The beginning of a throbbing heart, the premonition that should have been'unknown'...

Ervin 2022-01-07 15:53:55

—I think you don’t play the piano
— when you were young
— you don’t play the piano now, right?
——No, my husband doesn’t understand music at all
— that’s good...
——I may have a very professional talent and passion.
——Ah, God, no.
——Why are you so sure?
——You are too sensible and not complicated——
……I think it is a good thing that people are not complicated, but it sounds boring.
——You will never be boring
... ——How
about you?
--What's wrong with me?
——Will you come here every Thursday?
——Yes, I buy things for a week, go to the library to exchange books, have lunch, and then usually go to the movies. It's not too exciting, but it's a change.
——Are you going to the movies this afternoon?
- Yes
- too clever, I was
- I thought you had all day in the hospital.
——Well, don’t tell anyone that two of my patients died this morning. The head nurse was very angry with me, so I dared not go back.
——Why are you so stupid
——Seriously, I did finish my job. It doesn't matter if you are absent from work. Do you mind if I go with you?
——Okay, I...
——I can sit downstairs, you can sit upstairs...
——Upstairs is too expensive...
(The band suddenly stopped and we started laughing again, I have no premonition , Maybe I should have it. Everything looks so natural, so innocent.)

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  • Laura Jesson: [speaking about Dolly to herself] I wish you'd stop talking. I wish you'd stop prying and trying to find things out. I wish you were dead - no I don't mean that. That was silly and unkind. But I wish you'd stop talking.

  • Laura Jesson: [thinking to herself while looking at her husband, Fred] Fred, dear Fred. There's so much that I want to say to you. You're the only one in the world with enough wisdom and gentleness to understand. If only it was somebody else's story and not mine. As it is, you're the only one in the world that I can never tell. Never never. Because even if I waited until we were old, old people and told you then, you'd be bound to look back over the years and be hurt. And my dear, I don't want you to be hurt. You see, we're a happily married couple and let's never forget that. This is my home. You're my husband. And my children are upstairs in bed. I'm a happily married woman - or I was, rather, until a few weeks ago. This is my whole world, and it's enough, or rather, it was until a few weeks ago. But, oh, Fred, I've been so foolish. I've fallen in love. I'm an ordinary woman. I didn't think such violent things could happen to ordinary people.