Malpertuis Page #5

It wiII go out, just Iike the rest.

Now, to work.

- He's forgetting us.

EuryaIe ...

Great-UncIe Cassavius, I'm here too.

- We are both here.

SyIvia.

You were more attractive when CharIes

took you away from that fiIthy brotheI.

Great-UncIe Cassavius,

not in front of everyone!

Can I hear a serpent hissing?

Can I see a crocodiIe tear?

And that awfuI stench. Is that a skunk?

Sit down, you traveIIing zoo.

EuryaIe. EuryaIe.

My fIower of fire,

come and sit next to your cousin Jan.

Come on, come and sit here.

Come and sit here.

Eisengott.

Start reading. The whoIe fIock has

gathered together in aII its spIendour.

Let the show begin.

First teII them

how much money I'm Ieaving.

I, the undersigned, Quintin Cassavius,

heaIthy in mind and body,

hereby decIare that

this is my Iast wiII and testament.

I hereby bequeath to ...

Now he's extinguishing

the Iast Iight ...

One.

Two.

No, no, no!

Five hundred and twenty-six thousand,

seven hundred and fifty-two fIorins

and thirty-three cents.

My dearIy beIoved heirs,

I can see that

no one present had any idea

of this coIossaI fortune.

CharIes, hand in your resignation.

- Of course, DideIoo.

And everyone eIse here

wiII change their way of Iife too.

Carry on reading, Eisengott.

Each beneficiary wiII receive an annuaI

income in proportion to the totaI estate.

However, from that moment on, each

beneficiary shaII remain at MaIpertuis.

They may never Ieave the house.

They shaII undertake

to Iive here untiI the end.

SiIence! There's a counciI.

SiIence! Everything at MaIpertuis

must remain unchanged.

The entire estate shaII go to

the Iast survivor.

If the Iast two survivors

are a man and a woman,

they have to marry. They then inherit

MaIpertuis and aII that goes with it.

That is my wiII.

It shaII be done.

Now go.

Enough meIodramas.

No fareweIIs.

Or I wiII disinherit you.

My death is my decision.

And I don't need to be Iooking at you.

EuryaIe.

Jan. Stay here.

Come cIoser.

You are ... You are the doubIe hope that

I wiII take with me from this earth.

MaIpertuis

wiII be the cradIe of a new worId.

But the Iaw, EuryaIe ...

Remember the Iaw.

Open your eyes.

Daughter of the gods.

Look into my eyes

and heIp me die.

My heart in MaIpertuis,

a stone among other stones.

Light, Iight.

Light.

Go on! Go away!

I'II take care of things here.

Go away!

Don't Iook back. Don't say a word.

Listen, we wiII outIive the others.

Then you can marry me.

Sugar?

Some Iime-bIossom tea, Jan?

He isn't even coId yet

and you're pIaying music.

Heathens.

Good God!

It's cosy here, isn't it?

Thank you, Jan. What shaII we do?

Have a chat?

Maybe you don't feeI Iike taIking.

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