The Seventh Continent Page #2

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and it did him a lot of good.

He asks me to give you his best.

Tonight, Mr. Breitenfels,

Georg's executive director,

is coming to dinner

in reciprocity for

the dinner party

he gave us a couple of weeks ago,

where Georg's new role

was more or less made official.

They say he's a gourmet.

So I'll have to do my culinary best

to impress him.

To which end, mother,

your recipe for stuffed duck

will be vital.

Please wish me luck...

I just stopped by to pick up

my personal things.

They're... they're not here.

Why?

They were...

I had them set aside.

You see,

I didn't want to mess up

your personal things

while I worked.

I understand.

And where did you have them...

put?

With Human Resources.

I see...

Thank you.

- Right.

- Are you better now?

- Pardon?

Oh right. Yes, of course.

Of course.

- I'm glad to hear it.

- Yes.

You must have overlooked this.

I'm sorry to have disturbed you.

Not at all.

Good day.

Hello.

I hope the rain won't prevent you

from coming.

His wife has a cold.

He's coming alone.

You think it's a pretext?

He was very nice.

What's going on over there?

An accident. Probably.

Part III

And be careful driving.

There's a lot of traffic today,

the radio said.

Yes, Mom.

Thanks again for everything.

- Go on, go.

- Be well, my dear Eva!

- 'Bye.

- Give me a kiss.

Give nana a kiss.

- Okay, take care.

- Goodbye, mother.

- See you soon, Eva darling.

- See you.

Goodbye, Mom.

And write once in a while.

At least you, Anna.

I know there's no point

in reminding my son.

Yes, mother.

She didn't feed them

yesterday or today.

Mrs. Gebhardt didn't feed the fish!

We'll let her go.

Tomorrow.

Eva! Come and eat!

Would you like something to eat?

Thanks!

Thank you. That's enough.

- You're going to wash up?

- Yes, Mom.

Dear Jesus, let me be a good girl

so I can go to heaven.

Good. Goodnight, sweetheart.

Will you leave the light on a bit?

No, you must sleep.

It was a long trip. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

'Night.

We'll have to cancel

the newspaper subscription.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Here you are,

receiving a prompt letter

even though you always accuse me

of not writing and

of not staying in touch.

Today, one day after

our visit,

I have resigned from work.

My boss was shocked

as you must also be,

but he said that I must

have better prospects

and that you should never hold back

someone who wants to move on.

He's right...

You must be wondering

why I didn't mention anything

during our visit.

But don't you agree that

such discussions

would have only spoiled

our good time?

When you've made a decision,

you must stick to it.

That's what

you've always said, Dad.

And we've made our decision.

We've decided to set sail,

because except for you,

nothing else is holding us here.

Even before our visit,

Anna had settled

with her brother all necessary details

to turn the business over to him.

Is this for a wedding?

- No, no. Just like that.

- You have guests.

No.

What's the matter, Eva?

You have a bug?

I'm so itchy.

Let me see.

There's nothing.

Yes, there is.

You're all red from scratching.

- But it's tickling me.

- Sit down and stop scratching.

This is the last time.

You're well now.

Thank you.

Here's my medical note.

Thank you.

Is that all?

Yes.

It comes to

But I can't add any interest

because of the 5-year waiting period.

It doesn't matter.

Why do you need this money so soon?

Perhaps a loan

would have been more advantageous?

You could borrow

against your account.

We're leaving the country.

For Australia.

Yes, hello.

Is Mrs. Polasek still there?

Yes, thank you.

I'll hold.

Yes, hello.

This is Anna Schober.

Eva can't come to school today.

She must have caught a cold while skiing

She has a fever of almost 40 degrees.

What do they want?

They brought food.

There's only our little Eva left...

and we wondered for a long time

if we'd take her with us

or if it was better

to leave her with you.

As you can imagine, Mom,

and certainly you too, dear Dad,

our decision caused us

both heartache and headaches

because even though we're sure

of what's best for us,

it's something else entirely

to decide the fate

of the one we love above all else.

Perhaps you'll remember last Easter,

when we all heard

that cantata at your church.

It said:

"I rejoice at the thought of death."

And Evi said afterwards:

"Me too"...

and you were so scared.

We've talked about it

a lot since then

and I know that death

doesn't scare Evi at all.

Now that we've decided

to take her with us,

we've talked about it again with her

and it was both

beautiful and sad

to realize

how easy it was for her

to agree to stay with us.

I think that, remembering

the life we led,

it is easy

to accept the idea of an end.

I beg you, don't be sad

don't blame yourselves

and don't take it as

any kind of criticism:

What I'm telling you

is a simple observation

that has nothing to do with you.

With all my love,

Your son Georg.

I think we'll only manage

to do it this way.

You'd better put on

some nice shoes, princess.

And be careful

not to hurt yourself.

Sure.

No.

No, let go of me!

Let me go!

Calm down!

Stop it!

I'm sorry.

I think I heard something.

Yes?

This is the phone repair service.

We were called about your telephone.

People can't reach you.

You must have badly

hung up the receiver.

Yes, that's correct.

I didn't want to be reached.

- You know that's forbidden.

- No.

We're required to cut off

your phone service.

I see.

That's not necessary.

I'll hang up the phone.

May I see your phone?

No!

Goodbye.

Can I still watch TV in the bedroom?

This is so bitter.

Dear Jesus, let me be a good girl

so I can go to heaven.

The S. Family was found on

January 17, 1989.

Subsequent to a request

from the wife's worried brother,

the door of the apartment

was knocked down.

On February 20, the family was buried.

In spite of the letter

left for the parents,

they refused to believe

it was a suicide

and filed a murder complaint

against Parties Unknown.

The police investigation following up

on this suspicion

was without results.

The matter was filed as an unsolved case.

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