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"HOW CAN ONE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT LORENZ...

EVEN FOR A MINUTE, MOTHER?!"

"I CAN'T LEAVE, MR. HARLAN, UNTIL

I'M ASSURED THAT YOU WILL SUPPOR MY COURTING YOUR DAUGHTER..."

"IT WOULD BE AN HONOR, MR. LUBOTA,

SHALL WE SAY IN A WHILE...?"

"TO THE BEST TAVERN IN THE CITY!"

"FORGIVE ME... PLEASE...

AN ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE SIMILARITY..."

"YOU MAY STAY... IF YOU LIKE.

WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE ANYWAY."

"CHAMPAGNE! I'D LIKE TO DRINK CHAMPAGNE!"

"TELL ME, MARIE,

DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE..."

"NO, FATHER!"

"WHAT I WANTED TO SAY...

LORENZ LUBOTA IS DEVELOPING

HIS POETIC GENIUS..."

"...HE'S ONLY TRAVELING

IN THE BEST CIRCLES NOW."

"WHAT THAT BOY COULD BECOME--

IF ONLY HE HAD MONEY!"

"HE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO HAVE MONEY...

JUST MONEY!"

"NO--! NO--! DON'T RUN

AWAY FROM ME! NOT YOU TOO!"

"WHO ARE YOU?"

"I'M... A CITY CLERK

DRIVEN FROM HIS JOB!"

"DON'T TELL THIS JOKE IN FRONT OF

MY MOTHER, OR SHE'LL THROW YOU OUT!"

"TELL ME, WHO ARE YOU!"

"I... AM A POET... A MAN WITH NO LUCK...

WHO CHASES A SHADOW...A PHANTOM!"

"I WANT TO KNOW... WHAT DROVE YOU

TO ME, LIKE A SLEEPWALKER..."

"...I WANT TO KNOW, WHO DO YOU

IMAGES KISSING WHEN YOU KISS ME?"

"UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER AND I

ARE TOTALLY DESTITUTE...

YOU UNDERSTAND ME, DON'T YOU? ..."

"...MELITTA LET SLIP THAT YOU'RE A FAMOUS POET...

I HOPE YOUR INCOME CORRESPONDS TO YOUR FAME!"

"YOU'RE RIGHT... ONE HAS TO PAY...

THERE'S A PRICE FOR EVERYTHING!"

"MY SON IS NOT AT HOME..."

"HE NEEDN'T BOTHER TO COME

TO CITY HALL ANY MORE-- ..."

"...HE'S FREE OF THAT CONCERN!"

"LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, BROTHER-IN-LOW!

--YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND!"

"CHILDREN, IF WE STUCK TOGETHER

AND HAD THE RIGHT CLOTHES--

WE COULD SET UP A SPLENDID BUSINESS!"

"I... NEED MONEY!"

"MY DEAR CHILD, I DON'T CONCERN MYSELF

WITH YOU LOVE AFFAIRS-- SO PLEASE

DON'T INTERFERE IN MY BUSINESS AFFAIRS!!"

"THE ONLY PERSON WE CAN HIT UP FOR MONEY

IS OLD SCHWABE, THAT'S FOR SURE! ..."

"--HOW ABOUT IF LORENZ OFFERED HER

HIS POET'S ROYALTIES?"

"WELL, MY BOY, PASSING ONESELF OFF A POE HAS CONSEQUENCES-- OR ELSE DO WITHOU THE SUPPORT OF A GULLIBLE AUNT."

"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE

WHO CAN HELP ME, AUNT SCHWABE! ..."

"...THE WORLD IS CLOSED TO THOSE

WHO ARRIVE WITH EMPTY HANDS!"

"PEOPLE ARE SCOUNDRELS, LORENZ... ALL OF THEM!

THERE'S ONLY ONE I TRUST... THAT'S YOU!"

"THIS BOY HERE-- HE WOULDN'T GET A PENNY FROM ME!

BUT YOU... YOU SHALL HAVE THE MONEY!"

"I CAN'T STAND IT--!

I DON'T WANT THIS--!!

I'M NO SCOUNDREL!!"

"THEN EXPOSE THE WHOLE LIE

AND BE A NOTHING..."

"...AND HUNGRY FOR THE RES OF YOUR LIFE!"

"AND-- HER?"

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION

"I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH LORENZ!"

"YOU'RE TALKING TO THE WRONG PERSON!

I HAVEN'T KNOWN WHERE LORENZ IS FOR DAYS NOW."

"AND NOW SHOPPING!

BUY A HUNDRED THOUSAND THINGS--!"

"YOU DON'T SEEM WELL...

I WOULD THINK THAT LORENZ WOULD

HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE OF YOU."

To Mr. Lorenz Lubota:

It is a fact that you

have been away from work...

...without an excused absence, that

you have frequented and behaved

scandalously in questionable taverns...

...and further, that you have

harassed highly esteemed citizens

of the community.

Moreover, your unqualified behaviour

towards city clerk Hermann Schraat...

...is considered a serious offense

against a public administrator.

In view of the above, you are

desmissed immediately from your

employment with the City...

...and are without claim

to any further wages.

"WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT?

WHY ARE YOU SPYING ON ME? ..."

"...YOU'VE NEVER ONCE SHOWN

ANY CONCERN FOR ME-- WHY SUDDENLY NOW?"

"WHAT DO I WANT HERE? I LENT 60,000 MARKS

TO LORENZ-- AND NOW I'D LIKE TO KNOW

WHAT HE'S USING IT FOR."

"MY LORENZ IS AN HONEST MAN!!

HE CAN ANSWER FOR HIS ACTIONS! ..."

"...REMEMBER THAT AND LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I STAND!

I SHALL MAKE INQUIRIES..."

"IN ANY CASE, YOU CAN TELL LORENZ

THAT I EXPECT HIM AT MY PLACE TODAY!"

"I LIKE BUY THIS FABRIC

FOR MY MOTHER."

"THE FOUNDING OF THE

WIGOTTSCHINSKY-LUBOTA FIRM

CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!"

"I BROUGHT SOMETHING FOR YOU, MOTHER."

"DID YOU BUY THAT WITH

THE MONEY FROM AUNT SCHWABE?"

"SHE WAS HERE... SHE ASKED ABOUT YOU...

YOU SHOULD GO TO HER TODAY..."

"WHY DID YOU WISH

TO SPEAK TO ME, AUNT?"

"LORENZ, YOU'RE THE BIGGES SCOUNDREL I'VE EVER

ENCOUNTERED IN MY LIFE!"

"I'VE MADE SOME INQUIRIES...

AND NOW I KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH YOU! ..."

"...I DEMAND THE MONEY BACK

THAT YOU SWINDLED FROM ME!"

"...AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE

THE MONEY ANYMORE, AS YOU CLAIM--

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT?"

"I DON'T OWE AN AXPLANATION

ABOUT HOW AND WHERE I SPEND MY MONEY."

"YOUR MONEY? --HOW DARE YOU

TALK ABOUT YOUR MONEY! ..."

"...--WHAT'S COME OVER YOU?

ARE YOU ALL SUDDENLY

POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL?!"

"YOU EITHER GIVE ME BACK THE MONEY--

OR I'LL HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT HANDING YOU

AND YOUR FINE FRIEND OVER TO THE POLICE!"

"I'LL GIVE YOU THREE DAYS

TO CLEAR THE MATTER UP COMPLETELY,

NOT AN HOUR MORE..."

"...I'LL TURN THE MATTER OVER

TO THE POLICE IF YOU

HAVEN'T DONE IT BY THEN!"

"SHE HAS UNCOVERED THE FRAUD...

SHE WENT TO SEE MOTHER..."

"THE OLD BEAST KNOWS NO PITY

WHEN SHE THINKS:

HER MONEY IS IN DANGER! ..."

"...SHE'LL BREAK YOUR NECK

WITHOUT MERCY!"

"YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE OLD BAG

TO THE CLEANERS A SECOND TIME--

WITH FORCE IF NECESSARY!"

"I'D RATHER STAND IN THE TOWN SQUARE

AND PUBLICLY ADMIT MY

MISTAKES AND DO PENANCE!"

"DO YOU THINK DOING THA WILL GET THE MONEY BACK?"

"I WANT TO PAY THE MONEY BACK!

I WANT TO PAY BACK EVERY NICKEL AND DIME!"

"FROM WHAT? FROM YOUR INCOME

AS A DISCHARGED CLERK--

OR FROM YOUR POET'S ROYALTIES?"

"I CAN'T BREAK AWAY FROM HER!

I CAN'T BREAK AWAY FROM HER!"

"CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I'M ON THE

BRINK OF INSANITY? SO PLEASE HELP ME!

WHY DON'T YOU HELP ME--?"

"IF I COULD HELP YOU...

IF I COULD RELEASE YOU...

THEN I WOULDN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE..."

"MOTHER IS VERY ILL...

I MUST GO TO:

THE PHARMACY QUICKLY!"

"MOTHER... MOTHER!

I'VE COME TO YOU... HELP ME!"

"MY SON IS OUT THERE!"

"YOUR MOTHER IS VERY SICK, LORENZ...

WE HAVE TO KEEP HER

AWAY FROM ANY EXCITEMENT!"

"I'LL GIVE YOU THREE DAY...

NOT ONE HOUR MORE!!"

"MARIE... I HAVE TO

ASK YOU SOMETHING..."

"MARIE... WHAT WOULD YOU SAY...

IF SOMEONE WERE TELL YOU...

THAT I'VE BECOME A GOOD FOR NOTHING...?"

"I WOULD LAUGH AT HIM, LORENZ!"

"BUT IF HE WERE RIGHT, MARIE?"

THE LAST ATTEMP:

"I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU, AUNT..."

"AUNT... I BEG YOU... HAVE MERCY...

I CAN'T GIVE YOU BACK THE MONEY YET..."

"...AND I CAN'T TELL YOU

WHERE IT WENT!"

"THEN THE POLICE WILL HAVE TO

CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THIS MATTER."

"YOU CAN ASK THE GENTLEMAN WHO

DISCOVERED YOUR TALENT TO POST BAIL FOR YOU...

OR YOU CAN SIGN OVER YOUR FUTURE ROYALTIES TO ME..."

"BUT NONE OF IT IS TRUE!

IT'S ALL FABRICATION! ..."

"...NO ONE WOULD EVEN GIVE ME

"YES!! I LIED TO YOU!

BUT I DON'T WANT TO

LIE ANY MORE-- NEVER AGAIN!"

"YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BATTER OFF

IF YOU HAD KEPT ON LYING, YOU FOOL! ..."

"...MAYBY THEN I WOULD HAVE GRANTED YOU

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