Music From Another Room Page #3

I keep on me for good luck.

Really?

Can I feel?

Yeah. Here.

That's a piece of red marble.

And that's...

That's a piece of malachite,

another piece of marble.

Is something wrong?

No.

Are you sure?

Yeah. I'm fine.

You can keep those.

- Really? Thank you.

- Feel nice?

Yeah.

I like it.

For good luck?

Good luck.

Do you want corn?

- We have to find someone to read for Nina.

- She uses them up like tissue.

I do not. I don't go

through like tissue paper.

Does everybody know

that Daniel's a tiler?

Maybe he could do our

guest bathroom, honey.

Not that sort of tiler.

Danny's an artist.

- It's a nice bathroom.

- I restore mosaics.

Interesting.

Yeah. Mr. Tambini,

my teacher and mentor...

...said that I have great potential,

potential to be a master tiler.

Fascinating.

- Do you ever do your own work?

- Just restoration at the moment.

- You don't find that limiting?

- Actually, I do.

So, basically you're

a repairman.

- Would you like some wine?

- You know, alcohol is poison.

Please!

Karen, you're the Ralph Nader

of gastronomy.

I'm just telling

you the facts.

I read once where

they took a rat...

...and injected him with alcohol

20 times a day for five years.

- You know what it died of?

- Holes?

- I like this guy.

- Why don't you have some parsley?

Karen, please. We have to

find someone to read for Nina.

I'm going to read

Anna Karenina.

That is the greatest love

story ever written.

- Don't talk about love while I'm eating.

- Father doesn't believe in love.

Daniel's a romantic.

I can tell.

You've been in love,

haven't you, Danny?

Yes, I have, actually.

You have? What's it like?

Tell me.

I'm all pins and needles.

What's it like?

All right.

You know how...

...when you listen to music

playing from another room...

...and you're singing,

because it's a tune that you really love...

...when a door closes or a train passes,

so you can't hear the music anymore...

...but you sing along anyway.

Then, no matter how

much time passes...

...when you hear the music again,

you're still in exact same time with it.

That's what it's like.

I think.

Made my wife cry.

Thank you, Daniel.

That's a good introduction

to what I have to tell you.

- I think I'm going to kill myself.

- Irene!

- And then I'm going to kill him.

- Oh, no.

Please,

don't keep doing that, Irene.

Must we go through

this every night?

Honey, how many times do I have to tell you?

You shoot me, then yourself.

That's how it goes.

Me, then you.

- Me, then you.

- Irene.

Don't worry. Her therapist

never gives her bullets.

- Unfortunately.

- Bite me.

- Give her the gun.

- Okay, here, take it.

You know, I got it out of my system,

and I feel much better.

Yes, in the words of

John Wilkes Booth.

- She likes to carry it.

- I thought it was real.

Okay, Anna. What was it

you wanted to tell us?

She was going to say that

she and I are officially engaged.

Anna, that's wonderful!

Congratulations!

- There you go, finally!

- It's about time.

- When will it be?

- We haven't set a date yet.

Congratulations, Eric.

That's so wonderful!

Finally!

It's about time.

I could read for you, Nina.

- What?

- I could read for you.

Daniel says he'll

read for me!

Is that all right?

Can Daniel read for me?

I think that's a wonderful idea.

Richard?

I don't care.

"Arriving in Moscow,

Levin was surprised...

"... to find the Oblonsky

household in total confusion.

"He was alone,

in that he could tell no one...

"... of his plans

to marry Kitty.

"At 4:
00 that afternoon...

"... Levin got out of the sleigh

at the zoological gardens.

"Well-dressed people,

their hats shining in the sunlight...

"... crowded at the gates.

"Levin walked along the path

leading to the skating lake...

"... and he kept

repeating to himself:

"I must not be excited.

I must be quiet.

"What are you doing? What's the matter?

Be quiet, stupid! "...

"... he said to his heart. "

- It's not working, is it?

- What? What do you mean?

We should be outside.

This takes place in the garden.

- We should be in a garden.

- No.

No, we can't do that.

Why don't you go down to the

garden where Anna works?

- That's a great idea.

- No. I can't leave Mother.

Of course, you can.

I'll be fine.

I'll get your coat.

You won't need a coat.

It's a beautiful day. Come on.

Come on, Nina.

It'll do you good.

Come on, Nina.

"He had to make an effort,

and reason with himself...

"... that all sorts of

people were passing him...

"... and that he himself

might've come...

"... just to skate. "

I hear a bee.

Do you see it?

No. Must've gone.

"He stepped down,

avoiding any long look at her...

"... as one avoids

long looks at the sun... "

A bee.

"But seeing her as

one sees the sun...

"... without looking. "

That bee is still around.

- No, there's no bee near you. I promise.

- Yes, there is!

I can hear it better than you.

Get it away from me!

- I can't stand bees!

- Nina, relax.

- There's bees all around me!

- I'm here.

- Just stand still.

- There's bees all over me!

There's nothing around you.

Nina, stop it!

I hate bees.

- I'm very, very sorry.

- Why did you bring her here?

- It was your mother's idea.

- She's not comfortable in places like this.

You did say that she

should get out more.

Yes, she should, with me.

- Why only with you?

- Because she trusts me, that's why.

I think you treat her like a baby.

I'm sorry.

- You wouldn't understand.

- No, I understand.

- Nina and I have a special relationship.

- I understand.

I'm her connection

to the sighted world.

Maybe she should have

somebody else do that for her...

...for a change.

Well, you know what? I don't think

you're the right person to read for her.

- Why not?

- Isn't it obvious?

- Are you firing me?

- Yes!

- Yes, I'm firing you.

- Why?

Because Nina needs

somebody who's more...

There's a bee on you.

- Jesus! More what, intellectual?

- No.

- Academic?

- No, quite the opposite. Simple.

This is a job for a retired teacher,

or a child, not a workman.

I don't agree.

You just met my family, and you're

gonna tell us how to run our lives?

No! That is not what I meant.

What I meant was that Nina...

You're provoking it.

Fascinating creatures, bees.

Each one has its responsibility,

it completes it, and then it dies.

Is that what you're

going to do?

- What?

- Are you happy, Anna?

Yes!

Yes, I'm happy!

No, I don't think you are.

Why did you ask the question

if you already knew the answer?

- Are you happy?

- Yes.

Great. What a relief.

Everybody's happy.

- I overreacted. I'm sorry.

- Are you all right?

- Yes, I'm fine. Thank you.

- I'm very sorry.

No. You know what?

I'm glad you suggested we come here.

It was kind of exciting.

Do you want to stay

and read some more?

No. I want to go home now.

Thank you.

See you tomorrow.

Bye.

Mr. Palmieri, you will not be sorry, sir.

I'm a magician with marble. You'll see.

If I wanted a magician,

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