick you up in a little while." "We're late already." "It was too late, the harm had been done." "One can't get away with murder." "I know." "Good morning." "But one can always try." " Good morning, Mrs Wagner." " Good morning." "Won't you come into my office?" " Good morning." " Will you take this for me?" "Thank you." "Sit down." "I didn't expect you until Monday or Tuesday." "I know, but you were so very kind to me last night that it gave me the courage to ask for the money I need." "5,000 marks." "As a matter of fact, it is not such a large sum of money and it'll give me the opportunity to start a completely new life." "I can go away from here." " To you, 5,000 marks..." " 5,000 marks?" "You are out of your mind." "I've already told you, that's what I'll need to go away." "Yes." "I understand that." "But not what I have to do with it." "I don't owe you anything." "That's much less than any other woman would ask." "You're asking for blackmail." "Plain and simple blackmail." " Please get out of here immediately." " No." "Listen." "There is nothing between Erich Baumann and myself but friendship and our mutual interest in music." "Don't make me laugh." "If there's nothing between you, why were you so nervous when I saw you last night?" "'Mrs Wagner, your husband is in my office." "He's waiting for you.'" "He's here?" "Already?" "I'll come right away." "Why did you blush?" "Why did your hands tremble?" "Why did you give me money I didn't ask for?" " Get away from the door." " No." "You were frightened, that's why." "When I began crying you thought I came because I was poor." "You thought you could get rid of me with a few marks." "You thought I didn't know how scared you were." "You thought I would keep my mouth shut but you were wrong." "I'm not an idiot." "Sorry, darling, but we must go before the shops close." "Yes, I know." "I'll be right with you." " If you..." " I don't want to stop you from going." "But don't forget what I told you." "I hope I didn't disturb you." "No, not at all." "It wasn't important." "She's looking for a job." "You know, one of those sad cases." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Have a nice weekend." "Thank you." "Is everything ready?" "I thought it was." "Now I'm not so sure." "Oh, you're worse than a child." "What have you done?" "Give it to me." "Wagner." "Who is this?" "Just a moment, please." "It's a..." "Miss Schultze." "Did you tell her that I was in?" "No, I didn't say anything." "I just told her to wait a moment." " Shall I tell her you've gone out?" " No." "Hello?" "Yes." "What do you want?" "Mrs Wagner, have you thought about our conversation?" "I know you can't talk, so just answer yes or no." "I must have that money at once." "I need it now." "It's impossible." "It's absolutely impossible." "I'm across the street watching your house." "Get it now and do exactly as I tell you if you want to live peacefully." "All right." "Yes." "Yes, I'll try." "I must tell Grete something I have forgotten." "I'll be back in a minute." " But I thought you were ready." " Yes, just a minute." "Just one more minute, dear." "Grete, is there anything left from the household money I gave you?" " About 20 marks, I think." " Oh." "Well, that's not enough, I'm afraid." "Would you mind lending me some of your own money?" " I'll give it back Monday morning." " Of course not." "I'll just go up and see how much I have." "Fine." "Thank you." "Mr Bruckner, would you mind if I asked you to give me back that money?" "I'll give you a cheque instead." "The money I gave you this morning." "I um..." "I need some cash for the weekend." "Yes." "Of course." "May I use your pen?" "Thank you." " Thank you." " You're welcome." " This is all I have." " I'll give it back." "Very well, ma'am." "I'm sorry, dear." "I had to speak to the painter." "He needs some more money, otherwise he can't start on the playroom Monday." "Have you any cash on you?" "A few hundred." "How much do you need?" "Well, 500 if you have it." "I'll be back in a minute." "Irene, what is it?" "You seem upset." "No." "Not at all." "I'll be back immediately." "Irene?" "Go away." "Irene, aren't you ready yet?" "Yes, let's go." "Give me that." "Are you sure you're all right?" "But of course." "I feel wonderful." "Let's go." "It's getting late." " Give me those boots." " Oh, thank you." "You could go a little slower, you know." "Are you afraid?" "Of course not." "Ah, I feel so happy today." "How wonderful to see the children again." "Yes, it is." "It's always wonderful." "Why don't you stay out in the country for a while with the children?" "But how can I?" "Just leave everything for a couple of weeks." "Ha!" "I wish I could." "But you don't realise how many things come up every day at the plant." "You are shut out from the world in your lab." "There are times when I envy you." "I think you have done even more than your share and it's time you slowed down a little." "What do you mean by that?" "That I don't like to see you work." "That you could very easily enjoy a comfortable life like so many other women do in your position." "You don't have much faith in my ability." "No, on the contrary." "I'm sure that without you the plant would never have been rebuilt and I couldn't have continued my work." "Well, then?" "It's simply that I don't want you to kill yourself working." "Don't worry, I won't." "I feel just wonderful." "I'm sorry." " Hello, children." " Hello, children." "Hello." "How's everything?" "Oh, Bobby." "Look what we have for you." "How's that?" "Oh, it's wonderful, thanks." "Freda." " Here, that's for you." " But I wanted a rifle." "No, little girls shouldn't play with rifles." "They mustn't shoot." " I don't want a silly old doll." " Now, sit down." "We'll open it together." "It's a little rabbit." "Hm?" "You like that?" "Look how sweet he is." "See?" "Oh, don't be so naughty." ""The horse ran as fast as he could" ""but it wasn't fast enough and the hat went whirling away out of sight." ""'It's gone,' moaned the big cow." "'I'm glad,' snorted the bull." ""'I really don't care, it feels comfortable to go without a hat." ""'Maybe I'll look funny in a big straw hat.'" ""The weather vane stopped spinning, the wind stopped blowing..."" "Excuse me." "I think it's time for the children to go to bed now." " Oh, no!" " Oh, yes." "We have to get up very early in the morning." " So go on, say good night to Papa." " Gee!" " Good night, Papa." " Good night." " Night." " Good night." "Here we are!" "So..." "That's fine." "Now, go and brush your teeth quick." "Mrs Wagner, I'd like to talk to you for a moment." "Yes." "I'll be right back." "Now, you go to bed." "Now, hurry up, dear." "Mrs Wagner, I can't stand it any more in this house." "Miss Marta has got unbearable." "She says we're a bunch of loafers and she scolds me for going dancing on Sundays." "We're not in the Middle Ages." "You must be patient with her." "She's old." "We all grow old, you know." "Well, I can tell you I don't want to get old." "I want to die young." "I hope not." "Excuse me, Mrs Wagner, I must talk to you." "It's very important." "Yes." "I must tell you that I am forced to leave your service." "But, Marta, you can't do this to me." "Yes, yes, I can and I must." "For 45 years I've served your family faithfully." "I used to be your nurse when you were little more than a tiny baby." "I don't know how many times I caught my death of cold in Sweden because I hadn't the heart to leave you." "But now I can't stand it anymore." "Cleanliness is next to godliness but nobody worries about that any more and the devil is at work in this house." "No order, no sense of duty at all." "Have you had a look at the grounds?" "Nobody bothers to take care of them or even to mow the lawns." "The whole place is a terrible mess and whose fault is it?" "The servants', of course." "And who do the servants blame?" "The children." "Yes." "Of course you're right, Marta, but what can we do?" "We must be patient." "Oh, let's not talk about it now." "I'm so tired tonight." "The way you live, the crazy way you drive yourself," "I'm not the least surprised." "You ought to try and get some rest." "Why don't you stay here in the country with us for a while?" "I can't." "Once you're on this treadmill, you can't get off." "Mm." "Do you remember when you were a little child and you used to tell me that you were tired," "I would stroke your hair ever so gently?" "Only my hands were much lighter then." "And tell me, do you still remember how tired you felt after you'd been walking all day or coming home after spending the day swimming?" "Sometimes I'd sit up nearly all night and wait for you when you went out dancing with your friends." ""Stroke my hair, Marta," you would say." "And a few moments later you would fall asleep." " Irene?" " Shh." "She's fallen asleep." "She was so tired, poor thing." "Let her rest a little while." "Come." "Papa!" "Papa!" "Come on out." "Hurry up, Papa." "'(co-hem!" "Wake up, Irene!" "Wake up, sleepyhead!" "Yoo-hoo!" "Wake up!" "Wake up, Mummy, it's late!" "Irene!" " Irene!" " Yes." "Good morning." "What time is it?" " It's half past eight." " We want to go fishing." "Yes, I'll be with you in five minutes." "Papa!" "Papa, I can't find my rifle anywhere." "Freda." "Freda?" "Listen to me." "Ho-oh!" "Where are you?" "We're over here, Mama." "Why didn't you wait for me?" "Oh, I slept so well." "What's the matter?" "You look so strange, all of you." "Something terrible has happened." "Bobby's rifle has disappeared." " No." "How could that have happened?" " That's exactly what I want to know." "Anyway, the story's this:" "Bobby says he put it on the chair in the playroom when he went to bed." "Sit down." "This morning he went to get it and it was gone." "A rifle can't just walk away, so naturally someone must have taken it." " It wasn't me." " Nobody said it was." " But it looks very fishy to me." " Shut up." " Freda, stop it now." " Freda." "Nobody here said you took it." "All we know is that the rifle has disappeared." "Why blame me?" "I've told you I didn't take it." "The rifle wasn't mine anyway." "We know that." "It belongs to Bobby." "Therefore we know Bobby couldn't have taken it." "Neither could the gardener, the cook, the servants or Miss Marta." "Why do you say they couldn't have taken it?" "None of them would want it." "It's only a toy." "And besides that, everybody in our house is honest." "Freda, maybe you wanted to play a joke." "Where have you hidden Bobby's rifle?" "I've already told you, I don't know where it is." "I didn't take it." "Freda, you told me yesterday that you wanted to throw that gun away." "I tell you, I don't know anything." "Freda..." "I'm beginning to lose my patience with these lies." "It's stupid of you to continue to deny." "Listen to me." "I can understand." "I know that in a moment of confusion or of anger you could make a mistake, but you must have the courage to admit that you were wrong." "Instead you go on denying." "You have taken something from your brother who loves you very much." "I'm sure he'd be the first to forgive you if you didn't go on lying." "Bobby is very fond of you." "All of us love you." "Why do you hurt us this way?" "It's not so much what you have done that matters." "We could forgive you for that." "But it's because you are so obstinate in your denials." "Now tell me, where did you hide that rifle?" "Down there." " Where?" " Over there, behind the bush." "Please take Freda back into the house." "She'll stay in her room till tonight." " She's not going fishing with us." "And Bobby will stay at home too." "So you'll learn that no one has the right to laugh at the misfortunes of others." "Don't you think you were a little too severe?" "No." "But she told you the truth." "Yes, but when did she tell the truth?" "When she realised there was no other way out." "When she saw that it would be useless to continue to lie." "No, that's what I dislike." "This stubbornness and lying." "I can't understand anyone not having the courage to admit they've done something wrong." "Maybe she was ashamed." "We're always more ashamed in front of people who are close to us." "Those we love." "I'm sure that Freda would have told the truth to somebody else." "The governess, for instance." "Much easier than to you." "Because she loves you." "More than anyone else in the world." "Maybe you're right." "I don't want you to think that I don't know how to forgive." "But I had to force her to confess and, believe me, she feels better now." "Much better." "Shall we call the children back?" "Freda!" "Bobby!" " Come back, children." " Mummy!" "Mummy!" "Papa has forgiven you." "Thank you." "Thanks, Daddy." "Come on, Bobby, let's go." " He's very quick, isn't he?" " They're beautiful." " Now it's almost finished." " Just a few more big stones." "Yes." "We'll put the big stones over there and then they'll be all right." "Pile them up." "Go ahead, get me some big stones." "They might get away." "You get the big stones." "I'll stay here and watch the fish." " This one's pretty." " Get some stones." "They'll get away." " That one's trying to escape." " I'm older." "Why can't you do what I say?" "Don't you boss me." "You're the biggest boss in this family..." " Shh." " Shut up." "Daddy wants to fish." "I've got one." " A big one." " Where?" "Where is he?" "There he is!" "Over here!" " Look at him." " He's mine!" "That'll taste good." "Give it to me, Daddy." "Let me catch him." "I'm so glad to see you happy." "You must always be happy." " Good morning." " Good morning, Mrs Wagner." " Nice weekend?" " Yes, thank you." " Anything new?" " No, nothing." "Um...the painter hadn't arrived when I left home." " Would you call up and see if he's there?" " Yes." " Is my husband here?" " Yes, he's already sent for his mail." "And give me a line, please." "Erich, it's me." "Hello, Irene." "I thought you would never call." "How are you?" "Anything wrong?" "I tried to call Saturday morning but you had left very early." "It must have been very early." "I called before nine." "Listen, I must see you." "Something serious has happened." "Very serious." "I can't tell you over the telephone." "No." "No, come to Gisella's tonight." "Around ten." "Yes, that's right." "Come in." "Then we are agreed on that." "Very good." "Fine." "Goodbye." "Your husband asked me to give you these tickets for the concert tonight." " Which concert?" " At the Philharmonic." "I didn't know about that." "It was practically sold out." "Very hard to get them on such short notice." "I have some letters for you to sign." "This is to Dr Joseph about that contract." " And then there's one to..." " You can leave them here with me." " Give me the line again." " Right away." "Erich, it's me again." "I can't." "I can't make it tonight." "'I didn't know we had tickets for a concert." "I must go.'" "But I told you I can't tell you over the telephone." "I'll call you tomorrow morning." "Yes." "Er..." "Yes, yes, all right." "Yes, I'll call tomorrow." "Goodbye." " Is it very late?" " It's almost the end of the first part." "I'm sorry, madam." "We can't let anyone in during the concert." "Please let me go in." "I'll only stand to one side." "I won't disturb anyone." "I think I'll go and smoke a cigarette." "Can I bring you anything?" "Good evening." "I saw you when I came in." "You enjoying the concert?" " What do you want?" " Oh, I just wanted to say hello." "By the way, what did Erich say?" "Please leave." "I'm curious to know what he said about me." "What do you mean?" "Isn't it obvious?" "I'm sure you called him." "Please go immediately." "Smart, you look." "How do you like my new dress?" "I bought it today." "Oh, what beautiful jewels you have." "Mm, pretty ring." "May I see it?" "Give me my ring." "I just want to look at it." "May I?" "You paid very little for your happiness." "Another 5,000 wouldn't be too much." " Give me back my ring." " When you give me the money." "Listen, you couldn't dare..." "I'm beginning to think that Miss Schultze is afraid of me." "Every time she sees me, she runs away." "Would you like to meet her?" "Why not?" "She's very attractive." "But I'm really not interested." " Come, sit down." " No..." "No..." "I don't feel well." "Please take me home." "Do you feel better?" "Yes, yes, much better." "You could have let me drive." "Oh, it makes no difference." "What's happened to you?" "But why do you ask?" "Well..." "Every time you see that Schultze woman you become so strange, so nervous." "Oh, that's just your imagination." "Oh?" "I wonder." "Why don't you tell me?" "Oh, it's really nothing." "Nothing." "What happened to your ring?" " Which ring?" " The one you were wearing tonight." "Oh, no, I didn't have it on." " But it seems to me that you..." " No, no, you're mistaken." " I left my ring at home." " But I saw it with my own eyes." "What's the matter?" "What do you want of me?" "Why this cross-examination?" "I'm tired of it." "Please, Irene." "Be calm, don't get so upset." "No..." "No..." " Shall we have something to drink?" " Yes, darling." "But don't you want to make sure the ring is really there?" "I know it's there." "Please don't worry about it." "It'll only take a moment to look." "But you're acting very strangely." "I ought to know whether it's there or not." "Well, I'll go and see." "Where's the key to the safe?" "I don't know, I..." "Oh, how stupid of me." "Now I remember." "I took the ring to the jeweller's because the stone was loose." "You see, I couldn't possibly have worn it tonight." "Irene." "What's the matter with you?" "You forget everything, you're so absent-minded." "Why don't you tell me?" "What's wrong?" "It's nothing." "Really nothing." "I'm only tired." "So tired." " Good morning, Miss Miller." " Good morning, Mrs Wagner." " Has anybody called?" " No." "And er..." "Miss Schultze hasn't called either?" " No." " Oh." "What terrible weather." "I feel awful, such a headache." "I hope the storm will be over soon." "Oh, any letters?" "Telegrams?" "Yes, Mrs Wagner." "Here." "Fine." "Thanks." "Give me a line, please." "I must go out again." "Thank you." "Oh, it's you." "Well, I didn't expect you." "I must talk to you." "What's wrong?" " You must help me." " Of course, darling." "What's the matter?" "Sorry to bother you but I can't take care of this myself." "Don't be silly, Irene." "Sit down, I'll make coffee." "Your former girlfriend is blackmailing me." " What do you mean?" "What's happened?" " Don't put on an act." "That insolent redhead keeps demanding money all the time and I was stupid enough to give it to her." "I can't understand." "Why did you give it to her?" "Yes, why?" "First because I felt sorry for her, I suppose." "And then because she threatened to tell my husband about us." "I can't believe it." "Then last night she came to the theatre, she came into my box and she stole my diamond ring." "I must have that ring back." "Do you understand?" "I must." " Where does she live, this woman?" " I don't know, Irene." "Honestly I don't." "The whole thing is very strange to me." "I'm not saying this to protect her." "Give me her address." "But I don't know where she lives." "It's a long time since I've seen her." "How did she know I was going to the theatre with my husband?" " How should I know?" " And that I'd called you?" " I keep repeating..." " You're lying." "You have talked to her." "Look, I hope you don't think I'm still interested in her." "Where does she live?" "I remember she used to live in some little hotel." "Where?" " Somewhere in Bürgerstrasse." " At last." "Irene." "Irene!" " Good morning." " Excuse me." "Is Miss Johanna Schultze registered here?" "We have no one by that name." "No?" "But I was told that she was staying here." "It's possible that she lived here once but she doesn't any more." "Could you see if she was ever registered here?" "Maybe she left a forwarding address." "No, we've never had anybody by that name." "Only a Miss Eva Schulte." " Not Johanna Schultze?" " No." "Say, are you looking for Johanna Schultze?" " Yes." "Do you know her?" " Yes." "What do you want with her?" "I must speak to her." "Do you know where I can find her?" "Does she owe you money?" "It's the same old story." "She throws money away." "I'm not saying this out of envy, we're good friends, but she just throws her money away." "I didn't want to say it back there." "She left her bags behind and had to get out." "Her name isn't Johanna Schultze." "Her real name is Luisa Vidor." "I always told her, "You're going to end up badly."" "She's always in trouble." "She owes practically everybody money." "We grew up together." "We both come from Cologne." "We were both in a ballet for several years but I had to leave because my boyfriend didn't want me to dance half-naked in front of people." "It's idiotic." "He's a little old-fashioned." "Er, pardon me for interrupting you but all I want to know is where I can find her." "I don't know exactly." "A couple of weeks ago she was at the Golden Bar." "There she calls herself Rita Banchi." "She's always changing names." " She has a terrible inferiority complex." " Yes, but..." "The truth is, nobody knows her real name." "I'll tell you why." "While she was working in Berlin she got into a little trouble with the local police." "Oh, it's a long story." "We'd both gone to Berlin to work and were under contract to the Maxim Cabaret." "We'd hardly got there when the manager said to us, "Look..."" "Yes, yes, but could you tell me where she's working now?" "I don't know." " As I was saying, this man..." " You can tell me some other time." "Nice manners!" " Good afternoon." " Hello." " How are you?" " Fine." "Can we speak here?" "Yes." "Why not?" "What did your wife say when you told her about the ring?" "Listen now." "I want you to arrange another appointment with my wife in a restaurant or a night club." "Give her back the ring and tell her she must give you 20,000 marks." "Let me know where and when this meeting is to take place." "All right." "Can I take you somewhere?" "Yes, to the Bongo Bar." "I have a five o'clock rehearsal." "You know, sometimes I really feel sorry for her." "So much trouble over such a scoundrel." "Believe me, he's no good." "You told me that before." "Don't you think you're going too far?" "What of it?" "You know, I'm really frightened sometimes." "It's too dangerous." "You've had your revenge." "And besides, it's not such a bad deal for you, is it?" "I wish the manager of the Bongo Bar could see my performance." "He doesn't think I'm much good as an actress." "He likes me to do the most idiotic things." "But I know I can do more." "I know I have talent." "Yes?" "Yes, Dr Joseph." "Well, have you prepared the contract?" "Good." "If you want to read it, yes, go ahead." "What was that?" "No, without options." "Yes, without." "Yes, of course." "The..." "Dr Joseph, it's too complicated over the telephone." "I'll come and see you." "Yes, I'd better read it myself." "No, I can't today." "I'm too busy." "Can I see you tomorrow?" "Well, about 11." "Fine." "Goodbye." " Did anybody call while I was phoning?" " 'No." "No one.'" "Come in a minute, will you?" "Hasn't that Miss Schultze..." "Has she called back yet?" "I've already told you, Mrs Wagner, she called five minutes before you got to the office." "Yes, I know that, but didn't she leave any message?" "No." "All right." "Thank you." "'Mrs Wagner, your husband says he's going to the commissary 'and will you join him there.'" "Yes, I'm coming right away." "305 is of a long duration because it wears extremely slowly." "We must reconstruct the molecule and substitute the alkali group with an aromatic circle." "We must interrupt it and start all over again." "Good morning." "Please go right ahead." "Professor Wagner, think of the countless experiments culminating in Ehrlich's 606 preparation intended to free humanity from a terrible scourge," "and think how very dangerous narcosis is even today." "If we are successful in discovering this medium, we will have eliminated every obstacle that hinders the progress of surgery." "I believe that we should try to stick to fundamentals." "Our experiments have reached a territory between life and death." "If we could only discover these boundaries, then we could make great strides forward." " Are you still on the same experiment?" " No." "Perhaps we should examine the change in the molecule." "On the other hand, it might prove too dangerous." " I would say too toxic." " Yes, it's very poisonous." "It will have to be employed with extreme caution." "This morning, before you got to the lab, I made the experiment." "I was able to prove that, after the usual paralysis of the extremities, there was a distinct slowing up of respiration in the animal." "Suddenly it was shaken by convulsions and the head slumped over." "Evidently the poison had reached the higher limit of the spinal marrow." "Then the heartbeat slowed down almost to a standstill, like before." "A respiratory paralysis." "And the animal died." "Without pain?" " Yes." " Of course." "At this point pain no longer matters." "'Mrs Wagner is wanted on the telephone.'" "I'm sorry." "Have you been to the jeweller's?" "Yes, the ring will be ready tomorrow." "Hello?" "So it's you." "I'm not going to stand for this any longer." "When can I see you?" "Yes." "Yes, anything you say." "Can you come to Die Kleinen Fische?" "Fine." "Yes, yes." "I'll expect you there tonight at..." "at 11 o'clock." "Mrs Wagner." " This way, please." " Have you got my ring?" " Have you got the money?" " Yes." "What will you have, ladies?" "What would you like to drink?" " I'll have a brandy." " Whisky for me." " Give me the money." " No." "Not one cent." "If you think I haven't got the ring, here it is." "Now will you give me the money?" "No, and I don't care what you do." "What you are asking for is impossible." "I could never get..." "I could never get that much money without being found out." "Will you please give me my ring?" "Immediately." " No." " Believe me, you are going too far." "If you don't give me back my ring right away, I'll..." "What?" "You'll kill me?" "Give me back my ring or I'll go to the police." "Come on, now." "Hurry up." "I'll have you arrested for blackmail." " You haven't the courage." " You'll see." "I've nothing more to lose." "You've gone too far, Luisa Vidor." "Much too far." "You and the one who made you do it." "The one who is now enjoying this little joke with you." "Wait a minute." "Please." "Let me explain, will you?" "You have explained enough." "Now I'll do the talking." "But you don't understand me." "It was your husband who asked me to do it." "What do you mean?" "I don't know how I can tell you." "Tell me?" "What?" "You see, when I found out about you and Erich," "I went to your husband and I told him everything because I was unhappy and desperate" "and I still hoped I could get Erich back." "I know it was my fault." "I know." "But everything after that was your husband's idea." "He was the one who made me blackmail you." "I can't believe it." "But it's true." "He even asked me to take the ring from you and he made me come here tonight." " What happened?" " I told her everything." "Just a minute." "Who is it?" "It's me." "Good evening." " Open, please." "I must go to my office." " Certainly, Mrs Wagner." "Right away." "Finsterwald 327." "This is 85...2349." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Marta." "Yes, Marta." "I'm sorry if I woke you up." "I only wanted to know how the children are." "What did they do today?" "Oh, yes?" "Listen, tomorrow morning when the children wake up, you must take them in your arms." "You must tell them..." "You must tell them how much..." "how much I love them." "So very, very much." "No." "No, Marta, nothing." "Nothing's wrong." "It's only very late." "I don't know when I can come and see you." "Marta." "Can you hear me?" "Stay with them." "Always." "As you always stayed with me." "Good bye." "Oh..." "Irene!" "No..." "No..." " Irene." " No..." "Forgive me." "Forgive me." "I couldn't tell you." "I couldn't." "I love you." "Oh, I love you." "I love you." "I love you." "Oh..."