:27:03
Work was usually temporary,
with weeks unemployed in between.
:27:08
I filled the time reading
my encyclopedia.
:27:10
It only went up to T,
but I didn't care.
:27:14
I used a dictionary to decipher it.
I absorbed the knowledge pate by page.
:27:23
Meanwhile we increasingly got on
each others nerves.
:27:27
I wanted to leave
and earn my own living.
:27:29
She apparently wanted
exactly the same.
:27:35
It's small, but dry and warm.
:27:41
My son is moving to
the back room.
:27:49
How much?
:27:50
Seven guilders, full board.
:27:53
I'd rather you didn't smoke
in the room.
:27:58
I'm Jan Maan.
:28:06
Jan Maan was a Communist.
A lathe operator who moved in...
:28:10
...after quarrelling with
his parents about his fiancee.
:28:15
Trudy...I met her in a lunchroom.
:28:19
My mother said; Lunchroom?
She lives off tips.
:28:25
Four weeks later
the engagement was off.
:28:28
But Jan Maan always stayed
with us.
:28:39
I looked outside this morning,
:28:41
summer is late this year, madam.
:28:44
No sign of it yet.
:28:51
It could be quite a while.
:28:57
- She never speaks.
- Something between you?