"The mad comedy by Sean O'Casey" "BEDTIME STORY" "Mr. O'Brien!" "Mr. O'Brien!" "Good evening!" "Did you want anything, Miss Mossie?" "I hope you know, Mr. O'Brien, that visitors in our house are allowed only in the lounge." "Certainly, Miss Mossie." "And..." "ladies are not allowed to visit at all!" "Naturally, Miss Mossie!" "Not at all!" "Excuse me." "I demand this lady leave my house immediately!" " If you please." " This way!" "You shouldn't have done that, Miss Mossie." " You have disappointed me, Mr. O'Brien!" "You have greatly disappointed me!" " I know, Miss Mossie." " I am sorry, but you will have to go at once!" "You cannot stay here any longer!" " Yes, Miss Mossie." " You were one of my best lodgers, Mr. O'Brien." " Thank you, Miss Mossie." " I am very sorry, but I cannot change the rules!" " I am just as sorry, Miss Mossie!" " Good night, Mr. O'Brien!" " Good night, Miss Mossie." "according to the play Bedtime story by Sean OYCasey" "Screenplay" "Starring" "Cast" "Assistant director" "Second Camera" "Cooperation" "Production" "Sets" "Design and costumes" "Symphonic Film Orchestra conducted by" "Music" "Sound" "Editor" "Camera" "Director" "Film Studio Barrandov laureate of the Order of Labour" "Production Team" "Processed by the Film Laboratory Barrandov" "Andela, get up!" " Uhm, uhm." " Do you hear me, darling?" "Get up!" "Well, get up!" " What?" " What?" "Yeah!" "It is very late!" " What time?" " Almost four." " What time did you say?" " Four." " Only?" "Uhm..." " Already!" "Darling, please get up!" "My room-mate will be back any minute from the ball." " When?" " Well... now-any moment now!" " Well, when he come, I'll get up." " Don't you see, dear!" "It would be very embarrassing, if he found you here." " Perhaps not!" "Perhaps he'd like to have a look at me." " Uhm?" " Uhm!" "Uhm!" "But you promised you'd only take a nap and leave." "We agreed on that, didn't we?" " Only I am still sleepy." " Still sleepy, uhm..." "But, darling, I have to make the bed." "Come on!" "Well!" " Make the bed?" "You are a very tidy person!" " Well." " Thank you." "Ouch!" " Oh, please!" " You are a beast!" "Stop it!" "Well..." " What?" " Well... why do you put the light on?" " You don't want your sins to be seen, is that it?" " Darling, be sensible!" "Someone might come home, he will see the light and listen behind the door." " Well and what does it matter?" " A girl here at four in the morning...!" " Isn't it nice?" "A girl at four in the morning?" " Darling, please, pussy cat, will you please understand." "This is no... this is no..." "This is This is a boarding house for bachelors..." "Very correct!" "Lady visitors are strictly... forbidden!" "You saw what happened to my neighbour O'Brien last night!" " Poor Mr. O'Brien, he was alone all night." "Hi hi hi hi." " Cha, well, Andela..." "Well, come on!" " Ouch!" " Well!" "Jump up, come on!" " Come here, darling." "Is so nice and warm here..." " Andelka!" "Please..." "My dear, these things these things no longer..." "What?" " What?" " You wouldn't like to be responsible for a person who lost his mind." "Look here, darling, what has been between us that... that..." " That has been, uhm..." " Uhm, uhm..." "Well, yes..." "What?" "Good God, she is asleep again!" "Andela, get up!" "Please, really you must..." "Andelka!" " Yes!" " Well!" " Yes!" " Look here, darling!" "Listen to me!" "I have sinned and we'll pay for the consequences." " Yes." " You'll see that we'll have to pay!" "Will you please take the proper stand!" "Well!" " What?" "Wait." " I..." "I..." "I..." " Wait, what did you say?" "What did we do?" " Well, we sinned, thas it." " Listen, Bert, weren't you somehow happier last night?" " Well, yes... you see..." " You were, weren't you?" "But that we would have to pay for it, that you didn't mention!" " Well, yes." " Wasn't it nice?" " Ha ha." " Was it?" " Yes, it was." " Prove it!" " Of course, it was!" "Uhmmm." " Don't spoil it!" " Jesus Christ, Andelka, look at the time!" "Stop it and get up!" "Well!" "Well!" " Consequences, consequences...!" "Leave it to me!" "I'll bear the consequences!" " Consequences?" "What consequences?" " Is terribly cold here!" " Andela, wait, wait, wait!" "What consequences?" " You can't ask a girl to get up in this cold!" " You think..." "What?" "What did you say?" "You think it possible?" "Any doubts, that something...?" "I think that on the whole..." "What?" "Good God, will you, please, get out of bed!" "Will you please look at the clock!" "Halibut will be back any minute from the ball!" " Light the fire!" " Oh my god!" " Quiet!" "Mossie!" "Che!" "Good morning, Miss Mossie!" " Good morning, Mr. Mulligan, good morning!" "Andelka, hop!" "Is nice and warm already." "Miss Nachtingal, will you please take some considerations?" " Yes!" " Well." " I am taking considerations!" " At once, and no excuses, at once!" "Do you realize that you are endangering my whole career?" " I realize that I am endangering it." " Well then." " Of course, Bert!" " Well?" " That puts great responsibility on me." " But..." " And where is my breakfast?" "You want... you want some breakfast?" "You want... now..." "Look here, is night..." "That... in the morning, you say?" " You don't even want to give me something to eat?" " But..." "Andela, please..." "...that..." "Well!" " During the night, that was something different, wasn't it?" "Ouch!" "But now he wants to throw me out with an empty stomach..." "And you pretending to be a gentleman!" "From Oxford." " Andela, look here..." "...darling..." "In spite of the time, I'll make some breakfast, but then you will kindly get up!" " Yes, then I will kindly get up." " Andela, I really mean it." " Yes, I know you mean it!" "Damn it!" "Bert!" "Ououou!" " Si... silence!" " Shhh!" "Thas you when you were a baby?" " Yyyees!" " What a nice baby." "What lovely baby-fat." "Bert!" "Ououou!" " Sss!" "What do you want?" " Bert, may I keep it?" "As a souvenir!" "Give it to me as a keepsake, Bert." "Will you?" " All right, take it, but, please, hurry up!" " Thank you." "I must lie down, because I am a little girl and I must sleep!" "Shhh." " Andela!" "Get up at once!" " I am getting up, I am getting up!" " Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" " I am getting up..." " The tea is boiling!" "Here!" "...we are all getting up!" "We must get up or we'll get a spanking!" "Ouch!" "Here is the tea!" " Andela, but this is going too far..." "...too far!" " Coocoo!" " Good God!" "What are you doing there?" "Thas Halibus bed!" " This?" "So this is Mr. Halibus bed?" " At once...!" " And where is Mr. Halibut?" " At a ball." " He'll be back any minute!" " He will..." " We must hurry, Bert!" "...be back any minute!" " Well, well, well!" "Wait, wait!" "My ear-ring must be somewhere here, the one I had when I sat in your lap, I had it." "You remember, when you kissed my ear." "Bert, wait, I am sure the little thing is hiding under the bed?" " Andela!" " Aaaaa!" "Ouch!" " What... what... what..." "...what are you doing?" " Don't you remember how you kissed my ear?" "I should like to have such a baby." "Wouldn't you like to be such a baby?" " Uhm uhm." " With Andela?" " You wanted a cup of tea!" "Drink it, come on!" " Wait!" " Give it to me!" " But, you gave it to me!" " All right, if you..." " First for the baby!" "And now for Andela!" "Hot!" " Hot, is it?" "It was boiling, wasn't it!" "Is..." " Pour it into another cup, Bert, will you?" "Is hot!" " Another cup?" "Let me have it..." " Burned our tongue." " Andela, do know that would happen, if some-body found out," "I had a lady visitor here all night?" " Well," " You know, what that would mean...?" " That would be terrible." " I am serious." " We had a lady visitor!" " Are you listening to me?" "Oh, my god!" " Dingy-a-ling-a-dong!" " People are terrible puritans!" " Thank you." " Well." "Bert, you don't have to tell me..." "People... people are terrible puritans!" "Bitter!" " Bitter, is it?" " Is bitter, Bert!" " Is bitter!" " It is bitter." " Uhm, put some... well, put some..." " Sugar!" " Sugar, yes?" "Sugar... sugar... sugar... uhm..." "Damn!" "Good God, I haven't any!" "I have no sugar, sorry, you'll have to..." "I just don't have any sugar!" " At least something sweet, have you?" " Sweet, yes?" "Sweet... wait, wait!" "Just a second!" "Damn it, blast!" "Well, ginger bread, darling, here you are!" " Is stale, Bert, is to stale to eat!" " Stale, is it?" " Yes." " Stale..." "Put it in your tea and it will get soft!" "Andela, please..." "...don't..." " Must be very old!" " What is old?" " It is old, isn't it?" " Well, is ginger bread, thas what it is!" "Not bad at all." "Take it and drink your tea, darling." "Andela, I can't afford..." " Look, something's moving over there!" " Yeah." " Gee, they are drowning!" " Give it to me!" "Yes, come here!" "Look!" "Is all right." "Drink, baby, drink!" "Andela, look here, I can't..." "I can't afford a a... a..." "Do you see?" "In our... our circles these... these things are very very, very, you know, very, well, very" "Well, this...!" " Ouch!" " Andela, please, darling, can't you understand!" "I hold a certain position today!" " A bump!" " What?" " A bump!" " Come here, thas nothing." "Wait, here." "Thas a good idea!" "Well!" "Andela, look here, I don't know what position you hold, or what possibilities you have, in what circles you move, but in our circles these things are somehow very, very very..." "Or my boss, for example." "My boss is a catholic." "Very uncompromising." "A puritan!" "On the whole he... but in these things, please..." "Consider, Andela, what..." "If they would find out about, how we, everything that we, see?" "So..." "You see, what that..." "Position on the office, my career, everything..." " Bert, there is some soap." " And now..." "What?" " There is some soap." " Soap?" "In there?" "Thas impossible!" "That is you only..." "...is tea..." "Andela, look here, in these things one must..." " Is soap!" " Those two people..." "What?" "When I poured it into another cup it must have just a little, thas all!" "Andela, listen to me!" "In these things the two people must have for each other some..." " Understanding." " Yes." " I have understanding." " Well, you see!" "You can't be surprised that I try that everything..." " Should take place." " Should take place." "You see." " Will take place." " Hurry, darling, hurry, will you please hurry!" "Are you hurrying?" " I am." " So." "Come here!" "Whas the matter?" "Whas the matter?" "What is it again!" "You can't stand it?" "You'll just have to stand it!" "Gentlemen only!" "Aaaaah!" " Well AndelaYs charm does not mean anything any more for Mr. Mulligan." "Nothing!" "Nothing at all!" "Mr. Mulligan is again a serious gentleman, isn't he?" "Whas going to happen to me, you don't care a damn!" "Do you?" " Go on!" " You know what?" "I don't care either!" "I don't care whas going to happen to me," "I don't care about my reputation." " Andela, please be quiet!" " I really don't care a damn!" " Andela be reasonable!" " I don't care who it is going to be," " Andela what are you doing?" " Who is going to kiss my red lips!" " Andela!" " On my soul," " Andela!" " I just don't care!" " You are going to wake the whole boarding house!" " Don't care, when I'll come home," " Please, be quiet!" " Don't care what they are going to say," " Ouch!" " On my soul, I don't care a damn!" "I don't care a damn!" "Water!" "Warm water I want!" "Young man, one has to learn to put up with the truth!" "Thas what the world is like." "After summer there always comes winter and after life death." "Young man, that is something we two cannot change!" " Please, Andela, stop blaspheming and don't talk rubbish!" " Bah bah bah bah bah bah!" " Cut it out!" "You want to take a bath!" " You make me run around and hurry and it never occurs to you, that you might have ruined my life!" " Tss!" " You see!" " I spoilt you life?" " That never occurred to you!" " Go on, don't pretend to be naive!" " You shouldn't pretend!" "Before I met you I was still a virgin if you want to know!" "Or almost!" "You brought me to this end, you did Bert!" "All the time:" "Darling this and darling that!" "I love you!" "I cannot live without out for a single minute..." "And now all of a sudden:" "Get up!" "Look at the time!" "Halibut is going to be back any minute now!" "Mossie!" "Career!" " Well, what..." " Puritans!" " Come on." "Yesterday:" "Don't take your hat off, darling, if you think that I have any bad intentions." "We'll just stay like that." "You don't have to be afraid!" "Will just sit there, talk." "I'll sit on my chair," " Well." " You'll sit on your chair." "We'll both sit on a different chair." " Please" "Yes, on his own chair!" "At the end I didn't even sit down." "Shame on you!" " Well I never..." "Andela, well, you surprise me, you going so far..." "All right, then!" "Well, what?" "You blame me for everything, do you?" "I seduced you." "It was all my fault!" "And who was cold in the park?" "And who, all the time..." "...Who minded the smoke in the pub?" "Just to make it clear!" "Just to make it clear!" " And who wanted to read the verses of Yeats?" "In a quiet place!" " Well, I, well." " To make it clear!" " And what about it?" " You know... quite well," "I did not want to come here!" "Still when that lady in the passage shouted..." " Quiet!" " Quiet!" "...shouted at us, what signs I made at you?" " Well?" " Well!" " I don't know." " You don't know!" "You forgot!" " Well, what... what... what... isn't..." " What I've done for you?" "...thas not important!" " It is important!" "What I've done for you?" " Well, I don't know." "Well you made..." " Like that!" "...made some signs." "Well, maybe." " And what did you do, Bert?" "Well what did you do?" " Well, what... what did I do?" " What did you do?" " What have I..." "...I have..." "Something like this." " Yes, yes, yes!" "Thas what I did!" "What did you do?" " But that is not...!" "Whas that...?" " Like this!" " Like this?" "Like this?" "Thas what I do, if you please!" "Thas what I do!" "All of a sudden I do this!" " Thas what you do?" " Is a disease!" " You?" "And ill?" " Well." " That must be a disease!" "You see a charming lady and you do like this!" " Andela, will you please stop this!" " Does your..." "...does your catholic know about it?" "That you are sick!" "We should tell him!" " Sorry..." " First the blouse!" " First the blouse!" " When you undressed me last night, you knew very well what to do." "Whas this?" "This is not mine!" " Sorry." "Andela, I..." "I feel sad from all this." " You feel sad, do you?" "You fell sad, do you?" "If you want to know, I am sad!" "Sad that..." "Ouch!" "...I belived you." "Verses!" "Poems!" "Such an old trick." " Thas a lesson for you, Andela!" "A bitter lesson!" " As soon as you read:" "I'll rise and go to... to... to..." "Where did you go?" " To Innisfree!" "Birds..." " Well, to Innisfree!" "...finishes his nest and starts to sing..." " And before I realized what the poet means, it had happened." " What?" " What!" "You know!" " Tss!" " What am I going to do now?" "Poor, humbled, seduce." "And certainly pregnant!" " What?" " Well, pregnant!" " Andela, Good God, what... what..." "...what are you saying?" "That... that... that..." "...those are far too serious things!" "Don't... don't say... such things..." " Will you warm it a little, Bert, please?" "Is quite cold!" " Warm what?" "Tell me, what?" "I haven't... what I have no matches!" "Salt... sug... matches!" "Andela, I could tell you what happened!" "I could!" "But about that..." "...about that we'll keep quiet, as there would be things, that would be very..." " Wait a minute, Bert!" "We should talk about it!" " Yes, we should..." "...talk about it, Andela." "However... however..." "Wait, wait!" "About... about... about... what?" " Well, you said you could tell me, what happened." "Thas it..." " Is that what I said?" " Yes, thas what you said!" " That what I said?" "Well, I could have." "Well and what?" "Aah... is that..." "Is that, what you would like to know?" " Naturally I should like to know!" " Well, I could..." "...I could I can tell you, however..." "...however, Andela, now?" "Couldn't it be some other time?" " No, no, no, Bert, no other time!" "I want everything to be clear!" "And now!" "If you please!" " Andela, it is very late!" "All right!" "Well... well..." "Les start from the beginning." "Well, please." "Well, the whole way as..." "...as went along," "I kept on telling myself, already in the park, I hope Miss Nightingal will keep calm and will not get flustered if I should touch her." "Of course, only by mistake, it might happen." " Yes!" " Touch her, or..." " By mistake!" "You by mistake!" "You know..." " Well!" " I asked who you are if you want to know." " What... what... what are you saying?" "You asked about...?" "...About me...?" "But, Andela, I never...!" "That is really going too far..." "And where?" " In your office!" " Andela...!" "Thas terrible, that is..." "Jesus Christ, by what..." " I have got the right to know with whom I'm going out to the orchard." " Well, thas right, but whas that got to do with me..." " Bert, don't be afraid, I didn't tell them that that I was expecting." " Well, well..." " I only hinted, if by any chance..." " By any... by any chance..." "Well, Andela!" "And what did they tell you?" " Uhm, they said... you know?" " What?" " That you are known as a young, serious, orderly man." " Yes?" " Uhm." " Thas what they told you?" " Yes." " Thas nice." " I was afraid it would be something worse." " You also made the best the best impression on me." " I did, did I?" " I thought you were a gentleman, you know?" " Uhm." " Correct." " Well and?" "What do you mean?" " You know!" "You know!" "But I already guessed in the park, that this can't end well." " Gone on!" " Guessed...!" "Oh, you guessed already in the park, that it can't end well?" " Yes, already in the park." " Well, thas interesting!" "Why did you come here?" "When you guessed!" "You better explain that, my girl!" " Well..." " What?" " Well, what... what?" "Why you came here when you when you guessed?" " Why I came here?" " Got into a mess." " You see..." "Wait, wait, Bert, you are..." "...you are mixing it all up." " Well, what am I mixing up?" " What I guessed?" " What I guessed?" "What you guessed?" " Well, explain that to me, please, what I guessed!" " Well you'd... you'd better explain!" " I thought you would not be able to misuse the trust of a lady." "But there I was wrong!" "Sleep with her and out you go, you..." " Well I never." " I can at least wash I hope?" " Perhaps you can wash at least!" "Andela..." " That really makes me mad, that you dare tell me with a saintly face, that I seduced you." "That is really the limit!" "That is just going too far!" " That hurts!" "Damn it, what are you that soap what on earth..." "...are you doing that!" " Wait until I conceive!" "Then I'll show you!" " What, conceive?" "How... how am I going to conceive this?" " You would deny it." " Deny what?" " You would, wouldn't you?" " What would I deny." "Don't try that trick on me Andela!" " Jesus," "I haven't even got a witness!" " What do you need a witness for?" " To... to prove that I am speaking the truth at court!" " Well, yes, and... and... what actually?" " Bert, I am going to faint!" " Jesus, Andela, darling!" " Ouch!" " What is it darling?" "Don't faint!" " Aaaaaa!" " Jesus!" " Bad!" " Where shall I put you?" " Well, darling..." "Look here, don't faint, if something's if something's going to happen, I'll admit it." "I am a gentleman!" " You'll admit it?" "But everything!" " Wait, I don't even know..." "...we'll... we'll talk about it later..." " No, no, we'll talk it over later." "In that case we would never talk about it!" "Swear!" "Come here!" "Swear, that you will deny nothing!" "Well!" "On your mother's health!" " What for?" "What on mother's?" "On... on..." "Andela, please, not that... not that!" "Andela, are you..." "Look here, you are..." "...you are a sensible girl." "You are cutting your own branch..." "You..." " What am I cutting?" " You are cutting the branch you are sitting on!" "When you make a scandal I'll loose my job," "I'll be thrown out of the boarding house and who is going to pay you alimonies then?" "Ha ha!" " Alimonies?" "What alimonies?" " For the child!" " Or... but that..." " Jesus Christ, you don't intend to marry me?" " No." "I..." " Completely spoiled life." " Andela, please, I..." " Every decent woman is going to avoid me and I won't be able to shake hands with any decent man." " But you don't know!" " What don't I know, what don't I know?" "It is enough to touch me!" " Andela, please, you don't know anything so kindly don't draw any conclusions." " I'll put an end to it." " Go on." " I'll jump out of the window." " Jump." " I'll jump!" " Jump!" " Well, Bert I'll jump, but you'll be very sorry!" "He spilt my life!" "Let me go!" "Let go!" "Let go!" " Stop it!" " Help!" " Andela!" "Andela!" " He spoiled my life!" " Stop!" " Help!" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "I'll end it all!" "I want to die!" "Leave me alone!" " Stop it!" "Go on, jump!" " How?" " Is the ground floor." " You do that on purpose!" "I'll rather faint!" "Ach... ach..." " Andela, Andela, what is it!" "Andela!" "Jesus Christ!" "Darling, what is it!" " Ouch!" "Ouch!" " Jesus!" "Where shall I put you?" " Ouch!" "On the bed, on the bed." " Ouch, I've got a hernia, eh!" " Eeeeee!" " Yes, on the bed." " Eeeeee!" " Do you want some wine?" " Yes." " Or a biscuit?" " Biscuit!" "Biscuit!" "Ach!" "Aach!" " A lollypop." " You said a... a biscuit." " I don't have any!" " Bert!" " So?" " You licked it already!" " I didn't!" " Bert, you did!" " Well, Andela, what now?" "Breath deeply, breath deeply, well!" "Show me!" "On-two, one-two, well!" "Do you feel better?" "Are you better?" " No." " NO?" " And I won't feel better." " Won't." "Mossie is listening behind the door all night!" "If anybody..." "Well, darling, how are you?" "A little...?" "Jesus, well, Andela!" "Andela what is it?" " What have you got there?" "Show me!" "What a nice ring." "Is it a diamond?" "Let me see!" "Gold, isn't it?" "Why do you wear it on the little finger?" " Uhm, that is..." " Lend it to me, will you?" " I can't take it off." "Here it won't come off!" " Ou!" "Wait, wait!" "How nice!" "Where did you take it from?" " I got it from an uncle." " Do you have to return it?" " No, he... he lend it to me and then he forgot and died." " That means you don't have to return it, doesn't it?" " No." " Uhm..." "You are lucky!" " Am I lucky?" " Uhm!" "I never got anything from anyone." " That is that is very sad, Andela." "Don't brag about it." "Don't..." " Bert, you know what it reminds me of?" "As if we were engaged." " Thas what it reminds you of?" " Doesn't remind you?" "Come on, it would have to be a large diamond." " Yes, it would." " Shall we?" "Are you all right?" "Breath deeply, well!" "Well..." "les go!" " Come and lie down, is nice and warm here..." " Bert, look at the time!" "Well!" "Halibut will be here any moment!" "You know what would what would happen, if he knew, that you had a 1ady here?" " That would be!" " That would be!" " That would be very, Andela, very..." " Well." " Jesus, Andela!" " Jesus!" " Darling, well, hurry, hurry!" " Hurry, hurry... well!" "Well, my coat." " Yes." " Coat... yes!" "Here." "Little coat." "Good!" "Well." " Scarf." " Scarf, well... well, well." " My muff." " Muff, wait, where did I..." "Well yes!" "Muff." "Really, is high time-well!" "Les go." " Ouch!" " I'm sorry." " Take them off." " What?" " Well, those shoes!" " And why?" " Well, it makes a noise!" "Psst!" " Don't make it all up!" "Wait!" "Baby!" " Quiet!" " Andela..." "Please, return it, give it back to me!" "No, not this!" "I gave you this, you can keep it." "But that..." "Oh, no." "...ring from my uncle, well..." " What?" " The ring!" " I see, the ring!" "And what..." "lent it?" "You want to borrow it?" " Return it!" " Return it?" " Yes!" " You gave it to me!" " But..." " You said that we are engaged..." " I did what?" "Yes I can't." "I got it from my uncle..." " You didn't give it to me?" " No." "Is a souvenir." " Uhm..." "Lucky you thought of it." " Well, come on!" " Wait!" "Hold it!" " Give it to me." " Tha s it." "I'll..." "Wait, it won't." " Quiet!" " I can't..." "It won't!" " It won't?" " No!" " Wait, wait, wait..." " It won't!" " Wait, show me, show me!" " It won't!" " Let me do that!" " I just won't!" " Andela, wait, I'll look!" " I have the same joint." " Never mind, never mind!" "Come here!" " Well?" " Never mind, wait..." "Look, over there." " It just won't!" " Look that way, will you?" " Aaaaah!" " Silence!" " Ouch, is swollen!" " Swollen!" "Wait, soap..." "Soap... soap... soap!" "Soap... soap!" "We'll put a little soap on it..." "...and then it will... is moving." "Well, come here, wait, well." " Is going off!" "Wait..." " Someone is coming!" " Nobody, come on!" " Someone is coming and singing!" " Good God!" "Halibut!" "Look out, stair." "Good God!" " Good God!" " What now, where now?" " I'll hide." "Here!" "No?" "Where?" " Down, in the fire-place!" " Not in the fireplace!" " So!" " In the bed." "No?" " Come on!" " Good God!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "In your black eyes..." "Come here!" "Come here!" "Come here!" " Aaaaah!" " Whas up?" "What?" " I am afraid!" " Andela, please, come on!" "Have a little rest!" "Well?" " A cake!" " A cake." " A cake." " A cake..." "A cake!" "In the tea...!" " In the tea." "In the tea..." " Ouch!" " What..." "Wait!" "Wait...!" "The book!" "Verses!" "...into your black eyes," "I want to look and then die." "Be..." "Bernad, you..." "...you are not asleep yet?" " No." "I can't sleep, so I'm reading verses." " Yeah." " When the birds their nest..." "What?" " What verses?" " This here..." "...William Butler." " Yeats." " When the birds finish their songs, they sing the song of Our Lord and look after their family..." "The chaplain climbs to the belfry to feed the sparrows..." " And he looks, to see what glass it is." "A symbol!" "This poet won't put you to sleep!" "He'll drive you mad." "Everyone who reads Yeats is soft in his head." "Yeats, William Butler, born..." "...Well, well Born." "Yeats is a great, very... great artist." "The master of symbols, complicated comparisons and metaphors!" "By which he speaks against evil and the misuse of power." "His verse is full of full of..." "Damn it! ...thoughts." "And is infected with abstractions, unreal questions. " "Why?" "What for?" "Who?" "What?" "How?" "Where is it going to lead?" "But you will notice he never answers any of his questions." "Yeats!" "black eyes," "I want to go to bed..." "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" " What do you want there?" "Don't go there now!" " The coat in the wardrobe...!" " Coat..." "...coat in the wardrobe!" "Come on..." "...You should have told me you can't put it there like that!" "You must... brush it." "And clean it a little." "You have to look after yourself!" "The waistcoat also." " The waistcoat too." " Bernard, you should have come to the ball today..." "What women...!" " Come on, you'll tell me in the morning!" "Come to bed." " I would like to look into your black eyes and die." " Bernard, you are a soprano!" " Soprano?" "Soprano!" "Yes." "Come to bed, dar..." "...darling!" "Shh!" " Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" " What there..." " Ouch!" "Ouch!" "...what do you want there in the wardrobe?" " Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" " Don't go there now!" " Ouch!" "Ouch!" "..." " You..." " Well?" " Da... dancing programme." " The programme." "Well..." " What does he want?" " What does he want..." " Into your eyes..." " The programme." "There it is... in that coat." "...black eyes," "I want to look..." "Bernard, one single ball." "Balpare." "Look!" "Monday" " A date!" "Tuesday a date!" "Wednesday a date." "And again on Thursday..." " A date." " Come on!" " Who is that?" " Where?" " There!" "Oh!" "Nobody there!" " Isn't there?" " No." "Look!" "You've been drinking, haven't you?" " Much!" "Friday" " Twice." "Once for you, Bert." "Of course, Bernard, I also have a rich lady!" "Very!" " Yes, yes, yes, yes." " I'll leave her to you." " All right, all right..." " Do you want her?" "...well..." " In your black..." " Bert, a match!" "...eyes..." " What, a m... a match?" " Wait, wait!" "...I would like to see her..." " Come here!" "Hold him!" "...and then die." "Do you know who was at the ball?" "Jessie, your old love." "She complained..." "Damn!" "...Bernard, when are you going to turn into man..." "Gentleman of our age don't do that!" " Bert!" "Bert!" "Uaaaaa!" " Bert, help, I feel bad." "As if I had a saddle." " Well, thas enough, thas enough..." " Bert, again, again..." " You'll kill him..." " No..." "Ouch!" " Here are the matches." "Come on!" "And go!" " Now me again!" " No, no, no, no!" " Yeah..." " Enough!" "Enough!" "Enough, Andela!" "Psst, silence!" " Ouch!" " Back in the cupboard!" "Halibut!" "Halibut!" "Andela, where is Halibut?" " Bernard, there is someone there!" " Where?" " There!" " There is nobody there!" " No?" " No!" " Look!" " Nobody..." "Mice!" "White mice!" "Mice!" "Institute!" "Again the institute..." "Come on, darling, come on!" "Show me!" "Damn it!" "What are you kicking for?" "Come on!" " Bernard, whas the matter with you?" "You aren't interested in women?" " Not really." " And what about dreams?" "Don't you have dreams?" " What dreams?" " That kind of..." "You know." " But what dreams?" " Such as gentleman of our age have." "You don't have them?" " Oh, Christ!" " I do, Bert." "Beautiful dreams..." "Such dream, Bernard, you never experience in life!" "Into your black eyes..." " Oh, Jesus Christ..." "Aaaa!" " Oh, darling!" " What?" " What are you doing?" " Bert don't play around with that!" "Ask a doctor for advice!" "There are specialists..." " You know..." "...sexuologists." "Go to one, tell him everything, confess." "And don't feel ashamed!" "Don't feel ashamed!" " I, well yes..." " A doctor is also pledged to secrecy..." " Oh yes." " A certain one..." " That is, well, go to sleep!" "Good night!" "Sweet dreams!" " You can be cured, Bert!" "At your age." " Yes, yes, yes." " But you know, if you stop ignoring it." " Uhm." " You left it too long, didn't you?" " All right, I..." " A little." " But I'll..." "I'll catch up with it." " Bernard, go to a specialist!" " All right, well, good night, sweet dreams and...!" " Come here, come here, where are you going?" "Come here!" "Try to touch a girl, or a young lady," "try to touch her knee." " All right!" " Try and see what it what it does to you." " All right." "But...!" " And study yourself!" " Yes, yes, yes, good night and...!" " Bert, then you'll tell me about it." " Good night, darling, and go to bed!" " Fire!" "Fire!" " Jesus, what..." "...what are you doing!" " Fire!" " Jesus!" "Andela, this is..." " Tea!" " Show me!" " I'll open the window." " Jesus, what is this?" "The coat!" "That is Halibus coat!" "Look, Andela, what..." " It got colder." "Balpare!" "Bert, is cold outside, you'll have to lend me a coat!" "A little coat." " Thas my best one..." " Best one?" "Nice material." "Yes, and an umbrella!" "An umbrella." " Thas also for Sundays." " Doesn't look like it." "Well, les go." "Les go, Bert!" "Les go, les go, les go!" "We are in a hurry!" " Sit down for a while." " What?" " We'll talk." " Why talk?" " Everything is clear, isn't it?" "Les talk." " Have you... have you got a needle?" "I would like..." "Get out!" "Get out at once!" " Aaaa!" " Get out!" "And silence!" " My bag!" " What bag?" " I forgot my bag." " You didn't have one!" " What do you mean!" "You want to tell me that I am making it up?" "You make me cross!" " Well, only whether you didn't leave it somewhere else." "Try to remember!" " We'll not talk about it." "I'll count till ten and if you won't bring my bag, I'll start to shout!" "One, two, eight, nine..." " Wait, you are cheating!" "Start again!" "One, two..." " One, two, three, four, five, six..." " I'll have a look!" " Ouch!" " Andela, that is... that is terrible." " One..." " Thas the end, that is... that is..." "if they find out..." " Two..." " Don't count, don't count!" "Please!" " Three..." " Andela, what... what colour was it?" " Fo..." " Or what did it... did it... did it..." "...look like?" " Motley." " Motley." " Embroidered." " Motley, embroi..." " With a stag." " Wait..." " Quite new!" "It cost five pound in Oxford-street." " Goddamn work..." " Four..." " Jesus." "In Oxford on Oxford-street!" "Why do you buy on Oxford-street?" "Why do you buy?" "Five..., six...," "seven..., eight..., nine!" "And one is..." " Ouch!" " Ouch!" "Please don't count!" "What colour was it?" "Yes, that is..." "...embroidered with a stag, but where did you have it last?" " In the park." "In the park I still had it." "And then we came here and I sat on you lap," "I had it too." " Yes I know, all right, all right, but after that?" " Then..." "Then I forgot about everything." " Andela, please...!" "Forget about all that once for all and... and..." "I can't..." " You are lucky!" " How come?" " That I remembered in time." "You know?" "If I found out outside, that you stole my bag," "I would break your door!" "Call the police!" " Andela, please, what if you what did you..." " Bernard, take an example for example from nature." "If take such butterflies." "They fly from flower to flower and pollinate and pollinate" "and pollinate..." "You too, Bert, will fly from flower to flower and pollinate and pollinate..." " Bag..." "Damned bag!" "Is not here!" "Damned bag!" "And pollinate and pollinate and pollinate and pollinate..." " Stop that pollinating." "Andela, I can't find it!" "I look..." "I looked..." "I cannot find it, thas thas the end!" "Thas the final end!" " What an end..." " What an end what an end..." " And I came to spend a quiet evening, drink a glass of vine and eat some biscuits." " All right, Andela, don't be insulting, will you?" "I had my snack prepared." "You got some ginger bread, didn't you?" " What are you going to do?" " What do I intend to do!" "You first of all keep calm!" "And don't shout at me, will you?" "!" "If you, left it here, then it must be here, thas clear!" " I agree." "Look for it!" "I am not going to leave without it!" " Andela, I looked, I looked everywhere!" "You saw me, like a dog..." "But I cannot find it, please let me did not find it!" "When we get back, I, you know what...?" " And what will I live..." " All this for... for..." " What will I live from?" " I don't know." "You must earn some money!" " I had all my savings in that bag." "I took them from the bank yesterday." " What is it again?" "In that bag you had...?" " Yes, in that bag!" " I see..." "Oh, I see... you... you would want..." "Of course, Andela, don't be angry, but that is that is a standard...!" "A standard..." "All right... all right." "How much?" " How much?" "Fifteen pounds." " Fifteen pounds, is it?" " Uhmm." " Fifteen pounds..." " Yes, and some change, well..." " Change?" " Yes, and then I had a lipstick..." " Lipstick in a silver holder, a watch..." " With a fountain, naturally." " No, but it was a gold watch." " No, no?" "Thas a pity..." " Yes and the pins... the pins..." "The pins I inherited from my grandmother" "Elisabeth, I took them to be repaired." " Pins, from grandmother, five, six..." "All that could not even get into the bag!" " What couldn't?" "You make me laugh!" "You make me pregnant, give me one dirty ginger bread and then he steals my bag!" "You stole from me and now you only want me to leave!" " Of course." " And you don't care if I'll die of hunger." "And if I would go away from here naked in the freezing cold, you don't care!" "I should cause such trouble, that the whole whose be up!" "Including your Miss Mossie!" " Andela, please..." " Mossie!" "Mossie!" "Mossi..." " For Goïs sake, make a fire, make a fire, we'll burn, call the fire-brigade, I don't care any longer...!" " You wouldn't cry, would you?" "Bert, are you a man?" "Perhaps is there in that drawer." " How would it get there?" " One never knows!" "Les look..." "We'll turn the key..." "What is this?" " Wait, wait, wait!" "Is this your bag?" "Is not your bag." "Give it to me!" "Andela, give it to me!" " What... what... what... what is this?" " What... what..." "Money!" " I can I can see that thas money, but what money?" " What, what... pounds!" " Pounds?" "I can see that too, but..." "...whose?" " Andela, please..." "Whose..." "Mine, well, what do..." " Yours?" " Well..." " You took it somewhere...?" " Well, no!" "No, no, no, I did not, it is it is... it is... it is contributions, ha!" " Contributions?" " Contributions!" " These are contributions?" " What for?" " Well, what for... what for... what for?" "I am a member of a club." "Well!" "The treasurer!" "I collect contributions, whas the matter?" " You are in a club?" " Yes." " What club?" " What club... uhm uhm... for the protection of animals." "Well." " Well, Bertik, thas..." "...for the protection of animals?" " Yes." " And is not your money?" " No." " You leave it like that?" " Yes." " And what if someone would steal it?" " No!" " Halibut, for example, if he spend it on drinks?" " No, no, no!" "Andela, give it to me..." " I'll give it to you!" "Wait, wait!" "Nicely will put it here That is money for little animals, so..." " Yes." "Yes." " We'll out it in the bag..." " Here, here!" "Like that." " I'll look after it for you." " Andela!" " Until you find the bag, darling!" "You know?" "What is this?" " What... what is this?" "This is... this is... this is a cheque book." " This is... this is a cheque book?" "This?" " Yes, this is a cheque book." " That is such a, you put it under this and they at once give you, yes?" " Yes, this is such thing, how they do..." "Andela give it to me!" " Stay away, stay away, or I'll scratch your eyes, darling!" "How much do you have there?" " It does not matter, Andela, give..." " How much?" " Andela, that does not matter." "Give it to me, and plea..." "Andela, look here," "I wanted to give you a couple of pounds." "Before your... your... your... bag, or whatever you've got will be found, I would like to help you in the mean time." "Give it to me and we'll settle it somehow, we'll make..." "Andela, thas a style..." "Well, nothing..." " Well, so you wanted to help me..." " Well, yes." " He steals my bag, all I've got and then he wants to give me a couple of pounds!" " When the birds finish their nests, they sing the song of the Lord..." " What are you doing here?" "What... what are you up to, why why are you disturbing me, darling?" "I am learning a poem for tomorrow," "Yeats, look here." "And you are disturbing me, darling!" "You disturb me!" "Go to sleep!" " Bert..." "Bert, please..." "Recite Yeats to me." " Uhm, all right, well, well then..." "...sleep, darling, well." "The gate is wide open made of copper and he rides on his heavy wagon..." "Pay to... whom?" "Well... me!" "Andela." "Barah, the traitor walks alone..." " Go on, Bert!" " Eh, well... well, that is... well turned into stone..." "The sum, the sum, the sum... the sum." "How much... how much can he have there?" "Eh... ten ten..." "Twenty!" "Twenty!" "The child Sualzema and old Dectera..." " Go on." "Bert, I filled in the cheque in the mean time." "Come here, sit down, sign!" "Please." "Oh, yes." "Pardon." "We'll soak the payer." "You are the one who pays, well." " Andela, I'll sign it, but then you'll leave!" " Yes, of course, I'll leave, what would I..." " And if not," "I'll call the police, I don't care." " I don't care." "Naturally." " I don't care at all!" " Don't care." "All right." "All right." "What a nice signature." "Thank you." " Into your black eyes," "I want to look and die." "Into your black eyes, into your black eyes..." " Bert, I can go alone." "Through the window." "It is on the ground floor, isn't it?" "It was nice, wasn't it?" " Into your black eyes," "I want to look..." " And, Bert, don't be afraid, if if that landlady of yours should catch me I'll blame Halibut, shall I?" "Bye!" "Bye, bye." " Shut up!" " Bert, if you should feel lonely and would like to have some fun, write to me, will you?" " Bye, bye, darling, bye, bye, darling!" " Aaa!" "She did not have one!" "She had no bag!" "That thief!" "Halibut, she did not!" "She had no bag!" " She did not, she did not." " Andela!" "Andela!" "Andela!" " Mr. Mulligan?" "Whas happened to you?" "Jesus Christ, what a mess!" "Mr. Halibut, whas going on here?" " You seem to me!" " I don't." "Get up!" "Get up Mr. Halibut!" "Mr. Mulligan just ran out of the house like a madman." "Hold my cat!" " Pussy cat." "Ouch!" " He was shouting and only half dressed." " Miss Mosie, perhaps he's got an attack." " A... atta..." "Well, an attack!" "A gentleman like Mr. Mulligan normally does not do these things." " He certainly does not." " Something went wrong and he started to go mad." " Yeah, go mad!" " Here!" "Fiiii!" " Leave me alone!" " Andela!" " Leave me alone!" " Andela!" "You did not have it!" "Did not have it!" " Let me be or I'll call the police!" " You had no bag!" " Police!" " Return that money, is not mine..." " Police!" "Leave me alone, do you hear?" "!" " Andela, please," " Mister, mister, tell him to let me go." " Stop making scenes!" "He ruined my life!" " Please, give me back those..." " Whas going on here, young man?" "Wait..." " Is non of your business!" " Mister, I am afraid of him!" "He wanted to kill me!" " Andela, please..." " Wait, stop it, man, you can't..." " Andela...!" "Is none of your business!" " How dare you...!" "How dare you, man..." " Andela, please!" " Sir, take them away, they were annoying me, both they are shameless!" " Whas going on!" "Silence!" "Come with me!" "Both of you!" " Mr. Policeman, please, she stole my money!" "I have no money, no matches, no sugar..." "Into you black eyes," "I want to gaze..." "I don't care whas going to happen to you, if I have a bad name!" "I, on my soul, I don't care!" "I don't care who it is going to be, who is going to kiss my red lips!" "On my soul, I don't care a damn!" " Hallo, hallo, police?" "This is the boarding house Albert." "Send us someone at once." "A lodger has gone mad." "Sorry?" "How do we know?" "How is he?" " He is mad, mad, fii!" " Yes, yes, hallo!" "He is mad and he might kill someone!" " And a straight jacket!" " And a straight jacket, please." "You have none?" "They don't have a straight jacket, Mr. Halibut." "But please come at once." "You'll be here soon, will you?" " Well, Miss Mossie." "They don't have a straight jacket!" "Somebody has gone mad hasn't he?" "He's running around just like that!" "And they don't have a straight jacket!" "Strange world we live in, isn't it?" "Here he is!" "...Andela Nightingal..." " I am afraid, he might kill somebody." "Before they come from the asylum, you must take care of him, Mr. Halibut!" " Take care?" "Me?" "Miss Mossie, he is your lodger, take care of him care of him yourself!" " But I can't," "I am a weak woman, Mr. Halibut." "Hold my cat." " Pussy cat..." " This is a bar!" "Use it is necessary!" "And if the worst comes to the worst, lock him in the room and jump out of the window." " Yes, I'll run away," "I'll run away." " But not now," "Mr. Halibut, afterwards!" "Don't show him that you are afraid!" " Don't worry." "He won't notice in any case." " You must manage him by suggestion." "Just as they did when I was a somnambulist." " You were somnambulant?" "Well, Miss Mossie, well!" " Yes, Mr. Halibut, is a serious disease, but it can be cured." "Of course, if someone shouts at the patient when he is on the roof, than it is bad." " That must be bad, Miss Mossie!" " Yes, thas true." "But if you are smart enough, nothing can happen to you." "Go on, Mr. Halibut, go on!" " I'll run away, if necessary," "Miss Mossie, I'll run away." " And don't forget, by your strong will!" "Give me my cat!" " Strong will." " Yes, yes." " Thas the end..." "Twenty eight and a half pounds..." "Good God, that is..." " Bert!" " Oh, oh!" "Please find the telephone." "Call the police and doctor." " We did already, Bert, we did." " All right." "All right." "Mossie has got..." "...has got an attack again." "Somnabulance!" "Dangerous madman!" "Before you moved in, she used to walk around midnight in her nightshirt, hands like that," "she walked like that." "Like that..." "Back to bed." "Dangerous madman!" "Go and phone!" " Keep calm, you lost soul." "I wish you good sleep." "I wish you good sleep." "You are asleep!" "Asleep!" "..." " Are you nuts!" "What, what, what, what, what are you..." "...what are you..." "What, what... what..." "I can't sleep!" "I can't sleep!" " Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Ouch!" " I can't sleep!" " Miss Mossie!" "Miss Mossie, I am afraid of him!" " Don't be... don't be afraid, Mr. Halibut!" "Strong will!" " Strong will, yes." "I'll show you strong will!" "I'll show you!" "What?" "You have gone mad!" "He's gone mad!" "He's dancing!" " Bert, I warned you!" "I told you:" "Occasionally, bring some lady over here, she'll make you happy and everything will be all right." "It would not have come to that." "I know that!" "This means an asylum!" " Lady visitor, occasionally a lady visitor!" "Lady visitor!" "I'll show you a lady visitor!" "Hah!" "And you've got a lady visitor!" "I'll show you a lady visitor!" " Bert!" "Bert, don't hurt me!" "Bert!" " Well!" "I'll show you a lady visitor!" "Well!" " Go to sleep!" "Go to sleep, asleep." "Asleep." "Go to sleep, you are feeling fine, you are warm, you can't see anything, asleep, asleep." "Go to sleep." "Go to sleep..." " That would suit you... you are somnambulant!" "That is nice." "Go to sleep." "Go to sleep." "Go to..." " Go to sleep." "Go to sleep." "Go to sleep." "Go to sleep." " Go to sleep." "Go to sleep." "You're sleeping!" "You're sleeping!" "You're sleeping!" "Sleep, sleep..." "Jesus Christ!" "Miss... miss Mossie, come here, come here, come here, come here and look at that!" "Look at that!" "Thas your work." "Thas your work!" "You walked like that, all the time, you walk like that and now this!" "This..." "You walked like this." " Eeee..." " Go to sleep." "Go to sleep." "Go to sleep..." " Hah!" "I am a beast and the beast tells you, march to bed!" "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!" "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!" "To bed!" "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!" " Jeeeee!" " Aaaaa!" " Aaaaa!" "Miss Mossie!" "Miss Mossie!" "I can't hold him!" "He is mad!" "Miss Mossie, help!" "Miss Mossie!" " Good God, whas going on!" " For Chriss sake lock the door." "Mulligan wants to kill me." " Well!" " Mr. Halibut, what happened to you?" "Jesus..." " Miss Mossie, open at once!" " Mr. Mulligan, what did you do to poor Mr. Halibut?" "Look, he is quite faint!" " A cheap trick!" "A cheap trick!" "He tried to kill me with the stick!" "Miss Mossie Miss Mossie, call the police and the doctor." "He must go to the asylum at once." " Yes, yes, I'll call." "Everything will be alright, Mr. Mulligan." " No no no no no no no!" "Nothing will be all right." "I won't live with Halibut for another second." "He is a..." "He is a dangerous madman!" " Yes, yes." "Dangerous madman, Mr. Mulligan." "Dangerous madman..." "I assure you that I greatly esteem you." "You were one of my best lodgers." "Mr. Mulligan, now we'll try to find the reason of your distemper." "I brought some friends." "Trust them, please." "Poor Mr. Mulligan." "He was so nice." "What a beautiful moon." "End"