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foree this manter

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yes

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there I'll walk from here thank you a

lovely day

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boys George

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M they call this pizza darling is it

good

M just too messy to eat

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curtain please 5 minutes please take

your

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seats oh blessed blessed night I'm a

fean night all this is but a

dream sweet sorry a thousand times the

worst to walk thy life love goes towards

scho

but L on for school with heavy

heart absolutely the most beautiful

Juliet I have ever

seen oh

Tom are the vultures

outside I think everyone must have gone

straight to the party

well why don't you go on ahead I'll join

you later all right I'm I'm still in a

days you were

magnificent magnificent and nothing you

can

say will ever change my

mind hurry

I haven't seen such bravery since

Dunkirk didn't we lose Dunkirk

valiantly oh Christopher I didn't even

know you were in

town and my darling

Guido a you're a Beautiful Liar look be

angels will you both and go find Tom at

the party and face those monsters pleas

for me I'm terrified he's going to hit

anyone who criticizes you know Juliet

was his idea I I couldn't talk him out

of it I I think I'm still 23 in his eyes

God bless

him no one was brave enough to come

backstage I think they're all going to

need a few stiff drinks before

complimenting me on my opening nights as

soon as the curtain discerns I hop the

first plane out of town wherever it's

going but as you seem to lack a getaway

vehicle it's best just to put on your

finest false smile and grin the bastards

down

I'll see you

later Karen Stone the beautiful Broadway

star who's graced many a hit play for

the last 25 years took a fall last night

in a Broadway disaster that was one for

the

books whatever possessed a lovely and

intelligent Karen to imagine she was

young enough to play Juliet will remain

forever one of the great broadway

Mysteries I wish you wouldn't read those

Mrs stown send him a note I don't know

what possessed me either but I love you

anyway now whose birthday is it

uh Horus Oliver ah the columnist for the

Detroit star uhhuh

telegram the usual oh and say I'm so

thrilled that he recovered from his

operation so

beautifully anyone die yesterday apart

from Karen Stone on

stage mattity Osborne the Chicago critic

heart attack oh flowers and

condolences didn't realize she had a

heart well at least someone else will be

reviewing you in

Chicago no one will review me in Chicago

I've cancelled the

tour you know I I'm very worried about

Tom's Health he's so

tired I think he needs a long holiday

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will you be returning in a new play next

season Gary I'm afraid

not I'm retiring from the stage oh what

you're not serious yes I am serious Fred

my husband needs me now and he's much

more important than my silly career so

we're going on a long vacation to Europe

and Asia I just want him to be well she

spoiled

me all right that's enough fellas now

come on you you wouldn't want us to miss

our boat would

you

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goodbye oh you mustn't catch a chill

doctor's orders

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what is it what sorry what's the matter

I'm sorry I I I

just I've been such a bad husband such a

useless

husband when it comes of

comes to the physical I I'm sorry just

so sorry

I listen if I wanted to live like an

animal I would have married an animal

instead I'm

married is the kindest man on

Earth I'm so

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sorry all right

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S I love you I love you so

much

Sor your reputation here Mrs ston is of

a great

actress you must have been talking to my

husband yes it is unusual for a man to

praise His Wife Tom has collected every

newspaper clipping every review I've

ever received wonder where he

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is oh I'm sorry would you excuse me

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baby What a Beautiful

Surprise what are you doing in Rome in

transit of course is always in transit

Guido's taking me to Sicily to meet his

family a dismal Prospect but I'll have

time to work on my new play my don't you

look lovely where is Tom oh he's

probably found someone who understands

Wall Street meanwhile he's landed me

with some old harpy forced her card upon

Him ah yes the

Contessa she forces her card upon

everyone Contessa Contessa who who knows

who everyone here has a title with a

long name running after it like a bu

inherited in her case I believe from an

ancestor who was a male noted for

the length of his appendage who received

his title in payment for services

rendered Christopher well it's true at

least it's

gosip baby this party is crawling with

stately witches and dandies who despite

their Elegance are really just hookers

or pimps there has been a war after all

remember the war you were playing in

this above all to Standing Room during

most of it all that's left of society

anywhere in Europe A well-dressed people

with something to sell are now over

there the most

beautiful young man in Rome everyone's

fantasy male or female he's with Mrs

jamus and Walker whose husband owns

taxes he must be costing her a pretty

penny you're not looking I'm not

remotely interested there are other

things in life that are more important

such as don't ask difficult questions

let's find Tom

thank

you her name is Karen Stone evidently a

terrible actress but her husband is very

rich this

rich rugies

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oh oh

great like a dog

oh oh it's beautiful you don't think

something a little darker why it might

make me look a little thinner weight

suits you darling as does gray trust me

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oh well how do I

look very

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handsome here so how do I

look

beautiful absolutely beautiful

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Tom are you feeling

badly my husband is ill tell the pilot

we have to make a

landing your husband has failed

it no you have to land you have to land

there there's an

is island island please sit down you

have to make a landing you have to make

a landing you have to please

sometimes you surprise

me how so is this where Tom would want

his soul to linger oh Tom didn't believe

in

Soul but he was a Christian and he loved

theater and this is the ultimate

Christian

theater this is where the Christians

were

devoured it goes with the territory

I'm going to stay in Rome I've taken an

apartment can nothing tempt you back

onto a stage only

Amnesia I have no talent talent What's

talent but the ability to get away with

something of course it was a mistake for

you to play Juliet at the age of Lady M

Beth that was an error all that why sat

in the PO well there is as you know a

tradition of older actresses playing

that role

but it is assumed they can

act I was charming and pretty and I had

a certain flare and an enormous ambition

and a wealthy husband not to mention

once

youth all of which is

gone

poof up in a cloud of

smoke and all of which I shall

miss can I give you a lift no thanks I'm

meeting Guido nearby

pepo thanks for

coming what will you do

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she

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spe

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picking Sima done

hello oh Contessa this is Karen Stone

thank you so much for your lovely letter

from Condola

yes yes very sad well I've um decided to

linger here a while and so would you

perhaps care for

tea tomorrow

afternoon lovely okay lovely I look

forward to

that thank you bye-bye

you are in the right City Mr

Stone we understand loss here do you in

our bones but we make up for it we

substitute oh how lucky there is someone

I want want you to meet

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Marco

hello

strange

Fascination there's a strange

Fascination that keeps calling me

me to a that I

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never such a strange

fascin

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callu I am falling now true strange

Fascination cares

me thank you Lorenzo that was a Charming

evening I will speak to you

please of course please come

in you have a problem yes my mother

ah her stomach she

has something in the way a growth yes a

growth oh I'm so sorry they must operate

but there is only one doctor in Italy

who does this kind of operation but he's

in Naples and it's very expensive to

send it there so I thought

perhaps I know it is a big favor to ask

but maybe you'll be able to lend me 1

million

L for my

mother it would make me grateful to you

forever it would make me completely for

you you see

yes I do

see 1 million L that is a lot of

money I think you have misunderstood my

desire for

companionship a lady does not like to

dine alone it is foolish social

Prejudice but there it

is I've known the Contessa for some time

now first she introduced me to Marco

then to luchano and then to you Marco

had a sister luchano a cousin and you

have a

mother you none of you understood

take

this and now I will say good

night sorry for

offended you're nice boys really all of

you I won't be seeing you

again good night good night

and goodbye yes

goodbye I don't

understand I mean really I I should stop

seeing you Roman boys are so strange

what can I do B

they are so

handsome yes but

vacant like some of those actors I

worked with ah but don't you think a

woman sometimes needs uh what

love Define

love biting in ear excuse me well that's

how it starts and then it proceeds

downward guess caria at my age one's

thoughts are primarily cardinal

are you going to finish this please

thank

you so what do you think

about

drift

what you walk into a room you walk out

of a room in out what does it matter

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Karen Karen

Stone Karen it's Julia Julia good

Heavens Julia oh

this is so fortunate we knew you were

here but not where Greg and iron toown

costume shopping you know what that's

like yes indeed well no one's heard from

you except that you're living in Rome

but why I mean it's it's beautiful of

course but it's all falling down so

old there's a little rumor you're

writing your Memoirs now that would be a

very slim volume then what are you doing

here

drifting along with the

breeze Karen it's a line from a

song are you all

right no well you must give me your

number and we can have a proper visit

I have

something something yes in the way

something in the way

I don't understand it's a tumor oh my

God yes I'm afraid it I'm afraid it's

inoperable Cara you

know I don't have long to live so you

can see I I I can't face visitors I need

my

privacy where is it where is

what the the the the

tumor it's in the womb oh my God

God so I beg you I beg you not to visit

me I must go you do understand don't

you bye

I was ringing my bell of course we were

just in in the neighborhood of course I

would like you to meet a great friend of

mine ah yes

Franchesco Petro Alexandro this is not a

can see a good time for a visit you must

excuse me oh no forgive me I'm behaving

badly I don't know I'm just a little

lightheaded this afternoon why don't you

come in for tea we'd be delighted

English

tea I am con

a very distinguished

family have we

met uh please come in seora

Mari

a beautiful

view yes it

is excellent

chocolate

where in the

biscuit oh thank

you so why was it

light what

your

head

oh I uh I discarded something this

afternoon oh what an old

friend yes they weigh a

lot I feel as if as if the airline lost

all my luggage and I don't really

care but your luggage does he not have

on it a

label it fell

are so now you have

freedom I

suppose like a

bir I

suppose well will you excuse me I've

I've got um you have an appointment yes

this has been enchanting yes it

has was lovely to meet you

thank you for stopping by Contessa and

appreciating the

biscuits

Bach it's been seven days six and she

hasn't found you yet she's very proud

she's very stupid she looks in the

mirror and she doesn't see

you must phone her do not be ridiculous

the season is over poo what season your

season the Ruby cufflinks have been in

the porn shop for 5 months now

four not a single line then your

eyesight is failing

You Youth is a cruel gift like snow in

April breathtaking K and then ah the

sun I have not melted

yet

d

d

Paulo of course I

remember your card is still in the hall

where you left

it how lovely of you to call I would

like very much to invite you to dinner

well how

sweet um tomorrow night uh let me just

check yes yes it is free

8:00 I look forward to

it thank you

ciao

ciao look what you made me

do I had to invite her that means I have

to pay for the meal

it's not just one say on

Contessa you're

wrong not just

one good

boy thank you Paulo I've made a

booking booking for supper no no no be n

is i d there all all the time we can

dance there My Dear Mrs Stone when you

are asked out by a gentleman he chooses

the rest oh no but I thought who will go

to trust

pisos pisos have you heard of it no no

good then you will be surprised

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this

is let me help

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you this is like a family gathering

family is very important in Italy do do

you have a

family not anymore

is if we do not have one in Italy we

create one well my late husband was my

family but now it's

gone the pisos come from a small village

in Northern Italy you know my grand

parents had one of their houses there

the cuisine is very simple but

perfect cuisine

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what you talking to me about I ow well

how do you know what I want please Mrs

to you must trust me I guarantee you a

delicious meal

this is one of the oldest streets in the

city can you hear

Whispers

no voices from the past through the

centuries years do not exist for us Mrs

Stone s is do I wish you wouldn't call

me Mrs

Stone I have not earned the right to

speak your first

name oh really how is that right

achieved by dancing

dancing of

course well is this an old custom one

from your grandparents Town ah you make

fun of it no I'm sorry as it happens it

is there was music every night in the

ton square a violin a tromboni a drums

perhaps and you know what close your

eyes what Just Close Your

Eyes there now can you hear the music no

pal I'm afraid I can please please you

must use your imagination you're an act

after all surely you must hear

listen there is a tuba as

well oh please this is ridiculous

nothing is ridiculous if you believe it

is possible there are fairy lights

everywhere cafes wers and customers uh

men singing woman laughing children

running through the

crowds and those little flying insects

you know that have lights on their backs

fireflies yes and the lights go on and

off on and off an accordion what I can

hear an

accordion that

means we can dance

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thank you Paulo that it was an

enchanting evening no no I thank you I

am a lucky man tonight I danced with a

princess oh

hardly in my

eyes my eyes do not lie

good night

Ken good night

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sh

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I know that she wants me why doesn't she

say or do something patience Rome wasn't

built in a day perhaps not but at some

point they L the

foundation don't be

V and uh do you make love to her every

night what do you think

you must have an important appointment

this

afternoon no I don't think

so in New York I always had an

appointment someplace to be at a certain

time here never I'm just

free to

drift she's crazy about me she wants to

marry me but you know Mia what I am

going to do in America and is she richer

than Senora kugan absolutely and the

baron oh

yes Mrs James W much richer and much

more

beautiful she's an actress a very great

actress everybody in America knows

her lovely lovely much more young thank

you do you mind if I use your telephone

I'll pay of course as you wish

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thank you CIA

stop stop

Peppo I'll walk from here my bad

is is she coming here who that lady

she's one of our

patrons don't you know she is no that is

the Senor Stone I didn't know she was

such a great lady

she's not too great a lady to take a

turn at the pump if the house is on fire

that

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is is she taking him to America too

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got for the

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F things going

here for

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ch

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well where did you learn to sing no no

no all Italians can sing I know that now

to play the piano oh my aunt taught me

she played for Li he was a very famous

tener and he became a lover but his wife

one night discovered them asleep in bed

and you know what she did

she took a hand there and she broke the

hand of my aunt oh that's awful my aunt

is a beautiful

person and now I am unhappy oh no no no

no you mustn't be Roma is a cruel

City it is very foolish to

sing It's good to try to be happy do you

think so yes don't be sad it doesn't

suit

you why don't you play for me again now

I sing for

you a song from the south about a

beautiful woman

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Mar

oh

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Mar two months and all you received is

one one

necktie at least she buys you dinner

what about me last week I fainted from

Hunger smelling the food as I walked in

front of rosatis and the Americans I was

with just

smiled they think fainting is

European and then they gave a beggar

some coins enough money to feed me for a

week Mrs Stone is a great lady a very

great lady indeed and cannot be treated

cynically like Mrs kougan there is no

such thing as a great American lady

great ladies do not occur in countries

that are less than 200 years old you're

great lady was I am told in artistic

mediocrity she does not possess real

dignity real Pride you're

malicious but I am quite positive her

feeling for me is um yes romantic but

she's not a Warf she has made no move to

get me into bed

I think you are infatuated with this Mrs

Stone and I think you do sleep with her

and then you lie to me and don't give me

my percentage go with your wa you will

die in the black

market I hope that put you out of

business for tonight

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strangers come and destroy the city all

the time Kia little bits and

pieces I understand that you have been

seeing a lot of young Pao lately and as

your oldest friend in Rome I think it is

necessary that I should tell you a

little bit more about him do you I

imagine you find him Charming everybody

does he's the most Charming boy in Rome

but there are certain things that are

more important than charm what are those

things

the true Roman qualities are lacking in

Paulo and there is one thing that you

must keep in mind about him he is by way

of being a little

maretta a what that is our word for a

boy who has no work and no money but

lives very well without

them how do you feel about such people

well I have nothing against them

although I am I'm surprised that you

know someone like that

make sure you get your M's worth camir

that is my only advice I think the

Senora kugan was very badly cheated

Senora kugan oh didn't you know the

Senora kugan she is from America too and

last summer she took Paulo dicapri and

they say that she was the only one in

the party that he did not make love

to beauty is a world of its

own it has a Godly

license I know it only too well I

possessed it

once and then the license was

revoked what church do You Belong

To None I was brought up a Methodist

why then he will probably tell you the

story of his friend and the wicked

priest who operates on on the black

market what story is that he will tell

you how the wicked priest cheated his

friend out of 10 million L on the black

market and he will try to touch your

heart so deeply with the story that you

will want to restore his friend's losses

to him oh I don't imagine I will be

touched that

deeply I may be touched but not for 10

million L you Americans aren't as

romantic as their moan pictures

what a pity they

are't that was a lovely

afternoon

yes you seem

sad I have a

headache now I am sad

why don't you come

in would you like a

Negroni no

no I don't want to drink if I do I would

cry what about po

terrible thing has happened to a friend

of mine

terrible

ah let me tell you what he

did he was approached by this priest who

is very high up in Vatican

circles and this priest told him that he

knew about a lot of English and American

Army supplies which could be sold on the

Black Market at a great profit so my

friend gave the priest 10 million L to

buy a a lot of this stuff you know but

the priest kept the money and my friend

got nothing and now it turns out that

the priest had spent all the money the

10 million L on cocaine and we and so

Fabu my friend went crazy he wanted his

money back so he go to see the church

and the priest and he say listen I have

the receip

he said where is my receipt and the

money and they said but you don't have a

receipt where is it give it back to me

said Fabio what give you what we never

saw

any

so when does your friend need the money

Paulo I don't

know as soon as possible or he will turn

on the gas oh no I doubt whether he will

do anything as silly as that oh yes he's

desperate he writes

poetry his faith in the church is

totally

destroyed 10 million

L that's a lot of

money what is money when friendship is

involved but when there is that much

money

involved I think it's usually more than

friendship what is more than friendship

huh friendship is the most beautiful

thing in the

world now who told you that what do you

mean did the Senora Copan tell you

that to Senora

kugan yes

I do not

understand Paulo when the time comes

that nobody can desire me for myself I

think I would

rather not be desired at all

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don't come in I'm not

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dressed why did you want to know when my

friend needed the morning

because you're very young and very

foolish and very

beautiful and I'm not so

young I'm not beautiful anymore

and but beginning to be very wise

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give me the chicken give me fore

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Bravo Christopher

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it's not a bad part if I say so

myself I wrote it for you it's a

beautiful

part beautiful play then do

it make one of those legendary comebacks

return to Broadway

I can't

can't

won't you can retire from a profession

you know but not from an art then thank

goodness I'm not an

artist

Paulo I hate the call

son I do not like it when the heat is

gone

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whoops indeed a handful I

suppose I thought you would

approve beautiful boys in medicinal like

penicillin they should be taken twice a

day until the course is finished after

which you should have in theory

recovered unless you have a lingering

virus I should shall we say a drifting

one walk back on stage in New

York cold New

York there's been a fantastic amount of

talk you know snigger and hints in every

gossip

column you may have escaped from the

stage but you can't escape from the

public attention any more than you can

shake off the skin of your

body there isn't anyone who ever loved

you oh who are these people who ever Lov

me I want names there are thousands you

represent just various

parts never

myself is this

yourself I had lived my life without

medicine without

drugs now I know the meaning of

addiction

then baby you're last

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in the

oh it's going to

rain you do not want it to rain no it'll

spoil the

picnic it don't suppose it has occur to

you that there are some other

considerations beside the amusement of

Rich foreigners

here that perhaps we care about our

crops

well well well you rich american ladies

are the new conquerors of

Rome but you must no this romea is 3,000

years old yes 3,000 and all of his

conquerors all of them have gone back to

the

dust Paulo were you a fascist I am an

aristocrat is that an

answer you know was I when I was

15 I was already a

pilot and I was the lead of a flying

club called the dogs and we weree

uniforms oh uniforms yes bright blue

with um gold Doves on the

sleeves six of my

friends died on Plants over Africa I

thought in the war you drove a tank

course I I did both uh uh you never

understand what I traveled Africa in my

uh tank plane

I do not blame you for laughing we lost

the war so we are

ridiculous you can be ridiculous

yourself you were ridiculous in the

car

why you asked if I loved

you is that

ridiculous besides my family and my dos

I have only loved one person and that

was my second cousin the principesa

Deo

oh and she was raped by drunken American

soldiers

neighbors now she has gone into the

convent of the great

nuns so laugh all you

want I do not not love

anybody

Paulo uh the shops are almost on but

let's go let's go to

Bion get you measured

Pursuit Bion yeah for summer wardrobe no

no

no I could not accept the gift oh I'm

sorry that that was a bad idea San

wanted to give me an alaro for quick

a color of blood blood yes

blood but I could not accept it

because I did not love

her oh I

see but this is

different is

it yes after

all we love each other no

I thought you only loved your family

your doves and and your second cousin

who lives in the um in the coment I only

say that because you hurt my feelings

and anyway when you love somebody you

must not listen to what they

say you must look at their

eyes and feel their heart

what

huh oh did that make you

sad no you make me

happy The Tuxedo it will be a work of

art blue midnight blue the only midnight

blue Tuxedo in Rome but the suit M it

will be the Masterpiece gray like a dove

like my uniform like the uniform of my

six friends who who died on the boat and

please show her the material it's

cashmir wool First Quality

beautiful see come on touch it feel

it I know how it

feels I am happy I am very happy

Paulo

what

what nothing I just wanted you to help

me with these

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things little yellow

B what huh are you surprised I not that

song I'm always surprised by you

sing it with me no no that is not

something I can do why did you not sing

on the stage

[Laughter]

Oklahoma I can make you

sing if you

want

T

taset what does tasket mean I have no

idea

sing

it a little

yellow

no I'm cold it's

ugly this is

not no no I want to look at you in the

light

I'm

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old you're beautiful

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w

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the new Cara suits

you color of your hair oh thank you

makes you look so much younger better

than blonde blonde is an American color

Europeans don't have it of course we

could buy it in a bottle but we have to

be so careful of our

money we suffered great losses during

the war you

know not just what we were but our

finances as

well some of us came from noble families

proud

families

proud now we must beg oh is it as bad as

that

worse has Paulo mentioned my financial

situation to you no of course his mind

is on other

things the

young oh the

young I have no

assets all the family heirlooms were

destroyed

destroyed the

bombs enemy aircraft oh oh

yes now my re has been

raised the landlord is a communist ah

they should have died all of

them I

thought I thought

perhaps you might be able to make me a

small loan as a token of our

friendship I'm so

embarrassed please forget that I

asked my face must be red

only a

thousand I thought

perhaps

1,000

dollars yes of

course well that's a very large

sum in appreciation of

what of introducing you to the pleasures

of Roman society

y well I would be happy to lend you

$1,000

kameir oh if I had

it but sadly my uh well my accounts are

tied up in some obscure litigation in

America I do however have a small

personal fund and out of that I could

lend you $400

$400

$400 you are most

gracious

$400 she spends $400 on a hat a hat that

hides her face have you seen her face

she's grotesque what what does does it

matter she is a Victorious American she

has better toilet paper why did you ask

her for money

huh as you are aware my dear I usually

get the percentage of the prophets H

where are the prophets where is the 10

million leader she promised you she's

cheating

you she's not vgar she's not like the

others

anyway you will never understand a woman

like her

are you in love with this foolish

woman don't not be stupid you know

perfectly the woman that I always loved

ah I know I know the

nun this is a young actress from

Hollywood she is here in Rome she is in

between husbands and unmistakably bored

me I could make an

introduction I will let you

know Marques do not become attached to

their clients I am not a marqueta of

course you

are but a fading one soon you'll be on

the streets what she is bored with you

when she returns to America when she

resumes her boring

career don't you know that everyone is

laughing at you no one laugh at me all

of Rome is laughing

at it is the waste

the waste of your last Golden Years

Paulo

car you are not just another beautiful

young

man there is more to you than that is

there there are new maras in town

every day new ones prettier ones younger

[Laughter]

ones I need

air we're in a this is not air thank you

three youo

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excuse

me what huh I'm not used to wearing such

fine clothes

is that it

who's that

boy what

boy the one that follows you all the

time have you not noticed

him he's down there now come on take a

look

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probably some money

changer the trouble is that you have

made a spectacle of yourself what do you

mean we're been pointed out in the

streets do you not know that it's you

that like to show off and it's you they

look at mostly not

me do know hear the comments oh yes I do

my ear is better for Italian than you

thinko K Belo that's what they say at

the sidewalk tables and you bask in it

like a sunflower your ear for Italian is

not as good as you think I did not tell

you this but last week I was compelled

to challenge a man to a du because of a

remark that was made about us what

remark a disgusting remark

you fought a duel well I delivered a

challenge and the man left

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room I do not suppose it has occurred to

you that woman of your kind are often

found murdered in

bed well they

are let me tell you something last week

on the French Riviera a middle-aged

woman was found in bed with a throat cut

from ear to ear she was lying on her

right side of the bed there were stands

of hair oil on the left pillow

yes hair

oil are you trying to tell me that

you're going to kill

me not all you want in three or 4 years

I will read in the newspapers about your

murder you will

see three or 4 years is all the time I

need after that A Cut Throat would

probably be a convenience

do not laugh at

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me sorry

my mouth runs

away let me take off my grandmother's

locket first

yes I have been thinking about that girl

you know on the movie star

Bravo Angel

Hunter that's a stupid name perhaps but

I am certain there is more to be gained

from this quarter than you managed to

get out of Senora Stone and and I am not

speaking of anything strictly

material what do you mean I am thinking

of your future P I am thinking of a

career after all you have style you have

distinction and you have something

millions of women would respond to on

the

screen then bring her with you tonight

to the apartment

ch

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why do you follow me

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why did you leave the table who was that

girl

Faldo and who is Aldo friend of that

girl where are you going to get the car

have you forgotten forgotten what you

invited the contestants on France to

look at our moving pictures

I invited the Contessa hardly if you

invited or I invited what difference

does it make they will be there in 5

minutes with no one except the butler

where hey at your apartment what do you

suppose I'm not the Senora

cougan what I'm not some wretched old

woman with nothing but money to give you

I do not know what you are talking talk

about look at me P what is the matter

with you I want you to see that I'm not

like

that even when I'm I'm tired and I've

lost all my pride I'm not really like

that but I have said nothing in America

I'm known as a woman of talent and

Beauty books are written about me and

plays are written for me anyone who goes

to New York will tell you I'm not

someone to be treated like

that when we get home I will show you a

collection of the reviews and and

newspaper articles you see for yourself

yes yes I have seen your pictures in the

fashion magazines I do not like somebody

was to

brag you know you are not the first

great lady that I have gone out with

last year I traveled all over marocco

with Mrs jamson Walker who was also

photographed by fashion

magazines I come from a very

distinguished family I am not just a

mister I have a title I am a count years

ago we married into other dist

families I would never be with someone

who not a great

lady it is it is only because of the

world that I cannot always buy my own

dinner do you think it gives me

Pride I do not think this is a dignified

conversation

it's terrifying I

suppose for both of us

what the loss of dignity

it is a scandal Scandal oh my oh my this

is difficult to shock me my dear B she

has shocked all of her all but why no

please do not ask me I cannot bring

myself to repeat the stories one hears

about this

woman I I really don't understand land

oh my oh my please I beg you do not

force me to repeat

them but

what it's tragic she has descended to

the depth she is in I believe what is

the word an

abyss Karen

Stone she is in my opinion nothing more

than a harlot to has struck it

rich but she used to be famous

I I saw her on stage when I was a child

ah yes her mediocre career paid for by

her husband she has purchased her way

into

prominence I thought she was

good of course I I was

young and now that she has lost her

looks and is growing old she creates a

scandal by throwing herself in front of

a younger man who has no interest in her

whatsoever

and now no one will receive her in the

places where I was foolish enough to

present her but that will not stop her

when Rome has been

exhausted she will move to

Tangier she is more pathetic than the

Senora kugan whom you must have heard

about

I do not approve of e

dropping

Conta how delightful of you to

come Baron

Baron Alo this is Angel Hunter of course

I have seen all your FES I am con paoo

sen and I are very

pleased that you have chosen to come

tonight the cont Sayed admire of

Sone is she not yes yes I adore

her Miss Hunter is filming yes of course

she's filming in

Rome the arrival of such a beautiful

visitor to our city does not pass

unnoticed paa

the contestant's glass is

weeping Baron

baroness

confessa oh and this must be

um Miss um Miss Hudson Hunter ah indeed

I admired you so much in this above

all oh thank you so much that is

reassuring

I believe the Contessa was about to tell

you about the Senora kugan that

ridiculous old

woman would not want to hear about

her Miss Hunter have you seen the seven

of Rome I think only about

four then come outside please and I will

show you

would you like something to eat

Contessa no thank you I'm fine a few

crackers no dip maybe no thank you

I am sorry Paulo wasn't interested in

your stories myself I'm always intrigued

when you talk about your

customers

customers he PR Senora yes yes we can

start now they are just home movies

forgive the quality I'll fetch Paulo

Miss Hunter

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where is the Lady of the Silver Screen

gone why so quickly because I knew that

you would follow us out in less than 5

minutes so I told her that you were

hysterical and I advised her to

leave is the third or fourth time you've

insulted me

tonight first at radis

when you behave so outrageously with

that drunken girl and please

please I have a terrible headache oh do

you I suppose that means you can't stay

here

tonight no I

cannot well it isn't because of a

headache you're going straight from here

to the Excelsior to keep an appointment

with that Che

chip it's not a word you TR yours

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let me tell you something you you ought

to live Rome you have ruin yourself here

I would not be surprised if the police

refused to run your permission to stay

oh don't be

ridiculous what I personally cannot

tolerate is your dishonesty have you

gone crazy no I have not gone crazy and

I have not lost my memory

either I remember last February you told

me that you were going to help my friend

Fabio who lost everything on the black

market oh

Poo my friend needs a lot of money

no no PA don't and you gave him nothing

Paulo please a b go you are never going

to

help your friend does not

exist

what it's time we told the

truth

truth do you know how or Thea

is 3,000 years

old and how old are you

50 50

yes that is the truth you

50 why would I be with you other than to

help my

friend I want you to leave

goir the films are

enchanting you Contessa are a female

pimp with a collection of handsome boys

who you dispose of to aging desperate

foolish women and men and and because I

won't engage in that kind of ugly

traffic you just pass them off to

someone who will how dare you I am the

contess oh please spare me your title

just get out of here and take your prize

marqua with you take him take him to the

next Conquest take him to the movie star

take

get out get out get

out do you think you can cause noble

people to go hungry and then tell us how

to behave

do you think you can help the traitors

who hung DUI upside down and then tell

us how to

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behave do you think you can bomb us and

kill our children and then tell us how

to behave

he for

it

for

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