"MONOPOLY" "Jørgen Varnæs is hoping to get Skjold Hansen's seat on the board." "But Jessen, the new chairman, is opposed." "Jessen's w'ife thinks Jørgen helped her brother cheat her   out of her half of the farm Jørgen bought as a front man for Skjern." "Mads is parcelling out the estate and lets the farmhouse to Skjold Hansen." "Iben Skjold Hansen has divorced Kristen and is part of a party crow'd   w'ith Mogens Lamborg and Jørgen Varnæs." "Ulrik brings home the waitress Maja but leaves her in the lurch   and goes out w'ith Ellen instead." "Later he asks his father for money to help Maja get an abortion." "But his father convinces him to do right by Maja." "Red is absorbed in politics." "Agnes gets herself a live-in maid." "She takes in the former head sales lady Inger Jørgensen   after she's been bullied and exploited by Mrs. Violet." "Much to his father's dismay " " Daniel is apprenticed to the dressmaker Mr. Jørn." "But Mads still dotes on Ellen even though she neglects her husband." "Mogens runs Mads's car into a tree after a night on the town   and this only adds to Mads's contempt for his son-in-law." "Mads steps up the ladder of ambition w'hen he receives a knighthood." "AMONG BROTHERS" "This part is closed." "May I ..." "Is that tea?" "I'll have that as well." "Ada, two teas." " Do you have to go back by train?" " I'm going home." "Then why not at the Post House?" " Because ..." " What, Ulrik?" "Damn it, Ellen ..." "I'm getting married the day after tomorrow." " What?" " You heard me." "Getting married to whom?" "To ..." "You saw her that day." " What day?" " When we met in the street." "I brought some lemon." "Would you like milk?" " Boldt, what are you doing?" " Measuring the stage for the band." "Leave that to the carpenter." "Would you like some sponge cake?" "Danish?" " All we want is peace!" " Boldt!" "Come here." "I'll leave you in peace, too." "There's nothing to explain." " It's your fault, too." " My fault?" "When you got married, nothing mattered to me anymore." "I got married a long time ago." "But in all that time ..." "One was as good as the other." "Where's the table?" "What a mess." " Where's Boldt?" " We're refurbishing." "If you're marrying ..." "what's her name?" " Maja." " It must be because you love her." "Then why?" "Surely you can figure that out." "I have to." "Have you ..." " Then this is our last meeting." " No, not if I'm to survive." "If you stop being so childish, you can." " What the hell are you doing?" " There will be dancing here." "As you can see, the new management wants a more intimate atmosphere." "With music and singing from eight till midnight." " Then where am I going to sit?" " ln there for the time being." "No way." "Give me two beers on the edge of Fatty's table." " Ada, two beers." " One." "We don't serve beer to the workmen while they're at work." "Say, wasn't that ..?" " He was in a hurry too." " He's getting married." " It's been a well-kept secret so far." " Why?" "." "I guess he's been a fool." "He's given the bride a bun in the oven." "Come on." " Thank God." "I thought you'd gone." " ls anything wrong?" "Only that three ladies have come to tea unexpectedly." " Where is Ulrik?" " I expect he's gone out." "We think you should ask." "You have known the young man the longest." "What if it isn't true?" "Mrs. Jessen heard it herself, from the carpenter." " Tea will be served in a minute." " I could do with some." " I hope it isn't inconvenient?" " Not at all." " You haven't got other engagements?" " No, Mrs. Jessen." "And the children ..." "How are your lovely children?" "Helle is at dancing school." "And Regitze is in Hamburg." " lsn't that a strange place?" " She's working down there." "It's one of their silly ideas." "I'm glad I don't have daughters." " And Ulrik is still studying?" " Yes." " But I saw him this morning." " He's taken a few days off." "Young people are so busy nowadays." " Older people, too." " That's certainly true." "When I was in the safe yesterday ..." " I can't tell you what happened." " Nothing can happen there." "That's what you think." "But you're not a widow." " Mr. Strøm was there ..." " I suppose he has a safe too." "If Mr. Stein hadn't come ..." "Then he would have made advances." "Mr. Strøm." " It's because I attract them." " Sorry?" "No matter where l am." "Even Dean Mejer ..." "I have found out about men." "And if it happens again ..." "You ladies know what I mean." "I can see there's sponge cake." "That's just what I need." " Why haven't you asked?" " You can see everything is normal." "Hello, everyone." "Viggo, dearie, you can sit over there next to Mrs. Jessen." "Duckie wanted to pay you a visit." "I hope we're no disturbing you?" "Well, what's this I hear about a wedding?" "Not here, but in Vordingborg." "Ulrik is getting married tomorrow." " Now that's news." " Why in Vordingborg?" "Maja's family lives there." "They're perfectly good people." " And their name?" " Ebbesen." "Fancy that, I've never heard of them." "What does her father do?" " He works at the hospital." " Doctors can be nice." " Just look at our Dr. Hansen." " A slice of cake?" " A slice of cake?" " Thank you." "A bun would be nice." " But ... what about the other news?" " I don't know what you mean." "The landlord of the Railway Hotel told the waiter at the Post House." " What?" " That they're expecting a baby." " That's true." " But it can't be." " They're not even married." " Viggo and I weren't either." "Right, Viggo?" "And look at Miss Nordentoft." "Yes. lt wasn't like that in the good old days when I was young." "Heaven knows that's a long time ago, Mrs. Holm." "Let's have another round." "Waiter?" "Let it be your old uncle's round." " You must see my liberty deed." " Her divorce papers came today." "Should you show this to the new bridegroom?" "It's good to see there's way out." "Just ask your uncle, dear." " There's the broken arm." " Sit down." " Help us to cheer this guy up." " We've met." "Mogens Lamborg." " Oh yes, Ellen Skjern's husband." " Be a bit sociable." " He can only come with his wife." " She's gone to Copenhagen." "Well, what are you standing around for?" " At least you got a day off." " I'd rather have done without." " Ulrik will survive." " Mr. Varnæs carried him home." " He was green when they left." " Poor bride." "What about me?" "I guess she'll stay here while he finishes his studies." "Someone has to take care of her." "Madam's against her working." " Considering her circumstances." " Madam never said that about me." "Madam thinks she should learn how to run a household." " It's ready to heat, Mrs. Jensen." " Good." "Have you taken some?" " Yes." "Shall I see to the boys?" " No, I'll do that." " Their father's coming home." " Do you have a maid?" " l thought she worked upstairs." " The poor soul wants to work alone." " Do you have any trouble with her?" " No." "But she can't stand Lauritz." "Then there will be trouble." "Lauritz is only home on Saturdays and Sundays, when she's not here." "There, you see?" "She's gone and here he comes." " Hello." "Hello, Laura." " You're early." " Was there no one at your table?" " Worse." "The table's gone." "Boldt and his greedy missus are turning the bar into a den of sin." " It's all festooned." "And Fatty ..." " Marie says he's working there." " He's sold his soul." " He's just painting." "He's painting roses the size of cabbages." "Where's the typewriter?" "You stopped using that." "You can't have it until tomorrow." " How's that?" " I've got a lady typing on it." " Didn't you see the sign?" " No, I hurried to my cosy home." "I bought a duplicator at an auction." "We type for people." "Business letters, party songs and stuff like that." "Am I not allowed to expand my business?" "You can have it tomorrow." "When I've earned enough to buy a new one, you can keep your old junk." "You're going to a party soon." "At the Russian Embassy." " And at the Royal Theater." " When?" "At the beginning of April, when the Russians leave Bornholm." "Why do the Russians get a party?" "The people of Bornholm should get it." "One up for Laura." "And you'll propose that to the board?" "With your acceptance." "The general meeting is in three weeks." "You'll go that far to keep my brother off the board?" "If he was our best bet, I'd be willing to forget my wife's suspicions." "Do you really claim that the other man, a printer, a Social Democrat   without any knowledge of banking, is better?" "You're a Liberal." "No harm in having a board that's as broad as possible." "I've never interfered with proposals to let my brother return." " That's true." "And I respect you for it." " What if the others stick to theirs?" "Surely you won't ask me to against them?" "Our blood is thicker than water." "It's not our fault that your wife doesn't feel the same." "If I explain to the other members why I want the other man ..." "What if you're doing my brother wrong, concerning Sea View Farm?" "The money is not my wife's only worry." " But what's just as bad ..." " What?" "My wife can't get over the chimney." "She was born on the farm." "What about it?" "My wife always stressed that she was from a farm with three chimneys." " Mads Skjern has pulled one down." " Well, if it wasn't any use ..." " You're clearly not from the country." " Neither are you." "No, but I have to listen to my wife going on about how it hurts." " About the chimney." " You can't blame my brother for that." "He sold it to Skjern." "He must be up to something underhand too." "Ask your brother about that again." "I pulled the chimney down because it was useless." "And I've put central heating into his wife's brother's ruin." " I don't want to hear more about it." " It'll cost me my seat on the board." "You sold your seat on the board." "This is about being re-elected." "Why must my chances be spoilt just because you ..." "We've discussed this before." "It gets pinned on me." "Don't you understand?" "What I don't understand is that you, a trained lawyer,   haven't done what I would have done long ago." "Filed a libel suit against Jessen and his wife." " Jessen is the chairman of the board." " No matter what he's chairman of." "If he slandered me, I'd get hold of ..." " Me?" " You?" "No." "Mr. Øster, the attorney." "I'm afraid I don't have any more time." "Has Jessen got another candidate?" " Who is it?" " Sejersen." "The mayor?" "Jessen is willing to take the worst in order to keep me out." " Don't underestimate Mr. Jessen." " Has the mayor been encouraged?" " Not yet." "But it would be disastrous." " Because of Jørgen Varnæs ..." "Because the mayor can take all working-class customers away." "It's bad enough that all the large builders stay with Korsbæk Bank." " And it's goodbye to the council." " It won't be that bad." "Yes, it will." "Have you lost interest in your bank?" "I sometimes get a little tired of all this local wheeling and dealing." "And you're partly to blame." "I don't care for the way you use Jørgen Varnæs." " I've given him a job!" " You can also ruin a man that way." "What are you driving at?" "I've done more for that family than anyone." "I saw to it that your ..." "Miss Friis got a post." "I'm not discussing Elisabeth Friis with you." "And about Sejersen ..." "The chairman will have to offer him membership of the board right away." " Will the Baron agree to that?" " He's clever." "There are no vacancies on the board." "Are you going to retire?" "Yes, if necessary." "But what about Jørgensen, the Co-op manager?" " He's 7 4. it's about time." " He's been here from the start." "You're not managing a social club!" "You talk to Jørgensen, I'll talk to the Baron." "I'll carry the trays." "We've never had this sort of thing." " But I have to do something." " What about your English lessons?" " l can't spend all day doing that." " You must learn how to spend a day." "The ladies never sit in the kitchen either." "So Sejersen won't be on the board after all?" " He's with the District Bank now." " lt's better that way." "Imagine if we had to mix with him and his wife." "Boards of banks are no longer made up according to social preferences." " So Jørgen will get on the board?" " No, not this time." "Jessen persuaded Skjold Hansen to stay, for the time being." " But you never see him anymore." " Jessen prefers that, apparently." " Poor Jørgen." "He's not happy." " There must be other reasons." " Hasn't he heard from Switzerland?" " Gitte Graae is not there anymore." " Has she come home?" " She's supposed to be in Portugal." "I can't get this right." "I've dropped two stitches." " It does look complicated." " There's no point in knitting." "I can get everything on my card." "Bedding and diapers, too." "When you're pregnant, the council gives you a card for all you need." " We can't accept that." " But it's for everyone." "You have to buy it with the card, but it's very cheap." "And there are lots of things left over from Helle." "I just thought you wanted to knit." "I always knitted when I was pregnant." " Can I take Pax for a walk?" " Of course." "Mrs. Jacobsen won't have to paint any more trays." "She's good enough to paint on cloth." "My mother-in-law wants these embroidered." "Are you Ulrik Varnæs's wife?" "I've known him since he was small." " He told me." " You must see a picture." "You can do these." "Come with me." "There he is." "He looked innocent then." "Here he is with Laura and Regitze." "And that's Regitze with Aksel." " That's my son." "Another cup?" " If you have time." " What about your husband?" " I won't see him until Saturday." "Just like mine." " They do treat you well, don't they?" " Yes." "But there's nothing to do." "I always used to wonder how they spent time up there when I was there." "I can't even clean. I walk around Mrs. Hansen when she cleans." "Madam walked around me, too." "It must be annoying to have someone interfering with your work." "Ladies have nothing else to do." "I leave it to Miss Jørgensen." " Otherwise we'd just argue." " That's how I want to be." "You'll have your own home, won't you?" "My mother-in-law insists that we live in some fancy area in Copenhagen." " It doesn't matter to me." " And Ulrik?" "Shouldn't I have asked?" "Is he mean?" "He just doesn't care." "Come here once in a while." "We'll handle Ulrik, that brat." "And when madam found out that Boldt had bought it, she went to bed." "It hasn't been mentioned since." " You should be above that now." " But it's a nice picture." "She learned it from a professor." "Remember, Laura?" "Yes." "Fortunately we got rid of him." "I've got madam's nylons." " They've laddered again." " I'd better be getting home." "Come here, Pax." " Come back soon." " I will." "Thank you." " Madam wouldn't like that." " What do I care about madam?" " I recognized her by the dog." " Yes, they'll take that, too." " Mr. Varnæs." " Thank you very much." "Let me have another one of those first." "I can manage, thank you." "I've noticed that you are extremely interested in me." "You know, if I sit down here, you don't have to stare so far." " My wife would like more dessert." " l need it." "You know that, Jessen." " You certainly look like it." " What do you want?" " Wouldn't you like to know." " You're drunk!" " That's better than being overfed." " Would you kindly leave?" "No, then I'll have to shout at you, and you don't want that." "You see, Mr. Jessen, you are not going to slander my honor." "Do you know the penalty for libel?" "Maybe that's not included in the training of bricklayers." "You helped my brother to cheat me of my inheritance." " There, it came out!" " Tiny?" " I knew I'd find you here." " Save me from this woman." "I was afraid you'd changed sizes in women." "Do they have oysters ?" "Two dozen oysters, please." "I thought you'd come for the beginning of season." "He's coming." " Good morning." " Congratulations from all the staff." " Thank you." "It's a boy." " And an heir." "Will you arrange coffee at the Post House?" "That's the tradition." " And the young lady?" " She's fine." "Well, that's over with." "Now Ulrik has to pass his exam." " Then we can expect him here." " That'll take at least a year." " Yes, Miss Mortensen?" " The chairman is here." "The first well-wisher." "We're celebrating the fifth generation." "My daughter-in-law has given birth to a son." " I've come about your brother." " What about him?" "He molested me and my wife at the Post House last night." "Very drunk." "And accompanied by a female." "Tiny?" "Tiny." "Come here." " We have to cheer up Carl." " Why not cheer up me?" "When I'm home for a short time, I have to share my favors." "We have to talk about the future too." "The future?" "What's that?" "Here I am with the father." "He's very satisfied with the boy." " Yes, he's cute." " Your mom says he looks like you." "They're from the bank." "Thanking us for the fifth generation." "I'd better put those in water." "It's like a greenhouse in here." " So, it went well ..." " Yes." "And they've been so nice." "That blanket is from your mother, and this is from your father." "And this is from Helle." "And the romper suit is from Agnes Jensen." "The woman who worked for us?" "Do you know her?" "Yes." "She's been so nice to me." "Ulrik ..." "I might as well tell you now." "I'm not moving to Copenhagen with the baby." " What do you want us to do?" " Find something here." "Where you can live too, when you're finished." "Or I'll ..." " Or I'll go back to Vordingborg." " To live?" " I can get a job at Oringe." " What as?" " As a nurse." "Or in the kitchen." " You can't do that to the boy." "Do you have anything better to offer?" " I hope I'm not disturbing you." " Not at all." "Just a moment." " Have a seat." " Thank you." "The problems with Jessen and the farm and the board are over with." " I'm pleased to hear it." " I've got totally different plans now." " What are they?" " Remember we discussed Jessen?" "You said you might support my purchase of Skjold Hansen's practice." " Yes, I remember that." " Is your offer still valid?" " How much does Skjold Hansen ask?" " l don't know." " I've got different plans now." " What plans, Mr. Varnæs?" "The world's opening up again." "I'm thinking of running a business from Switzerland." " As a lawyer?" " Not directly." "As a financial adviser." "I can buy a share in a business in Lausanne." "International currencies are starting to move again, as you've noticed." "Money will wander from country to country." "But mainly to Switzerland." "It's always been like that ..." "But I suppose you know all about that." " What about your own money?" " My funds are not sufficient." "At present, I mean." "But if I'm able to invest 50,000 kroner in Lausanne ..." "There'll be a nice profit." "For you, too." "That's inevitable." " You think so?" " You know that, with your flair." "I'd rather not tell you what my "flair" tells me in this case." "Surely you see ..." "I can't have overestimated you that much." "I'd say underestimated." "Mr. Varnæs, my offer was reasonable support." "So you could add Skjold Hansen's practice to your business." "You did several types of business during the war." "Peat, for instance." "You must have earned good money." "Well, when you're single and living in a hotel, that costs money." "And drinking half a bottle of liquor a day." "Or is it a whole one now?" "You've squandered your fortune, your trust and your marriage." "And now you want me to finance your next escapade." "You made more than 50,000 on Sea View Farm." "I fixed that for you." "Fixed it?" "You bought the farm, you sold it to me." "That's all." "We both know there is more." "I can ..." " What can you do?" " I can tell what I know." "It's easy to prove that I didn't have the big sum that was paid underhand." " How?" " If I spill the beans ..." " You're crazy." "You'll ruin yourself." " Is that your final word?" "I won't be threatened by a pettifogger." "You're finished." " No one blackmails me!" " You may be finished before me." " Isn't my brother here?" " He won't come until three." "Tell him I need to talk to him." " I came to talk to you, Maja." " He's crying." "Miss Johansen is in there." "We got the same nurse as with Helle." " He's probably hungry." " Yes, Miss Johansen can't fix that." " I'll bring him in." " No, we've never breast-fed in here." " You must do that in your own room." " It can wait. I'll come and see him." " She has a lot to learn." " It's her first day at home." "What a habit." "Unbuttoning when there are guests and gentlemen." " I've never had that problem." " I say it for Maja's own sake." "Or we'll have diapers in the living room and he'll sit on his potty here." "Enjoy your meal ..." "I expect Maja and Ulrik will have found a place to live by then." " Maja won't go to Copenhagen." " That's the reason for my visit." "She and Ulrik can have my apartment." " Have you moved?" " Yes." "Because I got married." "To ..?" "Kristen and I never did like long engagements." "I don't understand what you're trying to do." "Skjern is not going to step on me." "I can testify to that Antonsen story." "At least Jessen can use it." "So can you." " What for?" " Then you'll have him." "The deal with Antonsen was illegal." "Antonsen cheated his sister too." " You're forgetting your own part." " They can't touch me." "Who hasn't been mixed up in something the past few years?" "I haven't." "And I don't want to be now." "I'm telling you you can get Mads Skjern, and the bank over there." "You can stop all that misery and gossip." "Haven't we had enough?" "You just lose your own decency." "You should take care of the bit you have left." "There's no reason to destroy our name here in Korsbæk." "Then you'll be pleased to hear that I plan to set myself up in Switzerland." " ln investments." " What will you set yourself up with?" "50,000. I suppose the bank will lend me that, with Jessen's blessing." "One good turn deserves another, right?" "Jørgen ..." "What's wrong with you?" "Are you trying to go to the dogs?" "I have a fantastic offer." "I can buy in tomorrow." "Surely you can help me this last time?" "I can only help you to take over Skjold Hansen's practice." " But I want to leave Korsbæk." " Then go to Præstø, Næstved ..." " Or go to hell!" " What do you want me to do?" " Forget the whole business." " And if I refuse?" "Then you've seen me and my family for the last time." " l'll be back at five." " You can wait till six." "Thank you." " Why is she here when I'm home?" " You don't help me." "She does." " l'm allowed a day off, aren't I?" " So am I. Where are you going?" "To play a game of cards." "And I forgot to tell you ..." "Two comrades called." "I'm picking them up at the station." " They're staying for dinner." " They can't." " What do you mean?" " We're having pork chops." " And I've only got five." " Buy two more, then." "Don't you know that the shops close at 2 o'clock on Saturdays now?" " The boys'll eat potatoes and gravy." " Kids need meat." " I never had it." " That made you funny in the head." "You think you can come home on weekends with unexpected guests." " They won't even talk with us." " You're not interested anyway." " And they're not interested in us." " No, not in buttons and ladders." "That's how we make our living, and I'm not ashamed of it." "It's not thanks to you that the children are doing well at school, either." " I am their father!" " You forgot Knud's birthday." " You didn't come home for Aksel's." " I had to go to Aalborg." "The Party always comes first." "I'm tired of feeding your troublemakers." " And me?" "Just say it and I'll ..." " What will you do?" " Eat out." " You can't threaten me, Lauritz." "I can manage without you." "Go ahead and eat out with your friends." "Pay for your food yourselves, for once!" "Oh, you're allowed out." "Did you order?" " No, she says the table is booked." " What?" "Where's Boldt?" " Just look at you!" " It's Saturday." " But it isn't the carnival season." " We've got afternoon dancing." " Just bring me three beers." " They didn't book a table." "Hello, Oluf Larsen." "You can join us." " If you don't mind?" " No, we need cheering up." " lt's almost like a wake." " Bring us those three beers." "When there's dancing we only serve beer in mugs." " Better get the dog off the seat." " Oh, come on." "It won't hurt the dog." " Do you dance?" " Not among that petty bourgeois lot." " What about the other gentlemen?" " They're drowning their sorrows." " What's this I hear?" " Who's got a gasoline stamp?" " Oh, shut up." " She wants to study." "Why?" "She doesn't need to keep herself." "What does she want to study?" "A tooth doctor." "A dentist." "What's wrong with that?" " What about you?" " I'm emigrating." "With my father." "He's probably tucked a bit away somewhere." "Cheer up!" " Who's got a gasoline stamp?" " Nobody." "Who wants to dance?" " Fatty needs the excercise." " Come on." " I need a gasoline stamp." " What for?" "He wants to go to Copenhagen to say goodbye to a lady." "What he needs is a coffee stamp." "My uncle w'as in for eight long years but then he w'as pardoned now', good Lord, he's in again but that's on the city council!" "That's what'll happen to your old man, too." "Come on." " How do we stop this noise?" " By buying the musicians a round." "It's been a long time, Mr. Varnæs." "How are you?" "Will you get me a cab?" "I've ordered beers for the musicians." "Where did Varnæs go?" "It's obvious that there's a lady in the house." "More likely that Mrs. Olsen is back." " I suppose we'll lose our organist?" " Not if you can still use me." "Can't you keep your wife, Kristen?" "Mads, it's enough that I have to suffer from your strange ideas." "Ingeborg wanted to go on working in the shop, and keep it as it was." "It's certainly grown." "We're expanding two of the branches." " Do you never rest?" " No, I like seeing results." "Here we are, and there's your bank." "There was room for both of them." "Yes, fortunately." " It's nicer here than in my days." " Happiness becomes my sister." "Wouldn't you like to try?" "Marrying, I mean." " Who?" " Me." "A promising young man, a major with a future in the Ministry of Defence ..." "No matter what I do, the Army moves in on me." "First Daddy, now you." " And that guy from the Spanish war." " Yes, he was there too." " "Was"?" " He's far away." " How far?" " I don't know ... yet." " Their things go so well together." " They have such a lot in common." " What about your music, Doctor?" " I'll do my rounds with the cello." "Otherwise we'll call and say we're ill." "One mustn't joke about things like that." " Will you play for us tonight?" " That's up to the the hostess." " What happened to Jørgen Varnæs?" " He called to say he couldn't come." "He had to go to Copenhagen to say goodbye to a friend." "Mrs. Graae." "A final goodbye." "She's getting married again." " To whom?" " His name's di Strella or something." " It sounds like a Chicago gangster." " He has a car empire in Italy." " Isn't Italy terribly chaotic?" " He lives in Portugal himself." "In Estoril, Gitte said." "Excuse me ... I think girls are more difficult than boys now." "In my day, it went like clockwork with girls, but Regitze isn't like that." "Neither is Ellen." "She does exactly what she wants." " They're so headstrong." " Well, if only they used their heads!" "But I was that way, too." "What do I want the house for, when I'm not staying here?" " You might as well stay here." " No." "I want to learn something." " Don't you think it's about time?" " I've got a suggestion, Ellen." "If you insist on learning something, you can come into the business." "It's not likely that Daniel will." "Thank you, but it's not what I want." "With your brains, and your exam ..." "I never thought I'd need it, but it can get me into Dental College." "I'm sorry, Daddy, but I've had enough of Korsbæk too." "Yes?" "Yes, it's me." "Where?" "No, we haven't seen him for several days." " Tell them I'm on my way." " Was it about your brother?" "Yes." "Would you call my wife and tell her I'll try to get back in time?" " We're having dinner guests." " Is there anything else I can do?" "Please tell her the doctor might be late too. I'll get him to come with me." "It's too bad they're late the first time you're here for dinner." "It's quite all right." "Elisabeth and I are used to eating late." "I just hope nothing's wrong with Jørgen Varnæs." "We haven't heard from him since your dinner." " Maybe he's with Mrs. Graae." " The Baron said she was leaving." "Everything's so strange with Jørgen." "We expected him to get onto the board, but something got in the way." "It was to do with Jessen or his wife." "And here we are ..." "We're fine, Maude." "Look at the dog." "It usually gets two cookies from its dad at this time." "I'll get them." " Is Mr. Varnæs back?" " No, I just wanted Pax's cookies." "It smells lovely." " I hope it doesn't get overdone." " Not with you, Laura." "This isn't a house where one makes soufflées." "Come on, Pax ... good dog." "That'll be them." " I'm sorry ..." " Where have you been?" "is ..?" "I've collected my brother from the drunk tank." " Where is he now ..." "Jørgen?" " We've had him admitted to hospital." " In Korsbæk?" " No." " Shouldn't we ..." " Let's come another evening." "No." "We need to be with normal people." " You can't be serious." " I am." " l've said yes." " Your wife's behind this." "No, I haven't discussed the offer from Copenhagen with her." "is it about money?" "I could have given you the same in the District Bank." " It's not about money." " What is it then?" "I don't want to play with you anymore." "Where would you be without me?" "Everything's settled now." " Everything?" " Yes, you have the wife you wanted." " You've faced her family." " I want to be able to face myself." "Are you punishing me because of Jørgen Varnæs?" "That slacker!" " He's a spendthrift, a drunk!" " I don't want to punish you, Mads." "I just want to be independent of you." "I have to go now." "You're my brother." "You're my brother!"