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to your left hand.

Oh, so delicate.

What an agreeable sample of what

the rest of you must be like.

Oh, ho, ho.

Panisse!

Ha, ha.

Ooh!

What the devil are you doing?

Oh, I think it's quite obvious.

I'm cleaning the table.

What?

Do you always clean tables while

customers are sitting them?

You must excuse

Marius, Papa Panisse.

He is young, probably in love.

Congratulations

on being in love.

I must confess that

from time to time

I have even thought to remarry.

Does that shock you?

Nope.

I mean, it's only

been four months.

Oh.

My conscience

would be clear.

Phew, I have cried more

in four months than other

In... in five years.

Oh!

And... and... and...

And tears of that big.

Oh!

Not only quantity but quality.

How understanding you

are for a young girl.

Fanny, your mother is calling.

Hm?

I did not hear her.

Did you, Panisse?

I doubt if I could

hear anything right now.

Mm.

Her hands have been

fully discussed,

Everybody is agreed

they're beautiful!

Nnn!

I was admiring this ring.

Is it gold?

Oh, no.

Barely copper.

Oh, but this necklace,

though, is practically silver.

Hm, hm.

It was a gift from Mon Zuey

for my first communion.

Oh, it looks a lot

like silver from here.

And it gets shinier, ha, ha,

and shinier, and... and... Oh.

What are you up to,

you old billy goat?

Oh, my ears, Marius.

Marius.

Hm?

Remember to whom

you're talking.

I'm talking to a

70-year-old lecher!

I'm a young 54.

The truth is

somewhere in between.

And now don't

argue with embryos.

If I chopped your nose

it would run milk.

There's my nose.

Try it!

Hold my hat.

Marius, Panisse, please!

Well, I'm ready.

Well, me too!

Poor thing.

Shopkeeper!

You talk, you talk,

but you start anything.

Nor do you.

I'm controlling myself.

Lecher!

What?

Eunuch!

Oh, Marius, be consistent.

He can't be both.

Debaucher of young girls!

Oh!

That is the last straw!

Huh!

Agh!

Panisse!

Marius!

May I ask just what

you have in mind?

Choking a boy one

third your age?

Your son is a lout!

And with or without

your permission,

I intend to kick

him in the behind!

Argh!

Just you try, and

I kick you so hard

That all your teeth... front

and back, real or false...

Will rattle!

What's going on here?

If you touch Marius,

you will wake up

Tomorrow morning in a hospital.

If I'm in the hospital,

I'll be visiting you!

Then you'll find

yourself in a cemetery!

Yes, putting flowers

on your grave!

Panisse, you have a customer!

I'm busy!

He wants a full set of

stays for a racing sloop.

Go-o-o.

I know what money means to you!

All right, I'll leave.

But it goes without

saying that I'm not

Setting foot in

this place again.

Your word is good

enough for me.

I don't ask for

anything in writing.

Fanny, I'll be speaking

to you very soon.

Now just a minute.

What about our card game?

Oh, I'll be back for that.

What has one thing

to do with another?

Four anisettes.

Here are 10 francs.

Keep the change, waiter!

Honorine, Honorine.

Uh, I have a very important

customer to attend to.

After that, I'd

like to talk to you

About a matter very

crucial to both of us.

Why of course, Panisse.

Any time.

Any time!

Mm.

Are you just a little

ashamed of yourself?

Huh?

Leading that poor

old man on that way.

Don't you realize, you

could have killed him?

Ptt!

When he looked down that...

That skimpy dress of yours,

He went red as a beet root!

Hm.

You were redder.

Marius!

Marius!

Marius!

Oh, she's coming in, Marius!

She's coming in!

Hey, you, get the cases put

away then take care of the bar.

I'll be back in 20 minutes.

Thanks.

Ah, ha, ha!

Oysters!

Muscles!

Beautiful sardines!

Oh, Fanny!

Come here.

Here!

Where were you running

in such a hurry?

Oh, I don't know.

I was just, uh, curious as to

Marius was off to, and, uh...

Shh!

Do you want the

whole port to know

You're chasing that

good-for-nothing bartender?

Ha!

The whole port's known

it for a long time.

Only Marius is in the dark.

You watch your

step, young lady.

Oh, uh, just a few

minutes ago, Panisse

Asked for the honor

of speaking to me

On a very crucial subject.

You can guess what it's about?

Yes, I can guess.

When he does come

to speak to me,

I think I should be

wearing something

A little more...

Kee-kee... seductive.

Also, I'd like to do a little

something with my hair.

So you watch the store.

Oh, but this is my birthday.

You said I could have

the whole day off.

How was I to know

Panisse would be pick

Your birthday to

propose marriage to me?

Oh!

Mama, are you sure this

is what he has in mind?

It's what I have in mind.

Hm, hm.

So what chance has poor Panisse?

Mm, hm.

This time I saw that

look in his eye.

It was as close

to passion as you

Can expect from

a man of his age.

Never too late,

too late for love!

Never too late for love!

A square rigger!

Look at the cut of her sails!

What's it being used

for now, a training ship?

No.

She's going on a

scientific expedition.

A sailing boat?

Oh, yes.

It has to be, to

study winds and tides.

She's coming slowly

around the world.

Think of it.

Five years under sail.

Five years, Dunkirk,

Madagascar...

The isles beneath the winds.

The isles

beneath the wind!

Has he really been

to those places?

No.

His mother didn't want her

little boy to go to sea.

And look at the result.

You will meet the

first mate tonight.

The sailors will do anything

for me, if they meet some girls.

I want to be on that ship.

I want to be on that ship.

You will, Marius.

You will.

You'll get away from here!

Honorine, Panisse is here!

Come on up.

Come on up!

Mm.

Ah!

Oh, Panisse, come in.

Come in!

Cockerels!

Could I offer you

a glass of wine?

You could.

Ha, ha.

I just concluded a deal

for a full set of sails

At an outrageous price.

And I'd like to drink a

toast to my shrewdness.

That calls for two toasts!

One, to your genius.

And one to our great

happiness to together.

Ha, ha.

You said, to our great

happiness together?

By that, do you mean that

you intend to come and live

With Fanny and me,

after we are married?

You would be... you

would be welcome, of course.

You mean, it's not me you want?

It's Fanny?

Oh!

Um, well, she's 40

years younger than you.

Well, yes, but that

is not my fault.

Oh, I admit, um, I

am no spring chicken.

But I also admit that,

uh, I have 600,000 francs.

Hm.

My poor Panisse.

Nightgowns have no pockets.

I'm speaking for your own good.

Have you ever thought about

what sometimes happens when

An old man marries a young girl?

And you would be worse off than

the usual deceived husband,

Because Fanny will tell you.

But if I don't ask her,

she won't have to tell me.

Hm.

Well... well, it's a

fine match for Fanny.

If she says yes, hm, hm.

Mm, I say yes, too.

Oh, ha, ha, ha.

Ah, ha, ha.

I'll bring her to the table.

Do that.

Do that!

First mate, second

mate, Marius.

Hello.

Gentlemen, Sarodi.

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