"PHANTOM" "BASED ON THE NOVEL THAT APPEARED UNDER THE SAME NAME IN THE ILLUSTRATED BERLIN NEWSPAPER." ""WHAT WERE YOU JUST THINKING ABOUT, LORENZ?"" ""ABOUT MY FORMER LIFE..."" ""WRITE THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE IN THIS BOOK, WHICH FATHER GAVE TO YOU."" ""DO YOU THINK THE MEMORY WILL BECOME LESS PAINFUL THEN?"" "Hereby, I, ex-convist Lorenz Lubota, write down at my beloved wife Marie's urging, the story of my crimes and my atonement..." ""MELANIE DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE TIME FOR THIS, DOES SHE?"" ""CALL LORENZ!"" ""YOU WITH YOUR BOOKS, LORENZ --!"" ""LORD KNOWS YOU DON'T EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD THEM!"" ""LET ME BE WITH MY BOOKS, MOTHER."" ""THEY LET ONE AT LEAST DREAM ABOUT ALL THE THINGS ONE WOULD NEVER EXPERIENCE..."" "ISN'T IT TIME FOR ART SCHOOL, HUGO?"" "I'LL BE A BIT LATE COMING HOME TODAY."" ""I WANT TO HELP AUNT SCHWABE WITH SOME ACCOUNTS."" ""I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER " " THAT..." "PROFITEERING WITCH!"" ""SHE'S GOTTEN RICH OFF HER CUTTHROAT BUSINESS!" "..." "AND I'VE WORKED LIKE A HORSE MY ENTIRE LIFE..."" "THE NEIGHBORS" ""LORENZ SHOULD BE HERE SOON."" ""IT SEEMS MY CHILD THAT YOU SEPARATE YOUR DAY BETWEEN THE COMINGS AND GOING OF LORENZ!"" ""DOES LORENZ KNOW?"" ""HOLD ON TO YOUR HEART, MARIE!"" ""AS SOON AS LORENZ WAKES UP FROM HIS DREAM WORLD..."" ""HERE ARE A COUPLE OF POEMS THAT I'VE WRITTEN, MR. STARKE."" ""I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THEM."" ""BOY O BOY!" "NOW EVEN YOU WANT TO BECOME A POET!"" ""PLEASE, DON'T HOLD ME UP!" "I HAVE TO GO TO WORK!"" ""WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YOU DO ANYWAY, YOU --?"" ""WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE SILKY RAGS?" "!" "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN RUNNING AROUND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT?" "!"" ""CALM DOWN, MOTHER!" "YOU'RE RID MOF ME NOW!"" ""I HAVE NO DESIRE TO WITHER AWAY AND ROT IN THIS MISERABLE HOLE!"" ""I CAN STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET!" "I DON'T NEED ANYBODY'S HELP!"" ""MISERY, HUNGER, POVERTY-- EVERYTHING'S COMING DOWN ON ME!" "AND NOW THIS DISGRACE!"" ""CAN'T LORENZ LUBOTA EVER GET TO WORK ON TIME?"" ""WHEN THE GOOD LORD WAS ANGRY, HE MADE LORENZ LUBOTA THE CITY CLERK!"" ""WELL THEN, FAREWELL MOTHER!"" ""MELANIE..." "WHERE YOU'RE HEADED TO..." "THERE'S NO WAY BACK..."" ""WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE?"" ""WHY ARE YOU CHASING AFTER OUR YOUNG LADY?"" ""SO, MARIE, I'M TELLING YOU..." "LORENZ, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!" "THIS IS MORE THAN TALENT" " THIS IS GENIUS!"" ""HEY, MR. LUBOTA!"" ""OLD MAN STARKE DOESN'T BACK JUST ANYONE, PROFESSOR, BUT THAT LORENZ IS A GENIUS!"" ""ARE YOU THE ONE, OH MUSE, WHO ENLISTS ME IN HER SERVICES..."" ""..." "AND LIKE THE SPHINX TEARS THE SONG FROM MY BREAST WITH HER CLAWS?"" ""LORENZ!" "ARE YOU SICK?"" ""HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT ALREADY?"" ""FROM YOUR SISTER?"" ""HOW AWFUL--!" "HOW TERRIBLY AWFUL IT ALL IS--!"" ""I WANT TO GO AND GET SOME FRESH AIR." "MAYBE THEN I'LL FEEL MORE AT EASE."" ""HEY BOY!" "YOU'RE A GENIUS!"" ""I GAVE YOUR POEMS TO A MAN WHO WOULD CONSIDER IT AN HONOR TO BE YOUR MENTOR."" ""ONE FINE DAY AT THE TOWN HALL WHERE YOU WERE ONCE A MEAGER CLERK..."" ""..." "YOU'LL BE MADE AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF OUR CITY!"" ""DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE..." "THAT I'M A POET?" "...THAT I COULD BECOME A FAMOUS MAN?"" ""I BELIEVE THAT NOW THE BOY REALIZES HE'S A POET, HE'S LOSING HOS HEAD!"" ""WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE?"" ""VERONIKA!"" ""I CAN'T GIVE YOU MORE, CHILD..." "I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MYSELF."" ""IT'S EITHER THE MONEY OR THE PAWN TICKET..." "THERE HAS TO BE SOME ORDER IN THIS WORLD!"" ""THIS MUST BE YOUR FIRST TIME WITH SCHWABE 'CAUSE YOU THINK YOU CAN PERSUADE THE OLD BAG BY PLEADING."" ""YOU KNOW MR. WIGOTTSCHINSKI, RIGHT LORENZ?"" ""PRETEND I'M NOT HERE;" "ACT LIKE YOU'RE AT HOME."" ""I GAVE A NUMBER OF POEMS THAT I COMPOSED IN MY SPARE TIME..."" ""..." "TO AN EXCELLENT JUDGE OF LITERATURE-- A CERTAIN MR. STARK."" ""NOW HE WANTS TO INTRODUCE ME TO A FAMOUS PUBLISHER WHO IS SUPPOSED TO PRINT MY POEMS..."" ""OH BOY, YOU MIGHT BECOME QUITE A FAMOUS MAN."" ""HOW COULD AN OLD PRO LIKE YOU BE SO FAR OFF THE MARK IN YOUR JUDGEMENT?" "!"" ""THE POEMS ARE QUITE NICE..." "BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT PUBLISHING MATERIAL!"" ""NOW I DON'T DARE TO GO TO THE PUBLISHER..." "WITH MY SHABBY SUIT..."" ""CONSIDERING YOUR IMPENDING FAME, YOU REALLY DO LOOK PRETTY SCRUFFY..."" ""..." "WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIX THAT FOR YOU..."" ""THE OLD BAG SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN A FANCY TO YOU..."" ""..." "SHE USUALLY ISN'T DECEIVED THAT EASILY."" ""I THINK I'LL ACCOMPANY MY WRITER FRIEND TO PICK OUT SOME NEW CLOTHES..."" ""..." "I'M SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPERT IN THAT FIELD."" ""ARE YOU COMING BACK AGAIN?"" ""THIS SO-CALLED PROFESSOR CLAIMS THAT LORENZ'S POEMS ARE WORTHLESS."" ""YES, BUT..." "WHAT WILL LORENZ SAY TO THAT?"" ""NO ,NO, MY GOOD MAN-- WE MUST DRINK TO THE VERY PROMISING..."" ""..." "BEGINNING OF THIS LITERARY CAREER!"" ""WHERE IS LORENZ?"" ""..." "AND WHY ISN'T MELANIE HERE YET?"" ""FIRST OF ALL, SOME CHAMPAGNE!"" ""EVEN IF WE BURN THROUGH ALL THE MONEY--"" ""THE OLD BAG HAS MORE IN THE CASHBOX, RIGHT?"" ""CHEERS, POET!"" ""I'LL LOOK AT WHOMEVER I PLEASE!"" ""YOU'VE MADE A CONQUEST, LUBOTA!"" ""BUT HE'S MY BROTHER!"" ""HAVE YOU HEARD, THE OLD HARLAN WANTS TO HAVE HIS DAUGHTER VERONIKA ENGAGED TO THE RICH WIEDENBERG!"" ""IS THAT TRUE" " WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT OF VERONICA HARLAN?"" ""SAY THERE, LITTLE ONE, YOUR BROTHER LORENZ IS IN GOOD WITH OLD SCHWABE, ISN'T HE?"" ""MY BROTHER LORENZ IS THE MOST HONEST MAN IN THE WORLD..."" ""..." "AND THE ONLY ONE MY AUNT SCHWABE DOESN'T THINK IS A SCOUNDREL!"" ""WE WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE AS TO WHY THE CITY CLERK LUBOTA..."" ""..." "HAS BEEN AWAY FROM WORK WITHOUT AN EXCUSED ABSENCE?"" ""MY SON IS ILL..."" ""WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE "INDISPOSED" MR. LUBOTA WHO HAS BEEN..."" ""..." "GALLIVANTING AROUND IN BARS AND CAUSING A SCANDAL IN FRONT OF THE HARLAN HOUSE."" ""ACCORDING TO THE COACHMAN, YOU'VE ALREADY FOLLOWED MISS VERONIKA AROUND ONCE..."" ""CITY CLERK YOU USED TO BE, MR. LUBOTA!"" ""DO YOU KNOW WHERE LORENZ IS TODAY, FATHER?"" ""I'M IN NO HURRY TO TELL LORENZ HOW UNSUCCESSFUL HIS POEMS ARE."" ""WELL, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE LORENZ, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU AND THE HARLANS?"" ""MOTHER" " LAST NIGHT--"" ""--THE WORLD FELL DOWN AROUND ME!"" ""IF YOU LOVE ME, MOTHER, DON'T ASK ME!" "I HAVE NO TO LOSE!" "..."" ""..." "I HAVE TO GO THE HARLANS!"" ""IF I ONLY KNEW HOW I COULD GET YOUR BROTHER TO REALLY TAKE THE OLD BAG TO THE CLEANERS."" ""I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU ONCE!" "LEAVE MY BROTHER OUT OF THIS!" "HE'S TOO GOOD FOR THIS!"" ""DEAR MADAM..." "IS IT TRUE..." "THAT YOU WISH TO ENGAGE YOUR DAUGTER TO MR. WEIDENBERG?"" ""I KNOW I HAVE NO RIGHT IN THIS MATTER!" "NEVERTHELESS, FOR GOD'S SAKE..." "HAVE PITY!" "ANSWER ME!"" ""CALL MY HUSBAND!"" ""DEAR MADAM..." "I'VE ONLY SEEN YOUR DAUGHTER ONCE..."" ""..." "BUT I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THE HOPE OF WINNING HER FOR MYSELF!"" ""DON'T THINK I'M A FOOL, DEAR MADAM!" "THIS LOVE OVERTOOK ME LIKE FATE!" "..."" ""..." "TO GIVE UP ON IT WOULD BE LIKE ME GIVING UP ON GOD!"" ""WON'T YOU SHARE YOUR WORRIES WITH ME, MOTHER LUBOTA?" "IS LORENZ SICK?"" ""I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM!" "HE ISN'T MY LORENZ ANYMORE!" "..."" ""..." "HE'S A STRANGER..." "SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW..." "WHO DOESN'T KNOW ME!"" ""HOW CAN ONE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT LORENZ..." "EVEN FOR A MINUTE, MOTHER?" "!"" ""I CAN'T LEAVE, MR. HARLAN, UNTIL I'M ASSURED THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT MY COURTING YOUR DAUGHTER..."" ""IT WOULD BE AN HONOR, MR. LUBOTA, SHALL WE SAY IN A WHILE...?"" ""TO THE BEST TAVERN IN THE CITY!"" ""FORGIVE ME..." "PLEASE..." "AN ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE SIMILARITY..."" ""YOU MAY STAY..." "IF YOU LIKE." "WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE ANYWAY."" ""CHAMPAGNE!" "I'D LIKE TO DRINK CHAMPAGNE!"" ""TELL ME, MARIE, DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE..."" ""NO, FATHER!"" ""WHAT I WANTED TO SAY..." "LORENZ LUBOTA IS DEVELOPING HIS POETIC GENIUS..."" ""..." "HE'S ONLY TRAVELING IN THE BEST CIRCLES NOW."" ""WHAT THAT BOY COULD BECOME-- IF ONLY HE HAD MONEY!"" ""HE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO HAVE MONEY..." "JUST MONEY!"" ""NO--!" "NO--!" "DON'T RUN AWAY FROM ME!" "NOT YOU TOO!"" ""WHO ARE YOU?"" ""I'M..." "A CITY CLERK DRIVEN FROM HIS JOB!"" ""DON'T TELL THIS JOKE IN FRONT OF MY MOTHER, OR SHE'LL THROW YOU OUT!"" ""TELL ME, WHO ARE YOU!"" ""I..." "AM A POET..." "A MAN WITH NO LUCK..." "WHO CHASES A SHADOW..." "A PHANTOM!"" ""I WANT TO KNOW..." "WHAT DROVE YOU TO ME, LIKE A SLEEPWALKER..."" ""..." "I WANT TO KNOW, WHO DO YOU IMAGES KISSING WHEN YOU KISS ME?"" ""UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE TOTALLY DESTITUTE..." "YOU UNDERSTAND ME, DON'T YOU?" "..."" ""..." "MELITTA LET SLIP THAT YOU'RE A FAMOUS POET..." "I HOPE YOUR INCOME CORRESPONDS TO YOUR FAME!"" ""YOU'RE RIGHT..." "ONE HAS TO PAY..." "THERE'S A PRICE FOR EVERYTHING!"" ""MY SON IS NOT AT HOME..."" ""HE NEEDN'T BOTHER TO COME TO CITY HALL ANY MORE-- ..."" ""..." "HE'S FREE OF THAT CONCERN!"" ""LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, BROTHER-IN-LOW!" "YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND!"" ""CHILDREN, IF WE STUCK TOGETHER AND HAD THE RIGHT CLOTHES-- WE COULD SET UP A SPLENDID BUSINESS!"" ""I..." "NEED MONEY!"" ""MY DEAR CHILD, I DON'T CONCERN MYSELF WITH YOU LOVE AFFAIRS" " SO PLEASE DON'T INTERFERE IN MY BUSINESS AFFAIRS!"" ""THE ONLY PERSON WE CAN HIT UP FOR MONEY IS OLD SCHWABE, THAT'S FOR SURE!" "..."" ""--HOW ABOUT IF LORENZ OFFERED HER HIS POET'S ROYALTIES?"" ""WELL, MY BOY, PASSING ONESELF OFF A POET HAS CONSEQUENCES" " OR ELSE DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF A GULLIBLE AUNT."" ""YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN HELP ME, AUNT SCHWABE!" "..."" ""..." "THE WORLD IS CLOSED TO THOSE WHO ARRIVE WITH EMPTY HANDS!"" ""PEOPLE ARE SCOUNDRELS, LORENZ..." "ALL OF THEM!" "THERE'S ONLY ONE I TRUST..." "THAT'S YOU!"" ""THIS BOY HERE" " HE WOULDN'T GET A PENNY FROM ME!" "BUT YOU..." "YOU SHALL HAVE THE MONEY!"" ""I CAN'T STAND IT--!" "I DON'T WANT THIS--!" "I'M NO SCOUNDREL!"" ""THEN EXPOSE THE WHOLE LIE AND BE A NOTHING..."" ""..." "AND HUNGRY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!"" ""AND" " HER?"" "THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION" ""I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH LORENZ!"" ""YOU'RE TALKING TO THE WRONG PERSON!" "I HAVEN'T KNOWN WHERE LORENZ IS FOR DAYS NOW."" ""AND NOW SHOPPING!" "BUY A HUNDRED THOUSAND THINGS--!"" ""YOU DON'T SEEM WELL..." "I WOULD THINK THAT LORENZ WOULD HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE OF YOU."" "To Mr. Lorenz Lubota:" "It is a fact that you have been away from work without an excused absence, that you have frequented and behaved scandalously in questionable taverns and further, that you have harassed highly esteemed citizens of the community." "Moreover, your unqualified behaviour towards city clerk Hermann Schraat is considered a serious offense against a public administrator." "In view of the above, you are desmissed immediately from your employment with the City and are without claim to any further wages." ""WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT?" "WHY ARE YOU SPYING ON ME?" "..."" ""..." "YOU'VE NEVER ONCE SHOWN ANY CONCERN FOR ME" " WHY SUDDENLY NOW?"" ""WHAT DO I WANT HERE?" "I LENT 60,000 MARKS TO LORENZ" " AND NOW I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HE'S USING IT FOR."" ""MY LORENZ IS AN HONEST MAN!" "HE CAN ANSWER FOR HIS ACTIONS!" "..."" ""..." "REMEMBER THAT AND LEAVE ME ALONE!"" ""I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I STAND!" "I SHALL MAKE INQUIRIES..."" ""IN ANY CASE, YOU CAN TELL LORENZ THAT I EXPECT HIM AT MY PLACE TODAY!"" ""I LIKE BUY THIS FABRIC FOR MY MOTHER."" ""THE FOUNDING OF THE WIGOTTSCHINSKY-LUBOTA FIRM CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!"" ""I BROUGHT SOMETHING FOR YOU, MOTHER."" ""DID YOU BUY THAT WITH THE MONEY FROM AUNT SCHWABE?"" ""SHE WAS HERE..." "SHE ASKED ABOUT YOU..." "YOU SHOULD GO TO HER TODAY..."" ""WHY DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ME, AUNT?"" ""LORENZ, YOU'RE THE BIGGEST SCOUNDREL I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED IN MY LIFE!"" ""I'VE MADE SOME INQUIRIES..." "AND NOW I KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH YOU!" "..."" ""..." "I DEMAND THE MONEY BACK THAT YOU SWINDLED FROM ME!"" ""..." "AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY ANYMORE, AS YOU CLAIM-- WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT?"" ""I DON'T OWE AN AXPLANATION ABOUT HOW AND WHERE I SPEND MY MONEY."" ""YOUR MONEY?" "HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR MONEY!" "..."" ""...--WHAT'S COME OVER YOU?" "ARE YOU ALL SUDDENLY POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL?" "!"" ""YOU EITHER GIVE ME BACK THE MONEY-- OR I'LL HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT HANDING YOU AND YOUR FINE FRIEND OVER TO THE POLICE!"" ""I'LL GIVE YOU THREE DAYS TO CLEAR THE MATTER UP COMPLETELY, NOT AN HOUR MORE..."" ""..." "I'LL TURN THE MATTER OVER TO THE POLICE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT BY THEN!"" ""SHE HAS UNCOVERED THE FRAUD..." "SHE WENT TO SEE MOTHER..."" ""THE OLD BEAST KNOWS NO PITY WHEN SHE THINKS HER MONEY IS IN DANGER!" "..."" ""..." "SHE'LL BREAK YOUR NECK WITHOUT MERCY!"" ""YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE OLD BAG TO THE CLEANERS A SECOND TIME-- WITH FORCE IF NECESSARY!"" ""I'D RATHER STAND IN THE TOWN SQUARE AND PUBLICLY ADMIT MY MISTAKES AND DO PENANCE!"" ""DO YOU THINK DOING THAT WILL GET THE MONEY BACK?"" ""I WANT TO PAY THE MONEY BACK!" "I WANT TO PAY BACK EVERY NICKEL AND DIME!"" ""FROM WHAT?" "FROM YOUR INCOME AS A DISCHARGED CLERK-- OR FROM YOUR POET'S ROYALTIES?"" ""I CAN'T BREAK AWAY FROM HER!" "I CAN'T BREAK AWAY FROM HER!"" ""CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I'M ON THE BRINK OF INSANITY?" "SO PLEASE HELP ME!" "WHY DON'T YOU HELP ME--?"" ""IF I COULD HELP YOU..." "IF I COULD RELEASE YOU..." "THEN I WOULDN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE..."" ""MOTHER IS VERY ILL..." "I MUST GO TO THE PHARMACY QUICKLY!"" ""MOTHER..." "MOTHER!" "I'VE COME TO YOU..." "HELP ME!"" ""MY SON IS OUT THERE!"" ""YOUR MOTHER IS VERY SICK, LORENZ..." "WE HAVE TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM ANY EXCITEMENT!"" ""I'LL GIVE YOU THREE DAY..." "NOT ONE HOUR MORE!"" ""MARIE..." "I HAVE TO ASK YOU SOMETHING..."" ""MARIE..." "WHAT WOULD YOU SAY..." "IF SOMEONE WERE TELL YOU..." "THAT I'VE BECOME A GOOD FOR NOTHING...?"" ""I WOULD LAUGH AT HIM, LORENZ!"" ""BUT IF HE WERE RIGHT, MARIE?"" "THE LAST ATTEMPT" ""I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU, AUNT..."" ""AUNT..." "I BEG YOU..." "HAVE MERCY..." "I CAN'T GIVE YOU BACK THE MONEY YET..."" ""..." "AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHERE IT WENT!"" ""THEN THE POLICE WILL HAVE TO CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THIS MATTER."" ""YOU CAN ASK THE GENTLEMAN WHO DISCOVERED YOUR TALENT TO POST BAIL FOR YOU..." "OR YOU CAN SIGN OVER YOUR FUTURE ROYALTIES TO ME..."" ""BUT NONE OF IT IS TRUE!" "IT'S ALL FABRICATION!" "..."" ""..." "NO ONE WOULD EVEN GIVE ME 50 MARKS FOR MY TEN MISERABLE POEMS!"" ""YES!" "I LIED TO YOU!" "BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIE ANY MORE" " NEVER AGAIN!"" ""YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BATTER OFF IF YOU HAD KEPT ON LYING, YOU FOOL!" "..."" ""..." "MAYBY THEN I WOULD HAVE GRANTED YOU A DEFERMENT TO PAY BACK YOUR DEBT!" "BUT NOW" " TO WHAT END--?" "!"" ""I CAN WELL IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF WOMAN YOU THREW MY GOOD MONEY AT..."" ""..." "BUT I'LL HAVE THE POLICE AS MUCH ON THAT WOMAN'S THROAT AS THEY ARE ON YOURS!"" ""WHERE IS LORENZ?"" ""I DON'T KNOW, MOTHER..." "BUT HE'LL BE BACK!"" ""NOW YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!" "WHEN THE WHOLE STORY COMES TO LIGHT..."" ""..." "YOU'LL GO TO JAIL AND IT WILL BE THE DEATH OF YOUR MOTHER!"" ""WELL THEN, AGREED..." "TOMORROW EVENING..."" ""DO YOU HAVE THE MONEY?" "!"" "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANY BUSINESS NOW, I JUST WANT TO HAVE A NICE DINNER WITH YOU."" ""CHEERS, HERE'S TO A LONG LIFE!"" ""WHO IS WALKING BACK AND FORTH SO RESTLESSLY?"" ""DON'T YOU WANT TO GO TO SLEEP TOO, LORENZ, IT'S ALMOST 2 A.M.!"" ""WE'RE LOST..." "WE'RE BOTH LOST..." "WE'VE GONE TO THE DOGS!"" ""CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE ADDRESSEE LIVES?" "THE HOUSE NUMBER IS WRONG."" ""DAMMIT!" "THE OLD BAG'S NIGHT BELL!"" ""NO!" "" " NO!" "" " DON'T!"" ""YOU DON'T NEED TO TIE ME UP..." "I'LL GO WITH YOU VOLUNTARILY."" ""DON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BE GOOD TO MOTHER!" "FAREWELL!"" "THE PENANCE AND THE REDEMPTION" ""WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, LORENZ, TO BRING YOU HOME!"" ""LOOK, LORENZ" " YOUR NEW HOME!"" "But I have the consolation that my good Mother died in the firm belief that I was ill." ""DID FATHER'S BOOK DO JUSTICE?"" ""YES, MARIE!" """ "THE END"