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What's he done, anyhow? Any roofer can fix a roof. It's much harder to be a barker in an amusement park.

Liliom, you shall remain for sixteen years in the crimson fire until your child is full grown. By that time your pride and your stubbornness will have been burnt out of you. And when your daughter

My daughter!

When your daughter has reached the age of sixteen ['' bows his head, covers his eyes with his hands, and to keep from weeping laughs defiantly, sadly.'']

When your daughter has reached the age of sixteen you will be sent for one day back to earth.

Me?

Yes—just as you may have read in the legends of how the dead reappear on earth for a time.