The Deathmaker Page #6

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Was your mother's sister insane?

- No.

- Your father said so.

You see? There we go again.

He's always butting in.

You were in the Langenhagen asylum?

Stop talking about insanity!

Rip that old stuff up.

It's all nonsense. Insanity!

If they'd kept me there

I'd be insane now!

I've never seen anything like it.

- How long were you there?

- A long time.

They kept me there for a whole year.

I beat it. You could just walk out

into the street.

Once there was no one with us,

and then... Fritz flew the coop!

When did you run away?

- Couldn't tell you.

- But I could!

He knows everything

but keeps asking!

The police searched

but never found you.

No, they didn't.

My sister talked to my mother...

"My sister talked to my mother,"

and they sent me to

acquaintances in Switzerland.

I want to take a break.

Yes. You take a rest.

- It's raining again.

- Really?

When I woke up this morning

it was nice.

The sun.

- Then I'm always happy.

- The sun shines on...?

The sun shines on

the good and the bad.

- Do you know him?

- He looks familiar.

- Where did you meet him?

- Where did we meet?

- I asked you!

- No idea! He looks so sad!

You recognize him

with absolute certainty?

I do.

Where did he live?

Opposite the Jewish temple.

What was his apartment like?

It was a small garret.

With a narrow iron bed.

On the left a window

to the Jewish temple.

What was next to the door?

A small table and chairs.

A pot hung from the ceiling.

Yes, he was there.

He looks familiar.

Somehow.

He must've lost weight.

- How much did he offer?

- 50 marks.

Come on! 50 marks?

I never handled money that way.

Why did he tie you up?

To get horny?

Did we jerk off?

No.

Then I don't believe you.

I'll swear to it in court.

I know those reformatory delinquents!

They always make up stories.

And if they're asked

they get mixed up in their own lies!

Did you tell anyone you were tied up?

Just Dr. Stock.

I thought of it when I read

about the clothing. I asked a boy.

I knew the Jewish temple,

but not the street.

- Do you know Bohnert?

- Yes.

- Didn't you steal my cane?

- You gave it to me.

I saw him with Bohnert at the fair.

- Is that true?

- No.

What about tying him up?

He read it somewhere. A pack of lies!

- No it isn't.

- It is!

He's in on the game.

He approached me and came along.

I didn't want to smooch. Next morning

he jerked off in front of me.

What a splendid memory you have!

Yes.

- You know everything, if you want to!

- Yes.

Kress had scabies

when he came to you.

Well, I'll be damned. What a pig!

He says you sucked

his scratched arm.

I didn't suck it!

- Only the neck. That's a lie!

- Are you sure?

I must've done it

when I was half asleep.

Oh, thank God...

I didn't catch it.

There was something in the food.

Yes.

Yesterday I was still really jolly.

But when I lay down

the room started spinning.

I think it was Schweimler. He put

poison in it. He's been so friendly!

Since he returned from Hanover...

They stirred him up. I'm sure of it!

It can't be.

I'll keep some of the food this

afternoon. You have it checked!

If you want to chop my head off

you shouldn't do that!

You could look like

you're dead and be buried alive!

Then knock on the coffin.

It'll be opened.

My mother did that too in her coffin.

I told my family when we buried her.

I heard it very clear.

- What kind of poison?

- I don't know.

Otherwise the food's alright?

Last night it was salty.

Yesterday afternoon it was terrible.

- It used to be so good. I liked it.

- Maybe the cook's in love?

That doesn't make you sick.

Herr Reich said you might get

something to make you sleep.

But poison?

He didn't think so.

But I felt it really clear!

Headaches all day!

- Even now!

- I've also got a headache.

You know... I tried to poison myself

once. At the military hospital.

My father wrote about that thing

in Hildesheim. I took something red.

Where they put their knives in.

I had a piece this big!

I don't know what it's called. Tell me!

- Sublimate.

- Yes!

I went to the toilet and swallowed it.

But it came up again.

It didn't work.

A proverb says:

3 weeds grow apace.

- You're kidding again!

- Do you know it?

A saying. It doesn't apply to me.

It applies...

...to good for nothings.

Fritz, I...

- You know what I was about to say?

- You wanted to tease me again.

But when you know people well,

you joke around. I used to get upset.

But not anymore. If you said,

"Fritz take this, it's poison,"

I'd take it.

You gave me something

once already!

It worked didn't it?

Yes, in Hanover they gave me aspirin.

It tastes a little...

...sourish.

It's the blend that makes it piquant.

Nobody can fool me

when it comes to cigars.

I don't even have to smoke them.

I only need to...

That's how much I know about them.

I'd like to take you in my arms.

Don't be afraid, I won't bite.

But when I like people that much

I take them in my arms.

Fritz, we've got company.

You're supposed to say "hello" first.

- Machnik.

- Dr. Machnik from Munich.

- An exhausting day.

- The man from Hanover came again.

- How many cases are there?

- No idea.

But he knows a lot of it is humbug.

Lots of them just testify

to get the witness money.

He brought a cute boy along.

Herr Bauernfeld claims he heard

screams coming from your room.

Pure fantasy!

I'd moved out long before!

Frau Engel claims you agreed to clean

your room yourself when you moved in.

- Yes. My room is my business!

- Did she know of your acquaintances?

Yes. Her boy was queer. She hated it.

He used to knock until I let him in.

You're sitting in the sun.

Sit down here.

Frau Linderer saw you

leaving with the briefcase.

Could be.

- She also saw meat.

- She's lying! The flap covered it.

- Were you always careful?

- Yes!

They were curious,

and always watched.

Frau Linderer also says

she heard you saying,

"Bend over. Bend over!"

I could punch her in the face

for lying like that!

She used to say,

"He's got a broad up there again!"

The children heard it, too.

That's nonsense! They were always

swearing at each other.

"You lying old pig!"

She called her husband.

And he said,

"You whore!"

Ask around how they dishonored

themselves. And I told them so!

Always quarrelling with Engels. They

wanted me in the middle! What riff-raff!

What lies!

Just you wait!

Bunch of liars!

That makes me mad.

Frau Wegehenkel claims you had

company everyday.

Everyday? Come on!

So how often?

I was always dead tired.

I had to stay in bed!

When I went out into the street

the boys came running up again!

Didn't you kill some of them

to get clothes?

- Hans always speculated on that.

- Hans brought you those boys?

He made them horny.

So they'd smooch me good.

He should be executed too!

No, we don't want that.

He's still so young

and just careless.

I think he'll be executed anyway.

Then I won't say any more.

Let them chop my head off!

I killed them!

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