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One has to have demands for a relationship. One has to love each other unconditionally.

RUTH:

I´d only have one who could save me from masturbation. C’est tout! (i.e. ” That's it!”)

(They laugh. And out of that laugh, RUTH is singing:)

RUTH:

ONE HAS TO LOVE EACH OTHER UNCONDITIONALLY... ALL THE DAYS GET BRIGHTER WHEN YOU´RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE.

SCENE 4

(RUTH is isolated in a separate light. She´s having a nervous breakdown. She´s holding on to her head, intensely, as if she is screaming. Then complete silence.)

RUTH:

Gunvor helped me when I got ill. I´ll never forget her for that. She went with me to see the doctor. It didn´t surprise me; the cause was a kind of illness on my mind.

DEBILITAS NEVROSA.

That´s what you get for having done the latin course!

IT´S LIKE I’M WALKING ON THE EDGE OF SOMETHING HOLLOW...

IMMENSELY DEEP... AND I MUST TRY TO BALANCE SO THAT I´M NOT FALLING. I am going to the hospital tomorrow.

(GUNVOR enters, embracing RUTH.)

RUTH:

NOW I´M DOING FINE.

(Speaks to the audience:)