Bad Timing Page #3

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Stops]

Why?

What?

Yeah, why? What?

- She's been drinking a lot, hasn't she?

- The past few months, maybe.

Please wait there.

God, prices today.

A ticket to Fidelio... - Whew.

Who could afford it?

Poor, silly girl.

How old is this girl?

just a question.

Twenty-four... - five.

Nice age.

She had difficulty speaking?

She seemed normal.

Sounded like a joke.

But it wasn't normal.

How do you know?

- Someone rings you... -

- They ring you. They telephone me.

Sorry. I'm a little tired.

Yes.

Someone rings you,

says she's going to kill herself... -

now, that isn't normal.

At least for normal people.

Would you agree?

I've spent a good part of my life

trying to understand what normal means.

I still don't.

Would you say she sounded...

[Sighs]

excited?

Say whatever you like.

No, Dr. Linden,

what you would like.

[Scoffs]

Excited.

What area do you work in,

Dr. Linden? Surgery?

No. I'm a research psychoanalyst.

- Research?

- I teach.

Was your girlfriend a bit mad?

"Mad" is an expression I never use.

I see.

It's quite simple.

If you say so.

- [Shouting In German]

- [Students Shouting]

Yes, but I must first know who I am

before I know what I'm capable of.

[Shouting Quiets]

How we come into this world

and how we go out...

is different for every one of us.

We are constantly in isolation...

watching...

spying on everyone

and everything around us.

In birth, chance seems to be merely

the visible part of an as-yet unknown...

and uncomprehended natural law...

which links us up with

the central area of today's inquiry... -

secrecy and spying, or... -

call it what you will... - watching.

So I give you the first spy.

And the first to be spied on.

Some famous spies...

two of whom might be called

political voyeurs.

Could you not as well

put your picture up there, or mine?

- I could.

- Then you are saying we are all spies?

Well, I prefer to label myself...

an observer.

Now, the guilt-ridden voyeur

is usually a political conservative.

Anyway, I had time to think about it,

and I feel I was wrong.

I wanted to apologize...

for being too nosy.

Hey, I want to apologize too.

Guess I did get a little... tipsy.

[Giggling]

Yeah, you did.

I don't want to embarrass you, Alex.

I do things when I drink too much.

[Sighs]

I guess I think

you're not happy with me anymore.

It makes me nervous.

Still seeing that actor?

Let's get some air.

I'm not seeing him or anyone.

I just went out with him

a couple times. Once or twice.

Maybe three times.

You don't own me, I don't own you.

You are seeing him.

Is that why you called... -

to apologize?

I missed you.

Missed you too.

It's just, I can't stand

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