"And as I'm a good drummer..." "Strokes and the like." "They're all afraid of dying." "If they weren't, they'd run fast upstairs and fall," "I think." "They fall and then die." "But they're not up to it physically." " They are, but they don 't dare." "They say," ""then I'd have to die"." "I met him in the street." "And he said "Martha, what brings you here?" I said, "l live round here now, really close by."" "MRS BLACKBURN," "BORN 5th JANUARY 1872, being filmed" "I'll do it like this." "That thing has to stand there!" "The cupboard must go!" "Almost ready, it's on the boil." "There!" "Now we have to wait." "It's not on straight." "Shall we wait till the water boils, or go ahead?" "You're not allowed to speak." "Get on with it!" "It'll take too long otherwise." "What now?" "What else do I have?" "Tea..." "And milk..." " Cut!" "Coffee!" "Coffee?" "It'll be in the parlour." "But you mustn't speak." "So I'll sit down to grind the coffee." "Shall I not?" "It's done, but I'll grind slowly, so they'll think I'm doing it right." "Oh, it's all done." "Well, never mind." "Or can one hear the noise?" "In which spirit I eat and drink, for which party I vote, whether I have thoughts of peace, and thoughts" "Kant called 'intelligible deeds'..." "whether I really have them, and think justice for those who eat and those who starve is important?" "How do I make the future, which began with the resurrection, part of my faith and love of life and so on?" "How do I include this in my prayers, make it real, a decisive fact?" "He, who scorns prattlers and knows all hidden and furtive desires sees it all, whether a man utters a word or not." "And are you extremely long-sighted?" "I've been long-sighted for years, and it got a little better." "I can still see a long way outside." "And when I'm on the street." "But it's very dark in this room." "Where?" " Here." "Is it rather dark in here." "Yes, it's the light." "It's very bad." "And writing?" "Can you still write?" " My hand knows what to do, it's like with blind people." "A long brush with a stiff brush, see." "so that my quiff stands and curls." "There!" "And then." "back, so the bald bit doesn't show at the crown." "Well yes, unfortunately I also had gout in my right hand." "And my thumb was particularly affected by it." "A doctor in Munich gave me a jab in my thumb." "And that helped." "I've felt nothing in my thumb since." "My left hand is fine, no complaints there at all." "I still get pains in my arm sometimes, but only if I lie on it." "Is that enough?" "DEEDS to ethics" "MEYER'S GENERAL encyclopaedia" "GOETHE:" "COMPLETE WORKS" "Isn't that delightful?" " It's very lovely." " Yes." ""What Love dares."" ""And Love dares, whatever Love can do"." " Yes." "The splendid tea service." "Is that the most valuable one?" " No that's the wrong one." "Wait, child, or I'll mix it up." "Here, this one:" "Blue with blue inside, and gilt inside, too." "That's the most valuable one?" " Yes." "I'm wearing the brooch and the necklace." "The bracelet too." "And I have a big diamond, a great big one, here in the centre." "That was a beautiful old bracelet!" "Not broad, but of pure gold." "And what else was there?" "An oval brooch, with emeralds and diamonds too." "HE WAS" " HE said " "ONCE A pilot with THE RAF" "She's in debt, and plans to sell a pair of earrings." "That's more like it." ""We pilots cannot be judged by usual standards", he says." "Perhaps he'll buy the earrings." "Next day, she waits for him in vain." "Whilst the lady is waiting, we'll pay a visit to her flat." "She'd never have thought he steals." "None of the heirs asked about the lost heirlooms." "Had they asked, she'd have given no answer." "I'm not allowed to speak." "Of course you can speak." " No." "No." "You can, really." " I can?" "Once when I was a girl, we were..." "Goodness, I was about 12 and I fainted at a photographer's studio." "It smelled of acid." "I couldn't bear it." "All 8 of us kids had gone to be photographed." "What a to-do!" "We grew up by the water." "He had coals sent from England, great chunks of it." "And when they glowed, it was really lovely." "It was wonderful." "And when are you afraid?" "Oh, I don't get afraid." "When it thunders in a heavy storm." "Then I pack my things together, the jewels here, my money and so on, in a leather bag I keep by me, and I get dressed too." "When there's a really heavy storm, yes, I am afraid." "Horn is riding ahead!" "The man himself, von Horn!" "Swedish Lord Field Marshall himself!" "We've over the worst, Mayor." "He'll be here with a whole army soon." "What good fortune!" "Our spiritual fathers are ready to surrender." "Never, when help is at hand!" " Quite my opinion." "It should be something nice, they do have pretty music at times, nice music, or even something funny." "For those experts do ramble on, telling people what to do..." "It's instructive." "But why on Saturdays?" "Friday's improved though." "Friday was always a bad day for radio." "We still had a priest back then." "He'd speak and then... organ music... that was dull too." "As if Fridays were not bad enough already." "But they've improved." "Now it takes place on Thursdays, all that church stuff." "Well, that's a fine old mess!" "Oh deary me!" "Oh, my lovely cups!" "That I sat with for years, painting, enjoying them." "SHE PLAYS it again:" "I could cry." "This is dreadful." "Everything's broken!" "The vase, too?" "No, that stayed whole." "Oh, how dreadful." "Who'd do such a thing?" "Was a thief here, or what?" "My box down here, is empty too." "He took all my money and my jewels." "Oh, this is really dreadful, it's appalling." "I really should call the police." "Let's pack it up and put it away." "And our coffee?" "Shall we take it in the kitchen?" "I must say it the English way:" "Sarah." "My name is Sarah, not Sara." "Written like Sara but with an 'h'." "And then." "Frederike, I think, or Theresa..." "I don't know." "And then Martha." "Wait a moment." "Sarah." "Sarah, yes." "I believe I have those 3 names." "And a." " My maiden name is Blackburn." "B-L-A-C-K-B-U-R-N."