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SCENE 15 B

(In her room. Night. RUTH is writing in the diary.)

RUTH:

(Writing:) Oslo, November, 1942. Once everything will end and then everything will be good.

It's like a restless trembling in my chest. A grudge: What are you? What do you live for?

Everything I started has been a failure. It is as if it was too late for me, as if my life has been missing something important. The only consolation is to lay a hand on the forehead.

Seek tranquility in ones own pain. LIVING COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD. SO GOOD…

By the way; tomorrow we will see “The Wild Duck” by Henrik Ibsen…

(Music. Knocking on the door. TWO POLICEMEN enter. This is what happens, but the audience cannot hear what is being said:

POLICEMAN: Ruth Maier?

RUTH: Yes.

POLICEMAN: You are arrested. You are allowed to pack the essentials. Move on! We haven´t got all night! )

(RUTH walks slowly around, packing some books and some clothes. She is resigned. THE POLICEMEN are leading RUTH, with her suitcase, towards the door. Then she stops and opens the suitcase - She takes out her diary and leaves it behind.)

RUTH: I will never come back.