2:56:00
Don't be sad, dear splendid artists.
2:56:08
Actors and actresses,
we need you all the same.
2:56:14
It is you who must give us
our supernatural shivers,
2:56:20
or better yet,
our innermost diversions.
2:56:28
The world is a den of thieves
and night is falling.
2:56:34
Evil breaks its chains
and runs through the world like a mad dog.
2:56:38
The poison affects us all,
2:56:43
us Ekdahls and everyone else.
2:56:48
No one escapes, not even
Helena Viktoria or little Aurora.
2:56:57
So it shall be.
2:57:01
Therefore let us be happy
while we are happy.
2:57:08
Let us be kind, generous,
affectionate and good.
2:57:13
It is necessary,
and not at all shameful...
2:57:19
to take pleasure in the little world.
2:57:25
Good food...
2:57:27
gentle smiles...
2:57:31
fruit trees in bloom, waltzes.
2:57:36
My dearest friends,
Im done talking,
2:57:41
and you can take it as you like:
2:57:44
The sentimental ramblings
of an uneducated restaurateur
2:57:48
or the pitiful babbling of an old man.
2:57:51
I don't care.