"José!" "José!" "Come her e." "What are you doing there?" "Have you seen Dad?" "He must be at the small house." "I went by but he's not there" "Aren 't you wearing a costume?" " No way." " Get down from ther e." "Help me." "Climbing trees is for boys." "All nice things are for boys." "And ther e's more." "Miss..." "Adela, a lady doesn't sit like that." "Why aren't you wearing a costume?" "Always showing off!" "Pablo, your son must study." "He wasn 't born to plow the land." "Who am I?" "A wolf?" "Aladin 's lamp?" "Prince charming?" " The sun." " Dad." "José, it's been so long!" "The carnival in which I made you so angry... seems so distant." "That sunny morning near the Centennial..." "Meanwhile, grandma looked after our destiny." "If it were for you the poor kids... would fr eeze to death." "Only six months fr om our Centennial." "The strikes and social unr est... want to take us to a state of war." " How exaggerated!" " The press says so." "What's Adela doing?" "I don't know." " God, how clumsy!" " Don 't worry." "No, it's ok." " What ar e you doing?" " Poetical justice." "It wasn't a good sketch." "They brought this letter for you." "Love letter must be read alone!" "Put some flowers for the virgin." "Carmen, are you crazy?" "Wait for him here!" "Don 't show him your anxiety." "You look lovely." "Juan Ignacio, we'r e here." "We didn't hear you arrive." "Good afternoon." "Sorry, I'm late." "Buenos Aires is a chaos." "I have bad news." "Colonel Falcon was murder ed." " Good God!" " A reprisal... for the killing of workers on May 1." "That meeting wasn 't authorized." "What could the colonel do?" "Naturally, madam..." "but as you see..." "What next?" "Hipólito." "Please." "Go with your sister and Juan Ignacio." "They shouldn't be alone." "Juan Ignacio, this isn't right" "Later I 'feel sorry." "At the Sumaran's picnic you said you'd change." "Wednesday in Buenos Aires." "Say you'll visit my cousin Beba." "We can be alone." "What are you saying?" "Who do you think am I?" "I 'm fed up of you Carmen!" "Carmen!" "Have you read "The idiot prince"?" "I 'm the only idiot her e!" "What are the girls doing?" "They'r e playing." "Maria Antonia is very elegant." "Too elegant, insuitable for a single girl." "She's marrying next month." "A bride doesn't touch her apparel until the honeymoon." "We must remind Carmen." "Maybe ther e's no need." "She quarrelled with Juan Ignacio." "Quarrells between fiancées." "Nonsense." "Don 't you know?" "Grandma hates the Tigre." " Is she afraid?" " Phobia." "Must be because of the english girls... who drowned with their boyfriends" "They didn 't d rown with their boyfriends" "They did, too!" "I wish it were true." "It would be more romantic." "Ar e you thinking of drowning with J. Ignacio?" "Don 't be silly." " Who is he?" " José, the gardener's son." "Don 't tell me!" "Eugenia, if I were to define you..." "I 'd say you are a woman staring trough a window." "Don 't deny it." "He's crazy about you." "I haven 't seen him in two years." "If Juan Ignacio knows I 've seen him, I'm dead!" "It was a coincidence." "He doesn 't teel you all he does." "Juan, put away de bikes." " I'll go inside." " H urry." "Alone, you can lie better." "What did you mean by "He doesn't tell you all he does"?" "My cousin Augusto the "distracted scholar"." "Don 't pay any notice." "Juan Ignacio didn 't come alone." "See if he didn't bring some fool." "She's Eugenia, the sentry." "Nice to meet you." "What's new?" "Arion races on sunday at Maroñas." "Then, you're r eturning to Montevideo." "And you?" "I haven 't left the house all day." "Lovely... do you live here all year r ound?" "Since grandfather died." "Grandma left her house in town." "Before, this was only for summers." "That's Adela, the eldest." "Sorry... you wer e saying?" "Befor e, this was a summer house." "What kind of tree is that?" "A fool" "I meant a "jacaranda"." "A word with 4 "A"." "Do you know how to unsaddle the horse?" "I used to do it before." "Maybe you forgot." "With all you've learned about curtains and tricks." "Don't laugh." "I've also learned other things." "There are no horses in "Rigoletto"." "I've heard the soprano neigh." "There are horses on a tapestry." "Yesterday, while I was in Buenos Aires... someone went through my sketches." "Dad 's books were always kept there." "A break-in." "Would you clean my boots?" "Why not?" "It's OK, don't worry." "I was the last photo they had taken." "Eugenia and I wer e at school in S witzerland." "They had left the little ones with Grandma." "The accident ocurr ed between Geneva and Lausanne." "It must been terrible for you." "Quite." "We felt rather important... dealing with the paperwork." "They adored each other." "They lived a permanent honeymoon." "It's amazing!" "You speak so naturally of death." "Our society proscribes man's major problems." "Madness, passion, death." "I hadn't thought of that." "I always thought your father owned the horses." "I have my own." "They race with my colours." "Your colours?" "How exciting." "Which colours?" "Gold, with a red stripe." "I love it." "What 's he talking about?" "Races." "You must talk about a man's inter ests." "Do you know about races?" "Nothing." " Adela, sing." " Can you sing?" "Very well." "Sing the song Marcelo brought you." "How's work?" "Take a look." "And the Centennial?" "Fatal... we think we'r e the centre of the world." "Does your mother understand the lyrics?" "My mother only knows what suits her." "Let's go, Victorino." "What's wrong?" "Don't you r ecognize me?" "I do." "Jose with the season flowers." "They're for Carmen, not for you." "Your father made nicer bouquets." "They're gorgeous." "Marcelo says not to use artificial Camelias." "You'll look like Traviata." "He'll make you a bouquet." "He's so nice." "Where will you spend New year's Eve?" " Here, or in Buenos Aires?" " I'll work here." "Greedy, as usual." "Light the oven, Juliana." "I'll wash my hands." "Yrigoyen is right." "First the election law must be approved." "There's no time to call the congress." "The Centennial is almost her e." "If things don't improve now, they never will." "Imagine a country with fourteen intervened states." "It's an embarassment in Eur ope." "You people don't want to lose power." "You don't care about election frauds." "Who are we?" "The ones who believe in Argentina?" "The ones who work for the progress of our country?" "We all want the same, Juan Ignacio." "Although some are weak." "Since I arrived, I only hear that expr ession." ""This country is going upwards"." " Like boiled milk." " Or a clogged W.C." "You'r e too much, Marcelo." "You spend your life in Paris, Deauville, Rome." "And when your're back... you know mor e about the elections than we do." "You're right, mom." "Let's speak of something else." "Sorry, Juan." "I didn't want to upset you." "Be careful." "The poor guy is consumptive... although nobody says that word here." "Don't expect anything fr om them." "Their grandfather screwed me and never gave me a cent." "Take the tray." "Where's Adela?" "In her room, as usual." "One of her extravagances..." "You stained yourself." "Pig!" "I'm always staining myself." "You r emember New Year's Eve in Rapallo?" "The others wer e married and I was alone." "You were the only one at my side." "Although you were always travelling." "But I came back, right?" "I'll fetch the glasses." "I know the house better than you." "Mom kicked me out when I was seven... because she was jealous." "Eugenia kept the glassses for an occasion... that will not come." "You never know." "When I was 14 and in love with you." "I never dreamt I'd celebrate with miss Adela." " Don't call me miss Adela." " Ok, miss Adela." "Aren't we toasting?" "Eugenia won't miss this glass." "Until sunday, Augusto." "Happy new year." "Take care of Hipolito." " You can't come her e." " We must talk." " Here?" " Yes." "I'm going away." "What?" "May I?" "And that notebook?" "Ideas about Argentina and our class." "You never talk of such things." "No, other people overwhelm me." "Will you let me read it?" "I'm about to publish a book." "I'd like to dedicate it to you." "To me?" "You dedicate a book to someone famous..." "Or the person you cherish." "I'm sorry." "Of course... a dedication must not be compulsory." "I'dont deserve yours." "I wouldn't understand the book." "I'd be pleased if you didn't burn it." "I wouldn't know how to appreciate your feelings." "What are you staring at?" "Let's go for a walk." " Who'll go with us?" " Nobody." "What for?" "I love you" "Why aren't you going to the beach?" "Because of Carmen's wedding." "Grandma doesn't want to be away from Marcelo." "Better for us." "Is the singer as ugly as this drawing?" "I must go to the theatre." "When they start making sets and costumes." "Does it mean you'll be leaving?" "Sooner or later." "How soon?" "As late as possible." "Carmen is capable of playing a good r ole... at your side during the the Centennial festivities." "The six months you'll spend in Europe will help you forget that "lady"." "I love your granddaughter for what she's worth." " I can assur e you." " I have no doubts." "The division of your father's estate has been done." "You must know his stepdaughters." "But if you insist with that disgraceful relationship... which Carmen must never know about..." "I demand that for her own good... you do not recognize any kids you have out of wedlock." "Do you agree?" "I give you my word." "I'll sign any document you wish." "Thanks." "A gentleman's word is enough." "Shall we call Carmen?" "When I was young I had thr ee boyfriends." "Or "dragons" like grandma called them." "I did with them as I pleased." "Like waking them at midnight... and for cing them to light a bonfire?" "One left me because he said I gave him bad ideas." "I could say the same, but I love bad ideas." "The other one was an idiot." "He gave me my first kiss." "It's not true." "I gave you your first kiss." " You're mad." " That carnival afternoon." "You didn't kiss me." "You scared me." "You looked like the devil." "Sometimes you are." "Of course." "I kissed you and you hardly noticed." "That's typical of the devil." "This time you noticed." "Why didn't you knock?" "I want the piano keys." "The piano will remain closed for two months." "It's because of aunt Angelica's death." "You didn't speak to her in 15 years." "Now you mourn her?" "That's nonsense." "Let me work." "You solve everything with the word "nonsense"." "Ther e are words you never looked for in the dictionary." "Which ones?" "So many!" "Consideration, respect." "Tenderness." "You go on, Eugenia." "I'm going to pray." "Don't you realize you're a slave?" "The summer was coming to an end... and the last rays of sun took Jose away." "In the empty house I thought I heard his steps." "His music... the deaf rumor of this brushes... painting my features." "What are you saying?" " Next week you go to a clinic." " Are you punishing me?" "It's for your own good." "No more arguments." "She doesn't let me choose where to die." "I was so afraid I'd never see Jose again... that I was almost indiffer ent to other people's pain." "I only wished to see him in Buenos Aires." "How?" "Uncle Mar celo?" "Yes, Uncle Mar celo." "You made a mistake." "I won." "You also whistle?" "It's the most beautiful love song." "That's what Hipolito says." "Some years ago I made a free translation." " It wasn't at all bad." " Do you r emember it?" ""I want to know what love is"" ""This pleasure, this tr embling..."'" ""I don't know what I feel inside my soul"" ""It's a strong wind and a sweet calm"" ""It's a wild and tender wish"" ""suddenly it's heaven"" ""suddenly it's hell"" " What's wrong?" " Nothing." "You r eproach me and don't let me answer." "I did n't come to complain, only to see you." "That's the pr oblem with you people." "You don't understand people who work." "The gardener son's pride!" "The one who dirtied the porch with muddy shoes." "He was sweeter." "Mor e..." "Mor e respectful towards miss Adela?" "Let me go!" "Go back to work." "I have no choice." "The theatre has stiff rules." "Me too." "I never wanted to depend on nobody's love." "What's wrong with me?" "I don't want this." "Adela, if you think I don't need you..." " What's wrong?" " Someone is there." "I'm leaving." "I have a dinner at Carmen's." "I'll come to fetch you." "Sorry, I'm nervous." "Tita Ruffo wants to use her own costumes." "What's wrong?" "Other openings weren't so bad." "I don't like being spied at." "It's an honour to unite with a family... with such a noble tradition in our country... and accept Juan Ignacio as a grandson." "Such a gentleman, and so much in love." "To Carmen and Ignacio." "To their happiness." "This empty chair must be mine." "Grandma, order them to serve me champagne." "May I offer a toast?" "As the jews says..." "To life." "You don't toast to life?" "To life." "To my life." "Today I discovered I have six months left." "At least I won't miss the C entennial." "Enough, Hipolito!" "But I don't want to wait for what heaven decides." "It's his imagination." "Doctors says he's Ok." "He drinks too much." "Are you crazy?" "We must not quarrel again." "You feel bad... and I don't feel any better." "Not here." "Yes, here." "What's that?" "A book Augusto just published." "Is it a novel?" "The Argentine Patriciate." "Since when do you read without glasses?" "Give me that book which you caress like a baby." "What a comparison!" "A baby has a soul." "Give me the lens." "There's is a dedication here." "To Eugenia with all my admiration." "Admiration?" "The bride, wearing a dress made by Henriette... entered the church escorted by Hipolito." "I can't imagine life without you." "Neither can I see myself with you in the futur e." "Those who ar e born poor have ambitions... but also fear." "They've taken Hipolito again." "Calm down... you'll see him in Buenos Air es." "And you?" "I'll never leave you." "Never." " Good Morning Sir." " Good morning." "Madam has r eturned from mass and is heaving breakfast." "Ok." " As always." " Yes Sir." " Hello mother." " Hello!" " How are you?" " Fine." " How's the weather?" " Ideal." "I hope it doesn't rain." "It will stay good." "May is a wonderful month." "God protects Argentina, right?" "Don't laugh." "We'll have a glorious C entennial." "In spite of the anarchists..." "Is like you've said." "God pr otect us." "It's not a favour." "We earned it." "Those who like your father and I... have struggled for this country's prosperity." "It's greatness, it's catholic faith... and that "chic" elegance." "You forgot the newspaper in your room." " What's the news?" " Everything OK." "The spanish princess arrives tomorrow." "Clemenceau and Mar coni are in Buenos Aires." "Ideal!" "I wanted to see you before the opening." "To wish you luck." "Don't worry." "If you see a happy woman, it's me." "Nothing." "In spite of Rigoletto, I'm happy." "I'm making a list of ways to commit suicide... without leaving this room." "I've thought of 19." "This isn't a T.B. Clinic." "It's a prison." "I'll get you out." "I feel responsible." "You were thinking about something else." "Your heart." "You ar e in love with Jose." "There must be no secrets between us." "Our family is poisoned with secrets." "I never could tell anybody except him." "I love him." "And ther e's something even he ignores." "I'm expecting his son." " Lemon?" " No, thanks." " Milk?" " Only a drop." "Regarding the 5 o'clock tea." "Argentines are stricter than the british." "You say so in your book." ""We are a mimetic society"" "This "mimetic" thing makes me think about monkeys." "So you've read my book." "Of course." "We r ead everything her e." "Except the index, of course." "Besides you ar e almost part of the family." "You honour me." "We all thought you liked Adela." "But it wasn't so, even Eugenia was surprised." "Maybe she was blind... or perhaps you've fallen in love with the family." "Adela has so much energy, she's so independent..." "Adela has so much energy, she's so independent... not always the first choice is the most adecuate." "Adecuate?" "I like the term." "At my age one is tir ed of Romeos." "Calm." "We all like you here, you know it." "There's only one problem." "I was surprised by what I read." "Not because of your talent, of course." "I can't understand how you could... think... those lies about your own social class." "You'r e sick, Augusto." "And you don't want my germs to infect your family." "Augusto!" "Eugenia plis!" "Augusto!" "She's lying, Carmen." "She's lying!" "Augusto loves me." "Loves me!" "She only tell lies." "Don't shout, Eugenia." "There are visitors." "Is it my niece?" "Send her in." "Come in, Adela!" " A drink?" " No, thanks." "Take a sit." "I did n't know you were with Jose." "In theory I'm at home with mom." "But I'm always with Jose." "For the last 15 years." "You want to see him?" "He's sleeping." "The rehearsal ended late." "We went to bed at 5:00." "I have something important to tell him." "Wake Jose up." "Tell him it's late." "The letters you sent him." "I read them with his permission, of course." "Did they scandalize you?" "They ar e not the first ones I've read." "Jose drives women crazy." " What's wrong?" " Nothing." "You'r e not?" "God... this turns a bad moment into a catastr ophe." "Always the same fool." "He falls in love with anybody." "I'm sorry." "You must understand." "I don't mind him fooling around with women... but he could be mor e tactful... and not get the family into a mess." "He's also jeopardizing his car eer." "You can't get a job at the Colon... or at Vienna's Opera for a niece's lover." "It's only 12 o'clock..." "Get dr essed." "I love her, Marcelo." "I can't remember who said this." "Oscar Wilde o Schopenhauer..." ""Love is a distraction for the small burgeois"." "This morning I only say awful things." "After all, I loved you for 15 years." "I know you don't like when I say it." "The first time we slept together in Paris, you cried." "I thought you'd return to Buenos Air es the next day." "But you never cried again." "What's wrong?" "Nobody plays Chopin like that... although you prefer Padrisky." "Let me help you." "Don't you agree?" "Enough, Marcelo." "I'm going to a hotel." "Allright, I'll move out." "No, I'll go." "You always refused my protection." "But I always accepted it in the end." "I've been using you for 15 years." "We all use one another." "You could never convince me of that." "I don't want to use you anymore." "I'd be willing to do so." "If that meant having you at my side." "Is that you, Doctor?" "Yes, Mrs. Carlotta." "Tell me what you have to say and leave." "Adela is pregnant." " She won't lose the child?" " No, she's very relaxed." " I'll leave..." " Wait." "Adela must not have the child." "I did n't struggle to uphold the family's reputation... to see everything ruined in one day." "It would be better to let nature follow it's course." "I expect you tomorrow at my office... at 10 o'clock." "Bring her with you." "Must I be there?" "No... good night." "Thanks." "Mom and Eugenia went to San Isidro." "They went to visit Adela." "She was unwell." "Don't drink so much." "Let's hope she loses the child." "What?" "You didn't know?" "Lend me your car." "I'll call Vittorio." "You'll be late for the theatre." "Tell them I'll be late." "Relax" "Sir..." "Take Jose to San Isidr o and fr om there to the theatre." "What are you doing out of bed?" "The doctor didn't find you well." " Tomorrow, we'll go to see him." " What for?" "He knows what's best." "We'll let natur e act." " I want the baby." " You ar e crazy." "I'll have it even if your world falls apart." "I won't listen." "I'm going to my room." "Grandma for God's sake!" "Help me." "Don't invoke God's name." "Just for one time, let's face the reality." "I don't want to." "Reality is horrible." "I've struggled to r espect your will." "So that our family set an example." "Where did I do wr ong?" "I've decorated the house." "I've ordered a new flag... and a dress for the Royal reception." "Protect us, my God." "Don't allow this to destr oy us." "Pr otect us!" "Why didn't you say you were pregnant?" "Because it doesn 't concern you." "Adela." "Don't touch me!" "We love each other." "We can go away and start a new life with our child." "I carry a new life inside me." "I won't share it with you." "Wait!" "Let me go!" "I don't want my child to discover what I found out today." "You've fallen so low?" "Scum." "Excuse me..." "I'm leaving." "The scum is a fatality for those of your blood." "I lived 15 years with Marcelo." "And Adela will have my child." "Grandma!" "Once, r eturning from Europe... she spent some awful days on the ship." "One night I had been playing with a kid." "And when I went to see her she said... you forget your mother who's dying." "Was she really dying?" "No... my father cheated on her with an italian woman." "Grandpa was no saint." "He was a pervert." "That night she made me feel guilty." "Guilty, of what?" "I don't know... of abandoning her... of loving other people." "Of thinking more about myself." "Do you hate her?" "I adore her." "Sometimes I think the family exists to teach us... that love and treason ar e inseparable." "You know what grandma would answer you?" "What nonsense!" "Grandma wants to see you." "You have an empty stomach." "Thanks!" "You'll miss the parade." "The newspaper says twenty thousand soldiers." "I'll get there on time." "What are you looking at?" "At Dad's portrait." "It was made before he died." "I can't remember who did it." "Jose." "Who?" "You don't remember?" "The gardener's son." "Thanks." "How did you find me?" "Marcelo told me." "Why?" "Helplessness, gratitude..." "Ambition." "Yes, ambition... and affection." "Love?" "I don't know." "Yes, maybe." "Love lives of imagination." "And imagination is irresponsible." "Therefore we can't blame the gardener's son... who loves you or imagines that loves you." "No, Jose." "Love does not only live of imagination." "I was about to have the child of that man... who in that moment became a stranger." "Farewell to Jose was also farewell to the house... and to grandma's portrait that only Marcelo wanted." " It impresses you." " A little." "It's the bed in which I'll die." "Praise for his work took Jose to Vienna." "He only took his talent with him." "Each of us followed his own path." "Destiny prevented us fr om seeing each other." "Years later, we sold the house... and with the house our games, laughs... frustrated passions and memories." "Frustrated passions and memories." "Only the loneliness of Mallorca... could accompany my child's birth." "He looked like Jose." "The same blue eyes, the same passion for music." "The same blue eyes, the same passion for music." "Later I thought he should meet his father." "I've never been to Vienna." "Neither did I answer his letters." "Maybe because memory turns stubborn with time... or because of the murmur of the sea... or the music of the wind." "Today, I've started to think about you again." "Today, I've started to think about you again."