"Presents:" "Error of the Heart" "Starring:" "Westend Clinic" "If only he pulls through!" "My God, if only he pulls through!" "My dear lady, when our dear professor operates, and it doesn't turn out well, then it's always the fault of the patient." "Please keep that in mind, OK?" "Operation Keep Out." "Is my father still here, Mr. Steinmeyer?" "The professor is operating, Mr. Reimers." "Difficult case." "Intrathorakal procedure." "You know?" "Lung sarcoma." "Steinmeyer, you're a perfect physician!" "Yes, one becomes one here, Reimers." "And where is the matron?" "In her room." "Fine, then I'll ask her." "Please don't disturb her, Mr. Reimers." "Nurse, announce at the standby room that in half an hour we'll do a whole stomach." "Yes, doctor." "How are you, doctor?" "Well, I don't know." "I haven't thought about it yet." "And you?" "Well, thanks." "Dr. Eickstädt, room 7." "Yes, I'll be right there." "Happy Holidays, doctor." "Ah, Sister Maria." "Yes, doctor?" "Don't forget the analysis of 18." "No, doctor." "Tell 7 I'll be right there." "Yes, doctor." "What else was there?" "Oh, that's right." "Happy Holidays, Mr. Reimers!" "2 diabetics, 3 kidneys, 5 stomachs." "Yes, oh, your night nurse is coming." "No, Sister Anna is on holiday." "She's half-dead anyway." "How about Sister Elfriede?" "Yes." "I can't help it." "And, what's new?" "Christmas." "We haven't noticed that here yet, my little one." "How much longer are you going to call me "little one"?" "It will be a while yet." "Until you are a grown-up." "Tell me, matron..." "You know everything here." "Yes?" "What does my father have planned for tonight?" "Probably what he always has planned." "Nothing." "Why don't you ask him yourself?" "I don't want to." "Do you think I'll reach him at home this evening?" "God, if nothing special is scheduled, certainly." "My father wouldn't operate on Christmas Eve." "You never know." "The patients are sometimes so avid for amusement." "Yes, but Dr. Eickstädt is here." "Why else would Dad have a deputy?" "But don't you think Dr. Eickstädt wants to spend time with his family, too?" "Father really doesn't have much of life does he?" "Not one of us really has a life, my little one." "At least not as you understand it." "Please don't tell him I was here." "I am as mute as a Christmas goose." "A surprise for Dad, huh?" "Perhaps." "I don't know yet." "Oh, how nice." "You don't ask about my mother, eh?" "We only ask about our patients condition." "I know you don't like my mother." "Oh, "don't like"." "I am just loyal to one party, and in this case that's the opposing party." "Father is a lovely person, of course." "One cannot argue that." "Nevertheless, you are doing my mother an injustice." "Yes, that could be." "I don't want my father and mother..." " being incited against each other?" "Listen, that was a long time ago, when that has been fun to me." "Moreover, they are divorced." "Little one, I have to get back to work." "What do you want with the matron?" "Do you want to stir up memories?" "But Erika!" "There we are." "I can´t stand that arrogant person." "I want to talk to the professor!" " Shh..." "Ah, there's young Mr. Reimers!" "How is your Mother?" "Very well, thank you." "You too, I hope." "Yes, thanks." "Well, Matron, Merry Christmas and "shh"." "Oh, dearest Matron, I was just saying to my husband we wanted to come see you." "You're such a sweet old friend of his." "Really?" "I don't remember." "We had to bring our son ." " Yes, and we´d like to ask you..." "I already know what you want, Mrs. Büttner!" "I will take care of the little one." " See, just as I told you." "Isn´t she a wonderful person?" "She already knows..." "We´d just like to talk to the Professor." "Leave him alone, please." "He is on operation since 7 a.m." "Oh..." "Such a disgusting beast!" "You used to love her?" "Well, men´s taste!" "Come with me to my room, Gentlemen." " Yes, Professor!" "If the patient won´t be too unlucky, he must get through this." "Believe me, the worst thing that can happen to a patient is an incapable doctor." "Professor!" "Well, Mrs. Sprengler." "Everything is ok!" "In 3 weeks time, he will be back home." "But why are you crying?" "Because he will be healthy again?" "It´s just the joy, Professor." " Just walk home, tomorrow, you can visit him." " Thank you so much, Professor." "There is no cause for that." "So we just caught you, Professor!" " As it seems..." "Our son had to broke his leg today, of all days." "We brought him to your station." " Yes, and we´d like to ask... because Dr. Eickstädt..." " Oh, Dr Eickstädt did examine him?" "Just cursorily." " Dr. Eickstädt never examines cursorily!" "Well, he almost threw us out." "I should not teach him..." "I´m the mother, after all!" "Do you really want a doctor who cares for other people teaching him?" "I would not be the right one, too." "Erika is very concerned, of course." " Sister Matron!" "What are the results of Dr. Eickstädt´s examination of the boy?" "A contusion of the right foot with a hematoma in the joint capsule!" "But he has got a fever." " Yes!" "Just a flu with 37.4 degrees!" " Well, you see!" "It´s all very easy!" "But shouldn´t you just..." " Well, I am really superfluous here!" "My dear Madame, you really don´t need to be worried at all." "Well, Stefan, we just released a new high class medication" "May I send it to you for an audit?" " Any time!" "Erwin would really appreciate some generous words from you." "Generous?" "You can´t audit a medication in a generous way!" "There are merciless standards to be used here!" "Of course, of course!" " Just send me the specimen..." "Merciless standards!" "Well, your friend Reinhold can stay away from me." "Now I know why he´s got divorced." "He just got another point of view." " Ridiculous!" "He is only interested in people that he is allowed to cut open!" "12 did have a post operatic collapse?" "What did you give him, Dr. Smolny" "Injections of camphor as a depot and caffeine hypodermically." "Hm, give him an additional sodium chloride infusion." "Yes." "Something else, Gentlemen?" "Yes, Professor." "A woman named Grabner was admitted to Station 3 with a myoma." "She is supposed to be examined by you 3 years ago already." "Grabner?" " Yes." "Grabner..." "I can take a look at the archive." "You refused to operate her then because of a possible heart complication." "Ah yes, Sister." "That´s right..." "The patient has got a myoma heart?" "Dr. Eickstädt will take care of her." "We will observe her for 3 days and give her some heart medication." "Then we´ll decide whether we will operate or do a X-Ray treatment." "I don´t need you now, Sister." "So will I be discharged, Gentlemen?" "Yes, Professor." "Thanks." "Room of Professor Reimers!" "No, this is the OP Sister!" "Unfortunately, the Professor is on vacation already." "Yes, that´s very sad." "You are welcome, Mrs. Hochbauer" "Who was that, Sister?" "Mrs. Hochbauer is suffering from her appendix again." "Well, I already did take that away." "As you are on vacation already..." "Oh yes, of course." "Please just sign the OP protocol, as well as 2 reports for the insurance." "I´ll do that - nothing else, I think." "No, Professor." "Sister Therese is instructed." "I told her everything." "Why is that?" "Oh, I see!" "You will be going on vacation tomorrow for real." "You should really recover during those days." "Well, what´s the matter Sister?" "Nothing, Professor." " Nervous?" "Too much work, I see." "That´s no wonder with all this hectic action going on." "And a boss like me." "Sometimes I´m too crude and unfair, too." "Ain´t I?" "Yes, I know." "I´m eating my employees alive, demanding way too much." "But what shall I do?" "They are demanding the same from me, as you can see." "I didn´t lament." " No, you didn´t." "It´s marvelous, you never lost your nerves." "You do know that I´m very contented with you." "And how much I like you as an employee as well as a human being." "You Do know that, I hope." "No, Professor." "I don´t know that." "So you don´t feel it?" " No!" "For 3 years, I worked beside you." "And now as I will not return, you don´t know to say anything else, but" ""You should really recover during those days"" "But how do you mean this, not coming back, Sister?" "So you don´t know that I quit?" "Of course I know that, for heaven´s sake." "But I don´t accept it." "Didn´t the Matron tell you that?" "Yes." "So despite of that you want to leave me?" "Yes." "Why all this sudden change, Sister?" "It just can´t be serious." "After all these years you can´t just quit and not telling me anything about it." "There must be a reason for that." "Nobody cries without reason." "And you are the least to do that." "I know you too well." "Really?" "Well, I think if I´m beside someone for so long, I ´ll really get to know her." "I assume that you also know me much better than I can anticipate." "Well, with that there ought to be some kind of mutual trust." "No?" "Dont´you think so?" "Yes." " You see!" "So what is it?" "A man?" "Aha!" "I guess someone from here." "Well, that´s indifferent." "Hm." "Well, I seem to be rather blind." "Oh well, you can´t hardly take a breath in here!" "You never have the chance to talk just one private word." "What are you doing on Christmas Eve today?" "My housemaid made a roasted goose on the occasion." "Would you like to share it with me?" "I am on my own, too." "Yes?" "Here we go..." "So we can talk about it all:" "about the resignation... and about the man." "No contradiction, I´m expecting you to come!" "What´s happening?" "Why are you so noisy?" "Just now, as the Count is meeting the millionaire's daughter..." "What kind of Count?" "Where is he?" "Right here in my novel, such a wonderful book." "So damned stupid!" "Then why are you reading it?" "I need that, because there are only sane people acting in there." "No one with kidney stones, no one with appendix irritations or bilious attacks." "They don´t even sneeze in there." " Well, that´s happening..." "Yes... possibly..." "But I never experience that." "If someone is sane in here, he ´s wearing a doctor smock, and smells like ether from head to toe." "Aah!" "I´m wishing for a blond Count who walks in a cloud of lavender around him, and who thinks an appendix is just a special kind of tag." "Where can he be?" "Where can he be?" "The appendix?" "Always on the right side, my dear." "Always on the right!" "Oh my!" "Silly thing!" "Well, what´s happening in here?" "Nicola, I don´t have any clothes to wear!" ""The millionaire's daughter travels with 12 big suitcases full of the most exquisite samples of her tailor´s art."" " Shut up!" "I´m just carrying your clothes here." " But I don´t have any stockings!" "And no hat, and the shoes are at the cobblers, and the other ones got slanted heels..." ""The millionaire´s daughter got 128 pairs of shoes, and 78 hats in all colors of the rainbow."" "Why do you have to dress up that way?" " Because I´m invited, Nicola." "Invited!" " Ooh, I also have to go to my hairdresser!" "Just see how I look!" "And I have to get a gift." "I can´t go just like that." "But where will you go?" " To him!" "Just him!" "The beloved blond Count Lavender!" "Merry Christmas!" " Thanks!" "Please, Sir!" "What?" "Ah." "No, thanks." "Please to the cash register, my ladies." "Miss..." " Just a moment, I´ll be back in a minute." "Are you being served, Madame?" "No, not yet..." "Well, neither am I!" "So we can have a little talk then..." "I´m in a hurry!" "We can talk in a hurry, too." "It´s much more fun anyway, if you don´t think about every word you say..." "Not thinking seems to suit you well." "I hope so, doesn´t it suit you, too?" "Not at all!" " Too bad!" "Too bad!" "The most charming female quality!" "I will remember that on a fitting occasion." "Better remember it for an unfitting one, that will fit much more..." "Thanks for the lesson!" " You are welcome!" "A tender bouquet of flowers, for the dear husband?" "So in this way you´d like to know if I´m married..." "I admire your fast comprehension!" "Yes, I am married." " No!" "And I´ve got 3 most charming kids." "You got some , too!" "Me?" "Why do you think so?" "Well, your bag is from the King of Toys." "Oh, I see..." "The puppet..." " Madame, what is your wish?" "Well, Miss." "A mens scarf!" " Scarfs are that way..." "Thanks!" "My greetings to your kids..." "Pardon me, Madame." "Good evening!" "It seems you are wrong." " Why?" "I just did have the pleasure, haven´t I?" "I didn´t know that a brush-off could be a pleasure for a man." "What, that was a brush-off?" " Uh um!" "I see, I thought the greetings to my kids would serve as an introduction to a lively mutual family friendship." "That would be lovely indeed." "However, we are living very much on our own..." "Good evening!" "Madame..." "My God, there you are again!" "Yes, but I just have to solve a little misunderstanding here..." "But why?" "I just thought we did understand each other very well." "Just wonderful!" "But during our little fight, I made some false remarks." "I am neither married, nor do I have kids." "So I´m not able to bring your greetings." "That doesn´t matter." "You probably bought the puppet for your grandmother." "No!" " So send my greetings to her." "Oops, not so fast!" " Thanks a bunch." "You were lucky not to be noticed by the constable." " Why?" "To jump on the wagon while driving will be quite expensive." "I´m very sorry, But I´m a stranger." " Very welcome to our city!" "What do you like?" "Just ahead or transfer?" " I don´t know..." "Maybe you should serve the others first." " I will decide myself that order!" "What do you want?" "Straight ahead or transfer?" "I really have no idea." " So where do you want to go, young man?" "Well, first of all I want to enter here..." " You are just welcome!" "Pardon, Madame!" "How do I have to drive." "I think, we´ve got the same way..." "For once, we don´t." "You entered the wrong train." "That fits nicely, you can leave at the next station." "No, thanks." "I´m quite right here." " It don´t seems so right to me." "Pardon me?" " What do you want?" "ahead or transfer?" "Well, I´ll take both." " And how about a monthly abo?" "No, thanks!" " Too bad, I would have loved to sell it." "May I ask?" "Does the train go a long way?" "Until the end of the line." "That´s a nice gesture from this train." "And how about you?" "I think it´s nice of it, too." "I was asking if YOU also will drive until the end of the line." "Do you know what you are?" " How couldn´t I?" "Chauffeur!" "For airplanes!" "For a civil line." "Laurenz van Santen, Head-Pilot of LMP!" "I could have said all that much earlier, but you won´t let me say just one word..." "Neither could I explain about this puppet, which is not destined for my granny, but for my radio operator on board" "Who waits for me at the airport casino, to spend this glorious Xmas evening with me." "I see, and you were hoping..." " Quite right!" "I was hoping." "So this must be one of those unsuited occasions that call for imprudence..." "And very much so!" "Nevertheless, that is no reason to flirt with the first woman on your way..." "Well, I got a much better reason." "Actually, I think you are pretty." "You could´t think of something more stupid?" "Not at the moment, but I could think again!" "Please, do you really think I´m pretty?" "Well, somebody must have told you that before." "That´s not the point here, but... tonight I have to be pretty, especially tonight!" "To attract your spouse?" "W-What do you think?" "By the way, why should I improve your matrimonial happiness with my expertise?" "If you´d ask me, he should consider you as pretty as a scarecrow!" "And if you´d ask me, he will consider me as beautiful as the Venus de Milo!" "Now you know it!" " Really?" "End of the line!" "Happy Xmas!" "So no reunion?" "No, no matter how hard you try!" "If I would not be so unbelievable happy today, I would never have talked to you." "But if your spouse don´t consider you as the Venus de Milo" "Then let him be and come to me at the airport." " No illusions about that!" "That´s ok." "I will wait for you the whole night long anyway." "And be too tired tomorrow morning..." "That´s right." "I will be tired, loose my nerves and will crash and break all my bones." "In that particular case we might even see again..." "In Heaven or what do you mean?" "Gee, Sister Angelika!" "The Professsor is not at home, but please come in." "Do you know when he will be home?" " I think that will be soon, he has just to made some visits..." "Who´s there, Franz?" " Sister Angelika, Mr. Konrad!" "Well, that´s very charming of you to think about my father." "Franz, please get a vase for these lovely flowers." "So they are for my father, aren´t they?" " Yes." "That´s a really nice one!" "Yes, the Professor always walks without a coat outside the hospital..." "Well, my father will surely like that." "We will put it to the other gifts, ok?" "We´ll put the scarf right at the front, so father will notice it at first." "I want to go." "Oh no, don´t you want to sit for a while to warm up a little?" "Cigarette?" " No, thanks." "Strictly speaking, I should advise you to wait for my father... but today, I want to surprise him." "My mother came to town." "You are, in some ways, Father´s trustee." "Yes." "Isn´t it ridiculous, he is living here alone and Mother in Vienna?" "But if you hear them talking about each other, you just have to think they would embrace each other if they would meet again." "Well, you see..." "And I was thinking..." "Today, on Xmas Eve... everybody is in a soft mood... more approachable... maybe just a little push is needed..." "Don´t you think so?" "Yes, of course." "Because it´s my biggest yearning..." "that my parents will reunite." "You surely will accept that I´m not advising you to stay, won´t you?" "Yes, of course." "Besides, I have to go back to the hospital, I´m on night duty." "In any case, thanks a bunch, Sister Angelika!" "Do you want me to give my father a message from you?" "I wish him a merry Xmas." " Thanks." "Yes, yes." "Yeah." "My God!" "You really scared me!" "Why are you standing here?" "Are you moonstruck?" "I´m coming, I´m coming!" "What?" "It´s always the same on Xmas Eve:" "At first, those people will swallow half of a carp including all bones, and then they refuse to suffocate on it." "Gee, I´d love to eat some carp now." "You too?" "Where are my shoes?" "Oh, here they are." "Just tell me: why are you home again that early?" "What was it like?" "What did you eat?" "What?" "So just tell me something, even if it is something foolish..." "Oh..." "I´m sorry." "Well, I´ve got a medicine for you." "I just got it this evening." "Just a moment... 1 or 2 glasses of Brandy for some stomach ache... 3 glasses or more for heart aches." "No, I don´t want it!" "You just have to." "Come on, or I will pour it in your face." "No, I don´t want it." " It would be too bad to spoil it..." "There you are." "Just take it." "Bah, it´s awful." "Yes, that´s really good." "The more awful it tastes, the better it will work." "And now a glass on the good old Sister Therese!" "Yes!" "I´ve got no more time, dear." "Here is the bottle." "Empty it if you feel like it." "Well Angelika, you will get somebody else for sure." "Besides, you never can tell who will make you happy..." "Here, Gentlemen." "Another delivery!" "Cheers everybody!" "Yes." "That´s all you can do to entertain us, can´t you?" "A canteen is not supposed to be a Variete." "Even more so at Xmas time." "So you don´t have a living doll?" " No." "Now, a miracle should happen." "Miracles do avoid us." "It would be a true miracle if some of you would order bottle of champagne!" "Well, that would suit you fine, materialist!" "No, there should be light, and an angel should be floating into the room..." "Well, at least we can get a little more light in here..." "So this would be the first part of the miracle." "Why complain, the second part is already here!" "Now this just can´t be true!" "That´s not true!" "I´m so glad!" "But please, don´t wake me!" "Or you will disappear again." "You are very charming." "Well, you don´t know how charming I will get for you." "That´s good." "I need some good treatment tonight." "Is that true!" "Didn´t your spouse consider you as the Venus De Milo?" "I don´t have one." " No?" "I´m just a lonesome dog like you." " That´s great!" "Now Xmas has just begun..." "Angelika?" "Angelika!" "Angelika!" "Angelika!" "Steinmeier!" "Steinmeier!" " Yes, Sister Therese?" "Did you see Sister Angelika?" "She went out again!" "She went out again?" " Yes!" "I see." "Where is the Matron?" "Upstairs, with the little Büttner boy." "Playing Mum..." "But I can´t have 2 mums!" " Well, I don´t see it that way." "There are also 2 mums which got 2 kids." "How much do you have?" "Oh, many." " 10?" "Much more!" " 20?" " Even more!" "But not more than 100!" "I did not count them." "All the time more are arriving." "All the time?" "Yes." " That has to be fun!" "Do you buy them?" " No, I get them all as a gift!" "All children that are ill are MY children." "But they all will leave you." " Yes" "When they are healthy again." " Do you have to weep then?" "Sometimes." "If I loved them very much." "When I will be leaving, will you weep?" "Do you want me to weep?" "You are weeping right now." " No, that´s not true, silly boy." "You have to be a very fine mum." "Well, surely your mum is that too." "Yes, but she can´t play." " Can´t play?" "And she can´t sing, too." "No, I don´t believe that, every mum that has a child can sing." "Can you sing?" " A little." "Please sing, ok?" "Sleep, my little child, sleep, close your little eyes just well." "Your guardian angels are all around, carressing you with sweet dreams." "Just fall asleep without sorrows, my child all angels are around you." "Sleep, my little child, sleep, close your little eyes just well." "Fall asleep fall asleep fall asleep..." "Drugstore?" "No." " Doctor?" " No." "Nurse?" " Oh, a clever child." "How did you know?" "Chloroform!" "Oh well, but I did use half a bottle of eau de Cologne." "Well..." "Sister Angelika." "And where?" "Is that really important?" " Of course it is," "Just imagine i´d like to send you a postcard..." "Just imagine I don´t want to get one!" "So you don´t want to see me again?" "Well, I have to think about that." "Really?" " Yes." "How long will that take?" "Until tomorrow, for sure." "Maybe even a day longer." "Well,tomorrow..." "tomorrow, I will be in my plane again." "Well, I´m really concerned Angelika will do something stupid, she seemed disturbed." " Why something stupid?" "I don´t know, each woman does a different stupidity after the first shock." "Well, thanks for letting me know, Sister." "I just hope that´s all for today, Matron!" "I´m going to sleep." "Well, they ruined your Xmas eve for sure, Doctor!" "Didn´t they?" "Oh, that´s not so bad." "My wife just liked to quarrel with me today." "Pardon me, Matron." " What´s happening?" " 14 has got a fever." "14?" "14..." " Yes, the operation was 2 days ago." "Ectomy!" " How much?" " 39.2 ." "Ok, so I won´t go to sleep, we take a look at 14, come on Sister Therese..." "Well, if I will ever be reborn, I wanna be a patient!" "Steinmeier?" "Are you looking for me?" " Yes, Matron!" "Dr. Büttner wants to talk to you about his boy again..." "Well, that late?" "This is a public hospital, Doctor... but not public in a way to allow a visit at such late hours." "Yes, I know, but I could not stop thinking about it at Xmas." "Please, may I see my boy just for moment?" "No, he´s asleep now." "Besides, everything is alright." "I was with him the whole evening." "Er..." "Could I talk to you for a moment in private?" "Please..." "Thank you for caring so much for the boy." "A pretty little room..." "May I smoke?" "Oh well, yes..." "My wife send greetings..." "Does she?" "But why don´t you say all that she ordered you to tell me?" "Ordered?" "Me?" "Why?" "Oh God, for sure she did tell you:" ""If you are at the place anyways, talk with the Matron about the certificate for the new specimen."" ""That old shrew has got such a strong influence on our Professor..."" "You are a horrible person." "Why do you talk about my wife in this unfriendly manner?" "Maybe I envy her..." "That´s rather flattering for me." "Are you a megalomaniac?" "Not about you." " What else?" "About her furs?" "A mink coat doesn´t make you happy." "But a child!" "Or do you think my work here is a substitute?" "Or the few love affairs that a woman can get... if you are nor a saint." "Or the hundred children here, for whom I was allowed to play their mum." "Just one little disobedient brat that belongs to me... just to me alone... would have been much worthier than the sum of all other." "Well..." "That´s the way." "And who´s to blame?" " Blame?" "Nobody." "We lived together for some years... we wanted to plan our lives together..." "We promised each other anything we could think of, but today... today i´m sitting here all alone in my room of duty." "Even on this evening." "No family... and no child." "And who is to blame?" "Nobody." "Nobody!" "You´re feeling free from responsibility." "You can sleep well... and if your child gets ill, Aunty Matron is allowed to take care of that." "Well, should I have taken the boy elsewhere?" "Yes!" "Why should I care about your wife´s kid?" "Yes!" "The little boy of No. 6 can´t sleep." "He´s crying for the Matron." "I´m on the way..." "Well, if I didn´t know already about your excellent character you would still consider me being an old shrew!" "Hello Steinmeier!" "Did Sister Angelika return?" "Call me if she gets in!" "You are returning very late, Professor." "Even on Xmas Eve." "Yes, very late." "Let´s hope I can relax for the rest of the evening." "Hopefully, father!" "Well, you are here?" "Why is that?" "I thought you went to your mother." "You don´t seem to be very glad about my presence." "No, I´m really glad!" "I just wasn´t prepared for that." "Sister Angelika must be here a long time." "She already left, Professor." "Why?" "She said she would be on night duty." " That´s ridiculous!" "I did invite her for tonight." "I couldn´t know that." "She didn´t say a word about that." " That´s really embarrassing!" "Please call the hospital at once." " Yes, Professor." "Father... i´m begging you..." "Don´t do it!" "She won´t disturb us." "I will be disturbed." "You are quite odd." "What´s on your mind?" "So don´t do it, Franz!" " Yes, Professor!" "May I serve, Professor?" "The goose won´t get any better on the table.." "Well, I´m hungry, but..." "You put 3 dishes on!" " The young Mr. Konrad ordered it." "Why a third one as Sister Angelika is not here?" "I just thought...for mother." "Your mother is here?" " At the hotel." "We will take the dinner later, Mrs. Schmid." "I will call you then." "Yes, Professor." "It was my wish for her to come, father." "i´m begging you to make this evening a gift for mother and me." "But you should have asked me at least." "I would have never thought you could refuse to my wish." "I was happy as a child to spend Xmas with my parents again." "I don´t know... how long it´s been since the last time." "Who brought the flowers?" " Sister Angelika." "It was well intentioned and honorable to plan to reunite your mother an me." "Which is the reason for this gathering, isn´t it?" " Yes." "I don´t think your mother is prepared to live with me." "She wouldn´t be here otherwise." " So she must be here because of you." "She really loves you." "I´m hoping you don´t regard that as a mistake." "No, on the contrary." "It´s even a great advantage." "But..." " Yes?" "But?" "Come, sit down, my boy." "You know that I never tried to justify myself to you... why you don´t have a real home." "You may consider your mother as a martyr..." "She never applied to that, father!" "I have to defend her on that." " So you should." "I just want you understand my point of view, too." "Because it was me who wanted the division." "I just know of your accusation." "Oh, you´re thinking of her expensive gatherings, furs, clothes..." "It´s not?" " No." "That was just a side effect." "Our basic views of life had been far to different." "I am a doctor!" "And that means to help sick people." "To me that´s the biggest honor, a grace of God, if you like." "I tell you this because you also want to be a doctor." "My mother didn´t stop you from that." "No, but she wanted me to become a doctor of the latest fashion." "A man who invites to gatherings and goes to gatherings... and who cares more for some ridiculous polyps in a managing director´s nose, than for a poor sinner, who glides between life and death." "Because my mother was ambitious for you!" "That is not a sin, father." "She was not ambitious, but vain." "That´s the difference." "She wanted a famous doctor to be her husband, a horse for a parade." "But I don´t care about being famous," "I don´t care about marketing." "I despise all these things!" "And if can´t understand it, my son just do some honest handicraft, be a cobbler,a tailor or whatever, but never be a doctor or scientist, goddammit!" "I understand it all... but what if my mother have changed?" "I don´t know that, and I don´t want to know it either." "I´m very sorry, father." "Well, this had to be made clear." "So now, I think we can have diner." " But I..." "I can´t leave my mother alone tonight." "Oh yes, of course." "You have invited her, so you have to take care of her." "Well, all the best, my son..." "Franz!" "Professor?" "Call the hospital and ask if Sister Angelika is there." " Yes, Professor!" "You don´t say anything." "I´m just dreaming." "It´s so nice to dream of something good." "No, no." "Please no more..." "I´m drunk already, I think." "I feel like being in a roundabout." "My heart beats that way, too." "Is that so?" "What does it beat?" "What?" "It just beats." "A heart is never just beating, it will tell you something." "My heart is always telling me something if it is beating." "Yes?" "For instance?" "Well, I have to listen carefully." "Oh..." "I can hear it very clearly." " What does it say?" "I love you" " I love you" " I love you..." "Oh, mine is also telling me now:" "He´s lying - he´s lying - he´s lying..." "Your heart seems to be out of order." " No." "Just listen yourself what it is telling..." "Do your hear?" "I´m yearning" " I´m yearning I´m yearning" " I´m yearning..." "What else?" "Embrace her - embrace her - embrace her..." "What else?" "Kiss her - kiss her - kiss her on the mouth -on the mouth..." "You´ve got a shameless heart." "Come on..." "Where?" "Where?" "Dancing to dance away with you." "It has been a misunderstanding," "I returned to clear it." "I don´t wanna hurt Sister Angelika´s feeling." "My boy also did a stupidity." "Sometimes all just goes wrong." "Well..." "So YOU invited her..." "Aha!" "Why do you emphasize it that way?" "I do?" "Well, I thought Sister Angelika might have told you anything, since she is a kind of well protected child around here." "You brought her here." "Her Mother was my friend!" " You don´t need to excuse!" "It´s me who should be grateful." "It´s so horrible she did quit." "Do you mean that officially, or privately, Professor?" "What?" "Both, of course." "Both!" " Aha." "You once again said Aha" "You are concealing something." "Not an official affair, Professor!" "Well, I figured that out myself, there has to some kind of love story involved in this." "But that would also concern myself, wouldn´t it?" "That might be..." "Professor." "An unhappy love affair!" "That´s a yes!" "Do you think I´m obliged to interfere?" "Actually I have..." "Have I?" "After all, I really like Sister Angelika." "OK." "I will talk with that man!" "What will you tell him?" "I don´t know." "Well, I think I will tell him that Angelika is such a noble person, and that he is not obliged to make her unhappy." "Who is unhappy anyways?" "She or him?" "At the moment she is." " Well..." "Yes and... um... um... and he can really be proud to get such a woman." "Well, and then he will marry her and I will have lost her anyways." "Would that hurt you officially or privately, Professor?" "What´s all this officially and privately about?" "Do you want to educate me?" "I´d love to, Professor!" "Please save that for Dr. Smolje or Dr. Reithofer." "It´s certainly one of those two, isn´t it?" "This is his picture." "That´s not a picture." " In the mirror!" "What, me?" "Is this a stage play?" "I thought it would interest you to see how a man looks like in a situation like this." "Me?" "Um..." "I..." "I never noticed anything." "Do you ever notice the feelings of anybody around here at all?" "For your patients, excuse me, Professor, you care about the tiniest matters, because the emotional condition is linked with the physical one." "But for you we don´t seem to have any emotional condition." "We are well lubricated machines, handling instruments, restore bandages..." "You know how much work there is for me." "Oh!" "So that´s the reason why one can´t love a woman?" "Therefore, one can´t make somebody happy?" "Napoleon spend some time with Josephine, and he definitely had more work to do than you!" "And Mr. Von Goethe was a poet, a savant, a minister and the director of a theater, and he didn´t die as a virgin." "Well, you can´t accuse me on that..." "Well, I often wondered why Konrad walks on earth with us..." "You are such an imprudent person!" "Büttner was right not to marry you... but this silly goose..." " True, ain´t she a silly goose?" "Unspeakably so." "Ah!" "That´s the best Xmas gift I could get from you!" "Yes, hello?" "Thanks!" "Angelika has arrived." "Sister Angelika!" "May I talk to you for a moment?" "Tonight?" "Now?" " Yes... now." "Please." "I´m glad I met you after all." "I have to apologize, at last I spoiled your Xmas Eve, but I was not responsible, I was a surprise for me, too." "But a pleasant one." "Well, yes." "But..." "So it was good to leave." "At first it was very embarrassing to me, but... oh please take a seat!" "I want to talk about that in a relaxed way." "Do you have some time left?" "Yes." " I was just saying it was embarrassing to me." "But now I am glad about it." "Do you know why?" "Your son implied this." "That might have been prematurely." "But just because of this, I´m obliged to talk about it." "It might have been the right thing to ultimately make it clear what kind of woman is not the right one." "And even more which kind is right!" "Steinmeier!" "Do you spy also at workdays, or only at Sundays and holidays?" "Why, Matron?" "I just wanted..." "I thought..." "You might..." "You thought I would not show up!" "Now get out out of here, very quick." "I want to see how quick you are!" "I don´t want to loose you," "Angelika." "An OP nurse is not irreplaceable." "I don´t know if you are misunderstanding by purpose..." "I´m not talking about the OP nurse, but... but..." "I told you earlier that I made up my mind about many matters," "It´s a disgrace it took me so long." "Consider this as a declaration of love... as a proposal... or both." "I... just can´t now..." "I don´t force you." "I did attack you with this confession tonight." "Surely, I did it all wrong..." "But tomorrow you will make a trip to the mountains, where the air is fresh and clean." "If you might, in a few days... in a week... give me an answer?" "Yes?" "Yes." "I´ve waited for 3 years..." "Why did you let me wait just 3 hours too long?" "Quiet, my angel!" "What did you do yesterday evening?" "Me?" "Am I not entitled to stay out for an evening?" "Silly thing!" "Did I ask you as your superior?" "No..." "I´m a little mixed up." "Well, 2 men might be too much to start with." "Why do you think so?" "There was a call from Mr. van Santen." "I told him to call again later." "I don´t want to talk to him!" "Aha!" "I just know him since yesterday." " Just yesterday?" "Well, for that short span you seem very impressed to me." "I felt so... desperate... and now..." "Everything that was important to me can´t be wiped out just like that..." "Just because somebody comes along, who tells you everything that you expected to hear from someone else." "I´m ashamed..." "I´m ashamed." "Ashamed?" "Oh dear, actually it´s more of an embarrassing surprise to realize there is more than 1 man on this earth." " Hm." "You don´t believe what you are saying." " I do!" "Sometimes I do..." "The professor send you these flowers?" " Yes." "Did you say anything?" " Not yet." "But I have to." "Confessions should only be made if there is no other way left." "Yes, please?" "Sister Angelika?" "Just a moment, I will call her..." "Sister Angelika!" "A telephone call!" "What should I do?" "First of all don´t be afraid!" "No luck again?" " yes, sure on the way." "Yes, please?" "No, this must be a mix up." "No, it´s an error." "Ok, I made an error." "You are not that Angelika I´m looking for." "But maybe you´ll meet her by chance, and then please tell her..." "Hello!" "And please tell her she is the most enchanting woman I ever met... and that I love her." "Do you hear me?" "... that I love her." "My key, please!" " Here it is!" "And a letter, Miss Hausmann." " Thanks." "Right!" "May I ask why you refuse to give me Sister Angelika´s address, Matron?" "Maybe... she wanted it that way." " Uh hum." "And why?" "Feel free to imagine all possible causes there might be." "For me there could only be one:" "Another man!" "You don´t seem to have that much imagination." "But don´t you think that cause should signal you to leave her alone?" "No, not at all!" "If I want a woman and someone else gets in between" "I just have to defend myself." "Well, that´s a point of view." " Yes, it is." "A very fine, masculine point of view." "Yes... almost boyishly!" "Yes!" "Why?" "Mr. van Santen, it was a pleasure to meet you!" "So you really want to spoil my New Years Eve?" "I´m really determined to do so!" "Too bad." "Just look at him..." "Look at him!" "That´s him!" "What?" "Who?" " Well, the Count!" "The lavender spreading Count!" "For Gods sake, Sister!" "Did you go mad?" "Or do you know that man?" "What?" "Knowing him?" "Yes!" "Not at all!" "That´s the type of Count who will give me a diamond bracelet in my imagination." "Oh!" "Hello, Sister!" "May I ask you something?" "Yes, of course!" "Do you want to book an operation?" "Maybe another time." "At the moment, I´m in a hurry." "Do you know Sister Angelika´s address?" "Nothing else?" "Too bad." " Why?" "Sister Angelika stays at the Sonnenhof sanitarium in the mountains." "At the Sonnenhof?" "Thanks a bunch." " You are welcome!" "Well, Sister Therese?" " Such a fool!" "I´m dreaming of him and he asks me about Angelika..." "Miss Hausmann, a call for you!" "For me?" "Angelika Hausmann!" " This is Reimers!" "I want to ask if you´d like to step into the new year with me." "Sure it would be possible." "How?" "Because I´m very near to you..." "Down at the railway station." "No!" "Well, I´m very glad, Professor!" "Hello!" "To the sanatorium Sonnenhof!" " Yes." "How long will it take?" " 2 and 1/2 hours, if all goes smooth..." "Off we go!" "But we will have some heavy snow at the top..." "For Heavens Sake, why don´t you start, we´ll arrive at midnight..." "Yes, it will be at night for sure!" "So just start!" " That´s impossible!" "Damned!" "But why?" " Because somebody ordered me." "Why didn´t you say that in the first place?" "Well... you didn´t ask me!" "Well, I´d love to operate you sometime!" "Pardon!" " Oh, I´m sorry." "Is this your carriage?" "Yes, I think so." "The coachman said you´d drive to Sonnenhof." "Would you take me with you?" " Yes, of course, it´s enough space here." "Thanks." " May I?" " Thanks." "You are very friendly to take me with you." " Come on, it´s just natural... besides, I´m in a great mood today." "I could be friendly to the whole world!" "That´s a nice mood to start a new year." "Do you look forward to it?" " For sure, don´t you?" "Oh yes, me too." "It´s always a special atmosphere around this day full of anticipation." "Right, just as if you step into an adventure without knowing how it will end..." "In my youth, I always felt that at this day an enormous pencil should appear on the sky, that will cross out everything that happened... and now mysteriously, everything just starts again." "Well... but I don´t like your pencil up there, it gives me the feeling that I might collide with it." "Don´t take me for a detective, but I guess you are a professional pilot." "Yes." "Civil pilot." "A profession that still involves some romanticism..." "Recklessness..." " Well... the romanticism is killed by the flight schedule, and you have to give up the recklessness on behalf of the passengers safety." "But I admit there is a sporty element involved." "Only a little hard to realize." " Yes, I did that." "My plane is parked downtown, just borrowed, but mine for 8 days of vacation." "And now I´m driving to Sonnenhof to get the company for the journey..." "Just any?" " No, no, no!" "Actually, a very special one." "I would really envy you, if there wasn´t something special awaiting on me, too." "I do envy me myself..." "Did the carriage arrive, Mr. Neubauer?" "It´s dark already!" "No, Miss Hausmann." "Maybe it will take one more hour..." "We seem to have driven a hundred days..." "Not exactly THAT much..." " But it must be 2 hours now." "What time is it?" "Just 1 minute to 6 o´clock!" "Besides, we will hear it just now..." "Why?" "Charming!" "What is it?" " A clock." "A little toy." "It should ring to you for happy hours." " Thanks." "The carriage, Mr. Neubauer!" "For Heavens Sake!" " Finally!" "Pardon me." "Professor Reimers?" " Yes, that´s me!" "The gents belong together?" "No, I didn´t book, but maybe you have got a room anyhow." "Yes, we´ll manage that somehow." " Fine!" "The Misses is waiting at our reading room" " Thanks." "Once again: thanks a bunch, hoping to see you soon." " Hopefully!" "Professor." "You did surprise me in such a wonderful way by coming here." "Well, so everything is fine." "You even bring some ether aroma with you." " That´s terrible!" "No, that´s very familiar to me." "How do you look like?" " Let me see..." "You did recover very well?" " I think so." "Certainly on the outside..." "but on the inside?" "No diagnosis, please." "Please send this parcel to the room of Miss Hausmann." "Yes, at once!" "Franz!" "To 24!" "Also unwrap it, please!" "This is the man I owe to get here at all!" "May I introduce:" "Mr. van Santen!" "Ms. Hausmann!" "Hello, Reimers!" "Well, Leitgerber!" "Finally , someone I can show my new building." "Later, later!" "Never mind, you are coming with me..." "Please take care of Miss Hausmann for a minute!" "I´m begging you, please depart right now..." "But, Angelika..." " I can´t tell you more!" "and I don´t want to!" "I´m just begging you: please depart!" "Why didn´t you answer my letters?" "Did they arrive?" " I didn´t read them." "I see." "So I´m not even entitled to somebody reading my letters!" "I don´t want to explain it." "Well, what do you think of it?" "Everything was newly arranged during last summer." "Very nice!" "That´s just the start!" "All the doors were prepared to keep out the noise." "That must be a pleasure for your guests." "For the guests?" "I never thought of that!" " What else should be the benefit?" "For ME, so I won´t have to listen to the guests!" "Should I really think that it was just an evening's caprice?" "Why not?" "Don´t I have the right to be carelessly, too?" "Like a man?" "Don´t tell me that rubbish..." " Don´t you understand?" "I don´t want it!" "Think about it as you like, but please go away!" "So you are very hard working, Leitgerber!" "I´m just good at make believe that people can spent much money to live primitively." "No, no." "I really mean it, you´re a good doctor, even if don´t want to hear it." "The good air from the mountains and a simple diet never did any harm to anybody!" "Furthermore, I´ll stick to my old teacher´s advise:" "With simple cases the patient should be intrusted to nature, and with complicated ones, you should ask an experienced colleague." "Isn´t that so, Miss Hausmann?" "I´m sorry, I didn´t get what you were saying." "It just doesn´t matter." "We were talking about the mysteries of medical science." "I want to change clothes in my room." "Well, I have to do that, too." "I almost forgot..." "I´ll pick you up later, Angelika..." "Hey, porter... no,no thanks!" "I´m sorry, but I can´t stay." "Can you call me a carriage, please?" "Well, the last one just left." "But there must be some other means to get downtown..." "That would not make any sense." " Why?" "Because you won´t get a train anyway!" "Why not?" " All trains have left for today." "Well... ok..." "You haven´t changed your dress?" "Well..." "I just wanted to pick you up." " Please don´t be cross, I just wanted..." "But it will take just some minutes..." " Ok, but not any longer, otherwise, we won´t get our dinner anymore." "I´ll be back at once..." "Well... then I´m waiting downstairs..." " Please." ""Every time this is ringing, I´m thinking of you"" "May I sit here?" "Please!" "Well..." "It´s a pity that you are that much likeable..." "Does that bother you?" " A lot!" "On our way up you told me that a new year always comes to you as an adventure, always to be unknown how it will end." "And that would be the best part." "Yes, did I really said that?" "Well, I just might change my opinion..." "You were so friendly to let me drive in your carriage... so i´m in debt now..." "May I ask you to spend the evening with us?" "You wouldn´t mind, Angelika?" " Of course not!" "All right, I will accept your offer, Professor." "But I´m hoping that my presence won´t spoil the evening for you, Miss!" "I hope so, too, Mr. van Santen..." "Oh, all the way to Batavia?" "So you know half of this world!" " Well, knowing would be too much..." "It´s the same as with the marines..." "Thanks." "Some harbors, some pubs...some women... all the same everywhere..." "Are all airports around the world just the same?" "Mr. van Santen didn´t mean the airports." "He was thinking of the women, didn´t you?" "Yes!" "That´s what I mean." "Although I got to know just a few women in my life," "I almost... could convert to your opinion on them." "Cheers!" "But did you seriously deal with those few ones?" "Not really... with all that work, there was no time left for a real life... but if I did make a pathetic trial... to fix that..." "I failed!" "What did you expect, if the trial was just pathetic?" "That´s not logical, Angelika!" "That´s subtlety!" "What did I expect?" " Requited love!" "That thought doesn´t seems so erroneous to me, does it?" "I totally share your opinion, Professor!" "Love comes as a gift... even if you don´t deserve it!" "Hello..." "It even drops on you from the sky!" " See, you have to take it as it comes..." "Well, if you get an substitute that fast, you couldn´t have suffered that much..." "I won´t do that favour to any woman." " That´s even better... (chattering...)" "So both of you are that much disappointed of women..." "Yes!" "Do you talk of women in general, or do you think of a particular one?" "I´m thinking of a particular one!" "Of course, you too, Professor!" "So you did arrange this marvelous situation in order to watch how this woman will behave among these 2 disappointed men." "Or why did you invite Mr. van Santen?" "Do do me a favour?" "Maybe..." "Well, I better leave now..." " No,no!" "It is my wish that you stay!" "Why did you accept the invitation?" "Did you expect a cozy New Years eve for the three of us?" "Oh no!" "You were just spiteful to get me in this delicate situation." "Weren´t you?" "If you want to really know the truth:" "Yes, it´s right!" "Hold it against me!" "I just will do that for sure!" "What do both of you really know about myself?" "What do you know, Professor?" "For 3 years, I was beside you... waiting for you to take a look away from your work... to notice me!" "Yes, Mr. van Santen!" "I did wait for that!" "And you?" "Didn´t you notice just for a second..." "why I did ... with a total stranger... share this Xmas Eve with you?" "Did you think I was looking for an adventure?" "Well... didn´t you think about how desperate I must have been, to look for shelter with a stranger on that particular evening?" "I did not bother any one of you with my feelings." "I tried to manage it all with myself, so please..." "What do you want from me?" "Why do you place me between you, to watch if I´m able to get out of the trap!" "I will get out..." "Ladies and Gentlemen, another mad new year is about to begin... we will greet it with our fool´s caps chattering five...six...seven...eight..." "nine...ten!" "Right, they did enough kissing now..." "Well..." "We are left with alone with our sorrows..." "Happy New Year, Professor!" "Just go to hell!" " Mr. van Santen we are carrying your fortune!" "Do you see how it smiles at you?" " Yes!" "I did notice that the whole evening..." "It was wrong of me to get you involved in this awkward situation, Angelika." "I did not want to hurt you." "Of course I should have ask you at your room about the meaning of all this, but I got... the feeling my head got hit, when I suddenly comprehended there was another man playing a role in your life." "Which role was unclear to me, of course." "So I wanted to know how important he is to you." "That´s why I invited Mr. van Santen." "You should see him next to me and make up you mind... whether there is still anything left of the feeling... you had for me." "Well, then..." "I will leave as if nothing would have happened between us." "Do you want me to tell Mr. van Santen you are waiting for him?" " No,no,no!" "I waited all those days for you to arrive..." "And I was so glad about it..." "Yes... if you... still want me." "I am very happy!" "Angelika!" "Angelika is back!" "Don´t disturb me, I´m getting educated..." "But I got some news!" "Well, so spread the news before your little heart will break into pieces." "Do you know who took Angelika in his car to the hospital?" "A Count!" " Please stop all this Count nonsense!" "Our Professor!" " You are kidding!" "But that's not all, at their farewell, he kissed her hand intensely!" "A real kiss on the hand!" "Like that!" "Well, look at that!" "Medical speaking this seems to be a case of a hormonal Family Feast!" "That was a fast decision!" " Very fast!" "But you could look a little more happier!" " Yes?" "Well, you just have to get accustomed to all this." "I'm so glad." "You´ll get the best and most reliable husband you can ever think of." "For sure..." "Somebody who will not run away with a flirty girl, just because she´s prettier, or because she might have got more money." "You know...that´s very important to a woman... the security!" "Otherwise, you will get hurt." "Why do you tell all this?" "Because I was afraid about you!" "Who told Mr. van Santen about my stay at the Sonnenhof?" "I didn´t!" "Did he write to you?" "We celebrated New Years Eve together... the three of us... at the same table." "." "No!" "It was marvelous." " Well, I can imagine..." "Well, and now?" "Nothing." "Now, it´s all over..." "A very happy New Year, father!" "For you too, my son!" "For you too!" "How has it been up there at Leitgerber´s?" "Just listen, Konrad!" "I have to tell you something..." "Yes?" "I will marry again!" "Sister Angelika." "I'm wishing you good luck, Father." "Please Konrad, don´t look as if I caused the world´s greatest tragedy for you!" "Nothing will be changed concerning the two of us." "But... this will not be my home anymore." " What a nonsense, Konrad!" "Angelika will be a good friend to you and you are my son like before." "My feelings about you didn´t cool down all of a sudden..." "I know that, Father..." "And that's all quite right from your point of view... but not from mine!" "Well, I don´t understand that at all." "But... that's very simple!" "As long as all went along as it was..." "I mean... as long as Mother and you were alone..." "I can´t find the right words..." "Well, now only my mother is lonesome, and so I belong to her!" "And if your mother would have married again?" "That could have happened just alike..." "No, that could never have happened!" " Why not?" "Because she loves you, Father!" "I won´t judge you... there were some reasons for the division..." "Probably, we were both guilty." "The results are just the same." "I never preferred one side, but now... now I take one side!" "My biggest dream was to reunite Mother and you..." "She came here with the best intentions." "You didn´t want it!" "You did prevent it!" "So you are guilty!" "Are you sure about the kind of sacrifice you are demanding here?" "You want me to renounce the woman I love?" "I should recreate a partnership that your mother doesn´t want just like me, no,no, that's the truth!" "Otherwise, we would have come together again somehow..." "Isn´t that a little bit selfish, my son?" "If you are missing the coziness of family life..." "I can understand that." "But if you want to get that for the price of getting your mother and me unhappy..." "I can´t understand that!" "Reimers!" "Angelika!" "What happened?" "What´s the matter with you?" " For Gods sake, please come here at once!" "I..." "I..." "Please, do the talking!" "Yes, Professor?" "Well, it´s you, Dr. Eickstätt!" "An accident!" "Mr. van Santen had an accident!" "What is your diagnosis?" "That´s too bad!" "Prepare the OP room!" "I´ll be there myself!" "We´ll talk about it later." "I have to go to the hospital..." "Yes, I'm coming..." "Oh my, just now while the Count shoots at the ranger´s daughter..." "Yes, coming..." "He wanted it..." "I knew, he wanted it..." "Well, if he is that mad, he surely has deserved to have got some broken bones." "You are not to blame." "For sure it´s me to blame." "Only me!" "Why did you say yes to the Professor, while loving the other one?" "Well...because I..." "I didn´t want to believe that a feeling which for so long... dominated me,could simply... being wiped out." "What should happen now?" " I don´t know." "I said yes... this has to remain." "Sister..." "What do you like?" "Angelika!" "Do you remember what you told me?" "As we met for the first time?" "Huh?" "If I had a crash, we would meet again." "Don´t talk that much." "But..." "I have to talk." "Yesterday, you told me so many ugly words... please tell me that... that you didn´t mean it, huh?" "That it´s not true..." "You... you belong to me." "Angelika." "Well..." "I'm spoiling your New Year, Professor." "Well, you didn´t need to do it that thoroughly." "Do I need an operation?" "Just a little one." "Will you do it?" "Don´t you trust me?" "Yes, I have." "But I just think..." "Seems the two of us are always ready to resolve an embarrassing situation." "This time you´ll resolve mine?" " This time I´ll resolve yours, huh?" "Will you kill me, Professor?" "I´ll try my very best!" "Konrad, listen!" "Your father is on the way to make a big mistake." "Because he wants to marry?" "Oh, you know that?" " Yes." "Where is your mother?" " In Vienna." "May she come here?" " What for?" "I really thought about it, Matron!" "Why shouldn´t he marry?" "Maybe Mother and him just don´t fit." "Is he not entitled to get happy because of that?" "You talk that much reasonable, that I have to treat you as an adult soon." "Well, but... he won´t get happy in that new marriage." "If he marries out of love?" "Love... well how should I explain..." "You might be mistaken!" "You might do a sacrifice... but you can´t understand that now..." "No!" "I don´t understand that!" "My father is such a wonderful person, you just have to love him." "You simply have to!" "I won´t accept that this should be a sacrifice." "Even... if you are in love with another?" "Does he know it?" "No." " But... it has to be told to him!" "Yes." "I can´t be that heartless to destroy all this." "It´s different when you are young..." "He will rage a while... and then forget..." "Then he´ll start all over again." "Young people will make a lot of noise..." "about love... but..." "later..." "Angelika!" "Yes?" "May I talk to you for a moment?" "We´ll have to divide, Angelika!" "Why are you telling me that?" "I was talking to my son and it hit him very deeply." "And I don´t want him to get alienated." "I'm more of a father than I thought to be." "well... sometimes you just discover something like this..." "You understand that, don´t you?" "I don´t think that you are sending me away because of that." "Don´t you love me anymore?" "You want it to be easy for me... want to build me a "Golden Bridge", don´t you?" "But...if I want to stay with you... will you still sending me away?" "Yes, Angelika." "Even then." "The first kiss I get from you... is a farewell kiss." "How are you?" "Horrible, I think." " On the contrary, you are very well!" "Sister Angelika will take care of you." "Is that ok?" "Thank you very much, Professor." "Next time I will be helping you... in an embarrassing situation." "Doctor!" "Yes!" " Dr. Reithofer!" " Yes, please!" "How does my Lavender Count feel?" "Well, not too bad." "I was with him just a minute ago." "Well, a rather sad case!" "Now he also smells like ether." "Where did all my illusions go?" "Well, Sister Therese." "The only alternative that's left would be to marry me." "Doctor... are you insane?" " Of course!" "I see!" "But you also don´t seem to be that sane!" "If I get you right, I am a fairy bride right now?" " Yes!" "I just got to have a little brandy on that..." "Sister Therese will take over Sister Angelika´s duty." "Please provide a new OP Sister, Matron!" " Very well." "At 6 o´clock there will be a gastroenterostomy for 19," "Dr. Eickstätt wants to know whether he should do the job." "No!" "I will do that!" "Anything else?" "Nothing officially." "And privately?" "I would feel the strong desire to shake your hand." "Don´t be ashamed!" "Well, I just have to tell you something." " Yes?" "You must not laugh at me." " Hum." "I think you are marvelous!" "Marvelous?" "I am just not able to divide myself." "Presumably everything outside of my profession... was never a strong part of my personality." "Destiny gave me these hands as a gift." "I just have to be nothing else than God did determine  a doctor!" "fan subs by musiclova@KG 04/2016"