"DR" " TV Drama presents" "BETTER TIMES - a Family Saga by Stig Thorsboe" "Part 11" " Thanks for your letter, and excuse me." " Is it child support?" "I'm terrible at remembering." "Here's for this month and the next." "You look good." "How are the boys?" "Fine." "I didn't think you were still here." "I didn't either." "There's so much happening at Bella." "We're producing like crazy." "It's going well with you and your dad?" "Yes, it worries me." " It rarely lasts long." " Maybe he's changed since his illness." " You still think people change." " I'm a little naive." " What are you doing now?" " Picking up the boys from school." "Shouldn't I give you a ride?" "In that?" "Isn't it ten years too late, Erik?" "It's never too late for an MG." "Come on, let's pick up the kids." "A quick ride in the sports car before Daddy leaves again?" "Thanks for the money." "Okay, boys!" "I'm going up now." " No running on the stairs!" " I came first!" " I'm first!" "That doesn't count." " Yes, it does." " Hey, where are you going?" " To get a thrashing." " That's right." "It's Saturday." " Bo and Henrik, stay here." "Ida, I've got something to show you." " An allotment garden." " It's a bargain. 1,100 kroner." " It's near a commuter train stop." " It sounds nice." "Karen!" "Ida thinks it sounds nice, too." " Are you going to be home-owners?" " You don't have to encourage him." "Oh, you know what?" "I saw Erik and his sports car today." "That ought to make an impression on the young ladies." "Can the kids stay with you?" "There's a translation I have to look at." "The publisher's most pampered author has made it." "Torsten Linné." "They should never have used him." "He changes the language completely." "Ida..." "Ida, it's Saturday." "You have a day off." "I'm the pocketbook editor and this book must be out by Christmas." "I have a meeting with him on Monday." "I have to be ready." "When's the last time you went out?" "What about that guy..." " The one who's sweet on you." " Editor Sander?" "No, Karen, honestly." "We'll look after the kids." "I'm not going out with Sander or anyone else." "I'm sorry." "That's sweet of you, but..." "I don't miss not having a man." "My work is more than enough." "Hello." "My name is Karen." "I'm your shop steward." " Karen." " Jette." " Berit." " Come along with me." " Does he work here, too?" " You won't be dealing with him." " Have you worked with televisions?" " No, but my aunt has one." "Couldn't we use the rest of the warehouse?" " Sorry I'm late." "I had a meeting." " I thought it was yesterday." "It was." "And it was a long one." "Persson really likes Copenhagen." "Especially in the wee hours." "I drove him to the ferry this morning." "Well, let's see..." " He ordered 10,000!" " Only the new 21-inch." " You'll have to do some hiring." " Where will we put them?" "I heard a rumor last night." "Persson and I ran into some ladies." "One of them said Frandsen is considering moving." "If we could take over his shoe factory next door..." "That sounds unbelievable." " Then we'd have enough room." " That would solve our problems." "I just want to remind you of your 9:30 meeting, sir." "Investigate this without seeming too interested." "The good shoe manufacturer has an unpleasant nose for money." "We'll consider other possibilities in the meantime." "Thanks for today." "Mother would like to invite Ida and the boys for Christmas." "What do you say?" "That wouldn't be so good." "I haven't seen them in a long time." " Ida prefers that I stay away." " So you're still thinking of leaving?" "I'd only expected to be here during your convalescence." "I hope you don't feel that there isn't room for both of us." " It's just that America suits me." " You'd be the one to know." "I'd like for you to help us solve our space problem." " Would you like some cake, sir?" " What a disgusting offer." "Well..." "Rifbjerg." "And his intolerable sucking up to youth." "The chronic helplessness." " We have to discuss your translation." " Yes, that's what you say." "It's fine, but some passages aren't quite in place." ""Aren't quite in place"?" "One can easily tell the translation has been made by a writer." "But sometimes the language is quite far from the original." "Am I supposed to translate that rubbish verbatim?" "One has license, but must be loyal to the work's author." "You're neither capable of choosing novels nor judging my work." " You've re-written the ending." " Are you writing my check?" "Thanks." "I can't pay you until the translation shows respect for the original!" "May I ask you a personal question?" "Have you been made editor because you're sleeping with the boss?" "May I ask you a personal question?" "Do your books get published   because no one dares tell you they're uninspired trash ?" "Good-bye." " Was that Mr Linné who left?" " Yes." "Was that Mr Linné who left?" " Nothing's happened, has it?" " I don't think so." " He had to catch a trolley." " Oh, cake again?" "A Carlsberg at room temperature, thanks." " Is it you, Frandsen?" " Why do they have to sing in English?" "Give me Grethe Ingmann." ""Blot Slentre Gennem Regn"." "It's the best song ever written, and she's only 19." "Well, Nielsen, what do you want?" "You needn't play the innocent." " You must have asked where I was." " You're a hard one to fool." " Is it true that you're moving?" " Yes." "I'm moving the factory to Maribo." "Regional development aid." " We're sorry to hear that." " You want my building, don't you?" "All right, all right..." "You'd like to know what it would cost, wouldn't you?" " There must be one digit too many." " Say hello to your father." "Don't look, but that guy from Bella with the sports car is right over there." " No, that isn't him." " It is him." "Go say hello." " Not me." " Jette?" "Pull yourself together." "You just have to say:" ""Hi." "Haven't I seen you somewhere?"" "He's coming over here." "Berit, you do it." " Good evening." " Good evening." " Don't you work at Bella?" " Perhaps you do, too?" "Pardon me!" " It was my fault." "Pardon me." " Oh, no!" "I can't wear this now." "Well, that was no problem." "You'll be cold when you go home." "Can't I pay for a cab?" "No, thanks." "But you could give me a lift." "Yes, of course." "Let me take your blouse." "Why the hell doesn't anyone ever pour anything on me?" "Hello, Palle, and welcome to darkest Jutland." " Hurry up and get in." " Okay." "The weather's horrible." "Thanks, Gerda." "Leave the bottle here and bring the smorgasbord list." "Shall we see if we can drive this coldness out of our bodies?" "Cheers." "I want you to hear what I've been thinking." "If we can create more jobs in Kjellerup " " I think we can get you voted into parliament in the next election." "It's this new regional development aid law." "Great idea." "One would think it was social democratic." "It is social democratic." "You're too gullible, Palle." "Yeah, you bet it's social democratic." "But it can still be flawed." "They've forgotten to include Kjellerup." "We can't just sit here and watch   while all the others are raking in state money for their businesses." "It's only the thinly populated areas with no industrial development." "There's damn little development here in Kjellerup, either." "It's a specific business I have in mind." "The stocking factory." "It's a wonderful, healthy business." "We just need a little support." "If you can take care of that little matter " " I think there will be votes in it for you." "Kjellerup will have to come under the regional development law." "Precisely." "And your boss in the workers' movement   is a member of the regional development council." "Can't you have a little chat with him?" " I can try." " Well, then I can't ask for more." "Cheers." "Yes, well, where were we?" "Eggs and tomatoes." "Rissole with pickles." "Pork chops." "I'm not really dying of hunger today, Palle." "You didn't bring the little lady along?" "No, she's at home." "I wouldn't dare leave mine at home alone, if she were that good-looking." " So you came anyway." " Was it a bad idea?" "It was a great idea." "We hold you in the highest esteem." "Did your husband persuade you?" " He doesn't even know I'm here." " He doesn't know?" "As soon as I heard we were looking for a new speaker girl, I thought of you." "Does it take place in the television studio?" " First there's a microphone test." " What's that about?" "Hello, Hanne." "You're given a text so we can hear if your voice is suitable." "There's no reason to be nervous." "Just articulate very clearly." " Just sit there and you'll be called in." " Thank you." "Hello." "Thanks." " How large is the site?" " 6,000 square meters." "Is that enough space?" "Many people regret buying a site that's too small." "There's a striking resemblance when you stand like that." "Hello, Mama." " Now you also work on Sunday?" " Erik's been looking at a building site." "We're considering moving the factory." "Moving the factory?" "They've zoned a new industrial area." "Are you serious?" "What about the shoe factory?" "He's determined to get a totally unreasonable price." "He's forcing us to look for new possibilities." "We can build something completely up-to-date." " I have to run." " Won't you stay for lunch?" "No, I have an appointment." "I'll get some prices for you." " I hope you don't work all the time." " No, no." "Good-bye, Erik." "Go out and have a look at it, Father." "Then we'll talk." "It's so nice that you've worked things out." "I've been thinking of suggesting that he join the lodge." " You don't mean it." " Why not?" " He's only 29." " I thought it might help him grow up." "Let Erik be Erik." "Does he have to be just like you?" "Why do you react like that?" "If he doesn't want to, he's old enough to say no." "Yes." "But at least we can eat now." " Are you going to build a new factory?" " We'll see." "And you'll be moving, as well?" "Where will you move?" "Maybe America." " America?" " I've worked there before." "I only came home because my dad was taken ill." "I helped out at the factory." "Why do you want to leave if you're working on that project with your dad?" "My father and I..." "It's a long story." "Everyone says your father can't do without you." " Have you told them about us?" " Of course I haven't." "It's hard to avoid hearing what people say." "When are you going to leave?" "I don't know." "What if I grow too fond of you?" " You won't." "I'm too old for you." " You sure are!" "God, what time is it?" "I promised to come home." "My mum will be so mad." "Why don't I come along to America?" "Kjellerup won't be included in the regional development law." "Send your boss over here and I'll show him how well we're doing!" "All the politicians over there are feathering their own nests." "While the rest of us, we have to live like peasants." "I've had enough, Palle." "Now I'm going to sic Jens Otto Krag on them." " What do you mean?" " You know the man." "Call him." "I'm not involving Jens Otto Krag in this." "He's the foreign minister." "Aksel, there will be a revision of the law next year." " Let's find some better documentation." " I've been in the party 27 years." "You don't get anywhere at all with documentation." "Jens Otto Krag's out of the picture." "Now my family's home." "Say hello to your wife." "We must consider the case as dead, for now." "We'll see how dead it is, Birte." "Aksel wants me to speak with Krag about the stocking factory." "Maybe Krag would be interested if they made lady's stockings." "I can't help my constituency." "They're better served with one of their own." " What can I offer them in Jutland?" " So stay home and look after Margrethe." "I can begin working." " Mommy's gonna be on television." " Really?" "Speaker girl." "They called today." "I passed the microphone test." "Now I've been called in for a real television audition." "I know we should have discussed it first." " How much will you be working?" " 2 or 3 evenings a week." "And sometimes weekends." "Darling..." "I enjoy being at home." "Don't misunderstand me." "But sometimes I wish there was more going on in my life." " Let me sign..." " Did you see the site?" "Yes." "It took Miss Toft twenty minutes to clean my shoes..." "Thanks." "But the site you suggested is very interesting." "I've asked the county to send a broker's contract." "I won't try to conceal the fact that I'd prefer staying here." "But the good shoe manufacturer had other ideas." "I don't think you'll regret it, Father." "Have you decided if you're going back to America?" "Not yet." "Wouldn't it be interesting to see the plant being built?" "One can't continue keeping all one's options open." "Sometimes one has to make a decision." "There's a particular reason for my asking, Erik." "I'd like to hear if you'd like to join the lodge." "The lodge has a lot to offer if one's ready to accept it." "Which I feel you are, Erik." " Can one simply join?" " I'd like to be one of your sponsors." "Vang will be the other one." "We'll speak your case." "Then the brothers assess whether you can be accepted for membership." " Assess?" "How?" " Your life." "Your character." "How serious you are." "What about my divorce?" "My hospitalization?" "That was long ago." "We're not concerned with that." "The lodge is an opportunity to grow as a person." "That's what it's all about." "You can only take responsibility for others   when you've taken responsibility for yourself." "Well, it looks like I've given you something to think about." "Bo...?" "Is that you?" " What are you doing?" " It's just some dumb work." " Have you sent Daddy our want-list?" " Yes, I have." "That's good." "Good night, Mummy." "Good evening, this is the television." "Now it's "Double Or Nothing"." "The topics this evening will be nuclear physics, orchids and steam locomotives." "Pardon me, Lis." "Do you mind?" "The program will be broadcast simultaneously on the radio." "The head judge is Poul Overgaard Nielsen." " What a smile." " Thank you." "Please remain seated." " Was there any slurring?" " Not at all." " She was very convincing." " Apparently Schou is quite impressed." "We have some questions for you." "Who is USA's foreign minister?" "I know that one ..." "Yes!" "John Foster Dulles." "I heard about him when I was in America." "So you've been in America?" "What does DDR stand for?" "Die Deutsche Republik." "Not quite." "Two of the words were correct." "We won't hold it against you." "You made a nice audition." "You have poise." " Thank you." " The wage is 35 kroner per evening." "It's not much, but it can supplement your studies." "I don't study, and I can take more evenings if I can arrange a babysitter." "A what?" "A babysitter for my daughter." " I'm going to the post office." " Yes." " There's fresh coffee, Mr Sander." " Thank you." "And those Christmas cookies you like so much." "That coffee sounded so tempting." "But I'll let Mr Sander have the Christmas cookies." " Is Mr Linné being paid?" " It's Mr Berg." "Am I not the editor of the pocketbook series?" " That, you are." " You're using my budget." "The printer's waiting and I have to engage a new translator." "Now there isn't enough money." "It's not good, having conflicts with our authors." "Especially Linné." " He threatened to leave us." " That would have been quite a loss." "He felt that your opinion was unbalanced." "Unbalanced?" "He didn't deliver what we paid him for." "And he was rude!" "He's one of the crowd." "We must stick together." "Listen, Mrs Nørregaard." "I know what we'll do." "What if you make the necessary small corrections?" "I'm sure you can." "Mrs Nørregaard..." "I owe you an apology for having recommended Torsten Linné." "If I can help you..." "I know you want the book out before Christmas." "I have a certain amount of experience in fixing translations." "I've done my best..." "You're welcome to give it a try." "You've done quite a bit." "Shouldn't I take a look at it?" "Thank you very much." "Did you go to the new art museum last Saturday?" "No, I had a little cold." "I'm thinking of going this Sunday." "Perhaps you'd care to join me." "Oh, no, you have your boys." "Maybe I can get someone to look after them." "I'm sorry." "The meeting took longer than I expected." "How'd it go?" " It went really well." " I'm glad to hear it." "Until they discovered I had a daughter." "Then suddenly I was no good." "They didn't say it, but it was clear." "Speaker girls are innocent lambs." "They certainly don't have children." "I'm 27 years old and the party's already over." "Funny, isn't it?" ""Good evening." "This is the television."" "Why do they say that?" "Everyone can damn well see that's what it is." "Søs..." "I'm sorry." "Of course you aren't." "You'd prefer having me at home." "Søs, there's one thing I've thought of." "Christmas." "We needn't spend it with my father and Karen." "Was that the most consoling thing you could find to say?" "Christmas?" "Are you sure you don't have a meeting on Christmas?" "Good night." "Søs..." "Søs..." " Palle From." " Hello." "Now I've written to him." " Who have you written to?" " Krag." " Krag?" "!" " You bet I've written to him." "And I said you'd contact him." "I haven't spoken with Krag for more than 2 years, in May, 1956." "This is about jobs." "People who need food on the table." "We must set aside our personal interests." "Now we have to pull some strings." "Krag's awaiting your call." "Now I've given him something to think about, Birte." "Yes?" "Oh, so you're back." "How'd it go at the new museum?" "It's called Louisiana." "It went fine." "Will you be seeing him again?" "He asked if I'd visit him next Sunday." "I said it depended on whether someone would look after the boys." " Hi, boys." " Hi, Mum." "Hi, Ida." "I had the boys with me out to the garden allotment." " It's still for sale." " Nothing could interest us less." "May we eat it now?" " How'd it go?" "Seeing him again?" " You're such a busybody." " It's okay to ask." " Ida's allowed her private life." "We can take them on Sunday if you want." "Right now my father's delivering a speech for me at the lodge." " Then what?" " They're given a black and a white ball." "They put them in a black or a white box." "If one ball is put in the wrong colour box, then you aren't accepted." "Who are Bo and Henrik?" "Christmas gift lists." "Bo wants a sledge." "And Henrik wants a revolver with real caps." " Who are they?" " Family." "We'll have to make do with this powdered coffee." "You know it?" "I drank it all the time in America." "I don't feel like hearing any more about America." "I just hope they'll accept you." "Then you'll stay here." " Hello, Frandsen." " Nielsen, what's this I hear?" " You're considering moving?" " Oh, has it leaked out?" "Yes." "We're moving to Herlev." "Out to the new ring road." "How about that." "Well, there's my son." "Good morning, Erik." "Frandsen and I were talking about our moving." "I didn't think your father would let himself be lured out of town." "I've begun getting used to the thought." "With the price you were demanding, we had no choice." "I had to be sure before I speak with others." "I owed you that much." " Good luck with it." " Thanks, and the same to you." " Who told him we're moving?" " I did." "I had to see his face." "You must be excited to hear the result at the lodge." " Yes." " It's always a very special moment." "But yesterday evening was very unusual." "Even I was a bit nervous." " How'd it go, then?" " It went really well." "The eleventh of December will be the big day." " How do I look?" " You look fine." "Has Father said what's going to happen?" "Isn't that part of the plan?" "The only thing he said was that one is asked some questions   and the answers one gives, one never forgets." "I hope you get as much pleasure from this as your father has." "Well..." "Erik..." "I feel like I'm going to jump out of an airplane without a parachute." " You're not ill, are you?" " I suddenly got nauseous." "It's better now." "They're waiting for you in the reception room." " How long do I stay there?" " Until they fetch you." "In the meantime one has the chance to think about who one is." "Last night I dreamt I was laid in a coffin." "The lid was put on." "It was made of glass." "My father and all the lodge brothers watched as I suffocated." "Erik, you don't die." "You see the light." "This is the applicant?" "Yes." "Haven't you poured the tea, little Victor?" "He's so unpractical." "I guess you've noticed." "Mrs Nørregaard hasn't had the opportunity, Mother." "Then you have something to look forward to." "Are you going to Jutland for Christmas?" "No, we're spending it with some good neighbours." "So you have good neighbours." "That's not the case here." "You can live right next door for 30 years and never get more than a "hello"." "You could be on your deathbed and no one would notice." " Thank you." " Please take what you'd like." "There you are." "Here, Victor." "Be careful not to get a stomach ache." "Sometimes his system is a bit "sensitive"." " And you're alone with two children?" " Yes, I am." "No!" "That must be awful in times like these." "All that in the newspapers about crime and rootlessness and rock music." " They're young , Mother." " Yes, but young children grow up." "One gives them everything and then they're gone." "That's the thanks you get." "One's discarded..." "like garbage." "No, you mustn't misunderstand me, Mrs Nørregaard." "I'm so happy for you and Victor." "I'm sorry, but I can just see it all before me..." "I felt so sorry for him when he saw me to the door and explained   that it wasn't he who had given his mother that impression." "You'd make a lovely couple, each in an easy chair, reading a book." "I could also just take him." "He's sweet and thoughtful and I'm sure he has money in the bank." "He'd be good with the boys, if they're not noisy." " Then I could get out of publishing." " But you've finally become editor." "I'm still sitting in the reception room with the secretary." "I can't get my own office and my boss does things behind my back." "He'd never treat a male editor like that." "You can't take someone you don't love." "Love?" "I've tried all that." "Yes, I know." "The meeting took longer than I expected again." "Krag...?" "This is a surprise." " What a nice home you have." " Thank you." " You've moved from Hostrup Garden?" " Yes, I have a new house." "The prime minister was shocked when he saw the ceilings were painted dark." "Poor H.C.." "He's so bourgeois." "He even suggested that I take over Hedtoft's old dining room furniture." "Thanks for Aksel's letter." "I really tried to tell him not to put you to any trouble." "I took it as an opportunity to see you again." "It was so nice in the old days when you borrowed my car." " But unfortunately I can't help you." " I'm well aware of that." "Aren't you wasting your time over there?" "I'll say!" "Find a constituency that's closer." "I think Husum is going to be vacant." "But then you run the risk of being elected." " Thanks, but I won't leave Kjellerup." " You don't mean it, Palle." "They are people who have put their confidence in me." "I mustn't try and influence you." "I have to get going." "It's very strange..." "It's not like Aksel Frederiksen to fight so hard for anything." "Don't let so much time pass before we see each other again." " Good-bye." " Good-bye." " Merry Christmas." " It's been very nice, Jens." " He's sweet, that Krag." " You're on a first-name basis?" "He's the kind of man with whom a woman quickly becomes informal." "Didn't he think there was something fishy about Aksel?" "No, I don't think so." "Not at all." "I just want to thank you very much, Mr Nielsen, sir." "You've earned your Christmas bonus, Miss Toft." "I'm completely overwhelmed." "Thank you very, very much." " Thank you for letting me go early." " But you have to go to Bogense." " Faaborg." "To my sister's." " Well, have a wonderful Christmas." "The same to you." "You, as well, Mr Nielsen." "Congratulations on joining the lodge." " Thanks, Miss Toft." "Merry Christmas." " Thank you." " Did you get hold of the architect?" " Yes." "We arranged to meet after New Year's." "I assume you'll join us." "Well..." "Who was that beautiful young lady who sat in your car yesterday?" "Oh!" "She's an acquaintance." "Were you there?" "I didn't even see you." "Your attention was elsewhere." "She looked very sweet." " I seem to have seen her before." " She works in our factory." "So it was her I saw the other day." "I assume this is something you will put an end to." "Pardon me?" "We can't have relationships with the employees, considering our position." "I'm sure you understand." "Well, now's the time for last-minute Christmas presents." "There's no one to see us." "They've all gone home." "Right..." "I have a Christmas present for you." "I'll just pop by tomorrow." " I won't be home." " Really?" "Then I'll just leave it." " What will you be doing?" " There's so much." "The new construction and everything." "You're not working Christmas Eve, are you?" "I'll be very busy now for some time." "It'll be hard to see each other." "What does that mean?" "That I won't have time." " What have I done?" " You haven't done anything." "Nothing at all." "It's me." "I have to go." " Merry Christmas, then." " Merry Christmas." "Look..." "Not very big, is it?" "It's not so small There're three rooms." "Isn't it cozy?" "All the furniture's included." "There's a rocking chair." "Yes, I can already see how cozy it'll be." "We can stay here all summer." "Then Emma can have the flat to herself." "Look at the garden." "We can have potatoes, strawberries, celery..." " Celery?" "You hate celery." " Not when you grow it yourself." "Think of all the money we'll save." "It doesn't pay not to buy it." "Where's the "For Sale" sign?" "It was hanging on the gate." "Now it's gone." " I hope they haven't sold it." " Didn't you reserve it?" " I didn't know if you were interested." " How can I know before I see it?" "There's a note here." "Maybe it's from the real estate agent." "I can't read it, anyway." "I didn't bring my glasses." "What's this supposed to mean?" "What's what supposed to mean?" ""To Karen from Børge."" "Is that what it says?" "Then it's probably because I've bought it." "It's my Christmas present to you, Karen." "You're too much." "Oh, Karen..." "You're too much." "So..." "Who has it?" "Erik?" " Søs, is it you?" " Sorry, Daddy." "That sure is strange..." "No, look!" "What's that, lying there?" " Gee, Margrethe got it." " It was you, Grandmother." "God!" "Here's a funny story." "Palle's constituency chairman's named Aksel." "Søs..." "He's been making Palle try to get development support for a factory." "Otherwise, an important workplace would have to shut down   which wouldn't be good for Palle's career." " Then we had a visit from Krag." " The foreign minister?" "He suggested that Palle take a good, critical look at him." "It turns out the factory's owned by Aksel's brother-in-law   and his own wife has shares in it." "Thanks for the sensitive narrative." "But now Palle has a brand new constituency." " Where?" " Copenhagen." " Husum." " Yes." " Palle will be elected next time." " Congratulations." "Now that you have a new constituency   perhaps you should also have a new party." "I have a funny story, too." "This morning I had a visit from Frandsen, himself." "He said that Bella could buy his building at the valuation price." " It's the spirit of Christmas." " But unfortunately he's too late." "We haven't begun building yet." "Have you been considering dropping the move out there?" "I know that would disappoint you, but you must bear with me." "My entire life lies there." " What about the site in Herlev?" " Yes, it's appreciating more and more." "Gee, is this nice!" "No, I want my daddy." "Sorry, but she's so attached to her "daddy"." "Come, sweetie." " No...!" " No...!" " They're completely knocked out." " I'm not surprised." " What nice boys." " Yes." " Thanks for this evening." " How about one for the road?" " We can leave the door open." " I'm just so tired." "It's really been nice." "Thanks so much." "You're not going back to work, are you?" " Good night." " Good night." "Merry Christmas." " Is it snowing?" " It melts right away." " Too bad." "Bo likes his sledge." " Did he get it?" "Henrik's terrorized us with that cap-gun all evening." "Want to come in for a moment?" " Have you been at your parents'?" " Yes." "The boys and I have been invited there on Boxing Day." "They're looking forward to it." "Would you like a glass of port?" "Maybe you've had enough to drink." "Yes, thanks, I would." "And I haven't drunk enough." "Walking through town is something special on Christmas evening." " Have you begun buying port wine?" " No, it's a gift from work." "I've just got a book out." " Merry Christmas, then." " Merry Christmas." "And congratulations." "Palle said you've been accepted by the lodge." "You've got really really close, you and your father." "I suppose that means you're staying?" "What are you doing tomorrow?" " Just be here." " What about us all going for a drive?" "I don't think it's a good idea with all four of us." "Why not?" "I don't want the boys dreaming about something that can't be." "But you can take them for a ride." "They talk a lot about their dad's sports car." "You're still mad at me." "No, I'm not." "What are you doing?" "Stop it, Erik..." "Don't." "Stop it!" "I'm sorry." "I'm leaving." "Erik, what's wrong?" "There's nothing wrong." "I'll pick up the boys tomorrow at one o'clock." "Erik..." "You can stay awhile." "But you have to go before the boys wake up." "Subtitles:" "Steve Schein Dansk Video Tekst"