Stadt Anatol Page #2

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excuse me, gentlemen,

there is somebody staying at our hotel

Herr Jacques Gregor

and Herr Gregor needs the telephone

what for? that's none of your d...

business, gentlemen

Lisa?

Herr Gregor will stay for supper

you'll have supper with me, won't you

please set the table for two

I am to do what?

two plates, you oaf!

why didn't you say so

Franziska, since when do you act the great lady?

I don't act,

I am a lady

I've been to the convent at Adrianopolis for 3 years,

my father wanted it so

I'll tell you what your father wanted

when I talked to him the last time,

before I left for Paris

Paris? You've been in Paris?

do the women wear long gowns again?

Jacques, I've an idea,

I'll sell everything and move to Paris

say, is it true?

Is Paris even bigger than Adrianopolis?

stop that nonsense and listen to me

you father will turn in his grave

if you ever sell the estate, I'm telling you

and I'll sell it anyway!

I don't intend to remain stuck this dirty hole

but that's rubbish!

where could you go?

out into the great world,

to Adrianopolis

where a lady belongs

lady, that's all I'm hearing, "lady"

you're nothing but a silly goose

Jacques

you ...

but your shoulders are all cold

and a cold shiver is running down my spine too

don't cry, little one

Lisa

but you're totally drunk!

totally? go away!

just a tiny little bit

you should have brought something

for the child instead

- milk?

- and that isn't all

where did you get the money from?

from my old friend Gregor

what for?

he said he's got a job for me

really!

but of course, Jacques,

ask me anything

I want to have your salt mine, Franziska

the old abandoned salt mine?

my father already lost heaps of money with it

and you want to have it?

why?

I'll explain

but you mustn't tell anybody

in the old abandoned salt mine

there's oil

oil?

and?

Franziska!

don't you know what that means?

Oil!

so what?

but you'll explain, won't you

listen to me, it's very simple,

oil, that's petrol

gas, grease, everything

that's needed by machines

and machines are running

all over the world

of course, here in Anatol

one wouldn't notice

right here, beneath,

there's oil

your father and I discovered it

in the old salt mine

and once the oil's flowing,

Franziska, you'll be rich

no, millions

you see, people in Anatol are so poor

just look at them,

most of them barely exist

but once the oil's flowing ...

then everybody will earn money,

even the poorest

Anatol will grow, prosper

through me, Anatol will become a paradise

a new and strong awareness of life

will spread through the city

and for everyone, from labour and the hope for bliss,

a new unexpected happiness will be born

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