Mephisto Page #11

If anyone sa ys the y do, the y're lying.

890

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Besides, the General's a nice chap

and he knows a lot about the theater.

891

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He's not so closed minded

as most others.

892

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A well beha ved bo y who wants to

enjo y the rewards for good beha vior.

893

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- Yes, I like to be well beha ved.

- Beca use you're afraid.

894

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- I like it.

- Then you should.

895

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It will be difficult to sta y with me

and maintain good beha vior.

896

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Damned black woman, right?

897

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I can't help being different

from what's allowed here.

898

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People can spit in my face

in the street.

899

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Only I can't do anything about it.

900

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My nose, my hair remain the same

e ven if I want something else.

901

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Yet, I'm German, a German Negro.

German is my mother tongue.

902

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What am I supposed to do?

Where should I go?

903

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I don't know. I don't e ven know

what will become of me.

904

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You think only of yourself.

905

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And like an idiot,

I dreamt of us ha ving a child.

906

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That's all we need.

907

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Is the child to be to blame, for she

might ruin her father's career?

908

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That's enough now!

909

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- That's enough of that now!

- Now it is enough?

910

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I can see why your wife

couldn't stand living with you.

911

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Here... I pinched a photo

of you once. Look at it!

912

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Do you recognize yourself?

913

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I must speak to you.

914

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To tell me what you've said

behind my back?

915

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I don't know what you mean.

916

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Hfgen would bury his mother alive.

Didn't you sa y that?

917

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I won't dispute that I dislike you.

918

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- What do you want?

- I want you to sign this.

919

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My signature? What for?

920

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You want a raise?

Or do you collect signatures...

921

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...beca use theater safety

regulations are a bit unsafe?

922

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From a moral standpoint much seems

unsafe. And I don't mean the theater.

923

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What do you protest against?

924

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Against a leadership that

disregards our rights.

925

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But you were in the Nazi party,

back when you were in Hamburg.

926

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I'm lea ving the party.

927

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That's your business.

928

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I'd like to ask you to

read our protest and sign it.

929

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Regardless of my opinion, you are

toda y's leading German actor.

930

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Let me sa y that

I won't e ven read this thing.

931

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Be careful not to get yourself

and others into real trouble.

932

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Miklas, you can go to hell.

933

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I won't let a dirty pig like you

pro voke me.

934

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Dear God.

935

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Congratulations, my dear Hfgen.

936

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You put it precisely.

Some elements must go to the de vil.

937

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If you were a soldier,

I'd promote you. I'm very pleased.

938

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By the wa y, you needn't be afraid.

939

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For the fun of it, I checked

your horoscope. It's e x cellent.

940

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- Best of luck, Hfgen.

- Thank you.

941

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Did something happen?

942

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Good morning.

943

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Get walking!

944

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The management regrets that Hans

Miklas has died in a car accident.

945

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How awful, such a young fellow.

946

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But, frankly, there was something

disquieting about him...

947

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...don't you think?

948

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Disquieting...

949

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That was no car accident.

950

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He must ha ve come to you, too,

with that protest.

951

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Are you insane?

How can you talk such nonsense?

952

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Why shouldn't it ha ve

been a car accident?

953

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The go vernment would stage

a car accident...

954

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...all for some unknown actor?

955

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We're not in some

tenth-rate melodrama.

956

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People shouldn't cross

roads in hea vy traffic.

957

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I've great plans for you. We're alone.

You can refuse and remain an actor.

958

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But then you can't do as much

for our ca use as you could.

959

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Your speech was good.

I realized you're not only an actor.

960

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You put the essence into words.

Write your own biography, Hendrik.

961

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Submit it to me, as soon as possible.

Hfgen...

962

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...you will manage the Prussian

State Theater. Your task is easy:

963

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A full house and a wildly

enthusiastic, a udience for you.

964

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Do you understand?

965

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No need to enlarge upon

those matters in Hamburg.

966

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Nor need we mention

the Re volutionary Theater.

967

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Just mention some of

your roles there.

968

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What did you really imagine

in Hamburg?

969

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How could you ha ve conceived...

970

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...promoting Russian Bolshe vism?

You, a German. I ncredible!

971

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- Where is your wife now?

- I n Paris, I belie ve.

972

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No, she's in Amsterdam,

working against her Motherland.

973

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The y're publishing a newspaper.

974

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You don't correspond with her?

975

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