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(RUTH draws. Another PATIENT is entering:)

PATIENT 2:

I HAVEN´T BEEN SLEEPING FOR MANY NIGHTS NOW. I CAN´T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

(PATIENT 1 is staring into the air, crying. RUTH walks over to her and embraces her. PATIENT 3 enters:)

PATIENT 3:

SHE DEMANDED THAT WE ALWAYS HAD TO CALL HER “MUM”. I DECIDED THEN; I AM LEAVING.

(The situation changes.

RUTH is sitting in her bed, writing to her mother and sister. JUDITH is reading the letter:)

JUDITH:

DEAREST DITTL AND MUSCH!

AS YOU KNOW BY NOW, I´M IN THIS WORK-CAMP AT BIRI. AND I LIKE IT HERE.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A GIRL THAT I HAVE MET, GUNVOR. SHE´S A GIRLFRIEND.

RUTH:

Yes, Dittl. You´re right; that was what I was missing.

You must excuse me for writing about her. She means so much to me.

JUDITH:

MY BELOVED DITTL AND MUSCH. TIME IS PASSING BY.

I AM HAPPY WHEN I KNOW YOU´RE HAPPY TOO. Dittl, it pleases me that you like van Gogh. You should definitely read his letters to his brother.

(GUNVOR enters.

GUNVOR and RUTH see each other. RUTH is delighted. Then she discovers that GUNVOR isn´t alone. BJØRG is there too, one of the other girls from the workcamp.)