Saint peter and saint nicholas. By my hussar and my caisson, i have come to collect the taxes. [music] which one of you is the oldest . I am. Whats your name . Stanislas leczinkski. Well then, horn strumper, listen carefully or these gentlemen will extrude your neroe. Hey, listen will you . But your excellency hasnt said anything yet. Ive been standing here for an hour. Do you think i came here just to amuse myself with the echo of my own voice . No thought could be further from my mind, sire. Well, then, i have come to tell you, order you, and inform you that you are to produce and display your ready cash immediately, or youll all be massacred. Come on in. Phynancial gentlemen. Santa claus, wheel in the phynancial wheelbarrow. Mercy, lord ubu, have pity on us. Were poor simple people. I couldnt care less. Pay up. But we cant. Weve already paid. Fork out, or ill give you the works, good and proper, torture, twisting of the neck and decapcapcapcap capitation. Horn strumper, am i or am i
Surely you dont want her to come down to the street, do you . Shame on you. I will come in. Oh, excellent, excellent. Come then. Youre sure i have your permission . Sir, you are welcome at any time, day or night. Open house at any time. Well, signor zanetto, the door is thrown wide open. For me only . For you only. For nobody else at all . Well, certain friends of the house, of course. Naturally, of course. All right. Ill come. And i can come and go just as i please. Just as you please. Take off my clothes, make myself at home . Well, certainly. Have something to eat . Need you ask . I understand. After you, signore. Signor zanetto, well, one word, if you please. Hes wanting a tip. At your command. Forgive the liberty, but pray tell me what beautiful little thing do you have in that little box . Aha. The gentleman has seen the jewels. Certain trifles, some bits of jewelry. Oh, good, good. My daughter will be very pleased. What a scandalous doctor. Enough. If she will be sensible, they
Its gonna have some potential for excitement because yes. The possibility of change, and quite radical change, continues to exist right. Right through to today. Sure. Thank you. Wont you have something yourself . Im not very partial to beer, but if you order me to. Order . Surely, a gentleman knows that a lady should never be allowed to drink alone. Yes, thats perfectly true. Now, drink my health. Are you shy . To my mistress health. Bravo. Now, kiss my shoe and the ceremony is complete. Excellent. You ought to have been an actor. We really mustnt go on like this, miss julie. Somebody might come in and see us. What then . People might talk, thats all. And if you knew how their tongues were wagging out there now. What kind of thing are they saying . Tell me. Sit down. I dont want to hurt you, but they were saying things which they were using expressions which hinted that oh, and you can guess. Yes . You arent a child. When people see a lady. You arent a child. And when people see a lady
Have you any views on the spiritual turmoil going on in Hjalmar Ekdal . Im damned if i can see any spiritual turmoil going on in him. What . In a crisis like this when his whole life has been put on a completely new basis . How do you suppose a personality like hjalmars personality . Him . He never showed any signs of anything as abnormal as a personality. It was all thoroughly cleared out of him, root and branch, when he was still a lad. That i can assure you. That would seem very strange after being brought up with such affectionate care as he was. By those two crazy, hysterical maiden aunts of his, you mean . Let me tell you, they were women who never shut their eyes to the claim of the ideal. They were i see. Youre just trying to be funny again. No. No, no, no, no. Im in no mood for that. Besides, i know all about it, the amount of rhetoric hes brought up about these two soul mothers of his. But i dont think he has much to thank them for. Ekdals misfortune is that in his own little
As reliable a man as laius ever had in his service as shepherd. First, you sir from corinth. I want to know, is this the man you were talking about . Yes, your majesty. He stands before you. Now, you sir. Come here. Look me straight in the eyes. Answer my questions. Were you at one time in laius service . Yes, born and bred in the palace, not bought in the slave market. What was your work . How are you employed . A shepherd most of my life. And which part of the country did you generally stay . It would be cithaeron or thereabouts. Do you remember ever seeing this man there . And what connection . What man do you mean . Standing in front of you. Have you ever met him . I cant offhand remember. Theres nothing strange in that, your majesty. Ill soon jog his memory. He knows quite well that part of cithaeron. He had two flocks. I was neighbor to him with one for three whole seasons from spring to autumn. Then the winter came and i would drive my sheep to my own fold. He drove his to laius