""That Evening after the Opera"" "Drive Mr. Merk home now!" " Yes." "What was the address again?" " Starngrafgasse 7!" "Starngrafgasse 7." "There is a lantern in front of the house." "It's easy to find." "Good night, Madame!" " Good night Mr. Merk, sleep well." "Good night, Mr. Manders!" " Farewell!" "Good night, Madame!" "Good night." " Good night, Albert!" "Good night, Albert!" "Good evening, Madame!" " Good evening." "No, thanks!" "Don't you want to undress?" " No!" "Anna, you can go to bed!" "Good night, Madame!" " Good night!" "So you don't intend to go to sleep?" " No!" "I have a date." "Do you have any objection?" "On the contrary!" "May it be a pleasure for you." "The way you embellish yourself..." "Did you think of everything?" "Earrings?" "Flowers?" "Perfume?" "You are beautiful tonight." "But one thing you overlooked!" " What?" "Wedding ring!" "Isn't that irritating?" "Ouch!" "..." "What do you want?" "To look at you." "Now go, please!" "Before I put an end to my life, you should hear about the things that have divided us, Julia." "Exactly one year ago... 172 for release!" "Come closer 172!" "You can go, officer." "Shut the door!" "Closer!" "You don't look that decent, 172." "Wearing a frown, wrinkles on the forehead, I don't like that at all!" "I was expecting another face." " What kind of face, Sir?" "I just thought you would embrace me because of your joy." "Since I've canceled the rest of your years!" " Sorry to disappoint you." "You've always disappointed me." "For 6 years I've looked for just one chance to discipline you." "You are a tough one, 172!" "Being here all those years:" "correct, restrained, unaffected... always willing, working, not saying a word, but you can't fool me." "Quiet!" "..." "You can't fool me!" "I see your eyes." "Thinking: a nice chap!" "No gainsay, no pride..." "Just pays his debt." "Yes..." "I liked that very much." "Thank you, Sir!" "That's nothing... it's just the right time to tell you this." "Sit down!" "Mr. Manders." "Such a strange sound..." "I almost forgot that I still have a name." "Well... what are your plans now?" "No plans." "My authorized officer, who's stood in for me all this time has to be relieved." "That's all I know." " Don't even considerate it!" "Schneider is a respectable man." "He will be able to do it alone for a while." "I spoke to our doctor about you." "It's absolutely necessary for you to recover." "We shouldn't pretend otherwise, Manders:" "It's VERY different out there..." "if you are leaving here." "I don't pretend anything..." "Sir." "All the better!" "I advise you to start a new life." "If you are able, all new from scratch." "I do care about you." " I know that... thank you." "Session finished!" "Your papers... and so on...." "The certificate of dismissal..." "here..." "Be happy to leave us, Manders." "All the best!" "Take care!" "...and who took care of all that money while he was in jail?" "Of course his first officer, Schneider from Hamburg!" "Who visited him every quarter." "Is that so?" "I'd never have thought so about him." "On the day he stayed here for the first time, I had to get him a coach like today." "When it arrived, I went outside and thought I hadn't heard correctly:" ""Take me to the jailhouse", he said to the coachman." "Well!" "Little by little all the facts were revealed then." "All about that Manders murder case." " Gee, they're just arriving!" "Good evening!" " Good evening, please register!" "Why do you gaze at us in this way?" " Well, nothing special..." "Are we that interesting?" " Of course!" "MANDERS!" "That is supposed to be an A?" "36 and 37, please!" " OK." "I always imagined a murderer to look like this." "Put the baggage over there!" "Come here!" "Well..." "Why look at yourself that way?" "I just wanted to know what a murderer really looks like." "Well, well, well... let me look at you!" "Well, you ARE looking a little stern and austere." "You've got some wrinkles, too." "And I don't like that frown at all." "But, you must know:" "for me it's still that lovely face, because I've known that face since it was very young." "Your hair's turned Grey." " So what?" "I'm an old man." "But why talk about me, now it's your turn!" "Would you like dinner to be served here, or do you prefer the dinning hall?" "Please have them serve it here." "I want to change my clothes." "Like to shave, too?" "Yes, of course." "If I haven't forgotten how to." "Here is all your stuff." "I took everything you need." "I also brought some apples." "You like to eat one before dinner." "You still know about that?" " Well, you bet!" "I imagined a thousand times..." "how it would be to take a bath again... shaving... putting on a new shirt..." "Stephan, do you know?" "I think I'll awake right now and it will be just a dream." "It's real, Rudolph!" "Be sure about that." "Eau de cologne!" "But one thing is missing!" " What would that be?" " Cigarettes!" "Cigarettes, yes." "Sometimes I really could feel the smoke of a cigarette while thinking about it." "Here it is!" " Thanks, it's the first in 6 years." "Well, well, well..." "You should have eaten before, right?" "Don't worry... it will be over soon." "Without you, I wouldn't know..." "what to do." "Do you think I'd be better off without you?" "Why do you remain silent all of a sudden?" " Because I was thinking about how all this will continue." "What will the people say... when you return." "I see, you are afraid of the present." " You have to understand me... it's not that people are still talking about you now, during all those years, there were many sensations that were more interesting than the Manders case." "But... now that you are returning," "I'm not returning!" "What's that you say?" "I won't return to Hamburg!" "Rudolph!" "What will you do then?" "Traveling and recovering!" "And... where to?" "Anywhere!" "Where nobody knows about me." "When will you be back?" " I can't tell you right now." "What about the factory?" "The factory?" "..." "You have to sell it!" "I know it's hard for you." "But it has to be in order to get me a new start from scratch." "And next?" "Go to any other city... abroad." "Maybe to your home town Vienna." "But a place where nobody knows about the Manders case." "Then start again." "And next I want you to be my partner, so you know what you are working for." "But... to that place..." "you will get there for sure, right?" "My word of honor!" "Please take really good care of these." "I don't want to carry them." "And... what are the contents?" "Just that I have been a prisoner." "I will take care of it." "Until you return." "Don't even consider forgetting me!" "Get on board, everybody!" "Doors closed!" "Caution!" "At least give me your hand once again!" " Yes." "Stay there, don't exert yourself." "I will write!" "Yeah, sure." "Hamburg" " American Post Shipping Company" "Hello!" " Yes!" "Where did you get these tobacco plants?" "They were supposed to be planted." "Hurry up!" "Lazy bastards!" "Brrr, for God's sake!" "Closing time at last!" "Well... where is the beer?" "It's on ice" " Just get it fast!" "Ah...that damned heat!" "Is the bath ready?" " Still occupied!" "Gee, you are already here?" "Yes!" " You've never bathed that early." "The clearance is done, tomorrow we can start plowing." "Holy Moly, that was real quick work!" "You were born for planting!" " I do my very best." "Ah..." "I'll be glad to leave this hell." "6 months at home!" "Tell me: don't you yearn for Europe?" "Then I don't understand why you don't want to stay here." "I'd give it all to you for a low price..." "Very low, indeed!" "Then I'd never have to come back..." "to Java..." "What do you think?" "Ah... too bad!" "Gee, you are a real strange fellow." "You are drifting around the whole world, Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila..." "Taking the role as a supervisor just for fun, neither being a real globetrotter, so why are you acting like this?" "Because I wanted to recover, and have something to forget." "I see: it's a woman!" "You surely had lots of opportunities to forget along your way..." "In every harbor, there is girl waiting..." "Wrong, wrong, wrong." "This chapter is closed for me." " That's what they all say!" "Yesterday the post ship arrived." "Is the post not here yet?" "Oh yes, I almost forgot..." "post... post, where did it get to?" "Here it is!" "Newspapers, newspapers..." "ah, something for you, Manders." "Would you believe it!" "The first snow at the beginning of October." "The old chap Thermöhlen has got a little boy?" "I'd never have bet on that!" "Gee, little Geritt got married..." "well, children grow up to be adults." "Van der Straaten went bankrupt, of course..." "Bad news?" "...when will you return?" "I'm getting old!" "Wilhelmy..." "I'm going with you!" "Home!" "Hello Steward!" "Did you forget about us?" "Just a minute!" "Thanks!" "Just bring us an additional bottle, Steward!" "Why so silent?" "Are you thinking about the story you're going tell us?" "If you're thinking of chickening out, you won't be so lucky." "Just let the steward serve, so nobody will disturb us." "We should agree on a fine for everybody who falls asleep instead of listening." "You were nearly snoring last time when it was my turn, Wilhelmy!" "At least there is a little difference between you and I!" "As you were telling your tale from Rio..." "And your adventure at Chittagong, Brunweg..." "Listen, now!" "This gentleman, please..." "OK then, I will tell you a fairy tale." "Many hundred years ago, there lived a poor gardener in China." "He was working for a very rich Mandarin." "One day as he was working in one of his master's many gardens, he met DEATH!" "Being terrified, he stuttered:" ""What do you want?"" "DEATH answered:" ""I'm waiting on you!"" "Being really shocked, he ran to his master, got on his knees and begged:" ""Dear Master, please give me your fastest horse!" "DEATH is waiting for me in the garden." "I want to escape him!"" "That rich and friendly master gave him his favorite horse as a gift, and advised him to go to the town of Mahpu to his brother, in order to be safe." "The poor gardener did as he was told." "So the master went to the garden to see DEATH, and reproached him: "How dare you frighten my poor gardener?" "But I gave him my best horse in order to send him to Mahpu, to be safe from you!"" "DEATH answered: "Thank you." "It's just there, where I'm expecting him!"" "and... off he went!" "That's it?" " Yes!" " That's a strange story..." "So what's it all about?" "I just wanted to say that nobody can escape his fate." "What's the matter here?" "The folks from the lower decks, they know better how to have fun than us here in 1st class." "You insulted the little one!" "You shouldn't have done that." "Tell her, you are sorry!" "Because of this dubious gypsy?" "I won't even think about it!" "It wasn't meant as an insult!" "My friend is still very young..." "Please forgive him." "Emilio!" "Da capo!" "A cholera epidemic took away my father." "It was just 6 months ago." "What about your mother?" "Died 5 years ago." "There was no doctor at the place where we were living." "My father used to be a peasant, a teacher and a doctor all in one." "As the cholera started, he didn't sleep more than 2 hours, caring for the sick." "He cared for me, too and I got healthy." "I'd never thought of you being German, at least being the daughter of a teacher." "The way you were dancing..." "I loved dancing as a child as well as dressing up..." "But you won't recognize me a year from now!" "Why?" "Do you want to change that much?" "Do you think one is able to give piano lessons to stupid kids or raise strange kids day after day?" "Or sit at a sewing machine from dawn until dusk, without becoming cruel, envious and bitter?" " You want to do all that?" "Do you know any better way for a girl who wants to earn her daily bread?" "Too bad!" "Emilio, play something funny!" "Yes!" "I really love to act at theater." "I want to be a famous actress who is celebrated ALL around the world!" "Surrounded by admirers..." "Until one fine day..." " The Prince of Lumberland will appear and propose marriage with the beautiful Julia!" "Better would be the man in the moon." "He would be the right one!" "Do you really care that much for fame and success?" "I'm scared of the people I'm going to now, my father's sister." "She has never seen me before." "She will kiss my forehead, saying:" ""Welcome, dear Julia!"" "Maybe she will say Julie, because she despises everything unusual." "If I need a new dress, I'll get the hand-me-down from her daughter, and if I want to read in bed evenings, she'll put out the light, and I won't be allowed out in the street after 7 pm..." "I will have to shine my hair with water, because curly hair means a messy mind." "You've got a lively imagination, Julia." " You are overrating me!" "My father told me everything." "And what else did he tell you?" "My father always told me:" ""Julia, my girl"..." "He always said: "Julia, my girl"" "You are not supposed to stay awake later than 10 pm, remember that!" "However, if it's a really fine day, stay awake and enjoy it all... because that's a rare occasion." "Enjoy this, let's say..." "not later than midnight." "It's way past midnight now..." "Maybe your watch isn't right..." " Impossible, I don't have a watch." "Why can't we pretend it's only ten?" "Our orchestra's been yawning since eight o'clock!" "And that won't permit falling for any more illusions." "That was my first kiss on the hand!" "Will we meet again, Julia?" "If you want to." "Don't you get bored with me?" "Shall I make a compliment?" " No, for God's sake!" "Compliments are the Devil's weapons!" "Did your father say that, too?" "No, my mother did." "Good night, sir." "Thank you for this wonderful evening." "Good night, Emilio!" "Your playing was marvelous!" "Senorita!" "The senorita is an angel..." " Thanks for playing so late." "Gracias..." "Buenas noches, senor!" " Buenas noches!" "Renard!" " Thanks!" "Dear Julia:" "I dare to propose marriage to you, although we only met 3 days ago." "But I can provide you with a lifestyle in which you can find the freedom and will find that freedom and independ... independence for which you are longing." "Love at first sight is something quite rare, but maybe you feel it enough, to have as a partner someone who wants to protect you from any trouble." "Sincerely yours, Rudolf!" "With this I am asking you, Mr. Rudolf Manders:" "Are you prepared to marry Miss Julia Angerer, answer my question with a Yes!" "Yes!" "So I'm asking you, Miss Julia Angerer:" "Are you prepared to marry Mr. Rudolf Manders, answer my question with a Yes!" "Yes!" "Thereby I declare by law that the two of you are man and wife!" "This is much better than the 3rd deck!" "You'll get a cold sitting around like this." " I'm not freezing!" "Wear your slippers at least!" "I'm used to walking barefoot, but I guess it's not proper for a married woman." "Why are you laughing at me?" " Look!" "Where are your slippers?" "I don't know, so I'll just put my feet under the blanket." " Yes, you should do that!" "How would a cigarette taste?" "You've never smoked?" "Try one!" "Do you like that?" " Don't you?" "So, what's next?" " Yes, what next..." "Do you want a drink?" " Yes, thanks!" "Shall I tell a story?" " Go ahead!" "So listen well:" "Once there was girl called...um..." "Maria, or maybe Christiane..." " Or maybe Julia?" "Julia met a man..." "who had a black..." "Where did your nice beard go?" " I've just shaved!" "After all, I've got such a young wife..." "But please tell the story!" "Yes." "His face had a very serious expression and he was large and walked like a king." "Yes, that's what he was like." "And if you looked at him... your heart stopped beating." "Did your heart stop beating?" " Yes!" "Really?" "Gee... that is a declaration of love!" "Yes..." "Have you always been lonely?" " Almost." "Don't you have any friends?" " No." "Nobody?" " Yes..." "Once..." "I did have a friend." "You did have?" "Did he die?" "He was married to a woman he loved more... than anything in the world." "Just as you love me." "Yes, as I love you." "All of a sudden he noticed she was betraying him." "He couldn't believe it, followed her one evening and saw her entering the house of that other man." "He waited, then he returned." "When she arrived, he asked her about it." "She didn't deny anything." "She admitted, with his kisses still on her lips, that she was in love with him." "She was so beautiful at that moment that he couldn't stand the thought of losing her to another man." "He loved her with a passion that was stronger than himself." "The desire grabbed him... to erase her, to destroy her..." "so nobody else would own her." "And next?" "He killed her." "As she was collapsing, she still smiled, but her smile was meant for the other." "He realized... that he had killed her too late." "And then?" "He picked her up..." "she was light as a child..." "He carried her to his room... sitting next to her... and looking at her." "Now she wasn't smiling." "In her death she belonged..." "only to him." "He went to the penitentiary." "Is he still there?" " Um, no." "He was released." "Why do you ask?" "Because I am afraid to meet him." "Does it hurt you when I say this?" "No, no." "Just keep talking." "The way you told that story sounds as if you could understand him, as if you wanted to protect him." "I would be frightened of him." "If I had to look into his eyes," "I would think about it all the time." "If I should shake his hand," "Yes?" "No, I..." "COULDN'T give him my hand." "I just couldn't bear to touch him." "A man who was able to kill what he loved the most..." "Where are you going?" "It's cold." "Vienna" "Take the baggage to the carriage, OK!" "My God!" "Snow!" "That is real snow!" "You're acting as if you've never seen it!" " Look out, a snowflake!" " Yes." "Oh no, now it's broken." "That was a real snowflake, just as in the Bible!" "Don't get too excited!" "That was just a very small snowflake!" "My God, Stephan!" "Hello, you look just great!" "So this is the lady from China?" " Yes!" "Do you like her, Stephan?" "Or should we rather send her home?" "No!" "..." "I do like her!" "I like her VERY much!" "These are Alois, Rosa and Hanna!" "So give the flowers to the lady and start with your speech!" "We all are very glad that this house will be inhabited once again," "Because we have waited all that time for our dear Sir." "We are also glad that our dear Sir is healthy again, and congratulations for the marriage of our dear Sir and the dear Lady!" "Thank you, Alois!" "Thank you, Rosa!" "Thank you, Hanna!" "Hanna, lead the lady to the rooms." "We will drive to the factory and in the evening you can show how you manage the cooking, Rosa!" "Then they will be at home." " I will prepare something very nice." "This way, please..." "She really is charming." " Mhm hm." "Well, tell me..." "Does she know about it all?" " No!" "I must not strain her." "I did swear to make her happy." "Oh... you shouldered a very large oath." "Stephan!" "She should never discover the truth!" "I will never say a word." "Rudolph Manders and Company Trading Post ... and now I want to thank you for all that you did for me, Stephan." "You have taken all my troubles away, you have worked for me, you did much more than any other person." "And..." "looking at you right now, my heart grows weary, because I know... it's my fault that your hair has grown Grey after all these years." "I can't do anything but... say to you that without you I might never have survived the whole affair." "Stop it now!" "Seems like you want me to go soft." "Let's clink our glasses!" "The young lady from China!" "You didn't tell me you had a friend." "Stephan is not my friend." "Stephan is my patron saint!" "I think, I just have to throw it at the wall." "This has been the best day... of my life." "Well then, now the two go home, it's time for you to get some rest." "The lady from China has a very pale face." "You will take my carriage, so you'll soon be home." "You won't join us?" " No, no." "I like to take a walk." "Sleep well in your new home." " Thank you." "You too, Rudolph!" " Farewell, Stephan!" "By the way..." "Rudolph!" " Yes, what's the matter?" "Here, take it back." "So that trouble has gone." "I preserved it well." "It didn't fall into the wrong hands." "Are you ready?" " Yes, I..." "Are you tired?" " Well, yes." "It has been very exhausting for you." " Oh yes, very much so." "It's very exhausting to be happy." "Are you happy?" "You are curious." "My father used to say:" "only the females are curious!" "An old philosopher said:" "the curiosity of the human kind is the longing for knowing everything!" "And I want to know... if you love me." "Don't you dare to think I love you, Sir." "Just because I married you!" "Oh, you little jester!" "You don't take me seriously!" "You don't know my inside." "I'll be better prepared for things to come." " Yes, you should be." "I am a most dangerous person!" "Hold it!" "Gartenstrasse 8" "Sir!" "Shall I help?" " No, just ring the bell!" "For God's sake..." "What has happened?" " Take Madam to her room!" "Don't forget the fare!" " I see..." "Here!" " Thanks!" "What's the matter, doctor?" "She's awake, you can go in." "Did you find any injuries?" " Nothing!" "The reason she fainted was just the scare, and a small concussion, she complains of a strong headache." "Well, some days of rest and everything will be alright." " Marvelous!" "I'll be back tomorrow." " Yes." "Thank you, doctor!" "Good night!" " Good night, doctor!" "Hanna, lead the doctor to the door!" "Well, that was some story!" "Scaring me like that..." "You are laughing after all!" "Because you have to nurse me now." "That makes you glad?" " Very much." "Please turn off the light, it hurts my eyes." "Yes!" "And please open the window." " Yes." "This lamp too!" "You haven't got a fever?" "Just a headache." "Now sit next to me." "Give me your hand." "Mr. Manders?" "Yes!" "What do you want?" "I want to return something you've lost." "Come on in." "Oh, Madame!" "That's very careless kneeling barefoot at the window where it's cold and windy." "Madame might catch a serious illness!" "At what is Madame looking?" "Our dear Sir?" "What else, Hanna?" "It's nearly frozen, you can't see a thing." "The dear Sir has just arrived." " WHEN?" "He just went into his office." "I had to open the seals in order to find out about the owner." "It's ALL in that envelope what I found in there." "Thank you, Mr. ..." " Merk!" "Merk." "You have been of great service to me..." "I am really grateful for that." "You are welcome, it was no more than one should have done." "No, no." "You bothered to come here instead of taking your find to the police." "You wouldn't have got the envelope back much earlier." "That's just the reason why I want to show my gratitude to you." "You know who I am?" " How would I have found you otherwise?" "You know what I mean." "You know about the contents of the papers... that are included in this envelope?" "YES!" "I am asking you to remain silent, Mr. Merk." "The case is not well-known here." "I would be grateful if you..." " You can count on me!" "Thank you!" "Have you lived here for a long time?" " Yes, for many years." "Regrettably, I was very unfortunate in my last position." "I am here looking for a new position." "Maybe I could help." "What is your profession?" "Merchant!" "Vacant jobs are not that easy to find!" "But just let me think..." "There will be something fitting." "Where do you live?" "Neue Gasse 10." "Neue Gasse...10." "I will sent you a note!" "I would really appreciate this." " So, goodbye!" "Goodbye." "Just a moment... you forgot your reward." "You are wrong, I did NOT forget it." "Goodbye!" "Yoo hoo!" "You got up, Julia?" " Yes!" "I was yearning so much for you!" "You are supposed to stay in bed!" " Who was the strange visitor?" "What?" "Already back in there?" "This looks like a secret!" "It IS a secret!" "You do have secrets to hide from me?" "Yes!" "From you!" "And now leave!" "I warmed up the hot-water bottle." "And diner is ready, too." "Yes, Hanna." "Please inform the master." "You can leave, Hanna." "I'll handle it myself." " Bon appetit!" "Today you will eat properly." "Not just some fruit and toast!" "Otherwise you'll might starve to death, getting smaller and smaller." "Have you got a handkerchief?" "You are weeping!" "I won't even think about that!" "But why?" " Because of that!" "May I keep it?" "Another one would be better, right?" "I have no more handkerchiefs left." "Is that so?" "Where did you put them?" "You really wanted to marry a poor girl, right?" "Yes!" "By all means!" "She had six handkerchiefs." "Plus one from my brother, making seven and... they all ended up at the laundry." "Mmm, you're a squanderer!" "If I hadn't been in bed, you'd have noticed long ago that" "I've been wearing this same dress all the time." "I wouldn't have noticed it." "That's why you don't look at me." "I do!" "I always see just you." "As soon as you're healthy, we'll go shopping, OK?" "Yes." "That's the reason for weeping?" "Yes." " Is that so?" "That's a reason for sure!" "Once my father said:" ""If there are secrets within a marriage, there is something wrong with it!"" "Your father was a wise man." ""Or there is something with one of the spouses!"" "What else did your father say?" ""If someone wants to remain silent, you should not force him to talk!"" "I want to talk to Mr. Merk!" " Please, Sir." "Come in!" "Yes, yes." "Through this door, it will lead you directly to him!" "Mr. Merk never has any visitors." "You are the first one." "A visitor!" "Please, just come on in!" " Thanks!" "I..." "Would like to talk to you!" " Go ahead!" "Would you take a seat?" " No, thanks." "I haven't much time." "Your parents?" " Yes!" "Your dwelling is a little cheap compared to the way you act." "Your clothes are flawless." "How long will that last?" " I'm waiting for a chance!" "I will offer that chance." "My references..." " Thanks, I don't need them." "You might think I do this because you are the keeper of a secret, but just presume that I know the significance of helping somebody, who is in trouble." "and..." "I want to help you." "Thank you!" "You are a merchant." " Yes." "I will give you a position in my company." "It's up to you to use this chance." "You are silent?" "This is a very generous and surprising offer!" "You can think about it..." " I accept!" "I'd like to buy a dress." "No, many dresses!" "Lisa!" "Albertine!" "Sylvia!" "Demeanor, please!" "Which style do you prefer, dear Miss?" "Something that suits me." "Oh..." "Sophisticated!" "Those shoulders are ravishing, Madame!" " The waistline a little tighter, so the bust will be presented even better." "Isn't it a little risky?" " Madame!" " I don't know if my husband will like it." "He will be bewitched!" "All, all men will be thrilled!" "Take the old one please, and that one on the chair!" "Yes, and wrap this one, and that one..." " Yes..." " And that..." "And the shoes and hats, Madame?" " Everything!" "Here you are!" "I think that will be enough." "Oh!" "For sure, Madame." "For sure!" "You'll even get some small change back." "Please send it all to my home!" "But Madame!" "This dress!" "You forgot to change." "Not at all, I'll leave it on!" "In broad daylight?" "This will cause a scandal!" "Naked shoulders and such a cleavage?" "A scarf!" "Quick, quick, a scarf!" "Here you are!" "Please!" " Thanks" "Splendid!" "A coach, please!" "Hello..." "Hello, carriage!" "Thank you, you did a marvelous job." "Will you still need me today?" "No, we are finished." "You can leave." "Adieu!" " Adieu!" "He did settle in surprisingly quickly, right?" "Tell me..." "Where did you met this Merk?" "Merk?" "I met him on the ship during the voyage..." "He had similar positions in India and Africa." "He came to me and I gave him the job." "You handed over to him the negotiations with Müller and Sons." "Yes." "Is that issue progressing?" "Yes... well, it's OK..." "So what is it you dislike about him?" "Some people do negotiate a little too well..." "Well, just a moment!" " Madame?" "I think I've got lost." "For whom you are looking, Madame?" " My husband, of course." "Sorry, Madame." "I don't have a clue who that would be." "Who are you?" "Madame:" "Johannes Friedrich Ewald Merk." "private secretary of Mr. Manders." "But not for very time, right?" " How do you know that?" "Otherwise you would know me." "I have been here just once..." "Won't you tell me who you are, Madame?" "I really have no clue!" "I am Julia Manders." "Oh..." "Well Madame, I am glad to have met you." "Would you be so kind to come down?" "May I lead you to Mr. Manders?" "Yes... please be so kind, Mr. Merk!" "The private office is on the floor below." "Please, here..." "Another letter..." "Mr. Manders!" " What's the matter?" " I..." "Sorry, please." "That's all?" " Yes, Mr. Manders." "Thank you!" "What are you thinking about?" "Julia!" "You are here?" "Evening dress?" " Yes, don't you like it?" "You look totally changed." " Am I beautiful?" "Marvelous!" "I just wanted to show the dress." "But, tell me..." "Isn't the dress too outstanding?" "Yes!" "Everyone will look at you." "Don't you like it?" "I like it VERY much." "And your judgment?" "Ingenious!" "You are a grand lady." "Mhm... you are kidding me." "Why should I do that?" "Madame, may I... invite you to spend this evening in my company?" "Yes!" "It's my pleasure, Sir!" "And where?" "In the mirror..." "Etablissement The Mirror" "Do you like it?" " Marvelous!" "Actually, this is no place to go to with one's wife." "Rather with a lover!" "Isn't that me?" "Another one!" "Once... twice... thrice... thousands of Julias!" "Everywhere it's you in that beautiful dress, Madame." "Do you like yourself?" "How do you feel?" "Do you remember... when I first saw you?" " Yes!" "And also Emilio?" " Yes." "He picked up the flower you left." "You don't know how much I envied him." "When did it happen?" " On the first evening." "Even then?" "Like another one?" "No, thanks!" "You are hard tonight." "No!" "..." "But in love!" "May I greet you, Madame?" "Good evening, Mr. Merk!" "You know Mr. Merk?" "I had the pleasure to lead Madame to your office." "She got lost on the stairwell." "But I don't want to disturb you any longer, Madame." "You can join us here, or do you have a date?" "No, but..." " So give us your company for a while!" "I'd like to get acquainted with the collaborator of my husband." "Huh!" "That's... it's a lot that is offered here..." "But this won't impress a real globetrotter, right?" "My husband lived abroad for six years." "Is that so?" "That's a long time." "Where did you live, Mr. Manders?" "In Java." "Yes, two years." "Before that he was in Egypt." "I see." "You had some business to do." "Yes." " NO!" "My spouse could not stand the climate." "The doctors sent him to Luxor." "And there you met." "No, no." "We met for the first time on a ship, as we traveled to Europe." "For how long have you been married, by the way?" "Just a few weeks." "It must be a great feeling, to have a husband with such a... colorful past." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "If you are in love, you don't care about the past." "It's the beginning of a new life." "This one's to the most beautiful woman I've ever met in my life!" "Madame?" " You carry it too far!" "There is nothing more enchanting than a woman who blushes from a compliment." "Compliments are the weapons of the Devil!" "My mother's lecture..." "I think, even a devil would surrender his weapons to you... and I'm just a human... who does surrender without any conditions to you." "Well... thank you." "Please leave me alone." "Good night, Madame!" " Good night!" "Are you very tired?" " A little!" "I'm not used to evenings like this." "Your secretary and you seem to get along very well." "Yes... he is a good merchant." "Do you like him?" "He is very likable." "Just a little too passionate, right?" "He seems to have fallen in love with you!" "Doesn't that bother you?" "Shall I blame somebody for falling in love with my wife?" "This evening, nobody could have noticed that I am your wife." "Why?" "I don't understand!" "If someone is allowed to say words like that in your presence..." "I hadn't the impression that you felt uncomfortable." "Are you jealous?" "Surely not." "Or... should I be?" "Pardon me, Mr. Manders!" "I didn't ring, Mr. Merk!" " I need to talk to you!" "Besides, you are very late." "Mr. Manders!" "The Balkan project will succeed!" "Is that so?" " Here's the contract!" "How did you do it?" "Well, just some dealings of mine..." "I succeeded last night." "However, I had to contact some middlemen..." "Here is a list with the costs of that." "That's a rather high figure." "In a project like this, such costs should be of no matter." "That's really an outstanding contract." "I'd given this one up." "Thank you!" "However, I have to ask you to protect me from Mr. Schneider." "I concluded this project without his approval, he didn't accept my method, you know... different generations, prejudices..." "Well, I'll talk to him." "May I ask you sign right now?" "The gentlemen want to leave today." "I'm sorry for forcing you to decide this quickly, the project or Mr. Schneider!" "I will tell you later." "By the way, Mr. Manders: your wife wants to take a ride on Sunday." "You don't mind if I accompany her?" " No, no." "Not at all." "Stephan, you are here?" " Yes, Rudolph." "Where are you going?" "Home." "Well Rudolph, I didn't want to wait for you tell me personally, that it's better if I leave." "Or didn't you come to tell me that?" "Were you listening the whole time?" "The door was not fully closed." "Please stay, Stephan!" "Therefore I'd have to ask you:" "Him or me!" "Why do you dislike this project?" " I don't!" "It's just the way it is handled that I dislike." "Up to now, I've managed the factory according to you father's will, he would have disapproved of this project for sure." "The times have changed!" " That may be so..." "Maybe I'm just too old!" "Stephan!" "Rudolph, you can't fool me..." "There is something wrong about that Merk guy." "Stephan!" "I lied to you." "On the day of my return, at Julia's accident," "I lost the envelope with those documents you gave me." "A young man found it and brought it to me the next day." "It... was opened." "And now you are afraid he will talk and the whole affair will become public." "That's not the point!" "Julia must never hear about my past." "It was a huge mistake not to tell Julia the truth about your past." "No, no, no, no." "I tried it!" "But she could not stand it!" "And I love her..." "I didn't want to love her." "I never wanted to love as in days gone by." "I fought and lied to myself from the very beginning!" "I wanted to be her protector." "I wanted to offer her a nice life... but now I love her!" "I love her just as much as a man is able to love a woman." "Stephan: you will understand, that I'm scared." "Scared of myself!" "My love has made me a criminal once before." "I am scared..." "SCARED!" "SCARED!" "Of my passion." "Do you understand, Stephan?" "That my hands are tied?" "That I can't even tell her how much I love her!" "There's nobody at the inn." "That's good, we'll get a hot drink so much faster." "It's very rare that someone comes here during such bad weather." "Sit here at the oven, so you'll get warm right away." "And you... sit here next to your bride." "What would you like to eat?" " Everything you've got, we're starving." "It's time for a late dinner." "Well, I'll be back soon..." "What did she say?" "It's time for a late dinner?" "What's the time?" "Is that so?" "My watch must have stopped." "It shows 5 o'clock." "Well... is there no clock around here?" "Yes, I hear a ticking over there..." "It's seven." "I want to be home by eight, my husband is waiting for me." "So I've got 30 minutes left with you." " Cheers!" "Thank you!" "Thanks!" "This one's to your health, Madame!" "Why so pensive, Madame?" "Don't you like it here?" "Or are you tired?" " No." "At least, you could take a look at me." "When I'm with you I feel so at home." "I can't believe we've known each other such a short time." "I'm very familiar with you already." "In my thoughts when I'm alone, I don't call you by that formal "Madame", but just "Julia"!" "But you're not listening to me, Madame!" "How long have you known my husband?" "I met Mr. Manders some days before we met on the stairs." "We met by accident." " What accident?" "You surely know Mr. Manders recently lost some very important papers, they were placed in a sealed envelope..." "I was the lucky finder of that envelope." "That's how we met." "My husband seems rather fond of you." " Well, that's more than I expected." "On the other hand, I have Mr. Schneider as my opponent." "No, no." "I do respect him, he's a charming old gent, however... he doesn't understand my way of working." "Just a few days ago I got into a situation where I had to stand between him and Mr. Manders." "I'm very glad that Mr. Manders chose me." "I'd never believe that my husband would depart from his friend." "He surely would have told me something." "No, I can't believe that!" "But he did!" " Good evening!" "Good evening!" "What did you say?" " Come on, let's drink!" "We've become so serious!" "Sitting here, talking about issues that don't belong to this hour." "Time is passing..." "When I'm all alone, I will accuse myself for using it in a bad way." "Looking at you, I want to tell you the same things over and over again, Julia." "But..." "I'm afraid that would bore you." "What do you want to say?" "That you are enchanting, Julia, and that you make me very happy if I'm allowed to say that." "Thank you for these nice hours!" "It was marvelous!" "Will you give me an afternoon like this soon?" "Yes, of course!" "Farewell!" "Where have you been?" "I went for a walk." " Just you alone?" "Yes, alone." "We took a ride through the woods." "On the way home it got dark." "It was marvelous." "That makes me glad." "Why do you look at me this way?" "Is that the way to look at the man you love?" " Is that still you?" "You have to answer that question yourself." "I don't know it yet." "What do you want from me?" "Why are you still with me?" "Go now, go!" " This is your answer?" "Yes, of course..." "I should ask..." "I should beg like a little boy!" "But you are wrong!" "I don't need you!" "I don't need this girl..." "that doesn't even know if she loves me!" "Where do you take the right to demand love from me?" "Pardon me if I say this, but..." "In the letter you wrote me on the ship..." "You are right!" "I thank you for reminding me that I have no claim on your love." "Let's not talk about it anymore." "Any news from the factory?" "If it has some interest for you..." "Stephan has left me." " What?" "What's the matter with you?" "Tell me it's not true!" "You couldn't have done that." "What is it that I couldn't have done?" "You sent him away?" "Away... why do you think so?" "I know it." "I see." "My secretary did some chatting." " Yes." "I can assure you that I..." "didn't send..." "Stephan away." "I don't believe it." "Well... that's splendid!" "It seems you are confident that I am able to commit any cruelty." "But the papers in that sealed envelope must have been very important." "Those papers, in which you are so interested... have nothing to do with this issue." "What can I do for you?" " I want to talk to Mr. Schneider." "Just a moment, please!" " Thanks." "Mr. Schneider!" "There is a visitor!" "A visitor?" "For me?" "Oh, the Lady from China!" "Well, that's so nice to honour me with a visit." "Come here into the light!" "Well, I don't like your face at all." "You've become so pale and drawn." "Oh... this kind of smiling is painful." "You needn't perform this play acting for me." "What happened?" " Something is happening all the time." "I don't understand..." "You do, Stephan!" "You know very well what I mean." "For example, you've left the factory all of a sudden." "Well..." "An old man like me..." "just needs some rest, right?" "Why are you lying?" "OK, I'm a terrible liar!" "So let's leave it this way, let's be honest." "What do you want from me?" "I don't know what to think." "I don't know who I am." "My husband has a secret which he painstakingly hides from me." "Do you know it?" "Yes!" "I have to know about it." "I won't tell it." "Please!" "No!" "I know who will tell me!" " Julia!" "Whatever you will hear, don't forget... that Rudolph loves you." "Very much!" "I know that." "Recently, he's given me little evidence to believe this." "Pardon me for keeping you waiting so long, I've been at the milliner," "I was fitted for some clothes and forgot about the time completely!" "Yes, I know." "By accident, I was there to pick you up." "But you were already gone." "This letter arrived just now." " Yes... thanks, Alois!" "Just read it, it doesn't bother me." "A love letter?" "Why do you think so?" "You needn't be very smart to get that." "But if you are wrong?" " Scarcely!" "You blushed while reading it." " How well you are observing me." "What will be your answer?" "Are you really interested?" "What my wife will answer to a love letter from another man, should not be indifferent to me." "Merk expects a decision!" "What is your position?" " You have to know that for yourself." "You are leaving the decision to me?" "Yes." "I will write... that he has to wait a little for my answer." "Really?" "Yes." "Tomorrow evening, after the Opera." ""The way you told that story, sounds as if you could understand him, as if you wanted to protect him..." "I would be frightened of him!"" ""But if you are in love, you don't care about the past." ""You do have secrets to hide from me?"" ""...but I can provide you with a lifestyle in which you will find the freedom and independence for which you are longing!"" ""But I... couldn't give him my hand..." "I just couldn't bear to touch him!"" ""Is this the way to look at the man you love?"" ""Is that still you?"" ""Merk expects a decision!"" ""What do you want from me?" "Why are you still with me?"" ""A man who was able to kill what he loved the most?"" "Drive Mr. Merk home now!" " Yes." "What was the address again?" "Starngarfgasse 7!" " Starngrafgasse 7." "NR. 7." "There is a lantern in front of the house." "It's easy to find." "Good night, Madame!" " Good night, Mr. Merk!" "Sleep well." "Good night, Mr. Manders!" " Farewell." "Good night, Madame!" "Good night, Sir!" "Good night, Hermann!" "Good evening, Madame!" " Good evening!" "No thanks!" " Don't you want to undress?" "No!" "Thanks, Hanna." "You can go to bed." "Good night, Madame!" " Good night!" "You don't intend to go to sleep then?" "No, I've got a date." "Do you have any objection?" "No, no!" "On the contrary!" "May it be a pleasure for you." "The way you embellish yourself..." "Did you think of everything?" "Earrings?" "Flowers?" "Perfume?" "You are beautiful tonight." "But one thing you overlooked?" " What?" "Wedding ring!" "Isn't that irritating?" "Ouch..." "What do you want?" " To look at you." "And now go!" "Julia..." "It's time now... please!" "Thanks." "Julia..." "Don't be so flirtatious!" "I don't like to be played with." " I'd never dare to do so." "You should also not drink so much." "I'm a little drunk..." "Didn't you want to seduce me?" "Pardon me, I made a mistake." "I want to talk to Mr. Merk." "You know the way?" " No!" "The last door in the back." "Left!" " Thanks." "So you want me to be your lover?" "For one night?" "No!" "For ever!" "How do you think that will work?" "I would have to leave my husband." "Yes!" "You'd lose your job." "Well, that doesn't matter at all, Julia." "The cool calculator!" "The ambitious merchant plays with losing his job for the sake of a woman." "We will go to some other place." "Are you afraid of life?" "Afraid of the struggle at the side of a man you love?" "No..." "A woman in love is never afraid of poverty." "But I'm NOT in love with you!" "I don't intend to leave my husband." "You love him?" " Is this surprising to you?" "In his presence, all other people seem small... and insignificant." "Everything else fades..." "His presence is stronger than any amusing compliment." "But that's not all..." "He is not only smart... and superior..." "He is the most decent human being I've ever met." "How could you ever have thought that I would leave him?" "That's ridiculous!" "Unfortunately, I'm not able to view your husband with your eyes," "I know too much about him." "You don't believe me!" "It's almost hard for me to destroy your belief in that strong personality." "Give it a try!" "But do hurry, it's getting late now." "Does your husband know where you are now, Madame?" "Yes!" "And he let you go without any objection?" "Yes." "Don't you wonder that a man like him, knowing about his wife having a date in the middle of the night, doesn't try to prevent you from doing this?" "However... to protect him..." "He is in a most difficult situation." "He could not tolerate having an enemy such as me!" "I don't understand." "Between him and me..." "there is a secret." "I may be a little stupid... but why should this fact alone tempt you to overrate your situation?" "It's all about you, Madame!" " About me?" "Manders is trembling against the moment you might hear about the secret." "Why?" " You'd leave him, questioning your whole luck." "And playing around with you, because it amuses you." "Your marriage was built on your cluelessness." "And a word from you could destroy it, so you are a blackmailer!" "No, Madame." "A gambler!" "This situation is a dream come true for a gambler." "Didn't you say you never intended to leave your husband?" "You considered me ridiculous, just one word from me..." "look at me!" "Don't you want to know about the secret?" "No?" "You are afraid to hear the truth." "I will be silent..." "If you beg for it intensively..." "Good!" "You called me a blackmailer..." "Your own husband is a murderer." "He went to a penitentiary..." "for five whole years." "He told you he went abroad for health reasons..." "He lied to you." "He cheated on you." "He lived next to you, exploiting your love and cluelessness without any shame." "A murderer." "What about you?" "You didn't know it." "You are wrong!" "I DID know about it!" "If your influence on my husband is only dependent on my ignorance," "I have to disappoint you!" "While being charmed by the gamble, you forgot about the play." "The gambler has lost his powers!" "Hand me my coat!" "Julia..." "I won't let you go this way." " Keep you hands off me!" "I wanted to pick you up, but you were so busy in conversation that you didn't notice my entrance." "It's so nice that you are here." "Julia?" " Yes!" "How did you know?" "I didn't know!" "Once upon a time, 100 years ago," "I told you a story..." "But I didn't understand." "You said:" ""I could not give him my hand!"" "What else?" "fan subs by musiclova@KG 08/2016 03/2017 Corvus re-edit"