:26:00
She was
one of the family housemaids.
:26:03
Sounds like a novelette.
:26:05
- Did he have any money?
- No, the family cut him off.
:26:08
So your sister's
the only one living?
:26:11
Yes, and she's in South America.
:26:15
Tell me, was it just ill health
that made you do what you did?
:26:20
- That, and...
- And what?
:26:24
The utter futility of everything.
:26:27
I see it even in flowers,
:26:30
hear it in music.
:26:33
All life aimless,
without meaning.
:26:36
What do you want a meaning for?
:26:39
Life is a desire, not a meaning.
:26:41
Desire is the theme of all life!
:26:44
It makes a rose want to be a rose,
and want to grow like that.
:26:48
And a rock want to contain itself
and remain like that.
:26:55
What are you smiling about?
:26:57
Your imitation
of a rose and a rock.
:27:01
I can imitate anything.
:27:03
Ever seen a Japanese tree?
They're lopsided, they grow this way.
:27:10
Of course pansies grow this way.
:27:14
The dark ones frown and go like that.
:27:19
However, the meaning of anything
:27:22
is merely other words
for the same thing.
:27:25
After all, a rose is a rose.
Not bad, should be quoted.
:27:32
Think how meaningless
life was a moment ago.
:27:35
Now you have
a temporary husband and a home.
:27:39
Here's your drinking water,
and in case of any emergencies,
:27:44
the first door on the left,
the same on each floor.
:27:49
Good night.