The Pianist Page #5

MOTHER:

Is that all?

FATHER:

Yes, five thousand and three zlotys,

that's all we've got left.

REGINA:

It's three thousand and three zlotys

too much,

(reading from

newspaper)

'Re:
Further restrictions regarding

liquid assets:
Jews will be allowed

to keep a maximum of two thousand

zlotys in their homes.'

MOTHER:

What are we supposed to do with

the rest?

HALINA:

Deposit it in a bank. Blocked

account.

HENRYK:

Banks? Who'd be stupid enough to

deposit money in a German bank?

REGINA:

We could hide the money here in

the window frame.

FATHER:

No, no, no. I'll tell you what

we'll do. We'll use tried and tested

methods. You know what we did in

the last war? We made a hole in

the table leg and we hid the money

in there.

HENRYK:

And suppose they take the table

away?

MOTHER:

What d'you mean, take the table

away?

HENRYK:

The Germans go into Jewish homes

and they just take what they want,

furniture, valuables, anything.

MOTHER:

Do they?

FATHER:

Idiot! What would they want with a

table?

All look at the table: it's covered in stains and the veneer

is coming away at one end. A table like this?

He pokes his finger under the veneer. It snaps, revealing

bare wood beneath.

MOTHER:

What on earth are you doing?

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