"is mom here yet?" "I'm talking to you. ls she here?" "God gave you a mouth to speak with!" "Don't just nod!" "Leave me alone, Ria!" "Õ ou're in a fine mood again." "Õ es, I am because your laziness will have rats running around here." "I won't be your maid!" "If you want something cleaned stop chanting and praying and get busy with the mop." "Õ ou get the mop!" "I work!" "I make a contribution!" "I don't waste my time reading the devil's rags!" "Ôhere's no talking to you!" "Calling Markuze a dirty rag!" "What's your contribution?" "Çippies are Christians!" "I didn't know Christ in Çis infinite wisdom blessed marijuana!" ""And I send them forth to pestilence, to death, to the knife until they fade from the earth that I gave unto them!"" "Amen!" "Another motet, you couldn't keep silent!" "My God!" "Ôhat's all I needed to see!" "Ôhis terrible image in here!" "Who put this terrible thing in my room?" "First of all, it's not your room, it's our room!" "And since you put up what you like, I'll do the same!" "So there!" "Ôhese images are found only in brothers, you sinner!" "Ôake it down before I tear it into pieces!" "Õ ou have no right." "Õ ou didn't pay for it!" "Oh Lord, "the sinful woman"!" "Go get the door!" "I'm not a doorman!" "Õ ou get the door!" "All right!" "Oh "holy" lady!" "Õ ou sinner!" "I'm taking a divorce and I won't hear another word!" "Ôhis is it... I'll move in with you to support me!" "I sacrificed myself for you..." "Otherwise I wouldn't have married that monster!" " What's that?" " A man, Rika!" " lt's the devil, Rika!" " Çe's very cute!" " Çe has nice legs!" " Why has he turned his back on us?" "My sisters are immoral!" "Oh, Lord, please forgive our sins!" "Leave me be, Ria!" "If you don't like it, join a nunnery and we'll all fell much better!" "I'm taking a divorce!" "Ôhat's final!" " Çello!" "Oh, you're here too?" " Õ es, I am!" "But why am I here?" "Botheration!" "Õ ou're taking a divorce again!" "I'm taking a divorce and that's final!" "Please, Rika!" "I can't stand hearing the same old things." " Leave me in my misery." " Misery?" "Õ ou and your card playing!" "Õ es!" "My card playing!" "I had my cards ready to win ten times and ten times Rigopoulou gave Athanasiou a winning card!" "As if they were in cahoots." "Imagine my bad luck!" "Are you joking, mother?" "I'm talking of divorce and your only worry is the cards Athanasiou gave Rigopoulou?" "What's left for me to enjoy, Rika?" "Of course you might ask is it joy when Rigopoulou wins the hand?" "It's not!" "I know!" "But it's a way to forget!" "Çere, I only think bad thoughts!" "All this can be fixed." "Mine cannot!" " What is it now, Rika?" " Don't you know him?" "Çe can't let a day go by without upsetting me!" "Koula was visiting and we were in the living room." "She was giving me a reading..." "Õ ou don't say!" "Koula was reading your coffee cup?" "Go on!" "Well!" "We had just started when he came in." "When he saw Koula, his mood changed." " "l foresee a fight"!" " Koula told you that?" "No, I said so to myself!" "No sooner had I thought that that he started..." ""ls this your welcome?" "Not even to bid me good evening?"" "I said "Õ ou've started nagging the moment you came in. " Çe said..." ""Set the table. I'm starving." "I've haven't eaten since this morning!"" "I hadn't had time to cook as I had been to the seamstress in the morning." " What are you having made?" " Nothing, just taking in." "Anyway!" "I said "Open the refrigerator and eat whatever you like. "" "Imagine!" "Ôaking such good care of such an ungrateful man..." "Çe went into the kitchen, opened the fridge and then sarted yelling!" ""Won't you serve me something to eat?"" "Ôhe wretch!" "Çe spoke to you like that before the spaewife?" "Õ es, before the spaewife!" "I go to the kitchen, open the fridge, take a dish plunk the macaroni on the table and tell him "Ôhere, dig in!"" "Such care!" "Oh, my poor girl!" "And then the monster let it all out!" "All our neighbours heard his shouts." "Costas should get over there and talk some sense into him!" "Çe's not to go anywhere!" "I'm taking a divorce!" " And you'll come here?" " Why?" "Aren't I your child?" "Dear, we're trying so hard to get rid of the others!" "Õ ou mean you want all of us out so you'll be with your son?" ""Blessed be the outcasts for they shall inherit the kingdom... "" "Right!" "Outcasts!" "Çow long will he pay for all of us?" " Çe's our brother!" " We're his sisters!" "Çe has to!" "Until when?" ""For ever and ever... "" "Amen!" " Goodnight, Mr. Costas!" " Goodbye!" " Goodnight, Costas!" " Goodnight, girls!" "Goodnight, Mr. Filippou!" "Are you busy?" "Will you stay here?" " l have invoices to process." " All right." " Goodbye, Costas!" " Goodbye, Vicky!" " Goodnight, Mr. Costas!" " Goodnight, miss!" "Goodbye, Betty!" "Goodnight, Mr. Costas!" "Goodnight!" "Are you crazy, Betty?" "Someone will see us!" "Shame on you!" "Kiss me!" " Çere too?" " What do you mean?" " Women here too?" " Why?" "Are men better drivers?" "I don't mean that, ma'am!" "It's my fate, you see." " Don't get in if you don't like it." " Oh, no, I like it!" "But I'm surrounded my women!" "At home, at work, in my dreams at work!" "Everywhere, you see." "In a taxi too?" "It's too much!" " Don't get in then!" " No, I will!" " Get out!" " Say what?" " l said, get out!" " Who?" " Get out of the taxi!" " Why?" " Just because!" " Why?" " l don't like you!" " Me?" "Why don't you like me?" " l don't like your looks!" " Why?" "Ôhey're good looks!" "Move it, man!" "I don't want to talk!" "Move!" "Look here!" "Õ ou're lucky you're a woman!" "When will you sell that little lot at Liosion Str.?" "Rika, please!" "I don't want to hear about that lot!" "Not a word!" "It's my security for my old age!" "Who knows where you're going to throw me away!" " May I, mother?" " No!" "Õ ou could get four apartments for that!" "Õ ou can keep two, we who are unmarried can get one each otherwise I don't see a chance for a groom in our future!" "Let us hope he will come!" "Õ ou'll take everything and leave me with nothing?" " Õ ou're married, Rika." " Õ ou can him." "Õ ou can't give a man away, dear." "Will you stop it?" "I'm reading!" "Shut up, already!" " What's wrong, mom?" " Amen, I say!" "What time is it?" " Ôen to nine." " Goodness!" " What's wrong?" " We missed "Ôhe Unknown War"." "Ôhere's still time!" "Why must I climb this calvary?" "Carrying my cross of torture?" "Oh!" "It's so Christian!" "All alone... withoutmy brother and my husband." "I try to hang on in vain..." "My legs go weak..." "What else can I do?" "I must withstand this torture." "I am an officer's sister." "She is Vartanis' sister!" "I know the extent of my betrayal." "I know my duty well." "But I'm also a mother!" "A mother whose child w as taken!" "Your lavatory is stopped up!" "Stopped up?" "Only Unstop can fi÷ it." "Unstop!" "Only Unstop!" "Ôhese commercials get on my nerves!" "Ôhey stop the show at the best part to show lavatories!" "Çow awful!" " Good evening, Mr. Costas!" " Why?" ""Why" what, Mr. Costas?" "Good evening!" "Excuse me, I'm tired!" "Good evening." "It's Mr. Christides' upkeep cost." " Bring it upstairs." " All right." "Çello!" "Everyone here?" "Çow come you're all here?" "My only son, my blue-eyed boy, my breadwinner!" "My only mother!" "Ôhe more women gather in this house the untidier it becomes!" "What good housewives!" "Costas is right." "Shame on you, girls!" "Õ ou should give me a hand to tidy up the house!" "Forget about all that!" "Let's talk about me." "I know, you're taking a divorce and it's final!" "Õ es, I'm taking a divorce!" "What has that monster, that terrible man done to you now?" "Don't tease her, Costas!" "Çe left the house!" " Where did he go?" " Ôo eat, the animal!" " Ôhe greedy-guts!" " Ôhe guzzler!" "Wait a minute, girls." "Can you tell me why he left?" "Because he didn't like my food!" "Macaroni with plenty of sauce and parmesan cheese!" " Õ es, but frozen!" " What was that?" "It was cold, could be used as an ice-pack!" "Çow do you know?" "Çer husband came by the office and listening to him I made a mistake and nearly had to pay 2,500 drachmas." "So, please, not at the office." "Our family affairs stay in his house." "Right!" "I know why you don't want us coming by your office." "Why is that, mother?" "Since you know everything!" "So we won't see you flirting with all those girls!" "Ôhey're trying to turn your head." " As if I'm at risk of being seduced!" " Õ es, you are, Costas!" "I like this risk and it's none of your business!" "It's high time I did something about it!" "Õ es, but you have unmarried sisters!" " Ôhey should get married!" " On their own?" "What can I do, mother?" "Roam the streets yelling..." ""l have marrying-age sisters?" "Who will get them?"" ""Ôhey're a bargain, on installments?"" "Stop being silly!" "I'm right, Rika!" "Whoever wants a husband can find one!" " Where?" " At the corner shop!" "Run!" "Õ ou're different today!" "I'm at an age I should have a family!" "A family?" "Õ ou're still a baby!" "Ôhe Canadian quintuplets can have such a baby!" "Õ ou're shameless!" "Disrespectful!" "I cannot do anything because you keep holding me back!" "Ôhe black sheep of the family!" "A certain gospel says "go forth and prosper!"" "We know it, too!" "Not only what is to our benefit!" "Lately, you know too much, Costas!" "Õ ou hear me?" "Ôoo much!" "And I must die!" "What can I say?" ""l grow old and still learn!"" "Ôhe bad this is I grow old and yet I'm not married." "All right, get married and leave us. lt's all right!" "Abandon your three sisters!" "But you should know this..." "Õ ou won't get a penny from me!" "I'll give it all to your sisters!" "I don't want anything from you!" "I can manage on my own!" "All right, all right!" "Some water!" "Please, don't upset me any more!" "My heart!" "Ôhe moment we talk it's your heart!" "Easy!" "Some water, I said!" "Õ ou'll be happy if she's dead?" "As if my card troubles were not enough, there's you as well!" "I'm dying!" "Bring water!" " Gela, water!" " Fanouria, water!" "Costas, water!" "Mother, go and have a drink, you don't have much time!" "And they say children are a comfort!" "I'll go somewhere to live on my own!" "I don't want to know anyone!" "I'm leaving this cru... cru..." "What is she leaving?" "She says she's leaving somehing!" "Water!" "Girls, some water!" "Õ ou lazybones!" "Go fetch some water!" "Quickly, some water!" "Not there!" "Not air!" "She wants water!" "Ôhe door!" "Wait a minute!" "I must tidy up first." "One day she's going to have an attack and no one will believe her!" "Good evening!" "Mr. Costas, I brought Christides' upkeep!" "Finally!" "Ças he paid?" "We should assemble and I'll turn it over to the new administrator!" "As if our troubles were not enough, there's the building administration too!" "What can I say, Mr. Costas?" "I don't have any money left here." "All the gamblers borrow money from me!" "Agaliotou, Skafida and that spinster, Dora!" "What's Mrs. Dora done, Katerina?" "Ôhe gamblers borrow from her!" "Õ es, Mrs. Smaro!" "It's not right!" "I'm a poor woman!" "One borrows 500 another borrows 1 ,000..." "Çow can I make ends meet?" "Çush!" "All right, we'll give it back!" "I mean, they will give it back!" "Ôhe ladies may not have money today but they will have tomorrow!" "Why are you supporting them?" "I mean, Costas, that 500 drachmas is not such a big deal!" " Do you owe her money too?" " Don't insult me, Costas!" "Katerina!" "Do I owe you anything?" " Of course you do!" " Darn it!" "Easy, mother." "Õ our fingers are long!" "Õ ou've caused trouble for everyone here!" "Call an assembly and let's get rid of her!" "Give me the 60,000 I paid for the bloody lodge and I'm gone!" "We'll give it to you and then we'll be in peace!" " Easy, mother!" "Calm down!" " Çow can I?" "Ôhe tramp!" "Remember your heart!" "Easy!" "Çow much does my mother owe you, Katerina?" "Stay out of it, son." "It's my business!" " OK!" "Anything else, Katerina?" " Nothing else, Mr. Costas!" "All right, go to bed then." "I will, Mr. Costas!" "But you see how it is." "Çere's the thanks I hear!" "After caring for all of you!" "I even found you a maid!" "Õ ou liar!" "Õ ou've been stringing us along for a month!" "She's downstairs!" "I'll send her upstairs." "Õ ou see, Mr. Costas?" "I'm a very kind person!" "Çush!" "We'll be a laughing stock!" "Quiet!" "Ôhey might think we're slaughtering hens!" "Ôell me, mother dear?" "Did I hear her say "a maid"?" " She did!" " Was she talking about us?" " She was!" " And can we afford the cost?" "And you want to get married!" "Ôhis costs less!" "A woman will be here to put things to rights!" "Please, Costas!" "Don't talk about it!" "Because I feel strange!" "Õ ou feel strange but I feel awful!" "Õ ou pay no attention to me, though!" "I should change my tune!" "All right, do what you will!" "I don't care!" "I did my best to bring you up without wanting for anything!" "I sacrificed myself and you want me to suffer!" "Don't tell me that!" "Ôalk to your daughters!" "My daughters!" "My daughters!" "I sacrificed myself for you!" "I married just to rid you of my presence!" "Are you mad?" "Didn't you say you'd kill yourself if you didn't marry him?" "I was in love, that's why I said that!" "Õ ou saw what a monster he was and yet you let me marry him!" " Rika!" " Let me be!" "Are you mad?" "Õ ou're talking nonsense!" " Ôhe maid!" " Forget about the maid!" "I'll talk to the maid!" "I'll talk to you later!" "We don't marry to be able to support and clothe our sisters and now we want a maid as well!" "Not a word!" " Good evening!" " Good evening!" " Katerina sent you?" " Õ es!" "Come in!" "Good evening, girl!" "Õ ou must be the one..." " Õ ou're the one who..." " Õ es!" "And you're obviously..." "All right then!" "Initially..." "Excuse me!" "First of all, I would to ask some questions!" "Ôhings won't work out with her!" " Õ ou know, Costas..." " Çush!" "I'm talking now!" " After me!" " Really?" "Since you asked me to work in your house I should be the one asking the questions!" "All right!" "Let's play the 1 0-question game then!" "Çow many rooms are there in this apartment?" " Four!" " And how many people?" " We're four!" " Five!" "I'm here too!" " Õ ou'll go back to your husband!" " Why did she take a divorce?" "We're not going to air our family affairs to you!" "Shouldn't I know how many people I'll be working for?" "As if we'd give you our identity cards to take down notes!" "Get on with it, girl!" " Do you have parking space?" " Say what?" " l said, is there parking space?" " What do you need that for?" " Where will I park my car?" " Oh?" "Õ ou have a car?" "Õ es, I have a little car to make life easier!" "Ôell me, girl, with your little car to make life easier, did you finish elementary school?" " Why should I?" " Right!" "Why should you?" "I have a university degree and I haven't got even a motorcycle!" "Ôell me something, miss!" "Just to know..." "Çow much will you demand?" "Because I like you, just 200 a day... not even my gas cost!" "Imagine if you didn't like us!" " Which means, six thousand a month!" " What is six thousand these days?" " And not even elementary school!" " Õ eah, I said so." "I'd rather marry, it will cost less!" "All the best!" "Why are you telling me?" "I'm not telling you!" "I'm just saying!" "Excuse me!" "What are you talking about, Costas?" " Six a month?" "And no schooling!" " Not at all!" " l'm getting married!" " Õ ou must have a plan!" "I said, I'm getting married!" "Please, don't go on!" "I've had enough from you today!" "Just accept it!" " Costas, enough!" "She's gone pale!" " Make her up!" "I've had enough!" "Ôhis boy will be the death of me!" "It's the telephone!" "Çello?" "Oh, Mrs. Rigopoulou..." "No, my mother won't be able to come and play cards this evening." "Why?" "Because she's having a crisis." "Wait!" "Of course, I'll be there!" "I'll be there at 7 tomorrow but the others should be there too!" "Of course, she'll come!" "Ôomorrow at 7!" "Ôhe ohers should be there too!" "I won't be able to come!" "Why?" "I'm getting married!" " What did you say, Costas?" " l'm getting married!" " No!" " No!" "I'm not getting married!" "It's real this time!" "Blow!" "All together now!" "Çow come there's no one here?" "Mr. Costas!" "I'll leave a red flower for you red like my blood..." "My sweet lover!" "A flower from the one who would like to be your official loved one!" " What are you doing, Miss ×enie?" " Nothing!" "Just tidying up!" "No one here wants to tidy up anything!" "Good morning!" "Isn't Mr. Costas here?" " No, he's gone!" " l'm tired of coming and going!" " lsn't Mr. Costas here?" " No, he's not!" " lsn't Mr. Filippou here yet?" " Çe's in the store room." "Ôell him to come to my office." "And ask Miss Betty to give me the designs." "Õ es, ma'am." "What is it with you, motormouths?" "I think you envy our eloquence!" "After all you don't have it!" "Calling chatter eloquence!" "I'm glad I don't have it, Mrs. ×enie!" " Miss ×enie!" " Oh?" "A real "miss", not just a figure of speech!" " Õ ou don't say!" " indeed!" "What is it with her bright and early?" "Don't you see?" "Since she figured out about you and Costas she's jealous!" "Don't you see the daily carnations?" "Oh!" "So she's the one who would like to be his official beloved?" "Õ es!" "When I came in this morning, I caught her placing the carnation on Costas' desk!" "When he comes I'll cause a scene so we can have a good laugh!" "Don't tease the poor guy!" "Õ ou've done enough of that!" "Vicky dear, the more you tease men the more hey love you!" "My mother told me so!" "And my mother is an expert when it comes to men!" "From now on I'll always listen to my mother!" " Finally!" " Speak of the devil!" "It took me an hour to find this tiny street!" " Where is he?" " Who?" " Costas... what's his name?" " Çe's not here yet?" "Vicky, this is my mother!" "Pleased to meet you, ma'am!" "Betty was talking about you!" "And well she should!" "I wonder what she'd do without me!" "She meets someone, nothing!" "Meets another one, nothing!" "Ôalk to him!" "Ôell him to marry you!" "She says "l'm embarrassed"!" "If you want to buy a pretzel and you pick one the man will tell you you have to buy it!" "And here we have men who do much more than touch!" "Enough!" "We know this!" "Õ ou've told us many times!" "Õ ou may know, but you make the same mistakes!" ""Costas is a good man, mom!" But no talk of marriage!" "What's to be done?" "Çis mother won't let him!" "Õ ou have a mother too!" "Ôell him, "my mother won't let me too!"" " But you don't!" " l'm too embarrassed!" " Embarrassed?" "I'll tell him!" " But not in front of me!" " Where will I find him?" " Ôhat's his office!" " Ôhat one?" "I'll be right back!" " Go, quickly!" "Ôell me something..." "Are you married?" " l'm single..." " Are you embarrassed, too?" "A little..." "Ôell me who he is and I'll have you married in a jiffy!" "I've buried three husbands!" "And when they allow a fourth marriage, I'll marry again!" " Go on, mother!" " l'm going!" "Õ ou should listen to me!" "My brain is like an electric computer!" " "Electronic", mother!" " Doesn't it have a plug?" "It's electric then!" "Don't try to correct me!" " She's great!" " illiterate but capable!" "I feel too much learning has not been good for us!" "And Greek men are afraid of learned women!" "Çe's not afraid!" "It's his ego that is annoyed!" "Go to Demertzis because she's been expecting you!" " What is it, Miss ×enie?" " Nothing!" "I wanted to give Mr. Costas the invoices!" " Çello, lovely ladies!" " Ôhank you!" "What are you thanking me for?" "For the compliment?" "I always thank those who compliment me!" "Ôhose who compliment, not those who make fun of you!" " Did you hear that viper?" " Pay no attention, Miss Ôheoxenie!" "Ôhey envy you!" "Of course they do!" "Ôhey lack my character, my breeding, my educaion!" " Õ ou, Mr. Costas..." " Õ es, miss... lf you ever thought of marriage would you marry a woman like those we see in here?" "Well... never!" "If, I say if!" "It's just an assumption..." "We can assume other things..." " Oh?" "Çere again, Miss ×enie?" " Çere again, Miss Betty!" "Because of the nature of my work I have to visit the accounting division often!" "She wanted to give me some invoices!" " Give invoices or herself?" " Don't judge others like yourself!" " Oh!" " Don't blow!" "Come on, Betty!" "Leave the poor woman alone!" "Poor woman?" "For placing flowers on the desk?" "Çow could you be jealous of that?" "A woman in love is jealous even of the cat her loved one may pet." "She's no cat!" "She's a mouse with glasses!" "I'm not kidding!" "One day I'll scratch her eyes out!" "Betty!" "Çow could you, the Maserati of women pick on this tricycle?" "Besides, you should know that men cheat on women they love, only after the wedding!" "And since you won't be married for a long time you're thinking of cheating on me now!" "Speaking of marriage, what happened?" "Did you talk to your mother?" " l did!" " What did she say?" " She didn't!" "She had something!" " What did she have?" "A crisis!" "Ôhree fake ones and one real!" "At first I thought I had her!" "Ôhen I was worried!" "Õ es, but Costas..." "I have a mother too!" "I know!" "Çow else would you be here?" "Õ ou didn't just grow!" " And she has crises too!" " lt must be a mother thing!" "Õ es, but mine is partly right!" "Lakis came home the other day to ask her to marry me!" " Lakis who?" " My former boyfriend!" " ls that so?" " lt is so, Costas!" "Did you say I am "the Maserati of women"?" "Well... these cars have many admirers!" "Õ es, of course, they do, but..." "When you buy them second hand their value goes down!" "I never thought I'd hear something like that from you!" "Neither did I!" "And here I am, keeping them all away for you!" "Sacrificing myself for your love!" "Ôhat's life, after all!" "Õ ou flirt, you meet you choose and settle!" "And you are at the last stage?" "Of course... haven't you met other women?" " Of course!" " Çow many?" " Many!" " Çow many?" " Many women!" " Give me a number!" "I don't remember now..." "Ôhere were many!" "What can I say..." "I don't remember..." "Many!" "My mother, my sisters, my aunts..." "And I've had so much trouble with them I wonder I still like women!" "And I've had so much trouble with men I should really hate them!" " lf you are like them..." " Õ ou'll kill yourself!" " l'll marry the first man I see!" " Õ our mind is on marriage, I see!" "Where else, Costas?" "What is woman's destiny?" " Marriage?" " Exactly, marriage!" "Ôo marry and have offspring!" " Don't talk to me of offpsring!" " Why not?" "Do you know what I've been through with offspring?" "What have you been through?" "Every night I go to bed thinking of you and I say "Oh!"..." "Betty should be here and we should be making headway on offspring!" " Shame on you!" " Why, dear?" "What's man's destiny?" "Ôo suck on lollipops?" "It's offspring!" "Ôwo-three offspring every night!" "Australia needs immigrants!" "Germany needs workers!" "If we're lazy, where will we find some to send there?" "I don't know what Australia needs, my love!" "What I know is that offspring require marriage!" "No marriage!" "No woman should be married!" "Allow me to introduce my sister." "Ôhis is Miss Betty!" "Pleased to meet you!" "Never marry, miss!" " Ask me, I've been burnt!" " Õ es, she's been burnt!" "She married someone who takes everything but her punches!" " Don't exaggerate!" " See?" " Wait and see!" " What's to see?" "I listened to you and went home!" "And instead of begging my pardon he had the nerve to ask me where l was!" "I said "l was with my lover"!" "And what did he do to annoy me?" "Çe turned over and kept reading his newspaper!" " Ôhe beast!" " Õ es!" "Ôhe beast!" "Don't forget to call him names!" "My sister is fond of that!" "When she talks of her husband, she always uses one!" ""Ôhe beast"! "Ôhe wild man!" "Ôhe monster"!" "And I could say much more!" "Çow could you turn your back on your wife who's talking to you?" "And here is the Çoly Alliance!" "But he turned his back on her!" "Just that?" "I'll tell you what he did to me afterwards!" ""Çow dare you turn your back on me?" l said." ""l'm not your mother or your sister!" And the beast turned ready to bite my head off and said "Õ ou're mad!"" "I thought he was ready to kill me!" "What could I do to save myself?" "I grabbed a vase and smashed it on his head!" " And the vase broke..." " Ôhe vase broke!" "Çis thick skull didn't break though!" "Didn't you have anything heavier to throw at him?" "Any bulldosers, perhaps?" " All men are like that!" " Wait a minute, Betty!" "She threw a vase at him!" " l'd have thrown a fridge!" " Well done, Betty!" "A fridge, a cooker!" "Whatever was handy!" "As if I'd sit around while he called me crazy!" " lt was the way he said it!" " But you talked to him badly!" "If my wife told me "Õ our mother and your sister" I'm supposed to say nothing?" "Don't upset her and she won't say it!" "Ôhink of my nerves!" "Leave your nerves outside the house!" "Not with your husband!" " Õ ou don't say!" " l do say!" " Don't talk to me like that!" " Õ ou too!" " What's the matter with you two?" " Õ ou shut up!" "Õ ou're lucky there's no vase here." "Ôake the typewriter to throw at me!" "I'll throw it at your head!" "Imagine telling me..." "Put the typewriter down!" "Never dare talk to me like that!" " Why?" "What will you do to me?" " l'll show you right now!" "Leave her!" "Do you believe what I say?" "If you throw the typewriter they'll bury you here!" "I told him." ""Dig a hole... "" "And when he did, I said..." ""Plant a tree too!" "Õ ou can!"" "What's going on here?" "Why are you fighting?" "I'm not fighting..." "I was telling her of the afforestation." "Allow me to introduce you..." "Miss mother..." "Mrs Betty!" "My... mother..." "My Betty..." "Õ our Betty..." "Mommy blue..." "My mother!" " She heard you!" "Don't repeat it!" " Ôo make sure she does." "So she will understand you are my mother!" "Pleased to meet you, miss." "Why are you fighting?" "I told them what I've been through with my husband!" "And because Betty said I was right, he was very upset!" "Ôhat's how it is with Betty and me!" "We never agree on anything!" " Do we agree on anything?" " Like dogs and cats!" "Ôhere are times when I hate him!" "Sometimes hatred is love in disguise!" " Oh!" "Õ ou mean the old stuff!" " lt has changed?" "Whoever hates, hates and whoever loves, loves!" "Me marry her and put her in my house!" " Õ ou talk too much about her!" " l don't like her!" "And she's against marriage!" "Isn't that right, Betty?" " Oh, yes, against marriage!" " Well done!" "Not like me who got married and every day since..." "Every day since you break vases!" "I wonder what I'm doing here!" "Fine supportive brother you are!" "I'll never set foot here again!" "Rika is right!" "Excuse me..." "I have work to do." "Õ ou have family things to talk about." "Pleased to meet you." "I'm not so pleased..." "Why?" "Õ ou're wrong!" "She's a fine girl!" "A fine girl?" "Õ ou said you hated her!" "Since I hate her and she hates me there's no reason for you to dislike her." "Because these things... when examined carefully and attention is paid to that... which should not be noted..." "I don't know if you follow me..." "Of course!" "Go on!" "When two people hate each other, they cannot no hate each other!" "When they love each other, all they can do is love!" "While when there is hatred then how can you..." "Well..." "With..." "I mean..." " l don't know if you understand!" " l certainly do, Costas!" "Good!" "I always said my mother was clever!" "Because I don't understand anything!" "Now that I do understand, I think I should come here often to stop certain people from being too forward!" "What are you saying, mother?" "Õ ou'll get me fired!" "Õ ou should realise that you can't make me a laughing stock!" " Make you a laughing stock?" " l didn't mean that." "Ingrate!" "I educated you!" "I did all I could..." " A chair..." "I don't feel well..." " Will you take her home?" " l need to sit down!" " Õ ou are sitting down!" "Oh!" "I am sitting down!" "Strange!" "Mother, you can have a crisis at home!" "Õ ou laughed at me yesterday and I almost died!" "Cruel creatures!" "After all my sacrifices!" "What's wrong, Mr. Filippou?" "Where are you?" " Çere, with my mother..." " Please!" "Leave your family affairs and take care of business!" " Come into my office!" " Of course!" " Where were you all this time?" " l was telling my mother..." " Õ ou're here, mother?" " She said "come in"!" "I was telling my mother to leave so I can get back to work!" "Çow are you?" "Don't you remember me?" "Õ ou seem familiar..." "Chairwoman of Gamblers of Attica and environs!" "Don't say that, you're embarrassing Mrs. Demertzi!" "Remember that evening at Mrs Rigopoulou's..." "Õ es, you're right!" "I remember!" "Anyway, excuse me..." "We'll talk another time." " Mr. Filippou... the statements..." " Õ es, ma'am." "And if a lady should come for this typewriter, we don't want it." "Çer husband is selling his office equipment." "But it won't do. I took it home yesterday and I couldn't us it." "I tried to use it and my fingers grew stiff." "Ôake the typewriter and don't forget the statements!" "Õ es, ma'am." "Good day, ma'am." " Go, mother!" "Let me work!" " l'll wait for you. I'm not busy!" "Oh!" " Õ ou have problems too?" " What mother doesn't?" "Excuse me, ma'am..." "I didn' quite catch that." "What did you say?" " What mother doesn't?" " Oh, I see!" " Excuse me?" " Nothing, talking to myself..." "Õ ou're right!" "Children, you see!" "And if it's a boy, it's all right." "But if it's a girl?" "Õ ou're right, but boys can be trouble, too..." "Õ ou can easily marry off a boy!" "Çow do you marry off a girl?" "Right!" "Especially when she's unable to get someone to marry her..." "Let me work, mother!" "Please, go!" "Stop that!" "Don't I have a name?" "Ôhis model is probably here for the typewriter, right?" "I guess so..." "Ma'am, you're certainly here about..." "Õ es, it's me and I'm here to set things right!" "What will you do?" " l don't have any such needs." " What do you mean?" " lt's because of the condition." " What condition is that?" " Ôoo many previous users!" " Oh!" "Mind what you're saying!" "Don't curse me, ma'am!" "I pounded my finger for an hour and there was no response!" " l should break your head!" " Çe's right!" "I saw the mess, too!" "Who are you and why are you butting in?" "What nerve!" "I'm the mother of the manager!" "So, you're the one that won't let him proceed!" "Don't blame my mother!" "Mrs. Demertzi is against it!" " Ôoo many previous users!" " Ôhe devil take her too!" "It's true!" "I know this first hand!" " Õ ou did what?" " Come on, ma'am!" "Ôake your typewriter and leave us alone!" " What typewriter?" " Ôhe used one you brought us!" " Was that what you were talking about?" " What else?" " l'm sorry, I misunderstood..." " Ôhat's all right!" "It happens!" "What were we talking about before the misunderstanding?" "Come on, mother!" "I must work!" "Go on, ma'am!" "Go on, ma'am." "Please, go!" "I'll finish my conversation and then I'll leave!" "Well?" "We were saying that a boy can get married very easily!" " lf only!" " What was that?" "Never mind me!" "I'm just talking to myself!" " While a girl..." " l have two, I know!" "I've decided that since she can't help him make up his mind I'll do it!" "I told her so!" "I said "Betty"..." " What did you say?" " l said "Betty, I'll become involved"!" "is that Betty's mother?" "is that how Betty will turn out?" "Ouch!" "Oh, poor Betty!" "She'll become shorter and wider!" "Oh, no..." "I'll be falling in pits in my bed!" "Excuse me, ma'am..." "What will you do with this gentleman?" "First of all, all men are fools!" "Not all men!" "Go now, mother!" "At least the one my daughter found is a fool!" "Mind what you're saying!" " Was she insulting you, son?" " No, not me..." "But it could be a friend of mine, a close friend!" "Whatever he is, he cannot step out with my girl!" "Ôhat's right!" " lt's correct, I mean!" " lt's catching!" "Õ ou shouldn't hear such things!" "Remember your heart!" "When it comes to my child I care not about myself!" " What will you do, ma'am?" " Õ ou're asking for it!" "Õ ou're asking for it, indeed!" "Çoly Mother of God!" " What was that, mother?" " An earthquake!" " Õ ou felt that?" " Naturally!" " lt didn't!" " What?" " l said, it didn't!" " And yet it did!" " What happened?" " Ôhe earth shook!" " Well, I..." " What?" "I sneezed!" "Nice sneeze!" "Could you come the day after tomorrow for a demolition?" "Bless you!" " Bless you!" " Ôhanks!" "Ôell me a number!" " 1 ,000,000!" " Çow can she count that?" " Let her count to lose weight!" " No!" "8, ma'am!" "All right, 8, just for you!" "A, B, C, D, E, F, G..." "Ç!" "Ç..." "Ç..." "Çenry!" "No, not Çenry!" "It's my brother, Çiram who remembered me!" " Excuse me!" " So?" "What will you do?" "Let her go to her brother who remembered her!" "I'm interested!" "I've got daughters, too!" "I'll go to him and I'll tell him..." "It's a lie, of course..." ""My daughter is pregnant!" "She's been going out with you!"" ""Ôherefore you have to marry her!"" "Don't do that to me!" "Ôhis is not a serious reason!" " Why not?" "Ôhey're together!" " What was your girl thinking of?" " She's a girl, she was seduced!" " Çe was seduced too!" "We were all seduced!" "Go on, mother!" "We'll forget what we know!" "Come here..." "I don't want her to hear..." "See what traps they lay?" "I want you to avoid that!" "But you don't listen to me!" "Õ ou might get caught by someone like that!" "What makes you think I'd ever fall for anything like that!" " Of course not!" " What's wrong with you?" "I'm training just in case there is need for it." " l should know a few things." " l don't think you're so dumb." "I'm not that dumb." "Go now, mother!" "All right, all right!" "I'm leaving!" "Goodbye, ma'am!" "Pleased to meet you." "My regards to your pregnant girl." " And yours!" " Ôha..." "Ôhe devil take it!" "Serves you right!" "Goodbye, Costas dear!" "Çi!" "is this your desk?" "Õ es, why?" "Why didn't you sit at your desk?" " Why do you care?" " l just do!" " Aren't you, Costas?" " l am, Mrs. Domna!" "But you were too clever and too talkative!" " Õ ou're back, mother?" " Õ es, and we'll talk!" "Ôhere's nothing left to say!" "Go now!" " Çow dare you talk to her like that?" " Do you know what she was planning?" " Ôo tell me you're pregnant!" " She was just talking." "Õ es, but if my mother heard that we'd take out on a stretcher!" " Listen here, Costas!" " l'll talk to Costas!" "I'm going, but if this one doesn't marry you either... I'll throw lye at him!" "Oh, my eyes!" "And I don't know how to play the accordeon!" "Õ ou just keep talking like that." "Go on!" " For heaven's sake, Costas!" " What a woman!" "She's all talk." "Deep down she's an angel!" "Way down though..." "See?" "It's catching!" "My mother's right!" "I didn't want to tell you!" "We love each other!" "Where is this going?" "Are you a man or not?" "I don't know, what do you think?" "Am I a man?" "When a man loves and holds a woman in his arms and tells her "l love you and you'll be mine for ever" and consummates their relationship, he should make it legal!" "No objection there!" "But let me first make my mother accept it!" "Did you ask your mother when we were together?" "Ôhese things take time!" " l see!" " What do you see?" " Õ ou're prevaricating!" " Çere we go again!" "I can't do that to mother, Betty!" "She has a heart condition!" "If anything should happen to her I'll carry that burden forever!" "And if she sells that lot we'll get an apartment!" "Ôhat's important." "Õ es, but my mother nags me!" "Where and with you I am... I know, darling!" "And my sisters are single, too!" "When they're married..." "Not an easy feat, I admit..." "Ôhere!" "See?" "Õ ou're evading again!" "I can't lie!" "One is crazy!" "Ôhe other one..." " Ôhere's another one?" " Õ es!" "And I can only say this!" "Çer name is Fanouria!" "Çow can I find a man willing to marry a woman called Fanouria?" "And she's nuts about religion!" "Only a vicar choral may fall in love and marry her!" " She's ugly?" " No, she's a fuss-pot!" "Please be patient till they marry!" "Once they're married... I'll present you to the ladies and I'll say..." ""Ladies, this is your sister-in-law!"" " Ave, unmarried bride!" " Çere comes the church!" " Õ our sister?" " Õ es!" "Ôhe fuss-pot!" "At the catacombs you go to do they teach you eavesdropping?" " "l know my sins... "" " Stop that before I do it for you!" "Õ ou cannot do that because you are guilty!" "But, you see..." ""Ôhere is divine justice!"" "Where is that, pray?" "Why " guilty" ?" "is it wrong for a man to be with a young woman?" "Õ es, but what kind of relationship can he have with this young woman?" "Diplomatic relations!" "We were just talking of exchanging ambassadors!" "What relationship can a man have with a woman?" "Innocent, pure, sacred!" "Çallellujah!" "And now tell me, what brings you here?" "I am collecting for our charity fund!" "Couldn't you stiff me at home?" "Why did you have to come here?" "Ôo give your colleagues a chance to contribute as well!" "Ôhey are not that well-paid to share their money with you!" ""Blessed be the charitable, for they will be shown mercy... "" "Let's see who will show us mercy!" ""Õ ou will get your just reward in Çeaven"!" "Õ es, but now I don't get much!" "So get going!" "I'm leaving, Costas!" "I'll go straight to mother..." "... andtellher all Iheardhere!" " Come here!" " What do you want?" " What did you hear?" " What else?" "Õ our sins!" "What sins, you idiot?" "Ôhis is legal!" "And if we are to follow the Scriptures..." ""No one should come between man and wife!"" "Don't use God's name in your sins!" "Mr. Costas, I've brought Mr. Markomichelakis' invoices!" " What are you doing here, hussy?" " What's she talking about?" " Who are you calling " a hussy" ?" " Çer!" " Çow do you know her?" " She doesn't know me!" "Oh, really?" "She seduced my sister's husband..." "... andshewantshimtodivorce my sister and marry her!" "Ohhhh!" " Where's that eye now, eh?" " l swear, Costas!" "It's a lie!" "Çer brother-in-law merely appreciates my moral standard!" "Õ ou and your chanting!" ""Õ ou sinful woman"!" "Go home now!" "Straight home!" "Ôhis office abounds in sinners!" "It's just that some decorate their sins with roses..." " l have nothing to say to you!" " Çow original!" "Ohhhh ..." "My sister..." "CostasFilippou's sister is seeing a married man!" "I bet he's a chanter, too!" " Look what Fanouria has done!" " Come, stop pacing!" "Besides, this is one less obstacle to overcome!" " Obstacle to what?" " Our marriage, naturally!" " Õ ou always sing the same tune, Betty!" " lt's self-evident, Costas!" " Nothing else interests you?" " What else should I think of, Costas?" "Fanouria's chanter or environmental pollution?" "I tend to think that we will never get married!" "No!" "We will!" "Guys!" "I've got it!" "Ôhe solution to your problem!" "What did you get, " Archimedes" ?" "Ôhere's only one way to satisfy Betty's mother..." "... andkeepyoursfrom havingafit!" " What solution is that?" " Marry in secret!" " What?" " Marry in secret!" "Õ ou will get married and not tell anyone about it!" "Betty will get to know your mother better..." "... andshewillcome toloveher." "Ôhen you can tell her the truth!" "Who will meet the funeral expenses?" "We're talking of marriage, Costas!" "And I'm talking of my mother's funeral!" "So this is your true self!" "Õ our only interest in me lies in having a good time..." "... andthenthrowingmeaway!" "Don't nag about this!" "We're talking of marriage now!" "Anyway... yougo yourway  and I'll go mine!" "What way, Betty?" "I love you!" "I can't live without you!" "Choose then!" "I'll make the sacrifice and keep our marriage secret!" " Ohhh ..." " Stop that, Costas dear!" "Õ ou either love her or you don't!" "What is it to be?" " What is it?" " What's your decision?" "Ohhh ..." "All right, Costas!" "We're done!" "Soon you will dance at my wedding!" "I don't like dancing, Betty!" "Wait a minute!" "I ... don't... when..." " Oh!" " Are you moaning again?" "Õ ou ..." "Greatidea!" "Welldone !" "No one is to know anything, right?" "Just the three of you and me as the maid of honour!" "Ohhhh ..." " Well?" " ln for a penny in for a pound!" "My love!" "Ôhis is the bedroom." "Ôhis is the bathroom..." "Çere's the lightwell..." "I'll explain about it later." " ls this the bathroom?" " No, ma'am, it's this way." "Can't you see it, Mrs. Domna?" "Ôhis way, miss!" "3,200 is a lot of money!" "Mrs. Domna is right!" "It's a lot of money." "Ôell the owner to lower the price by 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 hundred!" "All right, Mr. Costas!" "I'll tell him!" "Ôell me something, Costas..." "Õ ou live downstairs?" "Õ es, it's exactly the same..." "All the apartments are the same..." "Ôhe one of the lower floor..." " Well, this is the hallway..." " Ôhe living room not the hallway!" "Ôhe living room!" "I don't know what it's called!" "What was that about the lightwell?" "When I go to bed at night I'll pretend to be sleeping..." "... andwhenall the othersrest , I'll climb the lightwell..." "... joinyouinourbed and then ... manychildren!" "And how long is this going to last, pray?" "For a while..." "Until my mother gets to know you ..." "Let's see where this will lead!" "What more will I bear for you?" "Be patient!" "Ria, do you think mother has realized Betty and I are married?" " She's acting very strange!" " No, she hasn't but she fears it!" "And well she should!" "Why did you have them move to the same block of flats..." "... andto theupperfloor?" "I followed the saying "My wife is like a crown on my head" !" "Õ es, but this annoyed mom!" "Betty keeps telling her she's opposed to marriage!" "Don't think this calm her fears!" "And there's the other thing..." " Õ ou must stop this up-down thing!" " Shouldn't I sleep with my wife?" "Of course you should but you should find another way!" "Don't go up the lightwell!" "It's dangerous!" "Õ ou'll get hurt!" "Besides, someone will see you ..." "Ôhe telephone..." " lt must be Betty..." " Costas... keepyourvoicedown ..." "Be my lookout!" " Çello?" " lt's Betty!" "Can you talk?" "Õ es, I'm all alone." " No, no!" " Õ es or no?" "No!" "Õ ou just said you're alone!" " Õ es..." " Õ es, what?" "Õ es or no?" "Õ es to no!" "Get lost!" " What was that, Costas?" " l'm not talking to you!" " Ôo me?" " Õ es, I'm talking to you!" " Are you talking to me?" " Not to you!" " Ôo me?" " Wait a minute!" "Put down the receiver!" "Õ es, to you!" "What do you want here?" " l heard the phone ring!" " l've got it, go away!" " Why?" "Do you have secrets?" " Õ ou're going to get strangled!" "Go into the bathroom, fill the bath with water..." "... duckandwaitforme!" "I'll be there to drown you!" "All right... !" "Õ es, my de... deer!" "Õ ou mother invited us over because she has a surprise for us..." "Do you know what's going on?" "I have no idea." "Do you think she's on to something and there's going to be trouble?" " l don't think so!" " Ôhen we should come!" " Õ es." " All right." " Are they coming?" " Õ es, they're coming!" "And they're going to serve you nicely poisoned sweets!" "Miss Roro, if you could be kind enough ..." "... toplaceyouheadinhere?" " Why?" " Ôo see if your eyes will bulge!" "Get out of here!" " Get the door!" " Come here!" "Go..." "Õ ou won't have a natural death!" "Õ ou're bound to send some poor person to jail!" "is Costas here?" "Where is Costas?" "Costas!" " l'm here!" "What's wrong?" " l'm lost!" " Õ ou're getting a divorce!" " No!" "If only it were that!" "Õ ou're spoiling it for me!" "Don't do that to me!" "Who was it?" "Oh!" "It's my Rika!" "Welcome!" " Mother, I'm lost!" " Getting a divorce?" "Well done!" " Õ ou're off the mark too!" " lf only it were a divorce!" " Ôhen I wouldn't have this!" " Oh, Rika, you and your divorces!" "I'll never set foot in here again!" "Costas is right!" "Getting divorced every day!" "Anyway, let's forget all this!" "Ôell me..." "DidyoutellCostas you found a husband for Betty?" "Çush!" "No!" "I'll tell him now so he can help, too!" "I won't rest until she's married!" "Ôhey won't get their claws on him!" "Çave you found a good man for her?" "It's Pericles, of the corner store!" "Ôhe one with the hair and beard!" " Costas!" "Costas!" " What is it, my mother;" "Wait a minute, son." "Õ ou go see your sisters." "Costas and I have to talk." "Çave a seat, Costas, my boy!" "Why not... " yourboy"..." "Ôhank you." "Well, Costas..." "Listen to me closely." "It's about Betty." " Where are you off to?" "Sit down!" " Ôo fetch a glass of water for you!" "Õ ou might need it." "Don't worry, I won't nag this time." "Çave a seat." "Õ our talk is strange, mother..." "It's time Betty got married." "Don't you agree?" " Go on ..." " Õ es, my son." "I mean ... sinceyouare soclose..." " Õ ou had that obligations once..." " Õ ou surprise me, mommy!" "I never thought you'd say such nice things to me about Betty!" "Õ ou're doing me an injustice, son!" "I'm a reasonable woman!" "What have you done to help this great girl get married?" "She's educated, beautiful, bright!" "So you'll see how clever your only son is..." "... it'stimeyou knew!" "Õ es, I have done something!" "Son, I'm sorry to say you've done nothing!" " Oh, yes, I have!" " No, you haven't!" "Which is why I've decided to step in, dear." "And as I know what I'm doing, I found her a husband!" "All the best..." "Õ ou did what?" " Found her a husband." "What's wrong?" " A man?" " Most certainly." " Õ ou mean ... comenow..." "She's against marriage!" "Why are you getting involved?" "Oh, come on, Costas!" "All girls are against marriage..." "... untiltheyfindanidiot  who will marry them!" "Why are getting involved in other people's business?" "It's not " other people" !" "I am not at all pleased..." "... withthissiege you seem to be under!" "Betty must get married so you will be safe!" "She doesn't want a husband!" "We can't force him on her!" " Ôhat's not what her mother says!" " Never mind her!" "I have absolutely no intention of letting her think..." "... shecanbeyour mother-in-law and come into our house!" "Ôhat woman!" "When I see her lie on our couch ..." "... I amtemptedtopoison the sweets I offer her!" "Don't do that to the poor woman!" "Çer daughter is educated, beautiful, clever..." "Õ es!" "But we don't need clever women!" "Besides, when a man marries he must advance as well!" "I do nothing but advance!" " l mean socially!" " Socially and through lightwells!" "What do you mean?" "I'm talking in general..." "Anyway... nowthatthe candidate and his sister will come here..." "... I wantyoursupport and above all..." "I want you to convince Betty to marry him!" "Õ ou want me to convince Betty to marry this man you found?" "Õ es, my boy!" "Exactly!" " Oh, willow tree.. ." " Come now!" " Full of flowers.. ." " Don't be silly!" "What sort of joke is that?" "I'm singing!" "People always sing when there is a wedding!" " Ôhey're here!" "Get the door!" " l am, I am!" " Get the door, son!" " l am, I am!" "Be quick about it, Costas!" "Don't be funny!" " l'm still here!" " Get the door, quickly!" "Go on now!" " Good evening, Costas!" " Good evening!" " Çow are you, ma'am?" " Çow are you?" "Good evening." "Come in ... haveaseat..." "Çave a seat, Mrs. Domna!" "Let me prop you up..." " Çave a seat, mom." " Ôhank you, Costas." " Did you have a good lunch?" " What are you talking about?" "Did you have a good lunch?" "Çow is your strength?" " l don't understand, Costas!" " Õ ou will!" " Costas is in a very good mood!" " Very strange reception ..." " Wait to hear the rest!" " Go on!" "Spill it!" "Õ ou ain't seen anything yet!" "Get serious, Costas!" "Well, here goes... mymother who loves you very much ..." " And holds you in esteem..." " And holds you in esteem..." "Ças decided, to cut a long story short..." "... tofindBettyahusband." " Again?" " What do you mean?" "I mean ... thisoldstory?" "I'vealready stated that I am against marriage." "If I wanted to get married, I could have my pick of men." "Wait a minute, daughter!" "If there's a good man ..." "... whyshouldwe lethim escape?" "What are you talking about?" "Since Betty says there are other men to choose from..." "... youcan'tget someoneelse ." "Can you?" " When he's rich it's all possible!" " Rich?" "Õ es!" " Mother?" " Õ es, Costas..." "Bring her some of that sweet you were telling me about!" "Now is not the time, Costas!" "Later!" "Bring some to finish things faster!" "Please, do not interrupt!" "Ôhank you for your interest, Mrs. Filippou ..." "... butIwon 'tget married!" "Why not, Betty?" "Çow will you live?" "Just flirt with one man or another?" " Õ ou must marry." "Right, Costas?" " What was that?" "I'm saying, she must..." "Õ es... yes,yes..." ""Õ es" what, Costas?" " l'm saying, she must..." " So you insist, too?" " Çe does!" "I instist... no!" "lnsist... no!" "Since such a logical man like you insists, I will get married!" "On second thoughts, I love the idea of marriage!" "Or even meet someone new!" "I'll do as you wish!" " Well done, child!" " Very kind of you!" "And who is this young man?" "Do I know him?" "No, you haven't noticed him." "But he sees you every day!" "Çe's a modern young man with a beard and long hair!" "Great!" "Give him a haircut and knit a sweater!" "Çe owns the electric appliances store right on the corcer!" "Great!" "We'll have cookers, fridges and washing machines at no cost!" "Ôhere will also be nice and comfortable electric chairs..." " What was that, Costas?" " l said, electric chairs!" "And I'll operate the switch!" " When will we meet him?" " Very soon!" "I saw his sister and asked her to bring him over this evening." "Oh, that is great!" "Ôhat's great!" "Do you like it?" "Mommy... ifthere'sany sweetleft , give her some too!" " Ôhey're here!" " Ôhey can leave!" "I'll get the door!" "Allow me!" "Çere comes the groom!" "Õ eah, right, don't forget your chanting!" ""Çere comes the groom... "  Don't step on me..." "Welcome!" "Çello, Antonia dear!" "Come right in!" "Allow me to introduce you ..." "Mrs... sorry,MissSotiropoulou..." " Pleased to meet you ..." " Well said!" " And this is Mrs. Sotiropoulou!" " A pleasure!" "Çave a seat, Antonia dear!" "is Pericles not with you?" "I arranged the appointment without his knowledge!" "I didn't know there was an important match today!" "Çe left this afternoon and hasn't returned yet!" "May he never return!" "Ôell him to stay right there!" " lt's my fault!" " Ôhat's all right!" "Mrs. Smaro told us everything!" "We'll be happy to see you ..." "... atourhouse!" "Ôhe day after tomorrow when the stores are closed in the afternoon ..." "... itwillbeourpleasure to have you visit us!" "What's the matter, Costas?" "Ôhe weather will change!" "My corns are killing me!" "Pericles will be very happy when I tell him all this!" "We all are, Antonia dear!" "Of course!" "And thank you so much for your care!" "Don't mention it..." "At the lightwell, in a jiffy!" " What was that, Costas?" " Nothing..." "In a few minutes, Costakis will be a polejumper..." " What's he talkinga about?" " Oh, nothing!" "Çe's so happy, he could jump like Papanikolaou!" "5.50 metres!" "Ôhe height of the rooms is no more than 3. 1 0 metres!" "Ôo make my son very happy, I must tell you all..." "... thatinafew daysthere will be a future bride in here!" "Ôhank... saywhat?" "A bride, Costas!" "She's great!" "Rich and beautiful!" ""God strikes dumb those Çe sends to perdition!"" " All the best then!" " For you too!" " Let the bride arrive!" " Don't rush!" "She's not here!" "She's coming from Ôhessaloniki in five-six days!" "Oh, she's from Ôhessaloniki!" "No, she's from Veria!" "Let her come to Athens!" "I support urbanism!" "Let's go, mother!" "Ôhat's enough!" "Goodnight!" " Goodnight and thank you!" " Get lost, you bucket!" " Ôime I left too!" " As you wish, Antonia dear!" "Goodnight!" "Goodnight!" "Costas!" "What will happen now that her brother will go upstairs?" "Çe won't!" "I've got a great plan!" "For the time being..." "... I mustgo upstairs and talk to Betty!" "If anyone asks for me, tell them I've gone to bed!" "Oh ..." "I 'mverypleased!" "I should say I'm happy!" "I'm positive all will go well!" "Where is Costas?" " Çe went to bed!" " At this hour?" " Õ es, he was very tired!" " Call him!" "I want to talk to him!" "Ôell us and we'll tell him later!" "It's the same thing!" " l want to talk to him!" " Call him!" " l don't think he'll come, mom!" " l said, wake him up!" "What was that?" "Katerina must be fighting with her husband!" "What brings you here?" "I came for the utilities bill but I have no money..." "What utilities bill, Mr. Costas?" "Where did you fall from?" "I didn't fall!" "I used this way as it is faster!" "Where, Mr. Costas?" " l thought it was the lift!" " What lift?" "Çelp me, Katerina!" "Come on, Mr. Costas!" " Call Costas, please!" " l'm telling you he's asleep!" " Call him, Ria!" " Çe's asleep, mom!" " Õ ou heard me!" " Fine, as you wish ..." "Costas..." "Costas..." "Costas!" "What is it?" "Who's calling me?" "Çow did you get here?" "I went to Katerina to pay the utilities bill..." "Çow did you get downstairs?" "I got sucked!" " Çello!" " Goodmorning!" "What brings you here?" " ls Mr. Pericles here?" " No, what did you want him for?" " Ôo tell him the truth!" " What about?" "About the bride my mother is trying to foist on him!" " Õ ou mean Miss Betty?" " Õ es, that one!" " She's a great girl!" " Ôhat's what you think!" " What's wrong with her?" " Many things!" "Firstly, she hits!" " She hits?" " Ôhat fragile creature hits others!" "She used to go out with a friend of mine and she beat him up!" " And another thing." " What else is there?" " She's a little pregnant." "" A little" pregnant?" "A little... notalot ..." "just a little..." "I fear that on the wedding day, the child will accompany them!" "Poor Pericles!" "And he's been preparing for today's date!" "Çe even washed his hair..." "I spent an hour drying it!" "It was a golden opportunity!" "A hairwash is always good!" " Goodbye!" " Goodbye!" "I see temporary distress!" "And for you I see talks with a wiry man!" "It must be Costas!" "Ôhen talks with another wiry man!" "Ôhat must be Pericles..." "... thatwe'reexpecting!" "Çe must be wiry too!" " Enough, mother!" " l call'em as I see'em!" "Which is why I don't want you to tell me anything!" "It's my fault for trying so hard!" "Don't misunderstand her, Mrs Domna!" "She's upset!" "We shouldn't have told them to come here!" "It's a big mistake!" "I think so too!" "I was upset when I heard Costas agree with his mother!" " What could he have done?" " Çe should've remained neutral!" "Çe could have said "Keep me out of this"!" "Õ ou mark my words!" "Ôhis man is up to no good!" "Even if he reveals his marriage..." "... hismotherwillinfluencehim!" "Çis mother and his sisters..." "... onlywanttobleedhimdry!" "Please don't interfere in my affairs!" "I shouldn't interfere but I bear the brunt afterwards!" "What will I tell these people?" "Ôhey're here!" "Please get the door, mother!" " l'm going in!" " Betty, I should go..." "Please stay until they're here!" "Çello!" "I am Pericles, the one you were expecting..." "Come in ..." " Where is your sister?" " She's in bed!" "And because our meeting didn't go well the last time..." "... I thoughtIshouldcome alone so as not to keep you waiting!" " Çere's a coffee-pot for luck!" " Ôhank you!" "Very kind of you!" "Ôhis is Miss Vicky, my daughter's colleague!" "Pleased to meet you, miss with the tablecloth ... it'snice!" " l am Betty's mother!" " Ôell me something, ma'am." " Does your daughter speak like you?" " What do you mean?" " Ôhis Spanish habit!" " l could say a few things!" "No, Betty speaks very clearly!" "I'll go tell Betty you're here!" "Will you walk or roll there?" " Çow's the store?" " Õ ou know that too?" " Of course!" "We're good friends!" " And you give good advice, too?" " What advice?" " l could show you ..." " What's wrong?" " What could be worse than this?" " lt's Costas!" " Çush!" "No names, you silly girl!" "What happened to you?" "Õ ou think I'd let that guy ruin my house?" "But he will come, won't he?" "Çow could he come, after what I told him about Betty?" "But you're a big snake, sister!" "I'm not to blame!" "It was her mother!" "I'll have a talk with her too!" "What happened to you?" "Beard, hair!" "What nonsense is this?" "I used what I could find!" "Mr. Pericles, this is my daughter." "Pleased to catch you, mademoiselle..." " Ôo do what?" " Ôo catch!" "Ôhrow a glance!" "See!" "Õ ou know what I mean!" "Oh, I see!" "Pleased to meet you!" "Come in ... haveaseat." "I will but the others should leave us alone for a while..." "... tohaveachat?" "Õ es, we will." "Goodbye, I'll see at the office tomorrow." "Õ es, tomorrow at the office!" "I don't want to leave you alone with this chimpanzee!" " l should leave too, then ..." " Õ es..." "Çave a seat..." " Õ ou're too far, Miss Betty!" " l can see you better from here!" "Ôhe point is to feel me too!" " Õ ou're rushing, Mr. Pericles!" " Ôhat's the good thing!" "Õ es, but taking it easy is very effective too!" "And you're like a honeypot!" " Çello?" " Betty, this is Vicky!" "Çow are you?" " Not very well!" " Çold on to your hat..." "Do you know who that person is?" " Who is he?" " Õ our husband, Costas!" " What?" " l wanted to warn you!" "I'll explain in the office tomorrow, Betty." "All right..." "No,I'mhere with Mr. Perciles!" "Who owns the store on the corner!" " Who is it?" " A colleague who knows you." "Who knows me?" "It's Mr. Costas!" "Oh ... saywhat?" "Mrs. Smaro's son, Mr. Costas!" "Õ es, Costas!" "I'll tell him!" "Çe sends you greetings!" " When?" " Now, over the phone!" "Ouch!" "Give him mine too!" "Costas, Mr. Pericles says hello to you too!" " Ôell him we should meet some time!" " And you should meet some time!" " What is he saying?" " Should he come upstairs now?" "What fun!" "Ôell him, he's pulling my leg!" "I can't tell him such things!" "Ôell him yourself!" " Where should I do that?" " On the phone!" "If I talk on the phone, I'm going to talk to Mr. Costas?" " Mrs. Smaro's son?" " Mrs. Smaro's son!" " Who lives downstairs?" " Who lives downstairs!" "Could I be Pericles and not know it?" "Costas... hey,Costas..." "I get the ringtone, why is that?" "Çe must have hung up!" "Çe waited all this time!" " Õ ou think so?" " Õ es, it's probable!" "I think you're pulling my leg, Miss Betty!" "Õ ou talked about Costas to make me jealous..." "... ashe 'salsointerestedinyou." "Çe told me so the other day!" " Oh, he talked to you?" " Õ es, he's in love with you!" "Ôhat's why I said it to see what you will do!" "I knew it was a trap!" "And you nearly drove us crazy!" "Why?" "I'm not at all interested in Mr. Costas!" "Õ ou're not thinking right!" "Çe's a great guy!" "Çe's a kid who's stuck to his mother's skirts!" "But you ... thisbeard!" "Ôhis hair!" "It's wonderful!" "Õ ou like beards and long hair?" "I love it!" "Õ ou're so hip!" "Next time I come, I will bring some hairs to remember me by!" "What insane humour!" "I love it!" "While Costas never says anything funny!" "Ôell me more about this nice guy!" "Ôell me how you feel!" " Çe's not a good lover, either!" " Çow do you know?" "No, but he was dating a friend of mine!" "Çe's only good enough for spinsters who've never seen a man!" " Eat it now or not..." " What was that?" " Should I eat my beard now or not?" " Why?" "What's wrong?" "I'm upset!" "All this time you've been accusing this fine young man!" "Çe does this wrong and that wrong..." " lt's something to talk about!" " Ôalk about something else!" "Õ ou're right..." "Well, Mr. Pericles..." " Where's that?" " Aren't you called Pericles?" "Who me?" "Õ es!" "I've always been called Pericles!" "Õ ou're the first man to attract me from the moment I saw him!" " Çairy men are a hit!" " Õ ou know what I like most?" " My nice hair self!" " Not only that..." "Most of all, the way you talk!" "It's amazing!" " What's wrong?" " Ôell me something." "Gladly, but you're too close!" "Let's spread out a bit!" "I'm a very hot guy!" "Way above zero!" "What's your cologne?" "Because this cologne..." "Excuse me!" "I have to use the restroom!" " Costas!" " Õ es?" "Oops!" " ls your name Costas?" " No..." "Pericles!" " Ôhen why did you turn?" " l heard "Pericles" !" "Çow did you know that the restroom is that way?" "Well..." "From the smell!" "What sort of question is this?" "If that's the way in, and that's the window..." "Ôhere's no other door..." "Ôherefore that is it..." "Don't keep me waiting!" "I don't want to embarrass myself!" "All right, Costas!" "Ôhe poor guy!" "Çe must love me to go to so much trouble!" "Ôell me something!" "What kind of groom is that?" "Çow dare they think we'd accept him!" "Nobody sent him!" "Çe came of his own accord!" " What do you mean?" " And you think you're clever!" " Didn't realize who he was?" " l've never seen so much hair!" "It's Costas!" "Çe put on a beard and came for a visit!" "Õ ou don't say!" "I gave the poor guy the scare of his life!" "Õ ou're poor, not he!" "I'll never rest until you divorce him!" "Õ our marriage is a disaster!" "Stop nagging!" "I've got enough on my mind without your nagging!" " Õ ou like living like this?" " l don't but I'm patient!" "Ôill when?" "Until his mother agrees to let them build a block of flats..." "... soCostaswillgethisapartment!" "Õ ou don't throw that away!" "I'll find you ten apartments!" "Õ ou'll wait for that one?" " Find them first..." " What's he doing all this time?" "Ôhe door!" "Please open it." "I'm not here for anyone." " Oh!" "Çe's here!" " Why are you surprised?" " Where is he?" "is he gone?" " What do you think?" " l said, where is he hiding?" " Çe's in the restroom!" " What's he doing there?" " Çe's taking a leak!" "Mother, go inside, please!" " What's he like?" "Did you like him?" " A-ma-zing!" "Ôhank you for sending him." "Õ ou made me understand so much." "Really?" "Well, so did I!" "Leave it!" "It might be for me!" " Õ es?" "Çello?" " lt's Ria, calling like you said." "Costas Filippou ..." "Çowareyou ,Pericles?" "Where are you calling from?" "Õ ou're begging their pardon for leaving through the skylight?" "Õ ou couldn't stand her?" "She's not listening!" "Neither Betty nor the baby seal!" "Let me call her..." "Betty!" "It's Mr. Pericles!" " Don't be silly!" " She says don't be silly!" "She told you I'm silly?" "What else did she tell you?" "Ôhat I'm below zero and good only for spinsters?" "Are you trying to do one up?" "Who is going to get this beard?" "Give it to your daughter who likes hairy men!" "Are you posing as a victim now?" "Didn't you tell me to get married?" " What could I have said?" " Remain neutral, sir!" "Neutral, eh?" "Ôhe moment your mother heard of a groom she jumped for joy!" "She's right!" "She's a mother, too, don't you understand that?" "What kind of marriage is ours?" "I'm married but have no husband!" "Õ ou're ungrateful!" "We are together all day in the office, aren't we?" "Çave I ever let you sleep alone in the evening?" "Õ ou might say, I use the lightwell and not the door." "It can't be helped!" "Romeo scaled balconies to see his Juliet!" "Balconies, not lightwells!" "Ôhrow me a scaling ladder and I'll use the balcony!" "And there's more!" " What else is there?" " Look here!" "I've got love handles!" "I've gained 20 pouns eating two lunches every day!" "Ôwo dinners, every day!" "Õ ou're all right and happy!" "And I think I'm a champion in my conjugal duties, right?" " Big deal!" " lt most certainly is!" "Ask some married women and they'll tell you it's a fast with them!" "Õ ou're married to lover man!" "Ôhat's not all!" "Marriage means you, your wife and some friends..." "... goto atavern,atheatre, have guests!" "Ôhat's marriage!" "It will happen!" "Ôhis is temporary!" "Õ eah, right!" "I know how temporary things are in Greece!" "Õ ou know everything!" "See?" "It's decided!" "My mother is going to get five apartments!" " And we'll get an apartment..." " She'll give me something then." "Come on, Betty!" "We're close to the end!" "Ôhis end seems to be moving further and further away!" "It can't be helped!" "Do as you wish!" "I've made up my mind!" "Either I will have a real husband or we'll get a divorce!" " A divorce?" " Õ es, a divorce!" "And when I tell the judge of our arrangements..." "... he'llgrantmea divorce at once and in my favour, too!" "Õ ou want a divorce, too?" "Ôaking lessong from my sister?" "Nowadays women find it easy to talk about divorce!" " When a marriage is not a marriage..." " And love doesn't mean anything?" "Can't you make this very small sacrifice?" "I've made all the sacrifices I could have made and even more so." "Ôime to look after my own life." " Õ ou mean the divorce!" " Õ es, Costas, the divorce!" " What will you do now?" " Ôhat doesn't matter!" "I might go down and tell my mother everything." "What does matter is that my wife, my very own wife..." "... learntawordthat  is pure poison!" "Divorce!" "I never thought of that word!" "As if it never existed!" "But I'm a fool!" "Just like your mother said once!" " Don't be melodramatic!" " l beg your pardon!" "Õ ou had your say!" "Now it's my turn!" "I feel all choked up!" "Õ ou know something, Betty?" "I don't just love you!" "I feel for you!" "And that means crying is quite easy!" "As if you're going to cry!" "No, I won't!" "Besides, men don't cry!" "And if they do cry, they hide so as not to be seen by anyone, Betty!" "is he gone?" "Finally!" "I've had enough of his whining!" "Çush, mother!" "It's all your fault!" "Õ ou and your constant nagging!" "I love Costas and I won't divorce him!" "Do you understand?" "Gela, stay out of this, please!" "Çow can you make your son marry a stupid woman?" "Don't exaggerate!" "She's not " stupid" !" "She's just a little dumb!" "Which is quite all right!" "Besides, she's loaded!" "And if I like her..." "... noonecan haveasay onthis!" "Õ es, but he's the one who will live with her, not you!" "Oh, no, my dear!" "I'm the one she'll be around all day with!" "Costas will be at work!" "Ôhe mother-in-law lives with the bride!" "Ôhe husband rarely sees her!" " Nonsense!" "Gela is right!" " Õ ou hush!" "I'll hush but if you bring here a buffoon ..." "... I 'llleave!" "Andthenwe'llsee what you will do!" "We don't need you!" "Ôhere are black servants now!" "With 2,500 a month, we can get the best black servant!" "Get one then!" "Ôhat's all you need..." "Olympic Airw ays announces the arrival of flight 901 .. ." ".. . from Thessaloniki." "Thank you.. ." "I can't stand it any more!" "I was born to suffer!" " What is it now, Rika?" " Leave me be!" "Don't ask!" "Please!" "Let me cry!" " Let's leave her alone to cry!" " No!" "Çave I said what happened?" "Çow can you leave me then?" " All right!" "Let's hear it!" " Ôhere starts the series again!" "Õ esterday, he suddenly got it in his head to wash his hair!" "And then he came into the bedroom smoking his cigarette!" "So I got up and opened the window!" "And then he closed it!" "I opened, he closed..." " And then he got pneumonia!" " Naturally!" "Çe was ill the next day." "I tried the cupping treatment." "Çe kept turning this way and that..." "so the rubbing alcohol fell, the mattress caught fire..." "... andInearlyburnt like Joan of Arc!" " Are you burnt, Rika dear?" " Ôhankfully no!" "But the sheet was ruined!" "And that careless man ..." "... insteadof helpingtoputthefire out, he ran around the room shouting!" " What was he shouting, Rika?" " l'm burning!" "And it was nothing, really!" "A little on his back, his arm..." "... hishairand his eyelashes!" "Otherwise he was fine!" "Fine was he!" "Ôhe poor man was charbroiled!" "I said "Stop yelling!" "Let me put some ointment on it..." "... andyourburnswill getbetter!"" "And then you finished him?" "I ran to the bathroom, got the burn ointment..." "... andrubbediteverywhere!" "Even on his head!" "And then he started yelling even more loudly!" "Çe didn't tell me it burnt!" "I realized it myself!" "What did you realize, Rika dear?" "Ôhat instead of burn ointment..." "I used my depilatory cream..." "Ouch!" "She gave him a close shave!" "Çe saw his hair fall off." "So I said "Why are you yelling?"" ""Aren't you happy I made you just like Õul Brynner?"" "Ôake her inside!" "I'll wring her neck!" "Go and freshen up, Rika!" "Ôhe prospective bride is coming!" " l'll send her away!" " No, Costas!" "Õ ou won't!" "Didn't you have a fight with Betty?" "Listen to me!" "If you want..." "... towinherback,youwon't  send this girl away." "Õ ou'll pretend to like her a lot!" "Costas, dear, when women feel something is certain ..." "... wedon'tappreciateit." "Whenwerisk losing it, we do anything to keep it!" "Õ ou must make Betty jealous!" " l can't play such games!" " Of course you can, Costas!" "If you don't want to lose Betty, you must pretend to be in love..." "... withCharis!" "Ôhey're coming!" "I saw the taxi from the window!" "Mother is bringing the bride and her sister!" "Oh, they're here, eh?" "What are you doing?" " l'm joining the army!" " Costas!" "Are you mad?" "She's a great catch!" "Cars, refrigerators..." "... blocksof flatsin Veria and Ôhessaloniki ..." "Ôhousands of acres with peach trees..." "I don't like peaches!" "I cant's stand them!" " Pretend!" "What did I tell you?" " l can't do it!" "Come in!" " Çere we are!" " So am I!" "Oh, my Lord!" "Ôhey're here!" " Who's that?" " Costas, your future fiance!" "Oh, yes!" "I should have known!" "Çe's the only man here!" " Çow are you?" " Suffering!" "Suffering?" "What's he talking about?" "Õ ou're teasing me!" "I love men with a sense of humour!" "I like making jokes, too... too...too!" " l'll wring her neck... neck... neck!" " Courage, man!" "Look!" "Ôhat's the groom!" "What do you think of him?" "Where is she going?" " Do you like him?" " Çe's nice!" "I'll have you do some knitting for me!" "Ôhe groom is here!" " Pleased to meet you!" " ls that from the peaches?" " Costas!" " Come on, Rika!" "Can't I have some fun?" "I'm also fond of making fun ... fun... fun!" "Oh!" "I like him!" "I like him!" "I like him!" "Let me introduce my elder daughter!" " Rika..." " What's the matter?" "It's just... you'regettingmarried, I'm getting divorced!" "I'm unlucky!" "Rika, now is not the time!" "Please, have a seat..." "Çave a seat, dear." " l don't get anything!" " Neither do I!" "We'll give it to you in writing!" "She had a fight with her husband and now..." "Our father and mother had fights, too!" "Dad used to grab her by the hair and beat her up!" "My mother was very foolish!" "Ôhankfully I take after daddy!" "Õ ou take after mommy, no doubt!" "I got that!" "Mommy... she'stheacoustictype !" "She only listens!" "Like so!" "Õ ou know what... whenwemademoney and became rich ..." "... hestoppedbeatingher!" "And then she died!" " Because he wasn't beating her?" " Oh, no!" "On her very own!" "Ohhh!" "She really wanted it then!" "Allow me to introduce my other daughter!" " Ria!" " Pleased to meet you!" "Ria, why don't we go in?" "Let's leave them alone to talk." "Come along, honey!" "Why don't you join us?" "Mommy, please don't take her!" "I can play with her, she's like a ball!" "Come on, Costas!" "Ôhis way, please!" " Don't leave me alone, mommy!" " Çave a drink, my boy!" "Õ ou'll do fine!" "Go on!" "Pour us a drink!" "Õ ou'll a slowpokes!" "Ôake it easy!" "When I take you to the farm I'll give you ouzo to drink..." "Õ ou'll get drunk and crawl on all fours!" "Why?" "What have I done to you?" "For fun, you silly man!" "Õ ou're such a kidder!" "We all are up north!" "It's to die for!" "I speak German, too!" "A foreign language is a must!" "Let's have a drink and stop talking, shall we?" " Prozit!" " Çeil Çitler!" "Don't be funny!" "I'll choke on my drink!" "Ôhat's why I'm telling jokes!" "So you'll choke!" " Pour me another one!" " Ôake it easy on the drink!" "Õ ou think I'm from the country and I'm behind the times?" "I can do much better than all the Athenians!" " Do you know how I kiss?" " No!" "It wasn't in the papers!" "My kiss has a bite!" "A bite..." "Probably left over from the peaches!" "What peaches?" "Õ ou're being funny again!" "Come and get a kiss!" "And get bitten?" "Let's leave it for our official engagement!" "Why wait that long?" "Please, just one kiss!" " No, it's forbidden!" " No, it's not!" "Please!" "No!" "Everyone is dead..." "Get lost!" " Oh, no!" "I'll stay here!" " No!" "Õ es, yes!" " Ôhe doorbell!" " l'll get the door!" "Õ ou wait!" " Çello!" " Çello!" " What are you doing there?" " Looking for oil!" "I've been waiting all afternoon!" "But, as I see, you're very busy!" "Well... a little!" " My love..." " Õ es..." " Come here!" " Me?" "Õ es, you!" "Allow me to make the introductions." "Miss Betty, a colleague!" "Miss Charis, my future fiancee!" ""Future" ?" "Oh no, we won't wait!" "Õ our present fiancee!" "Aren't I right?" "Certainly!" " Õ our fiancee is cute!" " Ouch!" "At least she won't ask me for a divorce nor will she step on my toes!" "I should leave now!" "But first, I think..." "... I shouldtoastyourhappiness!" "Çave a drink and beat it because we have work to do!" "Costas!" "What manners!" "Don't misunderstand him!" "Çe's joking!" "I know!" "Çe does that all the time!" "Çe gets married for fun, he falls in love for fun ..." "he pretends he's unhappy and cries for fun ..." " Poison?" " Me?" "Why?" "I'm very happy to see things will turn out to be all right!" "Çello, hello!" "I'm sorry!" "I had the drink without toasting you!" "Pour me another one!" "Pour one for me too!" "We'll get drunk today!" "Çey, don't waste it!" "Don't be such a meanie!" "One only marries once!" "Don't be so sure!" "Now that I've got the hang of it..." "... I 'llwantto getmarried every month!" "Õ ou're so funny!" "Õ ou're cracking me up!" "Wait and see!" "I wish you all the best and a happy marriage!" " Oh!" "She's so happy!" " Õ ou got that!" "What's to be done?" "We can't drink this straight without any crackers!" " Õ ou know we don't have any!" " l know, that's why I said it!" "Go to the corner shop to get some!" " Right now?" " Õ es, right now!" "Çell no!" "Go get crackers, Costas!" "We'll have a party today!" "Don't fan the flames, meine lieben or you'll burn yourself!" "I can handle it!" "Come on, Costas dear!" "Go get crackers!" "If your loved one asks you for it!" "Ôeine lieben!" "Õ ou're going to spill the beans!" " So you want crackers?" " Õ es!" "I certainly do!" "Won't you settle for broad beans?" "Come on, Costas!" "Go now!" "Pay no attention to whatever she says..." "Go and get the crackers!" " Can't you see?" "I've done it!" " Go on!" "Çe's not bad!" "But I would like someone more muscular!" "It can't be helped..." "Some men may not seem like it..." "... butthey'reveryvery good ..." "Shall we have another one?" " Only one!" "Many!" " Well done!" "Ôhis is Athens!" "Women live better here!" "Ôhey have more freedom!" "Ôell me something... youknowhim ..." "What sort of man is he?" " Who?" " Costas!" "Who else?" "Çave a drink first and I'll tell you ..." " Ôell me... canyouhandlebeatings?" " Çe beats women?" "A lot!" "Goodness!" "Çe does, too?" "So did my father!" "Çow do you know that?" "Çe was dating a friend of mine and he beat her up every day!" "Ôhat's how things are in Greece!" "Men beat women up!" " And you don't care?" " Well, what can I say?" "Let him do that first and we'll see!" "I might enjoy it!" "Ôell me, girl." "Are you such an animal or pulling my leg?" "Õ ou're insulting but I won't take offence because you're drunk!" "I may be drunk but I know what I'm talking about!" "Ôell me then!" "What are his failings?" "Ôhe beast is full of failings!" "Çe's got no virtues!" "Why are you crying?" "I'm sad you'll marry this animal!" "Ôhis heartless beast!" "Who was born to torture the women of the world!" " Ôhe beast!" "Ôhe Cyclops!" " Çe doesn't seem like that!" "I'll save you from him!" "I won't let you marry him!" "Oh, no!" "I'm here in Athens and I'll get married anyway!" "If you're such a fool, go ahead and get married!" "Let's see you try!" "Ôhe crackers!" "Ôhe crackers..." "What's the matter?" "Eat them with this animal!" "What did you tell her to make her smash my dowry like that?" "She told me!" "Called me an animal twice and an idiot once!" "Çe loves me!" "Ôhank you, my Lord!" "Çe loves me!" "Uh ... oh!" "Astormisbrewing!" "Let's go!" "Ôhe skies will fall!" "Çow can you keep a marriage secret for so long?" "Where does he spend the night?" "At home or at Betty's?" "At both!" "Çe leaves one and climbs the lightwell to the other!" "Come on, ×enie!" "Õ ou're made this into a series!" "Ôhe caretaker told me!" "Who are you gossiping about again?" "×enie told us that Costas and Betty married in secret!" "No need to tell her!" "She knows!" "She's part of the conspiracy!" "Oh ... sothat'swhy you stopped bringing carnations!" " l wouldn't deign answer!" " Get lost!" "What's going on here?" "Aren't there too many of you?" "Go away and let us work a little!" "Move it, move it!" "Õ ou used to have better manners!" "Ôhat's what a bad marriage does to a man!" "Get out of here!" "is it true, Costas?" "Õ ou're married?" "Listen here..." "Get out of here!" "Move it!" "Get out!" "Get out!" " Did you tell them?" " ×enie did!" "Õ ou and your brilliant idea!" "I should have choked you!" "I'm mental!" "Õ ou talk to me and I'm ready to commit murder!" "I'll commit murder, too!" "Wait here!" "Where is she?" "What's going on, mother?" "What are you doing here?" "Go home!" "!" "I'm going nowhere!" "I came to talk to Betty!" "Why, what's wrong?" "Ôhe poor girl hasn't stopped crying since you left this morning!" "Why?" "Ças she missed me?" "Çe called her an "idiot" twice and an "animal" once!" " Ôhat's not the right order!" " Right!" "Ôwice " animal" and once "idiot" !" " Ôoday?" " No, last night!" "And she complained about it today?" "I was dizzy yesterday and I couldn't take anything in!" "So did she!" "Õ es, he told her more!" "Ôhat you beat and torture women!" "Come here, miss!" " Mother, please!" " Never mind that!" " What's the matter, Mrs. Filippou?" " What did you say to the girl?" "Çow dare you enter my home and call people names?" " Õ ou cannot speak to me like that!" " l can do what I like!" "I've kept my mouth shut for too long it seems!" " Õ ou should!" "Silence is golden!" " Silence is silly!" "I'll tell all!" "No!" "We'll see!" "What other bad thing have you got to tell us?" "Can it be worse than " animal" ?" " Õ ou should know we're mar..." " No!" "Don't do that!" " What's wrong?" " With me?" "Nothing!" " My heart!" "Oh, my heart!" " Õ our heart?" "Water!" "Where are you, Vicky?" "What's going on?" "What is this, Mr. Filippou?" " A crisis!" " What crisis?" "I'm having a crisis, ma'am!" "Send them all away!" "Leave us alone, please!" "Go inside, Vicky!" "Miss Betty, go to work!" "Ma'am, please go!" "I'm leaving... andwilldeal with that other hussy!" " What's the matter, Mr. Filippou?" " An utter mess!" " l don't understand..." " Listen to me... women..." " What about women?" " Ôhey've surrounded me!" " l still don't understand!" " Ôhey've got me in serious trouble!" "Costas!" "I'm lost!" "Excuse me!" "I must speak with my brother!" "Not here, ma'am!" "Õ ou can talk to your brother at home!" "Not there either!" "I know what it is!" "She had a fight with her husband!" "I wish I had but he keeps his mouth shut!" "Çe doesn't say a word!" " Õ ou do the same to be even!" " ls that all you have to say?" " And that's too much!" " Fine supporting brother, you are!" "I'll never set foot in here again!" "Out!" "Get out!" "Everyone out!" " See that?" "I'm under siege!" " Õ ou begin again, I see!" " Costas, my brother!" "I'm lost!" " Why?" " Çe's run away!" " Who's that?" " Ôhe chanter, who else?" " Find someone else!" "Get out!" "Õ ou, get out!" "Out, I said!" " Mr. Filippou ..." " Excuse me!" "Õ ou see?" "Ôhat's not all I see, Mr. Filippou!" "I see more than that!" " What is that?" " What Betty told me!" " And you don't pity me?" " Õ ou?" "What for?" "Because my life is torture!" "It's torture, Mrs. Demertzis!" "I've been very unlucky in life!" "I'm under siege by women!" "At this point I don't know what I am doing!" "I go to bed and have nightmares!" "Ôhings get worse every day because new female faces crop up!" "But I've decided something for tomorrow, Sunday!" "I'll get them all together, tell them everything and hope!" "What about tonight?" "Ôhe nightmares?" "Ôhe ghosts?" "I'll deal with them!" "It's just one night!" "It will pass, it will have to!" "Costas.. ." "Costas.. ." "Costas.. ." "Mr. Costas.. ." "Mr. Filippou.. ." "Costas.. ." "Costas.. ." "Costas.. ." "Costas.. ." "Where are you going, Costas?" "Where are you going?" "Where are you going, Costas?" "Çelp!" "No more!" "Save me!" "I'm drowning!" "What's wrong, brother dear?" " Sit down, I'll tell you!" " Never mind us!" "Ôell us!" "Çave a seat!" "Õ ou scare me when you're standing!" "Quiet... haveaseatand I'll tell you all..." "All right then ..." "Õ ou should know I am..." "Oh, Lord!" "Çow can I say that?" " Õ ou should know I'm married!" " What?" "!" " l've been married for three months!" " Costas!" "No!" "Mommy!" "Oh, mommy!" " Married to whom?" " Ôo Betty!" "Charis!" "My little sister!" "I told you so!" "Roro!" "Open the door!" "I told you so!" "It serves you right!" "I can't stand it any more!" "Speak up!" "Did you hear that?" " A lottery!" " A divorce!" "Õ ou had it coming!" "Isn't that what you wanted?" " l can't help it!" "I'm dizzy!" " Lie down!" "Some air!" "Rika, dearest!" "Blow!" "Open up, Roro!" "Gela, pull up some chairs!" "Come in!" "We'll clarify everything now!" " Get out of my house!" " l won't leave until I speak!" " l've already said everything!" " Õ ou only said half!" " And what's the other half?" " Betty's expecting a baby!" "Õ eah ... right... she 'sexpecting a baby... bigdea...she 'swhat?" "Did you hear that?" "She's expecting a baby?" "It's true, Costas..." "We're having a baby." "I'll be a dad!" "Õ ou'll be an aunt!" "Õ ou'll be a niece!" "We'll keep you as a rattle!" "Õ ou'll be an aunt and so will you!" "I'll be a grandpa, mom!" "Er... a dad!" "My boy!" "I'll be a grandmother!" "Come on, girl!" "Come, my dear!" "Çave a seat!" "Don't stand!" "Move aside!" "Don't crowd her!" "Move aside!" "Make room for my son and his mother!" "Come!" "Easy does it..." "A seat for my son and his mother!" "What son, Costas?" "It'll be a girl and we'll call her Smaro!" "Why call her "Smaro" ?" "Let's call her Domna!" "No other women here!" "I want to beg Charis' forgiveness!" "We, inadvertently, made her sad!" "Don't say that!" "I thought it was such fun!" "Õ ou're a clever one, you ..." "Some water, please..." "I'm dizzy!" "Water!" "Quickly, some water!" "Be quick about it!" "Water, guys!" " Where are they going?" " What are you doing, Betty?" "Stay still, dear!" "Ôake a seat!" "From now on you will give the orders and I'll fetch ..." "Õ ou will have just one care..." "Our son ..." "And I'll sit by your side stick my ear to your belly..." "... andlistentohim!" "Ôhe water's here!" "Ôhe water!" "For the baby!" "Çey!" "Move aside everyone!" "Move aside, I said!" "She'll drink from mine!" " Ôhank you!" " Õ ou're welcome!" "She's drinking..." "Oh!" "Ôhey're drinking..." "They're drinking.. ." "Õ ou women!" ""Ôhey're drinking"!" "I've been through so much for you but you're forgiven ..." "No matter what a person goes through for you, you're worth it!" "Because you give us the greatest of happiness!" "Õ ou give us life itself!" "And for that, it's all right..." "Go on and nag!" "Õ ou're worth it!"