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all I can say is:
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Let's share it.
:21:04
If this tiny amount is of any help,
:21:08
I offer it to you.
:21:09
"Quite simply."
:21:13
You amaze me.
Actors are said to be misers.
:21:17
Great ones, especially.
:21:19
Fine, then.
:21:21
There's still progress to be made.
:21:24
You practice a peculiar craft.
:21:26
- The best.
- No doubt.
:21:30
But you make hearts beat
every night at the same hour.
:21:36
You don't understand.
That's the beauty of it!
:21:39
The wonder!
:21:41
To feel and hear your heart
:21:44
and the heart of the audience
beat at the same time.
:21:48
How promiscuous!
:21:51
If my heart starts
to beat loudly,
:21:55
I take an unusual delight
in being the only one to hear it.
:22:01
May I ask what the owner
of such a heart does in life?
:22:06
If I told you,
you wouldn't believe me.
:22:10
I write plays in my spare time.
:22:16
You're an author.
:22:18
An unrecognized author, no doubt.
:22:21
Yes, unrecognized.
But I have no regrets.
:22:25
I write light pieces,
but nowadays people prefer tragedies.
:22:30
I'm fond of one of my plays, though.
:22:33
A short piece
full of joy and sadness.
:22:37
Two lovers are parted, reunited,
:22:40
then parted again.
:22:42
The setting, all in soft green:
a garden, a fountain.
:22:48
Interesting!
:22:49
But tell me...
:22:52
now that we're acquainted...
:22:54
was this money business
really a matter of life and death?
:22:59
Yes. For you.