Summertime Page #3

Ok. Shoot.

Look. Coming here.

Be a good boy. Stand over there.

Don't move and shut up.

Go ahead. Now. Stop. Ok.

You should've seen me in the Olympics.

Skip it.

Mauro! Mauro!

Here, lady.

Take me home.

Ok, lady.

Good afternoon. How are you?

Not so bad. I fell into the canal.

Oh yes, I'm so sorry.

You played hooky this afternoon.

I played hooky?

I was at your shop.

Didn't the boy tell you?

Yes. Yes.

He is very kind.

He is my niece.

Nephew.

Nephew. Of course. Just when I think

I speak English like the

American, something happens.

Anyhow, he is the son of my eldest sister.

Bravo! That about concludes

my entire performance in ltalian.

Should I call somebody for you?

Who?

I don't know. Mrs. Fiorini?

I scarcely know her.

Do you want to go somewhere?

No.

I came to see you.

Oh, you found another goblet.

No. Unfortunately, no.

There are not many old goblets

in Venice any more. But we'll look.

Don't go for any trouble.

For you? It is no trouble.

May we go in?

Sure.

It's very hot.

Yes.

That's better, isn't it?

Mr. Rossi, why did you come to see me?

It is of nature.

You don't give up something you like.

No.

So I came.

Why?

Does it matter why? You knew I would.

I did not.

How can I explain?

May be it's my English.

May be it's mine.

Listen. Two nights ago I went to

Piazza St. Marco. You were there.

We looked. Next day, you were in my shop.

We talked about glasses.

We talked about Venice.

But we were not speak about that. Are we?

So last night I was in St.Marco again.

You were at St. Marco again.

Half of Venice are at St. Marco again.

But half of Venice are not in my shop,

or I'll be a rich man.

I wanted to buy another glass.

That's all

There are shops all over Venice.

Did you looking

at any of them for your glass?

No.

You see?

But you said you'll find one for me.

That's why you came back?

Yes.

Not that reason.

I don't know what your experience

has been with American tourists.

My experience has been that

tourist have more experience than l.

Can we sit down?

No.

I've offended you?

Oh, yes. You're sorry I'm here.

Then you're glad?

It may be so to you, but I'm not

an ltalian. I'm an American,

I thought everything

happens so fast in America.

Not this sort of thing. Not to me.

Yes. I have offended you.

Mr. Rossi, I'm not a child.

But I don't understand.

Understand? Why must you understand?

The most beautiful things

in life are those we don't understand.

As we spoke yesterday,

I knew you're simpatico.

Is that something you understand?

Yes, it means I'm like a sister to you.

I have four sisters

and I'm not looking for another.

Stop. You can make a joke.

You make many jokes but inside.

I think you can.

That's why you're simpatico.

Miss. Hudson,

you ask me why I came to see you.

Because you attract me. Why?

Because you do.

You Americans

are even more suspicious than French.

Listen. We saw each other.

We like each other.

This is so nice.

How can it be wrong?

Would you do me the honor

of seeing me this evening?

Hello! Miss. Hudson. What a day we have.

We've been shopping.

No, let them guess.

This is Mr. Rossi.

Mr. and Mrs. Mcllenny.

How are you?

Fine, thank you.

It's so nice to be ltalian in ltaly.

Glad to know you, Mr. Rossi.

How do you do?

It's hot. I guess

we kind of overrun our schedule.

What did you buy?

Glass, glass and more glass.

She even sent home a chandelier.

And before that, we did

the glass factory, picture gallery, the

whole works. The pictures were marvelous

you tell them.

Yes, she is right.

That place certainly sold me art.

It gotta be fine art.

Oh, yes.

That you gotta see, Miss. Hudson.

Come rain or snow, you gotta see.

Oh boy, pictures. Rooms full of pictures.

Hundreds of pictures. All done by hand.

And the cuttest glass.

C'mon, I just gotta show you.

Over there, so pretty, Lloyd.

What are they?

Benetian glass.

Please don't bother to unwrap it.

It'no bother. I'll show you one.

And you gotta do this please.

You stand right there and watch them

They put this stuff on long poles

and they heat it to the furnace.

And presto change glass! And such colors.

You have no idea. There!

Isn't that exquisite?

Stunning!

Oddly enough.

I was looking for one just like it.

They're only too

happy to make them for you.

I bought half a dozen.

They practically making them

for you while you stand there.

If I may ask, how much did you pay?

Not too much.

Lloyd, honestly.

You know they wanted 1 1,500 lira a piece

But you never give them

what they want.

You just beat them down every time....

I'm terribly sorry.

No, ltalians love to bargain.

How much did you pay finally?

Well, 1 0,000.

It's fair.

Oh we missed something.

We never got around the National Library.

We can get that over with

in morning before we catch the train.

Sometimes I think the schedule

in Venice is just, well, all wrong.

There you go.

Why! Thank you.

(ltalian)

I know a little shop where

Mrs. Mcllenny could've saved 7,800 lira.

I didn't say

your glass which was made yesterday.

Of course not. It was 1 8 century, cookie.

Do not call me cookie.

It's politer than some

other names that come to mind.

Now you're angry.

No.

Suspicious again.

Angry, no. Suspicious, yes.

You can always

find something to be suspicious of.

Well I can and this doesn't help.

Suspicious.....

What do you want me to do?

Benetian glass

the same design used over and over

for years and years.

Your goblet is aging centuries.

You can't believe me, you're not.

Now please, believe me.

If you do me the honor

of taking confidant tonight?

There is a concert tonight.

Would you like to go?

He is beginning music with someone.

Relax.

Relax and the world is beautiful.

Take a deep breath.

There.

There is not very much

to have confidence in me, is it?

No.

What happens after that.....happens.

Does not happen.

This is all and

more than I ever dreamed of.

Back in Akron.

You're a surprising person.

Surprising?

Uh-hum.

Every woman should

surprise a man at least once

How many times have I surprised you?

I think you surprise me all the time.

Sometimes, you surprise me.

Pleasantly?

Well....

Here is, to many pleasant surprises.

Which flower do you prefer?

Which one do you think I should have?

Choose.

I think I know which one you choose

You do? Perhaps I might surprise you.

Perhaps. Choose.

Perhaps not.

Surprised?

I'm afraid so.

Thank you.

Which flower

did you think I would choose?

The rose? the carnation?

Oh, dear, I should've known.

For once, I wasn't the touring American.

Why did you choose that flower?

I once went to a ball.

Not just the ordinary dance,

but a real ball.

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