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The Magistrate
And your last name?
Liliom
Zavocki—after my mother.
The Magistrate
Your age?
Liliom
Twenty-four.
The Magistrate
What good did you do on earth? [Liliom is silent.] Why did you take your life? [Liliom does not answer. The Magistrate addresses The First.] Take that knife away from him. [The First does so.] It will be returned to you, if you go back to earth.
Liliom
Do I go back to earth again?
The Magistrate
Just answer my questions.
Liliom
I wasn't answering then, I was asking if
The Magistrate
You don't ask questions here. You only answer. Only answer, Andreas Zavocki! I ask you whether
