Three Comrades Page #5

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man in the stomach than in the head.

We'll have a garden full of flowers in the...

I can show you the quickest way to bury a...

I can teach you to swim and drive a car,

and to climb mountains and play tennis.

I didn't know I didn't till now.

I thought I belonged to

something that was dead and gone.

Now I realise I am alive.

With you, I'm alive. -We're alive darling.

And I'm glad.

Maybe I can't learn all those things.

Maybe you're in love with just a fragment.

-And a lovely fragment if there ever was one.

Oh, Erich I love you so.

I've just been kissed. Can you

tell me which was is the ocean?

19,20,21.. -What are you doing?

Shh, listen, a cuckoo bird.

That makes three of us.

I'm counting, everytime he calls you

have that many number of years to live.

There's a better one than that. When a cuckoo

calls rattle your money and then it multiplies.

24..

Only I haven't got any money to rattle.

So the cuckoo is making a fool of himself.

Imagine, our silver wedding.

Our handsome son has left

college. He refuses to go to war,

and is thrown into jail

for the rest of his life.

26.. -Now we're together once more.

A sweet, silver haired old couple.

27.. -Now I'm hungry.

We'll come back tomorrow

and count cuckoos all day.

Here try this, best way to get sand off.

Is she alright, is she better?

-Where was your wife being treated?

Who was her doctor? -Doctor?

She must've had a doctor

for this. -I don't know.

Jaffe? Prof. Phoenix Jaffe?

You must get in touch with

him at once by the telephone.

Yes but can't you tell me is she..

-She must start breathing at once.

Dr.Jaffe's left? But I've got to get it in

touch with him, its a matter of life and death.

Have him ring here as soon as he comes in.

I'll find him and I'll ring you here

again. Don't worry Erich, I'll find him.

Jaffe. -I'll go, I'll

have to talk to him anyway.

Koster's gone to fetch Jaffe.

You'll be alright soon.

There's a friend of yours, Lenz. They found him. Lenz

told me Jaffe's instructions very clear, in detail.

Is he a doctor too? -He was a soldier.

He said Koster had already left with Jaffe

and they'd be here in 2 hours by automobile.

Thats impossible. Its a long

distance and I know the roads.

Full of dents and fog.

It'll take at least 3 hours. -If

Koster's said 2 hours, it will be 2 hours.

You're going very fast. -Can

you stop the haemorrhage?

Yes, if we get there in time.

Has it stopped yet? -No.

There'll be here in half an hour. -An

hour at least, maybe two in this fog.

You're risking both our

lives. Is she your girl? -No.

You're crazy.

They're coming, I can hear them.

Impossible, it must be some other car.

You can't fool me, thats Baby.

How is she? -I don't know, so

much has happened so quickly.

She'll be alright now. Give me a cigarette.

Nice of you to come up, Otto. -Nice

trip, not bad, only one patch of fog.

She never told me, not a word. She never

worried about herself, only to make me happy.

I thought nothing ever would

happen to a girl like that.

Give me another cigarette. I forgot mine.

She safe? -Think I'd be

standing here if she wasn't?

I'm sorry, it was so quick. -She's his wife.

I hope you're less a fool than she

is. She's been one all her life.

May I go in now? -Only for

a moment and no talking.

Was it right to bring you? -Yes.

Serious? -No more when

she gets back to town.

One thing is for sure, tell your friend. She has

to go to a sanatorium by mid-October at the latest.

She'll go. When are you going back to town?

-None of your business. I'm going by train.

Everything's over now, Pat. Just be quiet.

Erich.

You mustn't be afraid.

-We'll never be afraid.

You mustn't cry about us Pat.

We're not unhappy. Soon you'll

be well and then we'll be happier.

I love you

Mid-October at the very latest.

Well? -If the right fron tire

lasts, we'll break even this week.

Don't count on that tire.

It blew twice this morning.

When Pat went walking, the sun came out.

- You know, I thought about that.

I saw the sun come out

and I thought about Pat.

It's a step forward you know,

when she can walk out alone.

I'll drop you on the way to station. You

wait here till the delivery comes home.

Well you can't keep moping about Pat.

Make her laugh, we'll pull through.

Who knows, maybe Erich will get a fine job.

What makes you think an

automobile can go through you?

I represent Koster and Co. the best fastest

and cheapest repair shop in the city.

You'll be very happy.

Boy,

I saw the whole thing,

you're a... -Nobody asked you.

Here, call this number, tell him we have a

repair job and tell him to come as fast as he can.

You'll have it as good as new in 2

days. -It was good as new 5 minutes ago!

Before you wrecked it. -Lets not quibble.

Materials and cost, labor and standard

rate, plus our profit of 200 Marks.

Settle for a 100.

Here's your claim check. Get your

car on Wednesday night at 6 o'clock.

oh, by the way, you hurt?

-No, no, thank you asking.

You, the owner of this car? -No, I'm

one of the men whose going to repair it.

Koster and company.

-Now, isnt that peculiar?

I was just telling my partner, here's a car

that's just begging to be repaired by us.

Sorry, you're already too late, I've

already got an order from the owner.

Hand it over. -Don't be silly.

Hey, we've talked enough. Lets

dump this monkey down the sewer.

Make it the sewer you live

in. -Well you asked for it..

You certainly must give it to

Erich. He's a natural born fighter.

How many were there Erich? -14.

Yeah, by the time we arrived they were

all worn out from chasing your husband.

My husband? I've never seen

that face before in all my life.

There he was striking right and left. He

knocked out a little boy all by himself.

Now, I'm beginning to understand. He got the job

first and you three surrounded him and beat him up.

Lets talk about you for a change.

Where did you walk? -Oh, I just

walked and walked, thats all.

Walking is a pretty big event for

me, it doesn't really matter where.

Everything about you matters. You

two go on ahead and start on the car.

Queen Solomon!

And all that trouble just for a 100 Marks.

- Its the easiest money that we've ever earned.

Its been a slow summer.

And what do I give?

What can I ever give? -Just

being here, thats what.

And don't talk about things not mattering.

Where you walk, we three walk beside you now.

Winter is coming again, it is

the time for storm and tempest.

It is the time and nature

itself that is all confusion.

And given over to violence. And

so too are the people confused.

Looking in all directions, and

in vain. For the peace and hope,

which was to have been

their's at the end of the war.

But there has been no end to the war.

How can we look for

peace? And how can we hope?

As long as we use violence and terror to

supply what must come from sanity and reason.

There is and there will be, a

solution, a cure for all your ills.

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