Youth Without Youth Page #5

Do you love me?

Yes, more than I could

have imagined.

Tell me how you desire me,

how you long for me.

You are my dream

and my goddess.

She recorded all your conversations

and transmitted them

to the Gestapo.

And when she asked you

questions

in Russian, Polish

or German,

you replied without difficulty

in all those languages.

It's probable that after

listening to the recordings,

someone high up in the Reich

decided to kidnap you.

Kidnap me?

You have become

the most valuable human specimen

existing today

on the face of the earth.

Come, have your chicken.

All the medical schools

in the world

would like to study you.

As a sort of guinea pig.

- Professor.

We are doing all we can

to prevent that.

Professor, ahem,

in your office,

you must come.

Please, professor,

immediately.

We are disturbed over your level

of cooperation, Herr Professor.

As you see, your government

has instructed you

to relinquish

the patient

and all relevant files

to our custody.

I'm sorry, I cannot

comply with this one.

"Cannot comply"?

I will not turn over

the patient himself.

As his doctor,

his condition won't allow

transfer at this time.

I'll return

with a German doctor.

Good.

You're behaving as you should

in order to create

the necessary confusion.

The double.

He always answers the questions

I'm ready to ask.

Like a true

guardian angel.

Now that's a correct

and useful formula.

Are there others?

Many.

For example?

Along with angels and guardian

angels, there are powers:

Archangels,

seraphim, cherubim.

Intermediary beings

par excellence.

Intermediary

between consciousness

and unconsciousness?

Well, of course.

But also between

nature and man,

man and the divine,

reason and Eros.

Feminine and masculine,

darkness and light,

matter and spirit.

So it's come back

to my old passion again:

philosophy of religion.

Yes,

for you it will always

come back to that.

But I can't believe

in the objective reality

of the person

with whom I'm conversing. I-

I can only think of him

as my double.

Well, in a sense,

that's what he is, but...

that doesn't mean

he doesn't exist

in an objective way

independently.

Oh, I'd like to be convinced,

but-

In metaphysical controversies,

empirical proofs

lose their value, but...

wouldn't you enjoy receiving

a few fresh roses

picked from the garden?

I've always liked roses.

Well, where would you like me

to put them?

Not in the vase,

at any rate.

One right here

in my hand...

as I'm holding it now, open.

And another on my knee?

The third rose.

Where do you want me

to put the third rose?

Let's see.

Things are more serious

than we thought.

We know now why the Gestapo

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes