Through all this we
see a youth walking--rather staggering--along the forest road
from Perleberg. A half starved young man. [He pauses and brushes
ashes from his cigar. The butler enters from the music room to get
a glass of water; then he goes out again. While the door is open,
the trembling bass baritone voice of Prof. Wasner is heard.]
"In deinen Augen hab ich einst gelesen Von Lieb' und--Gluck--von
Lieb' und Gluck den Schein...."
[Footnote: (Translated):--"In thy dear eyes I once read the story
Of love and Joy--of Love, And Joy agleam...."]
[The door closes and the sound is shut off.]
BOLLAND [now continues his speech]. And now the snow falls faster
and faster. This poor young man had par tout nothing to eat since
the morning. He becomes very weak; sits down on a bundle of twigs
and falls asleep. Just by sheer chance it happens that a man from
Perleberg passing by sees this dejected, snowed-in figure and
takes the young fellow home with him. [He pauses.] And this young
man later became my father ...
HAUSER. And Herr Kommerzienrat Bolland.
BOLLAND. Yes. Herr Kommerzienrat Bolland. [To Dobler.] Now don't
you consider it quite remarkable? Wouldn't that make a fine novel?
DOBLER. Yes ... Yes.
BOLLAND. That could be worked up very nicely, couldn't it? A poor
young man--the snow covered landscape ...
HAUSER.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25