Fanny Page #3

Sit down, Sarodi.

No, I'd like to dance.

You are not dancing?

Mm, not yet.

Well, I'm not bashful.

Come on, Sarodi.

Here we go.

Chief, what do you say?

Is there a berth for my friend?

Mm, well, we have a

Corsican practically signed,

But he wants more money.

In the meantime, just in case,

are your papers in order?

Show him your papers.

What?

Oh, yes, uh, my papers.

Here.

Pardon me.

We're going to win this game.

We're going to win this game.

Bum, bum, bum, Oh ho, oh ho.

Bum bum bum bum bum.

Well, lead.

And now let me see.

Should I lead a

spade or a heart?

What's the matter?

Oh, it's all right.

I... I had a slight, um,

clutching at my heart.

You know, like you do

when you eat too much.

A flutter of the heart.

They are cheating.

Do you accuse me of cheating?

Not you, stupid!

You haven't got the brains.

Brun, you watch this counter

figure, I'll cover Cesar.

Are you implying

that I am a cheat?

I, your childhood friend?

Ha!

Thank you, very much.

Oh, ho, ho.

Clumsy of me.

Ho, ho, ho, ho.

I've hurt his feelings.

Oh, ho, ho, ho.

Ho, ho, ho, ho.

Hurt my feelings?

Aha, ha, ha.

It practically breaks my heart.

Ha, ha, ha.

Isn't that true, Escartifique?

He breaks our hearts!

Ah, yes.

Yes.

And he breaks our...

I'm stupid!

Ha, ha, ha.

There.

This game does not count!

Why?

Look into to your own

heart, and you'll see why.

Oh, you must take

me for a fool, no?

I thought it was very

clever, the way he did it.

What's the matter?

The Melody sails

right after dawn,

But you don't see

terribly excited.

Are you afraid to

tell your father, huh?

Or is it Fanny?

Knock on my window, I told you.

I'll be ready.

Marius.

Tomorrow, you...

I'll be ready.

Goodbye, Mama.

Oh, I'll be back tomorrow

by the noon train!

Goodbye, darling.

Sleep late!

You know, Marius, I think it's

about time you got married.

Me?

Why?

Oh, now, Marius.

Don't take me for an idiot.

I know you love Fanny.

Who told you?

My little finger.

But that little finger

is not so bright.

If you don't, why did you go

for Panisse like a wild beast

This morning?

Ha!

I needed the exercise.

Ah, you're lying.

You love Fanny

and you can't bear

To see another man want her.

And yet, you... Listen,

is there another woman?

Is it one of the

young Millers girls?

No, it's not any girl.

It's... it's nothing

I can talk about now.

Nothing you can talk about now.

All right.

We'll discuss it in the morning.

Yes.

In the morning.

I plan to think

about it all night.

Aw, how can you think

when you yawn so much?

Hm.

Good night.

Papa, Papa, I

like you very much.

What did you say?

I... I like it very

much, you know?

Well, me too.

I... I like you very much.

Ha!

What did you say that to me?

Well, I... I don't know.

I...

see you think of me,

You... you worry over me.

And it reminds me that

I like you very much.

That's all.

Ha, ha, ha.

Of course.

You idiot.

Goodbye.

I mean, good night, Papa.

Good night.

Good night, my son.

You know, ha, sometimes

I say that you make

My life miserable,

but it's not true.

Marius.

Oh!

I must speak to, Marius.

Marius!

Who is there?

No one.

Lock up, then, and go to bed!

Now what is it?

Oh, Marius!

Check the beer barrel.

I don't think I've turned

the tap tight enough.

All right, Papa.

Um, me... meet

me at the pontoon, huh?

What are you doing up this late?

Does your mother know you're

running all over town?

My mother is spending the night

at my Aunt Rodina's... attacks.

Do you know where

I've just come from?

No.

Panisse's.

I told him I could

not marry him.

Are you sure you

did the right thing?

Oh!

After all, he is rich.

And you know know how your

mother feels about money.

Now listen to me,

Fanny, I... I want

To talk to you like a

brother to a sister.

Well, you're not my brother,

and I'm not your sister.

Oh, Fanny, what's the matter.

Oh, Marius!

Marius, it's you I love.

It's you I want.

No!

Now that I've said

it, please have

The decency not to look at me.

Well, who else can I look at?

Hm.

Oh, you don't love me?

Oh, yes, Marius, I know you do.

I know.

What's the difference

if I love you or not?

Ah!

I can't marry.

Why?

Do you dislike me then?

Do you hate me?

Am I something ugly to you?

Fanny!

I'm gonna go away.

I have to.

I'm trapped here among people

who maybe love me too much.

Look at this

harbor, these boats.

Every man who walks across

one of those gangplanks

Is a freer man than I am.

And it... it's driven

me almost crazy.

Once, when I was a little

boy, the Admiral and I

Watched a strange ship

come into the harbor.

We went aboard and we met

an old sailor with a beard

Like a snow storm.

He told us about the

isle beneath the wind,

Where black trees grow.

And when you cut them,

they are gold inside

And smell of camphor and pepper.

That's when it happened, this

deep painful wish I have.

Whenever I see a boat

steaming out of the harbor,

It makes me dizzy,

as though I were

Falling forward...

Always to the sea.

Oh!

I would wait for you, Marius.

Five years?

Five years?

You see the Malazee?

She's leaving In the

morning and I'll be on it.

Oh, in the morning?

Oh!

You're young.

You'll forget me.

Forget you?

Me forget you?

How can I?

I've always loved you,

even when I was a child.

Oh, when I saw you

talking to a little girl,

I'd wish she were dead.

I couldn't wait to grow

up to become your wife.

Every morning, I'd wake up and

I'd think, today he'll ask me.

Oh!

I know you do love me.

I know you do.

Yes.

The reason I haven't

gone before was you.

Here we are!

Here we are... oops!

Ha, ha.

Oop!

Ha.

Thank you so much

for the lovely ride.

Lucky we met in the square.

Lucky for me.

That train takes hours.

Fanny will be so surprised.

Well, goodbye.

Goodbye, yeah?

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Oops.

Goodbye, and thanks again.

Oh.

Uh-oh.

Woo.

Oh, my.

Oh, my god.

My god, my god!

My god!

Mm, hm.

It's his belt all right.

We must get them

married at once!

Oh!

She's 18, Cesar, 18!

Ah, don't cry, Honorine.

Everything will be all right.

Have something.

A little wine.

More.

It's annoying, but

things will work out.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Don't cry into the rolls.

No, they're salty enough.

Now drink up, and we'll

decide what to do.

I've decided!

I'll beat her till

she's black and blue!

Aw, stop it, Honorine.

It's Marius climbing

back through the window.

Oh, I'll tear him apart!

Oh, no you won't.

You'll go home and

bring Fanny here.

I give you my word, they'll

be married in two weeks.

Oh, beautiful hat, Norine.

Now you go.

Ha, ha.

Marius!

Marius, are you up yet?

Good morning, Papa.

You overslept this

morning, didn't you?

Yeah, I read rather

late last night.

I've told you 20 times

not to read late in bed.

Oh, your eyes look tired.

Must be a very exhausting book.

You know, if I hadn't seen

you come from your room,

I'd wonder where you had been.

Uh...

Losing your trousers?

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