"DAD'S RASCAL" "On you go, on you go, never stop, you're my colt!" "Pull the buggy, when my whip does crack!" "And the road does fly, under your so light step," "On we go this way, as long as we wish!" "Golden sun and flowered fields, so much joy, my heart do fill!" "The gentle breeze, caresses me it's a blow like flying it does feel." "You all now look how well you run with a colt you do and with a whip!" "A coachman good am I.." "just with a crack all horses run!" "Easy, easy!" " Don't be afraid, doctor, I'm here." " Yes, but so am I!" "Give me the reins." " No, we have to hurry." " We'll break our necks." "You're a doctor, you'll fix it." "Tell me, Giuliana what will she have, a boy or a girl ?" " I hope it'll be a boy." "Scared hens fluttering they go!" "Peasants everywhere they just stop and look!" "Glorious the buggy runs, always ahead, stop its totter nobody can!" "Golden sun and flowered fields, so much joy my heart do fill!" "You all now look how well we run.." "A coachman good am I.." "just with a crack all horses run!" "She's run away!" "Blessed girl!" "Listen, have you seen my niece?" " No." " As if he'd talk." "All are in it." "Nothing." "Miss." " What does nothing mean?" " I haven't found her." "Look her for, then!" " Yes, Miss." "Where?" " How should I know?" "Run!" "Move it!" "All her father's fault!" "Easy, easy." "Lower!" "Like this, it's good." "Nice!" "Nice!" "Nice.." "Very nice, that's how it is." "Hey!" " She's run away!" " Who?" " She's run away!" "Nicola!" "Nicola!" " Nicoletta!" "Nicoletta!" "Nicola!" " Nicoletta!" " Nicola!" " Blockhead!" "Anyway, it's useless calling her." " Why?" " Because she's run away." "On this, through the window, like robbers!" "Very good!" "She did it!" " Leopoldo!" " What, my dear sister?" "Don't laugh?" " Why?" "Oh.. alright!" "You, go away, there still is so much to do!" "Go!" " Yes, sir." "And you, help me, I can't do it!" "I had told her, "Today, you're not allowed to go out."" "Wrong!" "You mustn't try to dominate Nicola." "Do as I do." "Why does she obey me?" "Because you give up every time." " Don't exaggerate!" "Nicola.." " Nicoletta!" "They've raised her as a boy." "Shame!" "And now, reap what you've sown." "What is it?" " You're strangling me!" "Nicola.." " Nicoletta!" "If her late mother would see her.." " Forget it!" "Yes, you.." "I was always telling her, "I want a boy.." "I want.. "" "Oh, my God!" "God bless the ancient Romans, they didn't have to wear these shirts!" ""I want a boy", but she.." "two children, two girls." "All right for Livia, "she doesn't have it", so let her be a woman, but, Nicola, I want her to be my right arm, my support!" "I've looked everywhere, Miss." "They're traces by the hen-house." " Alright." " Must have been made by a fox." "Get lost!" "My daughter will find the way back on her own!" "Go!" " But.." "Shame on you!" "Searching for Nicola as if she was a delinquent!" "She ran through the window!" " Because you were at the door." " Old fool!" "Elisa!" " No!" " Elisa!" " No!" " Listen!" " No!" "Are they here, dad?" " Who?" "What do you mean who?" "Roberto and the marchioness!" "That'd be it!" "Can't you see I haven't dressed yet?" " Make it snappy." "What a word!" "The collar, your aunt.." " What's aunt got to do with it?" " She always makes me mad." "Because of Nicoletta, isn't it?" "All is not aunt's fault." "You must always side with your father." "Of course, dad, you're right." " Then, tie me up here." "Aunt worries about the others too." " Who?" " Roberto, his parents." "The marchioness is a sticker for appearances." " Oh, I don't give a damn!" "Dad!" "I don't give a damn about appearances, the marchioness, the marquises.." "or the baby marquis." "If by marrying you they imagine becoming the bosses around here, they're wrong!" "What a bore the countryside is!" "Trees, trees, nothing but trees!" "What'd you fancy seeing?" "The sea?" " Roberto, be kinder to your sister." "After sacrificing for him.." " For me!" " Of course, I could've stayed in Cortina, instead of attending the pastoral party in your and your kind wife's honour." "Be a good girl, Irene, be a good girl!" "And if it's true you're making a sacrifice, you should be making it with a light heart." "It's for your brother, for the family." "In every family there are sacrifices." "I did it for your father, you're doing it for your brother." "Your brother does it for you all." " What do you mean?" "!" " Nothing, mother." "Come on, say it!" "Say you're taking a rich wife to please mother." "Irene!" "A woman entering our family is neither rich, nor is she poor." "She is a Della Bella marchioness, nothing else, remember it." "Careful, Nicola." " What is it?" " A car." " Where?" "What do you mean where!" "?" "That one!" "A horse out of control!" "Close your eyes." "Careful, Filippo!" "Irene, Roberto, where're you?" " I'm here, mother, I'm here." " Stay calm." "It's enough, now, aunt, put everything back in." " In?" "No!" "I want the marchioness to have a good look at all this God's grace." " You're right!" "Oh, auntie, that's not refined!" " Don't you also start acting nobility!" "It's quite refined showing the princely trousseau you have." "Princely!" "So, if by marrying Roberto you become a marchioness, you don't win anything." "You lose, even." "You get out of your class." "Do you think I care about that, aunt?" "I love him, and that's all there is." "And I love you also, like a mother." "No, let's not start it, I don't want to cry right now." "A few tears when you'll be gone and that's all!" " Oh, auntie!" "Have you heard?" " What?" " A car." "It's them!" "Here they are!" " Oh, my God!" "My God!" "What shall we do now?" "One moment, what're you doing?" "!" "Stay calm, stay calm!" "Go down and tell your master!" "Tell him what?" " What d'you think?" "That they've come, no?" " Ah, true." "Ah, tell him to put his coat on." "He's capable of meeting them in his shirt." "My dress!" "I can't find it!" " It was here!" "Look well." "Calm!" "Calm!" "With calm one can always do everything." "Come on, stay calm!" "Mother!" " Oh my daughter!" "Slowly, will you?" " I'll support you." " Careful, mother." "No, no, I want to try on my own." " But.." " I want to try on my own!" " But you can't!" "But I do!" "See?" " I was right." "They're coming!" "That one's the groom!" "He's so handsome!" "Too skinny for my taste." " No, no, no, he's alright." "Such a welcome.. not even a dog at the door." " Irene!" "A dog.." "You know I don't like dogs." "Come on, come on." "I'll be right here, just to put my coat on!" "Roberto, stay close to me." "Let's all stay together children." " Calm yourself, mother." "Matilda!" " Let's stay together!" " Oh, welcome!" "Have you had a nice trip?" "What's the matter, aren't you feeling well?" " No, an unfortunate meeting." "Robbers?" " Worse!" "A rascal driving like the devil an out of control horse." "Nicola." " Beg your pardon?" " Damn!" "I'm sorry, please accept my apologies." "It's not your fault." "You took no part." " Ah, it's true, it wasn't my fault." "I've got nothing to do with that!" "Elisa!" "Livia!" "They're here!" "They're here!" "One, two, three.." "Yes, they're all here!" "And what exactly are we?" "Parcels post?" " Irene!" "Excuse us." "They should have finished everything by this morning, but.." "Come, come, my dear." "The bride's nervous!" "Poor girl.." "Uh, she's blushing!" "Rightfully so, with that dress.." " Shut up!" "Come on, darling." " Welcome." " My dear.." "Here we are.." " Here." " Made one for the other." "Elvira!" "Elvira!" "Giuliana!" "So beautiful!" " So beautiful!" "Look how small it is!" " Small?" "He's barely born and look how big he is." "So beautiful!" "What are you looking at?" "The nerve!" "Scram!" "Scram!" "Nicola.." "Of course, you've let them in?" " You bet I did!" "I'm the boss and Giuliana's mine." "All that's missing was for you.." "If you're the boss, you take care of her." "I'm off!" "Farewell!" "No, doctor!" " Let me go." " Don't get mad." " Let go!" "Don't get mad, I was just saying that.." "alright, I'll leave." "What a temper!" " I'm not like your father, go!" "Are they kissing?" " Not yet." "Are you sure that making a wish when the betrothed kiss brings good luck?" "Absolutely." "My grandmother got married this way." " Oh, she did?" " Yes." "Don't lose time, watch them rather." "Can you see them?" " Yes." " Are they kissing?" " No." "What are they waiting for?" "Roberto, please, don't scold me.." "I've written Luciana a letter." "Who is Luciana?" " We've met in your house." "I think she's related to you." "Ah, Lulu, that gossiper!" "I wrote to her asking about you and your relationships before we met." "You asked Lulu?" "!" "I was already sorry by the time I got her answer." " But you read it." " Yes." "alright.." "And now that you know life, death and miracles of your dear husband to be, what to you intend to do?" "Come on, speak!" "What're you saying?" "!" "I love you, Roberto." "I don't care about your past." "I was so tired of this country life, never seeing anyone, that when I met you, it felt like knowing the entire world!" "But, I'm afraid that after our marriage, you'll hate me for having deprived you of your life, of your adventures." "When he gets married, a man must forget all of this." "And will you?" " Yes." "It'll be very difficult." " I know." " You'll have to really love me." "Livia, I.." " My darling!" "They're kissing!" " I'll get married this year." "I'll get married in one year." "Don't laugh, stupid!" "This year!" "I'll get married in one year." "Come!" "Come here!" "What have I done, after all?" " I'll teach you rushing in the streets." "Teach me?" " Yes, yes." "Come here!" "Come here!" "No, no, no!" " Caught you!" " Nicoletta!" "Filippo, have you gone mad?" " Stop!" "Nicoletta, what're you doing?" "Stop!" "Filippo, have you gone mad?" " She was driving the carriage that ran into us." "Let's toast!" " Stop!" " Nicoletta, what're you doing?" " Nicola!" "Odd fashion of greeting one's relations.." "Filippo!" "The young lady is related to us." "Apologize right now!" "A relative?" "I wasn't aware.." "Forgive me." "Damn relatives!" " Filippo!" " What have you done, you troublemaker?" "Nothing.." "The dear Nicoletta very nearly sent all four of us "to the other world"." "She did?" " Yes, yes." " Oh.." "At a crossing we met with a foaming horse, she was hitting it.." "and, obviously, we ended up in a ditch." "But it doesn't matter, I'm a fatalist:" "when my time is up, walking or on a horse.." "Isn't it so, Irene, that I'm a fatalist?" " Yes, mother, you always say that." "Go right away in your room and don't get out until I say so!" "Nicola.." " Nicoletta!" "Anything to say?" " Nothing.. it's fair." "Go." "A kiss, my dear." "If you want." "Nicoletta!" " It's nothing, I'm used to that." "In the college I'm running even worse things have happened to me." "They're little wild animals, they bite whoever wants to tame them." "It's our mission as teachers:" "we let ourselves be bitten, but we tame." "Great!" "A kiss without a grudge." "I'll see about you." "Alright, alright!" "Now that you've seen the house, let's see the garden." "Leopoldo." " What do you want, Nicola?" "She addresses her father on his first name!" " Don't tell me, marchioness!" "Giuliana has given birth." "She attends deliveries?" "What kind of education are you giving her?" "How did you that?" "When?" " One hour ago." "I was also there." "Oh, Giuliana has delivered!" "Male or female?" " Male!" " Hurrah!" "Male!" "On the eve of the weeding!" "Great, that means good luck!" "But, after all, who is this Giuliana?" " A mare." "A mare?" "You're giving her a savage's education!" ""You"?" "You should rather say "he"." "I know how she should be educated." "But when the father himself encourages her.." "Elisa, let's not start this again!" "And, then, it surely doesn't interest them?" "Let's go, let's go." " No, no.." " Let's go." "If I may.." "If I may.." "This interests me, and quite a lot it does!" "Seeing that countryside, solitude, wild life, delivering mares.." "aren't exactly the proper place for educating a young maiden.." "who, one day, should enjoy a position worthy of her and the name she's wearing.." "As for the name, I.." " So.." "prompted by an affection that.." "Here: we must send her to college." "We must absolutely send her to college!" "And where will you find a college willing to take in this hurricane?" "Don't you worry about that, I'll take care of it." "It's nothing!" "It's nothing!" "Help!" " There she is." "She did this." "I don't wonder, she's a little savage." "Forgive her." "I forgive her." " Nicoletta!" "Go right away to your room!" "Three days you'll only have bread and water!" " No!" "Fasting could make her even more dangerous!" "No, give her fruits." "Go!" " Let's go that way." "Let's go." "Nicola?" "Nicola?" "Nicola!" "Nicola!" "Nicola!" "Leopoldo." "Ah!" "What were you trying to do?" "Run away, escape." " Have you gone mad?" "D'you want to break your neck?" "I wish I did!" "At least that way there'd some compassion for me." "Nicola.." "Leopoldo, I'm feeling so unhappy." "That's stupid." "All this drama for a deserved punishment!" "Yes, because you sometimes exaggerate." "You do!" "That's the right word." "You're also scolding me?" "How you have changed, Leopoldo." "I haven't changed." " Once, you'd have said: well done!" "But now.." "It's all the marchioness's fault!" "The first to fall was Livia, and now you!" "That's why I'm unhappy and I feel like crying." "What're you saying!" "?" "Livia loves Roberto and he loves Livia." "They'll get married tomorrow and that's it." "And the marchioness loves her?" " But of course!" " Swear!" "What'd you expect?" "That she loved Livia as much as we do?" " Ah, see?" " What?" "That Livia enters a family where she's loved less than here!" "What can one do?" "That's the way things are, always were." "You won't change the world." "No, not the world, but at least cry a little over it." " Cry, if it feels like it." "I have more reasons to cry and I don't." "Do you know why?" "I am a man!" "And you should do what I do." " Meaning?" " Don't cry." "Don't cry." "Something got into my eye." "I've also got something into my eye!" "I also did!" "Ah, what's happening?" " Nothing, Leopoldo!" "It's the fireworks in the honour of the spouses." "I've set it up." "What's the matter?" "What's the happening?" "What's happen.." "What's happening?" "Who's shooting?" " Nothing, just a kind thought Nicola had." "Fireworks, look how beautiful!" "Well done, frightening people at night, when everyone's in bed.." "Poor marchioness, must have had a fit!" "As soon as this noise ends, I'll go to bed." "That's no way to thank the one who's trying to make you get married smiling." "Stupid!" " Roberto!" "Taking seriously that ridiculous old woman." " She's my age." "That means you're also old" " Why not ridiculous also?" "If you go on like this I'll say you are ridiculous, extremely ridiculous even!" "Ah, that's too much!" " No, too little!" "I'll even call you grumpy!" "Grumpy!" "I, grumpy?" "!" "That's unheard of." " And I'm not through." " Oh, aren't you?" "I've only just started." " Go on then." " Ah, you bet I will!" "Spinster!" "Ah, I'm feeling better now." "Spinster?" " Yes!" " Spinster you say.." "I had four marriage proposals and turned them all down!" "There used to be three, now they're four?" " I got the last one a few days ago." "Oh yes?" "Whom from?" " The doctor!" " The veterinary!" "Enough, go to sleep!" "Thank you!" "Daughter!" "My daughter!" " What's the matter, dad?" "I can't find her any more." "I was talking to Elisa." "We've looked everywhere, in the attic, in the barn, imagine she wanted to run away with the bed sheet and I don't want that.." "Oh my God!" "Oh my God!" " Who're you talking about, who're you looking for?" "Nicola!" "Nicola!" " Ah, you had scared me.." "Nicola is here, in my bed." "Yes." "She came to say good night then she started crying then she fell asleep." "Poor Nicola, she felt the need to cry." "She vented out at last." "Let's leave her be." "Do you want to sleep in my room?" " No, I'm glad you're here with me." "You'll keep me company for a while." "And then, I really am not sleepy." "It's the emotion, it's only natural." "Even I, the night before the wedding, didn't sleep at all." "And even your fiancé isn't sleeping, but thinking about you." "You think so?" " Oh, I'm sure." "Damn.." "Why?" "Is there any news?" "Tell me right away, we still have time." "No." "No, nothing, dad." "It's better like this because I want to see you happy, happy, happy, happy!" "Now let me go to sleep because I have to get up early tomorrow." "These damn beard, it takes a full hour to shave it." "And I want to take you into the church looking smooth and shiny, so that all the people say:" ""Look, that's the groom. "" "And now sleep tight and for the rest, leave it to me and Nicola." "Bye, my dear." "Bye." " Help!" "Help, Leopoldo!" "Help!" "Nicola, what is it?" "What happened?" " Nicoletta!" " Oh, how scared I was.." "I had a dream.." "A terrible dream." "What kind of dream?" " Look, I'm still shaking." " Well?" "Imagine, Leopoldo, I've dreamt I was in college." " What?" " In college!" "You weren't here and neither was she, and I was alone among a hundred dragons." "And then five dragoons that were looking at me this way!" "What nonsense!" " Nonsense?" "I'd have like seeing you." "Me?" "In college?" "I'd have wished that!" " Oh, don't be joking, Leopoldo!" "All that "I forgive you my dear"'s fault!" "An accident!" " Nicola!" "Do you find it nice scaring people like this?" "I was so happy minding my business." "Leopoldo, promise you won't send me to college." "And you promise you won't joke around with the marchioness." " I promise." "Cross your heart and hope to die?" " Cross my heart and hope to die." "Napoleon died on.." "Died.." "Died on.." "We know he's dead." "What we want to know is when." "Miss Nicoletta, you shame this college." "Miss Nicoletta." "History and geography.. zero!" "Miss Nicoletta, mathematics.. zero." "Miss Nicoletta." "Miss Nicoletta!" "Following the principal now the teacher, yes!" "she's gone.." "and finally a tiny bit of freedom we do get!" "Quickly, time we do not lose, only seconds do I need." "Ghosts we'll all become if day long we shall pray!" "All youth does want is good cheer," "Without liberty there only is gloom!" "Lots of songs, to sing we want!" "Happiness our hearts does open!" "And still I here do languish, nobody listens to my saddened wish, my saddened wish!" "Down with jailers, down with tyrants.." "Our freedom we want to enjoy!" "In the benches we must sit and the lessons we must learn, careful not to revolt and of punishment afraid." "Oh the wretched life, the college life" "While of air, light and freedom only do we dream!" "All the youth.." "Without liberty.." "Lots of songs.." "And still I here do languish, nobody listens to my saddened wish," ".. my saddened wish!" "Down with jailers, down with tyrants.." "Our freedom we want to enjoy!" "Enough!" "Enough, silence!" "Silence, everyone back at their place." "At your places!" "At your places!" " You are in the heart.." "Let go!" " Hurry, go away!" "Shut up!" "She's the most undisciplined, you could see that with your own eyes." "I've seen, I've seen." " Bow." " Bow." "She barely expiates one punishment that she gets another." "Have you tried the punishment room?" "Out of respect for you we haven't.." " Please, no scruples." "My heart breaks, but discipline before anything else." "But don't you think that if you forgave her, after all.." " No, no, no, no!" "Be silent, my daughter, it's for her own good." "She'll bless us one day." "You'll bless one day." "Go in the punishment cell, my dear." "Go, go." " Miss?" "Bow." " Bow." "Silence." "Nice prank Leopoldo played on me." " I wrote him." "Says 1 month ends quickly." "One month?" "!" "I can't put up with it not even 10 more days!" "How's your husband doing?" " Fine, thank you." "What does he do?" " He teaches me to play bridge." "And have you learned?" " No, I don't like it." " Good, resist, do as I do." "It's been a month they've been trying to find out when Napoleon died!" "And me.. not a word!" "I know, but I won't tell them" " This way, Miss." "We've arrived." " Everything in shambles!" "Everything in shambles!" "Cheer up, Nicoletta, come on, don't cry." "You're right." "Don't tell Leopoldo you've seen me crying." "No, I won't tell him." " He doesn't deserve it, but I know he doesn't like it." "Farewell!" "Farewell.." "Giustina, take the tailcoat jacket and clean it." "The shoulders have face powder." "Giustina!" "Ah, it was you?" "Forgive me, I was waiting for the maid." "But you could have said something, made yourself known, couldn't you?" "I came late last night, so I didn't come to your room." "I thought you were asleep." "I've waited for you until 03:00." " You did wrong." "Did you go to the theatre?" " Why?" "I thought you went to hear Gisella Vezzi." "It was her gala performance." "What do I care about her?" "!" " I was told you're interested in her." "The usual stupid gossip, and you believe it like it was the Gospel." "Then, it's not true?" " What have you been imagining?" "You're behaving differently from what I had hoped." " Let's not dramatize this." "You know?" "It's you who hasn't got used to this new life." "Yes, but what about the face powder?" " What face powder?" "Have I said face powder?" "Are you quite sure?" "Come in!" " Oh, you're here?" "We've been looking for you everywhere." "Mother." "Livia's here." "Leave this poor husband alone, always stuck to him like glue." "You're accustoming him badly." "When I'll get married, my husband will.." " Irene!" "All right, mother.." "Ready for measuring?" "The seamstress's been waiting for half an hour." "Measuring for what?" "Some new dress?" "Don't worry, it's not new, it's a present from me." "I want her to wear it today." "Marianella and the others are coming tonight." "You'll also want her to make a good impression, won't you?" "Marianella?" "Why is she coming?" " Nothing especially, what else?" "A tea, a round of drinks, some chatter.." "And then, she wants to meet your wife." "She's very keen on that." " Well, I don't!" " Bear!" "Irene!" " I'm sorry, mother, but I've already made commitments" "How'll this make your poor wife look?" " What's she got to do with this?" "!" "What're you saying?" "Marianella was or wasn't she your fiancée?" "If your wife doesn't want to meet her, it means she's jealous." "But she doesn't care." "Isn't it so?" " Yes.." "I mean.." "You told me so and now you'll deny it?" " No." " Come on, let's go, then." "One moment!" "I'm also here, children." "Who's coming with me to the college?" "There's the quarterly exams." "Oh, forgive me, mother, I've got commitments today." "Please, give me my clothes." " I know what your commitments are." "Don't make me talk in front of your wife." " It'd be great if you never talked!" "Not in front of my wife and not in front of anyone." " That'd suit you." " Irene!" "We're not children any more!" " For me you still are." " This way you never age." "I.. - rene. alright, mother, alright." "Come on, let's go." "Don't pull that face." "You'll have fun, you'll see." "Marianella is something else.." "Roberto was lucky." "Had he married her, she'd have made us all walk the line." "I.." " Irene!" "Got it, mother, got it." " Blessed girl.." "What's the matter?" "Have you quarrelled again with your wife?" " No, no." "Please, don't be soft." "The wife is like iron:" "you must strike it while is hot." "Strike it, strike it, my son.." "We are smart and good we are," "Ten in conduct we all have." "We the classes do attend.." " Excuse us for being late." "We've come a long way." "It's a surprise for my daughter." "Where's Nicola?" " One, two, three, four!" "One, two, three, four!" "Where's Nicola, I can't see her?" " Neither can I." "Don't call her Nicola, there's people around!" "Ssh!" " Well done, you're right." "Ssh!" ".. we must do!" "Hey, marchioness!" "We're here!" "Yes, yes!" "healthy mind in healthy body!" "Hoop play and the study we all swiftly change!" "a step this way." "a step that way, that's how we learn to breathe!" "A step this way.." "A step that way.." "Of boredom this prison makes you go astray!" "There she is!" "Yes, yes, it's really her, it's Nicola." "A little bend.." "Your snouts.." "I can no longer stand!" "You who our skills have just now seen," "Clap your hands, please, don't be mean!" "A step this way." "a step that way," "My daughter!" "My daughter!" "What a voice!" "She's my.." "What a voice, isn't it?" " Shut up." "A step this way. a step that way, Your snouts.." "A little bend, and then go up, And all of you.." "I can no longer stand this!" "Take her away, take her away!" "She's good, isn't she?" "Where're we going?" " You'll find that out soon enough." "She's punished." " Something serious." " She's in the punishment cell." "She's in the punishment cell." " The punishment cell?" " Yes." "What a thing to do!" " Ah, they don't understand a thing." "They're just envious." "Here." "You can sing as much as you want." " But that's the infirmary!" " Exactly!" "Nobody'll hear you in here." " I don't want to!" "No, I don't want!" "I don't want to!" "Open up!" "Open up!" "Open up!" "Wonderful stuff.." "Such taste.." "Hello?" "Hello!" "Hello!" "Any one on the phone?" "Hello?" "Excuse me, sir, do you happen to have the phone book close by?" "There isn't one in here." "Could you be so kind and look up for my sister's phone number?" " Della Bella." " What's that?" "Come again, Miss?" "Bravo!" "You sure now how to act." ""Come again, Miss?"" "You hussy, shameless that you are!" "Will you stop annoying my husband?" " Me?" "If you dare call once again I will leave with not even one of.." "What kind of people are these.." "Wife, husband.." "What have I got to do with that?" "I hadn't even met them or seen them in my life." "Morons!" "Hello?" "Excuse me, I.." "Is there no wife around you?" "No, there isn't." "Not married." "But who are you?" "Ah, glad to meet you." "My name's Giulio Marchi, I'm a lawyer." "Yes, a lawyer who represents people." "It's only natural." "Why?" "Is something happening to you?" "Could I sue someone who's been keeping me locked for five days?" "But that's an obvious sequester of persons." "If it's serious, very." "Immediate arrest." " Nice!" "At least three years in prison." "Any torture, bad treatments, blows?" "No?" "A pity." "Ah, but it's serious all the same." "Whose that person?" "Your mother?" " If she were alive, I wouldn't be here." "She's been dead for so long." "I didn't even know her." " Oh, I'm sorry." "Your father is a good-for-nothing, a drunkard who put you into your stepmother's hands." "That's not it.." "What?" "Your father doesn't drink?" "Well, then, must have other vices.." "Not at all?" "And he loves you very much?" "Why doesn't he keep you with him then?" "What?" "It's all Marchioness Della Bella's fault?" "What're you saying?" "What?" "In college?" "Why haven't you told me that right away?" "!" "But of course!" "The principal?" "She did very well!" "It means you've deserved it!" "And don't annoy people on the phone any more, understood?" "Your sister's number?" "How should I know the.." "The phone book?" "Ah, the pho.." "The phone book, yes." "It all happens to me.." "To me!" "How did you say?" "Della Bella?" ""Del.." "Del.." "Dell'amore.. "" ""Della Bella. 97-75-64. "" "Thank you, mister Giulio Marchi." "Thank you." "Closer!" "Closer!" " Hurry, Gege, hurry up." "Marianella, look at Roberto." "Look at him." "More, more!" "Closer." "Closer!" "Closer!" "Otherwise you'll be out of the frame That's it." "Roberto, smile!" "Look, look at Marianella." "Look, Roberto." "Hurry up, Gege, hurry up." " Marianella." "More!" "More!" "Don't move.." "Madam!" "Your sister's on the phone." " My sister?" " Yes, madam." "I'm going." " Extraordinary this Gege." "Listen, I'll also want a close up later." " Don't move." "Like this." "Hello, Livia!" "It's me, Nicola." "In the infirmary." "I'm not sick, I'm fine." "Another one of the principal's pranks." "That witch has something against me." "Luckily I've found a phone and thought of calling you." "How're you, alright?" "Yes, fine." "I mean, not exactly fine, because.." "Livia, hello!" "Livia, speak!" "No, no, nothing." "As a matter of fact, I'm happy you've called." "I really needed to speak to someone." "No, nothing!" " You're saying that in such a manner.." "There's something that's not alright." "Try to laugh." "Yes, yes, to laugh." "If I'm telling you so.." "Come on, I want to hear you laugh." "That's the spirit." "Livia." "Livia, you're crying!" "No, no, I'm not crying!" "I'm not crying!" "Come on!" "You're crying!" "My God, what's happening?" "The marchioness?" "Roberto?" "Irene?" "It was to be expected." "They got you under their thumb and now you start crying." "And they'll only do worse." "Oh, if it was I.." "Wait.." "They're looking for me." "You never know with these people." "I'll call you again soon." "Come on, be brave, Livia." " Miss?" " Speak to you soon." "Bye." "Whom were you talking to?" " Me?" "With no one." "Ah, I was fooling around.." "Yes, fooling around.." "Let's go." " Where?" " Follow me." "Come on!" "Leaving without having even kissed my daughter seems a little exaggerated." "I've already told you she'll be here any moment now." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Forgive her just this once, madam principal." "I know my daughter, one mustn't try to dominate her." "I hope you don't want to teach us how to educate girls." " The marchioness is right." "But, please, allow the gentleman to speak, allow him to speak.." "Oh, here's Bricarelli." "Teacher Bricarelli." "Madam the marchioness.." " Well done, Bricarelli." "Well done!" "Silence!" "At your places!" "Pick up your hoops." "Teresa, Emilia, what's this bedlam all about?" "Have you gone mad?" "Where's she?" "Where has she gone?" "Where are you?" "Who was it?" " Who was it?" " Guess." "Guess." "It was you." " No, no!" "Wait, wait." "There's my love!" "Good morning, how're you?" " Fine, fine." " Quickly, get into the car." " Why?" "The marchioness has said to take me home, I have to speak to my sister." "Come on, let's go." " Where?" " I've told you, home!" "I have her permission." "Come on, hurry up." " What do you mean?" " Don't just stand there." "Come on." "Come on, hurry up!" "Easy!" " Who was it?" " Guess!" " It was you." "Where's my sister?" " Who're you?" " The sister." " Whose?" " My sister's!" "Oh, you're your sister's sister!" " Was it that difficult to get it?" "All right, I'm going." "Where's your wife?" " She went in her room for a moment." "You haven't left him for one second." "And to think you were always at each other's throat when you were engaged!" "The same old Irene.." " The same, the same." "Please." "Oh, such a pest that Gege.." "He's terrible." "With this cinema of his.." "Oh, it's on this sofa that we kissed for the first time!" "Remember?" " So many things have happened since then." "But the sofa is the same.." "Now I understand why Livia was crying." " Ssh!" "Shut up, Nicoletta." "How come you're here?" " Poor Livia!" "You shameless broad!" " Nicoletta, how dare you?" "She is a friend of mine." " Did you think I hadn't understood that?" "Who is she?" " No, nothing, she's.." " I'm a decent person!" " Livia!" " No, no.." " Livia!" " Nicoletta, come here, shut up." "It's nothing, excuse me, no.." " I won't shut up, I can't shut up." "Livia!" " Nicoletta, don't!" " Stop!" "No, no, you've ruined my ending!" "What is it, Nicoletta, what's happening?" "." "Excuse me." "Here's my brother's sister-in-law." "Very pleased to meet you." " Nicola!" "Nicola!" " Cut it out!" "Be patient, she's only a child." " What's the matter, Nicoletta?" "It's.." "It's that you all are a bunch of despicable people!" "Please excuse her." "She's a little savage." " I'm no savage!" "Excuse me!" "Excuse me!" " Don't do this!" " Let me go!" " Nicoletta, after all!" "No, don't scold her." " That'd be it!" " What happened?" "Nothing, I was in here talking to Marianella.." "Talking?" "!" "She must be quite deaf if you were that close." " Oh!" " Please go." "Yes, come, Marianella, let's go." "Nicoletta!" "How come you're here?" "!" "I'll tell you later, now come with me because this is no place for you." "Come." "Where's your room?" " But, Nicoletta.." " Where is it?" " Down there." " Let's go." "Nicoletta, we can't just leave." "Roberto!" "Irene!" " No, let's go.." "Listen, you're exaggerating." "This is our house, understood?" "I understand, but you'd better leave us, decent people, alone." "Oh, I'm saying.." " What, let's have it?" " That you're a boor." " So what?" "If you don't stop this arrogant tone, I'll throw you out." "Forget it, Nicoletta." " Oh no, she put it quite well: '"Out"." "But with this difference: we'll get out, on our own feet." "Come on, let's go!" "You mustn't stay here one minute longer." " It can't be." "After all, he's my husband." "You can't understand certain things." " Ordinarily, I can't understand them." "After what I've seen, I guarantee you I've understood everything." "Tell me what you've seen." " I can't, Livia." " Then, I won't leave." "But, if I tell you it's about your dignity." "What could you know about a married woman's dignity?" " Enough of that!" "I'm 15 and, if you think I was only born to know when Napoleon died, you're wrong!" "I even know that if your husband loves you, he keeps his kisses for you only." "You've seen Roberto kissing her!" "No, no, that's not I meant." "It's not true, it's not true." "Marianella.. now I understand." "His former fiancée." "The suitcase!" "Quickly, the suitcase!" "I want to teach him a lesson he'll remember all his life." "He kissed Marianella?" "alright!" " What you men do is alright?" "The first man I'll meet.." " What'll you do?" " Mind your own business." "I will, but what'll you do with the first man you meet?" " Give me the hairbrushes." "Yes." "I assure you my surveillance has always been a very close one." " Oh.." "What's the matter with you?" " We've looked everywhere, but couldn't find her!" "Have you searched the attic, the kitchen, the pantry?" " Everywhere!" "Nothing!" "Nothing!" " Leopoldo!" "Here's the result of the way you've educated her." "And it's you, the father of this earthquake, this disaster, this catastrophe who are talking about education?" "Calm down, please." " Let's go and apologize, you boor!" "I, apologize to her?" "!" "She must apologize to me!" "And she must give Nicola back to me, or I'll show her." "Why not call the police?" " The police?" "!" " No, without scandal!" "We've found out!" "We've found out!" "This man knows everything." " What're you doing?" "This man knows everything!" " You're tickling me!" "Come on, speak up, say what you know!" " Speak up!" " Silence!" "The girl you're looking for is she like this, not very tall?" "With a white shirt." "It's she!" " It's Nicola, it's Nicola!" " No!" "No Nicola!" "I've seen a girl." "Yes, Nicoletta." "Don't mind him." " Come on, speak up!" "I was outside with the others when we saw a girl in the college door." "As soon as she sees her, Filippo says:" ""Here's my love!"." "Young ladies, go in the garden!" "Quickly, take them in the garden." "Who is this Filippo?" " My driver." "As soon as they saw each other they got into the car.." "and off they went, like lightning!" "She ran away with your driver." "In my college!" "Oh, principal!" " My niece!" "They start early these girls, don't they?" "Roberto!" "Roberto!" " Have you found her?" "Where's she?" " She's ran away." "She's left." "Giustina saw her leaving with Nicoletta." " Yes, while you're with the guests." "I asked her when they'll be back and the sister said: "Bug off!" and they went out." "Why didn't you tell me?" " Who could've imagined your wife wanted to run away?" "Go, go!" "See?" "They've already begun making fun of me!" "And it all is your fault." " Mine?" "!" "It's your wife that has run away, what's that got to do with me?" "!" "Hadn't you brought Marianella, this wouldn't have happened." " Poor Marianella." "Is it we who made her run away?" " Enough with the run away wife." "Giustina, make me some cold compresses, please." "Oh, my head!" "My poor head!" "Giustina, prepare the guest rooms." " No, we'll go to a hotel." "No, please accept my modest hospitality." " Thank you, we will accept." "Why don't you want to stay?" "My head." "My poor head!" " Poor soul.." "Mother!" "My daughter!" "My children!" "If you'd only know.." "She ran away!" "Yes, I know, mother, I know." " Ran away with the driver." " What?" "!" "With Filippo?" "!" "With Filippo." "He said: "Here's my love"." "And off they went." "Such a disgrace!" "Such a disgrace!" " Disgrace my foot." "Will you cut that out?" "My daughter's incapable of doing something shameful." " You're defending her?" "You don't find running away with the first man a disgrace; maybe it's a trifle." "We must know the facts first, she's a child." " Then you take your child!" "Of course I will!" " I don't have no use for her any more!" "Because what did you want to do with my daughter?" "A honest woman, a lady, capable of worthily bearing my name." "You want to marry Nicola also?" "!" " What Nicola!" "I'm not interested in Nicola" "Then, who're you talking about?" " My wife." "She's left me one hour ago." "And you break me the "with Filippo" news." "Thanks a lot!" " Your wife?" "Calm down!" "I don't understand." "Livia has run away?" " Yes." "She's run away!" "What about Nicola?" " She came here, talked with Livia and they left together." "Now I understand everything." " What?" " Eh!" "No.." "I don't understand anything." "Where've they gone?" "Where has your wife gone?" " Who knows?" " Here, madam." "What do you want?" " The compresses, for the head." "What head?" "Does it look like the moment for compresses?" "Go, stupid!" "What kind of a man are you?" "You let your wife run from under your nose like a hare." "Please, please.." "My son is a man." "Your daughter is.." "She's not a hare, she's.." "Let's forget it" "And before anything else I must warn you that Robertino is not used to such words." "That's bad if you had told Robertino since he was a baby what he was, he could have corrected himself." "But now he's clinging to his mother's dress as if he still wanted milk." "Nobody can say anything about my children's, you least of all." " Why?" "Because it's your daughters' fault if we're covered in ridicule, and they make us cry." "Yes!" "Cry.." "My children, such a consolation for a mother having you near." "Well, keep your consolations, I'll go look for mine." " Where?" "Where?" "Where?" "At the end of the world!" "Happy?" " Oh, my God!" "Forgive us!" "What people!" "Does lawyer Marchi live here?" " Yes, what's more, I'm lawyer Marchi." "And who might you be?" " Clients." " At this hour?" "Don't start with the problems." "If you can't, we'll go elsewhere" " No, no, come in." "Come in, Miss." "Come in, please." "Please." "May I?" " Oh!" " Sorry." " That's a good start." "Come in." "I'm yours." "Come on, this way." "Forgive me, I'll show you the way." "Allow me." "I'm not going in." " I'm here, don't be stupid!" " Come in." " Yes, we will" "Move it!" " Take a seat." "Here." "Don't you mind it, I like simplicity." "How do they say, "sancta simplicitas"." "You're familiar with asceticism?" "You aren't?" "Here it is." "I'm an ascetic." "Please, take a seat." "Take a seat." "Here." "Please, Miss." "Forgive me!" "Don't be afraid!" "It's the chair that's kind of.. ascetic." "Here, now you, Miss." "This one is also a little ascetic, but it doesn't matter." "Alright, let's check this one now." "No, everything's alright." "Everything alright." "Here, come on, sit down." "Easy!" "Don't be afraid, easy." "That's it!" "You there and I here." "Oh, no, not there, but here." "I always get it wrong." "Strange." "Yes, strange." "Easy!" "Easy." "Everything alright?" "Yes?" "Oh, whom have I the honour to talk to?" " You and I have already met, sir." "Oh, yes, yes, it's true." "Forgive me for not having recognized you right away." "Yes, I remember, I remember." " What?" "Well, I don't know.." " I've already phoned you." " Oh, yes, that's true." "To ask you a favour.." " Oh.." "No, we don't want anything, don't worry." " Oh, alright." "You only have to give us a place to sleep and feed us and lend us a little money." "If anyone should come you must throw him down the staircase.." "The little that a gentleman can do for two women alone and undefended." "Maybe my sister didn't explain very well" " No, no, she did, quite well." "Now, allow me to explain myself." "Ladies, delighted to have met you and goodbye." "Goodbye." "Or, rather, adieu." " Are you throwing us out?" " Throw?" "Not at all." "What kind of a lawyer are you?" "One comes to put herself under your protection, climbs five stories, arrives with her tongue sticking out only to be turned away?" "Madam.." " Miss, if you don't mind." " Miss, out on the door.." "Are you throwing us out?" " Out on the door it says lawyer, not hotel." "Ergo, there's incompatibility." "I do the lawsuits, I don't give food or shelter" "But we've come for a lawsuit!" " Then that's another can of worms!" "If there's a lawsuit.." "Please, sit down." "Sit down, mad.." "Easy." "Easy.. that's it." "Everyone's settled?" "alright." "Oh, so, there's the.." "No, damn!" "It's nothing, it's nothing." "Good girl, Carolina, good girl." " Carolina?" " Yes, an old family heirloom." "So, the lawsuit.." "But, let it be clear, no food, nor shelter are involved." "And no small loans, are we understood?" "What's this smell?" " Sm.. smell?" "A burning smell." " A burn.." "What?" "Oh, it's the.." "Excuse me, I'll be right back, the kitchen's burning." "Listen, it's better we left, this lawyer is worse off than us." "Oh, Nicoletta!" "Better like this: the poorer one is, the more one helps his neighbour." "Let's go see the house." " What if there's a wife?" " There isn't." " How do you know?" "It's the first thing I asked him." " When?" " On the phone." " I don't get it." "It doesn't matter." "let's go." "Alright, you'll sleep in here." " In here?" " Yes, yes." "And I could camp down.." "in the study." "And the lawyer?" " True." "Well, we'll se, we'll see." "What happened?" " Let's go see." "What is it?" " I've burnt my omelette.." "I've burnt my hand with the omelette!" "Cold water." "Put your hand under cold water." " No, not cold water." "The omelette, save it or it'll burn!" "Ah, enough, enough!" "I'll take care of it!" " Easy!" "And you said you had no appetite.." " There was so little to eat." "You don't bite the hand that feeds you." " I only bit the omelette.." "Ah, I see, I see." " But. let it be clear, tomorrow you should buy more." "Tomorrow?" " Eh, yes." "A good thing my sister went to bed without eating tonight." "But tomorrow.." "Have you gone mad?" "Where will I sleep tonight?" " Let's not start it again." "Are you feeling sleepy now?" " No." " So?" "When you will, you will decide." "I've decided a while ago, I'll sleep in my own bed." " Shame!" " On me?" "!" "Yes!" "The first time you get special clients and you treat them the way you do." "Shame!" " If you put it this way, I'm telling you I don't like these things." "Silence!" " Why?" " You'll wake up my sister." "Always to me.." "Enough, Carolina!" "This is swindle with confidence trick!" " Ssh!" " What was our deal?" "That your sister will sleep for one hour and then you'll both leave." "And now you're talking about sleeping here, about tomorrow, buying something more.." "I know what buying means, with these draughts.." "It's your fault." " What?" " You deserve these draughts." " Ah, well, listen!" "With a character like yours you'll end up even worse." " Ah, I don't worry about that" "Worse than this.." " Yes, worse, I'm telling you." "You stumble upon a great opportunity:" "to defend two women." "Any other lawyer would have taken this, not you, you reject them!" "A wonderful case, not every day you have a woman who quits her husband." "Another lawyer would have said: "This is the chance to make my fortune. "" ""Known persons, wealthy families, glory, money!"" "And you?" "You lose time with where we'll sleep, where'll we eat, what we'll do.." "Nicoletta." " Coming, coming." "Celebrity, glory, money.." "What would you do, Carolina?" "Calm down, calm down, what.." "Sit down, dear, sit down." "And don't fret too much, stay calm." "We'll make her pay dearly this gesture." "The Della Bella don't forgive." "The Della Bella don't forgive." "The Della Bella are never wrong." "The Della Bella.." "The Della Bella never lose their calm." "Well, I am losing it." "I'm the first of the Della Bella who loses his calm." "I want to be wrong, to forgive, to do everything the Della Bella never did before" "Roberto." " Ah, finally." " Mother, there's a lawyer's secretary on the phone." "What lawyer?" " Secretary, law.." "I'll take it!" "Have you seen him?" "He jumped like a spring He's lost his head." "He's got stupid." "I.." " rene." "Got you, mother, got you." "No, I wanted to say:" ""Irene, you're right. "" "It's dangerous leaving him alone now, when he needs us so much." "Let's go at the phone, my daughter." "Hello?" "Yes, his secretary." "I'll put him through." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Yes, Marchi." "No, what're you doing?" "Don't give your name." " Ah, true." "Yes." "Give it to me!" "Hello." " What is it all about, please?" "Ah, my wife.." "Alright." "Where's she?" "How's she?" "Tell her to come back right away." "I'll forgive her!" "We're all forgiving her!" "No, no, no, no, no, no!" "What're they saying?" " They forgive you." " Ah-ah." " What should I answer?" " Ah-ah." "Ah-ah!" "What does it mean?" " Sarcastic laughter." "Ah, tell him about the meeting." " Well, so.." "I've been told, as defender of your wife's interests, to demand a meeting with for tomorrow." "No way!" "My wife must not spend the night out of the house!" "She must return here immediately!" " Oh!" "Tell him she's under your protection." "Your wife, my dear sir, is under my protection, in my bed." "My wife in.." "Are you mad?" "Bastard, scoundrel!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "What're they saying, what do they want?" " What do they want?" "They want to exasperate me, make fun of me, they want to push me to make a blunder." "Giustina, my hat." " Roberto!" "Son, listen." "So, what do you want to do?" " I don't know." " But I do, I can feel it." "Look at me." "Loot into my eyes!" "You want to kill someone." " And why not?" "Giustina!" " Roberto!" " Giustina, my hat!" "Blood in the house of the Della Bella!" "Look, it's moving." "It must be a cockroach." "It's no cockroach." "Do you believe that lawyer?" "He said that on purpose to scare us and make us leave." " Who knows where he went." "Who, the cockroach?" " No, the lawyer." " Ah, he's close by." "There's a park with with some nice benches.." "What if you left the light on the whole night?" "The bugs are afraid of the light." "Cut it out!" "Are you regretting already?" " No, no." "But swear you'll always be by me." "And that you'll help me when I'll be needing it." "But of course, always together!" "I, you, Leopoldo.." "Because, you see, I might.." " What?" "I wanted my husband to be the first to find it out, but, now.." "Oh, Livia!" "Livia, my darling, explain yourself!" "Talk to me, Livia!" " Promise you won't tell anyone, not even dad, for now." "Yes, yes, I promise, but talk to me!" "Nicoletta.." "Oh, a child!" "Oh, Livia!" "But this changes everything!" "I mean, it doesn't change anything." "Oh, imagine when Leopoldo will find out!" "Oh, my darling Livia.." "Please, it has to be a boy!" " What're you saying, Nicoletta?" "Oh, yes.." "Well, even if it's a girl, we'll tell Leopoldo it's a boy." "Then, as time goes by.." "Oh, mother!" "Now we must think about getting ready, doing.." "What do you want to do?" " Ah, true, there's nothing to do." "Darling, now I understand why you wanted me to always be with you." "Was there any need for me to say it?" "Always with you." "Always!" "You'll see, as soon as we make peace with Leopoldo we'll return home, and we'll have a room ready all for him." "The one upstairs, with a view on the garden." " Yes, yes." "In the spring, there are so many swallows' nests up there." "Up there.." "I didn't get to know mother." "But he must have two:" "I and you." "I'll sing him lullabies." "Down comes so soon the night and envelops in her veil.." "men, and things and flowers, the sea and, the sky too.." "But from the Heaven the angel now will come.." "And to babies golden dreams will bring" "With gentle step to every cradle nears.." "Wherever a mother by her baby now she is." "Sleep, do sleep, o child.." "The angel down has flown.." "And while you'll be asleep.." "Over you, he will watch!" "Ah, the cockroach!" "Oh, my God, Nicoletta!" "Careful, Livia!" " Don't pull the blanket!" "No, thank you." "Don't be shy, they do you very good." " Thank you, I've got my salts." "Go, my dear, go." "Robertino.. where can he be?" "Ah, it's terrible for a mother to see her children disappear all of a sudden." "Oh, mother!" " What is it?" " "Dramas of Jealousy"." ""Three revolver shots into the wife who had gone away from home. "" "Oh, my God.." "Ah, nothing.." "It's nothing, mother, his name is Roberto Mazzolotto." "And it happened in Bari." " Irene, enough with these stupid jokes!" "Whom should I announce?" " Giulio Marchi, lawyer." " Very well." "Mm.. nice way of wearing a tie." " Nice way, nice way, it's your fault." "I had to make my morning toilet in the middle of the street, in a drinking fountain" "While I was washing my face a horse was drinking and looking at me." "Ah, but when I'll send my bill I'll put this also, mind you!" " This must be lower." "No, that's how it's worn." "We, lawyers, wear it like this." " And this papers?" "Papers?" "This is, stamped paper, all of it." "Papers.." "Who sent her to me?" "!" "Nicola!" " Leopoldo!" " Who is he?" "Leopoldo, my father!" " Ah.." "Nicola!" " Leopoldo!" " Ah, my dear, my dear, my little one.." "Where have you been all of this time?" "What have you done?" " Stay calm, calm." "I was so scared." " I subscribe." "Who's he?" " Ah, Giulio Marchi, lawyer." "Leopoldo." "The father." " The lawyer." "An honour." "Come, come, everyone's waiting for you." " Let's go, sir." "Good morning." " Good morning!" "Good morning." " Sir!" "Here's Nicola, it's nothing serious, now she'll explain everything." "And here's.." "Who's this one?" " My lawyer." " What lawyer!" "?" "Why're you here, what do you want?" " What do I want?" "I'm Giulio Marchi, lawyer" "I've come to watch over her interests." " Who's interests?" " The young lady's." "Who asked you?" " Who?" "She did!" " Calm down, calm down!" "Let's take it in order." "Good morning." " Good morning." " Nicola, explain, speak." "Where's Livia?" " And Roberto?" "Where's my son?" "How should I know where your son is?" "As for Livia, be at ease, she's somewhere safe, trust me, Leopoldo." "Let's see that document." " Eh?" " The document!" " Ah, yes, the document." "The document?" "What document?" " How should I know?" "Tell her to stop this charade." "I knew everything was because of her." "You shut up, let me hear what Nicola says" " Stop this Nicola and Nico.." "Silence!" " I don't understand how certain people take the liberty, in our house.." "Careful if she bites, she's poisonous." "Hurry up!" "She bites?" " Hurry, hurry up." "Roberto!" "You're afraid?" "You've got to the point where you're afraid of me." "The thing is.." " I wanted to see you with my own eyes in someone else's home." "You're so at ease, as if you've always lived in here." "Go on with what you were doing." "I don't want to ruin a nice family's harmony." "Who's this lawyer who came out of nowhere?" "Were you already acquainted with him?" "No, since yesterday." "Only since yesterday." "There's three of us." "The perfect number." " My sister, I and the lawyer." "I'm eager to meet the lawyer who gives his clients food and shelter!" "Roberto!" "I'm sorry I mean, I'm not sorry!" "You wanted us all to come in procession to ask for your forgiveness?" ""We, the undersigned, forced by the Della Bella family's oppression.." "to an energetic and decisive action, we let it be known we won't resume contacts with the members of that family, if the following conditions are not met."" "Unheard of!" " Incredible!" " Silence!" " Ssh!" "Let's hear!" " Let's go on." ""1." "Miss Nicola must immediately be taken out of the college."" "Accepted!" " Thank you, Leopoldo!" "The document!" " Impossible by now.." " Silence!" "Let's go on." ""2." "Miss Livia Giovannini, married Della Bella, asks from her husband Roberto.." "having arrived at this because of his in all ways reprehensible behaviour.." "Livia.." "since we've met I've done everything that could have made me obnoxious." "I hoped you'd send me, my mother, my sister to the devil." " What're you saying?" "Please, let me speak." "When I understood you loved me, I should've been fair to you and tell you:" ""Livia, I'm not worthy of your affection."" ""Ours is a marriage of convenience, it will never be a love one."" "Why are you talking like this?" " Please.." "I wanted to break myself away from you, and I couldn't." "I loved you and I was ashamed of saying it!" "And then we got married." "But the more I knew you, the more I despised myself, the more I loved you, the more I hated myself." "And now.. now that you've had the strength of breaking away, you've given me the courage to ask you to forgive me for the bad things I did to you." "I needed to tell you this because I didn't want you to think me worse than I was." "And now that everything's clear between us, we can say farewell." "Roberto!" "Everything's perfect!" "They are in our hands." "Did you see how the marchioness was trembling?" "We'll start the procedures for separation as soon as tomorrow!" "A long and profitable case!" "Great, great!" "Great my foot!" "Where's Livia?" "Don't be afraid, nothing's lost in my house; everything's gathered." "Why?" " Nicola?" " What's the matter?" "Dad!" " Livia!" " Well, Leopoldo?" "Roberto!" " I say where and when I kiss my wife." "Yes, but this is my home and we had decided.." " What?" " Farewell case." "Oh, but at least the expenses, because expenses there were." "Let me remind you:" "living with a married woman, 3 years in prison, taking advantage of an under age person, 5 years, abuse of.." "Are you also a lawyer?" " Well, yes." "You come in here, take possession of my house, do what you want, and who goes to prison?" "I do!" "One moment!" "I can smell mushrooms!" "Have you made risotto with mushrooms?" "Yes, dad, the one you like." " Good girl!" "Let's eat!" "Let's eat!" " What?" "!" " Ssh!" " But I.." " Ssh!" "Risotto with mushrooms.." "mm.. made by my daughter.." "Have you never tasted it?" " No." " Bad." "That's why you didn't agree." "You'll understand!" "Quickly, go into the kitchen!" "Why are you standing here?" "Go!" "My dear.." "Oh!" "Come here, Roberto." "Sit down." "Sit down.." " Thank you." "Hello?" "Ah, it's you?" "Yes." "What am I doing?" "Nothing." "No, people have come over." "No, I don't know them, I don't know who they are." "They came saying it was about a case." "They took over the house, then the practice." "They slept and now they're eating:" "risotto with mushrooms." "Thank you." "Good appetite my foot!" "I'm not eating, they are!" "I'm paying!" "I'm a lawyer.." " Please, come in, have a seat.." "Eat, sleep, drink, the table is set." "Risotto with mushrooms!" "Risotto with mushrooms?" "Is he mad?" " Yes!" " Uh!" " Go, go!" "Go.." "The others have arrived, now they are all here." "Come on, sit down, don't be shy." "And you, the chairs, the chairs!" "Elisa.. smile!" "Laugh for once!" "If you'd only laugh once!" "Roberto!" " Mother!" " My dear!" "Uh!" "You've kissed me!" "Quickly, quickly, sit down!" "three, four, five, six, seven.." "Seven persons at my table." "Yes." "No, never seen or known." "They're dishing out the soup and the plates move around." "The marchioness plays picky, she refuses." "No, she accepts." "She has accepted the soup!" "They clap their hands!" "Now they're eating and they haven't invited me." "No, I'm paying and they don't invite me!" "Extraordinary!" "And now they're laughing." "They're all happy." "They're laughing!" "Long live!" " Long live!" "No, no, no, no, no." " Yes, yes, yes, yes!" "Now they're toasting." "They've barely started eating, and they're already toasting." "They're toasting to the soon-to-be-born baby." "Yes, if it'll be a boy, they'll call him Nicola, in the aunt's honour." "Great news, isn't it?" "You don't care, do you?" "Neither do I. Bye!" "May I?" "Excuse me if I'm intruding.." "Seeing you are so comfortable in my home, I'll give you the keys." " He's mad!" "Mad?" "I'm a lawyer!" " Sit down." " Come on, there's place for you too." "Make room for the lawyer." "We even have risotto." "On you go, on you go, never stop, you're my colt!" "Pull the buggy, when my whip does crack!" "And the road does fly, under your so light step," "On we go this way, as long as we wish!" "Golden sun and flowered fields, so much joy, my heart do fill!" "The gentle breeze, caresses me it's a blow like flying it does feel." "You all now look how well you run with a colt you do and with a whip!" "A coachman good am I.." "just with a crack all horses run!" "Scared hens fluttering they go!" "Peasants everywhere.." "Does this all belong to you" " Half is my brother's, half is mine." "My dowry." "Your dowry?" "!" " Yes, because I.." "I'm a maiden." " Ah, because you are.." "so much joy my heart do fill!" "You all now look how well we run.." "A coachman good am I.." "just with a crack all horses run!"