The Last Valley Page #4

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This Captain's clever and strong.

The best I ever served with...

and we get the women tomorrow.

We'll get bags. The pox on this place.

There's good women in the camp, wine,

dice and good times, and loot to be had.

I've a kid back there. Who'll look after him?

He'll be there next spring.

If not, you can make another.

You know, they say that

the plague's taken 10,000 men already.

We're blessed with luck to be here.

I'm for staying a week.

Take what we want and the hell with it.

- Sorry, Father, I'm late.

- Next time you're late, no food.

Yes, Father.

Good.

They say you can read and write.

I studied at the university in Heidelberg.

Then I taught there. The town was sacked.

Your family were

burghers there? Shopkeepers?

No, at Magdeburg.

I envy you, seeing so many places

and knowing so much.

You needn't.

Before I was your age, I had seen two

brothers murdered, and one dead of plague.

Sit down.

It's years since I've seen bread so rich.

The harvest was good.

Our Lady is pleased for us to share it.

How do you earn your daily bread?

Work. Any form of work except soldiering.

I can paint a little...

I can teach writing, history, mathematics.

I can speak Spanish, Italian, French.

Father Sebastian teaches here.

The Holy Word.

We've no need for writing

or the other nonsense.

Works of the devil.

Why did you lead the soldiers here?

I didn't.

I was trying to get away...

from all soldiers.

Some men are good luck, some bad.

You are bad luck.

- Your soldiers will kill our valley.

- No. Not if everyone works.

Peasants, landowners, and soldiers.

You are a fool as well as bad luck.

Tonight, you are alive

enjoying the fat of the land.

Bless your luck.

Our Lady protects us, not luck.

Here, Vogel, eat.

Then tell us about the Holy City.

Father, Vogel was there when he was young.

Once, he saw a real pope

and the whole city's gold and the cathedral.

Your pardon, Meister Hoffman.

But, is it true about Inge?

Yes. Come, sit down.

Eat with us, share our joy.

Vogel is going to tell us about the Holy City.

But, it was always planned

that we would be married some day.

Eternal salvation is better

than earthly happiness, boy.

Sit down.

Salvation?

I'm to be one of the women for the soldiers.

If you were going to be a nun, to serve God,

then I could understand.

But this, it's not right.

It's whoring.

Has Satan put a spell on you?

You heard what Father Sebastian said:

"Their suffering would save the village

just as Christ's suffering saved the world."

Yes, I heard him.

But that doesn't make him right.

He's not right!

Get out of my house!

You offered her?

They are to get a holy indulgence.

Gruber is paying for it.

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