Edge of Darkness Page #5

until your mother got the letter.

I didn't send for him.

- Who did?

- Your uncle.

- Birds of a feather.

- Karen, Johann is your brother.

In Oslo, in 1940 when the Germans came,

he was one of the first...

- He didn't know what he was doing.

- He knew.

His whole world was crumbling.

He was bewildered.

I have seen men stood up against a wall

with the Germans.

They had more to lose than he did.

Wives, children.

Their world was crumbling too.

They weren't bewildered.

Karen, we are not all strong.

There are some of us that are weak.

- When he comes, what will you do?

- Villagers of Trollness are his countrymen.

- They will be his judges.

- They don't have to know.

Why must everything in the world

be either black or white?

That's the way the world is these days.

Johann may have changed. Men repent.

Why don't you wait and see for yourself?

Let your mother see him once more.

If he doesn't come home now,

she probably never will again.

Would it be better

if she were to find out?

We can keep that from her.

We've kept everything else.

Karen, let her dream come true.

There are so few dreams left that do.

Poor father.

- Poor father.

- There were good things in the old life.

Don't tear up everything by the roots.

Maybe, when this is over,

we'll all wanna pick where we left off.

Karen, please. Two years is a long time.

A man can change.

Let him stay here in peace. Let him feel

there is still a home to come to...

...that there is still a place

where people love each other.

Father, I say this for your sake

and for his sake.

If you can still stop him from coming,

do it.

- Father, promise me you'll try.

- All right, I'll try.

Why do you come to see me

in the middle of the day?

I'm a busy man.

I have troubles of my own.

Well, whatever it is, come on,

say it and get it over with.

Kaspar, why did you send for Johann?

Because I need him.

He should stay in Oslo

and finish his education.

Ha, why do you lie to yourself?

He hasn't been near a classroom

in almost two years.

That's a fact.

I'm a man who deals in facts.

If he comes here, there'll be trouble.

No trouble. Johann's a smart boy.

He understands the new order.

Write him. Tell him not to come home.

You will tell him to stay where he is,

to go back to school.

Tell you daughter it's too late.

He's on the boat. He'll be here Sunday.

I don't want you to get him mixed up.

Your daughter doesn't want me

to get him mixed up.

- Let him alone.

- Your daughter wants me to let him alone.

Anything happens,

I'll hold you responsible.

Why is Karen so worried

about his coming here?

This is a peaceful village.

Or maybe it isn't.

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