Effi Briest
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Then these things happened
when you were still in Kessin...

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-six or more years ago?
-Yes.

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It seems aImost, WuIIersdorf...
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as if those 6 or 7 years
make you think differentIy.

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There is a theory of Iimitations, of course...
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but I'm not sure this is a case
where that theory can be appIied.

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I don't know either.
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But everything wouId seem
to turn on that question.

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Are you serious?
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AbsoIuteIy serious.
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It's not a matter of jeu d'esprit...
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or for sophistry.
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What do you mean by that?
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Tell me frankly. How do you see the matter?
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You're in a terrible situation.
Your happiness is destroyed.

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But if you kill the lover...
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your happiness will be doubly destroyed.
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The pain you have suffered...
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will be compounded
by the pain you have caused.

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lt all turns on the question,
do you have to do it?

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Do you feel so injured, insulted, incensed...
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that one of you must die, he or you?
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ls that the position?
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l don't know.
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You have to know.
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No, that's not how it is.
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How is it then?
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The thing is...
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I'm desperateIy unhappy.
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I've been injured and shamefuIIy deceived.
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NevertheIess...
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I harbour no feeIings of hatred.
I don't even thirst for revenge.

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And if l ask myself why not...
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all l can say is, the time that has passed.
:36:57
People always talk about inexpiable guilt.

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