Voice from the Stone Page #2
for just as long.
The women work here
in the house.
The men, in the quarry.
- The quarry?
- It's where
all this comes from,
the wealth of the family.
The stone was once
highly prized.
- Was?
- She allowed it to flood
at the beginning of the war.
Times were difficult.
And she had her career.
No more need for the stone.
Jakob swims there.
He'll take you there
if you wish.
- Yes.
I'd like that very much.
Salve.
- Let me.
Per favore.
It's been so long.
I...
Used to do this to her
every night of her life...
Since she was a tiny girl.
She began to perform
when she was fourteen.
She took me with her everywhere.
Nobody knew her as I did...
Knew her moods,
her needs.
Oh...
How I loved her.
Jakob, was it you?
If it was, then all you've done
is tell me you're afraid.
Ja...
Jakob.
Jakob, what is it?
Jakob.
- Aah!
- What?
Jakob, no!
Wait! Wait!
- Jakob?
Hey!
Jakob.
Jakob, no.
Quiet. Quiet.
Be quiet. Be quiet.
Shh. Shh, shh, shh, shh.
- Quiet.
Enough.
Stop!
- I should have left him.
He was by the wall
as if he was...
- Listening.
Yes, I've seen him do it.
In his bedroom.
Also in the garden.
In the quarry.
I assume it's his mother
he hears
or thinks he hears.
It seems to give him comfort.
- I should have been told.
It changes the situation.
It may indicate
a far more serious condition.
- You don't believe
in such voices?
- No.
No, signore, I do not.
- Nor do I.
Sometimes I wish I did.
Have you considered
taking him away from this place?
- Yes, of course.
It was impossible.
It was as you saw last night.
and to others.
- Then he should be in hospital.
- No, absolutely not.
No.
- Signore, I'm no longer sure
I can care for your son.
- Why?
- I have been misled
about what is required.
properly qualified.
- You're just like the others.
I await your decision.
Jakob.
Jakob! Jakob!
Help me down.
You scared me, Jakob.
But you've helped me
realize something.
I can't leave you.
I once knew a boy
his dead sister
through the teeth
of an old comb.
He would sit with it for hours,
listening and whispering
his secrets.
He was as sure of what he heard
as you are.
The mind is capable
of extraordinary things.
It is your mind that is
speaking to you, Jakob,
nothing else.
I'm not saying that...
That what you hear isn't real,
because anything we experience
is real in its own way,
but it's...
It's not what it pretends to be.
It's important
to understand that.
I want to hear you speak.
But I am not your enemy.
I care about you.
What is it?
You wish to leave?
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