Mephisto Page #9

A title helps to make her certain

your art e x ceeds that of your peers.

722

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And ma y grant you a glimpse of which

another schemes for many years.

723

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Her pulse you must learn to feel.

724

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And burning looks you

then must steal.

725

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Her slender hips are then embraced

to see how tightly she is laced.

726

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That's what I could care for.

727

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Gra y, my friend is all theory.

And green the golden tree of life.

728

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That's the wa y.

729

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I greet the learned gentleman!

You made me to sweat profusely.

730

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- What is your name?

- The question's odd...

731

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...for someone who idle talk despises.

732

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Who, far remo ved from worldly show

seeks only academic prizes.

733

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With you, one knows your game

generally by your very name.

734

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It's e vident, Sire

if one's called a liar.

735

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Who are you?

736

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I'm a part of that force...

737

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...that alwa ys cra ves e vil

and alwa ys creates good.

738

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What is this riddle?

739

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I'm the spirit who negates.

740

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And rightly so, for all creation

is worthy of annihilation.

741

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So it were better,

nothing were created.

742

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And so e verything you've stated

is sin, destruction, de vilment.

743

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Remains my actual element.

744

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Good e vening. The Prime Minister

invites you to his bo x.

745

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Yes.

746

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It's all going like clockwork.

747

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Ma y I introduce you to

my distinguished colleague?

748

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Ah, our Mephistoles.

749

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Congratulations.

750

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That mask is perfect, it's e vil itself.

It's sacred e vil.

751

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Yet, your e yes are so kind,

your handshake so soft. It's strange...

752

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...it seems the secret of acting is

to portra y strength, yet one is weak.

753

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I imagine you've prepared

for this role for a long time.

754

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All my life, Prime Minister.

755

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That's the only wa y.

That is the secret of greatness.

756

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Break a leg.

757

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Carry on the good work, Mephistoles.

758

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Hfgen residence.

759

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Lotte Lindenthal.

760

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Hfgen.

761

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- Hendrik?

- Yes.

762

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Will you come to us

after tonight's performance?

763

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There'll be just a few friends here.

764

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With pleasure. Thank you very much.

765

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Bck!

Just a few friends will be there.

766

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Am I not an incredible villain?

767

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Why a villain?

You're just successful, Mr. Hfgen.

768

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To the renewal of German culture.

Long live the actors.

769

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Our theater has many elements that

ha ve nothing to do with Germany.

770

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We must set up a customs control

of the mind for culture smugglers...

771

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...to stop foreign elements poisoning

German literature and theater.

772

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This can't be left entirely

to our frontier guards.

773

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Everyone must cooperate

in this control.

774

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- Am I understood?

- Yes, General.

775

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There are many who

don't understand.

776

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Look at this painting, my Mephisto.

777

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A masterpiece of

German romanticism.

778

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Where did I find it? At an art dealer

with an foreign accent.

779

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I had it restored. No, no...

780

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...the future of painting doesn't

belong to the Liebermanns.

781

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Your Mephisto occupies my mind.

782

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You've brought him alive.

He's a hell of a guy.

783

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Isn't there a little of him in all of us?

784

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I mean, isn't there a bit of Mephisto

in e very German?

785

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Wouldn't our enemies lo ve it if we

had nothing but the soul of Fa ust?

786

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No, Mephisto is also

a German national hero.

787

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It's just something we

mustn't tell people.

788

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I must go now.

789

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Come to my office at 10:30,

the da y after tomorrow.

790

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Some foreign journalists

want to know many things.

791

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Abo ve all, what 'Germany' means

toda y, and the German culture.

792

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I'll tell them. You can elaborate on

what I sa y about theater, for e xample.

793

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Painting, architecture, sculpture,

plenty to write about.

794

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I want them to be

informed by e xperts.

795

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Tell me, why do you ha ve

such a limp handshake?

796

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So, we meet again. How time flies!

You were wonderful as Mephisto.

797

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Now you act him more forcefully.

But I liked the other one, too.

798

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I sensed it in the seed of what

can now be unfolded to the full.

799

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I also liked you in the pla y

with Lotte Lindenthal.

800

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The ideal actress to portra y

the ideal German woman.

801

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What are we doing here? Why is

he wasting his time with foreigners?

802

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He said the y're interested in German

culture. The y'll ask a few questions.

803

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- I see. You spoke to him?

- Yes.

804

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How are you?

Nice to meet you again.

805

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The Prime Minister sent for me.

I hope this doesn't last too long.

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