Adam Resurrected Page #2

Yeah-ha.

Everybody loves this.

No, you volunteer too often.

This fellow, please, may we?

Bitte nicht.

Please, my eye fell on you

right away, please.

Such a good sport, give him a hand.

He's shy.

All right, now, have we ever met?

Do we know each other?

- Nein.

- Nein.

All right.

This young man,

ladies and gentlemen,

well, did not want to come

to Adam's circus tonight.

This man had other plans.

This very night he intended...

to take his own life.

No, my friend, no.

Please, do not go this way.

Let me just glean just a little.

Maybe there's some good news here.

Let me see.

We have here, folks,

a graduate of Heidelberg Universitaet.

Oh, though, obviously no-

no star pupil.

This is Zyklot 17,

the animal tranquilizer.

Yeah, for the permanent relief of pain.

Yeah.

Oh.

Oh.

Tell her to leave me alone.

I do not have the strength.

Do you hear what I'm asking you?

I would if I wanted to.

But I don't.

What the hell are you doing?

Shut up, darling, and move over.

You are insane.

I am calling the night nurse.

Right here at your service? Adam?

Ladies and gentlemen,

we bring now to the stage my daughter,

the amazing, the brain-bending,

Miss Ruthie.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Isn't she so amazing?

You are my angel.

Do not be frightened.

You cannot see anything,

can you, Ruthie?

- No.

- No.

She says no.

She's looking askance at me,

my- my darling wife.

Oh, I love to get a smile

out of my wife.

Give her a big hand.

What's down there?

Ah, I love that.

Ow.

My wife, Gretchen.

I pick up the first blade,

so absolute silence.

Here we are.

Ruthie, don't.

She will do anything to avoid this part.

You don't like this part,

but no brain bending.

That is-

When you pulled up the thing

and you winked at the audience

and they went crazy,

you were killing me.

That stays in the show.

Papa.

You are a little genius, I think.

Papa, there's a man.

Was that spontaneous,

or did you work it out before?

Tell me.

- That's your bit.

- Adam, it's him.

Volk.

Well, Herr Stein.

All performers must be members

of the Reichstheaterkammer.

You do not qualify.

No sense of humor at all.

Tell me this.

Did your men like that bit with the bear?

Erschiessen.

You were warned, Adam.

I am not political.

Everyone loves the circus.

Well, I have to admit,

things have been less interesting around here.

It seems incredible.

A man who only yesterday spewed out

streams of blood from his toe.

Not to mention the pancreatic tumor

he sprouted in March.

And the heart attack last summer.

The man has actually spat out

part of a lung.

I mean, it's an amazing thing,

the self-destruction.

The amazing thing about Adam Stein

isn't his control over his body.

It's his power over you, Nathan.

What?

And a few other staff members

I could name.

Relax, Uri.

Eat your foie gras.

- Adam.

- Look who's here.

And, Wolfowitz, now look,

mein Gott im Himmel,

you look just awful.

It's just not- not good.

Ah, Rachel, oh, you pumpkin.

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

And Zelda, dear, yeah,

you keep the sky from falling,

but- but sit.

Adam, Schwester's been dreaming again

with her nonsense.

She says it's soon, very soon.

And she is right, Wolfowitz.

Yes, beautiful, what is it?

Tell me.

He came again last night.

- Shh.

- It's a secret?

The Archangel.

He lay beside me and said,

"This time Adam has returned

to lead the sufferers,

"the bearers of the blue numbers,

to the desert.

The gates of heaven will open and-"

No, of course- of course I will, Rachel.

That day is near, but not yet, dear.

Not- not before lunch.

I will usher and proclaim and rescue.

Me, the clown?

You see that?

You know he takes money from the patients?

Invests it in the stock market.

Gross.

You?

For the Institute, Slonim.

I mean, whatever else he is,

he's a very astute financial advisor.

You're worse than Rachel Schwester over there.

She thinks he'll lead them all to salvation.

Adam, I need to talk to you.

No, later, later.

What is it?

What is it, Adam?

Hoof beats?

Gross.

Who let a dog in here?

Nathan, who let a dog in here?

What are you talking about?

There's no dog here.

When I first came here,

they promised me that there would never,

ever be any dogs.

How could you?

Calm down.

Edward, how are you today?

My God.

Adam.

Adam.

All right.

Come on, Adam, come on.

Okay.

Yeah, good.

Good.

Yeah.

Papa.

You are my angel, Ruthie.

Do not be frightened.

You.

Well, Adam Stein.

The funniest man in Germany,

delivered to Stellring,

of all places.

Come here, Adam.

I am Commandant Klein.

I can't tell you how happy I am

to see you here.

You should have seen him

at the circus in Berlin.

Any kind of animal, he could do it.

Such a clown.

Go on, Adam.

Do a trick.

Make us laugh.

Mama, Mama.

Ruthie?

Where are you taking me?

No, no, no.

Now- now do a dog for Rex here.

You've made a friend, Adam.

The smell of a Jew

usually sends Rex into a frenzy.

Sergeant, take Herr Stein to Rex's pen.

No, Adam...

on all fours.

It's funnier that way.

Go on, Adam...

or Rex will get all the meat.

I followed your career, Adam.

You studied philosophy at Heidelberg,

didn't you?

Funny we never met there.

Herr Kommandant, please.

I'm a keen observer,

a student of the Semitic phenomenon.

Of course, you're not an average specimen,

Germany's most celebrated clown.

You're a superman, Adam,

practically Aryan.

So maybe we can help each other.

Head down.

Don't look at me.

A life for a life.

Mine for yours.

You stay here with me,

make me laugh,

keep my mind off the business outside.

Believe me, it's a thankless job.

My wife and daughters.

What's that?

Speak up, Adam.

My wife and daughters.

Bargaining already, Adam.

The Semitic phenomenon in action,

right here at my feet.

Unfortunately,

I am only Untersturmfuehrer.

I don't make the rules.

But we'll see.

Yes, we have plenty of time.

Rex.

Go on, Adam.

Wonderful, Adam.

Now, eat.

Eat.

Schmackhaft.

Nothing with claws or paws.

Seizling gave me her word.

Room 285 is in the observation ward.

It's off-limits.

Now, Gina tells me

that you slept on the floor again

last night.

Oh, is this how you're going

to break me, Gross,

with a dog?

Well, nice try.

But look at me.

See?

I'm smiling.

No, actually, Adam, you're crying.

It is-

Yeah, you momzer- water.

I had a- I had a drink of water

on the way.

Through your eyes?

Come on, Adam,

you can do better than that.

Okay, I am ready for you,

Frankenstein.

If experiments are your game,

then let's play.

Give me your best shot.

But before you cure me,

you will all go crazy yourselves.

The door to 285 is locked.

I'm glad to see you feeling better, Adam,

but we're a little busy at the moment.

Not now.

You and I, my darling,

we're going to cry together,

and I'm going to drink your tears.

Yes, I love very deeply.

It is the romance supreme.

Do you understand, my- my dar-

There are rules, Adam.

Compassion.

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