Beauty and the Devil Page #2

- You think i might be hungry?

- When was the last time you ate?

It's a sort of vertigo, isn't it?

A crampy pain, a feeling of being

cold, is that right?

- It happens to you too?

- More often than I like.

I'm hungry. I'm hungry.

It's fantastic.

Let's drink to what men

never appreciate enough.

To youth!

Who will pay for all this?

The young man.

He invited them all.

Why the smile?

It's as though everything

were whirling around me.

- Earth, sky, the present, the past.

- It's the wine.

Don't blame the wine. When I think of

all those years I drank water.

Friends!

Let's drink to an old fool with

a white beard who was never young.

Professor Faust!

Before we part...

...I drink to a person

who shall remain nameless.

So generous, he never

demands payment.

- That's you.

- You think so?

I'm sorry but you're mistaken.

No refreshment without payment.

Don't worry,

I'll see you're paid.

Just a moment.

I'll be back with the money.

Thank you, Mephisto!

He's not in his room either.

Let's have a look this way.

A thief!

Don't be scared.

It's me.

- It's only me.

- Help!

Don't be scared.

I tell you it's only me.

Don't worry.

I'll be right back.

Where is he?

He was in there taking

some money. He must have run off.

Here's your money.

- Is singing forbidden?

- It's late.

What are you doing here?

Yes, what is man doing on earth?

That's a big question.

- What are you doing on this bench?

- Thinking.

You've no home?

How shall I put it?

I have one.

And I don't have one, any more.

What's your name?

- If I told you, you wouldn't believe me.

- You've no proper situation?

No, my situation

is anything but proper.

- What is it?

- A suspicious man prowling about.

What's in there?

- Nothing. Everything's in order.

- Where is he then?

Don't worry.

He's gone.

- I knew I'd see you again.

- You did?

The cards told me.

You don't believe in cards

or in palm-reading?

- None of that.

- Don't you believe in anything?

Oh, yes.

I believe in the devil.

It felt as though

someone were watching us.

- Satan isn't as bad as you think.

- Be quiet!

If you know so much, tell me

what will happen to me.

What an odd hand.

It's as though your life stopped

and started again.

It looks as though the heart line...

What's your name?

Marguerite.

You're very young.

I'm nineteen.

Don't laugh.

You're not a lot older.

When I have your hand in mine,

I believe it.

Go to sleep now.

The dogs will guard you.

Guard him well, Sultan.

See that no one harms him.

Good night, Sultan.

Good night.

On my rounds, I saw this door

open so I went into his laboratory.

- I found this mess.

- There's been a fight.

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