"You're going to move." "I want to stay here." "Mind your head." "I can walk myself." "No, you can't." "What do you see?" "Nothing." "Okay." "Well, that wasn't bad." " Could be worse." "What's the matter?" " Nothing." "So why did you call?" "Fetch the doctor." " No." "I want to get out of bed." "Sit down." "Hold on tight." "Hold on tight." "With both hands." "Was Ada here?" " Yes." "Why didn't she come upstairs?" "She didn't feel like it." "Did she say so?" "Yes." "Good?" " Yes." "Is that okay?" "Well?" " Yes." "I'm hungry." "I'm hungry sometimes too." "The curtain's closed." "I'm not dead yet." "Hey." " Hi." "Arie is dead." "Arie?" " Arie." "Heart attack." "Day before yesterday." "At home." "He was nearly retired, wasn't he?" " What?" "He was nearly retired?" "Yes." "Only 58." "I missed you." " What?" "I didn't see you the last few times." " Oh." "I might have been upstairs." "What do you do... up there?" "Nothing." "My father is lying there, he's ill." "What's he got?" "Nothing." "He's just old." "I didn't know that." "What?" "That he's old?" "That he's ill." "Well, now you know." "Yes." "Goodbye." " Yes." "Hey, Helmer." "The donkeys are loose." "What did you say?" " The donkeys are loose." "Damn." " They're in the yard." "Quickly." " Lift it." "Well done." "How's your father?" " Fine." "Can I go and see him?" "He's asleep now." "Has the doctor seen him?" "Yes." "What did he say?" "He's old." "Just old." "What now?" "Should I help look after him?" "After all, we live next door." "No, It's fine." "Hey, Helmer." " Hi." "Hi, Helmer." "Why are you here?" " Dad wants you to come home." "Why?" " Can I have a biscuit?" "No." " I don't know." "You don't know or you forgot?" "Forgot." " Well, we'd better go then." "Bye." " See you." "Condolences." "They took his sheep." "Totally neglected." "He's just as old as you, isn't he?" "He was foul, couldn't look after himself." " Who?" "Klaas van Balen..." "Who lives near Axel?" " Yes, him." "Isn't your husband here?" "He's too busy with his papers." "The new bam is more work than we thought." "Before you can start building..." "Did you see Helmer's place?" "What?" "Are you expanding too?" "No." "The living room, he painted everything." "It's beautiful." "Have you never been inside?" "Doesn't Helmer give you coffee?" "He's got coffee now" "What are you doing?" "The hooded crow has gone." "He flew away." "He wasn't waiting for me." "Walk over to the bed." "I can't." "I can't make it." "Stand up." "You know who's dead?" "Arie." "Which Arie?" "The dairy driver from Zaamslag." "No." "Yes." "That crow is waiting for me." "I can see that." "He's waiting for me." "I want to die." "Now that you're clean, I suppose?" "Yes." "Yes." "Really?" "I'm clearing up." "I have some more things." "Photos of you and Geert." "I thought you might like them." "Happy New Year." " Is it midnight?" "Come on, stand up." "You'll catch cold." "Otherwise you're going to bed." "Teun never catches cold." "Have a donut." "It's time for a glass of champagne." " Act your age." "Thank you, sir." " You're welcome, madam." "Oh, stop it!" "He won't let me sing." "How's your father?" "Is there heating upstairs?" "He's going downhill fast." "Will he die?" " Really, Ronald!" "I have an apple for you." "It's cold." "Yes..." "It's freezing." "Are you painting?" "Yes." "What is it this time?" "Geert's room." "Why?" "For the farmhand." "The farmhand?" "Yes." "Hadn't I told you?" "I'm just lying here." "I know nothing." "Yes, I told you." "You forgot." " No, no, I never forget anything." "Whatever you want." "This way." "I milk thirty cows." "This is the young cattle." "Isn't there a manure machine?" "No, not here." "How do you manage?" "Just with a shovel." "And wheeling." "Is it a hobby?" "Excuse me?" "The sheep, they're a hobby?" "You could say that." "You don't have many cows either." "Show me your hands." "No, the inside." "Go away!" "So I can eat in peace." "Door closed?" " Door closed." "I'm going to bed." "Good night." "What's he doing?" "He's mending your bicycle." "What's he like?" "I don't know yet." "Light on?" "Light on." "That is Henk." "He's your nephew?" " My nephew?" "No." "Henk works here." "He doesn't work hard, does he?" "So he's the new farmhand?" "Yes." "Sturdy lad." "Yes." "Why do you dislike me so?" "What did I do, Helmer?" "Should this go in the wash?" "What, now?" "Yes, why not?" "It's cold." "Yes." "Have you been skating?" " Yes." "I prefer swimming." "It's too cold for that." "Yes, it's too cold now." "I must go." "Where is your brother?" "At home." "He didn't feel like coming?" "No." "He says it's dirty here." "In here." "I'm going to bed." "How do you get that thing so clean?" "Just rinse it hot." "I'm leaving tomorrow." "What d'you mean, leaving?" "I'm quitting." "So you won't come anymore?" " No." "I'm going back to Mechelen, to my sister." "Yes..." "I didn't know you had a sister." "Yes." "She's two years younger." "Well, good luck." "Goodbye." "Henk." "Henk, don't." "Don't do it, Henk." "Henk, stop it." "The cattle merchant sends his regards." "He's gone to New Zealand with his wife." "To his daughter." "He's not coming back." "That's why he sends his regards." "The dairy driver isn't coming back either." "He's gone to his sister in Mechelen." "He has beautiful hands." "Very strong hands." "Sometimes I look at those hands." "But you won't understand that." "Your hands were only used for beating." "I'm leaving." "Maybe we'll meet again, someday." "What will you do, Henk?" "I don't know." "I'll see." "Thank you." "How many lambs do you have?" " Fourteen." "From the?" " Ten." "When Geert drowned... it was as if I died myself." "And you were left with the wrong son." "I knew you thought that." "Maybe I thought that too." "I don't remember." "It doesn't matter." "I've hardly any feeling in my hands anymore." "Helmer?" " Yes?" "I want to be buried with mother and Geert." "That's fine." "And I want an egg." "A hard-boiled egg." "I'm hungry." "Fine." "Have you been smoking?" "Yes." "You're a strange bird." "Yes." "So you came back again?" "Yes." "Does it hurt?" "Yes."