Flesh and the Devil
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"Raus mit Euch....
Schweinhunde!"
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"Out all night again!"
3
"He'll catch
Himmelherrgottheiland-
teufeldonnerwetter!"
4
"Ulrich von Eltz!"
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"Leo von Harden!"
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"LEO VON HARDEN!"
7
"He is ill, Sir."
8
"We'll see about that
later! Fall out!"
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"He did his best to
turn out, Sir....he
even dressed...."
10
"What's the matter
with you?"
11
"You'd better stay and
nurse him."
12
"Report yourselves under
arrest!"
13
"Never mind, Ulrich...
think of next week!
Furlough...home...
champagne...sleep!"
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"Schwarzburgsonderhausen...
Schwarzburggrudolstadt....
Lippedetmoldt-Hannoveran-
derlein!...Blankenburgamharz!"
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"Leo...my dear son!"
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"Little sister...how you've
grown!"
17
"You may kiss my hand,
Herr Baron."
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"I'll eat you in two
small bites!"
19
"She must be one of the
guests arriving for the
ball at Stoltenhof."
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"There's our 'Isle of
Friendship,' Leo."
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"Leo, have I offended
you?"
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"That's only Schmitz
Island. Why do you
call it 'The Isle of
Friendship?'"
23
"When we were boys,
and Hertha was a
little girl...."
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"By this rite of blood we
are united...in riches
and in poverty...in love
and in sorrow...in life
and in death....."
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"...in undying friendship...
forever...and ever!"
26
"Foolishness! You might have
got blood-poisoning!"
27
"I'm going to the ball
tonight, too."
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"I'm almost as tall
as you."
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"It's mean of you to
treat me as if I were
a baby."
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"How old are you?"
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"I am sixteen."
32
"Well...almost sixteen."
33
Halewitz Castle...Leo's
ancestral home.....
34
"See you at the ball
tonight!"
35
"Beloved young master,
your humble retainers have
humbly gathered to bid
you a humble welcome.
Since feudal times your
humble retainers have
humbly tried....."
36
The ball at Stoltenhof
opened the social
season.....
37
"Good evening, Pastor
Voss....."
38
"I christened these boys
separately...but since
then I've never seen
them apart!"
39
"I've had enough! I just
looked at a girl and she
was twins!"
40
"Fraulein Hertha, may
I have this dance?"
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"Leo, I've saved the first
dance for you."
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"Who...are...you?"
43
"What does it matter?"
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"I'm going to see you
again....often."
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"Perhaps....."
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"You are...very beautiful."
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"You are...very young."
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"You know...when you
blow out the match...
that's an invitation to
kiss you.....?"
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The tragic, unquestioning...
amusing love of youth.
No one had ever loved
before...Leo was sure of it.
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"One more day, Leo.
How can I let you go?"
51
"In five months my
service expires...then
we shall be together
always."
52
"So that you may not
forget me."
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"Forget you? Not while
I live...not if I die!"
54
"This is Count Rhaden...
my husband."
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"Leo von Harden...at
your service."
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"Leo...my only excuse
is...I love you!"
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"My seconds will call
upon you in the
morning."
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"No scandal must touch
my name! A dispute at
cards will serve as my
excuse for killing you!"
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"Leo, this is insane...you
can't shoot each other
over a few hasty words
in a game of cards!"
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"Leo...if we should be
seen together....."
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"I had to see you
again...and we'll never
meet anyone here
who knows us."
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"How long shall you
be gone?"
63
"The military court
advised me to enlist
in the African service
for five years....."
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"Five years...without
you."
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"Take me with you, Leo."
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"I know it's impossible...
but I'm afraid to face
those lonely years."
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"When you come back,
Leo....I'll be waiting."
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"Good evening...Leo."
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"Good evening...Pastor."
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"All because of an angry
word at cards....."
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"Felicitas von Rhaden is
now a widow...alone...
unprotected...and I
am responsible....."
72
"Go to see her. Help her
and console her."
73
"You would have gone
away without bidding
me goodbye!"
74
"I am here on behalf of
my dearest friend....
Leo von Harden."
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"Is there anything I can
do....to lighten your
grief.....?"
76
"If you should ever need
anyone to advise you...
to help you....."
77
"Forgive me for mention-
ing it...I don't know
your circumstances...
but if ever you should
need money....."
78
"...I am rich...and my
purse is Leo's."
79
"You are very kind. It
is good to know...that
in case of need...there is
someone to befriend me."
80
"...and you haven't told
mother I'm coming?"
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"Welcome home, Herr
von Harden."
82
"Leo, let me present you
to...my wife."
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"I didn't write you...
I wanted you to meet
Felicitas...before I told
you...."
84
"...she has freely forgiven
you for that tragic
duel....."
85
"When you know Felicitas
better, you will love
her, too."
86
"Herr von Harden is
undoubtedly weary.
We'll drive him home,
Ulrich."
87
"Countess Eltz is very
kind....."
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"I think I would rather
greet my mother....
alone."
89
"Two more years, and
our Leo will come
back to us."
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"It would make me very
happy if you and Leo
were to fall in love and
marry."
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"I shall never marry.
I shall go into a
convent."
92
"Wasn't that little
Hertha?"
93
"She came to live with
me the day Ulrich
married."
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"Why did she run away?"
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"She is a young lady
now...and she wasn't
dressed."
96
"...you'll find everything
the same....nothing
changes here."
97
"....nothing changes...."
98
"Come into the garden,
dear....your brother
wants to talk with Leo."
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"Leo, is it so difficult
for you to meet von
Rhaden's widow?"
100
"If Felicitas can forget
that tragic duel for
my sake....can't you
forget it, too?"
101
"I know how much you
care for him, Leo....
but you are right....
you must give up his
friendship."
102
"Because....you still
love her!"
103
"My boy, when the devil
cannot reach us through
the spirit...he creates a
woman beautiful enough
to reach us through the
flesh."
104
"Once before that woman
led you into temptation....
and you sinned...."
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"Aren't you afraid of
what she may do to
you a second time?"
106
"Yes, Pastor....I am
afraid."
107
"Promise me you'll never
see her again."
108
"I promise...nothing!"
109
"You wished to see me?"
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"And you have not
wished to see me...
Leo?"
111
"Don't judge me, Leo...
you left me all alone...
and Ulrich was so kind."
112
"That's all over now,
Felicitas...and forgotten."
113
"Not forgotten...you still
wear my ring."
114
"Leo....why do we
pretend? I love you...
and you love me...."
115
"But I can endure the
pain of seeing you day
by day...if it will make
Ulrich happy."
116
"Leo...you must come
back to him...you must!
He needs you!"
117
"Come today, Leo."
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"Leo...you have forgiven
us?"
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"This will be a happy
surprise for Felicitas."
120
"I am glad you have
come. Ulrich has
missed you greatly."
121
"To our...undying friend-
ship! And may nothing
ever separate us three
again."
122
"The text of my sermon
this morning will be....."
123
"My sermon this morning
will be: 'David hath
done evil in my sight,
and his deed stinks
before Heaven!'"
124
"For David hath seduced
Uriah's wife!"
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"And David hath slain
Uriah....so that the
woman might tarry
with him!"
126
"And I found David not
repenting in sackcloth
and ashes....!"
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"...but flaunting his sin
in public places...and
on his right hand was
Uriah's wife!"
128
"Yea, David, thou hast
broken the Lord's holy
commandment....!"
129
"....and a fire from
Heaven shall consume
thee....!"
130
"...thee and that woman
who sits in sin by thy
side!"
131
"Jesus, Bread of Life...
grant that we come to
this, Thy table, not in
vain...nor to the injury
of our souls."
132
"I've said a thousand
times that I hate to
have people messing
about my desk!"
133
"Aren't you ashamed
of yourself?"
134
"Ever since you've been
home you've acted like
a surly old bear!"
135
"But I, for one, am not
going to put up with
it any longer!"
136
"You haven't been over
since Ulrich went to
Munich. Why?"
137
"There was no reason
to come....with Ulrich
away."
138
"I tried to stay away...
I fought...I prayed...
I lied to myself...."
139
"But in the end, I had
to see you."
140
"Don't cry, please....
you know I can't bear
to see you cry."
141
"But I must talk with
you, Leo....or I can't
go on!"
142
"Not here...not alone."
143
"Leo, if you stay away
from me, I can't go
on with Ulrich."
144
"You shall go on!"
145
"You'll have to carry
me back."
146
"Felicitas...why do you
make it so difficult
for us?"
147
"We must be honest
with Ulrich...and I am
afraid of myself...and
of you."
148
"But are we honest with
Ulrich now...when we
love each other?"
149
"And we came together
again only for Ulrich's
happiness!"
150
"And now look at us!"
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"This is the end, Felicitas!
I can blow out my
brains or run away!"
152
"If you die, I'll die with
you! I'll never be parted
from you again!"
153
"But why not go away?
Isn't it only false
happiness we're giving
Ulrich now?"
154
"...at least we wouldn't
be hypocrites...."
155
"But can you face
ruin....disgrace?"
156
"I can face anything....
with you!"
157
"We'll go tonight,
Felicitas!"
158
"Watch for him. When
he comes...bring him
up here."
159
"The master has come
home!"
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"Show him up here.
Be very quiet."
161
"You aren't dressed or
packed?"
162
"You're not going?"
163
"Leo...I love you...love
you! But I'm not brave
enough to leave all this.
We needn't run away..."
164
"You mean...stay here...
in Ulrich's house....
faithless to him?"
165
"But....if we love each
other....?"
166
"What are you doing
here?"
167
"He's mad...mad! He
broke in here....and
when I wouldn't go
away with him...he...."
168
"She's telling the truth...
the truth! Shoot me
down!"
169
"We'll meet in the
morning, when you
can defend yourself."
170
"Where?"
171
"On the 'Isle of Friendship,'
Leo."
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"Leo and Ulrich have
gone to kill each other!
And you are the only
one who can stop
them!"
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"I....what can I do?"
174
"You can tell the
truth!"
175
"You must stop them
for your own sake!
Can you have this on
your soul?"
176
"Is there anything....
anything...I can say...to
make you understand?"
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"Father in Heaven...you
must hear me...!"
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"....Father....Leo and
Ulrich...their friendship...
so sacred....."
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"Father...I love Leo...
and I am so helpless...
helpless....."
180
"...if Leo dies, Ulrich will
be lost! Father in Heaven,
hear my prayers...open
her eyes!"
181
"I shall count three.
After that we fire at
will."
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"Leo, defend yourself.
I shall shoot to kill."
183
"Leo, everything is
suddenly clear to
me...as if a veil had
lifted...."
184
"I know...I felt it too..."
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"....I understand now....
the duel with Rhaden....
Felicitas...you! I understand!"
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"Ulrich...my friend...
my friend!"
The End
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