"Good morning" "Is this perhaps yours, sir?" "Fell out of somebody's window" "No!" "Oh, sorry" "Want anything from me?" "Yes" "What is it?" "I live in the upper floor I hope you remember me" "Yes, you ran my dog over two years ago" "My name is Dorota Geller My husband's a patient of yours" "I don't remember all the names about his health?" "Yes" "I inform the families on Wednesdays, 3 to 5:00:00 PM" "Come to the hospital" "But Wednesday's only the day after tomorrow...?" "It's Monday today" "I'm sorry I didn't run you over instead of your dog" "Come on in, Barbara!" "Good morning, Doctor?" "There's something wrong, Barbara..." "It doesn't bloom" "Dorota?" "Are you there, Dorota?" "Why don't you answer the phone?" "The perhaps you're out..." "This is Abka speaking..." "I'm going away for a week with the class..." "I'll let you know when I'm back..." "bye..." "This is Janek Wierzbicki..." "I must talk to you" "Could I perhaps drop in tonight?" "Well, what was it?" "Not the cold, you know..." "He's teething..." "He cried all night Only went to sleep at dawn" "I spent the night at his bed" "She didn't sleep, either" "She was worried about the two of us getting no sleep" "Father came into the room in the morning" "All dressed, he was, and laughing" "He opened his mouth and showed us a hole where a tooth had been" "He extract that tooth himself" "Well, I told him the little one had just cut his first tooth" "And he just laughed and said True enough" "Yeah, That's how it is, Barbara" "I tie my scarf The kid's sleeping peacefully" "I can see the man through a half-open door" "Father hold his granddaughter on his knees" "She's laughing and trying his tooth" "And then that lady comes to meet me in the hall" "Her eyes are black ringed for lack of sleep" "She says, I don't like it..." "Too many teeth here..." "I answer, Go get some sleep," "father's staying home today She nods and says, O.K." "Well, the next episode coming to you next week" "Excuse me, Madam" "Yes?" "A hare fell out of somebody's window..." "The caretaker was asking..." "Was it perhaps yours?" "No" "I can see you this afternoon if it's really urgent..." "Mrs. Geller?" "Money order Your husband's sick benefit" "May I see your identification card, please?" "I only have a passport" "That will do" "Do you know the time?" "It's past ten..." "Thank you" "Which room is Mr. Geller in?" "Geller..." "The one we've operated on?" "Room12" "I'd like to see his records" "Yes, sir" "Just leave it here..." "Perhaps he'll feel like eating it later" "Has he had anything today?" "Not much" "Good-bye" "May I help you?" "I have an appointment with the ward head" "No families received today" "But he told me to come My name's Geller" "A lady to see you, Doctor Mrs. Geller" "Is it afternoon already?" "Ten past twelve" "The doctor will see you" "Sit down, please" "Can I smoke?" "I don't smoke, but if you have to..." "The diagnosis, the treatment, the operation ther belated, all of that" "What do you mean?" "Thing ae in a bad way" "Will he live?" "I don't know" "But I've got to know You've got to know it, too" "No, the only thing I've got to do is treat your husband as best I can" "And I know just one thing;" "that I don't know" "Give me the district clinic, please" "Yes, the district clinic" "Shall I give you a lift?" "No, thank you I always walk" "Your soup's in the fridge, I repotted your cactus, please don't touch it" "I checked on the ads" "Will tell you about them when I come on Wednesday, Barbara" "Just a moment" "I'm coming" "I took the other staircase" "Smoke if you like" "How do you cope with bathing?" "I warm potfuls of water on the stove" "Look here, Madam..." "I really don't know" "You see..." "I..." "We're very happy together, my husband and I..." "I love him very much" "I saw you together several times" "You seemed happy" "Madam..." "Please try to understand me..." "We know nothing about causes..." "very little about effects... and next to nothing about prognosis" "They tell patients the truth in America" "So they do" "They usually prove right..." "It's different with optimistic forecasts" "I don't care, I can stand a pessimistic prognosis" "Please tell me:" "Is he going to die?" "I have to know" "I want to do everything I can for him" "There's nothing you can do Just wait" "If you let me talk just a minute longer," "I'll tell you about my problem" "Go on" "You see, I couldn't get pregnant before I'm pregnant now" "three months ago." "The father is another man, not my husband" "I know I won't ever have children again if I have an abortion now, I know it" "But if my husband is to live, I can't have that baby" "The man I've told you about is avery close friend" "I don't know what to do..." "Do you understand?" "Do you know it's possible... to love two men at once?" "It is..." "Do you understand?" "He has little chance to get better, about several percent" "The odds that he's going to live, that is just to vegetate, are fifteen percent" "That's what you can find in scitific books" "But I've seen too many people in my life who ought to have died but lived on ...and too many others who died for no reason," "I can't pass the sentence" "You see, one of them... that is, my husband - made me feel safe and comfortable" "The other one..." "Ah, well... it's wrong to want too much" "It's conceit" "Do you believe in God?" "I have a God that's enough for myself only, I guess..." "Your private one?" "Yes..." "Then ask your God for absolution" "Janek!" "I phoned, didn't you listen to the recordings?" "Yes, yes, I did What's the matter?" "We're going away" "When?" "In a week's time..." "To Delhi" "And then we're going on to the first camp, with the Sherpas" "What have you brought with you?" "Andrzej's rucksack Why should somebody else bury it..." "Isn't it a bit too early for the funeral?" "We'll miss him ...up there in the mountains" "Take it" "Take it away" "He's still member of the club, isn't he?" "Then let it stay there, damn it!" "At least until he dies..." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to" "I know" "My poor girl..." "No, no Not any more" "This is 31-23-67..." "Please leave a brief message after the electronic signal" "Hello, Dorota - it's me It's afternoon here" "I know it's already dark back home" "I've just returned from a rehearsal" "Lots of friends, but I don't feel good here" "I can't wait to see you" "I'll phone again tomorrow evening Tomorrow night, to you" "I'd like to tell you one more thing, but perhaps the recording will soon end" "Everything's fine, wonderful" "All right, you can get dressed" "I must get rid of it, Doctor" "Everything goes so well?" "All right, if you insist It's the last moment to do it" "Have you ever been my patient?" "No, this is my first visit" "Let me see... the day after tomorrow..." "one o'clock" "Your name, please?" "Dorota Geller" "Dorota..." "A pretty name..." "It's you, isn't it?" "Yes" "When have you arrived?" "Yesterday night" "He wanted me to tell you about himself" "Please do" "Well, he rehearses a lot Had one concert already" "He thought you'd be there" "Can't get through to you..." "Said to tell you he'd try again tonight" "I know..." "Well, that's about all" "Have you got the key to his flat?" "He wants you to take the scores with you when you're going to join him" "They're on the piano, several sheets in a green cover" "All right" "Ah, that's your coffee..." "It's cold already" "Yes, it is" "This is the previous segment..." "And the one before that..." "Just look at them" "This one's a month old" "and this one - just two weeks" "And this is the latest one" "You've always taught us, sir..." "Forget it, what do you think?" "Progression..." "Answer it, Dorota" "You're there, aren't you?" "You are!" "Can you hear me?" "Dorota?" "Yes" "At least!" "Good morning, or is it good evening?" "Good morning, I guess" "Good morning, then I tried to get hold of you the last few days" "I know, I'm sorry I was out" "Have you got the passport?" "Yes, but it doesn't matter anymore" "Why?" "How's Andrzej?" "Pretty bad..." "But why doesn't it matter?" "What you said about the passport?" "I'm going to have an abortion, tomorrow" "I don't get you" "I'm having an abortion tomorrow" "Do you understand?" "Yes, I do" "If you do it and Andrzej dies, Dorota... you will never want me again" "I know" "You'll pay a fortune for this call..." "Yes, we won't be together Do you understand?" "Yes" "I want to be with you, Remember I want it very much" "You'll have to ask somebody else to bring you the score" "Dorota..." "I love you" "Just a short story today, Barbara" "I went to work, to the hospital" "A man came to see me and said..." "We had to make a transfer to England, that night" "I phoned home" "Father answered it and said she was asleep, he had to speak softly" "I asked about the kids" "They're fine, he said, the girl laughed so much she wetted her panties" "And the boy woke up ever so hungry" "I fed him..." "And then I couldn't hear him anymore just ga-ga-ga..." "He must have put the receiver right up to the kid's mouth" "That was at eleven o'clock" "Soon after twelve, I obtained a release and went home" "But there wasn't any home" "Yes, it was then it was..." "Where our house use to stand, there was just a hole in the ground" "It was on that day A few minutes past twelve" "The boss said it was only exceptionally" "Yes" "Andrzej?" "Can you hear me, Andrzej?" "I love you... so much" "Andrzej..." "Will you please excuse me, gentleman" "We'd like to talk in private" "No, please stay It won't take long" "You didn't want to pass a sentence in my husband's case" "But I don't wan you to have a clean conscience" "I'm having an abortion in an hour" "Go out!" "Didn't I tell you?" "Please don't do it" "What do you mean?" "Don't do it" "Why not?" "He's going to die" "How do you know?" "Metastasis proceeds quicker and is more dangerous than before" "He hasn't the ghost of a chance" "Can you swear?" "I swear" "And, Madam..." "You play with the philharmonic, don't you?" "Yes" "I'd like to listen to your performance" "Yes, please Come on in" "I'm sorry..." "You've been sleeping" "No, just dozing" "Please sit down" "I'd like to thank you" "There's nothing to thank me for" "Nothing really..." "We've only just learned once again that it's not the X-ray pictures that we're treating" "I'm coming back... from the other side" "Yes..." "You know, the world... seemed to me to be disintegrating," "Everything grew uglier, more hideous" "As if somebody did it on purpose" "So that I wouldn't be sorry" "But now..." "I could know" "I can touch the table" "And what's more... you know..." "We're going to have a baby" "I'm glad to hear it" "Do you know what it means, to have a baby?" "Yes, I do"