beating you can leave your wife behind with a child in her womb
The First
It is not as simple as that.
The Second
Such things are not settled so easily.
The First
Come along. You will have to give an account of yourself. [As both bow their heads, he continues softly.] We are God's police. [An expression of glad relief lights upon Liliom's face. He rises from the stretcher.] Come.
The Second
You mortals don't get off quite as easy as that.
The First
[Softly.] Come. [Liliom starts to walk ahead of them, then stops and looks at them.] The end is not as abrupt as that. Your name is still spoken. Your face is still remembered. And what you said, and what you did, and what you failed to do—these are still remembered. Remembered, too, are the manner of your glance, the ring of your voice, the clasp of your hand and how your step sounded—as long as one is left who remembers you, so long is
