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 Jerman. They said it well. Listen up – you needn't have announced such ancient news to me. I think I may have as well heard that very comparison about packing already. . . In the morning my head became leaden; my legs were so weighty one would think I'd climbed Everest. This is a bad omen for one who was not born to be a hero, and yet has to present themselves as such, for this is how the world rotates. ..

Lojzka. Why bother, why delay, why wait for them? You recognize how unbalanced you feel today, how sick you feel!

Jerman. Thus I have come and await them – I can out this to you for you share our views – thus I wait. . . For they declared they would move me far away. . . No! Do not conjecture unalike I do. . . I do not tremble, not of fear nor of pain; what is it we name pain? It is lassitude and lassitude only. . . Odium great enough to cover my heart and all of my chest. If only I could cut it through a swift move. . . Think about it: such kindred one to the hero, who is said to have sacrificed his blood, his life standing for belief!

Lojzka. Your hands are shaky.

Worker. Take a look at the window!

Kalander. "Gypsy" faces! Hey, whoever is staring at us from over there, let them come in; they will hear a preach like never before!

Jerman. Do not be this harsh. Had the dark thought reached your mind, let it go. By the evening – when we're healthful and sole – we both shall smile.