"SOUVENIR FROM ITALY" "I'd like to know how she came all the way from England in that!" "Hens!" "Living hens!" "Any flowers, miss?" "Beautiful flowers!" "Watch your driving!" "Are there a lot?" " Miss, I only have two hands." "Is there another station?" " Next town over, a kilometer away." "Gas?" " What gas?" "Get out of the way!" "Make way!" "Come on!" "Thank you, it's very kind." "Can you give me a ride?" "I'm only going to Porta Furba." " Great, we are too." "Hilde!" "Usually if they see two, no one stops." "But I've only one available seat." " No worries." "We'll make do." "I prefer to sit in the back." "I like to feel the air on my face." "Listen, at least spare my head!" "Oh, sorry, they were a bit heavy." "Thank goodness you passed by." "We've been waiting here for three hours." "It's a bad spot, miss." "We can go now." " But that backpack is soaking wet!" "We did our laundry but had no time to dry it." "Maybe we're a little too pushy." "Please excuse us." "This car is cute, though a little cramped." "We usually ride in big cars." "The things you say!" "Is the first time you picked up hitchhikers?" " Yes." " Strange." "You know how many there are in Europe in the summer?" "More than 400,000!" "I hope I don't run into them all!" "Hi!" " Hi!" "We met them last summer in Nizza." " They haven't got too far in a year!" "Are you English?" " Of course." "Not us." "Hilde is German and I'm French, from Paris." "We're students." "Josette, will you shut up for a while?" "The girl isn't interested in our affairs." "All civilized persons take an interest in the affairs of others." "So said the most adorable theater man I ever met." "He wanted me to join his troupe." " Will you keep your feet still?" "They fell asleep!" "They're too squished in this car!" "If I'm bothering you, I can get out." " Josette, stop!" "What did I say?" "God!" "I knew a car like this could only belong to a prude." "A white MG!" "Honestly!" "Well?" "Alright, let's get out." "Sorry, but when one is so sensitive, it's better to stay home than to run about." "But now I couldn't do that if I wanted!" "We're out of gas and it's all your fault!" " My fault!" "If you didn't distract me, I would've remembered to stop!" "It's my fault you're an airhead?" " Shut up for once!" "Fine, I'll shut up." "Deal with it yourselves." "Look, it's barely a kilometer." " You think it's fun to walk on foot?" "I'll go, if you want." " No, why do that?" "We'll push the car up the hill then go down with the motor off, right?" "Ah, good idea." " Alright, let's go." "Come on, let's push." "Take off the brake." " Ah, yes." "We're almost there." "The brake!" "The brake!" "Marshal!" "Here's all we could find." "Miss, don't worry." "We'll get it out." "Get the jeep!" "He'll drive you to the English Consulate." "You come too as witnesses." "Go on!" "Go home!" "The show is over!" "Clear out!" "Let's go." "Marshal, they can't do anything to retrieve the car?" "Not even a pontoon from Genova, miss." "You see that cross?" "Here in '17, an English ship of 10,000 wrecked and was never recovered." "This isn't a lucky place for the English." "And what are you doing?" "Ice cream!" "Ice cream!" "Strawberry!" "Pistachio!" "Hazelnut!" "Ice Cream!" "Stop!" " What is it?" "Didn't you see the black cat?" "They're bad luck." "Good thing, I saw it." "Now we can go." "Here we are." "Come ladies." "I'm sure we'll find it." "You can spend the day here." "You wait here." "Let's play!" "I swear that if I don't win this time I'll eat my glass!" "Good day, Mr. Wimbley." " Hi." "This is Miss.." " No, no!" "It's better to play a five!" "Margaret Topper." " Nice to meet you." "Please sit." "He's the English consulate." " I'm glad you told me." "What type of car was it?" " What?" "You already know?" "This is a small town." "Things are known before they even happen." "Mr. Wimbley, it's ready inside." " Thanks." "Have you eaten?" " No." "Come with me." " You said if you didn't win, you'd eat your glass." "I prefer spaghetti with pesto." "Are you staying too?" "No, today there's the Saint John procession. 8 kilometers by foot." "If I ate with you, they'd have to carry me instead of the saint!" "Come let's go." "You can tell me what happened while we eat." " Bravo!" "Marshal, you want to play?" " OK, just one hand, eh?" "Some more, please." "I can see that you two are really nice." "And now that I've seen you, I'm starting to like you too." "Apart from your character." " What's wrong with my character?" "My dear, you're an only child, right?" "Yes, but so what?" "Every time you travelled, there was mommy, daddy, and many relatives." "I'm not with anybody now." " Exactly." "A brave gesture." "You wanted to show that you are capable of traveling alone." "With traveler's checks, good reservations and a personal car." "But if you didn't have any of those things, you'd soon return home." "What should I do then?" "And what do your friends do?" "Under the same conditions, they'd still travel or go where they please." "And have fun." "Miss, don't let the chance of visiting Italy get away." "I've been here for years." "And I wouldn't leave for anything." "And what if they transferred you?" " Who?" "Me?" "Transfer me!" "I'd quit if they just tried it!" "I'm not moving a hair from here!" "You don't mean that another lovely place in Italy doesn't exist?" "No, miss." "I didn't mean that at all." "Venice, for example, isn't bad." "Both of us are going to Venice." " Great idea!" "Why don't you go to?" "Why not?" "Better than going home." " Listen." "I'll take care of the car insurance for you." "If you need money, I'll lend you some." "We may not see eye to eye, but you can't return without having seen Venice!" "You mustn't get discouraged." "Hitchhiking has its ups and downs." "One day it's great, the next they won't even stop for a flat tire." "Say, didn't I tell you about that adventure in Spain?" "A young man gave us a ride." "He must have been a bullfighter." "A beautiful boy, but you can't imagine how unfriendly he was." "Maybe that's why I liked him." "For 50 km, he was a perfect gentleman." "Then he stopped and pulled out a gun." "He liked Hilde and wanted her at any cost, understand?" "You can just imagine Hilde!" "Then I made him stop. "Leave my friend alone, she's not interested!"" "He flipped out." "I pulled the gun from his hand and pointed it at him." "We got down and he left." "All in all, I didn't dislike him, but with that gun.." " Let's go, hurry!" "You must never hitchhike at night." "One time.." "Stop it, fibber!" "What was she saying?" "Don't listen to her, she's always lying." "A truck?" "We're starting well!" "Come on, get in the back." "Thanks!" "Get on." "Oh, Margaret, get your foot in." "OK, let's go." "Oh, I'm falling!" "You saw the one who stopped me?" " Yeah, and the other two?" "Is it OK to offer them a drink?" "Why not?" "They're liberated, almost boys." "Almost boys!" "Imagine if you had legs like that one!" "There she is, look!" " Hey, hi!" "Oh, watch out for the truck!" "Are you crazy!" "Must we really sleep on the ground?" " Unless you want to sleep in a tree." "And I couldn't sleep three nights, because the mattress was made of hair." "Don't worry, tonight you'll sleep like a log." "Go in." "The ground here is good." "Haven't you ever been under a tent?" " No, at the sight of one, I'd run away." "Here we help the helpless." "Go on, it's very accommodating." "Your room is towards the back." "Accommodating like a dog house!" "Is there a bone, perhaps?" "Here's the mattress." "Where did Margaret go?" "What kind of a joke is that?" " Sorry." "Why don't you watch it?" "I'm allergic to.." "to hay!" "What's the matter?" "Stop snoring, I can't get any sleep." "And I was having such a nice dream.." "I was dreaming of Hemingway and the memory of my trip to India.." "You tell lies even when you sleep." "What's that?" " Mosquitoes." "The tent is hermetically sealed, they can't enter." "Yes, now the ones that are in, can't get out." "Hey, you see me?" " The bath is ready!" "Margaret, are you coming?" " Here's your clothes, I'm leaving!" "Where are you going?" " Home." "I won't spend another night like this!" "But why?" "Wait!" "You can't leave by yourself!" "Like you could stop a car!" " Margaret wait!" "Listen!" "Let her go." "Better to get rid of somebody like that." "She just complains." "Don't act like a child, wait!" "Bye!" "Give daddy lots of kisses!" "Come on." "Countess!" "This is the Venice line." "There's room." "Come, Margaret!" "The gentleman is bringing us to.." "Excuse me, where are we going?" " Chioggia." "From there you can go to Venice by "bragosti", that is by ship." "Get in." "Hey, Margaret!" " What is it?" "Just wondering:" "You wear your glasses when you sleep?" "No, it's just a habit." "I began when I was young, and if I don't have them, I can't get to sleep." "But for such nonsense, you woke me up?" "Venice!" "It's been a week since.." " Excuse me, I don't understand a thing!" "You must explain to me how in three days I spent 1,515 lire." "What, you're still not convinced?" "Lodging is 180 a day, three days are 540 lire and 900 lire for the three dinners." "What's this 25 lire for?" " For the use of the kitchen." "The kitchen!" "It was just an egg!" "Imagine the price for a chicken!" "The same: it's a fixed price." " Next time, I'll cook an ox!" "Can't you let us sleep here tonight?" "I already told you, miss, it's impossible right now." "You should've booked.." " And this 50 lire?" "Didn't you ask for sheets?" " Right, even the sheets!" "Listen, can we leave our packs here?" " For how long?" "We'll take a look around." "A couple of hours." " Good day." "Don't be late." "Remember we close at ten." "You want take a gondola to St. Mark?" " What, are you crazy?" "It costs too much." "Besides, let's stay close to here." "What do you think?" "I've added it all up." "With 10,000 lire I can get to Taormina." "Now, if everything goes well, I can get to Cosenza." "But why should I go there?" "That way?" "I don't know, it's better to ask." "Let's go." "Excuse me, sir, St. Mark's Square?" " This way here." "Straight ahead." "Always straight." "You can't go wrong, it's a few steps." "St. Mark's Square?" " Straight ahead, bless you." "St. Mark's Square?" " Straight ahead." "Gazette with the latest news!" "The gazette!" "St. Mark's Square?" "Straight ahead, miss." "Thanks." " The gazette!" "Margaret!" " Margaret!" "What are you doing?" "Shall we go?" "This is the hotel I made reservations for." " Damn, how posh!" "And it's our fault you couldn't come." " No, what does it matter?" ""Straight ahead!" "Straight ahead!" And we keep playing Hide and Seek!" "We're seeing Venice, right?" " It's authentic, miss." "Want to try it?" "No, thank you." " Good day." "It was lovely, eh?" " You think so because you don't know its cost." "Certainly, it would be nice on a low cut dress." "You're thinking about shawls." "I'm ready to buy myself new legs!" "What a fish, Mr. Boss!" "Look what a beauty!" "This fish is the beauty of the beauties!" "These acrobats are funny, right, Jean?" "They're not acrobats, ma'am, they're maschere." "It's an old tradition." "This piece was shown before Shakespeare was born." "Yes, Shakespeare.." "Who's the little one with the stick?" " Little?" "Large!" "It's Arlecchino." "Crazy and wise, heroic and cowardly." ""Oh, you who are not smart, under your hat keep your heart, Arlecchino.."" "What marvelous words." "Whose are they?" " Mine, a bagatelle." "Oh no, you're an artist!" "I find that all Italians are artists." "Right, Jean?" "Rascal, keep your hands in place!" "Whose hands?" " Yours." " Did you see them?" "What manners!" "It pays to be in the military!" "What's it to you?" "I was only passing by here." "We saw you touching her a mile off!" " My uniform brushed her!" "Hey, young man.." "Don't you think your little game has gone on long enough?" "What do you want?" " Want?" "You're bothering foreigners!" "And then we complain of the lack of tourism!" "All the time we see examples of rudeness like this!" "Oh, how terrible!" "Just what I needed!" "No, no, no!" "That'll make it worse." "Look, I live over there.." "Would you like to tidy up?" "Thank you, that's kind.." " Please." "I'm with friends." " They can come too." "Goodbye, madame." "Excuse me, coming through.." "Look at that!" "And I'm the one with the "little game"!" "Don't worry, it's only isinglass." "It'll be out in a jiffy!" " Evening, Count." "Ferruccio, good." "Bring the young lady to Elisabetta and tell her to make that right." "Go with him, we'll wait in here." " Thanks." " This way." "Something to drink?" " Thanks." "You're a count?" " It's not my fault." "You know I've never met a count so countlike like you?" "Very decorative, aren't I?" "Living here, I'm now part of the artistic heritage." "What are you talking about?" "This house doesn't feel like a museum." "It's rather lively." "I gladly live my whole life here." "Why don't we ask the count to adopt us?" "You mean I could be your dad?" " Oh, no." "My dad's much younger." " Josette!" "I don't mean by age, I mean by looks." "Pezo el tacon del sbrego!" "What?" " "The cure is worse than the illness"." "Maybe, she's right." "I need a little restoration." "Remind me to make a request on the maintenance of the monuments." "What do you take, martinis?" "Thank you, with pleasure." "How nice it is!" "I would buy it and bring it home!" "You like Venice?" "I find it boring." "No." "You just want us to praise your city." "It's not my city." "I'm Neapolitan, I married a Venetian." "Is that why you find Venice boring?" "On the contrary, I'm bored because she's no longer here." "I'll end up with a bad liver." " Because of one martini?" "No, because of the elbow she gave me!" "Look!" " Here's the butterfly!" "After the pies in the face I've received, I up for anything." "Ah, thanks." "I've been looking two days for that." "A martini?" " Thanks." "Hear that?" "One of the loveliest spinets of the 1700s." "Wagner played on it." "Josette!" "You know, you're a nag!" "One can't do anything!" "The child's a bit exuberant." "I can't keep up." "We arrived in a boat that looked like the Kon-tiki." "We spent the entire morning looking for a place to sleep and she has the energy to get excited!" "She's an angel now." "You should've known her last year." "Hilde, Margaret!" " What is it?" "Who knows what she found now?" "I know that she found the loveliest room in the palace!" "God, I hope there's nothing fragile!" " Maybe we should hurry." "What are you doing?" " What I'd give to say I spent a night in a room like this." "You'd say it all the same." "Ah, the little one likes to brag!" "Then let me supply the details." "The bed is an authentic Pesarel." "The cabinet was donated by Cardinal Renier to my wife's great-grandmother." "The crib, it's been here for 100 years." "Please, don't say, it was I who bought it." "Count, may I?" " Ah, good, lunch." "Now then.." "Does that sound OK?" " What?" "Don't stand on ceremony, if you prefer something else.." "Oh, no, thanks!" "It's marvelous!" " Fine, make this for the young ladies." "Where's your luggage?" " At the hostel." " Send Nico with a gondola." "With a gondola?" "Then let's go too!" " Why?" "He getting our bags." "Prepare the corner room, the one next to it for them and Josette'll sleep here." "This way, no more lies." " You're not kidding?" "How wonderful!" "You hear that?" "It's him." "It's him." "He's there, don't make that face!" "He's there!" "He is!" "It's a worm, a damn woodworm!" "You're the one here, tonight?" "I'm sorry but tonight that worm is going to be annoying." "It'll be worse for the worm:" "Josette snores!" "But what do you do at Casinò, to lose such money?" "I promised her, she likes it a lot." " Just me?" "Pardon us for not staying to dine." " Never mind, good luck." "It's a Gasperini, isn't it?" " Yes, how could you know?" "Because at home we have the same one." " The same?" "But it won't sound like this." "It's missing one of its teeth here." "That's it." "It stops but restarts again." "It won't restart." "The same?" "No, the one we have works." "My father likes his collection very much." "Collection?" "What does your father do?" "Gives advice to the government every once in awhile." "Ah, strange." " How?" "Careful, if you sit down." "Be careful, the leg of that chair is a little weak." "They switched them!" "I always told Ferruccio, "Don't move them, don't move them."" "Ferruccio!" "The chair!" "You said something was strange." "What's strange?" "You're from a good family." "And you go about the streets so." "Why, does it seem stupid to you?" " No, I find it smart and even brave." "Ah, good." "You see.." "I've occasion to often meet the foreigners." "Americans, English." "They come by train or by car." "They run around and what do they see?" "Nothing." "You, however, understand that to visit a country and get to know it, you need to stop, and not go around with blinkers." "Here, let's hope it lasts." "There it goes." "These legs." "These legs are a disaster." "Antiques are beautiful but they give a lot of trouble." "Excuse me, one moment." " Go ahead, of course." "What is it?" " Tell her, Josette." "This time we really fell for it." " What do you mean?" "We must pack up and run." "This is a hotel." " A hotel?" " Almost." "The gondoliere said that it's a special kind of residence for rich Americans." "And I would've sworn he was a great gentleman." "Count, Mr. Clayton is complaining about the whiskey." "Why?" "He realizes it's not Scottish?" " No, he says it's too expensive. 12 lire!" "Here we go again!" "Let him go elsewhere!" "There are many in Venice!" "He should go to the Cavenigo, they charge you by the name." "Got it?" "Yeah, but he's bitching." "Excuse me, the girls from yesterday would like to speak to you." "I'm coming." "Except for that stink today, you recited very well." "Well done." "Whiskey!" "Edoa'!" "Try the leg, eh?" "Here I am." "Listen.." " Yes." "We received a telegram, Josette's father is very sick." "Oh, poor child." "I'm very sorry, I hope it's nothing serious." "Won't you at least stay to eat?" "It's not possible, the train leaves in 45 minutes." "Count, we want to know how much we owe you." "What?" " For the martinis and for.." "But you were my guests, miss." "Please, forgive us." "We were told that this is a residence and we wanted to settle the bill." "Girls, you talk too!" " Then, I didn't explain clearly." "You're nice and that's enough." "It's a whim I do from time to time to compensate for the rude mouths of customers." "Please, don't think.." " Please, it's a very understandable mistake." "This house is now a hotel." "I had to do it, so the creditors wouldn't eat up the furniture." "Better the worms eat them." "But the most important thing is that your father gets well." "Well." "Goodbye." " Have a good trip." "And thanks for everything." "Finally, we're here." " And now what do we do?" "We enjoy St. Mark Square." "Now everybody's asleep." " Lucky them!" "I'm going to put my feet up." " Josette!" "What is it?" " The package." " Right, the package." "We totally forgot about it." "The shawl!" "You liked it so much, so when we went out.." "You shouldn't have." "It's the loveliest shawl in the world." "There were some nicer ones, but then how would we eat tomorrow?" "Josette!" " "Josette"!" "Knock it off!" "Don't you know any other words?" "God!" "Come, let's not start to fight." "Let's go find a place to set up the tent." "Where to?" " "Straight ahead"." "Poor thing!" "What could've happened?" "Seven!" " Five!" " Four!" " Three!" " All!" "No, miss, how can you say "all" and throw 2?" "All means 10." "You're right." "How fun!" "Let's go on." " You had 5, OK?" "Easy, easy." "If the cops catch you, they'll give you a fine game to play." "With three girls aboard and foreigners to boot!" "Yeah, but isn't the Red Cross international?" "Let's begin again, miss." "Seven!" " Eight!" " Seven!" "Hey, I'm stopping at Ceralto and letting you off, alright?" "Ceralto?" " Is there anything good to see there?" " It's a castle." "Ceralto, here it is." "From the latin, Ceraltum." "Castello di Ceralto: famous for the legend of Nerio and Silvestra as was told by Boccaccio in his Decameron." " Seven!" "Having promised her to Cesare Borgia, he was against this love." "So much so, he decided to kill the poor Nerio." "But.." "one tragic night, Pandolfo found out Nerio would be in Silvestra's room, waited for him in the shadows, and stabbed him right here." "The young lover, wounded by the stabbing, got up and went into the unhappy Silvestra's room coming up." "Wait one moment!" "Mama, mama!" "Mama!" " What is it?" "Take those ones while I'll give the tour to the new people." " OK." "Go to grandma." "Go upstairs, there you'll find my mama." "Please, go ahead." "Remember, we close in 45 minutes, OK?" "As told by Boccaccio," "Neri, a youth of noble stock, was deeply in love with Silvestra and she with him." "The young lover was mortally wounded, came in this room and went to Silvestra." "No smoking, please." " Was?" "No smoke, Verboten!" "The young lover was mortally wounded, came in this room and went to Silvestra." "Where he spent the night in her arms, without letting on that he was wounded." "Was?" " Wounded." "Wound!" "Not one word!" " Ah.." "How could she not realize it?" " I guess there were no electric lights!" "Lieutenant!" "Mr. Parenti, Mr. Parenti!" "Excuse me, weren't you a prison in England at Middleton?" "Yes." "Margaret!" "What are you doing here?" " I asked myself, "Is it him or not?"" "It's been years since I was called that." "Why am I talking here?" "Wait." "How are you?" "Who would've imagined to see you again here!" "And the horse?" " Yeah, if not for you.." "We still have that horse, you know." "We're over here." " Excuse me." "Go ahead." "I'll catch up." "And the freckles." " I don't have them." "In exchange, I wear glasses." "You were 14." " 15!" "Yeah, and I was 24." "Looking at my ring?" "I'm not married, it's my mom's." "Damn, how times flies." "I thought of you every now and then." ""Margaret?" "What's that girl up to?"" "You remembered me?" " Of course, many times." "I left you with a bow in your hair and I find you in pants." " Yeah." "I'm touring Italy with two friends." "You know I hitchhiked all the way from Venice to here?" "Just like the girl who used to jump over fences!" "I wouldn't say that." "But what are you doing here?" " I'm with my colleagues from school." "A teacher?" " Yes." "I teach art history at a school in Pavia." "This is a paid for field trip." "A teacher." "Honestly, I didn't expect that." "I didn't expect it either." "You wanted to write." "You'd tell me of your plans." "They remained plans." "Hey, what a memory!" " Did you ever write anything?" "Yes." "A compendium of logical analysis for the students at school." "It sounds useful." "Ah, not for me." "It was never published." "You know who that is?" "No." "Why?" " It's Saint John of Rossellino." "I didn't know it either, but the guide told me." "And here I took him for Desiderio da Settignano." "A fine art history teacher I am!" "Well, to be honest, I've never heard of either." " It's no big deal for you." "We're in the way." "Let's go." "There's Nerio and Silvestra's chair." "The legend says whoever sits in it will marry within a year." "Silvestra was sitting there when Nerio entered and cast himself at her feet." ""And she embraced him so that a great joy pervaded Nerio's heart,"" ""and he forgot his wounds."" "More or less." "Something like that." "A well known historical fact:" "A poisoned knife from his sister killed him." "And even Boccaccio invented this wonderful story of love." "And the legend of the chair?" "Stolen." "They say the same thing about Paolo and Francesca." "And who knows if that's Silvestra's chair?" "Maybe it was a cardinal's." "Like the tomb of Giulio Romeo." "What carnage, you've made!" "You've destroyed the castle, demolished two legends, profaned a tomb." "Yet I remember a sentimental youth, who sang in moonlight in the courtyard." "I liked to hear him sing the most passionate songs." ""Florence, tonight, you're beautiful in.."" "Who?" "Me?" " Yes." " Listen to that!" "You were accompanied by a guitar." " No, that was the Sergeant De Rosa." "And this is the torture chamber." "The owners of this castle with this trapdoor would spy on their prisoners." "Folterung, folterung: torture." "Here was the chopping block where they cut off your head for committing crimes." " And Margaret?" "Who knows?" "With some others?" ".. discovered Nerio's death and Silvestra embittered by grief, remained so inconsolable that she had Pandolfo's head chopped off." "With this." " How's that?" " The head!" "Kaput!" " Ah!" "Let's go, my stomach is starting to hurt." " Are you queasy?" "No, it's from hunger." "And here the prisoners were flogged by a whip." "Which I'll show you now." "It's a great whip." "My son has it!" "Carlino!" "Carlino, where's the whip?" "Shall we go up?" " I don't know." " Come, courage!" "It says, "Don't enter"." " This from he who dug under fences to steal chickens?" "Truly, I stop at being the lookout in any event." "And if it's something forbidden?" " Then it must be interesting." "The mystery of Silvestra's castle:" "the custodian's laundry." "Beautiful though." " You find it beautiful?" "The sky is painted, the sunset and clouds aren't even of the epoch, and the view's there for tourism!" "Well, I deserved that." "The people cheered the sentence, because in this courtyard, Pandolfo's head was hurled down by Cesare Borgia." "The exit is this way." "Don't worry, we'll see her at the piazza." " Wouldn't she have waited for us?" "I didn't even know that." "You put me to school, who's hard on everyone including himself." "What's going on?" "They're locking us inside!" "Hey, custodian!" "Custodian!" "It's locked." "Let's try this way." "Were you scared?" "In those days, who didn't die poisoned or stabbed, died from fright." "Custodian!" "Nobody will answer." "What'll we do?" "Would it be nice to spend the night here?" "The entire night!" "Feeling ill?" " Excuse me, I'm sorry." "The bell!" "Goodbye and I hope you were satisfied." "Damn, here we go again!" "Somebody's locked inside!" "It's always some lovebirds." "I don't understand, with so many friars around!" "No, they come here!" "And then the superintendent takes it out on me." "You want to bet it's Parenti?" " Most likely." "You want to bet it's Margaret?" " Oh, no." "Just imagine, her!" "Sorry, we didn't realize it." " Who said otherwise?" "I'm sure it was as you said." "Good night." " Good night." " Bye." "We went up to the tower." "I.. we didn't realize.." "Mr. Parenti." " Parenti, we're waiting for you." "See, our Parenti has been busy." " She's not bad." "I'd liked to be locked in too." "Excuse me." "You don't know how happy I am to see you again." "Are you going to Florence too?" " Yes." " Great, we'll see each other again." "We're at the Aurora on Via della Vigna." "Call me." "Have a good trip." "Goodbye." " Goodbye." "So?" " Who was that?" "An old friend." "I knew him when he was a prisoner." " A prisoner of the castle!" "When I realized we were alone, I rang the bell." "And why did you ring it?" " What?" "Thanks for the dress, like tailor-made." " Go, don't make him wait." "And tonight, don't ring any bells!" "Hello, how are you?" " Fine, thanks." "Shall we go?" " Yes." "Goodbye!" "I don't understand what one sees." "Why?" "I thinks he's very nice." " No, I mean her." "Well, time to go on a diet!" "Meantime, let's go to the library." " A library?" "What for?" "To bet on horses." "What a question!" "What do you think?" "But did we come to Florence to stay locked up in a library all day?" "There are some architecture books you can't find anywhere else." "In two months, there are exams." "Want to do them?" " Now, you ruined everything!" "I succeeded in forgetting that exams existed." "Who knows how long it'll take before I find peace of mind again!" "God forgive me, how wonderful!" " My heart and soul!" "Bertelli, here." "The reserved consultation room." "What book did you ask for?" " Leonardo da Vinci's "Code"." "Leonardo's "Code", you?" "Why, am I an illiterate?" "For your information, I have a copy at home!" "I was going to put it in my pack but.." " Quiet!" "Miss, your books." "I just need this one." " Very well." "Here you go." "You wanted to put that in your pack?" " Well, I decided not to." "May I see that one for a moment?" " Here you go, miss." "I'll put them away to rest my eyes." "Thanks." "Look, how am I?" "Do I look like a silly tourist?" "No!" " What does this come to?" " 2000." " Oh, too much." "It suits you well." "Allow me." " No, you mustn't." " But yes, I insist." "Besides I owe you." " For the chickens?" "Much more." "For New Year's Eve." "You probably don't remember, I had been a prisoner for two years." "I didn't care whether the war ended or continued." "You invited me to dinner and.." " Ah, for the dinner!" "Of course, for the dinner but especially for the rest." "A house, friendly faces, a lovely warmth.." "And a young girl who would listen to me." "You can't imagine how much pleasure it was to be listened to at that moment." "Listening isn't a great quality." "That night, when I returned to the camp, I began to hope again." "I owe this to you." "That's why I never forgot." "Sir, would you throw me the ball?" "Thanks!" "Bravo!" "How I must've looked!" " Who cares!" "Watch what you're doing!" "Miss, can't you be a little more gentle?" "You know what, I'm outta here." "OK." " I'll come back to get you." " OK." "Nag!" "What kind of manners are these!" "It's not possible to go on!" "One comes here to study." "If you want to play, go back to kindergarten!" "How's this?" "Look!" "Is it OK like this?" "Better?" "Further back." "Huh?" "Further back!" "Next to the statue!" "Like this?" "You like this?" "Touch it with your finger." " What?" "Your finger!" "Miss, don't go there, it's bad luck." " No more bull, you're annoying me!" "Can you please move?" "If you move, I can have my picture taken." "Ready?" "Ready?" "Hey!" "They've been following me for an hour and I can't get rid of them!" "They must be stupid because they should know that I'm not happy!" "You're French, aren't you?" "I can tell by your accent.." " Cinzia!" "What am I doing here?" " Excuse me a moment, dear." "The photo." "Not many French in Florence, right?" " Please." " I don't know if you noticed but the French prefer Rome, the Americans, Venice and the English, Florence." "Have you been to Florence or is this your first time?" " Cinzia!" "Are you ready?" "Is it true they closed "Adam and Eve"?" "How I loved to dance!" "Right, Sergio?" "Ah, excuse me, you don't know Sergio." "May I?" "Sergio Battistini." " Pleasure." " The hairdresser for ma'am." "You have a problem with me?" " Perish the thought!" "Oh, God, how scary!" " That's enough!" "Sergio, come on!" " I'll be right there." "What a bad boy!" " I said enough, now beat it." "He's so stubborn." "He doesn't see that you can't do anything with those boys." "Now they'll start mimicking him!" "Those ladies are with me." " And?" "I think that's enough, don't you?" " Well, if you say so!" "You know this cafe?" "We come here often." "They make the best gelato in Florence." "Please, have a seat." "What were we just talking about?" "Ah, yes.." "The Italians." "Sure, they exaggerate a lot, but they're very likable, right?" " Excuse me." "You feel those eyes that touch you, almost caress you." "My dear, there's no charming man like an Italian." "Right, Sergio?" " What?" "Oh.. those terrible eyes!" "Animal!" "Your order?" " A champagne cocktail?" " Oh, thanks!" "A champagne cocktail and two dry martinis." "Ah, you decided to use it!" "See, I got it at Ponte Vecchio." "What marvelous work!" "I got it for 100,000 lire." "Have you been to Ponte Vecchio?" " Oh, yes." "Oh, they have things that Cartier has never even dreamed of!" "In fact, I intended to buy many things, but I had an automobile accident." "A brand new MG, I had it only a month." "I picked up these two girls, the car died, they pushed it and boom!" "straight into the sea at Portofino." "Luggage, money, all down the drain." " Heavens!" "You hear that, Sergio?" "Honestly, to ask my dad for money bores me." "It's a question of pride." "He already gave me a million francs and soon I can collect the insurance." "How do you travel without money?" " Such a shock, but I hitchhike!" "I always wanted to try." " Ah, me too." "Animal!" "How old are you?" " 18." "At 18, I looked just like you, except I had brown hair." "Right, Sergio?" " How do I know?" "Like I was there." "And the photo at the cafe Paris with Chevalier?" "Oh, you enrage me when you don't remember the things I tell you!" "Good." "We'll have it fixed in a few minutes." "A fine place in Florence I brought you too, eh?" "It's no big deal, it's been such a lovely day for me." "Only that.." "Aren't there any chairs, please?" " I'm sorry but we don't have any." "Never mind." "Listen, please.." "Now we're in this together." "Can you redo these heels, please?" "It'll take about ten minutes, miss." "I wish it'd take more than 10 minutes." "It's nice here." "Mama mia!" "You know it's been years since I laughed?" "Goodbye!" " A pleasure." "How I envy that you'll be back in Paris soon." "I hope to make a quick visit soon." " Dear, please." "Goodbye." " Viva la France!" "Cinzia, do you have change?" "Ma'am, your change?" " What are you doing?" "Sergio!" " Yes!" "Ah, We forgot to buy your tonic!" " Never mind." "And if you get a headache?" " Let's go." " Why you?" "I'll go." "A few steps and I'll rejoin you." "Thanks, dear." " You go home." " Be quick!" "Bye, don't be late!" " No, I'll be right back." "Heavens, miss, don't step on that stone:" "Napoleon and my aunt died there!" "It's you!" " Yes, I thought it was better to walk with you." "It's getting dark." "You never know how it is." " Very nice." "And the lady?" "Who, my grand-mère?" " She's your grandma?" "She's my grandma.. on my English side." "Cigarette?" "She's nice, eh?" "And quite spry for her age!" "She has a spirit like a.." "she's a child." "My grandma was like that too." "She was 102 when she died." "Yeah?" "I would've liked to have met her." "French?" "Eh, French women are always the best." "All joking aside.." "France is always France." "Nice voice you have!" " No, it's not trained, it's instinct." "It's a gift all Italians have." " Here we go!" "Here we go." "Crazy stuff." "Crazy stuff!" " What did I say?" "You foreigners have this cliché about Italians as if we were all the same." "The Italians eat macaroni, they sing, they play the mandolin!" "Please, what mandolin?" "Who the heck does that?" "The Arno!" " How lovely!" " How lovely it is." " Very." "Really?" "And the Thames and Seine?" "Do we throw them away?" "You say the Arno's lovely because it's your first time." "I'd say the same if I were a foreigner." "Damn!" "I envy you because here you can at least discover Italy." "Do you know it all?" " Italy?" "Not all of it, to be honest." "Think of yourself as a foreigner and take a tour yourself." "Yeah, you're right:" "a stranger in one's land." "Ah, but it's not easy." "You need.." "You need only courage." "You must learn to do without many things, learn to travel come what may, sleep under a tent." "Under a tent?" " Absolute freedom." "To hell with middle class conventions." "Under a tent like gypsies?" "Men and women together?" "What's so strange?" "Strangers in the morning, friends by night." "Strangers in the morning, friends by night." "Friends by night!" "Who the hell are you?" "It was so funny, I could die laughing!" "And then we drank and everybody got drunk." "Then we took off our clothes and took a dip in the lake." "Naked?" "I said that I envied you." "I'd leave now!" "I'm cut out for this wandering life, full of unexpected adventures." "Why don't you then?" " Eh?" "Yes, travel." " How can I?" "And my grandma?" "Oh, right." " Vous comprenez?" "She has only me." "And I live only for her." "I see to everything, understand?" "She wanted to come to Florence, so I rented a very nice villa." "I need to make her happy." "She's a lively old bag, but what can you do?" "For her, it's just Sergio.." "I'm her baby." "It's a mission of mine." " Well, I must go." "Thanks for the company." "You leave and I stay with la grand-mère." " You're sweet to devote yourself to her." "I promised till death." "Goodbye." " Au revoir." "Meeting you has done me harm." "Believe me, a world of harm!" "Josette!" " Adieu!" "Adieu!" "So many tents!" "Sergio!" "Sergio!" "Are you ready?" " Yes, darling." "And you?" "No, listen." "I have an idea." " What idea?" "You really want to go out?" "But I'm already dressed!" "Why don't we do something?" "What?" "Shall we dine at home together?" "Just the two of us?" "What food?" "I'll cook it." " Yeah?" "What are you thinking?" "And the theater tickets?" "12,000 lire, box seats." "The Russian ballet who won't be back for 10 years." "I didn't know you liked dance." " Dance?" "I like it lot." "You must be joking!" "So you don't want to?" "No." "I don't want to." "You never want to do me a favor!" "You're selfish and bad!" "With everything I do for you!" " Ah, we're starting again!" "You take me for a fool!" "Again, you've made me wait for an hour and I never said anything!" "Think I don't know where you were?" " And where was I?" "I stopped at every pharmacy but I couldn't find the tonic!" "No, my dear, you can't fool me." "I wasn't born yesterday." "And how!" "Coward!" "Brute!" " Be good, Cinzia." "You'll get sick." "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "My head!" "My head!" "It's exploding!" "And I don't even have my tonic!" "Oh, my head.." "You're ungrateful and heartless!" "And I don't know why I support you, but the day will come when I'm fed up!" "Then don't come crying to me." "I'll leave you where I found you!" "You were nothing!" "Nothing till you met me!" "A miserable boy of a barber!" "# Tell me, # where is she?" "Tell me, # souvenir.." "# from Italy." "# Why won't she let me sleep," "# Only you can tell me." "# She has gone away # and let me go." "# Souvenir, souvenir.." "# from Ital.." "Ah, criminal, you know how to soothe me!" "Only you know how to cure me." "Animal!" "# Cher pays de mon enfance." "# Cher pays de mon enfance." "Sergio!" " # Douce France.." "# Cher pays.." " Sergio!" " #..de mon enfance." "Be careful, you made me drop my tent!" " Excuse me, I'm sorry." "Hey, what are you doing?" "You're becoming worse than Josette!" "Where's your head today?" "I can tell you what she's thinking." "It's been two days since her head's in the clouds." "Josette!" "What's so funny?" " Sorry, I wasn't expecting this." "The die is cast, I go with you." "Really, you're going to hitchhike too?" " Who's this?" "This is the man I told you about." " Sergio Battistini, a pleasure." "The bucket." " What did grandma say?" " Nothing, she let me go." "I couldn't keep sacrificing myself all my life." "I was very surprised because she was sweet, resigned." "But moved, poor thing." "Well, now that I've really gone, what's left for her?" "He took two rings, a brooch with sapphires and a pearl necklace." "I don't know how much money there was. 100, 120 maybe." "But I'm sure I had more than 30,000 francs." "Damn thief!" "Let me have this photo, ma'am." "Now, you can breathe easy." "Leave it to us." "We'll catch him." "But please, don't hurt him." "Deep down he's just a naughty, impulsive boy." " I understand." "I can only carry two." " You go then." "We'll get the next one." "Of course." " You'll stay alone?" "What?" "She's with a gentleman." "Go, we'll meet at Pisa." " We're only going to Pontedera." "Better than nothing, right?" " Then at Pisa, under the tower." " Yes." "Wanna bet we get there first?" " Bye." " Thanks!" "Ah, how I love this life:" "the air, the light, the sun!" "Coward!" "A coward and a jerk!" "You'll see more of those." "Are you already tired?" "Tired?" "With you?" "I'll carry you in my arms!" "Oh, there's another car!" " Yeah?" "Be nice sir, give us a ride." " Are you Italian?" " Yes." "You need a ride too?" "Let's go." "And get a job, you big baby!" "What?" "Are you working?" "You see that mentality?" "Because I'm Italian." "No italians but foreigners are OK?" "What's he saying?" " He's thanking you for the ride." "My Greek friend doesn't speak Italian." " Friend?" "What do you mean by "friend"?" "A friend or a "good" friend?" " Well, I mean friend, a traveling companion." "Only that?" " What else is there?" " There's more." "Listen, mademoiselle, don't tell me that a pretty girl like you goes around with a young man just for the sights." "It doesn't add up." " Yet, it's the truth." "Put your hand down!" "Ah, now I get it?" " What?" "Excuse me." " Come on, I'm sure you know!" "If that's how things are, it means this guy here, this silly Billy isn't a man." "I see you get it now, eh?" " Oh, no, he's too big!" "Big or small, it's all the same." "Look at him." "Have you really seen him?" "Just look at him." "I bet he gets perms." "What do you say we dump this vegetable?" " Pardon?" "A beautiful girl like you!" "Haven't you had enough?" "Know what we'll do?" "We'll take a load off." " How?" "I nod to the dogs, they jump up and then go away." "This way we'll be alone." "I have a house nearby." "Let's go, eat, drink and stretch out a little." " Take your hand off!" "I'll stretch you!" "I'll rip your nose off and feed it to the dogs!" "What am I in the middle of?" "Fat pig!" " You're a fat pig!" "Who's not a man?" "I'll give it back to you!" " Forget it." " Nice, you stick your nose in." "Hush!" "Papers, please." " Why?" "Inspection." " Here." "Is this your car?" " Of course, it's in my name." "Hey, once the guard's gone, watch what happens." "Get out in the meantime." " No, no, not me." "My ID?" "Here you go." "Old man, I'm not getting out!" " You get out." " No!" " Yes, you are." "You see?" " That I'm getting out." " Thank you." "Excuse me?" "I was a fake foreigner or else I wouldn't get a ride." "They ask, "Are you Italian?" So the Italian works while the foreigner enjoys.." "Are you Sergio Battistini?" " That's me." "There's a warrant out for your arrest." " It must've been the old lady." "Look, it must be a mistake?" "You see that?" "Are we going to let that low-life take advantage of that young lady?" "Wait, wait." "Let's not make a bad impression." "Before foreigners!" "They go around saying Italians.." "They already say we play the mandolin." "Let's minimize the scandal for your sake." "I may go?" " Go on." " What?" "Hey!" "Give thanks to forces of order!" "You saved yourself and the dogs!" " Will you tell me what's going on?" "Josette, grandma wants me back." "She felt bad." "And so these friends wanted to disturb me by letting me know." "Thanks, I won't forget!" "Returning to Florence?" "It's grandma, my child." "Even fate wants it share as well." "Good luck, Josette." " Goodbye." "You go ahead." "Maybe I'll catch up with you." "We're taking the car?" "Bye." "Want to get my stuff?" "My pack!" "Bye." "Viva la France." "Au revoir" " Au revoir" "A dark day today." "No offense, but Josette's absence was felt." "Josette knows how to make the best of things, so can we." "Want to see?" "You want to know the way?" " Let's hear." "It requires only girls not well endowed." " No offense, I suppose." "This is what we must do." "Oh, God!" "Poor girls!" "What happened?" " My friend's not well." "Can you please give us a ride." "Let's do this: don't move her;" "I'll call for help." "No, don't leave us here!" "Hold on, Margaret!" "Thanks, it's nice of you." " Never mind." "What happened?" "An accident?" " No, no!" "Put your feet on that paper." "Where are you putting it?" "On my hood?" "You'll scratch it up!" "The car is new and not mine." "What does she have?" " Liver colic." "Hey, no!" "Not on my account but the upholstery." "It's still in plastic." "Don't worry." "Anyway, let me know.. it's no big deal." "Where are you going?" " Florence." "The hospital." " Can't we go to Pisa?" "But Florence is closer." "We'll get out." " Why?" "Because it's not true." " What?" "Forgive us." "It's been two hours and nobody would stop, so I had the idea of the colic to.." "To see if there were any gentlemen left." "You stopped and I said, "Here's a gentleman"." "Well, what should I say now?" "Thanks for the compliment?" "We thank you." " No, just curious." "Does "gentleman" in your country mean "fool"?" "Let's go, Margaret." " But we just got in." "Because he thought you were sick, he could justify it with his boss." "The company, the owner has dogs." " Sorry." "Come on, get down." " Fine, let's go to Pisa." "It must be quite tiring to travel like that having to roll out that act." "What is it?" "A resolution?" " What do you mean?" "I mean a vow." " No, it's for fun." "We're on vacation." "Vacation!" "When did you ever work?" "Pisa!" "Now you get in the leaning tower." "That was quick, eh?" " Thanks." "You see?" "You were worried but no damage done." " Easy!" "Oh, God!" "Damn it!" " I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it!" "Look at that!" "What will I do now?" "It's my fault, I'm an idiot!" "I should never be nice to anyone!" "Alright, these things happen." "And I lost an entire MG!" "MG!" "Who cares about your MG?" "Now the shop will get 15,000 lire richer!" "I'll have to steal for that money!" "Calm down." "We said we were sorry." " And I say drop dead, OK?" "Next time, I run them over!" "Here's 10,000." "Learn to be less rude and drop dead yourself!" "What'll we do now?" "10,000 lire is a lot of money." "I know, but what could I do?" "Such a jerk." "But try to be more careful." "Hilde, Margaret!" " Josette, you're finally here." "Alone?" "Where's that one, your friend, what's his name?" "Who, Sergio?" "Oh, if you only knew!" "At one point, a car from the diplomatic corps met up with us." "The two officers insisted that Sergio return." "They asked him to cruise the Canaries." " Who, the diplomats?" "Yes, that's what ambassadors do." " I wish they brought me." "I was tempted but I wouldn't leave you." " Look who's here!" "That ass!" " You know him?" " We'd just argued." "I can't leave you alone for a minute." " I don't want to talk to him." "Miss, may I?" "I was looking for you all over Pisa." " What is it?" "You acted right." "I was a damned coward to yell at you." "I could kick myself sometimes!" "Fine, let's not talk about it." "Consider it over." "I must go." "I have the trip and per diem money." "I can take the repairs out of that." "Certainly not." " Go on take it, I'd be happy to." "You look like Mollicone!" " Who?" "Mollicone, the house cat." "He sighs just like that." "Thanks for the compliment." "He's a lovely cat; we grew up together." " Indeed!" "And how old is he?" "Who know?" "22?" "25?" "Hey!" "You want the money?" "Shall I give it to the old man?" "What are you doing?" "Thanks St. Nicola.." " Are you crazy?" " Thanks St. Anna." "Well, that's how I roll." "Besides, I only gave him 100." "Where did they go, eh?" "You know how to smile." "You should do it always, you look so cute." "Hey, should we see each other at Rome?" "No, don't say anything." "I know it's no." "Or I don't know, maybe.. yes or no?" " No." "Change it to yes." "I'll take you to place to eat, OK?" "Hilde, what are you doing?" "Goodbye." "Goodbye!" "We have to meet again." "I'll drive all of you to Rome." "We'll be there in 4 hours." " And Pisa?" "Who cares?" " What do you mean?" "We planned to come here." "See you." "OK, see me where?" "At the Rome campsite." "Hey, how does one find a girl staying here?" "Do like me, wait." " You're waiting for one too?" "One?" "All of them." "The first who comes out." " Gino!" "Hi." " Hi." "How did the car turn out?" " Ah, fine, like new." "And your friends?" " They left for the English consulate." "And us?" "Where shall we go?" "The Capitoline Museums, the Vatican, Saints Cosimo and Damiano, the Roman forum, the Borghese gallery." "You're Roman." "Who knows how many times you've visited them!" "Certainly." "But it always nice to see them again." "What was the first one?" " The Capitoline Museums." "Where are they?" " What do you mean?" "At the Campidoglio, right?" " Oh, yeah." "I'll get the car." "This time it's my own." "30,003!" "Sold for 30,000 lire." "And now lot 320." "A fine drop-leaf desk, 18th to early 19th century." "Please gentlemen, notice the excellent inlaid work." "And the bookcase?" " It's coming now, for 20,000 lire." "There it is." "That?" "But it's all redone." " You want the original?" "For 40,000, it's ours." "It's already 11." "They'll be calling the case in a half hour." "They're still on the drop-leaf." " You stay here, I'll go." "Give me the documents." "Please, notice gentlemen.." " Here." "I'll go then." " Wait, I have to sign." "Here." "I'm surprised, gentlemen, there are no collectors for an inlaid jewel like this!" "I'll be right there." "Don't do anything." " OK." "Only the intrinsic worth of the ivory compensates us for the starting price." "We're still at 50,000?" "No other offers?" "What's so funny?" " Your nose is all marked." "No, over here." "On this side." "No, no." "Let me." "All done." " Thanks." "Since there are no offers, I declare it unsold." "Josette, what are you doing here?" "I looked for you everywhere." "You got the money?" " No, later." "They paid, but I need the stamp of the consul." "Wait a second." " I must go!" " Just a few minutes." "Original and pretty mechanical knick-knack, late 19th century:" "Mr. Moon." "Cute, eh?" " A musical clockwork that works perfectly." "Let's start the auction at 5000 lire." " Six!" "6000 for the lady." " 7000 lire!" " Seven." "Eight!" " Nine!" " What are you doing?" "Isn't this fun?" " Ten!" "Eleven!" " Twelve!" "How stupid!" "We don't have a penny.." " I'll just go a little higher." "We're at 13,000 lire." " Fourteen!" " Fourteen.." "14,000!" "15!" "Don't worry, I'll stop now." "15,000 lire for the lady in the back." "Very nice. 15,000." "No more offers?" "Come on, gentlemen, come!" " Oh, God, what will we do?" "Is there nobody who wants to challenge the young lady?" "Then, 15,000 lire going once.." "Come on, one more 1,000!" "We have 15,000." "The young lady is quite lucky." "15,000 going once, 15,000 going twice.." "16!" " 16, excellent!" "16,000 going once, 16,000 going twice.." "16,000 gone!" "Sold to the gentleman, my compliments." "Hilde's right, you're reckless." "I don't want to go out with you again." "Like I knew they wouldn't go higher!" "Miss, you're not going away?" "What am I going to do with this?" "Are you happy?" " You just wanted to steal him from me." " I wanted to!" "That's some nerve you got going there." "Thank God, you found an idiot like me!" "Next time, don't play games, eh?" "You too!" "Keep it." "Happy birthday!" "Museums are great, aren't they?" "Too bad you can't smoke." "But you really didn't know they were the Capitoline museums?" "For us, the Campidoglio is just the Campidoglio." "The mayor lives here." "My parents were married here." "We have the picture at home." "And what are they called?" "They are.." "What's their names again?" "The uh.." "They're two famous twins." " Romulus and Remus?" "No, the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux." "The other two are at the Quirinale." "Then there are four of these twins?" "Fine, you think I'm a dummy." "I know all this, I just forgot." "That's Marcus Aurelius." "When he turns golden, it's the world's end." "I never heard that." " We've many on horseback.." " No!" "Sorry, but this the only statue on horseback from the Roman period." "The others were destroyed." "Well, if you say so." "Ah, Mollicone, what are you doing there?" "I'm studying." "Leave me alone, dammit." "Hey!" "Good evening." " Hi, Papa." "Maria!" " Bye, mama." " Hi, Arman." "Hi." " What's up with Gino?" "Why?" " Have you seen him?" "Not me, what do you mean?" " Come and see." "What manners!" "What's going on?" " What is all this?" "So?" "Haven't you ever seen anyone study before?" "Gì, are you crazy?" "Who gave this to you?" " I bought them." "2500." "3000." "4000!" "You broke the bank!" " Well, I'm studying sarcophagi." "You know what the Colosseum was first called?" "The Flavian Amphitheater." "Did you know that, eh?" "Damn, how ignorant!" "Ms. Spinariti, our principal, Ms. Santoliquido." " Pleased to meet you." "Thank you for your hospitality." " Oh, don't mention it." "We should get on, shouldn't we?" " Excuse me, ma'am." "Excuse me." "I thought we didn't have permission to bring our wives." " And why?" "Would you have brought your wife?" "What does it matter?" "It's a question of principle, isn't it?" "Because the court will have certainly took note of our collaboration, in rendering as quick as possible, the course of the trial." "But I must find fault with the attempt of the Honorable Prosecutor to misrepresent the circumstances to which my client was called to respond." "Counselor!" "If the prosecutor spared me his sarcasm, taking note of.." "taking note of the seriousness of the evidence presented by the defense." "A seriousness which we've already considered.." "What's that?" "Are we at a show?" "Miss!" "I wanted to speak the counselor." "Please excuse me." "Fine, but what is this, counselor?" "Next time, have your act together." "Am I disturbing you?" "Are you nuts?" "I spent the morning looking for you, even at your office." " What do you want?" "I can't accept this!" " That's why?" " Of course." "You did it only to offend." " Look, they're waiting." "It's not that I don't like gifts.." " Miss!" "But it should be done nicely and not out of rudeness!" "Sir, they're waiting." " I'm coming." "Fine, I'll be nice." "Accept it with a sense of my deepest and humblest esteem." "That's better." "See, how easy it is to be a gentleman if you try?" "I'll tell them you're "special"." "Are you married?" "I'm not." "Why?" "Because you could give it to your kids." "If I were married and had a daughter." "You keep it." "And you can have so much fun!" "Goodbye." "Excuse me, you know Counselor Alberto Corsini?" " Of course!" "Do me favor, bring him this toy and tell him his daughter prefers the real thing." "His daughter?" "Ah, because Cortini..?" " Yes, he's my father." "I would've never have guessed." " Neither would I." "And it was on this hill that Romulus in 754 BC, founded Rome." "That's the famous basilica of Maxentius." "Maxentius is an emperor's name." "And that's the temple of the Vestals, said by historians to be probably the temple of Antoninus and Faustina." " Damn, you're good!" "It's one of the most significant works of Roman architecture." "A work that inspired Bernini for the Palazzo.." " Borromini." "Bernini for the Palazzo Borromini?" " No, it was Borromini who was inspired and not that temple, but the house of Livia, there on the Palatine." "I, I was more prepared on Saint Peter's." "but you wanted to come to the Palatine." "Prepared?" " Yes, I studied all night like an idiot." "I drank a can of coffee." " Why "idiot"?" "That was sweet." "And now my head is full of Barberinis, Borrominis, Berninis!" "Up until yesterday, I thought Barberini was a movie theater." "A nice Roman I am!" " Forget it, it's no big deal." "Hey!" " Let's go." "Hilde!" "Is this Borromini so important to you?" "No." " Then, will you kiss me?" "Why?" " How can you ask?" "No, I mean.." "Because you're a beautiful girl and I.." "I'm not to be sneezed at." "Am I to be sneezed at?" " No, the opposite." " Well then?" "If I kissed all Romans who weren't to be sneezed at.." " Why does that matter?" "You just should've said no." "Fine." "No." "That's alright." "I'll do it anyway!" " No!" "Where are you going?" " Hilde!" "Are we playing "hide and seek"?" " Stay where you are!" "This is what they taught you at the university?" "Very nice!" "Where are you going?" "Wait!" "Don't get any closer." " What's this?" " Not one step." " Oh, yeah?" "Watch out, it's falling!" "One, two, three, you're it!" "Now pay the penalty." "No!" "Wait, where are you going?" "And now?" "I'm here." "Come to me." "Goodbye." " Bye." "But.." "how do you get out of here?" "I've been thinking." "You were right, forgive me." "I don't know what came over me." "How many years have you studied?" " 15." "Why?" "And me in one night tried to catch up." "One that studied for 15 years.." "with a mechanic!" "An electrical mechanic, but still just a mechanic." "A shame, I like you a lot." "Goddamn it!" "What a "scuffia"!" "I was fine before." "Why did I have to meet you?" "Why.. if before.." " It was the first time." "What does "scuffia" mean?" "It means one's in love." "I too have the "cuffia"." "It's pronounced "scuffia"." "Are you still thinking of Borromini?" "No, it's that.." "the difference is too much." "You go to university and I.." " Are a mechanic." "Got it." "Why do you think I study?" "To make a living for myself." "Do you think I'm a millionaire's daughter?" "My dad works for town hall." "I don't think there's that much difference." "Don't listen to him!" " Get married!" "Hey, mind your own business!" "Rinaldesi!" "Shall we take a nice group photo?" "No, come on, it's late!" "A photo!" "Stuff for soldiers on leave!" "Any wonder?" "Look at Scaglietti!" "He acts like he's on leave." "Maybe it's my car at the bottom of the sea!" " That's funny?" "Since I got the insurance money, I've felt.." " Watch it!" " Hey!" "Just a little water." "You were burning up too quickly anyway." "Hey, Scaglietti, knock it off!" "You've been making wisecracks all day." "Like a jerk!" " You're the jerk!" "Scaglietti, Parenti, enough!" " But I.." " Please!" "If Scaglietti has been behaving badly, what about yourself?" "When you're in a group, you can't go off on your own and do what you like." "Like you did all day!" " Ah, that's why." "Only because I had company." "Are we in kindergarten now?" " I said enough!" "Look, miss, I'm not in school!" "Just because you said, "Enough", doesn't mean I have to be a good boy!" "Really?" "Remember that the school paid for your trip." "And you, as art history teacher, have the clear task of guiding us." "Excuse me, miss, even this concerns you, I've nothing against you." "Very well." "When we return, I'll pay back the money the school spent on me." "And from this moment on, I reserve the right to go wherever I please." "As you so rightly said." "Ah, Miss, you finally told him off." "You gave him a lesson!" "As soon as I came into the court, I interrupted his speech and he smiled." "Just think it was for a murder trial." "He came to ask forgiveness but I was on my own and treated him a little brusquely." "And how was it with your young brute?" "Young brute?" "You should know that he's descended from a noble Norman family." "He's a student of Western civilization." " Yeah, right!" "What do you take me for?" "What do you take me for?" "And when are you going to stop fibbing?" "Excuse me, girls." " Have fun?" " Did you like the villa d'Este?" "If you could see it.." "Tivoli is awesome." "I want to stay forever." "With the teacher, right?" "I brought you a little gift." " Oh, thanks." "You shouldn't have." "Which is mine?" " Hey, wait a sec." "This is yours." "I knew it." "The smallest one is always mine." "I hope I picked something that would suit you." "Tell me you like it." "A skirt?" " In exchange for the dress you gave me." "Hey, it's a little wrinkled, can you help me iron it?" "I'd like for tomorrow.." " What's so important about tomorrow?" "Nothing, only that tomorrow I'm sure.." "I don't know." "Maybe it'll be a wonderful day!" "Ah, I see this time you got a fine "scuffia", eh?" " What?" "You got a crush." "Today, he was so wonderful." "He fought with the teachers." "I didn't think he was so proud." "He became someone else." "He seemed like a knight of old and he did it for me." "Did he kiss you?" "He didn't." "The knights of old don't kiss." "Knock it off!" "Mr. Parenti is not just some boy!" " Like Hilde's brute!" "Hey, take it easy." " Yeah?" "Did he kiss you already?" "Am I right?" " Oh, go away." "You see, he kissed her." "He's not a knight!" "Professor Parenti, please." "He's not here." "All the teachers left." "Are you really sure?" "I had an appointment." "Margaret!" "Oh, hi!" "I was waiting for you." "Come, we must talk." "How I waited for this." "I didn't get any sleep all night." "I was even tempted to get up and call you on the phone." "I need to confide in someone." " Go ahead." "Maybe I overdid it yesterday with those poor devils." "Sit down, anything to eat?" "No, thanks." " I just can't stand them anymore." "I can't stand the idea of going back to the Carducci school." "The coldness." "The boring discussions with the bursar." "And the kids don't care what you teach, because they sense that you don't care." "And the afternoon coffee with the usual faces, with the usual talk about salaries, raises, staff, bonuses!" "And finally, Thursday evening, the great event:" ""Double or Nothing" on tv at the club." "Certainly, you can't be very happy." " So, I decided to give it up." "Really?" " I was very lucky to meet you." "You've been by my side." "Maybe without you, I wouldn't have had the courage." "You're making me blush." "And now.. what will you do?" "I don't know." "Ask for a year's leave, go home and start working again." "I have a few ideas in my head which I'm sure I can write down." "And if I'm wrong.. well, I can always find a temporary job." "And.. you'll go back home to your folks?" "Yes, but I'll write." "Not like before." "We'll keep in touch." "I'll need your advice, you see." "Just like I needed the sympathy from that Middleton girl." "These last days, I've discovered you're the best friend I have, the dearest." "But what's wrong?" "Nothing, I'm happy." "I congratulate you.." " Parenti!" "Dear sir, allow me to congratulate you." "Our Parenti is truly great." "You really gave it to that harpy, how pleased I was!" " Excuse me." "I've another date, I must go." " I'll go too." "And then our colleagues!" "Do you know what was said by Mr.." "I'm really late, excuse me." " Wait." "We'll see each other tonight." "I'll call you?" " Yes, goodbye." "Please, don't tell this to Mr. Rivetti!" "There's no getting away from it, you have to work all year with him." "You promise?" " Huh?" "What was that?" "Not to say anything to Mr. Rivetti." "Listen, miss." "What you or Mr. Rivetti think, I couldn't care less." "And in case you don't get it:" "I'm done with the Carducci school." "Where shall we go?" "Miss, what's the matter?" "Now that I remember seeing her, she's a beautiful girl." "Bravo Gino!" "When did you see her?" "This is her first time coming here." "But I know her." "Her name's Antonietta." "No, Antonietta is Franco's girlfriend, this one is German." "German?" " Yes, a student." "You made a straight line?" " Yes." "But she speaks Italian well." " Who?" " Antonietta!" "I don't remember her being German." "No, forget it!" "They're here!" "They're coming!" "Here we are." " Good day!" "Good day!" " Welcome." "This is Hilde." "Mama." "This is papa, grandpa.." " A pleasure!" " my siblings.." "This is my older brother." "Ah, this is Mollicone." "What shall we do?" "Go in the salon?" " Make yourself at home." "I'll bring tea." "Straight ahead." " Please." " After you." "Sit over here." " I'll sit where I want." " Who asked you!" "Grandpa, do you like her?" "Lovely, even more than Antonietta." "You were right to bring her here." "No, Antonietta is my girlfriend." "Ah, your girlfriend!" "Good." "I thought you were dating a German." "No, forget it." " Miss." "I decided to make something like you get at home." "Strudel?" "How nice, ma'am." "Since they don't sell it at the store, I made it like this." "Mollicone likes you." "Leave it." "I'll do it tomorrow." "Thanks, Andrea, no." "I prefer to finish it, don't worry." "If I need anything, I'll go to the bar." "Well, it's you're loss." " Bye." "Say hi to your wife." "What's this thing?" "You like it?" "Bring it home." "You must really not like me, my wife's pregnant." "Afraid that'll scar the baby for life?" " Yes, see ya." "Bye." "Counselor Cortini, please?" " Counselor.. please, go in!" " Thanks." "Alberto!" "Someone's looking for you!" "I didn't think I see you again." " Neither did I." "I was upset all day." "Maybe I offended you.." " No, believe me, you didn't." "Yes, you were and still are." "And you're perfectly right." "I acted badly and was wrong." "You said it yourself, a nice person is hard to find." "It was stupid of me to say that." "I'd wish I knew what I was thinking!" " A nice way to treat clients!" " Clients?" "What?" "A lady comes for consultation." "Counts on you for help, advice." "She's paying, see.." "And you treat her like this!" "Ah, so you came here to.." "What did I do wrong?" "Tell me." " You don't believe me!" "For your information, I had a Jaguar which fell into the sea at Portofino." "Do you know Portofino?" " Listen, miss.." "You're nice." "Very nice." "I think you're really cute, OK?" "Why don't a girl like you.." "I have too much stuff to do!" "You see all this?" "A wretch stabbed his uncle." "And tomorrow he risks going to jail for 20 years." "Got it?" "And you talk to me about Portofino!" "You really think I'm cute?" "I know, you think I'm "special"." "You say that but it's you who has a puppet and that thing!" "Leave the dog alone, eh!" " Excuse me." " And what do you want?" "Who ordered this?" "Your partner, who told me to give you something." " What?" "Shall I uncork?" " No!" "Go away!" " I'll get the empties tomorrow." "Your partner said you're a smooth operator." "Beat it!" " I'll put the bottle on your bill!" "Next time, it'll be my treat." "Ma'am!" "Ma'am!" "Ma'am!" " Ma, you're wanted." " Ah, come." "This way." "Do you love me?" " A lot." "Me too." "I knew there wasn't enough orange soda." "In any case, I'll order some more, eh?" "Ah, listen, tell Mrs. Aristide, I'll pay when I go down later." "Gino!" "Won't anybody help me?" "Must I do everything myself?" "What will you do now?" " Excuse me." "Here I am, ma'am." "What do you need?" "You hear that noise?" " It's nice." "Yes, but every Sunday it's the same thing." "Not including the little kids." "They make such a mess every weekend!" "I have four two brothers too." "All little." " Four?" "Then we Italians aren't the only ones." "Listen, I want to speak to you." "I understand that Gino likes you and he's handsome but you're a cutie too." "And you look so good together!" "And because you're so nice, I want to tell you something." "Be careful." "Don't get too smitten." "Wait until he marries you." "You do want to marry him, don't you?" "I think I'll return quickly to Rome." "I can study architecture here too and pay less taxes." "I think you're the first girl who Gino has chosen well." "Hilde, aren't you dancing?" "Come." "Hey, my brother is always luckier than me!" "Franco, go easy!" " And you leave my girlfriend alone, eh?" "I have the honor to submit at the request of my client, for future hearings, the court should consult the head Maria Biasoni." " Not so fast!" "The head Maria who?" " The head Maria Biasoni." "I don't know, if we go on like this, instead of helping me.." "You know I like being your secretary?" "Be careful!" " Just a drop." "What kind of man are you?" "This stuff's not good on an empty stomach." "Go easy." "I'm used to it." "I worked at the Red Rose for a whole season." " The Red Rose?" "Yes, at a place with tons of class, very chic." " Oh, yeah?" " I did a number." "Those were good times." " What kind of number?" "I sang, I danced and I also did a striptease." "Huh!" "A striptease." ""Lo spogliarello"." "You should've seen me, I was a hit!" "Funny, the last three years I've been there many times and I never saw you." "I was there four years ago." " Ah, four years ago!" "Excuse me." "How old are you?" " I'm 24." "Almost 24." "My birthday's on December 16." "Don't you believe me?" "Want to see my passport?" "Yeah, yeah.." " Are we done writing?" "Yes, I believe so, but it's not important." "Want to give me a little?" " Sure." "Thank you." "You were right." "Champagne on an empty stomach!" "Is there anything to eat?" " I'll call the bar then." "Do you prefer toast or a sandwich?" "Or do you want both?" "I'm talking to you." "This one who drowns herself in champagne!" "And does the striptease!" "Every evening.." "in kindergarten!" "What is it?" "You don't agree?" "Why, if you were in my place, what would you do, eh?" "With that romantic air, I know how I'd find you!" "Be quiet!" "You see how that one sleeps?" "She deserves to have a trick played on her." "Pay attention." "Watch how I do this." "God, what are you doing here?" " Huh?" "Oh, darling.. awake already?" " What happened?" "Ah, Josette, Josette!" "The most beautiful night.." " What!" "Yes, the most beautiful night of my life." " No, it's a lie!" "Impossible!" "I knew it." "I knew it!" "To you, it was just a whim, an adventure." "One of many." "And only the memory of what happened now bores you, eh?" "And now you're tired with me!" "But look, the fault is mine." "All mine!" "Crushed illusions.." "What can I expect from a gal like you who strips at the Red Rose?" "I never set foot in the Red Rose!" "I've never done anything!" "Anything!" "What are saying?" " But really.. tonight?" "Ah, yes.." "Be nice to me." "I only wanted to be clever." "I don't even like champagne." "You said I was a child and I wanted to.." "Everybody has always made love to me, but you didn't even seem to notice me." "And so one falls and then falls in love." "That's why I came." "But I didn't think that.." "Do you know what time it is?" "It's barely 12:30." "Look." "You slept for barely two hours." " What?" "Slept?" "Yes, slept." "Nothing else but slept." "You know what you are?" "A child." "A liar, selfish and a little stupid." "Maybe that's why I like you a little." "And look if I say "a little", it's because.." "Well then." "Be careful, eh?" "Be careful and don't overdo it." "Like I said before, you won't always meet a guy like me." "Then you wanted to trick me?" "How brave!" "You know what you are?" "Unscrupulous!" "And I've been stupid twice without realizing it!" "Starting again?" " No, I'm leaving!" "If I'm a child, you're a jerk!" "You hear that?" "A jerk." "Josette, it's late!" "And where's Margaret?" " Who the hell knows?" "It's almost one." " You're telling me?" "You spend all day having fun with your brute and I have to babysit Margaret?" "I don't babysit adults!" " What's with you?" "What happened?" " Nothing." "Nothing at all." "Besides, you wouldn't understand, you have simple tastes." "The first mechanic you see and you're all set!" "Josette, what happened to you?" "A child!" "I'll show him a child!" "Do you think I look like a child?" "What?" " He called me a child." "Nobody can call me that." "Nobody!" "Understand?" "I don't even recognize you." " Why?" "This is the first time you haven't lied." "That lawyer must have turned your head." "Stop it or you'll eat this brush!" " Calm down." "Calm down!" "Calm down, my foot!" "A fine friend you are!" "If you were a real friend, you'd dump your mechanic out of solidarity!" "Yes, dump him!" "Because he's a jerk!" "They're all jerks!" ""Florence, tonight, you're beautiful in.."" "".. you're beautiful.." No, you're not beautiful." "You're my dearest friends." "My sisters.." " Margaret!" "My God, she sound sick!" "Sick?" "She's drunk." "She can barely stand." " It's over.." "What are you going to do?" " Throwing myself in the sea." "My friends will go too." " Friends?" "They're outside." "They're so smart." "They make fun of men." " Wait." "You can't.." " Leave me alone!" "Come, be good." "I've my troubles too." "Yet I don't go crazy!" " Let her be." "Miss, let's beat it." " We've been waiting forever." " I've been waiting too." "These are my friends." " Poor thing!" " A broken heart, eh?" "We met her in the street like a cleaner." "You know these hours are dangerous." "And a miss so refined!" " Thanks." "It's best she get in bed." " Maybe a nice nap." "No, let me do it." "Damn, she's heavy!" "Poor miss!" " A broken heart." "It happened to me too." "Maybe it's better we say goodbye here." "Else I'll burst out crying." "No, if you do, we'll all start crying." "Margaret, you wanted to leave so suddenly." "At least let us stay with you until the end." "It's not smart, miss." "If you stayed until Sunday, we could've have gone to the grape festival." "Excuse me, I booked a seat for London." " Your name?" " Margaret Topper." "I'll see to it right away." " Josette!" "Josette!" "I got hear as soon as I could.." " Hey!" "You can't park there, buses pass there." "Give me the keys and I'll park it." "I'd come sooner, but I only got your letter a half hour ago." "I was afraid you'd still be angry for last night." " No, on the contrary." "Why did you decide to leave?" "Here's the ticket." " Thanks, miss." "But isn't she the young lady who's leaving?" " Yes." "But you.." " We're leaving in 3 days." " They may stay another week." "Since I haven't seen you, I thought it was a good opportunity to.." "You call this a good opportunity?" "I run here risking my neck like a nut, went through a red light, almost hit a policeman on his horse." "I even brought this thing!" " You do such amazing things." "Josette, you're impossible." "Listen, don't be angry." "I won't lie again." "Word of honor." "Anything to declare?" " No.. yes, half a bottle of perfume and a little gift." "What are you saying?" " Word of honor, I was telling the truth." "Perfumes have no charge." "Bye, Josette." "Goodbye." " Goodbye, have a good trip." "Goodbye." "Where can I write you?" " My address for a few months." " Then, my address." "Ah, congratulations!" "Look at those two!" "Taking advantage of the confusion!" " They don't lose time!" "Here, a good luck charm." " Now, I'll start crying for sure." "Goodbye." "We haven't met." "Cortini." "Rina." "This is my girlfriend." " A pleasure." "Sorry.." " Don't mention it." "But you.. didn't you go to Middleton university?" " Margaret!" "David.." "David.." " Matthews." " You say so, but it can't be you!" "The years have flown by quickly." "You're really cute." "Didn't you have freckles?" " Yes and now I have glasses." "Going to London?" " Yes." " Nice, that's two of us." "What's this toy?" " A present, a souvenir." "I think it'll bring me luck." "Who knows?" "Maybe it's true." "Bye." " Bye." "You're not going alone." "I'll drive you up to Florence or Bologna." "Oh, if he's coming, I'm not going." "I don't want to be a third wheel." "You're going!" " With those two alone?" "No." "Who said you'd be alone?" " Why are you coming to?" "Alberto, you never lie." " They're taking off!" " Look!" "English subtitles by sineintegral@KG."