:48:00
''Not because we couIdn't bear to bid
fareweII to what one caIIs 'society.'
:48:05
''No, that's not the reason.
:48:08
''But we have to make our position cIear...
:48:11
''and show the worId
that we condemn your actions...
:48:16
''the actions of our one and onIy daughter
whom we Iove so dearIy.''
:48:26
After receiving her parent's
Ietter of refusaI...
:48:30
and taking the train back to BerIin...
:48:33
Effi did not at first
move into an apartment of her own.
:48:36
She sought Iodgings in a boarding house
with reasonabIe success.
:48:42
Do you remember how Gieshuebler came
and had to join us at table...
:48:47
and said he'd never eaten
anything so delicious?
:48:54
He was always so well-mannered.
:48:57
ln fact, he was the only person
who knew anything about food.
:49:03
The others said everything was nice.
:49:17
Have you thought it over?
:49:22
You've had it good all these years.
:49:25
There was always enough.
:49:28
We never had to think about saving.
:49:34
But now l have to economize.
:49:37
l am poor.
:49:40
All l have is what l receive
from Hohen-Cremmen.
:49:45
My parents are very good to me...
:49:48
as far as their means allow...
:49:51
but they're not wealthy.
:49:56
What do you say?
:49:59
May l move in next Saturday
with my suitcase?