"LO VE NEVER DIES" "We'll have to fulfill her dying wish." "Where's the locket?" "We sold it to pay for the rent and pharmacy expenses, doctor." "I'm sorry..." "There's something more, it mentions an embroided jacket." "I know where it is." "Come in." "Did you ask for me?" "Yes, go buy some flowers." "Was this lady very important?" "Her name was Trinity Guevara, doesn't that ring a bell?" " No, sir, I'm sorry." " How old are you?" "Twenty." "But you didn't tell me who she was." "The first Argentinian starring actress ever on stage in B. A." "Her dying wish was only fulfilled partially." ""Place my filigree locket on my chest and cover me with my silver-and-gold embroided jacket"." "Artist vanity." "I don't think so, it's more of a memento." "A love one?" "Glory fades, money disappears..." "Only this is able to outlast life itself." "Juan Aurelio!" "They've come for the jacket from the theater!" "Leave me alone, I'm working." "It's a maid, and she will be yelled at if she doesn't bring it." "You can both go to hell!" "He's a lunatic, he won't let anybody in when working." "Did you tell him it was from Teatro Coliseo?" "Theaters are what he hates the most!" "He wants to be an actor, but isn't given a chance." "But they need the clothes, and my mistress is waiting outside!" "Enough, you old witch!" "Do you hate your job so much?" "It's really beautiful!" "Gold and silver, wasted on actors..." "Actors are people, just like everybody else." "It's not your fault, tell your mistress..." "I have no mistress or whoever sent you, aren't you Coliseo's maid?" "That's what the Witch told me." "Yes, I am the maid." "A theatre maid, I can see." "You must spend a lot on clothes." "My mistress demands it, she sets the example." " Not Trinity Guevara." " Do you know her?" "No." "She believes to be a Queen and won't grant me an audition." "You know what?" "I'm sure that's not what you think." "Maybe, but I surely hate Trinity Guevara." " Without meeting her?" " I wanted to and beg her to take me in her theater company." "I wrote and I went to the theater, only to be kicked out like a dog." " I'm sure she never knew." " Right, The Queen!" "I even sent her my picture, taken by my father so she would know that I'm no monster." "And are you getting back by having me be scolded?" "I won't leave until that is finished." "You will be scolded, since I'm tired and off to the tavern." "No more stitching tonight." "I can't go back home empty-handed." "Then come to the tavern with me, there'll be music and to hell with Trinity Guevara and her circus!" "Once again, your spite again that woman is utterly unfair." "She must not have been passed your message." "No, she just won't receive me or anyone else." "First of all, because she is as proud as Lucifer himself and because her starring actor won't let her." "Cáceres?" "No, he's a director." "Beyond that, he's her lover." "That's an infamy!" "I can't allow you to say so." "He's a poor little actor." "Foreigner, to make it worse." "There are no Argentinian actors." "There is one, and quite a good one." " Who?" " Me." "Would you excuse the infamy towards your most noble mistress?" "As long as you finish that, only three more flowers to go." "I'll help you embroider one." " Really?" " On one condition..." "You must swear you don't believe any of what you said about..." "Trinity Guevara?" "On another condition when we're done, you'll come with me to the tavern." "We'll see..." "Soon!" "Needle and yarn." "I'll embroider the carnation, you take care of the rose." " Which one?" " There's only one." "This one." "And another two." "Your hands." "Pale roses." " What's your name?" " Juan Aurelio Casacuberta." "And yours?" "Tonight, since I'll be joining you, just call me Desire." "I shouldn't have come, we were a flower away from finishing the Jasmine." "I didn't want to finish it on purpose." "I was afraid that then you would leave me." " Can I address you by your name?" " No, since you mistrusted me." " Juan Aurelio..." " Thanks, and forgive me..." "Desire." "For what?" "I had never in my life had such fun, neither had I drank." "To you, Desire." "For your dreams to come true... actor." "What's up, Aragonese?" "Since you eluded your friends this evening dance with your girlfriend." " Or whatever she is." " Do you want to?" "You've danced like a couple of angels." "Not even Trinity Guevara and his lover would have done it better." "Trinity Guevara has no lover, you fool." "Hasn't she?" "So what about that Chilean, Cáceres?" "Is he her nephew, or is she just her wet nurse?" "Thanks on behalf of her." "What is it?" "Are you feeling sick?" "I don't know..." "Perhaps all the dancing." "So many hours indoors, forcing my eyes too much." "Sometimes I suffocate, but it's all over now." "The air isn't all that great in there." "I know." "We'll go back to finish the jasmine." " I didn't mean that." " I don't believe you, come on." " Let's stay here for a while..." " Why?" "So you can rest, and believe me." "Don't be mad at me, I couldn't offer you any better fun." "That's all my hands can afford." " I've had a wonderful evening." " Are you making fun of me?" "Look me in the eye, and say you believe me." "Thank you..." "I wish I was, I don't know, something huge so I could lay treasures by your feet." "He who gives all he has, gives infinitely." " Besides..." "I'm just a maid." " A queen to me." "You've treated me like a woman." "It's enough for me to be happy." " Really?" " I swear." "I don't know your real name, but the one you gave me fits you Desire." "Do you really think so?" "Or is it maybe just the scent of the jasmines?" "Both." " So you can feel it as well." " Nothing more?" "And because I adore you." "Doesn't it ring a bell?" "You're right." "We'll go finish the job." "So you won't be yelled at." "I would like a second toast to this meeting, before we go." "I hope you'll have no second thoughts." "Just a minute." "Give me two of the best you have, Aragonese." " And still you dare?" " Hurry, I'm waited for!" "Arsenic I should be serving you." "Don't be angry at me, I am so happy." "I'll embroider a corset for your wife." "In silk?" "And gold and diamonds as well if your wine is good!" "Thanks, you're an ángel, Aragonese!" "Take the jacket tomorrow to my mistress house So you can talk to her." "If you're tired, or you don't want to finish it sew this flower over the missing jasmine." "I'll make it so that she will forgive you." "My name is Gervasia, isn't it ugly?" " Miss Gervasia?" " What can I do for you?" "No way." "Like it or not, that's my name, and yours?" "Casacuberta, Juan Aurelio." "Oh." "The ill-tempered embroider." "Come in, the mistress wants to give you her piece of mind." "She's with the Company!" " What company?" " The theater company." "It makes her really nervous Because of all the dancing." " I should come some other day." "For her to kill me?" "No way." "But I still have a flower left to embroider..." "Then you tell her, and I've heard nothing!" "She's rehearsing, please wait here." "Please tell me." "Isn't there a maid here called Desire?" "If there were, she'd get fired for having a name worse than mine." "Please excuse me, Mistress." "But the embroider is here." "Tell him to come in." "I want you to meet him, he's a real artist." "She told you to come in." "If the job is well done, you shouldn't be afraid." "I had you come in to introduce you to Horaguer Feriurton, investor." "Doctor Millán, my personal physician." "The actor Cáceres..." "How are we related?" "Unfortunately, I'm just your starring actor, madam." "And thanks." "The actor Culebras who has claimed the title of director." "And the rest, which title should fit you?" "Admirers of the Divine Trinity." "Guevara, the other one belongs to father Castañeda, who loathes me." "He knows nothing about art, madam." "Art?" "An artist I want to introduce you to." "A real artist, Juan Aurelio Casacuberta." "Argentinian, to make it better." "Thank you so much, madam." "I only came to deliver this humble piece." "Like all real artists Casacuberta is humble." " He should be copied on that." " Touché madam." "A lovely job!" "Really." "A natural Jasmine..." "It will remain that way, very original!" "Ha!" "So your so-called artist was just an embroider?" "I thought he was an actor." "He will be from tomorrow on, dear investor." "I sense you're desperate to hire him!" "Me?" "Give him a ticket for tonight." "He should see me perform once, before rehearsing with me." "THE CONQUER OF GRENAD A" "Who dares to provoke Allah's wrath?" "And who dares to conquer Grenada upon the glory of the Moor King?" "Nothing will the enemy's fierceness achieve!" "Houses and farms statues and fountains for her, all of them must become warriors." "No one shall defeat her power!" "No one shall defeat her power!" "With the help of God, our Lord the city of Grenada in its heresy shall finally be overcome in the struggle of the war between hate and love." "In the struggle of the war between hate and love!" "And after combat, the Spaniards instead of that bloody half-moon emblem of the cruelty of the moors shall see in the sky the Sun rising above." "Shall see in the sky the Sun rising above!" " Mr. Casacuberta?" " It's me." "Rehearsal tomorrow at three o'clock." " I'm going to rehearse?" " It says so, you should know." "MARY STU ART" "I don't understand what these people come to see." "You're forgetting I'm in the third act." "He's crazy, don't you think so, Mrs. Eugier?" "Trinity is the one who's crazy." "She has a ballroom big enough to fit 200 people and she hasn't invited anyone of us." "And because of that you say she's crazy?" "She's spending more money than she has." "There must be a mysterious significant other." "With all respect, Mrs. Eugier I think you're the one who's crazy." "Mr. Casacuberta, madam." " Leave us alone." " All right, madam." "I didn't want to go up on stage for the first time without thanking you for all you've done for me." "Perform successfully tonight, and I will consider myself paid." " Anything else?" " Yes." "What have I done for you to elude me as if I offended you?" "I've rehearsed with you almost every day, for two months." "You still haven't addressed me outside the stage." "Mr. Casacuberta in the soul of an artist in love with his professión there's no place for other feelings." "Remember that." "And please go, the show is about to start." "Will your lessons always be this harsh?" "I'm a role model." "See this locket?" "There's a picture inside." "Of whom?" "Of a man I love deeply." "Who isn't with me for a single reason art will always be my biggest love." "I'm sorry to bother you with my stupid complaints." "I'm still an apprentice." "Come in." "Mrs. Trinity, on stage!" "Mr. Casacuberta, the play begins with you!" "Right away!" "It was a true success." "Specially for an unknown actor." "I believe he was more applauded than me." "And I held no resentment towards him." "What is it?" "Aren't you happy?" "No." "Not even now that you have me by your side?" "To go to a party with hundreds of guests." "Maybe the man inside your locket will be there." "That's why I want you to come." "You won't be a real artist unless you suffer." " And the more..." " Then I'll be a great artist." "Is everyone here?" "All guests have come." "Then let's go." "Your arm, Casacuberta." "I don't understand." "Either are we here too early or no one has showed up." "You've heard it, everyone is here..." "You and me, my dear." "Trinity, please, don't drive me crazy." "These have been too many emotions for one evening." "We came to celebrate them." "Don't you want to dine with me to in Juan Casacuberta's honor first starring actor in my mother land?" "Tell me I'm not dreaming, I swear that I..." "I sacrificed my love for you because I was afraid that it would hold you back." "Now you've made it, sweetheart." "THE DEATH OF TASSO" "THE PHONY FRIENDS" "OTHELLO" "The beauty of revenge to have you here, within the grasp of my hands and my hate." "Aren't you afraid?" "Of what, my lord?" "I've done nothing to offend you." "Shut up!" "From your lips all words come out stained." " Trinity as usual, flawless." " More than ever." "There's a new sparkle to her eyes." "Could what father Castañeda is saying be true?" "He said in his sermon that she's in love with a married man." "Have some respect towards Trinity, she is a pure lady." "And what about Casacuberta?" "He's better at it than Cáceres, who played it before." "He's the only actor worthy of her." "Just the time to say a prayer, please." "It's too late!" "Oh..." "Fantastic!" "You deserve a couple of minutes off." "In the meantime, we'll go through less risky scenes." "My arm, madam." "Thanks, Casacuberta, I'm so tired." "Cáceres, please, your scene!" " Chipre's street." " Yes." "How long are we going to act like perfect strangers?" "Until we are husband and wife and we can travel abroad happily." " With no audience or witnesses." " Tomorrow if you want to." "We said we'd finish this season without any scandals." "And you said you'd tell me who this is... my torment." "You will know the day of our wedding." "Soon, love." "Mr. Casacuberta, we'll go on with lago's scene." "Cáceres is going to be great at it, I know he hates me." "He has his reasons, he used to be my lover." "Don't be so cruel." "See you soon." "Mrs. Eugier, come in, I have something to tell you." "Me?" "You surely do." "You won't be so happy when you hear what it is." "I know your plans with father Castañeda to destroy me." "It's unfair." "I respect you, but you must respect me all the same!" "What if I don't?" "Then you're out of the Company." "The same way you'll get out of here before I lose it!" "Now!" "Alright..." "I'll go." "Don't worry." "If you play this scene like I used to you will steal the madam's thunder." "Well, it's been awhile since people like you better." "She's better than all of us together." "Don't waste your time on intrigues, I'm really tired." "Come on!" "Come on!" " You might think so..." " I do, lago!" "What?" "To kiss in intimacy means no harm at all." "And to give away the handkerchief you gave her in the end, it's hers." "For heaven's sake!" "You told me..." "And this haunts my memory like crows haunt a rotten house." "You told me Casius had my handkerchief." "That..." "Casius..." "What's up, sir?" "Are you feeling ill?" "Doctor Millán was somewhere around." "Soon!" "His heart is completely exhausted, Trinity." "He must leave the stages if he ever hopes to recover." "He never mentioned being ill." "He still doesn't know." "But either he has some rest, or he won't live another 6 months." "But he's at the top, he won't want to retire." "He has to decide, acting, or his own life." "And without telling him why, since in these conditions apprehensive patients usually summon their own death." "Forgive me, but I still can't understand." "I really love..." "that big boy." "I almost created him." "Then undo him." "If you really love him that's the best you can do for him." "And you being so good..." "A bad actress and an evil woman is she who dares to mock this city Christian society." "How long will we put up with her irony, extravagance and lack of demure?" "We'll applaud at night the mystery of the locket that imprisons the suffering of a decent home." "Quoque tandem?" "People of Buenos Aires." "How long?" "You didn't announce yourself." " You wouldn't have received me." " Perhaps." "I just come from the theater." "Cáceres will replace me in Othello." "He was the first." "He was the first in everything else." "I was also told that... you didn't know." "I overheard something." "Are you done by the end of this month?" "I'm done." "They took my name off the billboards." "I'm really sorry." "And that's all you have to say?" "What about your promises?" "What about your projects?" "You see, it was a loss of time." "Trinity, explain yourself or I'll have to believe what was put here by the venomous tongue of your actors." "You can't feel envious of me." "You're too big and I'm nothing." "Being big isn't enough, you must also stay on top." "So it's true." "You, who created me, feel threatened by me when I have lived for nothing more than to cherish you?" "Let's put an end to this ridiculous charade!" "Complain to the investor, and leave me alone!" "Not a single explanation?" "He will provide them to you." "It is most likely, that if you were replaced by Cáceres it is because he's better at it than you." "I don't know who you are." "Actually, only now I see who you really are." "You're poisonous!" "You're evil, just for the thrill of it." "You're not the only one who thinks so." "The newspaper was right, a thousand times right!" "Madam?" "The mister wants to leave, but he doesn't remember the way out." "Please walk him out." "Fine, madam." "If you're so kind to follow me eight o' clock at night, no news around..." "The beauty of revenge." "To have you within the grasp of my hands and hate." "He's great." "If Cáceres saw him, he'd be cured." "I didn't know he was sick." "He didn't show up and Casacuberta, although fired, took his place." "The proof of your treason is in my hands." "What proof, my lord?" "I adore you." "This one." "That handkerchief, so dear to my heart." "That handkerchief!" "What are you saying?" "Have you lost it?" "That locket..." "Can I open it right now?" "No!" "No, you won't!" "That locket..." "Can I open it right now?" "No!" "If you don't redeem yourself, then you can't be saved!" "Can't you hear the silence?" "Don't you see the whiteness of your neck and the strength of my hands?" "Let me go!" "What kind of nonsense is this?" "Let you?" "Yes, I'll let you say a prayer, because you're going to die!" "The same way all who treason and damage die and those who hold no compassión!" "Let me go!" "Animal!" "Please, take this man out!" "Let me go!" "Beloved audience I apologize from the bottom of my artist's soul for such an embarrassing show tonight." "Behind curtains, the investor is saying that all ticket's will be refunded." "To all of you, who have nothing to do with a barely talented novice actor who ruined the representation we have offered so many times with enormous dignity." "On behalf of him who, I expect to return to embroidery and on behalf of all of us, we apologize deeply." "Father Castañeda was right!" "Mrs. Eugier was also right!" "You're right." "I'm with you on this one." "And to make sure you do forgive us I announce tomorrow our representations will end." "No!" "You should stay!" "I've signed the contract tonight and I will go with my colleague Francisco Cáceres, to Chile." "Goodbye and farewell." ""Farewell" you said that night." "Today, 15 years later, still away from your home land, like me." "Really bitter memories, Mr. Sarmiento but I came to thank you for your kind reviews before I left." "You were well worthy of them." "Such a great artist, and such a great lady as usual better than ever, if my opinion is worth something, madam." "Your opinion is so important, that it will outlast the memory of me." "I'm satisfied that an Argentine will follow you." "I'm glad, but it must have been a last minute resolution because the investors wanted me to stay." "It's almost a work of charity." "Do you remember an actor by the name Casacuberta?" "Yes." "I mean, I thought he wasn't acting anymore." "He achieved great success, but he burned down eventually." "Failure after failure, the circus took over in Buenos Aires." "Is he still alive?" "But in the poorest of conditions, believe me." "Happiness is in a constant quarrel with art." "You say so, when you have it all." "All, except the one thing I wanted." "And with all my soul, sir." "Excuse me, sir." "The test print for the paper." "Here is the ad for Casacuberta's charity, madam." "Want to hear it?" ""Cast out, wandering miraculously escaping the snow from the Andes almost blind in my path I found here hospitality and a couple of helping hands." "Upon your request, I will play 6 Degrees of Crime for the last time in my artist life due to the physical degradation every time I portrait that disgraced Julián when in the last scene, escaping the Fatal Chariot he attempts to avoid scaffold, etc., etc."" "I don't think many people will go see that drama." "Please, Mr. Sarmiento couldn't you tell me where is he staying?" "ARMY INN" "Go away!" "I want nothing and I have nothing to give you." "Tell your boss I'll pay him after the show." "And if he's in a hurry, it's his problem!" "And if..." "Juan Aurelio..." "weren't you expecting me?" "Not the first time I mistake you for the maid, right?" "My dear, aren't you happy to see me?" "No!" "Because you have come to laugh at me." "Yes, you were right." "You see..." "This is my triumph." "Are you happy?" "No, dear, you're a great actor." "Too god, perhaps." "But you must retire from theaters, so ungrateful towards you." "No need to, the theater retired me long ago." " Don't do this play." " I'll be paid 400 pesos." "I need them to go back home." "And, if you are happy to hear it, to eat!" "Just like when I was an embroider." "Don't do it, I'm begging you with my heart." "What right do you have to ask me that?" "I love you, and we will never be apart again, my love." "We'll go back together to Buenos Aires." "I will also retire." "I cannot let Sarmiento down he helped me get here." "Then, if you want to, you will only do tonight's show." " The end is quite strong, right?" " Yes, and the last step the scafford." "In the final act, I remember the play." "Listen dear, you will do as I tell you for the sake of our love." "The chariot must be already crossing the square and near the scafford bottom, my lord." "My job is an enormous burden today, being it someone I can barely call a friend." "Only one act to go." "I know you're not tricking me this time and I'm happy to believe you." "Thanks, dear." "I'm very happy as well." "Will you be brave enough to retire?" "You're at the top." "I want no triumph, love." "I want you, and you're going to retire with me." "Am I that bad an actor?" "No." "The first one in my life and here." "Will you open it?" "Yes, I never changed the picture inside." "A picture sent by some crazy boy who wanted to be an artist." "Thanks, my love!" "Thank you and forgive me." "Mr. Casacuberta..." "You'd better behave, starring actor." "My best performance, in your honor." "A car is waiting for us outside, don't you forget!" "And a priest in Merced." "You'd better give your future husband some applaud." "Save me out of mercy!" "Only you can do it." "Advice is all I have now." "I doubt an executioner can be your savior." "In the name of God, I'm begging you." "Don't turn me in!" "Hide me!" "I wish, my friend, but how?" "They've followed your steps." "Everyone." "Everyone!" "Is headed this way." "Hide me, I don't want to die." "I don't want to!" "This is my only room, disgraced one." "Then close the doors, the windows, everything, for God's sake." "What for, disgraced one?" "Can't you hear them saying "there he is"?" "I hear them coming up the stairs." "Poor friend of mine, there's nothing left to do." "I don't want to die on a scafford." "I don't want to." "I don't want to." "I don't want to!" "Entrust your soul to God." "I don't want to..." "No!" "Let go of me!" "Release me, I don't want to die." "No!" "No!" "Release me, no!" "Let go of me, no!" "No!" "No... no..." "No..." "A doctor, please!" "He's not coming round!" "In a second." "Excuse me." "Don't draw the curtains!" "What's wrong, doctor?" "Is he very ill?" "His heart no longer beats, madam" "No!" "...it's been a complete success." "I don't understand Trinity's desire to leave." "One last performance." "Not a single one more." "She's setting tomorrow for Rio de Janeiro." "I don't get it, then why did she come?" "To finish a play, I'm sure she has something to say." "Dear audience, I thank you with all my soul for receiving me so generously." "And thanks, specially, for allowing me to say something I need to say." "Last time I did this play was with me, on this very stage standing on these same boards my partner Juan Aurelio Casacuberta." "That night, I can't explain to you why I interrupted the performance to tell you he was a barely talented novice and that he had ruined the play." "It is my purpose this night to tell you in the same theater, on the same stage that I lied and that it was not true." "Juan Aurelio Casacuberta was a great actor." "He had loads of talent and a huge heart!" "That to an extent that he is no longer with us for the glory of Argentinian theaters and to forgive me." "24 k gold." "Last century piece." "I bought it at an international convention." "So it is from last year?" "From the antique department, madam." "Take a look at the picture." "Not in a million years!" "Ornament a party gown with an unknown portrait?" "He is no unknown man, madam." "This is..." "It might belong to..." "We'll change it in no time." "That is what you need." "This coat of arms is the exact same size." "What does it represent?" "Ah!" "Marquis Crown, on a wave field." "This once belonged to the renowned man..." "A tuxedo, an ironed shirt and shoes of patent leather!" "I'm in a hurry." " To rent?" " Of course." "Look around those hangers." "I'm sorry, madam." "If you give me your address I'll have it changed and sent to you right away." "I want it to be perfect." "And I need it before eight o' clock." "Don't worry, madam." "We have an awesome artist." "In particular, for these delicate jobs." "Listen." " Can you show me some shirts?" " In a second." "Vincha!" "Vincha!" "Vincha!" "Vincha!" "Why don't you answer when I call you?" "My name is Virginia, sir." "And I call you Vincha because it is shorter and I want to." " All right?" " Yes, sir." "What's the iron for?" "You told me not to let the gramophone stop." "They look like four pairs when you're eating." "You must finish all of this, today!" "It's Saturday tomorrow, and it will be busy as hell." "Yes sir, but your wife was about to ask me to cook." "I am not willing to support a spoiled little princess who want a throne and a slave with a fan." "Got it?" "Yes, Mateo." "After cooking, I'll finish ironing." "Don't iron too late, or else lots of energy are used." "I'll try to do as much as I can now." "Not now!" "Are you good at painting?" "A little sir, and music, and handcrafts." "That's useless, come with me to the counter." "Yes, sir." "Take the picture carefully, and replace it with the coat of arms." "Then paint some ornaments to blend it in." "I'll do my best, sir." "I don't know if I..." "Is also this job too difficult for you?" "!" "Or is it that you can't do it?" " Yes, sir." " Listen." "Oh, you!" "You found anything?" "It couldn't fit better!" " Vincha!" " What, sir?" "Don't you hear the record's over?" "Uh?" "Oh, yes, sir." "Right away." "Can I rent that one?" "I'll give it for free." "Just some orphan I'm stuck with." "With a little stitch from the girl... presto!" "My wife always tell me this big heart of mine will lead me to my destruction." "Our financial issues will be over tonight, dear." "About time, I couldn't take the dress unless I paid and the white satin one is already four years old." "Tonight's dinner will fix everything." "Will I be able to redeem my jewelry?" "I'm wearing counterfeits." "Don't be mad at me, dear we had to move a little money to generate some confidence." "If you say so..." "Otherwise, count Florida Blanca de la Huerta wouldn't have brought his partners to back my plan." "He will be the first count ever to have money." "Maybe." "But there's another pearl." "Millionaire Paul Van Raisen." "He owns half of Belgium trains." "I never heard of him, is he an Argentine?" "Just by chance, and he has just inherited from one of the biggest industrials in Europe and travels around in a yacht with 80 crewmembers." "Florida Blanca didn't want to bring him at all." "Maybe he was afraid we'd eat him." "He was saving him for some other business." "I had to promise him, formally that I would invite Menéndez Rivas' widow." "Does he know her?" "No, but he knows she is beautiful, rich, and fond of business." "As soon as I said she'd be here the count accepted to come and promised to bring Van Raisen along." "As long as everything goes well..." "It will, you can be sure." "Did you tell the widow what this was about?" "More or less." " We'll have to send for her." " My brother is in charge." "Who?" "Javier?" "Excellent!" "On the way here they can talk about fashion, hairdo's..." " Are you criticizing him?" " On the contrary." "As soon as I'm president of this new partnership he'll be in charge of protocol." "The service door is outside." "On the right." "I'm sorry, but I think the lady was expecting this." "A locket." "Oh yes, you can leave it." "No I can't unless I talk to the lady first." "Because..." "Or with the lord." "It's 240 pesos." "Fine." "Wait here." "My sister?" "With the lord in his room, child Javier." "Tell them both to come!" "Right away!" "Run!" "And you are?" "Waiting for a locket." " Are you from here?" " Kind of." "Why?" "If you could make it so that they receive me soon." "I have a pile of clothes this big waiting for me to iron." "I'm sorry, but you're here in the worst of times." " Will I have to wait, then?" " As much as you can, girl." "So?" "They're waiting for you." "What about you?" "Who told you to sit down?" "Alone?" "You had to fetch Menéndez Rivas' widow." " Yes." " Did you forget?" "How can I forget?" "That's where I come from." "So?" "You can remove her plate, she's not coming." "No!" "Didn't you tell her everyone expected her?" "I told her nothing." "She sailed to Paraguay this morning." "Businesses, speeches, things like that." "And now?" "We're lost." "Florida Blanca will withdraw with his team." " It can't be that bad!" " You don't know him." "When he plays offended count, he's worse than a stubborn horse." "Can't we invite someone else?" "It's too late." "They'll be here in minutes time." "This is a real mess." "We won't get out of this one alive." "You're the clever one, come up with something!" "Dear beloved sister, what do you want me to do?" "If I were a rich, good-looking widow..." "Come in." "And you are?" "I'm sorry, but I was left alone waiting and I have a pile of clothes this big waiting at the shop." "Are you going to pay for the locket?" "I don't need it anymore, I'm wearing different jewelry." "It's all right, madam." "I'm sorry, they sent me." "Good night." "Wait a second." "Wait a moment, don't go." "Where is your white satin dress?" "The old one." "What do you want it for?" "It's completely outdated." "Outdated?" " How old are you?" " Twenty-two, sir." " And what's your name?" " Vincha." "I mean, Virginia." "But please, sir." "I have a pile of clothes this big waiting for me." "The count Florida Blanca de la Huerta, and his guests." "Come on in, please." "Make yourselves at home." "Thank you very much." " Pleased to meet you, madam." " Please." "My partner, Costapaz." "Dimas Peralta, powerful farmer..." "We already know each other." "I only came to eat." "No business for me, huh?" "Don't be scared, Dimas, we won't force you." "There's someone missing, if I'm not wrong." "Van Raisen is downstairs, with my secretary giving orders to excuse him from other invitations tonight." "Since he'll be here such a short time..." "Please, go fetch him." "So that he won't..." "Of course." "If you excuse me." "The last one to arrive seems to be Mrs. Menéndez Rivas." " No." "She's already here." " That's good news!" "Yes, she was upstairs mingling with my brother." "Please, let them know everybody is here." "If you'll excuse me, I'll see what's delaying Van Raisen." "Like I said, he wouldn't come up until he knew she was here." "Come on in please!" "Paul Van Raisen, who I had the pleasure to meet with his father in those lovely times in the Blue Coast." "Mrs. Medina, Mr. Medina." "I'm sorry for the delay." "Businessmen are always forgiven." " Right, madam?" " Lf you intend to please me I beg you to forget you're all businessmen tonight." "Could it be?" "I'll have no trouble with that, madam." "I really can get used to numbers, and I loathe them." "You'll have to forgive us, Van Raisen." "Upon Florida Blanca's request, this is almost a men's meeting." "Just two ladies, my wife and..." "Come in, Mrs. Menéndez Rivas." "Good evening." "Am I too late?" "I was by his father side when in a second in the Bruxelles stockmarket he ended up with almost every train to his name." "Do you remember, Paul?" "Huh?" "If you remember when, under my advice your father bought Once Mer Des Fer Veyras?" "Yes, I remember and I am sorry." "At this time, I'd be far away from telegraphic reports and stock quotations." "Don't believe him, he's even better than his father." "The extraordinary Antoine?" "Today I have proof in business, young people and women." "What do you think, madam?" " Really?" " Sure." "Speak your mind." "Business conversation bore me to no end." "I mean, they're fun, but I just don't get them." " Then what?" " Tell the truth, madam." "Since my sister asked to keep business out of the table..." "Oh, touché!" "I apologize." "The truth is you haven't eaten anything." "Should I be offended?" "No, madam." "I just didn't want to take off my gloves." "And for her silhouette, she told me before we sat." "But I can drink champagne, right?" "I love it!" "Beautiful women like you live on nothing but champagne and air." "There are those who say I eat with four pairs of hands." "Who dares to say so?" "So I can take revenge!" "I wish." "He's my boss!" "Well, I call him Boss, because he manages everything." "Well, everything I have." "I'd like to propose a toast to everyone in this table and to the success of all of our projects." "Personally, and if the lady doesn't mind I want to offer a toast to Mrs. Menéndez Rivas to whom businesses are as boring as for me." "Well, fine." "Coffee's in the living room." "Let me go first, I have a small surprise for you." "I told you I would ruin everything." "Shut up, you were pretty good." "And smile." "I can't, because I'm starving." "The cutlery was complicated, it would have been dangerous." " They're looking at you, smile." " I'm smiling, but it's late." "When I go back to the shop, they're going to kill me." "Don't worry, I'll go with you and explain it all." "Sincerely charming." "Perhaps a little free-spirited." "Very open, but exquisite." "Her husband was so jealous that it is only now she opened to people." "Then he died on time How many millions does she have?" "Many, and a crazy luck Everything she touches turns into gold." "What's up, Van Raisen?" "Isn't your night lost?" "What should I say?" "I'd like her even if she were the poorest woman in the world." "Why would the sea want any more fish?" "If you would like to come to the living room..." "Thanks." "This is my surprise, misters." "Here is this century's biggest invention." "Count Florida Blanca must have told you something, right?" "Not much, since I only know it trough Eurobay news and what you told me." "What is it?" "A magical flashlight?" "No, sir." "No." "This is Lumière Brothers' cinematograh." "It has been a commercial success in Paris and is the pillar of the society we created to exploit the invention here and throughout America." "Pay attention, this exhibition is entirely for you alone." "Please, sit down." "Sit with me." "Don't be afraid if the pictures seem to jump off at you it's just an optical illusión." " Turn off the light." " When you say so." "If you turn off the lights we won't be able to se a thing!" "Silence, please." "I'm sorry, it was me." "The champagne." "Hiccup." "From your mouth, it's just poetry." "Attention!" "This is Lumière's factory, where the big invention was born." "Javier, please, a little music to go with this." "The only living picture of the Paris Photographic Convention July, 1895." "Here you have the inventor Lumière, through Thomas' camera." "Wonderful, right?" "Awesome, don't you think?" "I don't know if it's the champagne but I'm afraid." "Afraid of what?" "Of some moving doodles?" "What?" "Don't you like it?" "It's funny, but I don't think people will pay to see this." "Wait, Dimas, after this one comes a story." "Right?" "Mr. Medina." "On the same reel follows the murder of the duke of Guisa with an awesome plot." "Here it comes." "The king of France, Henry III prepares the attack in Gloàu's castle." "The duke, suspicious checks his guards faces under a candle's light." "His Majesty, waiting for the Duke develops his plan along with the conspirators." "Note the wonderful work of the actor le Bargy, from French comedy." "It's like being in Paris without moving away from home!" "What a wonderful set!" "It looks real." "It was shot in Paris, on an extensive budget." "This is Lambert, adored by all European women." "And Gabrielle Ropin, the most beautiful actress of all France." "The Duke of Guisa arrives at the castle." "I'm sorry, I can't announce anyone right now." "But I need to talk to the lady..." "I showed the best I had, and I had it painted for her." "I need to talk to the lady." "I told you it's impossible." "Come back later." "No sir!" "Not without talking to the lady first!" "Please, go see what he wants." "You play the piano, but louder." "The person you're looking for isn't here!" "But I sent her about three hours ago." "Then she must have got lost, I don't know." "Well, I want to talk to the lady." "The lady has guests." "I beg you stop bothering." "And don't be upset about the girl, she'll appear soon." "What do I care about the girl?" "What I want is the locket." "The lady is responsible." "If it doesn't appear, you will be paid." "But please, go away." "Fine!" "But, if when I open the shop tomorrow morning, I don't have the money or the girl I'll call police and mention the lady as prime witness." "There is a strange atmosphere in the King's antechamber." "You could say courtisans aren't being honest." "Lights!" "So?" "What do you say?" "That I have to go not a minute later!" " What?" " What are you saying?" " You're going?" " No way." "I'm sorry, but I am upset." "Because of what you saw, right?" "Not, because of what I heard." "He knows well that I have to go." "And if I asked that you stayed a little longer would you also say no?" "I would say..." "What time is it?" "Really early!" "One more toast to her staying." "You will be responsible." "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Who said this tasted like a numb leg?" "They were right." "All right, gentlemen." "It's time to talk about our project." "You already know the great invention." "Now it's about exploiting it, and the sooner, the better." "Of course, it's about exploiting the first wave." "Even if it lasts two years, it's a great opportunity." "We've taken theater San Martín for the first exhibitions." "Then we're going to rent ballrooms, singing cafe's bares, restaurants, everything we can..." "Why don't we build specific buildings for this?" "It's not worth it." "By the time the first one is built the cinematograph will be over." "If the business genius says so..." "Let's not waste anytime." "Mrs. Menéndez Rivas you should be our mascot." "How many shares are you going to start with?" "I'm sorry, Van Raisen." "I want to be the one to take your request." "But... we were just talking about music with the lady." "I was talking her into singing." "Music comes later, kids." "Now it's about numbers." "What are you waiting for?" "Say a number." " Well... eight." " No." " Too many?" " Too few!" "The lady has a great sense of humor." "Then... eighty." "No, no." "Eight hundred!" "All right?" "Yes, great." "They are 100 pesos shares." "Oh... they might as well be of 1000 pesos." "That's the way to talk." "Unfortunately we don't have as much share capital." "Can we play music now?" "In a minute." "And I congratulate you on your purchase." "Gold shares." " Are they good?" " You won't find any better." "And why do I have to share?" "I don't like sharing." "Can't I keep them to my own?" "Van Raisen purchased 1200 shares." "And the widow 800, that's 2000 shares, 200 thousand pesos." "There's 50 left, I say we keep them among ourselves." "Wait a second, then why did you bring me?" "To see how you get a slice of the cake?" "I'm sorry." "You said you had just come to eat." "Who cares what I said!" "I won't let a local business be taken over by foreign hands." "As usual, natives are left aside!" "So..." "Since she still hasn't signed them we could ask the lady to give up some of her shares." "That's so rude!" "There's another way, how many shares do you want?" "As many as the two of them combined." " Fine." " Plus a little more." "Well, have him sign a request for the quantity he desires and we'll expand the share capital." "Is that right?" "Perfect!" "Give me some room!" "I'm about to sign" "It takes some work, I have a complicated signature." "If you knew how many people this baby has ripped off..." "Hurry, the widow is about to sing." "The little widow, walks around she doesn't mind being stared at" "Because when she was married, she wasn't anything" "The little widow gets in a car, doesn't matter if it's at night" "If in the car, there is a man, then what is there to think?" "The little widow, desperately needs to be lent a hand" "If you saw, just how lonely she's seen on Monserrat" "The little widow, desperately needs to be lent a hand" "Being a widow, without some help it's a real torture" "She walks on Andes and on Cuyo, With that walk of her own" "The little widow, goes ahead, and behind the police officer" "For when she walks, she moves around" "In such a spicy way, that she is later told" "The little widow, desperately needs to be lent a hand" "If you saw, just how lonely she's seen on Monserrat" "The little widow, desperately needs to be lent a hand" "Being a widow, without some help it's a real nuisance" "Excellent!" "But where did you learn how to sing?" "With the phonograph, playing all day long..." " What phonograph?" " The one from..." "The one at my house." "On one side the phonograph, on the other a pile of..." "Of papers to sign and checks, she's really hard-working." "Why don't you have a cough mint?" "Don't you think it's time for some chocolate?" " And sandwiches?" "!" " Lf you want to..." "Thank God!" "I was really..." "Hot!" "You're all sweaty." "If you want to you can have it on the balcony, it's cooler." "Come, come with me." "If you don't mind, I'll go with you." "You're a piano artist and you should keep on playing." "Madam?" "Fine, but have the sandwiches sent to the terrace." "Shall we?" "I admire her honesty but this is a little..." "Anyway!" "Play a nice waltz, so it doesn't show." "Thanks for letting me come with you." "I was hoping to be alone with you to tell you what I have been dying to tell you." "You'd better not speak, please, I'm begging you." "Are you mad at me?" "Is that why you won't hear me?" "No, I'm sorry." "I've had too much champagne, and I'm afraid to start crying." "Whatever you say." "It is enough for me to be by your side, even silently." "Want to dance?" "I'll be gone tomorrow morning, who knows for how long." "Are you really leaving tomorrow?" "In my yacht." "To make new deals in old countries." "What's the name of your yacht?" "Ran, it is Swedish for "ray"." "It should be called "Sad Fate"." "Don't you feel pity for me?" "I feel self-pity." "Excuse me." " Did I offend you in any way?" " You said you're leaving tomorrow." "If that's what it is, I can stay, I just need you to ask me to stay." "Even if you stayed, we wouldn't see each other anymore." "Why?" "My name is Virginia, and yours, Paul." "It's true." "Paul y Virginia." "Haven't you read the novel?" "It's been a while and I don't remember well." "They loved each other from the first moment they saw and they were never happy..." "Oh, yes." "I remember now." "The sea in between them." "The sea and the world." "Excuse me." "You chocolate, madam." "No, take it." "I can't eat right now." "Fine, madam." "A while ago you said you were hungry." "I just can't now." "Would you laugh if I told you I want to die?" "Right now." "Have you had such a bad time with me?" "On the contrary." "This is the happiest night of my life." "That's why I would want it to be the last." "Are you telling me the truth?" "I swear." " Don't open it." " My rival?" " This is my rival?" " Our rival." "The sea." "And the crown?" "Your money." "They are both dragging you away..." "Even if I went to the end of the world..." "I'll be back." "You won't find me." "I'll look for you, wherever you may be I swear it, over our rival." "Well, young magnate, it's time to get going." "The lady will surely want to go home as well." "Yes, me too." "I think so, right?" "Yes, it almost five." "I'll walk you." "No way." "I'll walk the lady." "But you sent you car home, Van Raisen." "Nevermind, we'll take yours." "Fine." " Is your house around here?" " Um..." "What time is it?" "A quarter to six." "A quarter to six?" "!" "Then it is over here, yes." "That one!" "No, no, the other one." "The one with the big bars." "Now go, that was the condition." "I will wait until they open the iron door, at least." "And what are they going to think of me?" "What kind of gentleman is you?" "I apologize." "Please take off your glove." "I want to kiss your hand..." "since I can't..." "I don't care about the chauffer." "I can't lie to you." "You know why I can't take my gloves off?" " No." " Because I bite my nails." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "When you wonder when will I come back, ask your locket" "Goodbye." "Farewell." "Good morning, Mateo." "Good morning, Mateo!" "So?" "Don't say a word, I'll explain it later." "I was about to tell police." "No need to anymore, everything is all right." "I'll tell you right away and you'll see how great." "But what about the locket?" "Here it is." "They didn't pay for it but it doesn't matter." "Because I will buy it." "Here you go." "100 pesos I earned, the rest, I'll pay you with my work." "And who told you I'm going to pay you a salary?" "Well, I'll work for other people, but the locket is mine!" "You'd better not touch it!" "And don't waste my time I have clothes to iron." "But what about those clothes?" "I'll change clothes inside." "I have to return it in the afternoon." "I'll tell you later." "Do you want me to play the gramophone?" "Lt'll be good to wake everybody up." "But I don't understand." "Yon don't need to understand." "Not at all." "You know:" "The locket, the dress, the gramophone." "I have a pile of clothes this big inside, I'll tell you later." "Even if I went to the end of the world, I'll be back." "I'll look for you, wherever you are." "Even if I went to the end of the world, I'll be back." "I'll be back." "I'll look for you." "I'll be back." "You thought I wasn't going to come back, didn't you?" "Thank God you opened up early!" "Well, kid, give me the clothes because I'm in a hurry." "Here is your jacket, your shirt, your ring, everything." "Where can I take these trousers off?" "Behind that screen." "Here is your sailor outfit." "Vest... did everything go well in that party?" "I earned a few bucks playing the millionaire for some posh people." "But if you opened any later, I would have set off in a tuxedo." "You must at least have eaten well." "Nothing." "But I had a great time." "A dream." "And 300 pesos is good cigarette money." "Life on board is so boring..." "Hey!" "What is this?" " What?" " This locket, is it yours?" " It's sold, on hire purchase." " I'll pay you cash." "How much?" "If you have 240 to throw away, it's yours." " But what good is it?" " It's funny..." "It's an identical copy of another one which reminds me of the happiest night in my life." "I'll take it." "With the good faith deposit, here is the 240." "Goodbye!" "Goodbye." "And bon voyage!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Where are you going?" "Everyone is crazy this morning!" "Vincha!" "CINEMATOGRAPH" "Your deceased husband, bought it to a sailor's family who also died there and who had it as an infallible mascot." "If he died, I don't think it is very infallible." "He wanted to give it to you when returning from his home town which is also mine." "Unfortunately, he never got on board." "As a mascot, what a mascot, old man!" "The locket has nothing to do." "It was a bloody pneumonia." "As soon as Rosendo got sick, he entrusted these things to me knowing that I was coming to America." "And you, it seems, came on a boat because eighteen years have passed." "No, Francisca, the Civil War broke out, that's all." "Poor Galician..." "I told him not to go for a month but his nostalgia was stronger." "He got on board without telling me, and wrote from Montevideo swearing he'd be back in no time." "He told me, he felt really regretful." "He said: "Tell them I'm dying to se both of them"" "Yes, he left me in charge of the corrals and a child while he went to Vigo to eat fish." "He also gave me something for your son." "Here it is." "Carved by the friars of Pontevedra's." "Modesto Romero, my son graduated from medical school two years ago, with gold medal." "Do you think he'll use it?" "Congratulations, madam and I'm sorry for the delay." "It's not your fault." "Children grow, toys don't." "Come in!" "Pancha, from the sawmill." "If you don't send the truck right away, don't bother to send it." "I already dispatched Antonio, why isn't he going?" "He still hasn't come back from La Boca." "Then tell Hoarsey to go." "Here, put the time on the ticket, come on." "Congratulations once again." "There were no trucks in your husband's time." "That's right." "From that sign, all that's left is the word "honest"." "And we don't need it written, it is carried on the inside." " That's why I took it out." " "Suevia"." "I'm sure Rosendo came up with that." "Yes, he wanted to call it Corral Galicia, and I didn't." " I won, always so stubborn." " And you settled for Suevia?" "Yes, I don't know where it is, but it sounds nice." "Now they call it "Feisty Lady Corral"." "And I sure was it these eighteen years." "Brick by brick, penny by penny..." "For your son, I understand." "Does he live here?" "No, he's an internal at the Surgery Institute." "But he hasn't skipped a single Thursday meal with his mother." "And today is Thursday, so I'll say goodbye and I beg you to excuse me for the delay." "I'm sorry, Tejeira." "So many years among men and horses..." "Now I'm a monster that if ever thinks something nice doesn't know how to say it." "Your effort, your friendship with my poor Rosendo these mementos..." "Anyway, I thank you for all." "Even for the toy!" "Pancha, Hoarsey can't go to the sawmill." "How come he can't?" "Already looking to fight?" " No, but..." " Told you so." " Did Antonio come?" " No." " And García?" " There's nobody, Pancha." "Fine, carry on, I will go." "Is there something I can do for you, Francisca?" "At the moment, to leave, I see trouble coming ahead." "Farewell, then." "Goodbye, Tejeira." "Oh!" "Before I go..." "Suevia in the old language means "Galicia"!" "I don't feel like going out at night." "Even less, overtime." "You can tell her that." "Whatever you can tell "her", you can say it to me." "What are you braying about?" "So what?" "You think I'm afraid of you?" "I'll go out if I want to." "But I'll have to be paid extra." "It's overtime." "And should I also pay for the time you used to get that drunk?" "Paid overtime, and cheers." "So you can crash my truck?" "Go take a nap, now." "From the sawmill, Pancha." "Send them at least a car." "What do I tell them?" "Tell them that, since the animal are ill the truck is on its way." "Mimí, Blanquita, come check this out." "What happened?" "It's the first time a small car like this takes such a beast on." "Isn't that amusing?" "We've broken the beast's nose!" "Aren't you afraid of having yours crushed if you drive like that without looking back?" "Driving license?" "I never carry it at night." "It makes me look fat." " Where do you live?" " There." "I mean..." "Can I say I live there?" "Let's say you'll find me on the sixth floor all evenings seven to nine." "Look, cocky boy." "End it on it, or else it's going to get ugly." "And let's go to the police station or the insurance won't pay." "She's crazy if she thinks we're going to lose our time." "The show begins at eight." "You are the one who's crazy and it's written all over your face." "Let's settle this issue or the show will be here!" "Let's see god woman." "What do you pretend?" "To leave." "I have things to do." "And if you don't want to waste you time pay for my bumper and light, 800 pesos." "The bad thing is I'm not carrying my wallet." "Makes you look fat as well?" "Then parrots inside the cage, and on our way to the police station." "Wait!" " Do you have any change?" " Again?" "Don't be uptight, when the expenses go up, the car's yours." " As long as it his!" " What are you saying?" "Nothing." "It seems I'm right." "Here." "And stop bothering us, lady trucker." "And a proud one, baby!" "Let's go!" "I have cars as well!" "If you want to dump one there, let me know!" "Has my son arrived?" "No, Pancha, but I laid the table." " There's a man waiting for you." " Who is it?" "I don't know." "A man who has come several times." "I'm not in the mood for a visit." "You again?" "And for the same thing, until you change your mind." " I'm sorry Mr..." " Smith." "I should have known." "I won't even sell you the Corral for my weight in gold." "And I am quite a full-figured lady." "450 thousand tax free, and that's my last offer." "Thanks, but don't waste your time." "Don't you see the table laid?" "The last payment of the trucks took quite a toll and there's more." "Y saw you gossiping with Hoarsey, is he your spy?" "Just friends." "He also thinks..." "Look sir whose name I can't remember whatever him, you, and all your company think, I don't care." "This is mine." "And I won't sell it, because this is my life." "It meant my son's career, and I can't live without working." "Are we clear?" "You can sell, and remain as an employee." "Thank you very much, but I just don't want to." "Tell me..." "How do you say it in English?" ""Goodbye" or "leave because you bother me"?" "I'm sorry, madam." "I hope that someday, someone will change your mind," "Maybe your son, who has a brilliant career." " Did Hoarsey told you that?" " You can read it on the papers." "Don't you think he'll want to forget the "Feisty Woman Corral"?" "No." "The Feisty Woman is his mother, and the corral is his home." "That's why." "Mrs., think about it." "Look..." "I'm in one of those days today..." "Get out!" "Good night." "It seems the doctor isn't going to come, Pancha." "Sometimes he leaves the Institute late, but he will come." " What time is it?" " Almost eleven." " Why don't you call him?" " No need to." "He knows today is Thursday, he will come." "Did you eat?" " Yes, in the kitchen." " Go to sleep then." "Don't you want me to keep your company?" "Why?" "Didn't I tell you he was going to come?" "Fine, Pancha." "Goodnight." "Of course he is going to come." "Tito?" "No, wrong number." "Congratulations, Romero." "A perfect thorax intervention." "Thanks, professor." "Patricia told me you had something to tell me." "Right." "I told your daughter..." "But there is no hurry, professor." "I'll be in the director's office if you need me, huh?" "Doctor Romero." "Ms Patricia is waiting for you in the garden." " Thanks, I'll go there right away." " Fine, doctor." "Did you hear?" "It seems it's not enough for him to be Practice Chief he wants to get in the family." " Not bad at all." "If it turns out well." "Old Vidal is more worried about his prole than the Institute's money, and that's a lot." "If you daren't do it today I will believe you don't love me." "How can you say that?" "I didn't go to my mother's last night because of you." "And you still haven't told my father, are you afraid of him?" "You don't understand." "I'm asking him too much, and I have so little to offer." "Do you think it is too little?" "Will you talk to him now?" "He's in the director's office." "I don't think it's good timing." "You stay here, I'll tell him to come." "Think of me, and be brave." "Who do you think you are, you little brat?" "Because you're a doctor you can leave me hanging like that?" "Don't be mad, dear mommy, I'll explain it to you." "Yes, dear mommy, I waited for you all night long." "It's the first time." "I'll go tonight as if it were Thursday and perhaps with some big news." " What made you come?" " I wanted to scold you in person." "And to look after him, the black sheep of the family." "Well, I'll see you tonight." "No excuses, Mom." " No goodbye kiss?" " Of course." "Good bye." " I'm all ears, Romero." " Thanks, professor." "I have to talk to you about something serious." "If it is what I imagine I'll have to tell Patricia I caught you red-handed kissing another woman." "It wasn't a woman, it was..." "If she was a thankful patient, you're excused." "Thanks, professor." " What are you waiting for?" " Nothing." "Actually, I was waiting for the kid to say "she's my mother"." " But I think I'm going deaf..." " What do you care, idiot?" "A storm's approaching, moving on!" "Pancha is out, doctor, we're waiting for her." "With such a nasty weather?" "No way." "Yes, doctor." "There was an urgent delivery to Florencio Varela and he didn't want to go." "We weren't here." "Is it possible you let her go?" "I didn't let her, neither did I send her." "I told her I wouldn't go out under this rain unless they bought new tires." "The tires are all even and really slippery but he shouldn't have let her go." "Don't you think?" "I don't get it, She knew I was coming." "She was in a terrible mood today, I hope nothing happens to her." "What is it?" "Are you afraid like Hoarsey?" "No, Pancha." "I was waiting for the kid to say "she's my mother"." "If it was a thankful patient, you're excused." "Thanks, professor." "Don't you think he'll want to forget Feisty Lady's Corral?" "Very little can be seen, with so much water on the windshield." "Right, Pancha?" "If you must know, I can see nothing, what do I care?" "Well, maybe something bad can happen, right?" "You're right." "I don't care, but that has nothing to do with you." "I've called all three road patrols and I have no news." "The road to Florencio Varela, yes." "This is doctor Modesto Romero, from the Surgery Institute." "It's about my mother and..." "You where quite a man, Rafita!" "Now stretch your legs!" "Some men get frightened by having a cup of tea indoors." "Who are you speaking of?" "Some men who have no manly attributes other than hoarseness!" "And dry the seat, if it's not too dangerous for you." "Francisca, you're crossing the line!" "Here's the cloth and don't worry I will pay you overtime." "Mom, thank God nothing happened to you!" "Did you really cared if something happened to me?" "I don't get it." "There's only one plate on the table, did you forget?" "I forgot nothing." "Those absent on Thursdays, can also be on Fridays." "I've already apologized, Mom." "Besides, cheer up!" "I have some great news." "I'm marrying professor Vidal Urquiza's daughter." " Huh." " Aren't you happy?" "I will be son-in-law of the Medical University's dean." "What do you think?" "Fine by me, a really posh family..." "They're nice people." "Once you get to know them..." "If I ever do." "Right away, that's why I came for, Mom." "They've asked me to bring you to their home the day after tomorrow." "They asked you?" "And you are taking me?" "Promise me." "That's what I'm saying." "Patricia has heard so much about you." "Really?" "Lucky me..." "What do you mean "lucky me"?" "Isn't it natural that they meet my mother?" "I mean, what a lucky bride." "To find a husband who's such a great man and son." "Thanks dear!" "Start preparing." "The night after tomorrow, I want to see you shine." "Don't worry, I'll go through the old chest." "I will stink of mothballs but I'll stun them, as far as elegance goes." "Son..." "Alone at last." "You'll see, my parents are quite old-fashioned, right?" "I'm so thankful I can find no flaws in them." "They were very gentle with my mother." "You couldn't expect less." "She stroke me as a great woman and a very open one." "I think I'm going to love her a lot." "But, on the other hand..." "What were you saying?" "You can be open with me." "Do you think she'd be offended if I gave her some advice for instance, on the way she dresses?" "Not because of me, but of the rest." "It's so funny!" "When the children leave, you feel like you're all alone." "We didn't invite anyone else so we could talk freely." "I told my chauffer to warn you." "Didn't he tell you there'd be no other guests?" "He did pick me up, but he paid no attention to me." "That's strange, he is usually very kind." "I'm sure he is, but not the best chauffer you can find." "He's the type that rips you off with reparation bills and drains the gas with a straw." "Do you think?" "How can you tell?" "Well... madam, it's what I do for a living." "I only need to talk for ten minutes with a driver to know if his spark plug isn't working." "And you?" "Did you talk to him?" "Sure!" "I sat in the front seat and asked him a lot." "Where did he buy his oil, how many tank refills a day." "Do you like my outfit?" "I was looking at your antique locket, it is very pretty." "Do you really like it?" "Not one more word, it is yours." "No way, no." "Of course not." "Paulina, you can't take that." "Take it, don't listen to the old man, take it." "I beg you not to insist, madam." "Mind your own business, professor." "This is a women talk." "What was I saying?" "Oh, right, the children." "I'm sure you've noticed, what a lovely boy Tito is." "If he weren't, I wouldn't have him as my son-in-law, right?" "I understand, yes but all rich people, and don't be offended, huh?" "...know very little about children you just give them money so they can raise themselves." "Don't you think so, madam." "I have a son as well and he's his father's right-hand man." "Is he?" "How come he's not here?" "He should be, but he's always working." "He is in charge of managing all my possessions and the Surgery Institute." "Reinaldo is a victim of all his obligations." "Sooner or later, it'll take a toll on his health." "Poor thing..." "So unfortunate." "Reinaldo." "A nice name, huh?" "Nice name, yes." "Speak the truth, Is he as good as Tito?" "You think he's better, right?" "I wouldn't say so." "But he is, at least, another pearl." "Yes?" "Then we have ourselves a collar, right?" "I mean, because of the pearls..." "If you'll excuse me, child Reinaldo has just arrived." "Tell him to come for a second before going upstairs." " Fine, sir." " Here I am, Dad." "How are you doing, mommy?" " How are you, Dad?" " Fine, Reinaldo." "So... you're Reinaldo?" " Mrs. Romero." " My son." "No need to introduce us." "We already know each other." "Don't we?" "No." "I don't remember you." "So this is the workaholic?" "I think I've mentioned he's my son, madam." "Yes!" "The other pearl?" "Do you want me to tell you something, professor?" "Your wife is right." "His lifestyle, sure is taking a big toll." "Oh yeah!" "With no warning!" "Isn't it surreal?" "To be so close, alone, in your own house." "A dream, my love." "And we'll have a house of our own in real life." "And you were so scared." "I had my reasons to be, but, happily, it's all over." "Doctor Romero, your mother is leaving." "I don't understand, is she feeling ill?" "No, don't worry." "You go with your mother, she's crying." "Yes, Dad, right away." "What happened professor?" "I want to know." "Mrs. Romero just made a scene with Reinaldo." "My son lost his temper and addressed her improperly." " That's it." " And what did she say?" "I'd better not repeat it." "That's why I wanted to talk to you." "Something to do with me and Patricia?" "No, you will marry my daughter." "But listen to me like you would listen to an old friend who loves you dearly." "You have to deliver bones to Barracas." "Three times and back." "You can go now." "Constitución wood boards." "You must count all the boards since they'll remain stored here." "You can go." "What happened?" "You're bossing around." "Did the Feisty Lady quit?" "No, she's having a dress rehearsal for the wedding and she doesn't want to be disturbed." "It'll cost her five hundred bucks." "I've seen the bill." "You shouldn't dress a monkey in silk..." "Ouch!" "If you prick me once again..." "But you move so much!" "Ok, fine, fine." "Prick me as much as you like, as long as you make me look classy." " Is something showing?" " No, madam." "Come in!" "Good afternoon, dear lady and friend." "Oh!" "My dear sir and sir." "I appreciate your visit." "But if you came looking for money..." "Remember I'm not Mimí." "I haven't come for personal issues, madam." "But the message I bring is confidential." "Get out." "Thanks, this will make my missión easier." "First of all my mother asked me to return this locket to you which she can't accept for obvious reasons." "Well, for the same reasons those you mentioned I never take back anything once given." "So you can give it to your sister as a wedding present if your old man isn't against it, as well." "Do you mean, my father, madam?" "The professor." "Yes, dear." "His is the second message I have for you." "As a doctor, his opinion is you have already worked too much and you deserve some rest." "You can see how he appreciates you." "Oh..." "So?" "So he puts our Córdoba house at your disposition where you can stay as long as you want from tomorrow on." "But the wedding is next week!" "But there are so many guests..." "I would almost dare to say you will not be missed." "Specially if it is regarding your health." "Look, I saw that coming since you opened that big mouth." "And if I haven't slapped it shut, is because I'm in my house." "What you really want is Pancha Romero not to ruin your social event, right?" "Not exactly." "What I suggest is of interest to all of us." "Even yourself." "I will go to that wedding, like it or not because it is my son's, do you get it?" "And when he finds out everything you said to me..." "Your son, madam, will do what is best for the bride." "Listen, go away." "Go before I crack that dirty head of yours open!" "Go away!" "He'd better not find out or he might cancel the wedding!" "Keep the optimism going, Pancha." "Yes, sir!" "He might cancel it!" "Pancha was right." "The wedding is off, and I'm glad." "What do you care?" "Because of her." "They were trying to take her down." "How do you know all that stuff?" "I was there this morning when his son called." "By this time he must already be back home." "He's going to live there, like he used to." "It all happened in a few hours, Mom." "It seems like a bad dream." " And note that I said nothing." " About what?" "No one could have known." "Reinaldo disappeared from the house two days ago..." "He's a good person to have away from you." "What happened?" "His father began to worry." "That day there was an audit at the Institute and the professor, luckily, asked me to help him with it." " Any money missing?" " Almost half a million." " How did you know?" " I know his type, son." "Fake inputs, carelessly crafted." "Anyway, a complete fraud, and this family's ruin." "But what does it have to do with your marriage?" "Can't you see?" "Miguel Urquiza is responsible for his son and the Institute." "Besides, he will have to resign to his deanship and chair a complete mess." " I'm desperate, Mom." " And I can't see why, son." "Have you stolen the money?" "But I get to pay for it, the professor, always so proud won't let us get married until this is all forgotten." "And by the time it is, who knows where we'll be me, and her, and the professional chair, and my career." "And that's why you won't eat?" "I can't, Mom." "I have a knot up my throat." "And sleeping?" "You couldn't close an eye last night." "Neither could I, spying on you." "But I know what you're going to do." "Here!" "Take your clothes and off to the hospital!" "Come on!" "I can't, Mom." "I've told you, unless something changes I will stay and live here with you." "Just like the old times." "I have lots of things to do, and little time for whiners." "Besides, your room is taken and you won't sleep forever in my bed while I sleep on the flour." "Go!" "Whatever..." "Come on!" "That's the way I like it, back to work." "And hold your head up high!" "Rosendo and Pancha Romero's son." "Work is the only way to find dignity." "And you won't ever lose it." "Hands to work!" "On your way." "Mimí?" "Finally." "Did you talk to him?" "He can't do anything about it?" "Not even half of it?" "Then, I don't know." "I'll have to turn myself in." "What are you gonna do?" "Thanks for the good intentions." "Goodbye." "What does it mean?" "I don't get it." "Can't you see?" "450 thousand pesos." "You lost it and I found it, it's yours." "And hurry, before I have any second thoughts." "But I didn't lose anything." "Please explain it to me." "How did you know I was here?" "You told me, don't you remember?" "Seven to nine, sixth floor." "It's true, what about the money?" "I've told you, it's yours, on one condition." "Whatever, tell me." "Do you have any of what people call "honor"?" "Let's pretend you do." "I want you to swear you'll give it back to your father right away." "Of course I will." "You'll tell him you took it with you because the key to the safe wasn't working." "Whatever you prefer, just think of a pretext." "You should even play offended for them being suspicious of you." "Shout at them, insult them, it should be easy for you." "Yes, yes." "Whatever it is you say." "Nothing more." "Do I have your word no one will know where the money came from?" "Word of honor, but when will I be able to return it to you?" "Never." "Don't you see I need no money when I have... these?" "Goodbye." "Wait a second, madam." "At least let me thank you." "No need to, I'm not doing this for you." "Don't use the company's vehicles for personal transportation." "No?" "I had something urgent to do." "You can use the tramway for that." "Who are you to boss me around?" "Ask the boss, he's inside." "What happened to Feisty?" "Now that she's rich she's at her worst." "What about you?" "Didn't I warn you to cut off mate while on duty?" "All right, I'm sorry" "I named him foreman, if that's fine with you." "Hoarsey foreman?" "His name Crisanto López." "Start using his real name, that way others will respect him." "What about me, then?" "You're in charge of control, administration and payrolls." "Oh, and specially, the cleaning." "This place was quite run down." "No offense." "No, sir." "Why should I be offended by what you are saying?" "I had the other furniture placed in your room." "Until further reparations, this will only be an office." "Yes, sir." "I can't receive any customers smelling of food." " Do you understand?" " I do, sir." "The sign hanging there is it also in my?" "I had it thrown away." "It was all broken and dirty." "Did you intended to keep it?" "Better that way." "You only need to remove the pictures and that little safe." "But we'll do that tomorrow, I've got to go now." "All right, sir." "As for the rest, you're at your house." "Although I can't understand your decisión to remain here." "Caprice." "With the small fortune I've placed on your hands you could live on private income and more comfortably." "I'm staying." "Excuse me for the expressión, old people's stuff." "You're not old enough to talk like that." "Yes..." "Today I feel like a thousand years old." "I would like to have my desk locked at night." "When you finish your work..." "I was about to go to my room." "Don't worry." "Thanks." "Good night." "Forgive me Rosendo, I did it for our son." "You would have done the same." "Wouldn't you, dear?" "Doesn't it seem like a dream?" "I'm still not sure it's not." "Otherwise I wouldn't have looked at you all day." "I'm happy as can be." "I'm sorry that..." "Your mother didn't attend our wedding?" "I feel the same way." "I'm sure she would have been proud." "I don't understand." "When she told me she was tired and that she was going away I thought she was joking." "Not even playing mad, was I able to change her mind." "Perhaps she is jealous." "I must have offended her without noticing it." "Stop thinking about that." "When she comes back, we'll work it out." "I hope so." "Now... a big smile." "So our guests believe you're happy." "The bride and groom!" "There they come!" "Careless fools." "You've knocked a woman down." "Are you hurt, madam?" "Come if you want to see." "No thanks, I'm fine here." "It's up to you." "Back up... back up please." "Clear this area." "Please, madam." "Can I go in for a second?" "Just to look at the bride and groom." "No can do." "You must make room for the guests." "Back up please." "Well, enough pictures." "We must go to the lounge our guests are getting anxious." "All of the Medical University is here." "All our acquaintances." "A night to remember." "You, master of ceremonies tell the orchestra to play something solemn for the walk." "Already done, Dad." "That's why I'm your right-hand man." "Your arm, darling." "What a pity Mom didn't get to see this!" "She has done very little for me this evening." "Come on in, happy people." "Here she comes!" "It's four in the morning, Pancha." "We were looking for you." "What exactly were you doing?" "Me?" "Walking around." "While we where here, worried." "Is that fair?" "I'm sorry." "Sorry?" "We thought something had happened to you." "You have to sign our payrolls and assign us this morning's work." "Me?" "No, You're the foreman." "I was." "I talked to the guys..." "I'm good at working and whining around but I'm not that good as a boss." "We all agree, we'll tell the gringo tomorrow." "Here's the key, Pancha." "As long as we're here, you're in charge." "And we took your furniture down, out of arrogance!" "All right, boy." "Enough talk, Pancha, there's people waiting for you." "For me?" "Yes, for over an hour." "It must have something to do with business." "Go in, Pancha." "Son..." "Can I call you the same?" "Mom?" "Yes, daughter, yes." "But I don't understand, how?" "Why?" "You should explain to us why you tricked us." "If it wasn't for the locket, we wouldn't have seen you." "The locket?" "I don't get it." "Your wedding present." "Patricia wanted to wear it, and opened it." "And we read your message, right on time, luckily." "My message?" "I don't get it..." "Sure." ""They say we're far, but we're always near." "I'm dying to see the both of you."" "Here we are so that you don't die, dear mommy." "Would you mind if we spent our first hour married with you, Mom?" "And our first toast." "Do you mind if I call the guys?" "No." "No!" "Sure?" "I'll go get them." "Come on in, guys." "Congratulations, Pancha!" "Let's celebrate!" "The toast, Pancha!" "To the best mother in the world!" "Thanks, Galician."