HAAAA...
I FEEL DIZZY.
THE INTENSE LABOR...
...AND TENSE ATMOSPHERE...
MUST BE STRESSING ME OUT.
...THERE.
HAA...
HEY THERE. ARE YOU OKAY?
WHO--
I WAS WORRIED SINCE YOU WEREN'T GETTING UP.
OH...
I'M FINE. JUST A LITTLE DIZZY...
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.
UMM, WELL...
YES?
I WAS JUST WONDERING...
DO YOU HAPPEN TO REMEMBER MARTIN?
THE MAN WITH THE GUNSHOT WOUND IN HIS LEG.
YOU CHANGED HIS DRESSINGS A FEW DAYS AGO.
AH...YES. I REMEMBER.
DID SOMETHING HAPPEN...?
MY NAME IS JUSTIN.
I'M MARTIN'S COWORKER.
I SEE...
I'M ANNETTE.
I WAS HOLDING HIM DOWN AT THE TIME.
DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM.
ARE YOU BUSY?
I'M FREE. WHAT IS IT?
HAAA.
HE HASN'T BEEN WELL DUE TO TRAUMA.
HE'S GOTTEN VIOLENT...
AFTER FIGHTING IN THE TRENCHES.
...IT MUST BE *SHELL SHOCK.
*shell shock a type of post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers who partake in combat. one of the symptoms is an unblinking, dazed state.
YES. WHILE IT'S EXPECTED OF ALL BATTLEFIELDS,
MANY OF MARTIN'S COMRADES WERE WOUNDED OR KILLED IN THE TRENCHES.
BUT YOU KNOW HOW FIRST AID IS DIFFICULT DURING COMBAT.
IN THE TRENCH...
THEY HAD NO CHOICE.
THE MILITARY SURGEON SEDATED A SOLDIER AND AMPUTATED HIS LIMBS.
MARTIN WATCHED IT ALL UNFOLD.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL,
BUT HE GREW AN EXTREME FEAR OF BEING SEDATED.
HE THOUGHT THE SAME THING MIGHT HAPPEN TO HIM.
I SUPPOSE YOU HEAR THIS KIND OF THING ALL THE TIME.
...I CAN'T DENY IT.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT YOU.
THEY SAY YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE,
THAT SOMETHING COULD GO WRONG AFTER YOUR TREATMENT.
EVEN THAT YOU WERE ONLY AT THE FRONT LINES TO SAVE FACE.
AT FIRST I DIDN'T CARE MUCH,
BUT NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT TRUE.
I APOLOGIZE IN MARTIN'S STEAD FOR HIS WORDS.
IT MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT HE'S NOT NORMALLY THAT KIND OF PERSON.
NORMALLY.
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH SOMEONE'S ROOTS? THEIR BACKGROUND? LIFE EXPERIENCES?
NORMALLY...
...WHAT KIND OF PERSON AM I?
IS YOUR FACE OKAY?
THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
Episode 40
MISS ANNETTE ROZENBERG.
THERE'S SOMEONE LOOKING FOR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT?
AH...
IT'S PROBABLY HIM.
WHERE DID HE WANT TO SEE ME?
I WILL LEAD THE WAY.
EVEN IF I REFUSE, HE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO FORCE ME TO GO.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE WON'T KEEP REQUESTING TO MEET ME...
...PLEASE DO.
I SHOULD MAKE SURE WE DON'T CROSS PATHS.
HE IS JUST BEYOND THE CHURCH COURTYARD OVER THERE.
...THANK YOU.
WHY?
WHAT DOES HE WANT TO SAY AFTER ALL THIS TIME?
...YOUR CHEEK...
THERE'S...
IT'S JUST A SCRATCH.
...FROM WHAT?
JUST WHILE WORKING.
YES, BUT WHO--
IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE.
...ARE YOU SAYING...
YOU DIDN'T ORDER MY RELOCATION, COMMANDER?
COMMANDER.
...WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?
BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON FOR THE MILITARY TO BE INVOLVED...
WITH THE MATTERS OF A CIVILIAN NURSE LIKE ME.
YOU SPEAK AS IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH IT.
PLEASE REVOKE THE ORDER.
I WISH TO RETURN TO THE FRONT LINES.
...RETURN?
YES.
...WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT?
PARDON?
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOU VOLUNTEERING AS A NURSE.
BUT WHY THE FRONT LINES?
DID YOU FORGET OUR CONDITIONS FOR A DIVORCE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
...YOU SAID...
YOU SAID YOU'D LIVE...
OH.
TELL ME YOU'LL LIVE IF I DIVORCE YOU.
...DID I...?
PLEASE, ANNETTE...
I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT AS A PROMISE...
...YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER, DO YOU?
I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH FALSE HOPES. ONCE AGAIN.
Annette, feeling dizzy at the military hospital, meets Justin, the coworker of Martin, who was wounded in the leg. Justin explains Martin's fear of being put to sleep after becoming prone to violence from trench trauma, relays the rumors about Annette, and apologizes. Afterwards, Annette meets the commander who was looking for her in the churchyard and asks for her transfer order to be revoked so she can return to the front; a tense conversation follows over the terms of their divorce.
