"...and that's my confession" "St Ciprian calls virgins fragrant flowers of the church" "Embellishments of human nature" "The perfect work of that nature immune to corruption, images of holiness" "Thou art indeed pretty, but that is not thy doing" "Yet, to achieve a beautiful soul is within thy power" "Try to make thy soul as beautiful as thy flesh" "Close your eyes to the sight of sin" "But what is sin, Father?" "Sin is an evil deed" "But how will I know it?" "It must be a deliberate act" "He who does wrong raises his hand against God" "Sin is an offence against God its inner cause is imagination and lust its outer cause is another man or Satan" "Satan clouds man's mind" "Quickens his imagination and incites lust" "Never read books which spread sin" "Look not at obscene paintings" "Avoid things which may be charming outside but filthy inside" "Now, finally;" "when thou walkest in the street men watch as you pass them" "Am I right?" "Yes" "The looks of these strangers arouse in you a strong feeling" "A feeling it is hard to describe" "You must not respond to those looks with joy" "Do this and you attain what St Paul calls "Love and the spirit of meekness"" "But father, isn't that selfish?" "Can love be selfish?" "Enjoying wealth and happiness in the face of misery is a selfish thing" "Pray, and thou willst not be deprived of mercy if you make now a solemn promise to reform" "THE STORY OF SIN" "Based on the novel by Stefan Zeromski" "With.." "Directed by.." "Walerian Borowczyk" "Are you angry with me?" "Angry?" "Of course not" " Did you see father Youtkievich?" " Yes" "And Holy Communion?" "I'll go tomorrow" "Can you last a whole night without sin?" "Come quickly!" "What's up I can't tell you" "Are you trying to annoy me?" "All right, I'll tell you" "Horst has a whore in there with him" "You know!" "That red haired creature!" "Lead us not into temptation" "Dear Lord, I am unworthy" "St Ciprian said of women.." "You ruin your neighbours... to whom you are worse than poison I can't be that bad" "O Lord, aid my humility" "How are you, dad?" "Get your absolution..." "Did you?" "Why not share some of that holiness ...with your old dad!" "Why not go to confession?" "Er.." "I will go, sweetheart I almost went the other day" "Trust me" "Trust me you went to the coffee house" "You grudge me one cup of coffee?" "It's not just coffee" "Don't start telling me how to live my own life" "Good morning I was told you take lodgers" "Yes." "Come in" "The room faces south west and is always warm" " How much?" " Fifteen roubles a month" "Hot water?" "Of course" "Service?" "Included in the price" "Fifteen roubles..." "You said how much?" "Fifteen?" "Fifteen a month" "I'll take it" "I'll pay in advance" "I'll have my bags brought up" "I'll fetch your bedding" "Mind the paint." "It's still wet" "Don't worry, I'll be careful." "May I introduce myself?" "Lukash Niepolomski" "Pleased to meet you" "Get off!" "The new lodger" "I'm sorry, I believe your father does the registration?" "I want to show my papers" "Please do" "Come in" "Our other tenant..." "Mr Adolf Horst" "You lived in Wilcza Street?" "Yes" "It's quieter here" "Maybe..." "Perhaps you prefer it more lively?" "Some people do" "To be honest, I don't really care" "Good." "Then you're a healthy man in these neurotic times" "Did the servants fix everything?" "I've done it myself." "I have everything I need I see you are married" "Yes, I am" "Where is your wife?" " Will she stay here?" " No" "If you need a bigger room or another bed..." "No thanks." "My wife is not coming I am in Warsaw to arrange a divorce" "Divorce!" "No easy thing" "Particularly with our Catholic church" "That's a hard nut to crack" "Don't I know. I found that out..." "...when I was looking for a job" " You want a job?" "Yes." "I've looked everywhere" "All I seem to get are promises" "Even from former friends" "What line are you in?" "I can turn my hand to anything" "Believe me I used to own a farm" "Then I worked in industry and various offices" "Now everyone says I'm too old but I can work harder than the Devil himself!" "I don't know anyone here." "I study overseas..." "You're a student?" "Yes. I'm an anthropologist..." "Where do you study?" "Paris." "The best place for science" "Also Geneva or Berlin" "About your job..." "I have a friend who's a factory owner." "Name of Kraft" " Kraft?" " Yes" "Kraft!" "I know him." "An idealist and a complete fool!" "Really, Mr Horst!" "How could you?" " Where are you going?" " To church" " A penny for your thoughts?" " l thought of you" "Why's that?" "Some things a wise man tells no-one" "Really?" "Yes, really" "Who's a wise man?" "A happy one, of course" "You know.." "Sapientem Solum Felice Esse... I know that's Latin" "Please wait." "I don't even know your name" "Why do you want that?" "To tell tales about me?" "..." " About your name?" " Yes!" "So, what is your name?" "Little Sun, Blessed Lips?" "Is it in the calendar?" "I don't read calendars" "Your name!" "First close your eyes" "Eva" "The first sinner" "Eva in Hebrew means "to exist"..." "A charming word in the infinitive" "Eva means life which was is now and ever will be" "Eva is the immortal woman" "The heavenly Isis, who dwells in the realms of infinity" "HEAD OF EXPENDITURE" " Two full sets?" " Almost three..." "Twenty seven pages, six hundred lines, sir i shall check it" "I shall check it" "Father isn't back?" "He will be soon" "Shall I serve?" "He's not here yet" "Stay there!" "is Eva back?" "Have them come to the table" "See how sweet she can be?" "How are you?" "Good afternoon" "So, you took that job at Kraft's?" "Yes, I did." "Sixty roubles a month thanks to a little personal introduction" "Bon appetite!" "No more talking, now, you two" "The soup is ready!" "Please..." "No, I insist, after you, sir" "reason is everywhere" "In all human souls" "In all human eyes reason is as common as breathing" "But in your eyes I see no treason" "I walk across the park under a strangely transparent..." "...and I wait for you blue sky..." "...I see stars shining the little lanterns of longing i raise my eyes to look at them" "And my thoughts are happy and radiant the san1e shy/s above n1e..." " What means the world without you?" "...and above him..." "Should this love be lost forever." "What would happen then?" "..." "No!" "Th/s would be the end..." "Without love there would be infinite waiting" "Without hope, there would be listening to the noises and sounds" "the beating of a heart moving without knowledge and understanding" "I've got something for you, Miss" "Thank you!" "Good morning" "Good morning, Eva" "Good morning, madam" "Good morning..." "When you wrote there was no treason in my heart... i't was the happiest moment of my life" "You are right." "There is no treason" "I will never cause you pain" "We are walking towards each other." "Space and longing..." "One day a miracle will happen and we will be together the only living creatures" "Lost in space and time" "My breasts are covered in roses" "I rest on fragrant fabrics In a Iong high room" "I pass the time with the cult of my memories" "Please send your letters with a margin like before" "J can bind them into a book" "A marvellous book such as the world has never seen" "I have no future." "I have no past..." "I've burned all your beloved letters" "Yesterday I lost my law suit" "I have to pay my wife higher alimony" "Divorce is out of the question now" "I had expected it" "I must leave Warsaw" "I'll get a job somewhere else" "I won't tell you where this is my last day" "My last farewell" "I am not a coward." "I am not" "I saw despair in your mother's eyes" "Here's the truth.. she begged me not to ruin your life" "This is the monastery in Kalvaria Zebrzydowska" "The Holy Virgin painted on canvas, after the painting of Myslenice" " Lunch, quickly..." " Why the hurry?" "I'm busy" "Has Lukash Niepolomski gone?" "Yes, he did" "Has he left Warsaw for good?" "Yes" "Did he say good-bye?" "He did" "When did he go?" "To-day" "Where to?" " l don't know" " Didn't he say?" " No" " Why should he?" "Who cares?" "Don't you?" "Don't you care that your breasts sag?" "That you're a broody hen who goes where her husband orders" "That you're an old bag and I'm young?" "Take care!" "One word from Niepolomski and Kraft will sack me!" "Are you scolding me now?" "You at least should think of my hard found job" "Niepolomski and Kraft!" "Shut up!" "ROOM TO LET" "Mother, have you advertised the room?" "I have" "That room!" "Yes" "Lukash's room!" "Are you crazy?" "I won't allow you to let that room lf you let it to some stranger... I'll become a streetwalker I'll go with anyone who comes along" "I promise you, I'll do it!" "You must forget him do you hear?" "You must if you don't you'll be ruined I can't forget him!" "I won't!" "I'd rather be dead" "Do you think I'm as stupid as you?" "I've checked everything." "I spoke to his lawyer" "He'll never get that divorce, do you hear me?" "I don't care about the divorce" "Don't be silly." "Think of what you're saying" "Keep your advice!" "He'll never come back for you isn't that what you wanted?" "Please, please, Eva..." "Never!" "You must forget him!" "Never" "Even if her beat and kicked me dragged me across the floor... I would kiss his hands worship him with my last breath" "Oh, God, how I want him" "SCIENCE JOURNAL" "By Lukash Niepolomski" "SCIENCE JOURNAL EDITOR" "Can I see the editor?" "The editor is busy" "Go in, please" "Can I help you?" "I am terribly sorry to bother you." "I know you're busy but it is very important." "I'm a student from Paris" "Pleased to meet you" "And am returning soon with my friends" "One of them is studying anthropology" "She needs to contact Mr Niepolomski" "She used to work with him" "He was planning to join us l was told that you, sir, know all the scientists in town" "You're in luck, you really are" "Mr Niepolomski just wrote to me." "I have it somewhere" "He's at the country estate Zglische" "Lublin district, near Pulavy" "He's due in Warsaw on Wednesday" "On the 7pm train" "You can meet him here" "Our office is always ready to accomodate young, pretty pioneers of science" "And so am I!" "Mr Niepolomski has his own estate?" "A Polish scientist and writer own an estate?" "No, Mr Niepolomski is staying with Count Szczerbic to...teach his sons" "Well then, he has no plans to go abroad" " Sorry to have bothered you" " It's nothing" " What are you studying?" " Medicine l'll be sure to tell my friends how kind you were" "Hotel Lipski!" "Lukash!" "Stop!" "Why did you do it?" "Why?" "Why did you run away?" "Why that horrible letter?" "I had to" "Where's this?" "It's where l'm staying tonight" "Single room. I'll be right back lt's eight o clock." "I'll take you home l'm in your room now I'm so unhappy. I can't bear it" "What about you?" "I shall borrow money from the Count and go to Rome I might get my divorce there" "Rome?" "When?" " In a couple of months" " When will you be back?" "I'll be back, Eva" "Go now!" "Don't leave me!" "I'll write you" "Back to the hotel!" "Dear Madam..." "My patient, Mr Lukash Niepolomski who has been hospitalised here asked me to write" "He wants you to come at once." "He has been shot in the lung" "I fear there is little hope for him" "Yours truly, DoctorJ." "Wilgosinski 25th November" "I need some leave." "My aunt is dying" "Are you serious?" " Unpaid leave?" " Are you serious?" "I ask again I've a right!" "I've not had a day off in 27 years" "Just two days?" "Out of the question" "23...24...!" "..400 plus 1 02... 2..., 428" "Five hundred and twenty eight" "Well, hello there" "Coffee, please" "We only have tea" "Alright" "Take a seat" "You from Warsaw?" "Yes I knew it" "So are we" "Good for you" "Are you working?" "Mind your own business!" "Just trying to be friendly" "You're a smart girl" "We're not so bad" "As for money... I've got plenty!" "Look at it" "So, come on then!" "Leave me alone" "Ha!" "Think you're a countess?" "You'll beg for it!" "lmpossible..." "It's against our rules" "We'll just look at each other, Doctor I must prepare him first I'll leave as soon as you say" "My God, these romantic lovers!" "I got a letter for you" "What about?" " She says she'll come" " Show me!" "Take it easy." "She's here now" "Where?" "Gently, gently." "Calm down..." "Where is she?" "Please don't get agitated" "Eva!" "Eva, my darling!" "Don't talk too much." "Take it easy I had a duel with the Count." "Someone stole your letters he laughed and made fun of you" "Don't talk..." "Just a few words...he mocked me... I slapped his face..." "there was a duel..." "He hit me...pierced my lung..." "Don't worry my sweet, everything will be all right lt won't lt will I'm going to die, Eva" "Then we'll die together, my love" "Would that be wrong?" "My defender!" "Where did he hit you?" "Shh!" "Don't talk... I'll stay here." "I won't leave you alone" "How are you, Mr Niepolomski?" "Who's she?" "Comes from Warsaw..." "Water's boiling" "A Warsaw Lady!" "Once bitten twice shy..." "Shy of the kettle, see?" "Good evening, Mrs Niepolomska" "Good evening" "Cold today, isn't it?" "Someone broke the window" "Get in bed now!" "Jesus, what cold hands!" "Playing at being a glazier!" "Never fear..." "I'm here to look after you" "That should keep us warmer" "Are you divorced?" "Your husband in one room you in another" "My husband mustn't be disturbed" "Does a wife disturb her husband?" "He can't sleep with someone else in the room" "Well, I wouldn't sleep much either if I was in his place" "Diderot says happiness only exists in countries where law recognises the basic instincts" "He's right ln Japan, for instance, young girls bathe in front of men" "That's in Japan!" " Japan is a great culture" " Japan!" "Japan!" "Always the same!" "Can you imagine a Polish girl bathing in front of us?" "Yet shame's only an invention, like clothes ls a blush on a girl's cheek an invention too?" "I'll prove it" "How?" "Missionaries on the Iles des Pins ordered the girls to wear skirts" "But they kept taking them off!" "Consider the animals" "We're not animals and your argument.'.." "...is very weak" "lm trying to teach you anthropology" "Woman's shame is man's invention." "I can prove it" "Tonight I arrive in Vienna by train" "The sooner the better" "You didn't kiss me when I got on the train." "You wept" "I miss you so terribly" "Your letter..." "I know it by heart, like a wonderful poem" "It's not a letter, but a kiss" "Remember in the park last year?" "I loved you so then." "And I love you now" "Tomorrow I leave Vienna" "I'm no nearer to Rome, just further away from you" "I stayed one night in my beloved Florence" "In the Hotel Porto Rosso" "I can see the Duomo" "Water..." "If I were this card" "I would be in your room soon" "With my head resting between your breasts" "Ah!" "Your breasts so soft and white" "There I dreamed life's golden dream" "Now I have lost all hope that I'll ever put my lips to that divine line which both separates and unites them" "Rome." "A date palm under my window" "Unripe fruits lie among the leaves far away I see camellia shrubs, likee lilac or hazel groves" "today is May 25th" "I had an audience" "They're dealing with my case" "O, priests, now I'm in your hands" "She'll be all right" "Silly girls!" "Have you no sense?" "This is no sickness, you'll see" "There's another little Lady on the way" "Wait here" "Mrs Rosa!" "Mrs Niepolomska, why so sad?" "Why are you crying?" "Such beauty shouldn't cry" "Open the door." "Come on I can't. I'm ill" "Sick with longing, eh?" "Why are you always alone?" "You never go out" "Where is Mr Niepolomski?" "He'll be back soon" "Good morning, sir" "Can I help?" "I'm looking for Mrs Eva Pob..." "...Niepolomski I believe she's staying here lf you mean Mrs Rosa Niepolomska..." "Yes, Rosa." "Can I see her?" "Knock on her door." "She may be in I wouldn't know" "Thank you" "Excuse me is Mrs Eva Pobratyns!" "ka here?" "She is ls that you?" "Yes I came on behalf of Mr Lukash Niepolomski" "Where is he?" "Niepolomski is in Rome ln Rome?" "Please sit down" "Mr Niepolomski is in jail ln jail?" "Allow me to introduce myself" "My name is Szczerbic" "Count Szczerbic?" "The man who shot Lukash?" "Yes." "It was a matter of honour I wounded him in a duel" "So, it was you" "He asked me to visit you" "He wrote to you?" "No, to one of my friends in Rome" "He passed it on" "What did he do?" "I'm not sure." "My friend's rather vague" "Niepolomski worked for the Austrian Embassy" "Making copies of important documents" "He took the most valuable ones and sold them to an American antiquary" "He was sent to prison in May ln May?" "Please take this I'm only doing what he asked me" "He'll pay me back when he's released" "Whenever that might be" "Anyway, here's fifty roubles lf you need anything more please write to me" "Zygmunt Szczerbic..." "Zglishche Estate" "That'll find me" "Jesus Mary!" "Mother of God!" "Stop screaming" "Miss Eva!" "Where've you been so long?" "is mother in?" "No..." "I mean, yes..." "Of course" " And Dad?" " The master's out" "Where is he?" " l don't know" "Tell me ln the pub, of course" "Get out, you slut!" "Out!" "I'm not a slut yet. I may become one" "Don't you speak to me so!" "You whore!" "Then stop calling me names" "Shut up you whore!" "Shut up!" "I came to see father" "Please wait, miss!" "Don't go to the pub" "Can't she see her own father?" "What a mother!" "Get out both of you" "Don't you dare take her back" "Don't you dare!" "I won't have it, do you hear?" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up or I'll kill you!" "I mean it I'll beat the life out of you!" "Good morning..." "Good morning" "Poland's always bred prigs." "We call them cloth heads" "Plica Polonica" "Woe to he who cuts off Poland's plica" "The peasants'll get them." "So much for theory..." "Now, let's examine some examples" "I don't know if you remember me?" "Can we talk?" "It's important" "May I ask when you're free?" " Evenings" " Tonight?" "Yes, tonight" "I would hate you to get the wrong idea but I do need to talk with you" "I'm only free on Sundays" "Sunday, then" "Allow me to leave a little tip, miss" "His case has been heard" "He's serving his sentence" "Tell me the truth, please l give you my word it's true!" "The prison story's not just made up?" " By whom?" " By me!" "I see...poor girl I'm not poor, I'm just suspicious" "They are asking after you at your former lodgings" "You've been there?" "Don't worry. I paid the landlord off" "He knows I'd kill him if he utters a word" "What about?" "Why the money you stole from him, I suppose" "Why do you meddle in all this?" "My dear Eva... I know this is very painful for you" "But I had to at least let you know" "I realise that, from a stranger..." "Stop!" "For God's sake" "No-one'll ever mention it again I promise" "Why are you working in that place?" "We'll go together as far as Rome I'll go on to the Riviera and you'll wait in Italy for his release" "I'll cover all expenses I owe it to Lukash, and and I give you my word of honour, there's no trick" "Sorry lt's nothing" "Pay me back when you can" "We'll travel in separate coaches I'll get your father a job at the store I own I'd better go" "Somebody might see us" " We'll meet at the station" " Good bye" "I'm worth more than a dozen Counts" "You're here?" "Though I'm only a course bourgeois" "A liaison here?" "Rather shocking!" "None of your business" "So..." "What are you up to with this Szczerbic?" "How dare you?" "Let go!" "Listen, I want to save you from ruin I know about life and I know what's right I too know life and I know what I'm doing" "Signorina Eva Po..." "Pobratynska" "To see Lukash Niepolomski" "What?" "He was released a week ago" "Where is he now?" "He was deported to the French border" "Don't be upset." "I'm sure he's gone to Monte Carlo to win some money" "You'd better go via Nice I'll look for him elsewhere in France" "What luck to find you here!" "Have you any news?" "Nothing." "Although I wrote to Paris" " Are you here alone?" " Yes. I am" " Playing?" " l've bad luck" "Let's go." "It's stuffy here" " Don't you want to try?" " l've bad luck" "You never can tell" "Do you play?" "I had good luck and won a lot!" "But I gamble carefully" "So now I'll stop" "Really?" "Going home?" "Yes" "You're staying here?" "Well..." "what do you think is the best plan?" "He might be looking for you in Poland" "But do you think he is?" "I'm not suggesting anything nasty but you don't seem sure of him any more" "To tell the truth, I no longer know" "You poor girl!" "Stop that!" "I meant nothing" "Then why say it?" "I'll try to find him" "He may have returned to my place" "Yes, yes..." " Or your parents" " Please don't go there" "All right, I won't" "So what should I do now?" "Enough!" "I'll risk all I have!" "Bitch!" "Wait, Peter Ivanovitch!" "Count?" "There's a lady to see you" "What lady?" "She gave no name I'll be right down" "Count!" "You did win!" "Yes" " Here's 1 O,OOO francs..." " But...!" "If I don't owe that much give the rest to Niepolomski I've a suite in this hotel." "Stay here with me!" "So this is why you helped me?" "Yes!" "What did you think?" "Count Sczerbic!" "She's from Berlin" "Vienna, I'd say" "Be quiet." "Her knight will come and give you a kick!" " l bet she's a virgin" " The Maid of Orleans  Joan of Arc" "A raving beauty" "Guess the colour of her hair" "Red!" "On her head?" "Be serious, my friends faced by such beauty" "Look at this boat" "The boat of a nouveau riche" "Poles only marry for money" "There he is with his Rylska off to the Ile des Pins!" "Like a careerist marquis!" "I tell you, Niepolomski is no loser" "He didn't give up after that Rome scandal" "Friends, look!" "Observe our beauty" "Quick, lads!" "The first there gets her" "What an unfortunate accident, madam l'll call the doctor" "No thanks" "You speak Polish?" "So you understood everything?" "I'm embarrassed I wasn't listening" "Good." "Are you hurt?" "No. I'm fine" "Pleased to hear it" "Can you row?" "Of course" "Let's take this boat" "So nice to hear such lips speak Polish" "Concentrate on the rowing" "Those two, are they newly-weds?" "Yes." "Lukash Niepolomski and Miss Rylska" " You know them?" " Yes." "But..." "Studying here in Berlin?" "Anthropology." "Stanislaw Liwicki I never saw eyes like yours before" "You lied, Mr Liwicki I did?" "You did." "Niepolomski is already married" "You know him?" "Money can buy many divorces" "Anyway I was at their wedding" "Yes, but I need written proof to show somebody" "All right. I can get a copy of the marriage certificate I'll bring it to you" "Tonight" "All right." "Hotel Astoria" "My name is Eva Pobratynska" "Not Niepolomska?" "Certainly not!" "I'll see you later" "Come in" "Hello..." "Give..." "You see." "Just as I promised" "Good morning..." "You're alone?" "Yes." "Are you still living in Paris?" " l may go home soon - l'll go to Vienna" " l'm sorry to bring this up..." " What's that?" "Have you seen Niepolomski?" "No" "No?" "Very strange lt is strange I met a man in Paris named Horst" "Horst?" "One of those bankrupt factory owners I didn't like him" "What'd he say?" "Talked a lot about you" "About me?" "Said you were...old friends" "He said that Niepolomski'd been in Warsaw" "When was he there?" "Just after we left" "Horst saw him at your parents and told him that you were my..." "You understand?" "I do" "Apparently Niepolomski went mad and attacked him" "Next day Niepolomski left." "Nobody knows where l see" "Nobody?" "I'm sorry to tell you all this" "You did me a great favour" "Really" "Now I understand" "Niepolomski is just a victim of circumstance." "Like all of us" "Have you a ladies compartment?" "Of course." "There are three ladies there already" "Where am I?" "What's this town called?" "Schuttenbach" "You want a room?" "This way, please" "Not a word!" "Where's your money?" "That's it?" "Make a sound and I'll kill you" "Understand?" "Stop screaming!" "Lie there and wait!" "Help!" "Must I rape you?" "You can't escape me now I wanted you for years!" "In Europe, America, at sea..." "I always thought of you" "We'll make love, baby." "You can't escape!" "If you scream, I'll tell where the little creature lies buried" "Lukash's souvenir" "Who are you?" "Your master from now on" "Just tell everyone I'm your husband" " Understand?" " Yes" " You're mine now?" " Yes" "Look at that." "Not bad, eh?" "Don't worry." "We'll have fun and see the world" "People like us don't need children I'm born to wander, and so are you" "Good evening" "Count Plaza-Splawski, my wife" "We fought together in Transvaal" "Thanks, I don't drink" "Thanks, I don't smoke" "Doesn't drink, doesn't smoke but he's a genius for making money from nothing" "Jn youreyes Jsee no treason" "Reading his letters again?" "Leave that to the forger!" "We are going to Plaza-Splawski's" "Do I have to go?" "No moods!" "I won't go to that den!" "It's business." "You can understand that" "Can't he come here?" "He has moods, too." "He's a count" "A nobleman without a shirt to his back" "Damn his bloody eyes!" "He won't come here" "But if you visit, you know he'd be tickled pink" "You'll be there all the time?" "I might have to go out for a few minutes I can't really tell" "Then, no!" "To fetch paper or ink" "Whatever he needs" "And he hates women" "So you've no worries" "I know his Asiatic tastes." "Prefers sour apples" "Look - l'm broke while Sczerbic is loa'ded I said it wouldn't be easy" "You must do your bit I read those letters" "He's crazy about you" "He'd sell up and follow you, even to America if you asked him" "What do you want from him?" "I suppose you have a plan" "Write, asking him to come here to Vienna" "Tell him to sell his property or borrow against it" "Write passionately, tenderly" "And what if he turns me down?" "I'll tell how you killed your baby" " You've no proof!" " That's what you think!" "Don't be so rough with a lady" "Look, why not have some fun with the Count?" "You're not in love with Mr Pochron here" "But if you hate Szczerbic I do!" "But he loves you" "To be loved by people we hate... lsn't that fun?" "All right, he does love me." "So what?" "Well, then you can be loved by a Polish count and help out your friends" "He'll pay a million for you" "We Polish nobles are very lavish" "He'd give his fortune for a taste of you" "But if he tries to force you plunge the syringe into him and press the piston ln the arm, in the face wherever." "It'll contain a powerful drug" "What kind of drug?" "There are many kinds" "We can decide later" "Then what?" "At your signal, we will rush in and save you from the brute" "No!" "I won't do it!" "Keep your voice down!" "We shall read it and post it" "You're going to read my letter?" "It's business, not love." "Will you write it?" "Write!" "You slut!" "Write!" "My beloved..." "Exclamation mark" "I'm in Vienna." "Full stop" "How incredibly beautiful the world could be..." "Walk together in the streets in this city where the moon is shining" "Yesterday I went to the country, with a crowd, alas" "But I left them, to walk with you alone in perfect stillness" "I felt that we were together" "Your estate may be lonely but I don't belong there." "Do I?" "Shall I ever see you again?" "Why not come to Vienna while I'm here?" "I kiss your sweet lips like flowers which I press to my mouth, my eyes" "I love your dear eyes and your sad soul" "My dearest, come quickly!" "I love you so terribly." "I miss you so" "Write to me poste restante" "Tell me if you're coming" "My dearest, dearest beloved!" "Your, Eva" "PS." "J think if you sold everything.." "...and tooh a big loan" "We could go away forever and begin a new life" "What joy to devote myself to you in America" "Do come quickly, I'm waiting!" "No!" "Tell me..." "He's a businessman, owns some mines" "I'm going with him to America" "Then tell me what I should do now" "Shall I go back to Warsaw?" "Tell me" "What do you want?" "I'll do anything you ask me" "You're a weakling" "This man you're engaged to..." "Do you love him?" "I wish I could understand you" "You are killing me, Eva!" "I'll always love you, darling" "Only you understand me" "Tell me, darling do you still love Niepolomski?" "No!" "I don't" "Go now." "Soon we'll be together..." "For the whole night...naked" "Eva." "Oh, Eva..." "Evie..." "Look, if you do everything right..." "What?" "We'll bring your man here for you" "Who do you mean?" "Niepolomski, of course!" "This guy's worth a packet" " The door's locked?" " Yes" "That man won't be back?" "Never I don't want you to see him again" "I love you so much I love you too... I hate thinking of him here... lt hurts me... lt burns a deep scar in my brain..." "You're crying?" "It's nothing" "Just I'm so happy" "We'll go to Italy first" "And then to America" "You shot Lukash, didn't you?" "Count Sigismund Szczerbic of Zglishche" "Show me where you hit him I'll kiss the spot" "Here at the side" "Curare's the best" "Paralyses the speech organs the larynx and the power to move" "It leaves absolutely no trace" "Not a drop of blood." "Nothing" "He'll be gone in a minute" "Wait till he's dead!" "What's your name?" "Anna Winter ls that your real name?" "Why do you need my real name?" "I want to talk to a real human being and not a flower of the street" "A do-gooder" "Please..." "Don't be angry lf you only want to talk then I'm busy I'm going out" " What is your price?" " 25 roubles" "Very well, then" " You're expensive, nymph Calypso!" " That's the price" "Take it, my sweet, take it" "We can talk without having sex lt's not the same" "But I only want to talk" "Then take your money and go!" "Either have fun, or get out" "All right!" "Strip, if you want to" "You want it too" "Lover boy!" "Go on." "Just get your clothes off" "What's your name?" "Surname?" "No surname" "Right, why soil your father's name" "What's your name?" "Ciprian Bodzanta I like the way you do your hair" "Like the wife of Septimus Severus I got it from Cleo de Merode" "Such a vulgar model" "A terrible dancer too" " Are your parents alive?" "No" " Been long in this profession?" " Yes" "Can you read?" "You idiot!" "I can speak French, Mr Missionary... I've lived in Nice and Paris I've led more than one Count a merry dance" "I could see you had style" "Why not come and work for me?" "Full board and a salary" " Where?" " The country" " Your place?" " Yes, where l live" "A job..." "I know all about those kind of jobs l never touch a woman I don't love" "And I don't love you." "All right?" "Welcome to Utopia!" "Cut out the irony ln Poland, any progress is Utopia" "Co-operative farms make more sense I ask nobody to give away their fortunes" "Aren't you afraid they might damage those beautiful paintings?" "Such work shouldn't be shut away in a museum lt should travel the world speak to the people" "That's the point of art" "We show our paintings in the market" "Was it difficult to give up your wealth?" "Of course." "But only he who gives up property... ..may conquer the universe" "And I'm eager to conquer it!" "It's easier to attain virtue through sin than through ignorance" "Bodzanta dragged me here by the hand..." "Now I'm the happiest woman on earth" "Are you really happy here?" "Very" "We could return to our old lives" "But who wants the tyranny of men?" "We're happy here without them" "You all do what you want?" "Yes." "We can work, or rest..." "stay or leave" "Do many leave?" "Some of the girls have married" "Then you do see men here?" "You can see whoever you want" "But marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be in any case" "Families are just a burden when you get down to it" "Have you had children?" "No" "Through the pain of possession, you attain the grace of loss" "Through the grace of loss you attain the pain of possession I'm bored with virtue" "And that's the truth" "My only property is one secret" "How I long to attain the grace of its loss" "Tell, it to me." "It's what I've waited for!" "I killed my baby..." "You knew Count Szczerbic?" "Yes" "I killed him in Vienna" "You..." "You...killed him" "Let us lift our hearts to the sun" "Let its light resurrect our spirit" "Out of the way!" "Old baldie!" "Lukash Niepolomski sent me" "Lukash Niepolomski?" "A letter for you" "From Lukash?" "You're a/ways atn1ys/'de." "Jneedyou" "J cannot//'ve w/'th these thoughts" "Since you were in love, we'll forget your arson" "Will you come with me?" "To Niepolomski?" " You know where he is?" " Of course!" " He wants to see me?" " He sent me" " You're sure it was him?" " Certain" "Lukash Niepolomski?" "Yes" "My God!" "..." "Plaza-Splawski!" "How do you do?" "Have you come to pay pennance?" "Not yet" "You fight boredom with debauchery" "You're more bored than me" "How are your mines in America?" "Come and see them." "We'll have fun I know your kind of fun only too well" "Ah ha!" "And your idea of fun is picking through human refuse" "So?" "You're like an Arab colt that lets its forefeet be bound so that it can only hobble like a common carthorse" "Your humour is hollow I thought your enemies had killed you" "To kill a tiger you must be well armed" "You're like those old men who believe that Mandrake will help them to conceive children with young, passionate girls" "Come, Eva" "She's going with you?" "She's sick of your moral tales" "My name is..." "Stanislaw Kozielski I'm a sick man" "Please take care of me like a wife" "I must leave you now" "Where's Lukash?" "On the Isle of Celebes." "He'll be back soon" "I'm just off to meet him" "Go if you want..." "Go back to the country" "But if you do you might miss Lukash again" "Introduce yourselves, gentlemen" "Batasinski" "Grzywacz" "Come on, the lady's waiting" "Faytus" "Evie..." "Evie." "Is it you?" "Let go, you scum" "Come and drink a brandy" "Don't you remember me?" "You stink like a corpse!" "Not for money, but for old times' sake I'm temporarily broke" "But I always loved you" "You dirty clown" "Do you remember me?" "I remember you were a randy bastard" "Do you have to be so vulgar?" "You could have had me back then" "But you were too stupid to know it" "You're lying!" "I made mother ill and father a drunk" "No!" "You were pure" "Ah!" "Go to hell" "Don't you want me, then?" "No, I can't bear to look at you." "And I'm broke I'll go with you" "Just tell me what bar father drinks in now I'll show you. I promise" "Come with me, Evie" "We are going..." "We are going, my dear, to Marshalkowski Street" "Number 305" "Make yourself beautiful" "We'll go separately" "You first" "Eva..." "Look at this" "The famous case of the late Ciprian Bodzanta the mad Count ended in court yesterday" "The court ruled void the reforms done by the mentally ill man and gave back all farms and lands to his widow" "Who cares?" "He's dead meat now" "Don't cry." "It'll leave marks on your face" "Faytus!" "Leave the tobacco!" "My coat!" "You go first" "Walk up the marble steps and you come to an entrance door with a brass plate" "You'll see the name Lukash Niepolomski" "Precisely." "Precisely the same" "What's he doing?" "It's his home and office I see" "Niepolomski will be there" "You distract him" "We empty the safe" "Just the four of you?" "Yes, my sweet." "Just us" "Will you kill Lukash?" "Not neccessarily..." "But no tricks, or it's curtains" "Lukash!" "Run quickly!" "They mean to kill you!" "That woman is innocent" "She only came to warn me." "You must release her!" "I'll give my fortune for her freedom" "THE END"