The Marriage Circle
1
A few days - and a
few nights - in Vienna,
still the city of laughter
and light romance.
2
The day starts late, but
gloriously, in the home
of Prof. Josef Stock.
3
"Keep on with your
cruelty - and some
day I'll leave you!"
4
"That's just what you want
- but you'll not get rid
of me so easily."
5
"I'm engaged and waiting
for my passenger."
6
"If you're in a hurry, let
me take you part of
the way."
7
"Oh, sure - you look
beautiful!"
8
Charlotte, whose marriage
to Dr. Franz Braun is
ideal.
9
"You'll get over it
- in time!"
10
"Mizzi, you can't imagine
the perfect happiness of
our married life!"
11
"Don't be silly --
husbands are blind!"
12
"Did you ever see a
man like him!"
13
"That's his favorite
song."
14
"Professor, I never fail
-- you're as good as
divorced."
15
"Mrs. Stock has a fainting
spell, and wants Dr. Braun
to come at once!"
16
"I thought you
were ill."
17
"It's my heart again."
18
"This is Dr. Braun -
Charlotte's husband."
19
"I had another attack
of my heart trouble."
20
"You must take good
care of me."
21
Dr. Gustav Mueller
calls at the Brauns' every
morning, ostensibly for
his partner, but really for
a glimpse of his partner's
wife.
22
"I've never seen
you look so -
so beautiful!"
23
"I might come to your office
some day - when you are
not expecting me."
24
"Anyone who talks so
much can't be sick."
25
"Lucky Devil - to be
so loved by your own
wife!"
26
"I want to teach him
not to throw my roses
away."
27
"It's a very serious
case."
28
"You see - how crazy
my wife is about me?"
29
"I - er - a nervous man
knocked it over."
30
"But I have many
patients!"
31
"Gustav - you're my best
friend. Please - please
console her."
32
With the first quarrel
forgotten, the Brauns give
a dinner party.
33
"We'll never quarrel
again - never!"
34
"You seem greatly interested
in Miss Hofer."
35
"Dr. Schmidt - friend
of mine."
36
"I'm sorry, but I have
important business at the
club - that will keep me
there all night."
37
"He changed the place cards
so he could sit by Miss Hofer
- but I put them back."
38
"Miss Hofer, I'm so
glad to see you."
39
There is more danger
in dancing than in dining.
40
"Get him Mizzi - dance with
him - talk to him - don't
let him out of your sight!"
41
"Your dress!"
42
"I'm afraid you'll be cold!"
43
"Mizzi!"
44
"Where's Franz?"
45
When a big party ends,
small parties begin.
46
"Your behavior with Pauline
Hofer was simply - -
scandalous!"
47
"If you won't believe me -
if you can't trust me -
then I can't stay here!"
48
"Dear, even if I am cross
sometimes - I love you
just the same."
49
"I merely wanted to prove
how frightfully careless your
husband is to leave you
alone in the dead of
night."
50
"How can a husband,
who loves his wife,
neglect her so!"
51
"I love you - I just can't
help it - nobody could!"
52
"Wait - I'm going back
with you."
53
"Come upstairs - and phone
for another taxi."
54
"Don't worry - he'll
come back."
55
"You will not go back."
56
"I cannot live without you!"
57
"Prof. Stock has gone
home."
58
"Josef! I need love!"
59
"- I promised to tell Prof.
Stock the result of the last
chess game."
60
"Pack your things."
61
Then the morning, when
one can't look the sun in
the face.
62
"Get out and leave me
in peace - or I'll tell
my husband!"
63
"I had a terrible dream -
Gustav was kissing me!"
64
"That's what happens -
when you leave me alone."
65
"That is true - but I give
you my word - my visit was
entirely innocent."
66
"I believe you - but nobody
else will and I'm delighted
to have a man of your
standing help me get rid of
my wife."
67
"By the way, Mizzi is at
the Hotel Bristol - since
this morning."
68
"Franz! There's a man
in this - but who?"
69
"Hotel Bristol!"
70
"Confide in me -
who is this man?"
71
"My husband - and
my best friend!"
72
"I'm innocent - I've done
nothing. Here is the
proof!"
73
"Is it my fault that your
husband fell in love
with me?"
74
"I'll mail you a copy."
75
The dreaded end of a
dreadful day.
76
"You must talk to Charlotte
- you are the only one
in whom she has perfect
confidence."
77
"Wait, Franz, my boy - I'll
teach you a lesson, so you'll
never look at another woman."
78
"We had better go in
the back way."
79
"Don't ask my forgiveness -
I'm as guilty as you."
80
"Gustav's kiss was no dream
- it was real - in this room
- in that very chair!"
81
"Tell me - didn't you
return to this room last
night?"
82
"And didn't we kiss
each other?"
83
"Fifty-fifty."
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