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asking me. l'm perfectly willing...

l like leprosy. l like cholera.

l like all the major skin diseases.

- You're immature, Fielding.

- How am l immature?

Emotionally, sexually and intellectually.

- Yeah, but what other ways?

- Maybe it's my fault.

- Maybe l just can't give.

- Why don't you receive? l'll give.

- l'm not ready to receive.

- Then you give and l'll receive.

l can't receive...

l'm a person who can only receive

if another is giving.

- l can't give. l'm sorry.

- lf we each receive, it might work.

l can't. My trouble is l'm receiving

and l'm not able to give or receive.

- l would give if you could receive.

- l don't know how l can help you.

- lf we both receive or both give...

- l can't receive and l can't give.

lt's not going to work out.

lt's no use, Fielding. l'm sorry.

Goodbye. l'm sorry if l hurt you.

Don't worry about me, sweetheart.

l'm like a cat.

l'll always wind up on my feet.

Can you believe that? She says

l'm not leader enough for her.

- Who's she looking for - Hitler?

- Women are very temperamental.

We went everyplace together.

We did everything. We fell in love.

- l fell in love. She just stood there.

- Did you have trouble in bed?

You kidding? Do l look like the kind

of guy that'd have trouble in bed?

- l didn't. l didn't.

- Was that any reason to quit the job?

l'm so depressed. l'd kill myself

if l thought that she would marry me.

- What are you gonna do?

- l gotta get out of here.

l'm going down to San Marcos.

We were gonna go down there together.

We were gonna write a paper on it.

She was gonna write it.

l was gonna type it.

l gotta see what conditions

down there are like.

Jesus. Life is so cruel.

See what l mean?

- Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.

- Fielding.

Sponge.

l wanted to tell you that tomorrow

l'll be going out of the country.

What? Why are you going

out of the country now?

- lt's a very long story...

- Martin, Martin. A girl?

- So what are you gonna do?

- l'm going down to South America.

- To a country called San Marcos.

- l've never heard of it, dear.

- And...

- Are they nice people there?

Nice? lt's a turbulent situation and

l've been following it for a while.

Sure you have. You should've stayed

in school and followed study.

- l have a son myself...

- Will you stay out of this, please?

Sorry.

Ruth, don't talk to him about going away.

Talk to him about becoming a doctor.

Who will l leave this hospital to?

Will you cool it, Martin?

Don't get on his back. Let him alone.

Dr Mellish, you should let him

have his own way.

Ruth, we've been married 27 years.

My name isn't Martin. lt's Al.

Al Mellish, remember?

l wanted my son to be a great surgeon.

- l have no aptitude...

- Yes, you do, son.

Listen to me, son. You can do this.

You can be a fine surgeon.

- Look, take over. Give me a clamp.

- Fielding can't... Clamp, clamp.

Give me that. Here, take this, son.

- Martin...

- Finish this operation for me.

- No, l can't. lt's ridiculous.

- Why are you bossing Fielding?

- lt's so ridiculous.

- You know Fielding.

Sponge. Jesus. l'll finish this one,

but... l didn't even wash.

- Right there.

- l've got it in there.

- Now take the clamp and take it out.

- Should that be blue like that?

- Where?

- Right there.

- Fielding, go.

- Wait one second.

- God bless you, but go.

- l'm doing my best. He's pressuring me.

- Yes.

- Put you're finger right there.

- Fielding, get out of here.

- Your father doesn't give you...

- South America... tomorrow.

- Go, go. God bless you.

- Go. Gesundheit.

- l've got to go.

- You're really going?

- You're losing the patient.

- Nurse.

- Listen to me.

Could you get me out of here

by seven tonight? l'm going to the theatre.

And now, as is our annual custom,

each citizen of San Marcos

will come up here

and present His Excellency

with his weight in horse manure.

Horse manure?

l thought they were diamonds.

- We are an agrarian country.

- Yes, but...

We will fertilise your personal crops.

Sometimes food

is more valuable than gold.

We captured this rebel soldier,

Excellency.

Has he given us any information

about when they plan to strike?

Not yet, but he will when our men

get through working him over.

We keep playing to him

the entire score of Naughty Marietta.

- lt will make him talk.

- Oh, please. No more.

l can't stand operetta. Please.

Talk and we'll stop the phonograph.

l'll talk. l'll talk.

But please turn it off. Please.

When is the revolution set for?

The first week of July.

You're a liar.

That's only two months away.

No. Esposito is timing it to coincide

with the American Fourth of July

so as to imitate his hero

George Washington.

Where does he get weaponry?

Esposito has a way of getting weapons,

but l do not know the plan.

Time is getting short, but l have a plan.

His Excellency requests the pleasure

of your company at dinner this evening.

- What?

- Dinner at the palace. 8pm.

Dinner with Vargas?

Dinner with the president?

Dinner with the president.

Dinner with the president.

Excuse me, se?r.

l was trying to find

someplace for practice.

Se?r Fielding.

This is Colonel D?z...

and Lieutenant Arroyo.

May l say what a great pleasure

it is to entertain an American intellectual?

Somebody with whom l can exchange

political ideas and opinions.

- l brought you some cake.

- Thank you very much.

These are prunes. l like cherry.

They don't make cherry on Tuesday.

Se?r Fielding, dinner is served.

Will you please?

May be some poison in my food...

but l am Ok.

l have been poisoned so many times,

l have developed an immunity.

You are not tense... are you?

Tense? No.

- Dinner was delicious.

- Thank you, sir. The check, sir.

- Who had the roast beef?

- l had.

That's...

Who had the corned beef and cabbage?

- That was mine.

- l don't understand something.

There's two roast beefs on here.

What did you have?

- Chilli con carne.

- There's two roast beefs.

- There's an extra roast beef.

- l had only one.

- There's one chilli, two roast...

- Who had the chilli?

- l had the chilli.

- Are you on Diner's Club?

- You have Bank of America?

- Yes.

All right. Here.

Let's go to the sal? for a brandy.

Can you keep it down?

l'm getting a headache.

And so l want to do only what is right

for my people.

That is to protect them from communism.

l am sure you understand that.

Esposito and his rebels

are not communists.

- They are communists.

- l think l know a bit about politics.

l'll pick it up. Excuse me.

lf l give a better life to my people,

l have to exterminate

a few troublemakers.

That's the price we pay.

Yeah, well, l gotta be going.

lt's... late for me.

lt has been a real pleasure

to have this little chat with you.

- Viva San Marcos.

- Viva.

Viva.

- He is perfect.

- l could kill him now.

He brings cake.

He doesn't even bring an assortment.

You cannot forget that?

No, no, we'll kill him as planned -

dressed as rebels.

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