:15:02
lt's like you were there.
:15:03
A young fellow too, about your age.
:15:09
Mr. Reve!
:15:10
Luckily l know your face from TV!
:15:13
l'm De Vries.
:15:15
Sorry l'm late, they needed me.
:15:17
You're here, that's the main thing.
:15:20
My car's out there.
:15:23
l thought they had come for me,
to get me.
:15:26
Do your thoughts often
relate to death?
:15:28
Constantly.
:15:31
Thinking of death l cannot sleep and
not sleeping l must think of death.
:15:35
And life flees as it fled and
all being was once created to unbe.
:15:40
Bloem! 1887-1966.
:15:43
You know your poets, don't you?
:15:45
You're not addressing
barbarians tonight.
:15:53
Have you ever appeared for us
in the past?
:15:55
- Not that l recall.
- You recall only pleasant things.
:16:00
Well, our members are all
very interested in literature.
:16:04
Many old fraternity members,
from Leiden largely.
:16:07
Old?! And deaf?
Will l have to speak up?
:16:11
No, the hall has excellent
sound equipment.
:16:15
l've presented the odd thing
there myself.
:16:18
- A bit of a writer yourself?
- Off and on.
:16:21
For pleasure?
:16:23
- l wrote for the alma mater annual.
- And then you keep doing it, eh?
:16:27
One is bound to reflect on life and
death, especially in my profession.
:16:32
Not as profoundly as a
creative artist, of course.
:16:34
No...
:16:49
Shall l take your coat?