(Magpie laughing.)
Railway by Juhani Aho
(Magpie laughing.)
Good afternoon, dean. -Good afternoon.
Well, how are you, Matti? -Well, not much to tell.
How is the dean?
It is kind of dry weather. -Minus 20 degrees.
Sit down, Matti. There's wood for you.
-I just got up.
20 degrees, you say? -Yesterday it was 30.
-30, you say?
-Are you coming from home? -Well, from there, yes.
I thought we'd pay the rent grain now.
So, if the dean would accept them.
Liisa, too, said that take them -
now so that the dean won't think you're not paying at all.
-There is no hurry.
-If someone could take them. -The caretaker is there.
Matti should come here then. For a cigar.
I guess Matti doesn't know that I'm going to be a station man soon.
-What man? -Station man. -And what is that?
-A station officer who shows the way at the station.
Flag during the day and lantern at night.
White, if you can pass, red, if you have to stop.
It's a good job! -Where are you going to wave that lantern?
-At the Lapinlahti parish!
-Yeah, I guess there is no need for such at our own parish.
-Why would you need one here, the railway is there.
-Railway...
-It goes from Kajaani to Kuopio. You can even travel abroad.
To Helsinki, for example.
-To Helsinki...
Do you need to feed them horses at times?
-No, you don't.
Does Matti know what those railway horses eat?
When they run? -Yep.
-Well, maybe... maybe fine flour?
-They eat firewood!
Firewood...
Why not rocks then!
How is Liisa doing there?
-Thanks for asking. She's fine as long as there's bread and warmth.
-Matti should take Liisa to church more often.
We meet once a summer and then only sometime in the winter.
-I won't tell her no, even if she went twice.
But who'd feed the animals, if Liisa went to church each Sunday?
-Matti should hire a maid to help Liisa.
Matti is wealthy, after all.
-Wealthy, me? I'm so poor that it hurts.
I hear Matti has some loan money, too. -Loan money...
We're on our own and we eke out.
-But Matti should at least take Liisa to see that railway.
-Railway, you say?
How far is that?
-Huru långt är det ti' järnvägen, pappa?
-Does Matti know the Lapinlahti church? -Just det! -Sure, I know it.
But I've never been there. -It goes past there.
They say that you can go even abroad with it.
-You can reach France in 5 days if you make haste.
-Crown's horses have some running to do -
before they get to America.
-You can't get there by railway because of the ocean.
Take a look at this map, Matti.
The Atlantic is this big.
-Did the crown build it. -Yes.
-Sure... Sure, the crown builds such things.
But they say -
that the railway horses eat firewood while running.
-Who said that?
-Well, that caretaker.
-Matti, it is so that ...
the railway doesn't need horses at all.
The wagons run on steam.
Has Matti seen wagons?
-Wagons? For sure. -Yes.
But they are different wagons running on steam.
-I guess they're different.
And a locomotive pulls them.
Steam makes them work, just like a steamboat.
Does Matti understand?
-Well, I do, since the dean has seen it with his own eyes.
-Yes...
Well...
Matti should take some more coffee now.
Matti, too, should see the railway himself.
And take Liisa with you.
Where's Matti coming from?
-From the church, the parsonage.
-Any news? -Nothing special.
-Old peace and old tricks. -Yeah.
Is master Huttula at home?
-He isn't at home. He went to Lapinlahti in the morning.
-I suppose to see the railway.
-I guess he's seen it. I reckon he went to pick up goods.
Has Ville seen the railway already? -Who, me?
I was even building it.
Has Matti seen it already? -Well, what do you think?
How was it?
-It looks like it looks. You should know yourself.
And Matti's got a good mare.
But a locomotive would outrun you, if you raced it.
-It won't when I gallop.
-Well, maybe not at once if you gallop.
-The parsonage caretaker got a job at the railway.
Yeah. He'll be a station man.
I'll go there for other work. -What kind of work?
-A repairman. It doesn't last without repairing.
-Iron surely lasts. -Now iron is the worst of all!
There's always a need for repairmen. The pay is good.
Two marks per day, like during the best haymaking time.
Matti should work for the crown too.
-I reckon not.
-You can't, because your wife won't let you. She must have a temper.
Leave my wife out of this!
Mare, ho!
I doubt you know who's racing you. Huh? Ho!
If only the crown would race us now!
Railway... Yeah! We'd need a bell on the trace!
Oh God, don't run me over!
-Whoa!
-Well, didn't you see me coming! -Give me a ride, good man.
-Oh! It's Matleena. Hop in, there's space for two.
-That old person has to walk in the cold.
The master himself went to drink. Didn't give me a horse or ride.
I can stand back here all right.
Let this be the last time when I massage that dirtbag!
-Where's Matleena coming from?
-Well, from Huttula! They didn't have a horse for the massagist!
-So the master went out. -He left straight from my hands.
Off to the sleigh and to drink! -Did he go to the railway?
-I don't care. That fatso!
Has Matleena seen the railway already?
-No. How would an old person get here and there.
-Matleena should go see it, too.
-Last Sunday folks from three houses -
went by sleigh to the Lapinlahti church to see it.
It must be a miracle.
But Matti should know, surely he's gone there already.
-I've been here and there. And will go again.
-Is it true that they run in the winter as well?
-I guess so. Never seen them in the winter.
-I've been thinking that when God gives the summer, -
I'll visit the Lapinlahti church and see the railway myself.
Greetings to Liisa!
Do you remember? When you see dean's wagon coming to the yard, -
then wave the red flag if the pigs are in the garden.
If you can drive them away, then wave the white one -
so that the dean can keep driving.
Do you remember? Do you remember?
(Bell ringing.)
Can I drive? Can I drive?
Whoa!
Woman, don't wave the red flag, let dean's wagon pass!
-What are you talking about? Who can't pass?
-Don't wave, let dean's wagon pass.
-What wagon?
Matti! You just sleep and let the mare hit the stable corner.
-It wasn't my fault! -What!
-That... that the gate closed itself!
-Are you drunk? And where is your hat?
-On me. -Which end?
There. Now put it at the end where you have ears.
Sleeping in his sleigh so that he doesn't see a thing! -Shut up!
I didn't sleep! -Oh, didn't you!
You were snoring so that snow fell from the trees.
-I didn't snore. Must have been someone else.
-Good God, who else than you? -You snored yourself!
-I...
Heavens!
Matti. My yarns were in the sleigh.
Why didn't you give them to the dean's wife? -I did.
-Did you! They're here.
What is she going to say now?
-Were they urgent?
-Of course they were, because I sent them with you.
-I talked to her for sure, but somehow they escaped me.
-You lose your memory, if you don't wear a hat in the cold.
Now get to the sauna.
(Throws water on the rocks.)
More?
Mmmm.
-More?
Well, some.
That's enough. My head is burning.
-It won't burn. It's frozen.
Why don't you eat?
-I do.
-I got a rabbit today. -Where?
-It was in a trap by the shed.
But I collected the traps at Halloween.
-You didn't, if there was a rabbit there.
With my luck it ran into it.
I wonder what it means? -What?
-When rabbits go to summer traps.
(Wheel spinning.)
Well, did you smoke all that you chopped the day before yesterday?
-Not all, of course...
Just chopping for fun.
There's railway at the Lapinlahti church these days.
-What is there?
-Just the railway.
The Lapinlahti folks had asked it from the crown, -
so that they don't need to ride a horse all year.
-Don't spoil that new broom, I just made it!
Why would you rip it?
-The pipe is clogged. -The old broom is under your nose!
What did the Lapinlahti folks do? -They didn't do anything.
The crown built them a railway.
They can ride it all the way to Helsinki.
Or even America.
-Where? -America.
-Don't try to pull my leg.
-What are you looking at!
Don't believe it then! I'm going to see it for sure.
If you won't come, then don't. I'm not going to ask twice.
-Well, what is that railway then? Nothing.
-Nothing? Women are so silly.
Even a ram is smarter than women.
The railway is nothing. How do you know that? Tell me!
Liisa.
Liisa, come, come. Let me explain.
Railway is railway, and highway is highway.
A highway is made of dirt, but a railway is iron.
And a winterway is winter, and a waterway is water!
Do you think that they ride horses on the railway?
Horses don't need such fancy roads.
So you thought, that horses...
That road is made of iron and sheet metal.
A steamboat, like "Suomela", -
is pulled ashore and lifted onto wheels.
It runs on fire and pulls -
wagons as big as this house. Even bigger.
And it doesn't shake. That's how it is.
Poor Matti, I wonder who has made a fool out of you?
-Nobody. Not now or ever!
-Then you must be telling lies. And that I don't believe!
Is it a lie or the truth?
Dean's wife said so.
Dean's wife? Did you say dean's wife?
And the dean himself.
They went to see it themselves.
-So, dean's wife herself went to see it?
-They said that I should, too.
-Didn't they say anything about me? -They didn't mention you.
It must be a curious construct.
I wonder if I'll get to see it before I die.
But what if you're lying?
When did I ever lie? Tell me!
Finally she believed.
So it is, there's no way around it.
No way around it whatsoever, -
I need to take those yarns to dean's wife today.
Say what you say, but I must.
-What's the hurry?
-They should have been taken a lot earlier already!
And you forgot them, too. What an agent I have.
She is going to weave fabric. Could be this week already.
How will she get yarns if they're still here?
I need to go tonight.
-No, I'm not going again.
-You don't need to, either.
I can go alone, just give me the horse.
-Who'll take care of the cow?
-As if you hadn't done it many times already.
-What if the mare starts galloping and you can't stop it?
-I can drive it as well as you!
And I wouldn't drive so that...
-What? -Nothing.
I really have to leave tonight already.
-Tonight? This late?
Well, if not tonight, then at least early in the morning.
Ho!
Oh lord! Whoa, whoa!
-What? -I forgot the yarns! They are on the bench under the window.
Sit on them, so you won't lose them!
Good afternoon! Greetings from the parsonage!
They told me to tell you. Whoa! Whoa!
Come and help me, Matti! -Why are you driving there!
-I couldn't help it, it just kept pulling!
-You should be able to control the horse at least.
Can you make it, or should I tip the sleigh?
-Here' water for the mare.
It drank already, it's not thirsty.
Well, you don't ask anything.
-It's weird that you came back as early as this.
-I wouldn't have otherwise, but I thought -
that you, poor man, will get lonesome.
Good lord, how I chatted with dean's wife yesterday.
And the dean himself came to the kitchen with his pipe -
and joined us frequently.
-I suppose you'll go back tomorrow? Or should I harness the mare already?
-No, not yet, dear Matti.
But come summer, then we'll go.
And there's no stopping it.
-Where are we going in such a hurry?
-To the Lapinlahti church to see the railway.
That nonexistent railway?
Nonexistent? How come?
-Do you still believe that -
there really could be such a thing?
-But dean's wife's seen it!
-She's been taking you for a fool.
-What about the dean? Has he, too, fooled me? Huh?
-Don't yell! I can hear you! -I'm not yelling!
Are you calling the dean a liar!
-Why did you come to yell here in the stall?
Yell in the cowhouse! I'll handle the horse, you take care of the cow.
Dean's wife said that I should tell you more about the railway wheels.
She forgot to say... -All lies. Don't even tell.
-She told me to...
-Don't speak, I'm not listening.
About those wheels... -Don't speak! I don't believe you!
Yawn...
That was some sleep.
-Yes, indeed. -Yes.
Not much else to do.
If it stays like this, the snow will be gone by Whitsunday.
-Could be.
Now you can't get anywhere from this wilderness.
The forest roads are muddy, can't go there by horse.
And on foot it's no better. I wonder when can you even go?
If there was a railway... From our house to the parish, -
then the frost heave wouldn't matter.
So said dean's wife jokingly.
It'll come to each cottage eventually.
-She looked at me and said -
that if there was a railway -
then Matti and Liisa could go even further for a sermon.
As there are all kinds of preachers. Good and bad, and in between.
-Our own priests are good, the dean in particular. -Sure.
But I've heard that the priest in Lapinlahti is even better.
-Better, huh? I haven't heard of such.
-Better, much more talented.
And they have other good things in Lapinlahti, too.
-What good do they have then?
-Well, they have the railway and all.
-They do.
They have all sorts of things.
-I wish we could once go to hear that gifted priest at Lapinlahti.
-Go there? It is pretty far.
-It's not that far, really. Only a couple of leagues from our church.
-What about the cow?
I guess there's some idle woman in Valkeiskylä, -
who could take care of it.
...and then Matti has cut all... Just go already!
I'll be along.
How can I get across? -Walk on the planks.
But what if I fall? -Then you'll swim.
-Don't... Matti!
Don't leave me!
(Magpie laughing.)
Don't throw the match into dry moss!
The whole forest might burn.
-What's the harm even if it burns, a desolate forest?
-What's the use of burning it?
-Well, I guess no use.
(Magpie.)
Whose cows are those?
-They are Valkeiskylä cows.
Matti, listen. -Yeah?
-Dean's wife told me -
that last summer the railway had hit a cow.
And the cow had split into two. -Must have been high speed.
-It doesn't see. Full speed, even if there's someone in front of it.
-Do you have to stand in front of it? -A cow is slow and silly.
-But what about people?
-Not any better. It will run over them, no matter who it is.
I heard it whistles, and if you don't get out of the way then...
-Does it whistle? -That's what they say.
-Well, then it's your own fault if you get run over.
You should stay further away.
-It can get you from afar.
It had snatched one man, who went too close.
I wonder what's the pull... It sucks you in like rapids.
And then you're finished. -So they say.
-It is no joking matter, that railway.
-Yes, you never know what it'll do if you tease it.
-Whose cow was it? -Which cow?
-The one that was split.
-Must have been from Lapinlahti.
-Where are you going in such a hurry -Oh...
Where? To the church.
-You've taken a backpack full of grub, too.
-We have some business there. Might take until next week.
-At the church?
-There, too, and a bit further.
-I reckon they must going to see the railway.
Some of us don't have idle time for that.
-I guess we... better go.
-Won't you even drop by?
-Nah... I think not.
So... So, goodbye.
-Oh, goodbye. -Goodbye.
Should we head there and then cross the meadows?
That's the straightest route. -The parsonage folks will see us.
They often sit on the stairs in the summer.
-Let them see us, why not?
-They'll invite us in, -
and then you tell the dean that we're headed to Lapinlahti -
to hear that better priest. What would he think?
-Let's tell them that we're -
going to see the railway.
-But what if we won't?
He'd think of us as liars, -
even if he wouldn't say it aloud.
We can visit the parsonage on the way back.
-Which way ever, let's move!
(Chatting in Swedish.)
It's beautiful here.
Oh, Matti and Liisa! -Very well!
Good morning. -Good morning, dean. -Good morning, Liisa.
And Matti, good morning. -And miss. We were just...
Oh, I didn't recognize her, she has grown so much. Hello.
We were just stretching our legs, casually, before the haymaking.
Matti would have wanted to visit you, but I said that we can't.
Where are you headed?
-Not far, to the Lapinlahti road. -So, to Lapinlahti.
-Matti has relatives there in a few houses.
You can even see the church from the stairs, apparently.
They've been inviting us over many times, but we haven't made it before.
Who are your visitors? -Relatives. -From afar?
-From Helsinki. They came by railway.
-Railway...
-I suppose Matti and Liisa will go to see it too, when you're there?
Eh, see the railway? -Yes.
-Hard to say... We hadn't though of that.
We might not have enough time. Need to be back for the sermon tomorrow.
Sermons come and go.
You have to see the railway, now that you're on the move.
You can go the Lapinlahti church, too. -I guess we could, at that.
Even if we have it good here.
-Just go and see the railway.
Should we...? I don't know.
And you have to ride it, too! It costs only half of a carriage ride.
-That's not a lot, is it? Much more affordable than a carriage.
-You will want to ride it when you see how it's like.
-Mamma! -Drop by on the way back. Goodbye.
-Goodbye, goodbye.
Well, maybe we should try it then, when they so say.
Did you have to lie that we are going to see my relatives?
-What would I have said? You should have put it better yourself!
-Come, come... It was good that you said something at least.
-You wouldn't have thought of even that.
You were like a cockroach in tar and couldn't get your mouth open.
Matti! Wait! Not that fast!
Are you tired already?
-I wish we didn't go at all!
-Should we turn back?
-What... What is that there?
How did Matleena come here?
-Oh, Hello! -Hello. -Hello. -From there, the Lapinlahti church.
I started resting my feet a bit.
There's thunder in the air.
-Why did Matleena go to Lapinlahti?
-Why else than to see the railway.
That's all they talk about in the villages nowadays.
It'd be a shame for a massagist if everyone else but her knew it.
Have you been on foot? -How would the poor have a horse.
And the rich won't give you a ride.
Master Huttula headed the same way on his own the same day.
I said I was going, too, in the sauna, but what would the rich care.
He still has fresh bloodletting marks on his broad jaw, -
but this was the last time I massage that fatso. Let him find another massagist.
And where are you headed?
-We were of thinking of visiting the Lapinlahti church.
-Whatever you had planned, -
you'll want to see the railway in any case.
That's what happened to me, too.
-Did Matleena see it? -I did. -How was it like?
-It was quite a monster. Never thought it'd be like that.
And it ran on wheels? -On plenty of wheels.
There is a house where it stops. We started waiting there.
-When did it come?
-A bit before the noon.
You sure better hurry up, if you wish to see it.
-I won't go to the railway at the middle of the sermon. You go alone.
-Well, when will you see it then?
-I don't care if I see it or not, my feet hurt so.
I won't sin because of that thing.
Is it beyond the church?
-More than a Swedish verst from the crossroads.
-That far!
-Where does that road begin?
-Not far from here.
You descend one hill, and then climb another.
The road starts there.
Take a right, this one goes straight to the church.
You'll find it all right.
Are you heading that way? -Well, where would I then?
-Not in the middle of the sermon! Wait! -There's no sermon now!
Come or don't come!
-Good heavens. Matti! Don't leave me! Wait!
Ville walks here like a lord.
-Why wouldn't I, when I'm walking on my own road.
-The crown owns the road, sure, but it's made of our supplies.
-I heard that the railway lords partied and drank the whole night.
They drank. And offered drinks.
-That's why they sleep so late. -When wouldn't they.
-The station officer is still asleep, too.
-Otherwise a good man. -He'd drive you away from the track if he were awake.
-He wouldn't drive us, but someone else he might.
Will it come soon? -Is it coming? -Boy, will it!
I've never seen an old man walk that fast before.
-No wonder, his wife is chasing him.
-Where are you rushing? -This way...
Oh, it's Ville. Hello. -Hello.
Did you come to work for the railway already? -Not quite for work...
Look at the weather. -Look at that.
There's thunder in the air.
-Is Ville heading that way...?
Well, see you later. -Are you hurrying for the train?
-Is it still far?
-You wouldn't slow down even if I perished! -Well, you didn't.
-I couldn't perish, because you were leaving me!
Is this man from the railways?
Could I...? -Don't you recognize him? It's Ville.
Former tenant from Huttula. -Oh, it's Ville. -Hello. -Hello.
I was in such a hurry.
Wouldn't Ville show us the way, in case we don't find it?
-Well, let's go then.
-Are we in a hurry? -Nah. The train will arrive at noon.
Is this it then?
-This is it. The train runs here.
-Eh, that machine?
On these planks? -Not the planks, but the rails.
-How come it stays there? If it's on wheels. -Wheels indeed.
-But... won't it fall off?
-It won't fall at all.
There's such grooves that it won't fall off.
-Yeah...
And you thought that the railway is made of sheet metal.
-I didn't, did I? -You did for sure! Don't you remember?
You were sitting on the bench, chopping tobacco and said that sheet metal.
-It looks pretty flat here.
-There's hills, too, but the train runs around them.
And if you can't go around, then they dig a tunnel throug the hill.
-A-ha.
So there...
-Can you walk here?
-You'll be fined if they find out.
-Now did you have to go there! -Just with my other foot...
You won't fine us, will you? -Nah.
But if the inspector had spotted you... -Yes!
-Did he see us? -I don't think so.
I think he's still hung over.
Looks like a dinner bell.
-No, it's a signal bell. They ring it, when the train leaves.
-I doubt there's a dinner bell here at all?
-You don't need such, every man has their own pocket watch.
-Well... Well...
What did Ville say, who lives here?
-The inspector lives here.
-He's no usual caretaker, is he?
He's a lord like the others.
-Matti thought it's the former caretaker from the parsonage.
-I didn't! They'd never accept him.
He must have lied, when he said he works here. Probably hasn't even been around?
-He's a station man here all right.
-Well, that's no high position, is it?
-At least he himself thinks it is.
-Well, maybe he does...
He's always lied and pulled pranks.
Once he made me believe, and probably believed it himself, -
that the railway wagons are pulled by horses, like other wagons.
And that they eat firewood when running.
That's what he said. -He's like that, yeah...
R...
För... M...
Ä... N...
Män.
För män. Hmm.
Good morning!
(Knocking on window.)
Shoo! Shoo!
Shoo, shoo!
What are you doing, woman? Get lost!
-Can't I be here? Will the place be ruined?
-It will! Can't you hear me?
Leave at once! I'll tell the inspector! Whose wife are you? Answer me!
-I'm a human being, too.
-Leave now, woman!
You will touch something anyway. You can look from afar only.
-I might leave as well.
-That's it! Why did you come here in the first place!
-You look around a little, and get called names!
-Who's been calling you names? -Whatever hag it was!
-What would you say, if I took a little joyride?
-What about me?
-Well, that's what I'm asking. Would you accompany me?
-For a joyride? -Yes. When that railway machine comes, -
let's get aboard and ride a little.
-How much is it? -You can travel to the next station with a mark.
-What do you think? -You go, if you want.
-I don't, but I thought you might.
But if not, then...
-Let's go. How about getting back?
-Just walk back on the rails. -Can you walk there then?
-Who'd see you there in the wilderness?
And it's a good road, you won't get lost.
Here's the ticket money. -Don't hurry yet.
The inspector will collect the fee, but he's still asleep.
-Is it hard to be there in that machine?
-There's nothing to it. Just hold on to the bench and keep calm.
That's how the rules are.
-I guess we'll manage, if we just do like the others.
Yep.
It'll arrive soon. -Good God! Right now?
-In half an hour. You need to pay the ticket now.
(Train whistling.)
You need to show them when asked to.
Sit down, Matti, you'll fall. -I won't fall anywhere.
We'll be fine, as long as we stick to the rails.
-I reckon we'll be fine, just like the others.
-Are there others here, too? -There are some. -How many?
-See for yourself.
Or don't you dare to turn your head?
-Who's that man there? -Where?
-That one, who's looking at us.
-I don't know.
-You don't need to hold on to that bench. You'll be fine.
-That's not what I'm doing. -Then what is it?
-Well, nothing.
-Tickets, please!
-Are you the captain here? -I'm the conductor.
-Where's the captain then? -Never mind, captain or conductor.
Where are your tickets? -Give them, you have them.
Are you taking them away? -Away.
I suppose there's no danger? -What kind of danger?
If the train crashes or hits a cow, as it's going so fast...
These railway lords are a proud bunch! -But he wasn't proud.
You and your cows! -That's what dean's wife said!
-He knows these things better!
-Well, I reckon we're okay, he laughed and all.
Don't peek, Matti.
Where are the master and mistress going?
-We're not masters or mistresses. -You aren't, are you!
I do recognize masters and mistresses.
-You do, don't you?
So, here we're riding just like that.
-Is that so? Just riding like that?
Oh, just riding! Pretty fun, isn't it?
-You seem to be having even more fun.
-A-ha, she thinks that I'm having even more fun. What about the master?
Do you know what this is? For the master.
-You can't tell what there is in anyone's bottle. -Oh, can't you?
The mistress says that she can't tell.
How about a sip, master, so that she'd know what it is?
Or won't she let you?
Won't you take a proper sip?
Where are you from? -Here and there.
Here and there. -All sorts of men.
-Sure! All sorts of men!
-Where are you heading? -Here and there.
You can wander wherever in the summer.
-You must be a journeyman. -That I am, and I travel in the summer.
Well, let's drink. -I wonder if I should?
Shoemaker or tailor? -Clocksmith.
You wouldn't happen to have a clock? We'd fix it.
It sure runs fast, almost makes your ears buzz.
-Ears buzzing. Let's take another.
-Matti, don't drink more. -One for the road.
-One for the ro... ro...
Woohoo!
Now it whistled already! God! You're drunk!
You're drunk! -Quiet, I'm not drunk. Just riding here.
-It's stopping. We have to get off. -Only one station...
-Shut up, you crook! Everyone's getting out already.
-Let's continue to the next station, while we're at it! -No, let's not!
-Now it whistled! -Heavens!
-Let the crown race me with its stallion, when my mare gallops.
-Good God... -Why are you whining when the crown's stallion pulls! Horse!
-Behave yourself, everyone is looking at you! -Let them!
Let them!
And laughing at you.
-Laughing?
-Sit down and stop yelling.
Tickets, please.
Matti, hey Matti! Now he came to check the tickets.
We gave them already. -Those were for the previous station. Now you need new ones.
Why didn't you get off?
-Good lord, we would have, but I couldn't get him moving.
-Is he drunk?
-No way. He's never been drunk. And he isn't now either.
He must have fallen ill somehow.
I reckon the speed must have messed up his head.
-Speed messed up his head. Maybe a stroke. -A stroke!
That pig there keeps yapping! -Hey! Don't call people names.
-No... But it was his fault.
Good God. -You have to buy a ticket anyway.
-How much? -2 marks for two.
-One mark won't do? -No.
-He should pay it, because... Matti, where's your purse?
God damn these drunks on trains. -He isn't always like this.
-Get your hand off. Stand there.
-Poor man has never even touched liquor before.
-Don't step on my toes, you damn drunk!
What was that?
Where are we?
Liisa, I'm sleepy. Where do I sleep?
-Where should I put you now?
Sleep wherever you are.
There's a log for your pillow.
-Liisa...
The first thing you do on the train is getting drunk!
People were looking at us, and I was so ashamed!
You drunk! Wasted our money!
As if we had money to burn! -Be quiet, Liisa.
-You should have been quiet, when I asked. What manners!
And then to sleep next to the station! Swine! Everybody saw you!
-Shut up now. -I'm talking now!
I hardly got a say from you bums, when you yelled so that -
the wagon was about to break! Who told you to be his fool!
I knew this wouldn't end well. You were so drunk!
-Shut up now, woman, before I lose my temper!
(Thunder.)