:19:01
But let's forget it.
l don't like talking about death.
:19:05
l'm in favour of living.
:19:07
What sort of life shall we lead here?
:19:11
ln ''good old Kessin,'' as you call it...
:19:14
there must be some society we can keep.
:19:18
Are there good families in the town?
:19:22
No, Effi...
:19:24
in that respect
you'll be greatly disappointed.
:19:28
You'll meet a few members...
:19:31
of the local aristocracy.
:19:33
But here in the town there's nobody.
:19:37
Nobody at all?
:19:38
That's hard to believe.
:19:41
Nearly 3,000 people live in the town.
:19:44
And among a population of 3,000,
apart from people like Beza, the barber...
:19:49
there must be some kind of elite or so....
:19:53
AS WELL AS THE COMMON PEOPLE
:19:55
THERE MUST BE AN ELlTE.
:19:58
...and the room upstairs,
where the curtains brush the floor....
:20:02
But...
:20:05
what do you know about that room?
:20:08
Only what l just said.
:20:13
For a good hour...
:20:17
when l woke up last night...
:20:20
it was as if l heard shoes
shuffling over the ground...
:20:24
as if someone were dancing...
:20:27
and something like music, but very faint.
:20:31
When l told Johanna about it this morning...
:20:36
in excuse for having
slept so long afterwards...
:20:41
she said it was the long curtains
in the room upstairs.
:20:46
To put an end to the matter...
:20:49
l think we should simply cut them shorter...
:20:54
or close the windows.
:20:57
The stormy season
will soon be here anyway...