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Of course!

To the most wonderful man

I've ever known.

To all of his friends,

and to me because

I'm so happy tonight.

Hear, hear!

Gentlemen, I'm amazed.

Men who have fought

in the war, in the trenches,

who have faced machine guns,

bombs, even communists.

The ladies' reactions

I can understand,

but the gentlemen's...

It bothers you, darling.

Nothing in this house

must ever bother you.

Forgive me, darling.

I just can't keep my eyes open.

I drank too much.

Darling.

No, hold it. Hold it. That's perfect.

You are a man of iron.

Come here.

Darling, darling,

I have to get a fresh roll of film.

Now you hold that,

that's perfect like that.

I'll only be a few minutes.

Don't move!

I can see her now.

Always surrounded by smoking pots,

like a witch in a fairy tale.

She was always making jam,

and I was always

wanting to taste the jam,

and generally making

a nuisance of myself.

But she would throw

her eyes to heaven,

and then she would hug me and laugh

when I told her

she made the finest jam

in the entire world,

and that one day

a prince would come along

and taste her jam and carry her off

to a castle of solid gold.

She was my nurse,

my playmate,

my everything.

My mother loved Marka, too.

In my mind, I always

see them together.

They dressed me, they fed me.

They gave me

everything I wanted.

They even laughed

when I broke something.

And your father?

I don't remember him at all.

Nothing that belonged

to him remains.

Ah, your fever is down.

But you still have

to rest for a few days.

Darling, I'm sorry about Marka.

I'm afraid I hadn't realized

that she was...

However, it will not happen again.

My mother's body's been

put back in the crypt,

and we will arrange

for Marka to be taken

away somewhere...

Please don't let them

hurt her. She needs help.

Oh, don't worry about it, darling.

Think of it as a bad dream.

The important thing

is that you become

healthy again and

that you're happy again.

Yes, I want to be so very healthy.

And to be with you,

and to get to know everything about you

and the castle, too.

I want to make it

more alive, more joyful.

Would you be terribly angry

if I changed a few things?

Oh, no, darling! Not at all.

The castle is yours, utterly.

But you will need

somebody to help you,

and when I come back from Vienna,

I will bring a...

From Vienna?

You're going away?

Yes, darling.

Oh, no, please.

I don't want to be alone. I can't.

Darling, don't worry!

I don't leave until Thursday,

and I will fnd you a companion

to look after you.

Look, there is something

else I have to show you.

I hope you like it

because it is American, like you.

So?

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