:26:04
l thought you might not keep your word.
:26:09
Really, Geert! That's the least l can do.
:26:13
Don't say that. lt's not always easy.
:26:17
Sometimes one can't. Just think back.
:26:20
l was expecting you back in Kessin,
after you'd rented the apartment...
:26:24
and who didn't come? Effi.
:26:28
That was something different.
:26:46
Our life in Berlin is just beginning, Effi.
:26:51
ln April, when we moved in...
:26:53
the season was coming to an end.
:26:56
We hardly had time to pay our calls.
:26:59
And Woellersdorf...
:27:01
the only person we know better...
:27:04
is a bachelor unfortunately.
:27:09
From June onward, everything's dead.
:27:12
The lowered shutters...
:27:15
tell you everything.
:27:17
''Everyone's gone''...
:27:20
regardless whether it's true or not.
:27:25
So...
:27:26
what was left?
:27:29
A chat with cousin Briest...
:27:32
dinner at Hiller's...
:27:33
That's not real Berlin life.
:27:36
But now things will change.
:27:46
l've noted the names of all top officials
who are active enough to entertain.
:27:52
We shall entertain, too.
:27:57
And when winter comes,
the whole ministry should be saying: