"You've told us so much about the structure of the human organism now, but you haven't said a word about the soul." "I haven't found it." "Where would you look for the soul?" "Thin-skinned, perforated..." "Thick and long." "Porous." "The soul and life." "Yes, where are they hidden?" "In the head?" "There's nothing but rubbish in there." "Or in the heart?" "I sometimes feel that both are more likely to be located in the feet." " What do you mean?" " When you're frightened..." "well, then..." "Get him up there." "Your feet suddenly feel so full of Iife, when they're animated with fear." "Nonsense." "clean everything up in here." "This cloth's dirty, too." " But that one's clean." " smell it for yourself then." "I've made a mistake." "That's the formalin." "What were you thinking?" "That I'm dead, too?" "I didn't do it on purpose." "What about the blackberry sauce with carbolic, which you served me yesterday?" "CarboIic is used to numb the pain." "Yes, yes, and the world weariness and the souIache." "What the soul is and where it resides is known only to God and the enemy of man." "Enough of this nonsense." "Enough about carboIic, carboIic, carboIic..." "Go on, jump." "Someone's already flying." "And where would I find these two gentlemen?" " God is everywhere." " So he is nowhere." "As for the devil..." "They say that the devil is where the money is." " I haven't got any money." " So you're not a devil." "That's reassuring." "So, who is a devil then?" "No one knows for sure, but they say that the fat guy at the market is one." "really?" "So, what would you ask for?" "What would I ask of the devil?" "Two things." "firstly, I would wish for the whole world to disappear." "And secondly, I would wish that I couId see you more often." "How could you see me more often, if the world didn't exist any more?" "That's very simple." "The world will be destroyed, but you and I will still be there." "Go find yourself somebody else." "I'd prefer to stay with mankind, for everyone's benefit." "You can dispose of the dead body now." "And hurry up." "He's beginning to stink." "And how am I supposed to pay the gravediggers?" "tell them I'II pay for everything tomorrow." " Come in." "You can take him away now." " What about our money?" " Tomorrow." " It's always the same." "So cold." "That was it." "I'II crank down the table." "You hold the front and you the other end." "Forgive me." "AII things come into being and decay according to certain laws." "Human life alone is governed by an erratic destiny." "Come on, unfasten him." "Chop-chop!" "The god that dwells within my soul can stir to life my inmost deeps." "Full sway over all my powers he keeps, but naught external can he ever control." "At what time should they come tomorrow, Professor?" "I don't want to hear another word." "I'm hungry." "Hungry." " I'm leaving." " Where are you going?" "Where, where..." "There." "hold him." "Don't just stand there like a moron." " He's kicking so much." " Why are you struggling, you old fool?" "Everything is just the same as always." "Just the same as always." "Your son, Doctor." "I can see him." "I'm almost done." "Why is this place always so smelly?" "hold him." "My father, this dark, worthy man." "What use is any of this to him?" "Get out." "What are you doing here?" "Get out, you thief." "Look what the professor's doing." "tell him that this is a place to work and not to sit around." "A little more." " He wants you to come in." " Professor." "You'II break his spine." "What do you want?" "Nothing." "Just to see you." "What's there to see?" "I'm not a painting." "That's too hard." "And you actually ask to be paid for this?" "Who's supposed to pay me?" "Them." "My patients don't own anything." "Unfasten him." "please." "It's a good method." "I've tried it on many patients." "And how many have survived?" "I haven't counted them." "As always." "Can you walk?" "I don't know." "Are you standing firmly on the ground?" "Yes, yes, yes." " Then go." " Jesus." "Tomorrow you'II be scuttling like a hare again." "Do you have trouble sleeping?" "I don't sleep at all." "Someone seems to have survived the rack very well." " There you are at last." " You love your torture table." " But you should eat before you work." " That's true." " These are gifts from God." " I see." "Gifts from God." "Come on, Brothers." "I can hear the call of the flesh." "Once again nothing's been cleaned up." "I have to do everything myself." "Oh, that Georg!" "It smells quite good." "What are they having?" " I'm here." " Get out." "Where's my cane?" "That's mine." "That's my pay." "Who gave you this meat?" "Frau Weber, whose appendix you clipped off." "You haven't earned much." "My demands aren't as high as the professor's." "Demands?" "I haven't even got enough money for ink." "I'm prepared to give up anything." "My house..." " Sit down." " ...food, everything." "It's always good to do without certain things." "If only I knew..." "What?" "...if there's any point in what I'm doing." "No." "I won't give you anything." "No, I won't." "Why?" "What do you mean?" "I know that you want money from me." "He who is modest..." "Come on." "...can create his own little bit of happiness." "Right, "little bit of happiness"." "I've heard that a thousand times before." "One ought to work rather than beg." "She always jumps the queue." "Outrageous." " You again?" " I've been waiting here for two hours." "I'm ill, too." "What's wrong with you this time?" "well, Iet's have a look." "You're like an onion." "It's not easy to get through to you." "Lie down." "That's it." "Come on." "Give me a hand." "I don't understand." "What has she got there?" "Hand me the vaginal speculum." "actually, it might be better if you held her legs." "I work day and night." "I don't love anybody, I don't have a family, I don't sleep or eat, I..." "I think that your accusations are out of place." "I do my best, but what's the use, if your soul is empty?" "I can no Ionger feel joy, hate, compassion or mercy." "The soul..." "Why make it so complicated?" "We can do without a soul." "Matter." "black." "dull." "I knock on the knee with my hammer, and the leg twitches." "That's how it is." "That's far from enough for me." "Then go." "I can neither give you any money nor can I give meaning to your life." "Let's see what we've got there." "That's a pity." "Venus." "What are you doing?" "He's a good man, your father." "A good man." "A good man, though his striving be obscure, remains aware that there is one right way." "Thou shalt renounce." "Renounce shalt thou." "That is the never-ending song." "The never-ending song." " Let me through." " Don't be so greedy." " No, I must deliver this." " That's enough." "Shut up." "Maybe the gentleman has got some money for us?" " I'm afraid I don't." " Just a few coins." " We haven't had anything to eat." " Neither have I." "Such a posh gentleman doesn't have any money?" "There's nothing in your pockets?" "Or is there?" " Posh gents are forgetful, aren't they?" " Snotty brat." " Snotty brat?" "I'II punch you." " Watch your balls." " Are you crazy?" "I'II do you in." " Come here, coward." " You bastards." " Scumbag." " ScoundreI." " Idiot." " Get lost." " Let me..." " Let's scarper." " I'II have the Iast laugh." "You..." "You..." "I'II set you free in a minute." "Who's that?" "hello, Sir." "There you go." "Who is that?" " Here you go." " Thank you." "beautiful horses." "black as death itself." "hello, Sir." "Or is death grey?" "Ah, Father PhiIIippe." "You are already here." "I thought I'd be late." "AII the invoices have been amended." "So your work is done." "That's my carriage." "A remarkable couple." "Death and the priest." "What would we be without such helpers?" "And me, a hungry man." "You're hungry, too, aren't you?" "Everyone's hungry." "Who is this from?" "Lenz, the poet." "A strangely wretched person." "Then we won't have to return it." "The wretched are dangerous." "hello, Sir." "My name is Faust." "Doctor Faust." "O learned sir, I proffer my salute." "I am the owner of this enterprise." "My name is MueIIer." "Mauricius." "Yes, I am Mauricius MueIIer." "Excuse me, you are who?" "Part of that power which ever does the good." "Where does this second voice come from?" "Does he have two tongues?" "Come on in." "Come in." "I'm all ears." "Be careful with that, please." "Is all this pledged property, or..." "Dead pledges, legally speaking." " This belongs to my midwife." " Does it?" " I know this." "Frau MenzeI." " It's a small world." "I'm sorry." "And that's what you use to weigh the money?" "No, the souls." " So, are they heavy?" " No heavier than a coin." " That's what I thought." " At least most of them aren't." "But yours is different." "The man doesn't have a sense of humour." "Why don't you take a seat?" "Thank you." "Such a starveling man never has humour." "This..." "If you don't mind..." "This is what I'd Iike to put in pawn." "This is no ordinary ring." "The philosopher's stone." " It explains the nature of all things." " So it's worth something?" "On the contrary." "It isn't worth anything." "Life has diminished in value," "let alone death." "I don't understand." "What does have value then?" "Time, art..." "What's that rustling?" "Who's crawling around over there?" "I need money." " Is there anything else you desire?" " I'm too young to be without desire." "There's something I desire, too." "I collect autographs. "Grundzuege einer PhysioIogie des Menschen"." "Have you written this?" "Even if I had, I can't sign it for you." "I can't even afford any ink." " Soon I'II have to write in blood." " That won't be necessary." "I've got some ink." "Your knowledge is impressive." "There." "This book will outlive you." "The spoken word dies forthwith in the quill." "It does here, but there's always the other side." "I'm so tired." "Man in his wretched days makes me lament him." "My heart aches." "The other side..." " Give me the money now." " No." " What do you accept by way of a pledge?" " AII sorts of things." "Even rubbish?" "It depends." " A manuscript about the meaning of Iife?" " No, no." " A perpetuum mobile?" " Anything but that." "The remains of Saint Sebastian?" "Remains?" "That's good." "But where does one find those?" "Seek and you shall find." "Did that Sebastian even exist?" "Maybe." "But maybe not." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying that there isn't any money." " Can you see this hole?" " No." "I was going to pick a rose blossom, for a girl." " Sew a patch over that hole." " A patch?" "Where would you find the matching fabric, hm?" "And the time?" "And the money?" "I haven't got the money or the time." "I've spent it all." "So that's how it is." "Dust shall he eat, and that with zest." "I'II think about what I might be able to do for you, Doctor." "That won't be necessary." "Ferdinand." "My register." "Ferdinando." "It won't be under the pillow." "I have long since hidden it somewhere else." "Thirsty." "I'm thirsty." "Give me some wine." " certainly, Madam." " Thank you." "I've studied now philosophy and jurisprudence, medicine, and even, alas, theology, all through and through with ardour keen." "Here now I stand, poor fool, and see I'm just as wise as formerly." "Sorry." "AII that is transient is nothing but stench." "Come to me, everybody." "Go on, move." "I'm with you." "Those pigs." "If we hold it slightly askew, it'II work." "I'm with you." "Patience!" "Let the pigs pass through." "please, Iet the pigs through." "Now it works." "We can continue." "Come on, Iet's go." "Come to me, everybody." "Ida, I need some hot water." "What do you mean, you need it?" "I must cook now." " In the beginning was..." " You can cook later," " but I need that water now." " I'm not your mother." " In the beginning was the word." " I won't listen to your orders." "You again?" "Come on in." "In the beginning was the word." " In the beginning was the word." " And the word was with God." "Do you understand how that's meant?" "No, I don't." "I don't either." "In the beginning was the word." "Here now I'm baIked." "In the beginning was the word." "It is impossible the word so high to prize." " You must translate it otherwise." " well..." "Maybe thought?" "In the beginning was..." "In the beginning was..." "In the beginning was the thought that works..." " In the beginning was the self." " ...creative, hour by hour." "Whose self?" " Mine." " It's you that was at the beginning?" "Why not?" " Then we're all doomed." " finally." " Ida!" " You did that on purpose." "There." "There's your water." "You little vermin." "You pest." " In the beginning was the word." " Such bad manners!" "In our house!" " In the beginning was the word." " No, you're wrong." "In the beginning was the thought that works, creative, hour by hour." "In the beginning was a self." "That's what a clever little Wagner is telling you... whose love for his teacher is weII-nigh killing him." "In the beginning was the thought." " clever little Wagner." " A clever little Wagner, or a big..." " What are you doing?" " Nothing." " Stop it." "What are you doing?" " I was just..." "That's the latest thing in France." "This colour makes me look like a dead man." "Have you brought what I asked you for?" "Yes, I have." "Then give it to me." "There it is." "There it is." "Thank you." "I hope that your brown juice is good." "It all depends on the dose." "The main thing is that it works." "will you miss me?" "You can start with the application now." "Wagner, will you miss me?" "You want to know if I'II miss you?" "I can't tell you if I will." "will you or won't you?" "Or do you want to follow me into death?" " What's that?" "Stinging nettle?" " nettle revives your spirits." " And ruins your appetite." " But..." " No, I won't miss you." " Why not?" " I can tell you why I won't miss you." " Go on then." " What on earth are you doing?" " Oh, Ida." "There's a stench in the entire house." "It smells like a witches' kitchen." "If it's any consolation, I'II have some, too." "You're not getting any." "I'II drink it all myself." " Where's my towel?" " Don't walk barefoot." "What do you want?" "I'm not seeing any patients today." "I must go now." " We're busy." " A fine gentleman." "Very respectable." "You left your ring at my establishment." "As an honest man, I feel obliged to return the object you've forgotten." "How did you get in here anyway?" "Who let you in?" "Ida." "Iduberga." "Did you let him in?" " Are you keeping an open house or what?" " Thank you, Iduberga." "respectable people consort with their own kind..." " Very respectable." " Thanks, Iduberga." " ...not with every Tom, Dick and Harry." " Here you go." "Wagner, what's wrong?" "Why are you trembling?" "Go away." "Why not give me the money right away?" "I'd prefer the money." "Oh, the gospel of John." " You know Greek?" " No, but I recognise the holy Scripture." "How?" "My faith helps me." "You hope to find what you are lacking in this book?" "What am I lacking?" "Here you go." "Some healthy nutrition for you." " That's not necessary." " Try it." " well, if you insist." " I baked it myself." "What's this smell?" " What a lovely scent." " Where are you going?" "Eat, eat." "You need that now." "How do you know what I need?" "Eat, eat." "hemlock." " From the apothecary next door?" " That's none of your business." "That was mine." "You can't do that." "You can't die here." "also, I was just about to leave." "You're alive?" "Interesting." "What the devil?" "That was poison." "devil?" "That's what the stupid women call me." "But that's not who I am." "Who are you then?" "If only I knew." "What's it to you?" "I have a certain interest..." "In what?" "well..." "In the eternal issue." "Oh, no, no, no." "There is no way." "No way." "The waiting list is too long." "Too many people are interested." "Who's on the list?" "Go on, tell me." "We'II keep it between ourselves." " Between ourselves." " Or are you going to deceive me again?" "I always tell the naked truth." "Our theatre manager..." "I'd suspected as much." " ...your principal..." " He's an idiot." "Continue." "...the local coffin-maker..." "Don't touch that." "A monkey." "You're lying." "A monkey on the moon?" " And the butcher, the music teacher..." " You mean Pfeifer?" " precisely." "A freemason..." " That's a Iot of people." "exactly." "I told you so." "What are you looking for?" "You smell like a corpse." "What a stench." "I can't smell anything, but if you say so." "What shall we do about it?" "We should let in some air." " But how shall we begin?" " We'II just get out, so come." "Doctor, to walk with you is ever an honour and a profit." "I'd Iike to show you something in return." "I know everything that you could possibly show me in this town." "Where are you?" "And what man knows, for that no use has he." "Ergo, what man knows not, for that use he might have." "Peekaboo." "Peekaboo." "Give that to me." "You should explain to me how you can still be alive after all that poison." "incredible." "Oh, here we go." "I'm dying." "The spirit of denial outIives this world." "I'm dying." " This is the way out." " Not a hint of compassion..." " Why?" " ...for his comrade." "Your hemlock was too strong for my weak stomach." "Thank you." "What do you mean, "thank you"?" " When are you coming back?" " Excuse me." " Why do we have to lock ourselves in?" " Let me do that, Professor." " Thank you, Iduberga." " Ida." "Ida." "Turn the key to the right." " Ida, what's the matter with you?" " To the Ieft." "Strange." "You cause a disturbance somehow." "First Wagner, then Ida..." " What's going on here?" " The gate is broken." "This bloody corner." "You always get stuck here." " You need to pay for this." " Put it there." "Ask Frau Iduberga." "Patience, patience." "Our Lord suffered, too." "Has the world become too narrow for you?" "What are you all doing here?" "You have no business here." "Where's your altruism?" "Everyone has to live." "Yes, and survive, but I'm not a saviour." "Aren't you?" "well, what are you good at?" "You have to help me." " At paIavering." " That's a good remedy." " Remedies are not my specialty." " But..." "There is a simple remedy which helps you live and survive." " That way." "God." "You must go that way." " This way." "So, you know a remedy without money or sorcery?" "What is it?" "cultivate your land, till and plough the soil..." " Get up early..." " Yes, get up early..." " milk the cows..." " feed them, take nourishment of food that is not mixed..." "clear away the dung without fear of dirt or muck..." "Oh dear, my stomach." "I'm going to..." "For me a narrow life is quite unfit." " My stomach." "I won't last much longer." " Not here." "We're not alone here." "I'm going to..." "I'm going to..." "That's all your hemlock's fault." "Cover me." "No, not next to the church." "Yes, you're right." "Inside the church will be better." "Wait here." "I'II be back in a minute." "Forgive me, but I don't know you." "Soon we will initiate you." "He's got such a weak stomach." " What are you doing here?" " I'm interrupting." "Interrupting." "tell me." "What's the matter?" "actually..." "please." "I know him." "You've made the right decision." "What do you mean?" "respectable people do things the respectable way, with a contract and a signature, as is right and proper." "With a contract and a signature, as is right and proper." "Excuse me, can we help you in any way?" "So... he... is..." "Is he really?" "He is." "And what's... your situation?" "I'm number 150 on the waiting list." "AII right." "So what's my number?" " You can have mine." " No, thank you." "You don't believe in God, do you?" "slander, affectations, boredom." "The whole world is depraved." "So why do you believe..." "Why do you believe in Satan?" "Where's the logic in that?" "If good does not exist... then there is no evil either, is there?" "No, that's not true." "Good does not exist, but evil does." "Oh, my God." " He has replied." " What are you talking about?" "Now it's your turn, Professor." "Good does not exist, but evil does." "Doctor!" " Do you realise what you're saying?" " I'm here." " I'm here." " Do you realise?" "Ah, you're not alone." "Come on, Iet's go." "In the beginning was the deed." "Let's go home, Agathe." "Come on, Agathe." " In the beginning was the deed?" " We're going home now." "This woman's been following me for years." " She claims to be my wife." " In the beginning was the deed." "Yes, the deed." "Nothing but the deed." "An interesting solution." "I assumed that it was the thought or the power..." "No, no." "The thought results from the deed." "Go away." " Where are we going?" " I just wanted to get rid of that lady." " What is this place?" " I'm not sure myself." "It seems appropriate for our philosophical discussion." "It seems familiar." "I was here before, as a child." "That's what I call the full life people live." "Here I am man, here dare it to be." " It looks more like a slave market." " No, they're all busy and free." " Industrious people." " Fine, but I want to get out of here." "well, you are free." "My!" "You beautiful young dears!" "Who would not gape now if he met you?" " Those women, can you seem them?" " Yes." " Nobody but women and the two of us." " They're doing something." "And joyous and free from care they live." " They're very busy." " Yes, maybe so." " And can you see their fingers?" " No." "They're like this..." "There you go." "They're bent like this." "I have read a thousand times that people suffer everywhere." "You've read that." "But people want to be happy, day and night." "With such bent fingers you'd never be able to open your bottle of poison." "What are you trying to say?" "I worry about you, not about those women." "Even if they don't have anything except cold water and their work." "There you are again." "Oh, my hat." "Don't you get bored?" "always washing and washing..." "Young women..." "Come here, Gudrun." "What am I doing here?" "Come here." "Come." "Come on now." "Don't touch that." "It's all mine." "Off you go." "Go on." "Do things while you're still young." "Hey, take your chance." "Don't be stupid." "Busy yourself, Doctor." "He's a madman." "A freak of nature." "Oh, my God." "What on earth is that?" " Don't watch." " He hasn't got anything at the front." " Let's set him up with old Martha." " Won't she be happy." "So, do you Iike him?" "Busy yourself." "Show me your feet, show me your shoes" "And watch the industrious washerwomen" "They wring and wring, they wring all day long..." " What are you staring at?" " That thing at his bottom." " You know no shame." " Look at that." "There, look." "He hasn't got anything at the front." " Oh look, a tiny little willy." " well, well, well." "If it's that small, it doesn't matter whether it's at the front or the back." "I know that old guy." "I've seen him before." "Ah, there's my sweetheart." "Come on, Iet's go for a swim." "Don't." "help, I can't swim!" "My nightie's floating in the water, next to Gretchen." " She needs a good wash." " Margarete, where's your basket?" "Right over there." "What about these towels?" " Get out of the way with your fat arse." " What?" "This is going too far." " HowIer monkey." " really!" "Doctor, come and help me, please." "Why are you shouting?" "Can't you be quiet for five minutes?" "My waistcoat." "My waistcoat." " I'm not your servant." " Right, not yet." "This waistcoat is too small for your... cotton wool body." "What's wrong with my body?" "You're no apollo either." "I have a few questions about your body." " But not now." " We've got time." " I don't." " Our time is dwindling." "My hat." "Margarete, come on, we have to go." "Good linen." "could you perhaps..." " I mean..." " Let me go." " Can't you move a little faster?" " Why?" " I must find them." " The two ladies are gone." "I can see that, but I want to find them." " Not a chance." " Ah, but I will!" "Professor!" "Where are you hurrying off to?" " He's following you." " Don't be silly." " I Iike that funny old man." " There they are." "I don't." "He's a professor and acts like a greenhorn." "I don't get it." " There she is." " I guess that's how it ought to be." "I'm an old man." "I can't run that fast." "well, you're free." " Can you carry on?" " Yes, I can." "My fair young lady, may I make so free as to lend you my arm and company?" "I'm not a lady, am not fair, I can go home without your care." "I managed to finish everything." "The large items." "Come on, Margarete, we must hurry up." "How cheeky." "This isn't the rose garden." "We'II go that way." "Not via the market?" "That would be faster." "Come on." "shall we bleach the laundry tomorrow?" "Yes, I'd Iike to do that." " The weather's supposed to be..." " Hurry up." "He's dead." "Why are you standing around like that?" "We need space." "Take him away." " Without a coffin?" " Yes, without a coffin, as usual." "It's old Kunze." " Has he died?" " Yes." "Why did he scream like that?" "Another one's been cured to death." "Because God hesitated." "He's not in a hurry any more." "Stop chatting now." "I wonder how much he weighs." "Far too much." "Here, put this stretcher away." "Georg." "well, what have we here?" "Interesting." " Where does this miracle come from?" " From Schierke." "Ah, Schierke." "I know that place." "It's by the Brocken." "Good, good." "So that's how it is." "Poor fellow." " What's wrong with him?" " How can that be?" "Nothing." "Come on." "But I did everything I couId." " You'd been cured." " There is no cure for leprosy, father." " Who's that you've brought along?" " We didn't want to disturb you." " Who are you hanging about with?" " Is your father talking about me?" "Hey, you, old crock!" " Stop it, father." " Come on, catch me, catch me." "Have you put your tail between your legs yet?" " old crock." " Where's your tail?" " Do you know him, father?" " I know you." " What has he done to you?" " I know you." "Mauricius." "We must get away from here." "follow me." " Bastard!" "Son of a bitch!" " Again!" "Again!" "Again!" "Mauricius, come on." "follow me." "Get lost, you smelly old crock." " Get lost." " Father." " Bastard." " Bastard yourself." "Scumbag." "You smelly old crock." "Get lost." " Mauricius." " Where's your tail?" "old crock, old crock, old crock." "What are you doing?" " old crock." " Come on, I'II show you the little goat." " Oh yes, please." " Don't you believe me?" "What are you doing?" " Why are you whining like a wet dog?" " My wings." "That way." "We must go that way." "Let's not argue today." "We won." "Go." "I now must let you view the doings of a jovial crew, that you may see how smoothly life can flow along." " What a cheek." " Let's go in." "Stupid sparrows." "Why would anyone want to be young?" "No thanks." "Students!" "We don't serve free drinks any more." " But the war is over." " You'II have to get your own drinks." "Everyone wants to celebrate." "This place is full." " Go home." " The fellows burst my ears." "delightful." " A nasty song." " Better than your father's yelling." "I am Doctor Eisenbarth" "This place is looking like a pigsty again." "Anna!" "clear that table!" "What's wrong?" " First you must send everyone home." " Why are you just standing around?" "Sitting around on your fat arse..." "Excuse me." "Such a good, hardworking woman." "I was just wondering if you have anything decent to offer, orjust donkey piss?" "Donkey piss?" "We've got a good wine from Burgundy." " There are many donkeys in Burgundy." " We've got the best wine." "I bet your Burgundy is somewhere in CourIand." " Behave yourselves." " Look, that's the doctor over there." "He's lost all sense of purpose to his life." " He needs wine." " Yes." "Here." "Anna!" "Two mugs of wine!" "Doctor." "I'm sorry to disturb you, but I'd Iike to ask you something." "Aren't you a scholar of astrology?" "You know all about the stars." "So, tell me." "Everyone's talking about the..." " Just a minute." " Excuse me, we'd Iike some more wine." "Get lost." "Everyone's talking about that comet, the one with the tail." " We'd Iike some more wine, please." " Get lost, student scum." "They're all talking about the comet." "What's that all about?" "Nothing." "Nothing?" "An accumulation of gas." "An accumulation of gas?" "It's an accumulation of gas, that comet." "A fart." "Of course." "That's obvious." "When the heavens fart, comets appear." "Thank you, Doctor." "Anna!" "Where are you, you stupid bitch?" "Anna!" "Where are you?" "Anna!" "Stupid bitch." "Emmerich!" "valentin!" "I've written a poem for your beautiful sister." "I said no." " I must leave." " Our scholar wants to leave?" "Yes, I do." " And who pays for your wine?" " That gentleman there will pay for me." "They all say that." ""My friend will pay."" " "The cuckoo will pay."" " I can bring you the money tomorrow." "I haven't got any on me right now." "My friend..." "He'II pay." " What a cheek." " Get out of the way, idiot." "What are you doing?" " What a cheek." " I do apologise." "What's so upsetting to our defender of the fatherland?" "This swiII?" " Or the fact that I am here?" " careful." "You're not going to fight this old guy, are you?" " He didn't mean to offend you." " He should apologise." " AII right, that's enough." " If someone's that sensitive, then..." " relax." " Then..." "But there is no reason to apologise." "You must admit that this is donkey piss." " Stop it." " Pure donkey piss." "Stop it." "He's drunk, and he's a soldier." " A pissed soldier." " He has to apologise properly." " Then he shouldn't say anything." " That's enough." "Wine." "It's the blood of the earth." "I'm going show him what this blood looks like." "I'II go and see Margarete now." "Let's have another drink, and then we'II leave." "Maybe he's the new chef." "Be quiet, friendly element." "How did he do that?" "It is a swindle, lies, it is all a cheat." "only believe." "A miracle's here." "This is wine." "holy mother of God." "A good vintage." "Anna!" " A hundred years old." " Fetch a bucket." "This is wine." "Step back, everybody." "There's no free wine here." "This is my wine." " SiebeI, come over here." " Anna!" "A miracle." "We'II drink to your sister, to beautiful Margarete." "horrible swiII." "Someone's just said something interesting." "Donkey piss." "Donkey piss!" "The young man is getting upset again." "How immodest." "Forget it." "That old man's too fat for your short blade." "Don't give way, Doctor!" "Keep close by." "What are you doing?" "He's faIIing onto my fork." "How clumsy." "We must at once be gone." "But we can't... just leave like this." "We must." " He needs help." " He's not the first one." "You're the one who needs help." "Out of the way." " This is good bread, freshly baked." " I'm so hungry." "Yes, I can see that." " What can I do for you?" " I'm just taking a look around." "There's a good horse there for you." "I must congratulate you on your new career." "I can give you my donkey." "I can't believe what've you done." "I didn't mean to do it." "It just sort of happened, as if the devil himself had put that meat fork into my hand." "But that's a deadly sin." "If you're not worried about your own soul, at Ieast think of mine." "Stop it." "Such wounds don't kill a man." "That's what you say." "The poor boy might already be dead, and you are so coId-bIooded." "That's enough now." "Who started the whole thing?" "You or me?" "You've just said it yourself, the devil." "So the question remains open." " You're a buffoon." " Mm-hm, a buffoon." "This way." "Why didn't you accept my ring?" "If that's all you're worried about..." "You're laughing." "should I foreswear laughter for your sake?" " tell me how to make up for this." " Can you heal his wound?" " No." " Can you comfort his family?" "No." " How big is his family?" " There are just two relatives." "His mother and his sister." "A wretched family." "They've put everything in pledge." "With you, I suppose." "There's no one there." "It's draughty here." "His sister..." "Margarete..." "She's like a flower." " I still don't believe that..." " Her grief will wither her, before she'II ever have experienced the pleasure of living." "I can't believe what have you done." "We must support them somehow, give them some money..." " Money is what you don't have." " Yes, but..." "Yes, but..." "Can't you help them?" " What am I supposed to give them?" " Don't be like that." "The things I have don't belong to me." " They can be bought back at any time." " Yes, but what..." "What can we do?" "I mean..." "This dress is heavy." " Come on." " Wait." "I'II give you a hand." " Where are you taking me?" " Come on." " I'm almost done." " No, I'II do it." "Hang out the table cloth over there." "It'II dry more quickly in the wind." "There they are." "The table cloth?" " There she is." "unbelievable." " Which one?" " Where is it?" " In my basket." "What you don't reckon, you believe not true." "You've only given me the light things." "Make sure you don't crease that dress," " or your mother will tell us both off." " Yes." "She is in all of it so accurate." "What are you doing here?" "The wound killed him after all." " Your brother." " What do you mean, "my brother"?" "This is my brother?" "But he is dead." "Mama." "Mama!" " Is this VaIentin?" " Mama!" "I don't recognise him." "They claim that this was my brother." "Yes, this is your brother." "Carry him into the house." " We've got to do something." " So that you get the beautiful girl?" "I'm serious." "I don't feel like joking." "How narrow that is." "BIimey." "Put him in diagonally, idiots." "Make sure she gets that money, or I'II sue you." "AII right, I can't watch you suffer." "You're forcing me to give up my nest egg." " So that's how it is." " You'II find me at home." "You know the way." "I'II be in the cellar." "Doctor!" " Where are you?" " I'm here." " What's this smell?" " The smell of poverty." "That's a giant mound." "Those are your nest eggs?" "help yourself." "And what does the gold smell like?" "gold?" "It smells like a sweet mousse, Iike a cake with whipped cream." " Are you hungry again?" " Yes, I am." "careful with my wings." "One of these days I must take a closer look at you, with all those wings and that arse of yours." "Why not just perform some surgery?" "Wagner would be delighted." "What a magnificent specimen for an autopsy." " I don't recognise you, Herr Faust." " I don't recognise myself." " There should be a small box up there." " There's a mountain of stuff here." "You won't cough up anything, and money's lacking here." "Tazitus, old friend." "I've found something." "Excuse me?" "Keep looking, keep looking." "You're trying to make the whole world happy, after all." "Some sort of bones." "Coins." " It's raining gold." " The little box." "Where's the little box?" " Come here, Zeus." "I am your Danae." " BIabbermouth." "Have you found anything?" "My aunt's brown bag has practically fallen into my lap." "You're cheating." "The devil doesn't have any aunts." " God can make everything possible." " Go away." " Let me get out of here." " No, I've got to get changed." "So do I. Hurry up." "I want this over with." "Why don't you go on ahead?" "No, you go, my friend." "I'II wait outside." "Today we must say farewell to our dear VaIentin." "It is not just the old whom our Lord calls home, but young people, too." "valentine's life on this earth was short, but he will be remembered as a loyal son, a caring brother, a reliable friend, an upright citizen..." " Where are you going?" " I must speak to your mistress." " Do you need help?" " No, you can go." "It's a highly confidential matter." "Why are you snooping around in here?" "Come on." "Frau Emmerich, there's someone here to see you." "hello, Frau Emmerich." "I don't want to see anyone." "But this might be of great interest to you, Madam." "Have you drunk an infusion of melissa?" "That won't help." "I've got something better for you." " What is it?" " A good sedative, which you're familiar with." "When your husband passed away, he left a pretty property behind." " You consoIed yourself very quickly." " I've got children." "And the unborn child you killed in the womb, that's something you have also overcome." "Your faithful friend gives you a pretty ring, and, behold, all your grief has disappeared." "Stroking gold is a good remedy." "You know full well that I don't have any gold left." "Now you've got some again." "Yes." "I was asked to give you this." "By whom?" "A good person, with a big heart." "An angel." "Or a villain, a scoundrel." " What do you mean?" " Just take what you are given." "Your family's patron saint asked me to do this." "only God would send us a patron saint." " Not necessarily." " God gives, God takes away." "Humans have two hands." "One hand takes, the other gives." "What about you?" "I don't have anything to do with this." " Outrageous." " What will people say?" "Let's go." "We can't wait any longer." "I'II go and get Frau Emmerich." "We'II catch up later." "My, it's hot, and you've left my parasol at home." "So, how did it go?" "How did it go?" "He's as lame as an old gelding." "How did it go?" "How did it go?" "Go on, tell me." "Did she accept it?" "She did, but I, personally, wouldn't give her anything." "Why not?" "I don't like any of this." "What motivates her... is pure lust, even if she's hiding behind magnanimity." "Ha, magnanimity!" "There they are." "What motivates me is my guilty conscience." "That's also very noble." "Why are they going so fast?" "They even rush you to the graveyard." "Our time is dwindling." "Death is never a welcome guest." "Everyone wants to get rid of it quickly." "Keep in line." " AItmayer!" " What did he say?" "What's going on?" "There you are, young man." "A strange woman." "Have you been looking for me?" "Did you miss me?" "This is going too far, Doctor." "What are you doing here?" "Listen, this is not my crime, it is yours." "Who is that gentleman?" "Is he a relative?" "He's unable to cry." "Hey, move closer together." "We don't have any money anyway." "We do now." "Now everything will be different." "We won't let our heroes be dishonoured." " Such nonsense." " Get lost." "Stop, stop, stop." "InsoIent boys." " Enough of this nonsense." " Keep abreast, invalids." "Stop." "Let's go home." "Yoicks!" "Let him lie there." "Don't touch that." "It's not yours." "The professor?" "But he isn't part of the family." "What's the professor doing here?" "Boring." "I barely knew him." "He was always fighting in a war somewhere." "I rarely saw him." " Get off that grave." " Why are you just standing there?" "Do something." " Get rid of these dogs." " Go away, you beasts." "Come here." "Won't someone get rid of these mutts?" "heel!" "heel!" "From the earth we came..." " What was that?" " ...and to the earth we shall return." "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." "My sympathies, Frau Emmerich." "Come on." "Come on." "karl!" " Hagemann!" "Where are you?" " careful with the cross." "Benedikt." " Are you going to the funeral party?" " No." "Wait for me." "A strange girl." " May I accompany you, Frau Emmerich?" " Is that him?" "No, it's not." "Who is he then?" "An eternal rambIer, who likes to roam the hills and valleys of Iife." "AItmayer!" "Come on now." "Let's go together." "Wait for us." "AII right, all right, I'm coming." "careful, there's a stone there." "They're all buried here, my entire family." "These graves have been slightly neglected." "Everything will be different now." " An old button." " could you introduce me to him, please?" " absolutely not." " Why not?" "well, my companion is a scholar." "He's very unsociable." "He quite lacks life's free and easy way." " Mama?" " What's he doing here?" " He's suffering." " Mama." "Each, on his own small round intent, is like a kitten with its tail." " Wait." " I don't like any of this." " I'm taking you home." " Get back." "Get back, I said." "There are wolves here." " Everybody knows exactly what will..." " This way." " ...send them to hell." " What about my mother?" " She's in the middle of a conversation." " Like what?" "You don't know what will send you to hell?" "That will do her good." "She needs a little distance now." " And so do you." " I'm so tired." "We're nearly there." "But nobody wants to go to hell." "One tends to think that hell was only for bad people, not for the good." "That's a mistake." "Which small plant would make you happy?" "You disagree?" "parsley, celery, or perhaps a mandrake root?" "There aren't any mandrake roots here." "You should be glad." "Oh, you've got a burr there." " Thank you." " Can't you walk a little faster?" " I must get home to my guests." " Do you know where mandrake grows?" " No, I don't." " Let's take the small path." " careful." " Why?" " This path is better." " It's a steep path, but it's beautiful." " You must get home to your guests." " It is beautiful." " This way." "I'm here, Professor." " Yes, I can hear you." " Up the hill." " Be careful." "The mandrake root grows underneath gallows and near stakes." "Mmm, blueberries." "Near stakes where witches have been burnt." " I'm tired." " We can rest for a little while." " No, we'II keep on walking." " Women are weatherproof." "I admire them." "What's startled you?" "You're not a witch, after all, hm?" " Where are they going?" " They won't escape us." "AII these paths lead to the town." "And what's this?" "That's a verbena." "Or a lily." "Are you really a professor?" "Yes, and a bachelor of arts, a doctor and so on." "There." "But you don't know much about plants." "I suppose that's true." "Autumn's on its way." "And what are the things that you do know about?" "The world order... the orbits of the planets... the transformation of metal into gold." "What plant is that?" "I think..." " it's chickenwort." " You know so much." "How come we only burn women..." "I know too well, my poor talk hardly can amuse you, an experienced man." "...but never men." "You'II be the first they'II want to burn." "You must trust yourself more." "I wouldn't mind." "I dream of the day that I will finally be burnt." "They day on which everyone, everyone will be burnt." "Independent of their sex, age, rank and income." "That's what I call equality." "I dreamt of my brother last night." "He was different somehow." "We talked to each other." "For a Iong time." "You know so much." "Why is that?" "What does death do?" "Do we die completely?" "Science says that death exists." " But life provides the same answer." " Yes, that's true." "So what use is your science?" "It's one of those preoccupations which fill the void." "I suppose that you, for instance, embroider in your spare time." "Yes, I do." "Science is a kind of embroidering." "I am attracted by greatness, but this earth's cycle is too small for me." "I can't make people better." "I can't proseIytise them." " What's taking them so long?" " They're up there, talking and talking." " About what?" " Life and death." "Death is death." "Yes." "Death still exists." "But it will soon disappear completely." "What do you mean?" "I'm talking about the future, but some are already on the right path." "There won't be any unhappy people there?" "No." "The wretched are dangerous, very dangerous." "Doctor, I'm here." "Margarete, it's getting late." "Come on." "Why are you sitting around like that?" "Is this a pleasure garden or what?" "We must get home." " I'm coming, Mama." " Come on, come on." "Hurry up now." " Come on, come on." " I'm coming." "Why are you running around with your dress hiked up like that?" " An innocent child." " Everything will be all right." " Don't touch her." " No groping." "Thank you." "Goodbye, my guardian angel." " I will think of you." " shameless girl." " It's a little safer up here, isn't it?" " Where are you roving about?" "Think of your brother." "He's lying in his cold grave." "And what are you doing?" " My brother is all I'm thinking about." " I know what your thinking about, whore." "It's a disgrace!" "A disgrace!" "What are people going to say?" "With ladies one should never dare to jest." "Mama?" "Mama, wait." "That was not exactly appropriate." " Mama?" " Who is he anyway?" "Why did you drag her mother along?" "It was time." "With one you started secretly, and more of them there soon will be." "You're common then to all the town." "And what does that get you?" "Do you know?" "What are you doing here?" "Come with us." "No, I don't know." "What binds a woman to a man?" "You don't know?" "No, I have no idea." "It's three things " "money, lust and the joint household." "That sounds rather cynical." "cynical?" "It's strange to hear that coming from you." "Another moraIiser." "I have the right to accuse others of cynicism because I am different." "I am clean." "Pure." "You?" "clean and pure?" "Who told you that?" "Ever since our primordial mother Eve was seduced, the world's been neither clean nor pure." "That wasn't me, but my distant ancestor." "Yes, another snake like yourself." "Good afternoon." "Where are you travelling to?" " Paris." " Paris?" "Paris is that way." " would you Iike to go to Paris?" " That's all I need." "I'm tired." "Let's go with them for a little while." "There's someone lying there, snoring." "Get in, Doctor, or the best seats will be taken, as is so often the case in life." "Davai." "Hey, be careful." "Let's get going." "Straight on." "I want to get out of this carriage." "It stinks." " Yes, that man is very smelly indeed." " It might be a woman." "You would know more about that than me." "Your little doll rose to the bait very quickly." "I'm in a good mind to spit into your hideous face." "But I might need you... at some point." "Yes, together we're strong." "We've done a Iot today." "We brought gifts to the family of the boy who got killed." " A fine mess we've made." " Damn this scarf." "You also talked to Margarete, alone, and, may I add, thanks to myself." "That was much too brief." "Too brief?" "would you Iike to be with her for longer?" " I'm sleeping." " That would be called defiIement." "So that's how it is." "Ah, but I will." "How boring." "I..." "I... quickly..." " Is he a madman?" " No, a Russian." " How can I get close to her?" " You must impress the girl." "Impress her." "Show her that you know her secret thoughts." "girls like that." "I'm not a "kisa"." "Even you aren't capable of finding out her secret thoughts." "Stop!" "We're already there." "Not me." "Let's get out." "Move your arse." "What are you doing?" "Get out." "You can compel the mass by mass alone." "Come on, Doctor." "You're not the man to keep the devil captive yet." "devil." "What do you mean, "not yet"?" "Just trust yourself, then you'II know how to live." " Nonsense." " The zest is great, ability but so-so." "Did you mean what you said about her thoughts?" "Even you can't read minds." "I can't, but her confessor can." "But I'm not her confessor." "You could become her confessor any time." "Her confessor?" "You are strong." " You're mocking me." " I was serious." "I have a plan." "When was the Iast time you went to church?" "A year ago." "Margarete goes much more frequently." "nearly every day." "nearly every day." "So?" " How does that benefit me?" " Are you hungry, too?" "Everyone's hungry here." "Go and continue fighting." "It's a big world." "And our priest..." "Is he another one of your clients?" "Look at those two." "Such odd characters." " At least three days." " Near berlin?" "Come on now." " Get a move on." " I'm coming." "well then." " It's always in the way." " We're nearly there." " Hans!" "Hans!" " Stupid mutts." "I'II see you later." "Can't we get rid of these mutts?" "This tastes quite good." "I've done my best, as always." "Such fine things." "Where did you get the money from?" "Your student has sold the transcripts of your lectures to someone." " I don't know what he wants them for." " One doesn't have to know everything." "Another thing, Professor." "Someone came to see you." "A professor." "He was going to invite you to his lecture." ""Who are you?" "What do you want?", I ask him." "And he says, "I'd Iike to see Professor Faust."" " Thank you, Ida." " You're welcome." "And I say, "In that case, you have no business here." " "You should go to the unisity."" " University." "I say unisity." " That's where he is, day and night." " I know." "It's all very bad." "Decent men sleep at home, in their own bed." "Katharina!" "Yes." "I don't have time right now." "I'm going to save her." "What do you need, Frau Hagemann?" " Bread." "I need bread." " There you are." "AdeIheIma." "Where have you been?" "Everyone's waiting." "What did she say to you?" " What did she say?" " The one of the Ieft is called AdeIinde." " pull yourself together." " Where is your mother, Gretchen?" " Yes, yes." " Now the girl is gone." "Ah, there she is." "Where have you been?" "They're eating all your food." " AdeIinde!" "No whispering at the table." " Margarete, where are you going?" "The one on the right is called AdeIheIma." " SiebeI." " Why did he do that?" " Because he's stupid." " He was in the war." " A handsome young man." "Who is he?" " SiebeI." "He's Martha's son." "I'm going outside for a minute." "I'II be back soon." "You sit still now, do you hear me?" "AII right, all right." "What did the girl say?" "He's already approaching." "Where can I leave a donation here?" "We haven't seen each other for a Iong time." "How large a donation is it?" "It's not small." "What would the steep path be that we climb in silence, sweat and pain..." "If it weren't for the roses which nod to us once in a while and say," ""Look, I'm blossoming."" "Come with me, please." "I'II lead the way." "What would we be without the giving hands of our benefactors?" "Those without hands won't make a fist." " else, I Ieft my basket at yours." " I'II bring it over later." "There she is." "What a coincidence." "No, it's not a coincidence." "We need to talk." "Don't worry." "To all that's vulgar I'm a foe." "I know how you feel." "I was in the graveyard, after all." " I was there." "Did you not see me?" " Leave me alone." "I was in the graveyard." "I'm so happy today." "This..." "This is such a happy, significant day." "Aren't those flowers beautiful?" "I'II take these." "Do you think that he's Faust?" "He's not Faust." "I'm Faust." "He..." "He's stolen all his ideas from me." " He's a usurper." " What's he saying?" "What did he say?" "Yes, I'm little Wagner." "Yes, little Wagner." " I'm Big Wagner." " Don't shout like that." "Very big Wagner!" " shall I measure you?" " I am Big Wagner!" " AII right, all right." " A very big Wagner." "I am Faust." "Faust who?" "I am Faust." "I am a big Wagner." "A very big Wagner." " AII right." " I am Faust." "Yes, I believe you." "I believe you." " Do you?" " Yes." "Yes, of course." "I believe you." "I can prove it to you." "I have..." "I can prove it to you, if you don't believe me." "I have managed." "I mixed the volatile oils of asparagus and Ieontodon with the liver of a hyaena." "And by doing that..." "I... have created the homunculus." "I have... mixed the volatile oils of asparagus and Ieontodon with... with the liver of a hyena, with the essence of a hyena's liver." "Mixed it with hyaena." "The volatile oils of asparagus and Ieontodon." " HomuncuIus." " What are you doing?" "The Uebermensch." "The human created by a human." "Show her what you can do." "Look, Margarete." "Look." "Say something to her." "Leave me alone." "help!" "help!" "My peace is gone." "My heart is sore." "Where are you?" "Where are you?" "Where are you?" "Yes, please?" "please forgive me for my impure thoughts." "I feel so alone." "And my mother..." "I don't love her." "But she doesn't love me either." "I know, I'm a bad daughter, and God will punish me," "but her make-up, the powder on her forehead, her bad breath..." "I don't know." "I don't know." "please forgive and help me." "Father, forgive me for the sins that I... have committed." "You?" " I met your famuIus." " Did you?" "And?" "He is kind of nervous, your student." "Yes, he's a philosopher." "May I tell you something?" "You needn't reproach yourself." "I, for instance, didn't love my mother." "Everything about her disgusted me." "Her red cheeks with the make-up, the powder on her forehead, her bad breath..." "But that's a sin." " One must love one's mother." " No, one doesn't." "And one day she died unexpectedly." "She choked on a piece of cake." "And a moment later she was dead." "Imagine that." "Death by cake." "With whipped cream." "If I was asked today whether I... whether I had wished for her to die, then I would have to confess to it." "I did." "Do you believe in God?" "Who dare say, "I believe in God"?" "I dare say that." "God is love, but love doesn't know any obligation." "You don't have to love your mother." "Are you a clairvoyant?" "You can read in the book of Iife." "Not in the book of Iife, but maybe in the book of man." "There is a tradition..." "You pray for the deceased for forty days, while holding something in your hand... which belonged to that person." "I don't know anything about that." "Yes, there is such a custom." "Doctor, I'm leaving." "Anyone can do this." "Except for the murderers." "would you Iike to pray for my brother?" "He gave me this." "Such Iikeness." "farewell." "I saw it with my own eyes." "It was the one who was always hiding behind the fat one, you know?" "No one else could have done it, Frau Emmerich." "But..." "Come on." "I know who killed your brother." "Do you want to know?" "It was Faust." "Katharina." "Get my cloak, please." "My sympathies." "Turn right at the south gate." "I'II show you the way." "You?" "Come in." "Take a..." "Come in." "Here." "There." "Come in." "Come in." "Take a..." "Take a..." "Take a seat." "Come in." "please." "Take a..." "Have a seat." "Have a seat." "I've moved the bed to the window because of the light." "I must..." " I need to ask you something." " Go ahead." " Something strange." " You can ask me anything." " Forgive me." " Go ahead, ask me." "And what's this?" "bellows." " Right." " Yes." "And what's this?" "A retort for the rectification of mercury." "Is that..." "Is that all you wanted to ask me?" "They say..." " No." "You know..." " What?" "Goodbye." "Did you kill my brother?" "Yes, I killed him." "What do you want?" "There are only two rugs on the list." " Are there?" "What rugs?" " Where are my Persian rugs?" "I think you picked up the rugs yesterday." " Ferdinand." " Yes?" " The lady wants to redeem her trunk." " But the trunk's full of bugs." "Get out of my way." " Three rugs..." " Three rugs and 22% interest." "22% interest?" "And my flute clock that plays HaendeI's Sarabande." "The beautiful flute clock will be returned." "I Iove HaendeI." "Get out of the way." "Where is my flute clock?" "Oh, Ferdinand?" "Tick this off." " One statue of Christ." " Statue of mice?" " Of Christ." "We'II put it over there." " Someone's stolen the clock." " How many were those?" " Five vases." " Five?" " Yes." " We're doomed." " I know." "The chairs, the table, the chest of drawers..." "Faster, faster, faster." " Let's check the list once more, please." " I don't have the time." " We've been found out." " Who?" "The girl said to me that I was the murderer." "So you've been found out, not me." "Where are my precious belongings?" "Does that mean that she came to see you?" "pull it out." "I hope you took advantage of that opportunity." "It is not in my nature to take advantage of such opportunities." "That was foolish of you." "I'm afraid that there won't be another one." "If you denied everything, it was nothing but a waste of time." "What makes you think that I denied it?" "You're the one who always lies." " I always tell the truth." " Do you?" "AII right, never mind." "It was probably the mother who found out about it all." " possibly." " Just stay calm." "You haven't been arrested yet, so don't worry." "And we'II silence the mother." "See the mess you've got me into?" "Once you're incarcerated in this fortress, you'II know what a mess is." "Get rid of that." "Stop!" "Don't go!" " Go!" " No, stop!" " I said, go!" " But that's all rubbish." "Where are my mirrors?" " You don't need mirrors any more." " Where's my clock?" " Time's up." "Now go!" " That's all rubbish." "Rubbish!" " Rubbish?" "Those are your treasures." "Go!" " Leave him be." "You devil!" " Fraudster!" " Go!" " Outrageous!" " That's enough." "Enough, I said." "One night, that's all I want." "One night." "Just one night alone with her." " AII alone?" " A whole night." "You demand a Iot." "She shares a bedroom with her mother." "One night." "I beg you." "Just one." "Why so complicated?" "You can just invite the little doll to your house." "She knows the way." "After my confession?" "What happened to your sanity?" "And to your imagination?" "I don't have any imagination." "But I have something better." "You sign this, and Margarete is yours." "What is that?" "Phooey!" "This is riddled with mistakes." "Oh, really?" "By virtue of my..." "By virtue of this... my signature..." "I entrust my..." "There's something wrong here." "I entrust..." "I, Heinrich Faust... comma, entrust the owner of this... of this..." "letter... with my s..." "It's spelt "soul". "S-O-U-L"." ""S-O-U-L"?" "Fantastic." "...after its natural separation from my body." "Right." "Now it's correct." "I've run out of ink." "What a shame." "How about blood?" "You were prepared to write in blood, weren't you?" "Behave." "You're just a guest here." "You cunning bastard." "Your German sounds awful." "If you say so." "So, what's next?" "You're going to see your Margarete, and I'm meeting my obligations." "I know where she is." "Let's go then." "How impatient." "Meet your obligations." "Thank you." "Where are we going?" "We'II take the shortest way to your sweetheart." " There's a secret path." " So, where is it?" " I'II show you." " I haven't got a bulb." "This path is underground." "Underground." "This is where my bulb is." " Which way are we going?" " That way." "My secret path." "I'II lead the way." "This is my path." "I've never shown it to anyone before." "This is a devilish path, but somehow it's easy to breathe here." "A deep well." "My supplies for the cowardly souls." "I'II lead the way." "I'II lead the way." "Let me pass." "Oh, there." "Do you still want to do this?" "AII this is overburden, as far as I can see." "You should be more concerned with finding a good cover for yourself." "The girl can't do you any harm." "The old one, on the other hand..." "But I know how to placate her." " Are you going to behead her?" " Come on, Doctor." " Tear out her tongue?" " Phooey!" "A good herbal infusion, and she will go to sleep forever." "Go to sleep forever?" "Yes, gently and quietly." "We'II leave these here for the way back." " Are we already there?" " Yes." "The poor girl." "The good child." "There she is." "I knew it." "Young souls..." "That's where they all go when they're suffering." "Go." "Weren't you going to save her?" "You can save her." "My peace is gone." "My heart is sore." "My peace is gone." "No, you can't come in." "It's too early." "Is anybody there?" "How cold it is in here." "How cold." "Why are there all these things strewn across the room?" "I don't understand." "Who did this?" "This is his herbal infusion." "It's your bottle, Doctor." "Puss, puss, puss." "I've got to leave." "I..." "I've got to leave now." "AII right, you can go in now." "Don't push." "Order must prevail." "Come on." "I'II help you." "I hate cats." "Who would love such sly, deceitful creatures?" "I don't understand." "Now it's your turn." "careful over there." "A bit more tact, please." "Don't watch." "I'II leave you alone now." "I've got something to take care of." "So behave." "And don't make any noise." "There's somebody here." "The clock has stopped." "Its hand has dropped." "There's a draught here." "You're cold." "I've got to leave now." "Those cats again." "I hate cats." "I don't want to..." "Where are my clothes?" "What is this?" "A straightjacket?" "God help me." "God save me." "I don't want to..." " At last." " I don't want to..." " What?" "What are you doing?" " Your harness." " Where's this strength coming from?" " I'm trying to save you." "This is my best harness." "A good man needs good armour." "I'm not good." "Let me alone." "No, I'II not suffer force." "Come to me." "It's but one step, then you are free!" "Whereto?" "On!" "Your faltering brings death Iingering here." "Not every murderer is relieved of his guilt." " That needs to be earned." " Why flee?" "I must stay here." "You shall live." "We are yet to achieve great things." "Oh!" "Had I never been born!" "Never to be born is the greatest fortune, my friend." "Far greater than the fortune finally to die." " What do you mean?" " You've woken up at last." " Come on then." "Mount." " I'm a bad horseman." "But you're a good person." "Where do you want to go?" "Where, where?" "There." "You'II like it there." "I know that." "I feel dizzy." "It's always like that." "people want to fly and are not safe from dizziness." "But you're a man, a soldier." "What?" "What am I?" "You at the end are what you are." "I don't recognise anything here." "Wasn't this where the forester's house was, and on the Ieft hand side the mill?" " The mill?" "That's been destroyed." " What do you mean, "destroyed"?" " It's very simple." " But the mill can't just..." "I feel..." "I don't understand." "The armour suits you." "Very noble and powerful." "It goes with your name." "After all, Heinrich means "massive parapet", or simply "Heinrich, the powerful"." "What about your name?" "Mauricius." "What does that mean?" ""The dark one"." " A rare name." " Yes." "It was the name of a martyr and publisher." "Now send these horses home." "They'II find their way back on their own." "That's very narrow." "Why do we have go through there?" "It's the stairway to heaven." "But it might take us in a very different direction." "Where are you?" "What's there to beweep?" "I'II show you something better." "Here I stand, I can do none other, so help me God." "Be careful with my beautiful harness." "Don't scratch it." "I've borrowed it for us." " From whom?" " How nosy." "From our theatre manager, I bet." "Am I supposed to entertain the whole world as a jester now?" "I'm the only one you can entertain here." "There's no one here." " Where are we?" " Far away and very high up." "Very, very high up." "It's so easy to breathe here." "I should think so." " What is this?" " Nothing." "We are not alone here." "I don't know who haunts this place." "The Greeks maybe?" "I've got some here..." "Move." "Hurry up." " I've got to get through there as well." " Thank you." "I can see that you're recovering." "I've had enough." "Enough of this masquerade." "That's a pity, but fair enough." "In for a penny, in for a pound." " The leg brace, please." " Do it yourself." "I'm not your servant." " He's not a servant." "typically human." " I'II go on ahead." " Which way?" " To the Ieft." "bloody boots." "But now you must tell me where we are." "I told you." "Far away and very high up." " And what is this place?" " Nothing." "Go and take a look for yourself." "Go, go." "I know, in this, my naught you hope to find your all." "He who's alive ought to have hope." "They've forgotten us here." "Forgotten." "We are so alone here." "What are you doing here?" "He's an old acquaintance." " Thank you." " Leave me alone." "Let me go." "Let go of my..." "What do you want from me?" "Let go of my hand." "Let me go." "Let me go." "Go away." "Stay here." "Stay with us." "I want to get away from here." "It's so cold here." "Command us." " I..." " You're so warm." "Lead us to the field." "The war is over." "Let me go." "Once again I have to save you." "I don't understand why they're so obsessed with you." "Without your harness you're not a general." " That way?" " Yes, that way." "Let me go first." "What did he thank me for?" "For death, of course." "He had an even harder furrow to plough when he was alive." " I don't understand." " What's there to understand?" "Permanent poverty, his dependence on his mother and his sister's moods..." "He was a proud man, and that insulted him." "It's a shame, of course, that you didn't kill him in the war." "That would be nobler." "But let's forget about all that." "It's something that one should be able to smile about." "So, what's going to happen to the girl?" "Perhaps she'II be incarcerated." "But we will save Margarete." "When the old woman wakes up, we won't have to save Margarete, will we?" "We will save Margarete." "Of course we won't." "Anyway..." "One would have to ask her if she wants to be saved by us." "With you it's different." "You're my partner." "We have a contract." "So that's how it is." "What's that smoke over there?" "Wait." "I've done everything I'd promised to do, haven't I?" " And you..." " AII of this is far from enough for me." "I'm worth more than this." "What else do you want?" "Another sun?" "An homuncuIus?" "Two, maybe?" "AII of this is far from enough." "What a spectacle." " A foam-born phantom." " It's not a foam-born phantom." " How is this created?" " careful." " My fountain is not that harmless." " Ouch!" "Hot!" " Are you happy now?" " How does this work?" "I don't need to know." "God only knows." "Come on now." "This place is dangerous." "God doesn't know." "But I do." "The heat goes upwards and the cold downwards," " towards the core of the earth." " Yes, very interesting." "I couId easily recreate this." " Come on, Iet's go." " No." "He wants to recreate my fountain." "You want to earn the glory?" "The deed is everything, glory is nothing." "So let's finally see some deeds." "You can't do that to a friend." "That hurts." "Crying helps." "Even someone like you has to suffer eventually." "What do you know about suffering?" "What's so special about your suffering?" "You'II soon find out for yourself." "eternal loneliness and no salvation." "Quiet!" "Enough!" "I already know everything about you." "You just annoy me." "Quiet!" "useless hole." "I make all the decisions here." "This decision is not yours." "Wait." "You can stay here for longer, if you want, even without a soul." "Leave me alone." "I don't need you any more." "What do you want?" "Why did you show me those madmen... who can't even forget about their war in the slumber of the grave?" "What have you given me?" "You haven't even given me any money for my ring." " Power..." " Power..." " influence..." " influence..." "Such things can only be attained in one's own right." "Nature and intellect, that's all one needs to create on freedom's soil a people free." "Bravo." " But seriously, I've got the contract." " The contract?" " You signed it." " I must compose myself." "Leave me alone." "Wait." "And your soul..." "I am entitled to your soul." "My soul?" "Your soul." " You signed in your own blood." " You can tell them that on Judgment Day." "What are you doing?" "So that's how it is." "Is that for Margarete?" "And this is for her mother." ""Ah, Iinger on, this is not fair."" "Again, again, again, again." "Your aim is rubbish." "Who will give you food?" "Who will lead you out of here?" "It's over." "It's over, as if it had never happened." "Over." "What a stupid word." "Where are you going?" "There." "On." "On and on."