"PARIS BELONGS TO US" "Paris belongs to nobody." "Peguy" " What do you want?" " Can I help you?" "I doubt it" "Go away." "I can't stand it!" "Are you ill?" "Are you Pierre's sister?" "You know Pierre?" "It doesn't matter" "Pierre can't do anything; no one can." "He was murdered" "I'm sure he was murdered." "It's the only answer" " Who was murdered?" " First, Assunta." "Then Juan" "All one after the other." "It's the beginning" "All his friends will be killed, no one will escape" "Not just me, or Pierre, or you..." "everything's threatened... the world" "And nothing can be done" "I must talk." "You can't stop me, I want to talk and talk!" "Thanks, you're very kind." "Put it there" " You're Pierre's sister?" " Yes." "Why?" " Hello, Pierre." "Am I late?" " Ida's late, too" " What's new?" " Not much." "How are the statistics?" "You look tired." "How long since I saw you?" " About a month" " Have you heard from the family?" " They're fine." "Drop them a line" " They could write to me" "You know how mother loves you" "She still lives with father?" "Write, then;" "I'm sure you'll do it well" "They have their ideas, I have mine" " And I'm the girl with no opinions" " They'll come" "Something wrong?" "Nothing much." "I'm just tired" " You work too hard" " Maybe, but I've lost heart" "You'll get over it" "Yes, but then there will be more exams." "It's endless" "Things used to go well, I don't believe in it now" "You don't have to believe;" "pretending will do" "There's something else" " Am I going mad, or is it the world?" " Both, kid" "Someone spoke about you" "Someone who seemed to know you well." "A girl" "My neighbour" "Nothing I can tell you" "I mean, it wasn't coherent." "I think she's crazy, like me" " Do you know her?" " Maybe." "Don't worry about it" "Anne, this is Ida, my concubine" "Come along with us this evening" "A party." "You know Bernard, the painter" "Philip will be there; he's been staying at Bernard's" " Who is Philip?" " Philip Kaufman" "Famous journalist, Pulitzer Prize." "Written a couple of novels" "Thrown out of the US." "You're heard of McCarthy?" " Isn't he dead?" " I wasn't invited to the funeral" " Always the sceptic" " Come on, you're losing time" " And time lost..." "...is never retrieved" "What's going on here?" " I want to leave" " You're crazy, we've only just come" "Why not leave?" "He doesn't seem to be enjoying it, either" "Wolfenstein agrees." "I talked to him about Juan's portrait" "Can we see it?" " A portrait of Juan?" " Yes" " You have it?" " It's sold" " Why isn't Juan here?" " Minna, don't you know?" "They've arrested him?" "He's dead" "He committed suicide" "I never thought he'd do that" " It's that or a firing-squad" " I'd prefer a firing-squad" " He shot himself?" " No, he used a knife" "Typically Spanish" "Did he suffer much?" "No Funeral March?" "How did Terry take it?" "Philosophically;" "I phoned her" "Is she coming?" "Probably, but surely not alone" "I know" "But Juan had so many ideas, and his art" "He was one of us, our musician, a new Garcia Lorca" "If Lorca played guitar" " Have you heard his last thing?" " The tape he made at Terry's?" "Yes." "Music of the apocalypse" "Shut up!" "You're a phony" "What do you make of it?" "And you, Pierre?" "He doesn't think anything, but he acts." "Right?" "The air of Paris did him in" "It goes deeper than that" "It was his early life, all those anarchists, those failures" " The guitar is all right" " It's all that's left" " What better could be said?" " That's nonsense" "You want to hear why he did it?" "Juan was more than he seemed" "Shut up" "Mysteries." "Fiction" " A revolution put down" " Like the Commune?" " When you feel like going home..." " No thanks" "Aren't you Romanian?" "It's incredible" "Juan's suicide is your doing..." "all your bitterness, your despair" "How could a good man live surrounded by nihilists like you?" "You still won't shake it off, though it's been going on for twenty years" "Go on playing your game." "You're the guilty ones, with bloodstained hands" "That's a bit thick!" "What about Mayakovsky?" "He wasn't Spanish, but he killed himself" "Mayakovsky who?" "Mayakovsky, wowsky!" "You bloody fools!" "I want a word" "You drink too much, but that's not what I want to tell you" "You must understand our problems;" "you're not in Greenwich Village now" "I'm speaking as a friend, a comrade." "I think a change of air would help" "It may be that we're bad for you" " Where will I sleep?" " You needn't go tonight" "I'm not throwing you out, a man of your calibre, but try to understand" "I can't keep you here for ever." "What will people say?" "I'll go and pack my toothbrush" "He didn't make a fuss" " He can't get over Terry leaving him" " Among other things" " What did he say?" " Nothing." "He's drunk" "If you want to live, forget her" " What's the matter?" " A headache." "Give them my apologies" "Don't judge them hastily" "Who are the two who just came in?" "Gérard Lenz, a slightly dotty theatre director" "And her?" "An American, Terry something." "She was Juan's girl;" "left him just before..." " What's she got to do with Philip?" " No idea; past history, maybe" " Why did Juan kill himself?" " Because he was a jerk" "Jean-Marc, how are things?" " So-so." "How about your exam?" " Two days to go" " Shall we eat?" " Be my guest" "You'll eat better than at the Lycée" " Seen our old classmates?" " They've all vanished" " How's the stage?" " Great." "I have auditions all the time" "It's slow." "I have five or six appointments" "You're lucky, you keep busy" "No card?" "No entry, then" " Can I help you?" " I don't see how." "Thanks" "I'm used to being not wanted" "Yes: "They know not what they do"" "I know you" "Yes, last night" " You know him?" " By sight; a political refugee" "You have strange friends" " Now what?" " Let's go, their cooking stinks" "It's not a patch on Shakespeare" "We'll talk about Shakespeare after my exam, in a couple of days" " I'm not keeping you?" " I have fifteen minutes" " What's your programme?" " I must see this TV bloke" "He makes commercials" "At five I've an audition with Boileau, but I must see Gérard Lenz first" " Do you know him?" " No, what does he do?" "He's formed a company to perform Shakespeare's Pericles" "I have to get out of it" " You've other commitments?" " Not exactly, but I'd like to drop it" "Do you like Pericles?" "It's very good" "Some good scenes, but not all of a piece." "It wasn't Shakespeare's work" "Anyway, it'll be a flop;" "Gérard's nice, but he's kidding himself" "It's one of those things where you work for art without being paid" " And you've no time to lose" " Exactly" "Are you going there now?" "I've nothing else to do" "You want to come?" "All right, if you want a few laughs" "To sing a song that old was sung, from ashes ancient Gower is come" "Assuming man's infirmities to glad your ear and please your eyes" "This Antioch, then" "Antiochus the Great built up this city for his seat the fairest in all Syria" "What do you envisage?" "Towers, ramparts, severed heads" " Why?" " To give the audience the illusion" "But theatre is not illusion, it's reality" "You're not Gower, you're an actor;" "don't imagine things, use the stage" "You are addressing the audience directly" "You come forward you take a couple of steps prompt side" "Look, I'm not myself, I'm worn out" "He's right, we worked all night." "Why can't you all help us sometime?" "I don't care, I've no talent" " You know each other?" " By sight" "Sorry, but I've too much to do, lots of other things" "Well, at least you've told me" "I think this project is crazy." "The odds are that we'll have a flop" " Maybe not" " Thanks for the encouragement" "Well, I must rush" "Would you like to stay?" " Is it all right?" " Of course" " When shall we meet?" " One fine day" " Like today" " Tomorrow or next year" "Right, your exam." "Be seeing you" "Another gone" "And we've nowhere to rehearse tomorrow" "All right, where were we?" ""Enter Marina, with a basket of flowers"" "And Marina's not here." "Where is Suzanne?" "I'll do Marina" "Very funny, but I'd prefer a girl" "You're on stage" " Will you cue us?" " I don't know how" "You can read?" "That's all you need to help us" " Won't you help us?" " Yes, but I'll be awful" " On your head be it" " I'll risk it" "It's a scene on a beach; you must make us feel that when you speak" "Speak against the wind the sound of the sea, the gulls" "Thy oath remember. 'Tis but a blow, which shall never be known" "I will do't." "But yet she is a goodly creature" "The fitter then the gods should have her" "She comes weeping for her only mistress'death" " Thou art resolved?" " I am resolved" "No, I will rob Tellus of her weed, to strow thy green with flowers" "Ay me, poor maid, born in a tempest..." "Turn towards the wind" "Take a step." "Let's take it from Dionyza's exit" " Is this wind westerly that blows?" " Southwest" "Don't force your voice;" "Marina is about fourteen" "When I was born the wind was north" "My father, as nurse says did never fear," "But cried "Good seamen!" To the sailors galling his kingly hands haling ropes; ;" "And, clasping to the mast, endured a sea that almost burst the deck" " Where do we rehearse tomorrow?" " Call me at Terry's, without fail" "You see, it went very well" "I stuttered like a child" "You speak very clearly, and that's rare" " You're staying?" " Yes, I'm waiting for Terry" "I'll never get my hair right" "It suits you." "Are you a student?" "Literature." "I'm not sure if I like it" "Here's Terry" "What did he want?" "He phoned." "He just wanted to talk to me about a few ideas he had" " About what?" " You" "He's a bit crazy." "Won't you see him?" "I don't want to." "Your friend Philip is paranoid" "Meet Terry Yordan" " A new girl?" " Not at all" " How did it go?" " Jean-Marc and Suzanne have quit" "Sometimes I wonder if Juan wasn't right" "Don't talk about it" "I think he was wrong with the knife;" "I'd rather slash my wrists" "I did it once" "It always fails; that's why you chose it" "It fails until it succeeds." "It calls for perseverance" "Come again, if you can" "You've made the rounds." "I don't believe in coincidence" " You're wrong" " No, it figures." "I'm right, as usual" "If you insist" "Another one." "I think I'll go now" " I quit." "Why walk so fast?" " I always walk fast" " Did you know him?" " Too many questions" "How's Pierre?" "Don't you see him very often?" "We talk sometimes." "We don't always agree, but that's natural" "I want to tell you that the world isn't what it seems" "Some people have guessed what I'm going to say, but I know it" "It's the whole world that's threatened yet doesn't know it" "It's all nothing but appearances;" "those we think powerful are puppets" "The real masters rule in secret" " Who are they?" " They have no names" "I speak in riddles, but some things can only be told in riddles" " Did Juan commit suicide?" " Maybe..." "I believe nothing" "Juan knew fearsome things, but he wasn't strong enough to stand it" "Perhaps he killed himself..." "with help" "He wasn't the first, or the last." "If you like, I'll tell you who's next" "You know Gérard?" "It doesn't matter" " It's Terry?" " Terry and not Terry" "Some secrets few men can bear." "Juan couldn't;" "I fear Gérard can't" "Gérard's threatened." "He doesn't know it, but I don't give him two months" "All right, it's not true, then" "Why don't you do something?" "Damocles' friend warned him of the sword, but his reaction made it fall" " Another riddle?" " Yes, but maybe you can do something" "Why me?" "Maybe" "If you wanted to try to save Gérard..." "It's up to you to discover how" "I can't help, I'd ruin everything." "But don't try, it's too much for you" "Don't talk to your brother about me, I don't think he likes me much" "I'd better shut up, anyway;" "I talk too much, it's all my fault" "Terry's, too." "All near us are in danger" "Why tell me this?" "Sorry, I've taken you out of your way" "I live in a hotel now." "Do you live hereabouts?" "Not really" "Sorry, there's no Métro now" "Why have you talked to me?" "Never seek to know why." "Beware of Terry." "Beware of me" "Forget all I've said, if you can" "If not, forgive me" "Pierre, can I come over?" "I'll explain when I see you" " What is it?" " Am I intruding?" " I don't know how to put it" " Try." "I've an appointment" "I'll go, then" "No, stay." "Take no notice of this mess" "My neighbour, the Spanish girl..." "she's vanished" "So she's moved, that's all" "Are you getting mystical?" "I need your advice" "What would you do if you found out that someone was in danger?" "It depends." "Anyone we know?" "Gérard Lenz" "Come out;" "Ida wants to dress" "What are you and he up to?" "Nothing" "Don't you feel that he's in danger?" "What danger?" "Because of Terry" "I've been told about Juan's death" " By whom?" " Someone" "What about poor Terry?" "Our pals have lots of imagination" "If anyone's to be suspected in all this, isn't it Gérard?" " Why Gérard?" " Why not?" "Ring out the old, ring in the new" "What about Terry, then?" "You're right." "I must be going crazy" "Possibly." "Come back to earth" " When's your exam?" " Tomorrow" "Well, good luck all the same" " Does Philip Kaufman live here?" " I don't know him" "May I use the phone?" "May I speak to Gérard Lenz?" "Do you know when he..." "No, he doesn't know my name" "Do you know a Philip Kaufman?" "Is he in?" "He must be." "Room 19, fourth floor" "Philip, what's happened?" "Sorry to inflict my act on you;" "it's dramatic, but I always survive" "A souvenir of Midway." "There ought to be some cure" "Why have you come?" "I must speak to you" "Was what you told me true, or were you having me on?" "I can't remember what I said" " Please tell me" " Is it that important?" "Whatever it was I said, forget it" "Nothing more?" "You've no right." "You told me I could help to save a man's life" "I asked nothing of you." "You've no right to leave me at a loss" "Right..." "I was wrong to talk to you as a rational person" "You're an over-imaginative child" " And Juan?" " He's dead." "Let him be" "Everyone talks about him now he's dead" "He wasn't anything special, neither is your Gérard" "None of us is, we're ordinary" "Not worth lifting a finger" "You don't mean that; you're frightened about what you say" "You think I won't see it through?" "I think you're raving" "Go home." "Forget it, don't tell anyone;" "above all, don't tell Gérard" "Your best way is not to do anything, drop the whole business." "Promise?" " Promise what?" " To knock before entering" "Have you come to talk about Juan, too?" "You're improving" " Don't you agree?" " I know nothing about it" "There's no need to know anything" "Which do you like best?" "This one is terrible." "Do you like it?" "But why are you here?" "No, never mind" "Gérard wants to see you;" "something about the play" "Call him." "But hurry, he won't be there all day" "Take this as a souvenir" "Tell Gérard I'll meet him as usual" " What's this?" "She seemed upset" " I've done a stupid thing" "You talked to her?" "Yes." "I've tried to deny it all, but she won't have it" "Why did you talk?" "I wanted to test an idea, but this way is too risky" "Only you can help" "Leave Gérard." "Sooner or later you'll tell him and he won't take it" "I can't" "I must have Gérard" " Have I put you out?" " Not at all" "I didn't want to tell you by phone;" "I like to see people's eyes when I talk" "Suzanne is leaving, she's got some film part" "Will you play Marina?" "It's the part you read" "I'm no actress" "It doesn't matter, I'm sure you will be good" "I don't know." "I must think it over" "Think quickly." "Call me at Terry's tomorrow" "She'll meet you tonight, as usual" "What do you think of Pericles?" " Is this a test?" " No, I'd like your opinion" "It's rather disconnected, but that doesn't matter" "Because it's on another level..." "is that the right answer?" "Full marks" "Everyone says I'm crazy, even Terry, but the reason I want to stage it is because it's "unplayable"" "It's shreds and patches, yet it hangs together over all" "Pericles may traverse kingdoms the heroes are dispersed, yet they can't escape they're all reunited in Act V" "I want to show that." "Do you think I'm crazy?" "Not at all" "Thanks." "But we must try to make people understand it" "It shows a chaotic but not absurd world rather like our own, flying off in all directions, but with a purpose" "Only we don't know what" "Am I boring you?" "I agree:" "The world is less absurd than it seems" "But what can we do to show it clearly?" "I'm counting on the music" "You didn't know Juan?" "He hadn't time to do the music for it" "One night, at Terry's, he made a tape, improvising on guitar" "Just what I wanted for Pericles, but I don't know where it is now" "You can't find it?" "Terry lent it to friends, who passed it on" "Now it's vanished without trace" "Have you looked for it properly?" "You need time to make a real search" "Terry says she doesn't know where it is." "Terry often lies" "I must go." "Jean-Marc will be waiting" " Do you see him often?" " Sometimes; he's from my home town" "It must seem odd that I talk of Juan, since Terry... well, you know" "I was a great friend of Juan." "I still don't know why he did it" "Terry won't talk about it, but I'm sure she's always thinking about him" "Don't judge her hastily;" "she's a fine girl" " I bet you despise her" " Not at all" "Her mother's French." "Divorced." "Terry drifts between Paris and New York" "It's marked her." "She was very affected by Juan's death" "I'm very fond of her, but sometimes she frightens me" "I don't want to end up like Juan" "She's tough and strong, but she doesn't help" "I feel at home with you" "I was feeling discouraged, empty, ready to jump into the Seine" "Now I feel better" " You're exaggerating" " No, I want you to take the part" "Call me about it tomorrow" " Am I late?" " A little" " Where's Jean-Marc?" " He couldn't come." "How was it?" "I'll tell you later" " You see?" " What of it?" "How did you know her?" "Her brother asked me to help her find a room." "I know the landlord" " How was the exam?" " I didn't go;" "I didn't want to" " What will the family say?" " They're used to it" "I've been offered a part in a play" " By whom?" " Gérard." "I'm thinking it over" "Where shall we go?" "You decide" "Gérard's very nice, but this will lead to nothing" " You have no experience" " I'll work at it" "He's grown up, let him paddle his own canoe." "One actor more or less..." "I'm phoning Gérard to say I accept" "Some weeks later" "Is this wind westerly that blows?" "When I was born the wind was north" "Was't so?" "My father, as nurse says, did never fear..." "It's no use, I can't act without the fan" "Make an effort." "Here's your wind" "My father, as nurse says, did never fear..." "This won't do, take it away." "Get rid of it" "Never mind the wind, the sea." "If I had my music..." "You won't find another like me" "I know him; he'll be buying us drinks in an hour" "Let's get on with it, don't mind me" "When I was born the wind was north" "Was't so?" " I must go" " Of course" "I'll feed you the lines" "You see?" "She's away" "What's all that?" "It's the wrong speech" "What are you thinking of?" "Nothing" "Why can't you say two words simply, normally?" "Throw in some music here" "Juan's" "When you've found it" "But I don't know where it is" " So look" " I don't feel like it" "What about Juan's friends?" "Run your own errands" "Maybe Terry doesn't want to see them" "Stick to your lines" "Another scene." "Ghislaine, Minna, please" "Something wrong?" "Are you cross with Gérard?" "You are, don't deny it" "I went through it, too; being indispensable, then treated as a prop" " Have you known him long?" " Since last year" " Was he with Terry then?" " No." "Why?" "You're too interested in Gérard;" "that'll get you nowhere" "Gérard is in danger, I'm sure of it" " Who says?" " A friend of Juan... and Terry" "He knows Juan didn't kill himself." "He knows a secret, perhaps from Terry" " What sort of secret?" " I don't know; something frightful" "Juan knew; now he's dead." "Gérard doesn't know, but he may learn it" " From Terry?" " I think so" "Why don't you tell Gérard?" "He wouldn't believe me." "I must have proof" "You'll need witnesses." "Your friend..." "He says I must forget it all" " You're sure he wasn't..." "...kidding me?" "I can't believe it" " You don't believe me, either?" " I don't know" "I only saw Juan a couple of times, but Terry wasn't his only friend" "He had many friends." "You must find them, question them ask how he spent his last days" "It's the only way to find out" "It's the Broken Hearts Club" "What if I told you you were in danger, because of Terry?" "It's jealousy." "Hear that, Terry?" "Doesn't it make you laugh?" "No." "I may be a dangerous girl" "I aways liked femmes fatales" "Perhaps I could look for Juan's tape, if Terry doesn't mind" " It'll keep you occupied" " Don't be bitchy" " How will you go about it?" " Leave it to me" " I'll kiss you if you find it" " That's an incentive" " Do you know where Juan lived?" " I'll find out" "What if Anne were right?" " I think you know more than you say" " So?" "That's why I like you" "I can never open this door" "I know you know" "You don't know what I know." "Your knee is in the way" "Tell me" "No." "This way I can keep you" "He died in this woman's place" "Aniouta Barsky?" "I'm a friend of Gérard Lenz, he was a friend of Juan" "I wonder if you have heard about a tape which Juan made" " No." "Where?" " At a friend of Gérard's" " I know nothing about it" " But you knew Juan?" "Yes." "Why?" "Did he never say anything that..." "Not that I remember" "Did he never speak of Philip Kaufman, or Gérard or Gérard's girl?" "Terry?" "Who sent you?" "No one" "Did this Gérard send you?" "Not exactly." "I'm sorry, but it's important for me to know" " What?" " All you can tell me about Juan" "I don't know what you want, but this is the wrong address" "I can't tell you anything" "I came home one night and found him lying with a knife in his belly" "He had rolled there, half cold already." "He couldn't talk" " But before that?" " What?" "I wasn't here when it happened." "He might not have done it if I was because of the kid" " His son?" " No; two years before him" "You're sure it was suicide?" "If not, it was a good imitation;" "he talked about it all the time" " In what way?" " Corruption, end of the world..." "He didn't care if I understood." "I was just to be happy to have him" "He broke off with me several times, but came back for refuge" "He always came back." "At last he stayed" "You know Terry?" "What's she like?" "Beautiful, hard..." "I don't know" "I think she drove him mad." "Whatever she did to him, it wasn't nice" "I couldn't say anything, I never knew how he'd take it" "There were always plots, secrets, revolutions" "Everything was bribery, corruption, washed up" "I didn't dare question him;" "I waited for it to end" " Why ask me all this?" " As I said, I'm looking for that tape" " What's that?" " A tape-recording" " Do you know who might have it?" " I don't think so" "Someone." "Anyone" " Why?" " I must know" "Don't say I told you." "There's Doctor Jean-Bernard de Georges, the economist" "He said he admired Juan, he kept an eye on him" "Juan was flattered; he didn't realize de Georges was interested in Terry" "You can find his address." "Don't say who told you about him" " Thank you" " No thanks to me" " I called you" " Yes, come in." "I think we've met" "My ward" "I knew Juan well; a specimen of a vanishing race rabid individualists who want everything to be destroyed" "And who destroy themselves first;" "a sort of biological inevitability" "Juan disappointed me." "I love music" "Once I had great hopes of him, but he was too subjective" "He thought he could solve all problems without reflection or calculation" "Calculation!" "Think what one can do with numbers" "The boy was a walking anachronism" "Yes, I heard that tape once;" "I remember it well" "It was rather poor absolute crap" "It must be lost; he destroyed almost everything he did" "A sort of nihilistic obsession." "I'm sorry I can't help you" " How's Gérard getting along?" " Not too well" "I admire the naivety and enthusiasm of youth" "Perhaps it will all work out." "Give Mademoiselle Yordan my regards" "Terry?" "And don't look any farther." "You won't find it" "What must he have thought of you?" "He's hiding something, he feared me." "I was sure he'd phone when I left" " Phone whom?" "Why?" " I don't know" "You're imagining things." "This childishness..." "It's my own business" "Mine, too." "I've worked for de Georges and I'd like to again" "What work?" "Chores:" "Investigations, reports, everything" "Why do that?" "You think we can live like saints?" "No one's perfect, not even Gérard" " Shut up" " Why?" "I'm a realist" "I have no illusions." "There are no heroes and no saints" "We'll take it from there" " Will it bother you if I stay?" " In theory, no" " And in fact?" " Yes" " Why?" " It's a fact, just that" "Too bad." "I like you, I'd like to help you" " Where's Francois?" "Ç" " In a radio quiz" " When will he be back?" " When he can" "I never manage a proper rehearsal" "Mytilene is full of gallants." "We lost too much money this mart by being too wenchless" "We have but poor three, and they can do no more than they can do and they with continual action are even as good as rotten" "A little young for a brothel-keeper" "It's coming on." "Still a bit affected, Virginie" "Shakespeare's all very well, but I prefer operetta" "We'll skip the pirates, who aren't here, and take it from Pander's exit" "Boult, you cry. ; "He that will give most shall have her first"" "Such a maidenhead were no cheap thing, if men were as they have been" "Performance shall follow" "Alack that Leonine was so slow!" "He should have struck, not spoke" "Or that these pirates, not enough barbarous..." "Anne, why stand like a post?" "Poetry is movement, moving forward" "I want you to seem to be surging forward." "Try again" " Why not?" " Never speak to me of that again" "Work on it at home." "Take a rest now" "Paul and Virginie, go on" " What's wrong with Gérard?" " Worries, as you know" " Nothing else?" " What else could there be?" " He seems to be so distraught" " Rightly so" "Philip spoke to me about Juan, about his death" "He did wrong." "It's not a subject for conversation" "You're wasting your time with Terry;" "she'll never tell you anything" "Terry acts mysterious, that's how she keeps Gérard" "Anne, come back on stage" " But I must go, you know" " You can't leave without rehearsing" "I've got to eat" "Why do some stupid job?" " Why not pay us for rehearsals?" " With what?" " Find another trade, if you're broke" " Get out, and don't come back!" " Val, find another chap" " Easier said than done." "Keep him" "It's fascinating, but I must go" "I'm late." "Be seeing you" "Let me go, I must speak to him" "What a farce!" "What have I done?" "Are you paid to drive me mad?" "Why are you here, you spy?" "What is it?" "Nothing." "I just wanted to see you" "That's all." "Why?" "You don't look too good" "It's nothing much." "Just a touch of the blues" " Is it the theatre, or Gérard?" " Both" "Neither is worth it" "Do you still want the truth?" "The truth is that it's not important;" "plays work, or they don't work" "They're pastimes for intellectuals" "Open your eyes, look around" "Have you noticed the people who live in this hotel?" "They're worth more than any little actor" "I have no little actor" "If you haven't yet, you will" "You know why Juan's dead and I hold on?" "I have reasons to pop off, too" "We won't mention Terry." "I'm around because I'm not crazy about an idea" "There's only one solution:" "Don't think" "I cling to people I meet:" "You, anyone" "I look at them:" "They exist" "They're still alive and free" "If they can see me, too, it means I'm still here if they think of me as one of them" "That's egotistic" "Maybe." "I don't give a damn" " Do you hate me?" " Right, I do" "Believe me, I'm right" "Look at people passing by, they live in a real world" "Take those in my hotel:" "Room 20, Birgitta" "Finnish, aged nineteen." "Ambition. ; happiness" "Works as a model, hoping for better things" "Room 13, Karoly, aged twenty-four, from Budapest" "Arrived with fifty words of French, still wants to be a doctor" "Room 9, Gustave Baron, sixty-seven." "A tiny pension." "One son, killed 1940" "Room 11, Minna, from Darmstadt." "Came to France four years ago to..." "Hello, Minna" " You know her?" " I'm in Pericles too" " What's that prove?" " Nothing." "We're both right" "That's what's complicated" "Thanks for your advice, but I'll try to work things out myself" " Wish me luck" " I won't abandon you" " Have you seen Philip?" " Yes" "Why always Philip?" "He's tough" " What's that mean?" " Like everyone, he can't live alone" " That's profound?" " Alone with his thoughts" "More and more profound" "And what are your thoughts?" "The usual:" "Comfort, good whisky..." "Beautiful girls" "Obviously." "What more do you want?" "I didn't mean that" "How about your thoughts?" "I was thinking of Philip, for a change" "How it felt to be exiled" "I feel more and more an exile myself" "As if Terry had initiated me into an order of exiles" " Who was it?" " De Georges" " Now what does he want?" " Can't you guess?" "Besides, you're all in exile" "Doesn't this corruption disgust you?" "The time draws nigh" "I don't want to stay to the end" "One must always take one's bow" "I'd rather slip out before the tomatoes" "Have you finished?" "You're not funny" "I'm not trying to be funny" "You're grotesque" "You're spouting literature" " You irritate me" " Point one." "What's next?" "What shall I tell you?" "Not before the children" "Later, then" " Be quiet, please" " Why?" "You know why" "This is becoming fascinating" "Don't get so upset." "Can't we even have a joke?" "You're looking for Philip?" "I don't know where he is" " He'll be back?" " Surely." "Can I give him a message?" " No, I must see him" " Wait in my room" "Have you known him long?" "I don't care, you know;" "I'm not jealous" " A few days" " I've known him since he's lived here" " Is that long?" " Just three or four weeks" " And before?" " I don't know" "He had some money when he came to Paris." "Then he let himself go" "All sorts of reasons" "He had many illusions." "He thought he'd be welcomed here by free spirits" ""Naught worse than the narrow spirit of liberals"" "But there was something else" "He didn't leave New York alone" " Terry?" " You know her?" "Oh, well" "She broke with him, I don't know why, and that didn't help" "Why am I telling you all this?" " Did you know Juan?" " I heard Gérard speak of him" "It seems he was very talented" "I know he was handsome" "I've a photo of him that Philip threw away." "Want to see it?" "That's his sister" " Juan's?" " I saw her two or three times" "A strange girl." "A militant" "She's disappeared." "I don't know where" " Does Philip?" " No." "He's worried" "Has Philip ever mentioned a tape of Juan's?" "No." "I don't know anything about music, or politics" "They say Juan was plotting." "He was famous for doing nothing" "He spent his days at the Royal with friends" "They'll be there still; they may help" " Do you know them?" " Only by sight" "Shall I come with you?" "You won't wait for Philip?" " Feeling better?" " Yes" "Good." "I'm off now, come and see me tomorrow" "A tape?" "It's possible." "All Spaniards play the guitar" "I remember something, maybe it was him." "Nothing much." "I fell asleep" " Where did you hear it?" " At a friend's" "What friend?" "Tania somebody." "A Russian name" "The last descendant of Genghis Khan" " Do you remember Tania's name?" " Fedin" " Where does she live?" " Near the Odéon somewhere" "Your actor friends might know;" "she did a bit of acting" " Why pretend not to know me?" " I don't know you" "Was this Juan talented?" "He didn't look it:" "The Modigliani type" "His genius lay in sitting for hours without saying a word" "He'd watch passers-by, especially girls" "If he didn't like someone, he'd hit him" "Once he got two weeks for hitting a man he said was a Fascist spy" "You believe that?" "It's O.K. By me" "You're adorable" "That's all I know, and all I want to know" "You were in a hurry last night." "Why were you around here?" " Out for a walk" " With that tart?" "Give me her address" "How's your fancy man Gérard?" " I don't know" " Cat got your tongue?" "You're hiding something." "Is it Gérard?" "Terry?" "Yes and no." "You wouldn't understand" "I could try." "Why not tell me?" "Either I'm crazy, or Gérard is doomed, like Juan" " Why?" " I don't know" "Gérard is doing everything Juan did before he died." "He can't stop" "Because of Terry?" "Why Terry?" " Have you seen Philip again?" " No." "Why?" " Does Gérard see him?" " I don't think so" "What's he done that's so bad?" "Look at yourself, you're pale" "Don't take any notice" " What's the time?" " Three-thirty" " Could you lend me ten?" " Here's five" " Why not go home in the vacation?" " Later." "Not now" " What do you want to do?" "Act?" " Oh, right now..." "I know someone who might help Gérard." "It's up to Terry" "You heard me." "Otherwise, your friend Gérard has had it" "Keep me posted, eh?" "Luck's on our side." "Meet at my place." "Gérard" " What's up?" " A secret" "Everyone here?" "I have great news" "The Théâtre de la Cité has taken the play" "There's a gap in their season." "I've signed for thirty performances" "Good-bye, Gérard" " What's wrong?" " Don't you understand?" "Understand what?" "Sorry, but I'd rather not see you again" "Is it serious?" "No, don't worry, it clears the air" "It wouldn't have lasted, it's all for the best" "Are you free tomorrow?" "You'll have to come to the theatre for an audition" "A pure formality." "I'll rehearse you" "See you at noon tomorrow, the theatre café" "I'll be there" "Don't worry, Anne, it will all work out" "As everyone's kissing..." "Will you drink something?" " I can't remember a word" " It no longer matters" "What do you mean?" "You'll soon know" "They took the play on certain conditions:" "Some cast changes" "And my part?" "I must use a well-known actress" " Who?" " I don't know" " Are you angry?" " Not at all" "You despise me." "Forgive me" "Forgive me, too." "I promised you Juan's tape, but I can't find it" "It doesn't matter; they'll impose a composer on me, too" "Are you sure?" "Can't we go on with the play as before?" "No, it's too risky." "This way is more certain" "Could it be a trap?" "What trap?" "Do you think I'm wrong?" "No, you must be right." "One must make concessions" "I do so want to stage this play, I'd do nearly anything" "I'll try to get you a job as an understudy; you'll get paid for it" "I must be going now" "No, Anne, I can't see you or anyone else." "Leave me alone" "Philip, I beg you" "You're playing with fire." "You don't appreciate the consequences" "Why this investigation?" "What's Juan's death to you?" "Leave the dead alone" "What have I done to you?" "You encourage me, discourage me, drive me crazy" "What's the game?" "What use am I to you?" "Don't try too hard to find out." "Calm down" "The hotel's being searched" "Men in plain clothes, a funny-Iooking lot" "Take Anne to your room" " What about you?" " Don't worry about me" " What is all this?" " Philip's been expecting it for days" "He told me he hoped for a catastrophe;" "that alone would prove him right" "He asks you to forgive the harm he's done." "It was necessary" "Necessary for what?" "That's all he said;" "I thought you'd understand" "He got away" "A low-key reply, note that" "Ay me, poor maid, born in a tempest when my mother died!" "This world to me is a lasting storm, whirring me from my friends" "Is this wind westerly that blows?" "Southwest" "When I was born the wind was north" "I'd like to do something for this wind bit" "I saw a peasant do this once" "I was on holiday, I can't bear the Côte d'Azur... where was I?" "Oh yes, the wind business..." "I'd like to wet my finger to test the wind direction" "I understand, but I think it will slow the pace of the scene" "Not a bit, take my word for it" "I know the business:" "Acting since I was sixteen" "As a puppet?" "I'd like to have Monsieur Boileau's opinion" "If you feel it inside, then do it" "It's an unusual gesture." "Do it again" "Yes, it's... fine" "Very Renaissance." "With proper lighting it will go big" "It depends on you." "Can you place the finger in a spotlight?" "We'll try it with a 250" "I haven't done the lighting yet" "Mademoiselle Vera d'Istria insists that Monsieur Boileau lights her sets" "Even when she designs window displays, Monsieur Boileau lights them" " What if he refuses?" " No matter, I've got him" "See Gérard, he'll fit you in." "I'm playing a lady-in-waiting" "Wait for me" " What are you doing?" " Boileau wants to hear my Mark Antony" "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him" "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honourable man" " Did you find that girl?" " Tania?" "No, I gave up" "You mean Tania Fedin?" "I ate with her last Sunday." "She's moved 35 rue de Bellechasse" "Much quicker, as though you were rising from the sea" "But it's not a surprise; remember the pirates' galley in the background" "What galley?" "You know about a galley?" "It's news to me" "A model manned by dwarfs" "Audition all dwarfs in Paris" "Failing them, we could use kids with beards" " But why?" " Third dimension, old chap" "Mademoiselle d'Istria has a knack for such nuances" "Got that, Jacquot?" "I don't want to see anyone" "I must see you" "Who sent you?" "The lamb or the dragon?" "The lamb" "Come in, then" "Untie me" "An exercise." "If the body is upright, so is the soul" "We must prepare." "The hour approaches" "We must temper our souls with fire" "God will spew forth the tepid" "Are you ready?" "The star Absinthe approaches Earth" "The waters are poisoned." "Children drink a deadly milk" "Do you read the papers?" "A man in London died yesterday, with the stigmata of Hiroshima on his body" "The end is very near." "Be not afraid, do not tremble" " Who sent you?" " Jean-Val gave me your address" "He's a wretch." "I owe him money and he keeps pestering me to pay" " But go on" " I want to ask you something" " I haven't any money" " Have you got Juan's tape?" "He took it back three days before he died" "He probably wanted it for that fool Anouita" "Do you know Juan's sister?" "I used to." "If she had it, it's gone;" "a little tape is easy to wipe" " Why gone?" " Maria Almereyda was sent to Spain" "Sent on a mission, to start a strike, or some such nonsense" "Do you know the tale of the warlord?" "He had a very dear friend" "But all warlords come to distrust their friends" "Friends are our mirror image" "Sending him back to enemy territory, he had him parachuted over the sea" "Then he declared him a martyr" " Juan's sister's friends did likewise" " You think she's in danger?" "I think she's been arrested, maybe shot" "All those close to Juan must die" "The American girl, the actor, myself" "I don't know why, but I know." "We die because we are life" "All must perish" "And you who have reached towards the secret you now bear the fatal mark" " You took your time" " I met Paul" "What are you talking about?" "About Juan." "And how I asked him for the child you won't give me" "I haven't decided" " Will you eat with us?" " No, I must go" "Afraid?" "I know how it is." "Courage drains from us, like water from a hand" "Nothing can be done." "Await a sign" "Await his return." "Be patient" "Ham" " I can't wait." "I give up" " Patience is difficult" "Yes, child, waiting is difficult" " Am I disturbing you?" " Not at all." "Come in" "I quit the production this afternoon" "You're not surprised?" " Why have you given up?" " I'd had enough" "Once you start making concessions, you can't stop" "Boileau's taking over; he said he could do without my ideas" "What about the others?" "They quit, or were sacked." "But Paul is in luck" "Good for him" "Couldn't you have fought it longer?" "There are limits" "But I'm satisfied, I let rip." "I think I scared Boileau" "Now they'll make me pay for it, they'll send me back to the wilds" "What can they do?" "I'm at the end of my tether, but I won't end up like Juan" "If I could, I'd blow everything up" "That means nothing, I know" "Anne, perhaps I seem normal, well, almost normal but I feel I'm lost in Terre del Fuego" "You're the last human face on the horizon" "I have this curious dizzyness" "Things seem to whirl about me faster and faster" " You need something to hang on to?" " Exactly" " Have you seen Terry?" " No" " Don't play games, I'm serious" " So am I" "I've phoned Terry." "She's cut herself off, she won't see anyone" "She talked in riddles: "I am unworthy of you, you are unworthy of me"" "Do you love me?" "Goethe said: "If I love you, is that your affair?"" "To hell with Goethe." "Answer me" "I'm fond of you, but I've no time to talk." "I must work" "I must take another exam in October" "Well, good luck." "Work hard and marry a notary" "Why not?" "It's no?" "In that case: "I have no alternative..." ""...but to cast myself into the sea"" "Moliére, Georges Dandin, Act 3, Scene..." "Fifteen" "Why not?" "Then he left." "Perhaps I was wrong." "It was my pride" "His, too." "I'm no saint" "You love him?" "I don't know where I am." "Do you think he's in danger?" "I won't be a moment" "What was I saying?" "Oh yes, don't worry, it'll work out" "Take a few days off, it'll do you good." "Things will work out" "Stay with us." "Come and see some silent films at a friend's" "That will cheer you up" "Give us a smile" "If you don't call before midnight, I'll kill myself." "Gérard" "Monsieur Kaufman isn't here." "We haven't seen him for a week" "Another jeton, please" "Jean-Marc, did I wake you?" "I must see you right away" " Is it a joke?" " No, his flat is locked." "No answer" "Could you smell gas?" "He's with a girl" " What can I do about it?" " Anything but just stand here" "Let's go to Terry's;" "maybe they've made up" "Maybe I should phone first" "Have you seen Gérard?" "I had a message saying that he might kill himself" "Can you come at once?" "Hurry" "Why ask her to come?" " Will you tell her?" " I don't know" "I don't want to see her" "Hurry up" "Show me" " Didn't you call him?" " It was too late" " What can I do?" " You're thrashing about in the dark" "Juan's tape?" "You see, it wasn't far away" "Did Philip know?" "Why didn't you give it to Gérard?" "You don't love Gérard, you deserted him" "No." "I'm afraid" "It built up, like for Juan" " You're sure you're not wrong?" " I wish I were" "How I've wished Philip were wrong, how I've refused to believe him" "Now that's no longer possible" "What is it?" "What's going on?" "It's Philip." "He always talked of it" "In '45 we thought the death of one man had solved it all" "Anne, this is the greatest conspiracy of all, on a worldwide scale" " But what?" "Who?" " Still the same ones" "But in thirty years, methods have changed" "They're ready to regain power, on the sly" "This time, no mercy:" "All will be sacrificed to efficiency, the state" "They're biding their time" "Meanwhile, they've worked hard" "You don't care?" "But why Gérard?" "It affects him, Juan, you, all of us." "Those who don't give in are broken" "Either we huddle together like waifs, or swallow something like this" "Total oblivion in ten minutes." "Carrying it reassures me" "You're making fun of me" "Do I look like it?" "You wanted to know, now hear me out" "Rule One of the organization:" "Secrecy" "Rule Two:" "The least sign of treason and you are condemned" "You can't live alone with that secret." "Philip's told me this for months" "He learned it by chance in New York" "He thought he could escape to Europe" "I saw him withdraw into himself, destroy himself" "I asked him stupid questions" "One day he told me everything;" "perhaps that saved him" "But then we couldn't go on living together sharing this thing" "I didn't want to believe;" "it was too frightful" "I tried my best to be rid of it;" "I left him" "But the secret stayed with me, driving me crazy" "I couldn't keep the secret any longer;" "I had to tell someone, or die" "Now Juan is dead" "A coincidence, perhaps; he was mixed up in dangerous things" "I tried to think that" "Then Gérard." "He became strange, restless" "His play fell through" "Philip hounded me with his prophesies." "And you, with your silly questions" "De Georges, always after me" "I hoped to save Gérard." "I was wrong" "I couldn't go on lying to Gérard" "I abandoned him" "Don't leave him, he needs you" "What will you do?" "Go back to Gérard's, try to break down the door" "Go on." "I just can't..." " What did she tell you?" " Nothing" "Secrets as always" " Here?" " No, farther" "Did you send me this?" "Do I look as if I'd write such rubbish?" "Are you angry with me?" "Don't be" " Why not?" " I've told you" "You expect me to fall into your arms?" "That would be nice" "I can't" "How goes it?" "Over the blues now?" "Much better." "It seems like a bad dream" "Your "organization" seemed a bit much" "Mixing with geniuses is bad for you" "Common sense comes back, sooner or later" "Dead?" "It's not true" "I'm coming" "Gérard has committed suicide." "I'm going" "Don't go." "I can't tell you more." "Don't go" "Please." "You'd never forgive me" " Get hold of yourself, Pierre." " I wouldn't forgive you, either" "Who found him?" "Terry called me" "It's really suicide?" "Perhaps" " He was murdered?" " Perhaps" "You're sure it's not suicide?" "And Juan wasn't suicide?" "I'm not sure of anything" "A strange coincidence" "But maybe they can push their victims to suicide" "The art of seduction, persuasion." "Man has long sought the devil's face" "We're beginning to see it" "It's all my fault." "I acted like an idiot" "I provoked it by trying to help" "You did nothing of the sort;" "you're a cog in a vast machine" "What do they want?" "Power, world domination." "A nice, worldwide concentration camp" "In a spy film, nabbing de Georges would suffice." "But he's only a link" "I think it's a crime syndicate, a dictatorship syndicate" "But if they killed Gérard..." "Then we're all suspect" "Anne." "I'm to blame" "Pierre, what did you do?" "I can't say now, but I swear I did all I could to prevent this" "I know why he's dead and who's responsible" "Who?" "Later." "He tried to buy my silence and I refused" "He said he'd break me." "He's capable of anything" "I stood up to him." "Now I'm afraid." "Help me" " Where are you?" " What station?" "Dupleix." "I don't know where to go." "Come to me" "I'm coming" "We'll go together" "We'll meet at Jean-Val's place." "They're rehearsing a new show" " I can't believe that Pierre..." " I always suspected him" "They're a pitiless breed, and deserve no pity" "Come quickly, Anne" "Take me away from Paris, Terry, before they find me" "We could rejoin Philip." "There's only two seats." "Pierre, you come with me" "You must." "Anne, take a taxi." "You know where to go?" "Jean-Val told me" "Got any money?" "Here's some" " Pierre's with Terry." "Where are they?" " They must have got lost" "Don't worry" " You knew it already?" " Pierre?" "It's what I tried to find out" " Why didn't you tell me?" " I should have" "You used me." "You gambled with Gérard's life" "Anne, I had to be sure that we weren't imagining things" "And are you sure now?" "I no longer know" "I called in at my old place on the way here." "I found this" "A letter from Juan's sister in Spain" ""We were wrong." "Juan was murdered by agents of the Falange" ""That's not fantasy." "You can fight against that." "I'm fighting"" " I dropped Pierre off" " Terry, you didn't dare..." "Dare what?" " I want to know what happened" " Nothing" "He got out" "Maybe he didn't want to see you" " You killed him." "It's you!" " Why should I?" "I don't believe you!" "I was wrong." "Pierre wasn't guilty" "I know, Philip" "I was wrong, Terry." "Pierre wasn't guilty" "Keep back." "Leave us, I'm used to this" "Go and rest, Anne." "That's an order" "Anne, I don't know how to tell you" " He was innocent?" " Almost" "Gérard did commit suicide." "De Georges drove him into a corner" "He got financial control of Pericles" "Gérard ended it all rather than give in" "He thought he had another enemy, and yielded to his loneliness" " What did Pierre do?" " De Georges' dirty work" "What about the organization?" "It exists only in Philip's imagination" "It's easy to encompass everything in one idea" "His idleness, his cowardice." "Nightmares are alibis" "And Gérard died for that" "Such organizations do exist, but less clear-cut" "Money, policing, faction..." "all the figures of Fascism" "Evil has more than one face" " And what about Pierre?" " Pierre is dead" " You killed him?" " Yes." "For no reason" "On him I found an atrocious letter from de Georges" " Anyway, he was a rat" " And you?" "We're imbeciles" "It's all your fault." "You sought the sublime" " Poor fool!" " Go away!" " We're going" " Where?" "You'll see" " What will you do now?" " Stage Pericles." "Are you with us?" "What for?" "Is this wind westerly that blows?"