"MONOPOLY" "Skjold Hansen is still trying to stop Mads Skjern   by looking for proof that the corrupt clerk Mr. Lund   helped Skjern to acquire in a dishonest w'ay the land   on w'hich Skjern's new factory has been built." "Lund tries in vain to squeeze money out of Mads." "Skjold Hansen tries to squeeze information out of Lund, but fails." "Mr. Varnæs hears from his former lover, Ulla Jacobsen,   that she is pregnant and helps to get an abortion." "A touring vaudeville comes to tow'n." "Among them is Vicki, w'ho used to be married to Arnesen,   the draper w'ho w'as ousted by Mads." "Vicki's dog Daisy is ill during the show,   but the pig dealer takes her and the dog home with him." "There she meets Herbert Schmidt, and later her father, Colonel Hachel." "Red, who becomes increasingly political, is now' the father of a son." "Mads Skjern rew'ards Ellen's good school reports by giving her a pony." "Katrine thinks that is unfair and buys one for Daniel,   w'ho is doing less well at school." "Korsbæk gets further gossip   and Skjern and Skjold Hansen get something to think about,   w'hen the town clerk who helped Mads with the land for his factory   has fled w'ith the tow'n's cash box, leaving his helpless w'ife Lili " " for the woman who owns the chocolate shop." "FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE" "Feet together, one, two ..." "Together ..." "Heads up." "Feet together ..." "One, two." "Stop!" "That's all for tonight." " Coffee?" " Yes, please ..." "I'll do it." "Here you are." " Thank you very much, Mrs. Violet." " You're welcome." " You forgot to pay, Miss." " I didn't bring any money today." "It's all right." "The Skjold Hansens aren't short of money." "No, but they always forget to bring it." " Apart from her, most have paid." " The rich always need credit." "I'm sorry, I'm afraid you came too late." " Inger!" " Don't you live in Haslev now?" "Yes, but my sister thought I needed a vacation." " So you're having it here?" " Is that so strange?" "Do you know the proprietor?" "You came out from his office." "All rooms were full ..." "Isn't that Arnold?" " Hello, Miss Jørgensen." " She's here on vacation." " Will you come home with us?" " No thanks." " I'd better ..." " No, you're coming home with me." "Mr. Schwann and I always have something nice on payday." " My suitcase is with the porter." " I'll get it." "Go ahead, ladies." "You'd think you'd brought your sister." "It's so heavy." "Well, I've been on a long vacation." "Good gracious, is he still there?" "Yes, they're building and spreading everywhere." "Just look at that ..." " If all your pupils are that clever ..." " l wish they were." "How can you stand listening to all those unmusical children?" "When you get four kroner an hour, you learn to turn a deaf ear." "I can't even stand listening to myself play." "Because you never practise." "Why don't you play with Hans Christian?" "Yes, now that Father hasn't got all that extra work." "Yes?" "Excuse me, but there's something I think I should tell you ..." " Yes, Laura?" " Maybe we can have Agnes back." "Agnes?" "But hasn't she got a baby?" "And a husband?" " He's going to Spain." " But isn't there a civil war going on?" " He wants to fight." "With the German." " Why does that have to be in Spain?" "It's the German who lives with the pig dealer." "Why can't they just fight here?" " They're going off to war together." " Against the fascists." "That's what you get when you marry a Bolshevik." "Has she been here?" "She's been downstairs crying all day." " What terrible times." " That's how things are." "It's a good thing somebody does something." "The baby could be in the garden or in Agnes' old room if you want her back." " That would be lovely." " And we could get rid of Doris." " Yes, that sow." " What did you say, boy?" "If you don't mind my saying so, sir, that was very accurately put." "To war!" "Fancy that." "But every cloud has a silver lining." "How?" "What a question!" "If you knew how hard it is to get hold of a good maid." "My sister's shop is one of the best in Haslev." "Small, but good." " How is Arnold?" " He's got a very good job." "It's just awful that it has to be with him." "Everything's becoming more and more awful." "Nothing's the way it was." " The young lady he was with ..." " That's my niece, Ulla." " She looked a like nice young lady." " She works in the new bank." " She was in the old bank first." " Why didn't she stay?" "That's a long story." "You've no idea what's happened since you left ..." " Mr. Schwann." " Nobody blames Miss Jacobsen." " Miss Jacobsen?" " That's Ulla." "Poor girl." "If you hadn't nursed her, she might have died at that pension." "If you say any more, I'll get angry, Mr. Schwann." "Help yourself, Inger." "I'd better get a room at the Railway Hotel." " It's ever so common now." " It's just for one night." "My holiday's over tomorrow." "My sister will be needing me." " Doesn't he mean anything either?" " Yes, he means something, too." "What's to become of us?" "I keep saying, if you can't get by, go to the comrades in Copenhagen." "And you talked to Laura." "You'd think I was leaving you for another woman." "The Party is becoming just as bad as if you found some slut." " And now you're going to be killed." " Nonsense. I'll be back soon." "The more we are, the sooner it'll be over." "Yes, but you can't fight." "What do you know about shooting?" "And crawling on your stomach in the mud and throwing bombs?" "And digging trenches, and looking for the leg that's been shot off?" " Where did you get that from?" " I've seen it on the newsreel." "The only fighting you've ever done was that black eye you gave Boldt." " I did all right." " Yes, for my sake." "Agnes, this is for your sake, too." "And the boy's." "And everybody else's." "Herbert's talked you into it." "We don't talk each other into things." "Herbert can't even kill a spider." "He'll get shot, too." " Herbert's clever." "He won't." " Then you'll lose arms and legs." "And you'll lose your job because of some complete strangers." "Try to understand that I'm doing this for a cause!" "Then you can drive around in a wheelchair just like Mrs. Møhge." "Yes, we'll be a lovely couple." "Agnes, dry your eyes." "You must put on a brave face until we've left." "Promise?" "Otherwise ..." " Otherwise what?" " You can't see me off at the train." "Then I'd better make you a packed lunch." "Here's something for the ferry." "And for a few more days." "And try not to get shot." " Larsen, you can go now!" " I don't understand you, Herbert." " And you call yourself a pacifist." " There's a lot you don't understand." "I'll be back." " You couldn't kill a fly." " He's going to kill swine, not flies." "We'll be in the same business." " Coffee and a cheese sandwich." " Certainly." "Well, goodbye." "I'm coming with you to say goodbye to Red." " Do you think it's right?" " What?" "Persuading Red to go?" "He's got a family!" "Lauritz is his own boss, he can't be persuaded." "Now we've got infants coming here, too." "We'll go in and sit down." "Don't say anything, they don't know." "Madam's preferred sort of grape ..." "Sorry I can't breastfeed the baby." "Shut up, Boldt." "Why can't you just be an ordinary Social Democrat?" "A round on me, Boldt." "Yes, it's right for you." "I'm going back to the teacher's training college." "I'll be all right." "But Agnes and the little boy, what about them?" "There's a reason for what we're doing." "Yes, as far as you're concerned." "But Red?" "She'll have to start slaving for others again, and he'll lose his job." "And he can't write poetry." "Do you know when it struck me?" "Yesterday, having tea at the Varnæs's, where Agnes used to work." "The ladies there were almost glad there was a civil war in Spain   because Mrs. Varnæs can get her maid back. lt doesn't make sense ..." "What Red's doing now." "I'll go now with Herbert." "Just stay here and act normally." " Herbert and I are just popping out." " I'm going home for lunch." "I'll take care of your wife while she waits, Lauritz Jensen." " They've gone." " What may I bring you, madam?" " Nothing." " Certainly." "I just wondered if you'd like me to walk home with you." " Would you, Mrs. Arnesen?" " Vicki." "We're in same boat now." " Isn't he cute?" "What's his name?" " Aksel." "Lauritz insisted on it." "How did it go?" "They kept on asking about my connection with Godtfred Lund." " They want to get to the bottom of it." " l know who made them ask me." " Skjold Hansen, I suppose." " He's trying to make the wife talk." "She'll say a lot of nonsense that'll give rise to a lot of questions." "Why did I give them credit?" "Did I know about the embezzlement?" "Were both of us in on it when I used the land for my factory?" "Etc." " Don't you want anything to eat?" " They served coffee and sandwiches." "That's a new experience for you." "Having food at the town's expense." "I don't owe anybody anything!" "I'm the biggest tax payer in this town." "I give people jobs, and what do I get?" " You're tired, Mads." " Yes." "But they can't flatten me." "They have no proof." "They've only got a confused woman's ramblings." "I wish you'd never had anything to do with him." "Is it a crime to go to a public servant?" "You did it because you want things to move fast." " You make it sound like a bad thing." " That depends, Mads." "If hate and envy follow in its wake ..." "then it ends this way." "This hasn't ended yet." "I think I'll go to bed." "Good night." " It's so nice here." " But you're used to ..." "Small, dirty, third-class hotels, and an attic room in Copenhagen." "It's a long time since I had anything better." "And when I start studying again, I'll live in a hostel." "Yes, but what about the barracks?" "The colonel's apartment looks grand." "It's much cosier here." "But he still left us." "We were so happy." "And tomorrow I'll have to go to the station   and tell them he's gone." "Then he'll lose his job." "I'll be back." "Things may not be so bad after all." "And we can show each other the letters." " Good night, Agnes." " Good night." "And thank you." " Lauritz, is that you?" " Yes." " You look like you've seen a ghost." " But ... where do you come from?" " You left on the train to England." " lt stops in the next town." " Are you staying with us?" " It looks like it." "We've got sandwiches to last us a few days." "And I've never had so many clean socks." "did LUND TAKE bribes?" " What are they hinting at now?" " Our neighbor, Mads Skjern." " Why don't they just write it?" " The editor is being very careful." "Skjern is his best advertiser." "Skjold Hansen's furious about it." "He's dying to get his hands on Skjern, and now he might succeed." "He claims it's for the sake of the bank." " Yes, Laura?" " Agnes isn't coming back." " The Bolshevik thought better of it." " Oh, good." " Oh, no." "Now what?" " Doris is no good." "She doesn't wash." "We'll have to advertise again." "I just thought I'd let you know about Agnes." "Thank you, Laura." " How many maids have we had?" " I don't know. I'm no good at it." "It was quite different in Elisabeth's days." "Sometimes I think   that I'm hopeless as a wife." "Elisabeth was right." "Women like us don't know how to do anything." " You can paint." " Can I?" " Of course you can." "Ernst said so." " How can I paint in this chaos?" "Sometimes I think Laura will leave." "We have to find someone like Elisabeth." "A housekeeper." " A housekeeper and companion." " Do you think so?" "Then you can paint, so you become a famous painter." "did LUND TAKE bribes?" " Where's Red?" " Red's ways are past understanding." "I wanted him to tell me what this postcard says." "It's from Herbert." " Is it in German?" "He speaks Danish." " Well, he writes in German." " Do you speak German, Boldt?" " No, they forgot to teach me." "Give me a beer, will you? "Spanische Grenze" ..." "That's the border." "But "Dörfer", what's that?" "I promised Katrine to get it translated." "Maybe lngeborg or Ellen can do it." "This establishment does possess a lady of some education." "Miss Jørgensen, do you speak German?" " Yes." " Then please help these gentlemen." " Yes, Mr. Schwann?" " It's about the insurance premium." "And you can serve me three sandwiches and a light beer." "Certainly." "Three sandwiches." "And these gentlemen are waiting." " I just had to take off my apron." " Heck, what for?" "Go on." "It says: "I've come via England and France to the Spanish border."" ""lt's starting tomorrow." "They say that many villages are destroyed   and several towns are half in ruins, so they need my help."" ""Warm greetings, Herbert."" "I'm impressed." "Can we offer you a little something?" "No thanks, I've got work to do." "Wasn't that ..?" "The lady who knew German, what does she do here?" "Oh yes, you know her, Mr. Schwann." "She does the dishes." " For how long has she done that?" " A month or so." "That's the last one." " Erik wants to say good night." " I'll put him to bed." " Erik wants to say good night." " Good night, pal." "Apparently, your father hasn't got time." "There's something I'd like to ask you." "Is it true what I hear, that you're seeing Skjold Hansen's daughter?" "Iben?" "I run into her now and then." "Or rather, she keeps running into me." "So it's over with Miss Friis?" "I certainly hope not." "She'll never marry you." "You're making a fool of yourself." "Of us." "You're wrong." "She'll gladly come with me if I go back to Fredericia." "Or any other place." "As long as it's not here." " Are you leaving the sinking ship?" " What do you think?" "I don't know what to think about any of you." "Well, I might leave the ship ..." "if everything was all right." " But now ..." " Now?" "Now I'm staying." " Are you leaving?" " Yes, I've got a date." "Goodbye." "We have to talk." "The children are suffering because of this." "I didn't want them to." "I don't write those articles." " You don't talk to me." " You don't believe me either." "Have I said so?" " Well, do you?" " That's not the point." "The point is, do I stand by you or not." "And I do." "You've got to believe that." "And you've also got to believe that nothing else matters." "Radio Denmark." "We now' transmit directly from the BBC in London." "His Royal Highness Prince Edward w'ill speak to the British nation." "Over to London." " Inger!" "Mr. Schwann told me ..." " I knew he would." "Let's go to my place." "I'll get very angry if you claim I'm influenced by the newspapers." " It's quite different factors that ..." " Which?" "Our relationship is impossible here because of my family and ..." "And because of mine." "Perhaps you expect something else from me than I can give you." " What a thing to say after five years." " l've changed in those five years." "I'm not the humble little aunt you found at the Post House restaurant." "We've both changed, but I want you the way you are now." "We've always just trotted around in this town." "Back and forth." " But if we left ..." " You can't do that now." "I know." "Just a vacation then." "We've discussed it so often." "Discussed, yes, but you never had time." " I'll take the time." " Now?" "You can't." "As soon as the New Year's statement is over. ls that a deal?" "Where do you want to go?" "America, Greece, Switzerland, Italy, France?" " I'll even go to Germany if you want." " No, thanks." " See?" "I'll do anything for you." " Paris?" "D'accord!" "Come on." "Sit down." "Go on." " It was the only job I could get." " But that day at the Post House ..." "They wanted a matron but the job was taken." "Your sister in Haslev, Emmy, she needed you, didn't she?" "Emmy!" "At first it was all right, but then ..." " Living on charity is awful." " You are her sister." "In the end she hated the sight of me." "She's got a sweetheart!" " Is Emmy getting married?" " No, he's married already." "He's a big shot in the church down there, and suddenly I was there." " He wanted me out of there." " Surely that wasn't his decision?" "He's helped her with the house and set her up in business." "I've always had to listen to Mother saying how clever Emmy was." "But she's no better than that woman who ran off with the town clerk." "He probably paid for her candy store." "Emmy mocked me and said   that I should have played my cards better at Albert's." " l couldn't take his money!" " It's no shame to be proud." "And where did it get me?" "I'm a kitchen maid among common people." " To end like that ..." " No, you haven't ended like that." "Do you know that the Varnæs family is looking for an educated lady?" " What do I know about banking?" " It's for their home." "An educated lady who can run the house and be of company." "They know you." "You gave the Korsbæk ladies excellent service." " That was four years ago." " That sort of thing is not forgotten." "Of course I remember you, Miss Jørgensen." "Now I get my clothes in Copenhagen." "Tea?" "You ask about experience." "Well, I ran the house at home." "I ran my sister's house in Haslev, too." "She's got a good business there." "Doesn't your sister feel you're letting her down by going back here?" "I was born in this town." "I've got my friends here, too." "I ask because I've had such great help from my sister." "I remember Miss Friis." "She came to the Ladies' Store, too." "In fact, you'd be a substitute for my sister." "So to speak." "If you think ..." "I'd like very much to work here." "I can see it's a very clean house." "Yes, I make a point of that." "But supervision is needed,   and I want to do more painting myself, as I said." "The salary is 100 kroner." "I'll show you your room." "It used to be my sister's." "Hurry up with those eggs!" " This is Laura, and that's ..." " Her name is Esther." "Esther's only been with us for a week." "Please say hello to Miss Jørgensen." "She'll take charge of the housekeeping." "It'll be just like in my sister's days." "You remember that, don't you, Laura?" "How could I forget?" "Miss Jørgensen will start next Monday,   so if Esther would kindly clean my sister's room very nicely ..." "Madam might've told me!" " A nice high chair for you." " How kind of Mrs. Skjern." "We don't need it." "Erik's too big for that sort of nonsense." "Right, Erik?" "I'll get the coffee." "Keep an eye on Aksel, he's just as wild as his father." " Mrs. Varnæs hired a housekeeper." " Laura and her are like cat and dog." "Ernst invites us to Switzerland." "Jørgen and Gitte are going there for Christmas." "Jørgen should be looking after his halting practise." "Hans Christian ..." "Well, it'll probably be a cold Christmas here, too." "Allow me to ask a question." "Can it be right that the children from over there hang around here?" "They have tea with ours in the kitchen." "Laura stubbornly insists ..." " They're friends from school." " But those people ..." "We don't involve the children." "It was already like that in my sister's days." " Well, Miss Friis did have ..." " What do you mean?" "Sorry." "Nothing." "I'll check up on Esther." "She doesn't exactly create a warm atmosphere." "She's a poor, lonely soul." "Perhaps she'll change." "Behind your beautiful exterior beats a heart of gold." "May be exchanged for a trip to Paris no later than January 7." "I think you'd be good at this sort of thing ..." "Please have this put in a basket with lots of roses and sent to this address." "Thank you." "And thank you for the Christmas present." "Didn't the staff get Christmas presents at the other bank?" "No, we had a glass of wine with the manager." "Happy Christmas, sir." "Thank you." "We'll probably have a drink after closing time, too." " I'll go straight in." " Iben?" "What do you want?" " To deliver your Christmas present." " My Christmas present?" " But you mustn't ..." "I can't accept it." " It's my father's head on a plate." "Miss Jacobsen, wait a minute." "Please have a bunch of flowers delivered at this address, too." "Your health, dear Madam Violet." "That was a lovely duck." " Was there enough?" " Plenty, plenty ..." "At Varnæs's they were having goose, but they're eight, with Laura." " How nice you could get tonight off." " There'll be plenty to do after this." "There's a do on the 2nd,   when the bank manager has done the New Year statements." " Are you arranging that, Inger?" " Yes, who else?" "Mr. Varnæs insists that his wife is spared." "He worships her." "He's such a fine man." " Oh, dear ..." " I'm going, too. I promised Agnete." "Tonight?" "Just this once." "Couldn't she wait till tomorrow?" " lt's half past nine." " Arnold, it's Christmas." "Exactly." " Did I say something wrong?" " How were you to know?" "Why has that girl got such power over him?" "A common little hairdresser." " A man in Arnold's position ..." " Why did Miss Jacobsen walk out?" " She's had a difficult time." " Miss Jørgensen wasn't to know." " If we'd told her ..." " It's all forgotten." "She's got that good job. I'll go and see to her now and make the coffee." "What wasn't I to know?" "Madam Violet is against my saying it, but voila!" "for the girl's own sake." "A thing or two has happened here in Korsbæk." "That girl worked in Varnæs's bank first, and there ..." " Happy New Year, Elisabeth." " Happy New Year, my dear." "Alone at last, after a long, long Christmas." "In the bosom of the family." "Thank you for the wonderful Christmas present." " And thank you for yours." " It wasn't that lovely." " But I've got a New Year's present." " Really?" " We can go away." " Yes, we're off to Paris in a week." "We can go away properly." "Leave town." " And live on love for ever after." " That, too." "You can get a job that's better than the one you've got. ln a bigger bank." " Oh, and where's that?" " In Kolding." "The Discount Bank." " I haven't applied for that job." " No, but it's yours if you want it." " And it's in your home district." " Yes, it's a fine old family bank." " Just like Korsbæk Bank once was." " My father knows the family." " Hans Christian knows them, too." " But the family doesn't know me." " Hans Christian has talked to them." " Why on earth?" " To help us." " How?" "So we can get married, Kristen." "I thought ..." " What did you think, Elisabeth?" " You've always said ..." "That if only we could get away from this town, we'd be fine." " And now you can have that job." " l won't be got rid of." "And certainly not by your brother-in-law." "You must see that." "You're giving Hans Christian motives he hasn't got." "He's a kind person." "In that case he's naive as well." "What does he take me for?" "A lot more than your brother." "Well, I think a lot more of my brother than I do of your brother-in-law." "I'm not speaking of ability, but morality. is that so funny?" "As regards morality, " " I definitely prefer my brother to your hypocritical brother-in-law." "Are you the only one in town, apart from your sister, who doesn't know?" "Know what?" "That my bank took over the remains of his affair with a young girl?" " And why do you think?" " What are you saying?" "A girl who's just been through an abortion   caused, and paid for, by your morally upright brother-in-law." " I don't believe you." " Well, ask him if you dare." " They're just vicious rumors." " They're true." "In contrast to the rumors about my brother!" " Forgive me." " That was that New Year's Eve." "It's nothing to do with us." "I won't have it!" " Elisabeth, don't be angry." " I'm just very tired." "I'd like to go home." " Elisabeth." " I'd like to go home." "Esther, you'd better do the rooms once more." "I need Esther here." "If Madam runs her finger across the piano, we'll be in trouble." "Do you hear me?" " Then dust it yourself!" " How dare you!" " You can be sure ..." " That what?" " Mrs. Varnæs will hear about this." " Yes, I'll tell her myself!" " The guests are arriving in an hour!" " Exactly." "And I won't have you disturb Esther and me in our work!" "Esther and I are handing in our notice. I've had enough." "We must all make allowances for Miss Jørgensen." "If you want to make allowances it's your business, but I've had it." "The guests are coming in an hour." "I've cooked for hundreds of parties here, so she can't teach me anything!" "I'm off to the bank now, before it starts." " What's wrong?" " Laura's handing in her notice." "And so is Esther!" " Hans Christian, do something." " Not now, dear." " We'll talk about it tonight, Laura." " I want her out of my kitchen." "Have her come up here." "Tell the guests I'm sorry I couldn't be here." "Madam wants you." " Happy New Year." " Happy New Year." "You look so nice." "Happy New Year, Miss Jørgensen." " Happy New Year, ladies." " Happy New Year." "Happy New Year." "Thank you." "I thought we would be the first." " There's Mrs. Skjold Hansen." " And Iben." "That way Mrs. Skjold Hansen knows where she is." "The daughter." "Happy New Year, everybody." "There'll be more young people." "The colonel is bringing Vicki." "She's on Christmas vacation from college." "Regitze, will you help Miss Jørgensen?" "This is Miss Jørgensen, who helps us run the house." "Sit down, Iben." "You know Vicki, don't you?" " Sure." "From the tennis club." " There is Vicki!" " Welcome." " Thank you." "Happy New Year." " Welcome." " How do you do." "It's been ages." "She's been busy with that German ..." " How do you do." "Happy New Year." " Happy New Year, Colonel Hachel." "My, you've grown." " Hello, Mrs. Møhge." " But that's ..." "Where's Albert?" " Albert's dead, Mother." " His shop looks busy enough." " It's a bank now, Mother." " Nonsense." "That's across the street." "Yes, Miss Jørgensen is with us now." "Do sit down." " Will you give Mrs. Arnesen ..." " l'm called Hachel now." " How are you, Iben?" " I'm killing time." " I hope she'll settle down soon." " Get married, you mean." " One mustn't marry too early." " Rubbish." " Marrying is a woman's vocation." " Don't listen to them, Iben." "I fell into the trap when I was 20." "But now I've never felt better." "Bravo!" "Miss Jørgensen, I think the Consul wants a cigar!" " Where's Miss Jørgensen?" " In her room." " But I wanted to see her." " She refused." " Tell her I want to see her." " Yes." "Miss Jørgensen, I think you owe me an explanation." "You walked out and slammed the door." "Do you expect me to listen to that cheap little chit ..." "Are you talking about one of my visitors?" "You're a lady, Mrs. Varnæs, you know who I'm talking about." "How dare she claim she's never been happier?" "Perhaps she's right, Miss Jørgensen." "She hasn't had an easy life." ""Easy"?" "She destroyed Albert and his life, the shop and my life, too ..." "A young wife cannot destroy anybody's life, or a business." "Mr. Arnesen only had himself to blame." "That's what you say, but I knew Albert better and longer than anyone." "My husband's known Mr. Arnesen just as long, and he was very fond of him." "But he knew that he wasn't clever and that he didn't work hard." "Perhaps he wasn't an ideal husband, either." "Isn't one husband as good as the other?" "What do you mean?" "I certainly wouldn't swap." "At least Albert didn't cheat on his wife." "I think we have to end this conversation. I'm very tired and ..." "As for your staying here, the way you look upon our friends, I don't think ..." " Albert wasn't in favor of abortion!" " We don't share my sister's views." "Speak for yourself. I hear Mr. Varnæs has a different view on that." "What on earth do you mean?" " The year was better than expected." " Yes, it'll all work out, Mr. Stein." "Several customers have returned." "It's the rumors ..." "Yes, Skjold Hansen is tough." "Yes." "But ..." "One moment." "It's for you, sir." "From home." "Ah, here you are." "I thought something was wrong." " That you'd gone to bed." " Why should I?" "Laura called." "Well, I guess everything's all right, then." "I want to ask you about something Miss Jørgensen told me." "Not Miss Jørgensen again." "She says you've been involved in an abortion." "That woman ... she told you?" "Yes. ls it true?" "I'm only asking you to be honest, Hans Christian." "Is it true?" "Is it?" "Yes." " With someone form the bank?" " She told you that, too?" "She talked about working overtime." "You had quite a lot of that." "Yes. lt was someone at the bank." "It's ended now. lt stopped." "She doesn't work there any more." "It's all over." "Everything was so awful then." "The new bank, and ..." " And at home." " I didn't say that." " Maude, you can't just sit there ..." " I'm fine here." "I have to think about what I want." "But surely you don't want ..." "You can't ..." "The children ..." "I keep thinking how we taunted Elisabeth for supporting that doctor." " Perhaps it was him?" " I can't talk about it." "It was terrible." "Yes, it must have been." "Especially for the woman." " Don't you want to go to bed?" " Whatever for?" "Just leave me alone." "I'll call Dr. Hansen." " Well, the patient's not in bed." " There's nothing wrong with me." "But your husband said ..?" "My wife had an unpleasant clash with Miss Jørgensen." "It's all over now, so I don't know why Dr. Hansen ..." "You saw her yourself." " Well, where is Miss Jørgensen?" " In her room, I suppose." " Forgive me, Maude." " I need time to think." " You can't just sit there ..." " No, I'll go away." " Where?" " Somewhere." "Both of us could go, together." "But you can't go alone." "You've never tried that." "There are so many things I haven't tried." "Maybe I can ask Elisabeth." " What will you tell her?" " I don't know yet." "How much was in this bottle this morning?" " My hair lotion ... it was almost full." " She's drunk it." "Oh, God ..." "Dr. Hansen will call an ambulance." "Pull yourself together, Hans Christian." "It's a good thing the children are over there." "The doctor will have to do something about my husband, too." " Watch it." " I'm sorry, Mr. Schwann." "Not at all." "We walk in danger." "Look at this." " The Consul's big dog." " The chemist's Dobermann." "When I was in the Ladies' Store, there was no high-class dog I couldn't pat." "Now, they're like bloodthirsty wolves as soon as I open the garden gate." " Have you seen this?" " Mrs. Lund?" "That's lucky." " She has to move on the first." " The stamp." "It's from Brazil." "Good heavens." "Could it be a sign of life?" "I'd like to see her face." "What a shame I have to go the other way." " They've turned off the lighting." " We could go nearer the window." " When did the letter come?" " This morning." "He's in Brazil." "He writes that the boys and I must forgive him." "How can we?" "There's also a piece of paper about the plot of land by the railway." "It says in the letter that I should give it to you." "Then you'll help us." " The police don't know about this?" " I called you right away." "Will you help us?" "They're taking the house next week." "Most of the furniture is gone already." "And the boys were studying." "Now they have jobs in Copenhagen." "What will become of us?" "It'll be all right." "Here's 200 kroner, for a start." "Dear Kristen, I called to tell you I'm going to Sw'itzerland with Maude." "It may be good for us, too." "We need to think." "Yours, Elisabeth." " Why, Iben ..." " I've got something to tell you." " Dad would kill me ..." " All your excuses ..." "It's not an excuse." "Dad has the note the newspapers wrote about, the one about the land." " Where did he get it?" " It came with a letter to Mrs. Lund." " Where from?" " From Brazil." "He's written on the back that your brother paid him to hide it." " That's a lie!" " That's what it says." "Daddy's almost ecstatic." "Why have you come to me behind your father's back?" "Forget about Daddy, I love you." " Is it ..?" " A summons, yes." "It was to be expected, after what Kristen said." " Skjold Hansen for Mrs. Møhge." " Versus you." "Primarily versus Korsbæk council, but me as well." "The council will be cleared during the trial." "The scandal starts on January 20." "What does our attorney, Øster, say?" " It's no good." " But they can't ..." "You've given work to the town." "The factory, 50 people." " They can't pull it down." " No." "But they can force me out." "Out of the business, out of the bank." "They want to get rid of me." " But Mads ..." " Why must I be punished like this?" "Haven't I always ..?" "I don't deserve this." " Do you think God will interfere?" " Don't you believe in God?" "I suppose I do." "But not in one who deals with business, war, currency exchanges." "I believe more in one who deals with things that really mean something." "Mean something?" "Don't eight years of work mean anything?" " Yes, but not most of all." " Our name." "The children's ..." "It's going to be dragged through the mud." "We could call ourselves Andersen again." "What does mean something to you?" "It means something ... lt means everything to me to look into your eyes and know that you love me." " What would I do without you?" " Nothing." "You will never have to do anything without me. I promise." "Do you intend to drag Aunt Møhge into court?" "In her wheelchair if I have to. lt'll be her contribution to our well-being." "As long as it doesn't lead to more libel suits." "This time I've got proof." "From the civil court   he'll go straight to the criminal court." "Didn't I say we'd get him?" "Hello?" "Yes." "Yes." "Yes, he is." "It's for you." "Your wife." "What is it, Duckie?" "What the hell is it?" "Has the house burnt down?" "What?" "Iben?" "I know you don't want to be disturbed but Skjold Hansen is outside." " What does he want from me?" " Shall I show him in?" " What do you want?" " May I sit down?" "I've come to tell you that the case has been withdrawn." "I informed the judge's office half an hour ago." "Why?" "Because the case is based on gossip and misunderstandings   regarding the District Bank's involvement in Mr. Lund's finances." "That's not my department." "My brother is the manager of the District Bank." "I am unable to speak to your brother for the first couple of weeks." "He's run off with my daughter." "They got married." " It rather surprised my wife and me." " Me, too." "I love my daughter, even though she's always done what she wanted." "Yes." "We love our children." "Exactly." "Mr. Skjold Hansen." "You promised to help me." " I paid your gas and electricity bill." " The house will be sold tomorrow." " What can I do?" " You got that note." "Godtfred wrote ..." "That note is unimportant." "I'd keep quiet about what your husband wrote." " Otherwise you risk a libel suit." " What am I going to do?" "If I were you, I'd leave Korsbæk as soon as possible." "Goodbye." "Thank you for the presents." "From Laura and me, too." " It's so light here." " Spring's coming." "Did you paint?" "Not much." "Jørgen and Gitte left last week." "Then some new people came." "You know Ernst." "Not that well." "But I can imagine that something happens all the time." " What's happened in Korsbæk?" " Everything's the same." " That doesn't sound good." " Iben got married." " To the German?" " No, to Daniel and Ellen's uncle." " Who?" " The other bank manager." "Why can't you keep your mouth shut?" "Ulrik, get Regitze." "There's nothing to be sorry for." " I thought you'd gone to the bank." " No, I just drove Elisabeth home." " She took it very well." " You never know with Elisabeth." "At least it's over now." "It had to happen sooner or later." " What about you?" " Ernst is like a cure." " You can't be ill when he's around." " But you came home anyway?" "." " Thank you." "It was brave of you." " Brave?" "It was more that I lacked the courage to stay away." "I guess that's how you get, after living in Korsbæk for too long." " But I did learn something." " From Ernst Nyborg?" "Also from you." " I'd better go and unpack." " Maude, wait." "There's something I've wanted to ask you all the time." " Have you forgiven me?" " Yes." " And we'll never discuss it again." " So everything will be as it was?" "A lot of things could be quite different, if we dare." "I heard you'd come home, so I thought you might need a doctor."