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LULU. But not one thing, praise God! SCHÖN. Of that I should be covetous. LULU. Your love for me. (Schön's face twitches, he signs to her to go out in front of him. BUT NOT ONE THING PRAISE GOD OF THAT I SHOULD BE COVETOUS YOUR LOVE FOR ME SHUN'S FACE TWITCHES HE SIGNS TO HER TO GO OUT IN FRONT OF HIM
She wants to paint me. SCHÖN. Misfortune in human guise, that waits upon one. LULU. Couldn't you get away, then? I would so like to drive thru the grounds with you. SCHÖN. Just the day when I must be at the exchange. You know that I'm not free to-day. All my property is drifting on the waves. LULU. I'd sooner be dead and buried than let my life be embittered so by my property. SCHÖN. Who takes life lightly does not take death hard. LULU. As a child I always had the most horrible fear of death. SCHÖN. That is just why I married you. LULU. (With her arms round his neck.) You're in bad humor. You give yourself too much work. For weeks and months I've seen nothing of you. SCHÖN. (Stroking her hair.) Your light-heartedness should cheer up my old days. LULU. Indeed, you didn't marry me at all. SCHÖN. Who else did I marry then? LULU. I married you! SCHÖN. How does that alter anything? LULU. I was always afraid it would alter a great deal. SCHÖN. It has, indeed, crushed a great deal underfoot.  ALREADY CONQUERED BY REASON OR ELSE EXCEPTIONS PROVE THE RULE HEARING LULU COMING HE PUTS THE REVOLVER BACK IN HIS POCKET LULU COMES DOWN RIGHT COULDN'T YOU GET AWAY FOR THIS AFTERNOON JUST WHAT DID THAT COUNTESS WANT I DON'T KNOW SHE WANTS TO PAINT ME MISFORTUNE IN HUMAN GUISE THAT WAITS UPON ONE COULDN'T YOU GET AWAY THEN I WOULD SO LIKE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE GROUNDS WITH YOU JUST THE DAY WHEN I MUST BE AT THE EXCHANGE YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT FREE TO DAY AND MY PROPERTY IS DRIFTY ON THE WAVES I'D SOONER BE DEAD AND BURIED THAN LET MY LIFE BE EMBITTERED SO BY MY PROPERTY WHO TAKES LIFE LIGHTLY DOES NOT TAKE DEATH HARD AS A CHILD I ALWAYS HAD THE MOST HORRIBLE FEAR OF DEATH LULU WITH HER ARMS ROUND HIS NECK YOU'RE IN BAD HUMOUR YOU GIVE YOURSELF TOO MUCH WORK FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS I'VE SEEN NOTHING OF YOU SHUN STROKING HER HAIR INDEED YOU DIDN'T MARRY ME AT ALL I MARRIED YOU HOW DOES THAT OR TO ANYTHING I WAS AFRAID IT WOULD ALTER A GREAT DEAL IT HAS INDEED CRUSHED A GREAT DEAL UNDER FOOT
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