A Bright Room Called Day.

Devil Ready?

Ready

Then lights camera action.

Why have you called me

Thank you for coming, I hope your journey was not too long.

Not long, no. I have take up temporary residence in this country. Why have you summoned me?

Friends of mine sensed your presence, wanted to meet you, face to face. This is Agnes Eggling.

Madame, charmed.

And you, you are in films.

uhhhhhh

Can she speak?

Usually.

Good, curing mutes is a messy business. What happened to your eye?

Knocked out by a rifle butt. Hungary 1919.

That I can fix. May I?

Free of charge?

Oh, no, no, never that, never that. A small fee… naturally.

Thanks but perhaps not.

As you wish. Well! So! You have lovely friends Husz. May I go?

Oh, please, not so abruptly. Leave us a souvenir.

What? Stink of pitch that clings for years? Hair snarls? I don’t dispense souvenirs.

Tell us something.

I don’t know anything.

A great mystery. The awful secret of these awful times…

But, really, I know nothing! My ignorance is beyond calculation. It springs from an abysmal font deeper by leagues than the deepest wisdom. I do not know the workings of the universe. I only know myself.

Then, that.

Autobiography. It’s interminable.

Condense it.

Might I trouble the mistress of the hearth with a glass of wine?

MONOLOGUE!!!

… spreading myself around.

Excuse me…Dr. Bloom says that..

No my rejection of invitation is complete. I preserve my wickedness in its pristine condition. It is never touched. I gave birth to myself. laugh

This is not meant of an insult, but is that a little grandiose?

Grandiose? Ah ha ha ha ha ha. That’s good. Ah ha ha ha ha ha. My dear women, you can not begin to understand how grand… the scope of what’s ahead. I sense great possibilities in the modern world. The depths have not been plumbed yet. I haven’t talked so much in years.

Are you really the Devil.

I… My card.

… Importer of Spanish Novelites.

For the time being. Now please, excuse me. I really must go.

Thank you for coming.

Not at all. Take care, Husz. Mind the other eye.

Wait!

What?

I-I…

What?

I just wanted to thank you for coming and welcome to Germany and…

Thank you Madame. And thank you for having me. Most gracious Goodbye.