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Finally I was courageous enough to show her my love. (They climb into bed together. RUTH is caressing GUNVOR´s hand. She is singing to GUNVOR:)

EVERYONE SHOULD GIVE YOU SO MUCH LOVE AS I´M GIVING YOU.

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO REALLY LOVE AND CARE FOR, AS I DO FOR YOU.

GUNVOR: What time is it?

RUTH:

Hush. Don´t ask.

(To the audience:) ALL IS DARK. ONLY FROM GUNVOR THERE IS A LIGHT.

(RUTH is leaving GUNVOR and changes into a hospital robe, while GUNVOR is singing.)

GUNVOR:

EVERYONE SHOULD GIVE YOU SO MUCH LOVE AS I´M GIVING YOU.

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO REALLY LOVE AND CARE FOR, AS I DO FOR YOU.

Scene 5

(RUTH is a patient in the psychiatric ward of the Ullevål hospital.

RUTH is in bed. She´s sketching and sketching. A fellow PATIENT comes in and sings:)

PATIENT 1:

YOU WERE ALSO A CHILD ON A WOMAN´S KNEE, BUT THE DAYS AHEAD YOU WILL NEVER SEE.

HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH.

RUTH:

(Has stopped sketching:)

WHY IS IT ALWAYS SO DIFFICULT TO LIVE? EVERYTHING SEEMS SO MEANINGLESS. ONLY WHEN I´M SKETCHING OR I´M THINKING OF GUNVOR, I´M FEELING GOOD.