"Who's that?" "Eve..." "The Eve?" "Adam's Eve?" "Yes, the "In the beginning" one." "But isn't she white?" "That's what you think!" "Fortunately Belgium misses." "We were lucky again." "Holland has the ball." "Pass to Lenstra..." "Then to Faas Wilkes..." "Faas Wilkes, ladies and gentlemen..." "He passes one, two, three players!" "They must be asleep!" "Through Coppes' legs!" "He shoots!" "He misses, hit the upright!" "The Belgian keeper shouts to his men." "Faas Wilkes again." "He loses the ball..." "Goal!" "Via Lenstra's foot." "Justice at last!" "In the last minute of the game." "Incredible!" "A sensation, listeners." "Lenstra again!" "1-0!" "My name's Rick." "Holland beat Belgium 1-0." "Holland has the strongest team in the world." "Debby is the girl next door." "She has dark hair and mine is blond." "She always makes me feel strange." "But she doesn't feel it." "My mother loves Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt." "They give her wings, she says." "It loosens her up." "She teaches me to dance." "It's no good on your own." "If you listen to the music, dancing is easy." "As easy as 1, 2, 3." "I live with my mother and Aunt Willy, but she doesn't count." "Aunt Willy suffers from time, she says." "She fell in time." "Strange woman." "How can you fall in time?" "Hello, Jef." "Jef, the tobacconist..." "Am I intruding?" "Not at all." "It's for you." "If the sewer's blocked or the roof needs mending my mother asks Jef round." "Sometimes Jef comes unasked." "What is it?" "Christmas decorations." "Without a window display this year, I thought..." "We don't have a tree." "You don't need a tree for decorations!" "Turn the record over." "We know that one." "Here, the new Douglas DC 8..." "A civilian plane..." "Yes, but it's the only one you don't have." "He knows I collect planes." "He thinks he can bribe me." "His hair isn't even blond or dark." "Isn't it terrible, the tree in the square." "Mainland mods..." "What do you say?" "Thanks, mister..." "Hotclub de France..." "Daphne..." "Jef, the tobacconist..." "But a tobacconist is not a pilot." "My father's plane:" "a spitfire." "He was one of the few Dutchmen in the RAF." "His name was Richard." "In England they called him Ricko." "That's why I'm called Rick." "Messerschmitts!" "They attacked his squadron returning to England." "His body was never found." "I wasn't born yet." "The other planes reached England safely." "He sacrificed himself for his friends at the end of the war." "He didn't smoke cigars." "FOR EVER YOURS" "Who did this?" "Stella..." "Get out of my sight, for ever!" "I've had enough of you!" "Is she crazy?" "Come on, Be quiet!" "Truus, sit up straight." "Dictation!" "...5, 4, 3... ..2, 1..." "Right, this is the plane  in which we make this dangerous trip." "This is the route and you'll see we set course for Central Africa." "When the plane lands in this hostile jungle the wild animals flee from the plane." "We set off with some natives..." "But are amazed when they suddenly refuse to continue." "The area we reach belonged to dangerous spirits." "Whatever the leader said, only a handful dared to carry on." "His most trusty servants." "Snakes escort us on our journey." "Leaving behind much of the baggage..." " quite a blow - ...the expedition continues through the heart of the Congo." "Through the dense jungle..." "Few people live deep in Africa but the area is important." "Because we all come from Africa originally." "There are skeletons in this cave." "Human sacrifices maybe?" "We feel the ghosts of the dead all around." "But however scary, we have to go on to reach the goal of our journey the Habusu tribe." "This tribe has never been seen by white eyes." "Be quiet!" "If you want the film to stop... this is it!" "Now they will dance a welcome for us." "That's it!" "Go on, Prinsen..." "Come on, Joost." "Take your exercise books and pens." "Write down:" "1064 divided by..." "So the young explorer travelled through Africa looking for the origins of life for Adam and Eve." "A dangerous journey and he was in luck the very first day." "He was in the right place at the right time." "Not too many, or I'll be sick." "Are you a real man?" "The only one." "Africa..." "What?" "An atlas?" "It's old, but includes the Congo." "The whole Congo?" "Great!" "It's for you." "For me?" "Don't be too long." "No..." "Cro Magnon..." "Fear not." "It's only a plane." "Come on, trusty helper." "It's miles to the river and hopefully the Missing Link." "I'm Rick Rick Veenema." "Great!" "I'm Cro..." "Cro Magnon!" "You don't look too healthy." "The Neanderthal over there only has a jaw, an ulna and three fingers." "I'm looking for the Missing Link." "Missing thing?" " Link... it's English." "I looked it up in my dictionary." "It means a gap in history." "A gap?" "You could try that way or that..." "I've seen more like you." "But no one found the Missing Link!" "I'll find it!" "Come on, Joseph!" "Dozy!" "I want this and this for these." "They're very nice." "You can have "Modern Anthropology"." "Not the others." "These are my only two books." "Last time..." "Everyone wants "Flying Wings", all the old planes." "Just "Modern Anthropology" then..." "Ricko!" "Slow coach!" "Come on!" "They're French kissing!" "Look you can see their tongues." "Any more?" "You want any more?" "But why?" "I don't understand." "Jef, can I make a call?" "I thought you liked me." "Please don't ask." "But what's up?" "Aren't I good enough?" "Sikkema of the Co-op..." "Is it because I'm a tobacconist?" "Is it Rick?" "It takes time..." "That's for you." "I'm sorry." "It's me." "Lydia..." "Please don't!" "Debby..." "The young explorer with his beloved Debby were welcomed hospitably by the Habusu tribe." "This tribe knows how to dance." "We stopped at French kissing." "Open your mouth..." "No, I'm not that far!" "So then I said..." "Are you still up?" "Then I told her:" "don't do it." "Don't bring them into your house." "Did she listen?" "Hello Rick!" "Hello, ma'am." "She said: in the war we hid with the farmers." "So we can mean something to these people." "But three Hungarian adults and four children..." "BELGIAN EXPEDITION LEAVES FOR CONGO" "PROFESSOR OUDEWEETERING LEADS PALAEONTOLOGISTS" "Alluvial sand..." "That's impossible." "Hi lion..." "Do you speak Dutch?" "No?" "I have to speak to Professor Oudeweetering." "I'm a colleague:" "Veenema." ""n'y pas la..."" "No: not Professor Nipala, Oudeweetering!" "I know the expedition leaves next week." "There was a piece in the paper." "I have to speak to the Professor." "Long distance?" "Never mind..." "You don't get much pocket money." "Creep!" "Bastard!" "Asshole!" "Pusshead." "Fool!" "Shithead!" "Dope!" "Make it 75 cents." "Van Oldenbarneveldt was beheaded." "Now let's summarise." "1568-1648: 80 Years' War." "1572:" "Alva lost Den Briel." "Gorcum martyrs... 1574:" "Union of Utrecht." "1584:" "William of Orange murdered." "1596:" "Wintered on Nova Zembla." "1600:" "Battle of Nieuwpoort." "1609-1621:" "Twelve-year Truce." "Can't you speak Dutch either?" "Of course I can." "Are you a pygmy?" "No, why says so?" "My atlas..." "I'd throw it away." "What are you saying?" "She says I should wash my neck and behind the ears." "She says that's why I scratch." "Who says?" "My wife." "Woman are always griping at me." "It started with..." "Your mother!" "Right!" "That's when it started." "What's that?" "Nothing." "Let me see." "Lots of pictures, seeing it's "nothing"." "I'll have that." "No!" "No what?" "No sir!" "Come here!" "How dare you walk out of class." "He took my atlas!" "What was it doing at school?" "I thought you were old enough." "It's all I have of your father's!" "Apart from you." "My father's atlas?" "Yes." "You didn't say so." "Well I'm telling you now." "I should take the atlas back." "It's mine." "You gave it to me!" "Not if you don't listen." "And take this coffee to Aunt Willy." "What a mother!" "This week with the tobacconist..." "I don't want to hear..." "The tobacconist!" "He's sweet." "There's nothing wrong with him." "He puts his filthy hands on you." "I said he could." "You know what they call him at school?" "A whore's boy!" "A whore!" "A Dakota flies 1250 kilometres non-stop." "And this one's going to England." "England but a Dakota is not a Spitfire." "I already had some." "You took some on your own?" "I already had some!" "And there's no "r" in the month." "Come on!" "No." "Come on!" "No!" "Don't be afraid." "Night is but the absence of light." "And beasts of prey are more scared of us." "14 January 1945." "Visited S. in Groningen with R.  W." "Rick!" "Rick!" "Rick..." "To Mother." "I've gone on expedition." "Your son Rick." "You want to sell them already?" "Yes I need the money." "Am I in time?" "Yes, she's ready." "Seven-fifty." "For The demise of the Etruscans?" "Etruscans..." "No, for all of them." "But these are the only books I have." "How many fans to we have for "Demise of the Etruscans" or "Modern Anthropology"?" "But this is interesting..." "No, not that one." "Why not?" "That's none of your business." "Where did that woman go?" "To a séance." "What's a séance?" "A medium puts you in touch with a dead person." "So if I want to talk to Eve, he can help?" "She, my mother." "She has the gift." "Not that one?" "No..." "Seven-fifty for the rest." "Seven-fifty and a séance." "Okay." "I just have to fetch some money." "You work here too?" "Which school are you at?" "Are you deaf or what?" "Hey girlie..." "Dad!" "You're not allowed in here." "I just wanted to see you." "Is your Mum busy?" "You can't go in there." "Just for a moment." "Go on, Dad." "You can't..." "I have to explain something to your Mum." "It's too late now for that." "Go away." "Very well." "Who was that?" "My father." "You let him in?" "Yes, and sent him away again." "Mind your own business." "Did he say anything?" "I don't have any money." "I have to go to the bank  but you wanted a séance?" "Yes." "Go on in." "Stella, look after the shop." "But my money?" "I'm going to get it." "Hello Toos, have you seen Rick?" "Have I seen Rick?" "Here?" "Yes, did he buy a ticket?" "No." "Has he disappeared?" "Yes." "I'd have seen if he went on board." "Hands on the table." "Don't break the circle." "Who do you want to talk to?" "Does it matter?" "We can't guarantee anything." "I want to talk to Eve." "Eve?" "You know:" "Adam and Eve." "I can only contact people you know." "No one said that!" "I came to talk to Josephine." "Quiet." "Napoleon's Josephine?" "Yes." "I'll see what I can do." "Josephine really existed." "But Eve?" "Ever heard of Darwin?" "We're all descended from fish." "That's blasphemy!" "You came to a medium to talk to your sister while you shagged her husband and you talk about blasphemy?" "I didn't pay to listen to your drivel!" "How dare you." "Ladies, please..." "Man was made in God's image." "Right." "But you ignore the Ten Commandments." "Leave God out of it." "How dare you!" "The truth hurts." "When I see your hypocritical face!" "Why do you want to talk to Eve?" "I want to know if she existed" "Eve?" "Of course." "So man was descended from Adam and Eve?" "Stella, come here at once!" "You'd better go." "But my seven-fifty!" "If she blames you, it'll cost you a lot more!" "Who let that boy in here?" "Did you let that boy in?" "Get out!" "I never want to see you again." "I never want to see you, bitch!" "Does she often hit you?" "She's never actually made contact." "I have to go on an expedition." "Expedition?" "To find the missing link between Man and Beast." "In Congo, Africa." "I have a newspaper cutting." "The expedition leaves in two days, so I have to go to Brussels." "Why do you have to go?" "They're looking in the wrong place." "In Africa?" "Everyone comes from Africa." "Me too?" "Originally." "That must be why I have dark hair." "Where are you going?" "I'm coming along, can't you see?" "I don't have any money for the boat or the train." "You don't always need money for that." "I'll put it on the telex, a national alert." "They usually come back next day, feeling sorry." "At least, if he didn't take the boat." "But he didn't..." "It'll be all right, Miss Veenema." "On and on." "On and on..." "Our young hero went on, dauntless and perspiring past Buju and on to Ksali." "Nothing could stop him." "He plodded on with little baggage." "You can swing across on a liana." "Who are you?" "I don't have a name." "Why not?" "I haven't been discovered yet." "Hey, are you the Missing Link?" "Maybe." "Oh no!" "I saw you by the water." "You're Cro Magnon playing a trick." "You think it's easy to be Cro Magnon?" "Too many of us..." "We're not interesting." "The Missing Link gets all the attention and he's not even here!" "That isn't fair." "I can't help you." "But if you take me along you can get me in the museum." "And if you find my wife Julie, she's Cro Magnon too you can take her to the museum too and we'll be together again." "I can only rest when we're together." "I'm so tired..." "Sorry, I must go." "Julie!" "Belgian expedition..." "Oudeweetering..." "When is the expedition?" "You already said that..." "I don't understand!" "Thank you..." "This is Liesbeth Oudeweetering..." "Africa..." "Europe..." "Home..." "And then the Cape of Good Hope." "Cape of Good Hope." "What can you see?" "Nothing..." "I'm afraid I'm night-blind." "I wanted to be a pilot." "Bang!" "Another Stuka shot down." "And?" "He made a call earlier in the week." "Where to?" "I don't know." "Abroad, I think." "Why didn't you say so?" "Because I see you so often..." "How much is it?" "Stop it?" "!" "The book you didn't want to sell." "It's my father's, it's all I have of his." "My mother gave it to me." "Your father's dead?" "He died." "He had dark hair and my mother's was black." "People fall in love if they look the same." "Brussels is a long way." "So's Africa." "You really can't come." "You can come to Brussels with me." "What do you want in Brussels?" "I have relatives there." "Grandpa, Grandma and Aunt Louise." "They speak French." "That's okay, so do I." "Are you Belgian?" "No, but we all come from Africa." "18 May 1945, Tuesday." "This evening something strange happened." "I was working when four Canadiens started pestering me." "I don't speak English and they do." "Don't I know it." "They made one dirty remark after another." "All's quiet, eat up." "This is for you and only you." "He let me keep 6.25 of the 10 guilders." "But not everyone agreed." "Tips go in the kitty." "This tip is for me." "We don't work like that." "We share all the tips." "My tips go in the kitty too, but not if someone says I earned it." "It goes in the kitty too." "If you don't like it you know I can find ten others." "Stop griping and put it in the kitty." "What are you doing?" "It's a free country again!" "This was in your apron." "I only worked there a few days." "I may have something else for you." "What makes a Panhard Dyna so special?" "It doesn't rust, and why?" "It's made of..." "Gold." "Aluminium." "Aluminium doesn't rust and it's aerodynamic." "A plane..." "A Panhard is a road plane." "You have to drive carefully and keep it clean." "As one dent attracts another one piece of fluff turns into a cloud of dust." "You live with your parents?" "Yes." "No." "I was free of the Canadiens." "Yes or no?" "No." "But now I was stuck with this blue-eyed man." "Bombing of Rotterdam, May1940." "My father was killed." "My mother was hit by a beam." "Dead too." "She fell on me." "That's why I'm still here." "It has pictures." "Well?" "Will you do it?" "I'll pay you weekly." "What happened to your wife?" "She's missing." "She was arrested by the SS in October 1943." "They were looking for me, but I'd gone into hiding." "For making pamphlets." "They took her to Germany." "I looked everywhere." "I don't know if she survived." "This is the border." "Show your passports." "Stop!" "What are you doing?" "Where's Stella?" "Gone." "Ran away." "It's the first time she's gone." "Thank you." "Bye, officer." "Everything's against you:" "cops, drunks, kids, this damned leg." "When did she go?" "This morning." "She was home and went out to play." "With a boy?" "Rick Veenema?" "Ten, small, blond?" "That's quite possible." "Then I'm shutting up shop." "If you have one more idea!" "Stop!" "Customs!" "I order you to stop!" "Are we here?" "Is this Belgium?" "What's the butter for?" "They have enough." "They won't miss it and we won't shop them to the cops." "Come on, man!" "You have to win today..." "This isn't Holland!" "Today we have "franche panne", "boules de l'yser"." "What d'you want?" "How did you get that?" "We have to eat." "Where did you get the money?" "We want to go to Africa?" "Yes, but how did you get it?" "The butter trick." "It was suddenly sold." "You're not just a pretty face." "Let's go." "That's where I was standing!" "CLOSED TODAY" "COLONIAL MUSEUM" " Mon-Fri 9 - 4" "20 July." "After all these weeks, more is afoot than when I arrived in E.'s house." "Just one mouthful." "Liesbeth, without the doll..." "Watch what you're doing!" "See what happens?" "Maybe it needs soaking..." "Change your clothes." "Take a look, there's plenty upstairs." "What are you doing here girl?" "Hitching a lift." "How old are you?" "We missed the bus." "We're going to stay with our Aunt for a few days." "She's waiting for us and she's made a stew." "That's my favourite and my brother's too." "Where does your Aunt live?" "In Brussels." "I can take you as far as Mechelen." "Get in the car." "Did you hear that?" "She's speaking French." "Ca va?" "You're very lucky I chanced past." "Can I speak to Mr Oudeweetering?" "Oudeweetering?" "I'm sorry, madam." "He isn't in." "I'll wait for him there." "If you wish." "Night is no more than the absence of light." "Thank you, my trusty helper." "I am good for some things." "You're pretty nice." "Thanks!" "That's not why I said it!" "It better not be." "You're a cow!" "Mademoiselle..." "Stand up please." "You can't stay here." "Please leave." "Is Prof Oudeweetering back yet?" "It's late, I'm locking up." "Can't I call him?" "No, mademoiselle..." "It's all over." "Can't I call?" "Shouldn't you call home?" "When I'm in the Congo I won't be able to call for a while." "She doesn't care anyway." "She beats me." "She does too?" "She's only interested in that dumb tobacconist." "Does your mother have the gift?" "She had enough of her work at the fish market." "She's pretty clever." "She sees people's problems and knows what they want to hear." "They like coming to see her." "No!" "A moment for myself, okay." "My Grandma always said that." "The one from Brussels?" "That too." "7 September." "It happened." "Things have to work out." "I have something to tell you." "I have something too." "They found Jacqueline..." "She's weak, but she's alive." "She's spent 2 years in a concentration camp." "She's coming home next week." "What did you want to say?" "I'm leaving you..." "Yes... 14 October 1945" "Tuesday, 7 p.m." "She's completely..." "Confused?" "...mad about you." "Her world is..." "Her life is entirely..." "I don't want to lose her." "With child..." "She's pregnant..." "That's impossible..." "My wife..." "Everything..." "I know an address where they can help her." "Help?" "Err..." "Yes." "She'd better go there fast." "Now there are two of us." "Three!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "You paid for five nights!" "Listen... you have to pay or I'll call the police!" "Good morning." "Professor Oudeweetering please." "Professor Oudeweetering, room 612." "This is Liesbeth Oudeweetering, who's speaking?" "Is your father there?" "I think so." "Dad, phone!" "It's an N. W." "An N. W." "A nameless woman." "Oudeweetering speaking." "Eduard, it's Lydia." "Who?" "Lydia Veenema." "Has he already been to see you?" "Lydia?" "Has he already been?" "Has who been?" "Rick." "Who's Rick?" "My son." "I don't understand." "Why should...?" "He found my diary and took it." "Diary?" "He ran off and left a note that he was going on an expedition." "What are you talking about?" "You're going on an expedition." "I never told him." "What didn't you tell him?" "That you're his father." "I never told him." "Listen..." "No, you listen." "It's all in my diary." "Madam, please." "This is a respectable hotel." "You're not the only client..." "He ran away and if he didn't come to you, I don't know..." "The cases must be on board." "I signed the customs forms." "What?" "That's your affair." "What are you doing?" "I'm going to Brussels." "Last chance." "But in the Congo, you'll..." "I'll what?" "A snake will bite you." "I saw it!" "In the Congo, you'll die!" "When you tied your laces, I saw that car drive straight at you." "Your gift, like your mother's." "I thought she was a fishwife." "Go back to your mother!" "Are you going to Brussels?" "Here I have the report of a disappearance." "Rick Veenema, Dutch reported missing by a certain Lydia Veenema?" "You know the boy?" "No..." "Nothing's been found." "Thank you." "Sir, sir..." "They found a boy in Tessenderloo, 60 km away by the road." "Lydia?" "Rick's on his way to see you." "Lydia?" "What are you doing here?" "I read about the expedition from here." "Rick probably isn't alone." "Come in." "Sit down." "Professor can you come?" "I won't be a minute." "Does Rick have blue eyes and blond hair?" "Yes." "Is he 1.37 tall with a birthmark on his upper back?" "Why?" "A boy has been found 60 km from here." "He's dead." "Oh God!" "They mean his shoulder-blade?" "They said upper back." "And a scar from an appendix operation." "He never had an operation." "You're sure?" "I'm his mother!" "The you take the first street on the right and you're near the museum, okay?" "Thank you." "The museum is that way." "That way?" "Yes." "Why did she point that way?" "I also asked about the Eiffel tower." "The snake!" "Don't be silly!" "You have no relatives here and you're lying." "And that silly snake story." "Go home!" "Get lost!" "Get lost yourself!" "Why don't you want to go to the Eiffel Tower?" "That's in Paris." "Brussels only has a large market." "I'm trying to help you." "I didn't ask you to come." "You don't like me!" "It's not that." "No, because I'm not blond." "That's rubbish." "Come along." "Why did you come with me?" "I didn't want to be home." "I hate quarrels." "And I'm woried about you!" "I don't believe in snakes." "Until they bite!" "No one likes me." "They think I'm weird." "The rest of the world must be normal." "My mother's a cheat: normal." "My mother hits me: normal." "My father runs off: normal." "Then he cuddles me: normal." "My half-sister snaps at me: normal." "The kids at school laugh at me." "Normal too." "But you're different." "At least you want to be an explorer." "You're a bit..." "Crazy?" "At least you're different." "Maybe I am." "Blond isn't everything." "Are you coming?" "I have to speak to Professor Oudeweetering." "No, you don't." "He has other things on his mind." "No one said it would be easy." "Everything we do is pointless, look at me." "Astray..." "Lost..." "An ulna and some bones." "It's no more than that." "A terrible accident!" "Please come, terrible..." "Fire..." "Explosion..." "Homo Afarensis..." "You startled me." "Where's Professor Oudeweetering?" "That way, section D." "Thank you." "Hey, come here!" "How did you get here?" "I followed him and I think he's in the cellar." "Professor Oudeweetering." "I won't be a moment, Director." "Hello?" "What?" "Here we are again." "What are you doing here?" "I live here." "You live here?" "But who found you?" "An expedition in 1922." "It was windy." "I have a descendant called Rick." "His mother's name is Lydia." "Your descendants?" "You're only a sideline of evolution!" "Chess?" "We'll see who's the sideline." "Who are you?" "I should ask you that." "You know where Professor Oudeweetering is?" "Why do you want to know?" "He's leading an expedition to find the Missing Link." "To the Congo, yes." "You know him?" "Tell him to look elsewhere." "Where?" "Look..." "This was my father's." "He must have got it from his father." "Why?" "It's so old." "Look, there was once a river here." "You think so." "Don't you?" "This is alluvial sand!" "You're right." "So what?" "Here were mountains once." "So we shouldn't look here, but here." "Now there's a jungle, but it used to be savannah." "We found archaelogical material here." "All evidence points there." "You're not listening!" "I am listening, Rick." "How did you know my name?" "From your mother." "My mother?" "Who are you?" "I'm Professor Oudeweetering." "You're Professor Oudeweetering." "I'm Rick Veenema and I want to come to." "Why do you want to come?" "To find the Missing Link." "Why's that so important?" "It's the only evidence that Paradise and Adam  Eve were made up." "You don't believe in things that are made up?" "It isn't always wrong to make things up." "Science does too make things up." "It makes up things to see if they figure." "But you need an imagination." "You can't get anywhere without imagination." "You really can't come." "Come here, trusty helper." "If we have time, I'll look in the jungle too." "If we have time." "This is my office." "Come on." "Oh, my boy..." "Professor..." "The Director." "Madam..." "Your son is convinced we'll look in the wrong place." "And the Professor is going to look where I suggested, aren't you?" "Wonderful." "What a great kid!" "He is indeed." "How's Liesbeth?" "Fine, she has a sister:" "Mireille." "And your wife?" "Jacqueline?" "Fine..." "When I come back, I'd like to see him again." "And tell him you're his father?" "Maybe..." "I think so..." "Yes." "Your wife will have to know too." "That's life." "Is that your husband?" "No a friend." "You brought him up alone?" "Yes, alone." "What's his name?" "Jef." "Bye, dear Lydia." "Bye, Mr Eduard." "It worked." "He's going to look." "And you can't go?" "No." "Ladies and gentlemen..." "A grand expedition with the support of Dutch scientists, is leaving..." "They are investigating the Origins of Man mineralogists, geologists and paleo-anthropologists who keep asking themselves who are we where are we going what is the goal in our lives?" "Questions, questions..." "Questions this expedition intends to answer." "Professor Oudeweetering is an expert in paleo-anthropology  and I invite him to speak." "Ladies and gentlemen..." "Let's go." "You don't want to stay?" "No." "Where would we be without the incredible support given by this institute where we are now." "I have to tell you something." "I already know." "What?" "E. is for Eduard." "Oudeweetering is my father." "You've known for long?" "Yes." "No." "Why didn't you say so?" "You didn't tell me either." "I wanted to, when you're older." "And you..." "Why didn't you say anything?" "He's married with two daughters." "He didn't even want me born!" "My boy!" "But he was nice to me." "Why didn't he say anything?" "I only told him about you yesterday." "That you exist..." "Yes, but why didn't he say anything?" "He couldn't, just before the expedition." "But he wants to see you when he gets back." "He's going to look where I asked..." "Why did you bring him along?" "I didn't bring him along." "He followed me because he was worried about me." "He even shut up shop!" "He shut up..." "She's dark?" "Yes, so what?" "She's nice." "She's nice, yes." "And Jef?" "Anyone's nice when they're asleep." "Even Jef." "Oaf..." "Creep..." "Idiot!" "Bastard!" "Asshole!" "Dope." "You owe me 75 cents." "When will you learn that you mess things up?" "Hello Rick!" "Hi Debby." "I wanted to say that I couldn't have done it without you." "I do have dark hair." "I'll have to live with it." "Happy now?" "The money for your books..." "Oh yes..." "Thanks." "He said that making things up isn't always a bad thing." "My father said that." "My father..." "Translated by Martin Cleaver"