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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