"827913 people in this town" "Perhaps I should say 827914... but no one cares about me" "I'm lonely" "They all have someone waiting for them" "They all paw each other, it's bloody disgusting" "Oh well, maybe I shouldn't say disgusting, I guess I have no right to say such a thing" "I'm jealous" "I know I'm not the only one who's lonely in this town, I know there are many lonely souls" "But I don't know them" "Nobody wants me" "Nobody cares about me" "It's a bit cold, being this lonely" "I guess we'll go home to our place" "Well, this ramshackle house is my home, far from the city centre" "But it doesn't matter to me, I don't have to see it, I sleep in the daytime" "I'm a night watchman" "There was a man, he never grew up" "Even though his shoesize got bigger" "All his life, he cried for mother" "And played with dolls, with dolls" "There was a man, he never became sane" "Even though he could write and read in a book" "Because something has to be really, really wrong when a grown man plays with dolls" "There was a man, he never was happy" "Even though he was born in the happiest of towns" "He became bitter, like bitter chocolate" "If he couldn't play with dolls" "There was a man, who acted like a seven-year old" "If the doll fell apart, he would too" "He would cry and weep "What should I do now?"" ""I am not myself without dolls"" "Come along mrs and I'll get you some apples" "Mr Fredriksson has just been out in the yard" "There are so many of them so I don't know how to get rid of them" "Feel free to take apples down there, there are lots of them" "It was just empty, empty, empty" "No one to talk to, no one to smile at, not a single person" "No one" "And so I dreamed instead" "About a woman, of course" "I had thought of her for so long, I had dreamt of her so much" "So I thought I knew how she looked" "Hello, my love" "What are you staring at, punk?" "What do you want?" "Why don't you scram!" "Did you hurt yourself?" "Police radio?" "This is night watchman 137 Lundgren" "I'm on Hamngatan 22, there's been a burglary" "Yes..." "Yes, I'll stay." "Thanks" " Have they stolen anything?" " I don't think so" "I arrived while they were still here, so I don't think they got anything" " I mean, eh, I think they might have taken a doll" " How do you know that?" "I saw it, I saw how he carried it in his arms and ran away with it" "Can you give any description?" " Oh, she was beautiful" " Beautiful?" " Sorry?" " You just said "beautiful"" "Oh, I didn't see him, I only saw his back, he ran out into the yard and disappeared" "He disappeared that way, I saw him over there." "There's nobody left here." "Robert!" "What are you doing?" "I think my china pigs are thirsty, and they are bored down in the basement, and they can't sleep" "I'm sure they are asleep, and you should be too." "It isn't morning yet." "Go to bed now!" "Ouch, don't do that!" "Yes..." "This is how I live, it..." "It might not be that nice, but when you're..." "when you're alone..." "Would you like to sit down?" "Are you comfortable like that?" "..." "I hope it's allright that we lay off the titles?" "Help!" "Hakansson, Hakansson, open the door!" "You should have a real beating!" "Knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night just to say there are "chopped up corpses" in the basement!" "But I saw it down there, in tiny, tiny pieces!" "Yeah, sure." "And last week you found $20000 in the trash can..." "But it's true, there was blood on the wall, and on the stairs, and right there was a hand!" "Just you wait!" "I'll tell your mother!" "Well, no harm done, right?" "A corpse in the basement" "How I behave" "But you see, this is how kind I am" "You don't regret that you came here, do you?" "Does it feel better now?" "Was I allowed to do that?" "Goodnight" "Miss Linde" "Good morning Miss Karlback" "I have to speak to you about your cats" "You see, this doesn't work anymore, they scratch" "Would my cats scratch?" "Never, not my cats" "They wouldn't?" "In any case, yesterday one of them scratched Mr Lundgren." "It must be a mistake, It won't happen again." "I'll tell them." "I don't want any cats in my house attacking my tenants!" "They understand every word I say to them" "You must get rid of your animals!" "Animals!" "?" "Mr Lundgren, Good day Mr Lundgren, how is the hand?" "The hand?" "Yes" "Why?" "You heard what I said!" "You do want to stay, don't you, Miss Linde?" "It's "of Linde"!" "Wait and you'll see that everything will be fine again" "Your beautiful small hands" "I bought flowers, here, look" "You shouldn't be afraid" "You shouldn't be afraid you know" "It won't hurt" "You're so beautiful" "You make me so happy, because you're here cause I can talk to you, and you listen to me" "You have such beautiful hands so soft, so small, so fine" "You don't have to say anything" "You shouldn't say anything" "You make me so infinitely happy" "It's allright, it's allright" "It's allright, it's allright, lie still, lie still..." "Ouch" "There you go" "Say, would it be possible to get could I perhaps have..." "two cookies in a bag?" ""Two cookies in a bag"?" "One for yourself of course, and one for..." "No one" ""Roses on your cheeks and sunshine in your eyes"..." "(Quote from a Swedish children's song) ...and at five in the morning, on top of it all." "He seems to be in love!" "Perhaps" "So now he's going home to her to eat cookies" "I'd like to see what kind of dame you'd want to visit at five in the morning to eat cookies!" "It should be a seducer like Lundgren for that 10 cents please." "Thank you." "You also like your coffee strong, like me" "That's because we have the same taste" "Sugar?" "Two." "Cream?" "Excuse me" "Have you missed me?" "Alot?" "You see, I came from work as fast as I could" "I couldn't just skip it, that wouldn't look good" "I have a very important job" "I am the one who guards the town" "But don't you worry" "I just bash their front teeth in if they mess around with me." "Cookie?" "If there are many of them I take..." "Did I scare you?" "It's not dangerous, this it's absolutely nothing..." "That's... exactly what they think about me that I'm absolutely nothing" "Do you know what they would say about us if they saw us together now, they would say I was mad" "But I'm not you see, I'm not mad" "If only you had been alive" "Then we would have shown them" "If only you had been alive" "If you could move a little" "If only you could give me your hand" "Give me your hand then!" "Give me your hand!" "Who told you that you can't do it?" "If only I'd had you" "I would have been something, I would have made something" "More coffee?" "You'd never think that I could be something, right?" "You'd never think that, would you?" "You mustn't tickle me!" "Where are those... those curlers" "Goddammit!" "I'm not that used to doing ladies' hair" "You did it pretty good considering you're a barber" "Don't laugh at me" "There you hear, he's not fully sane *mumbling*..." "It's true!" "No, stop it!" "Mhm, why would I do that?" "I clean your room, you fix my hair and then we're even!" "Nnnnnope!" "It's true!" "But it's true, it's true, it's true!" "Who is he talking to?" "A girl?" "A girl?" "At his place?" "Nah..." "You have to love me back!" "If I have one, just one that believes in me... and loves me, then I can..." "Then I can change my whole life" "I can become anything" "I can do..." "I can do whatever you want" "Earn loads of money" "I can dress you up in fancy clothes" "I can be... whatever you want" "I can do what I want to" "I have to go down now" "Mom will soon be home from work" "Goodnight" "Mr Strom!" "It's the first day of the month today!" "I'm sorry miss Karlberg, we'll be there in a minute!" "Hey you rascal!" "Am I supposed to scrub the stairs all over again just because you can't learn to wipe your shoes off!" "?" "Let go!" "Ouch!" "Stupid boy!" "Should I have to put up with this?" "I should have known this when I got married" "That I would be scrubbing stairs..." "after other people's kids" "Sorry, mrs Hakansson" "A thousand thanks" "We've been married for six months today, now we're going to celebrate it" "Is that supposed to be a reason to celebrate?" "We would have celebrated..." "Enter!" "And I would certainly appreciate if Mr Strom would remember by himself to pay his rent the first every month" "The rent should be payed the first day every month, before noon" "Mr Lundgren is an exception." "He needs to sleep." "Every year he has payed at exactly four o'clock." "What would you like to have?" "I'd like some clothes..." "ladies' clothes" "Is it supposed to be a present?" "Well, not exactly that but..." "Is the lady old or young?" "Young" "A nightgown perhaps?" "Not really... it should be something that she can wear during the day, so she can get out of bed" "So she can get out of bed?" "Yes, exactly." "Socks, trousers, a sweater or something like that perhaps" "What size should it be?" "I don't know" "Perhaps my size would be allright?" "What colour did my dear gentleman have in mind?" "Black, white or maybe pink..." "isn't this one pretty?" "But perhaps you prefer silk to nylon...?" "but nylon is more practical indeed" "Would you like something with lace... or perhaps something in this style might fit, what does the gentleman say about this?" "You are awake!" "You just pretended to sleep" "How are you?" "Have you slept well?" "Fine thank you" ""Fine, thank you"" "What a beautiful voice you have" "So do you, too" "Do I?" "Yes" "But I sound like a magpie..." "I look like a sparrow" "No." "Not at all." "You look like..." "Like what?" "Like... you should." "Do you really mean that?" "Yes." "I do." "I was going to buy you clothes, but..." "I didn't find any that were nice enough" "I would rather have this one" "Because it is yours" "It smells so good" "Just like you" "You have to... turn around for a while" "Maybe I should... help" "We wont live like this any longer," "I have saved some money so we can change things" "But I want it like you have it now" "Just like this" "I want you" "Me?" "I want to be here and get to know you" "You will tell me about yourself" "About what you have thought" "I've thought about you" "I will be here between your walls" "I will sit in your chair" "And I will stand by your window" "And I will come home to you after work" "Then we will sit by the light" "And I will tell you about everything that's happened during the night" "Good evening Mr Lundgren, I just thought I would knock to ask you about..." "Mr Lundgren hasn't been down with the rent money yet" "Oh, that's right" "Right, so..." "Doesn't Mr Lundgren feel well?" "Thanks, I'm fine, thank you" "The hostess... she's gone now" "She's gone now" "Hey, you" "Are you scared?" "You see, nobody... nobody knows that you're here" "Nobody will get to know anything about you" "Nobody's going to take you from me, ok?" "Will you miss me?" "Yes?" "Oh, I talk so much nonsense, you shouldn't..." "You shouldn't bother too much about it" "People talk like that when they're happy" "Good evening, good evening" "Lundgren can move around freely" "Others have to keep themselves at home" "Morning, noon and evening" "Oh, if only one could be able to go out like Lundgren" "Out, and away" "Excuse me" "Do you really know how well you're off?" "Living alone, up there" "Have you ever thought about why a woman wants a man?" "It's not to get a husband, oh no" "That's just something she tells you" "No, it's a refrigerator she wants, and a TV-set" "And expensive carpets on the floor" "And if she doesn't get that what does she do then, do you think?" "Then, my friend, she just lies there, without saying a thing" "Rigid and stiff like a..." "like a pike" "But... if they get just that?" "What do you mean "just that"?" "I mean, clothes or..." "Or jewellery or furniture or a fur or a car" "Why not the moon and the stars?" "But..." "Do I look like someone that could bring down a star?" "Oh no, my friend" "Oh?" "So you've been out frivoling until this late?" "Will you follow me up to my room for a while?" "Okay" "Who can that be, coming here in a taxi?" "Lundgren" "Come" "Come, so he doesn't see us" "Bah, what does that matter?" "I just want to see if he's alone" "As usual..." "Is something on fire?" "What?" "Or perhaps someone is waiting for you?" "So... how do you like it?" "Is it beautiful?" "Yes, very" "I wanted to give you something really beautiful" "Just because I'm so afraid of losing you" "You won't" "I'll give you anything you want" "Just tell me what you want" "You know what to give me" "What should I give you?" "You know what I want" "What?" "You" "You, you, you" "I have to get back now, you see" "To my duties" "I'm your duty now and you are mine" "I'll soon be home" "Home" "If only you knew how I have longed for that word" "Home" "You know, I just can't believe it!" "If you just knew how much I've longed for someone to come home to" "Before I found you I was nothing, nothing" "But, you know, I knew that one day..." "Yes?" "The day I found you" "I would become a whole person" "I would become a real person, do you understand?" "If I understand?" "You mustn't leave me" "But I'm not leaving you, I'll come back" "I just have to go to work" "You mustn't go" "But don't you understand?" "You mustn't go!" "Don't you understand?" "Calm down now, be calm" "Lie here and wait for me" "You mustn't leave me" "Nobody's going to miss you" "Nobody but me" "Nobody but me" "Always?" "No matter what happens" "No matter what happens" "Well, I don't really approve of the tenants borrowing my phone, but of course when it's about Mr... when it's about illness, naturally... go ahead" "Hello!" "This is night watchman 137 Lundgren" "I have to notify my absence because of illness" "Well, it's hard to say..." "A couple of days perhaps" "Yes, I can do that" "Yes, thank you" "Mr Lundgren was ill after all..." "just like I thought" "It's not that bad, really" "But Mr Lundgren you really do not look well" "Now you should go to bed" "And just tell me if there is anything I can do" "It's definitely not necessary" "But Mr Lundgren might not be able to get out and buy his own food *mumbles disapprovingly*" "But just... just tell me if you need me" "Can I come in?" "Mr Lundgren isn't really well" "You know what" " I thought so yesterday already" "How come?" "Let's not talk about that" "I never talk about my tenants" "You should have heard him, he was very kind" "He's always been kind to me by the way, the boss" "He just said: "Take a couple of days off Mr Lundgren..."" ""...you have a job with a lot of responsibility"" ""Mr Lundgren is a valuable man for our company", he said" "Hey, did you hear that?" ""Mr Lundgren is valuable for our company"" "Yes, I can see that you are valuable" "Well, I have my connections..." "With whom?" "Aah, you're jealous, my little wildcat" "What's so funny about that?" "I like when you're jealous, since it is because of of love." "It's true." "But then there are others who are jealous because of hate." "Evil." "Jealous of me because I am different" "People who are ugly and lonely" "Ugly, lonely people don't understand anything" "It doesn't look like..." "I haven't forgotten you" "My love" "Come here" "But you know I can't dance" "Sure you can, I'll teach you" "I've danced with many women" "Come on then" "One, two, three..." "We're pretty good at this" "Aren't you going to dance?" "Are you afraid of dancing?" "And you just told me you've danced with so many beautiful women" "But..." "What does it matter?" "Are you afraid of dancing?" "It is you who taught me how to dance" "There's a knock - someone's knocking!" "Oh, I also know how to knock" "I want to get into the world" "In amongst the people" "Into the world, in amongst the people" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "You mustn't behave like this" "Come in, come in, come in" "Come in all you people" "Come in, come in to me, come in" "You mustn't, you mustn't!" "I love you, I love you, I love you" "I don't want to lose you" "You mustn't..." "I don't understand" "Why did you do that?" "I don't know" "What should we do now?" "I don't know" "Would you like some coffee?" "If..." "If you just could tell me why" "Did I do anything wrong?" "D-d-did...did you want them to come in here?" "Then everything would be over" "Then they would they would take you away from me" "Or else they would take me away" "No, I think Mr Lundgren has behaved as usual" "But it's strange that he doesn't open the door" "He said lots of strange things too" "Do you think he might have someone else there?" "A woman?" "Lundgren?" "A woman in his room?" "Nah, never in my life" "By the way" "He's got the right to have anyone in his room" "Hasn't he?" "Well, yes" "Jealous, are you?" "Something is strange here" "No." "Someone is strange here" "Would you please go up and find it out then" "But I really don't have any reason to go there" "What if he really is sick?" "Maybe he wants to be alone then" "The night watchman has killed himself!" "He's gassed himself to death!" "Hey, be quiet" "You should be ashamed" "Well, if he doesn't open for one person" "I suppose he won't open for us either" "But it really does smell like gas" "But he can't..." "Lundgren!" "Lundgren!" "That was close" "This could have turned out really bad" "Oh, I..." "I was sleeping" "I must have fallen asleep" "The coffeepot has been boiling over" "That's what caused it" "How does it feel now?" "It can't have been a very long time" "It doesn't feel too bad" "There's really no reason to worry" "Good" "I'll open the window so you get some fresh air" "Then it'll get better" "There's someone lying in the bed" "There's a corpse in the bed!" "He's killed someone" "That's why he turned on the gas!" "Get out boy, enough is enough!" "But I'm sure he's killed someone!" "Shut your mouth now, it's enough!" "Is that clear?" "Get out!" "That kid has got corpses on his brain" "Corpses and lions and..." "I don't know what else" "I can't understand where he got that from" "No..." "So it was gas then." "What had he done?" "It was just the coffeepot" "I've seen exactly the same thing happen before" "At my aunt's place" "I'm sorry" "I had to hide you, I couldn't let him see you" "Listen to me" "Listen when I tell you that..." "Please listen" "I didn't mean to do anything wrong" "It's just that I'm so afraid of losing you" "Look at me" "Listen to me" "I know that I'm a coward" "But I will make it up to you" "I promise" "I will tell them, tell them that you're here" "I will show you to them" "How could you ever forgive me for being so stupid?" "I wanted to keep you for myself but..." "E-e-egoist" "This can't be a life for you, to be..." "I will..." "I will tell them that you're here" "I will show you to them" "I will make them jealous" "I will show them how beautiful you are" "We're going to go out..." "We're going to go out right now!" "But you can't look like this" "You can't go out in these" "These clothes..." "I have to get you something nice then" "A dress" "An evening gown" "And really, really, really tiny shoes" "A coat" "A fur." "I will get you a fur." "Accidents just don't happen by themselves" "If you go out in the street in front of a bus" "It's because you really want to get run over" "No one wants to get run over" "No, I can't believe that he did it on purpose" "We really don't know much about each other" "I've been living in the same house as Mr Lundgren for six months" "And still I haven't noticed anything" "I know" "What?" "I won't say anything, because you don't believe me" "But you must admit that he's behaved a bit strange lately" "Treading around, talking to himself" "He's looked strange too" "Maybe he suffers from a serious disease?" "I myself will never forget when I got to know..." "Maybe he's been trying to hide that he's been deeply depressed" "Well, my disease was..." "Poor Mr Lundgren" "The best and most orderly tenant I ever had" "Good evening Mr Lundgren" "How are you, Mr Lundgren?" "That's the best thing Mr Lundgren can do - go out and get some fresh air" "No, I'm going downtown to pick up a fur" "Excuse me?" "I'm going to pick up a fur" "A fur?" "Yes." "Not for myself of course, but for a lady" "My lady, actually, if you allow me" "May I please give you my congratulations!" "For how long has Mr Lundgren known her?" "Always." "Always." "But she's only been living with me for a couple of days." "And what is the lady's name, if one may ask?" "Oh, I really don't know..." "I really must remember to ask her about that" "Mrs Karlberg, I..." "I will do that" "Thank you very much Mrs Karlberg, well, eh, goodbye" "But this doesn't make sense" "That a lady would be living up there with him" "That we've never seen" "Who's never gone out" "I really didn't think that Mr Lundgren had humour" "What a pity if it only was a joke" "Have you heard if he's come back?" "Who?" "Lundgren" "Oh, Lundgren" "Are you going out?" "I was thinking about going to the country house for a while" "But I'll skip that now when I've got such beautiful company" "Haven't you heard the latest?" "The latest?" "What?" "First he tried to kill himself with gas" "With gas, you say" "And then he says he's going to get a fur for a beautiful lady" "You've started listening to your kid brother's stories again..." "Don't be stupid, I heard it myself" "Hakansson had to force the door" "I wonder if the lock is broken..." "Do you think he's there?" "Well, I don't know..." "Have you ever seen how he lives?" "No." "Come, let's take a look" "A mannequin!" "Look!" "Take that off" "Do I dare?" "Sure, take it!" "It's me!" "What do you say?" "Huh?" "You didn't expect that from me, did you?" "Perhaps you thought that I'd let you walk around in ugly clothes" "So I never could take you out, did you?" "Come on now" "Come on!" "It is not genuine" "What are you saying?" "It is NOT genuine!" "It is fake, just like you are fake" "And everything you say is fake" "And everything that has to do with you" "Is fake, and fake, fake" "You mustn't say that" "Tell me a single thing about you that's genuine" "My love for you is genuine" "For me?" "Haven't I done all I can for you?" "You haven't given me anything" "You don't have anything to give" "Yourself" "Loneliness" "Emptyness" "Is that something to give?" "Is that something to share?" "Is that something you should drag me into?" "Being here to listen to you" "Being here to understand you" "But I am here" "Tell me - tell me what you've thought about!" "Tell me who you are!" "What was it that you were going to tell me?" "Share your emptiness" "Share your loneliness" "Thank you" "If you didn't have anything else to share..." "Answer me" "Did you have anything else to give?" "Answer me!" "Where is..." "Where's the bracelet?" "Where is the bracelet?" "Has anyone been here while I was away?" "Has anyone been here while I was away!" "?" "Are you the kind of person that invite people while I am away?" "I know who it is" "Open up!" "What have you done while I was away?" "Why couldn't you leave her alone?" "What the hell!" "Give me the bracelet." "Give it to me or else!" "Come along here" "It's just a mannequin, plain and simple!" "Don't touch her I say, don't touch her!" "She's mine!" "I've heard and experienced a lot of strange things, but being accused of seducing a mannequin..." "I will report you to the police!" "No you won't, because then I'll tell them about this" "You're going to keep your damned mouth shut about that bracelet" "Or they will come and put you in the loony bin, without that little toy!" "Don't let him do it, don't let him" "Well... we all have our own ideals when it comes to women." "I have mine and you have yours" "Just keep your mouth shut about mine and I will do the same about yours" "Help me then!" "Help me!" "Can you forgive... can you forgive me?" "Can you ever forgive me?" "Tell me what to do" "Tell me what to do" "I know what to do" "I want to speak to Annie" "She's changing clothes, she just came home" "I want to speak to her" "Annie, Mr Lundgren wants to speak to you" "Where's Mr Fredriksson?" "I have no idea, I just got home." "I haven't seen Mr Fredriksson." "Why would Annie know that?" "Because they just..." "Mr Lundgren!" "The country house, he was just heading there." "Just by chance I met Mr Fredriksson in the stairwell" "Oh my..." "Say, hello - do you know where Mr Fredriksson lives?" "Fredriksson?" "Just where the light got on right now, that's Fredriksson's cabin" "Lundgren?" "Why don't you go to the police, Mr Fredriksson?" "That would be the only right thing." "Yes, well, I would have done that at once, if it wasn't because..." "I was thinking about the reputation of this house" "And also about you" "About me?" "You never know what an insane person can come up with" "He can come up with the most amazing scandals about us other people in this house" "Like what?" "If... if the police came into the picture..." "What would be the problem then?" "He shouted at me that he would kill me because I had been making passes at his woman" "And the other women in this house" "And I would rather not repeat what he said about you" "What did he say about me?" "It would be very unpleasant for all of us if his sick fantasies got into for example the newspapers" "You know what people use to say:" "no smoke without a fire" "What kind of a woman is it that he loves then?" "That's exactly what I want you to see." "I want witnesses." "Do you think he's there now?" "I'm pretty sure someone is there" "something" "Quiet" "I can't remember the words, it was a long, long time ago that I heard this song" "Step inside." "Please step inside." "Sorry, we didn't mean to" "No, not at all!" "I have spoken to you about them, right?" "Now you will get to know them by yourself." "A doll!" "A stolen mannequin!" "A stolen fur" "Do you understand what I mean now?" "Lying there in front of us with a doll!" "How can you?" "But we're the ones who intruded..." "This just isn't right" "You shouldn't worry about me" " I'm happy" "Happy?" "Happy with a mannequin?" "I love her." "She loves me." "Tell them that you love me." "Tell them!" "Lundgren." "Listen to me!" "Say something." "Say something so they will understand!" "Look at me" "Say something!" "Talk to me!" "Say something!" "Hold me!" "You must hold me!" "Look at me." "Why didn't you tell them that it was true?" "Why didn't you say anything?" "You bitch" "You little false whore" "False whore!" "You have fooled me all of the time" "You have fooled..." "lied to me!" "You could have told them that it was true" "Not a word, you didn't say a word." "Not a single word!" "Not a single word!" "Why?" "Because you're a doll." "A doll!" "A doll without heart" "What have I done?" "I have..." "I have killed her" "I have killed, killed her..." "Why can't a human ever get used to being lonely?" "It would be so much better if a person could just accept her unhappiness" "So much happier" "But no... you'd rather have a doll" "A simple, lowdown doll of wax" "Than be yourself, and one day realize..." "that it's perfectly natural" "Because everyone is in fact alone, no matter how much they try to pretend they are together" "Right?" "A doll" "Mr Lundgren?" "Is there nothing we can...?" "Where did he go?" "I don't know" "And I don't know what we can do either" "If only we had known him" "You thought you had gotten rid of me" "You thought you were free now" "But you will not get rid of me that easy" "You will never get rid of me!" "You cannot live without me" "I cannot die without you" "There was a boy, he was the doll's friend" "Because he gave it both clothes and rings" "And if he isn't dead he's probably living still" "With dolls and dolls, for dolls" "With doll after doll, for dolls" "Dolls, dolls, dolls" "Subtitles by KungKalas"