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you understand it, you young people, with the whole world
before you – – and you a man with such a future.
Hein.
You are mistaken, Herr Hausdorfer, I understand very clearly.
If I could bring my poor mother back to you, to us -- my
G od! What would I not give to have her sitting here with us
for one single evening!
Haus.
What would you give?...
(Bitterly)
How much?
Hein.
(Hesitating)
I think – it seems to me I would give my whole future
with everything that I might accomplish in it.
Haus.
Don't be a fool, Heinrich – you don’t mean what you say.
Hein.
If it were a possibility -- if it lay in my power --
Haus.
That's a lie, Heinrich. If you did not have that power --
I know you! I know you all, every one of you, I know what
you are!
Hein.
All of us -- I did not know it was necessary for me to
answer for anyone except myself,