The Bride Wore Red Page #2

And Galli, I'm gonna get Galli

for your dresses.

I'd give you the money now

rather than you make off

with it.

How soon can you go?

Take me a week to close my town

house, dismiss the servants.

And change your name to

Anne-Anne, Anne Vivaldi.

The daughter of my very good

friend, Lieutenant Vivaldi.

Uh, naval officer, your mother

lives in genteel poverty

'and you were brought up--'

- In a convent.

- Well.

- In a convent.

- Alright, in a convent.

I'll wire the hotel myself,

and here's a list of shops

and I'll notify them

to take care of you.

And here's a little money

for some tips.

You're-you're sure

you're not joking?

I'm cheating, Anni.

I'm fixing the great wheel.

Fixing it, so that you can

win for a while.

Perhaps Rudi would say,

I'm being miserably cruel.

But I want to know,

I want to know

what makes a waiter, a waiter

and Rudi, Rudi and a you, you.

Or whether you could be a lady.

And remember,

if it turns out badly

don't come and complain to me,

in fact don't come to me at all.

After all,

by tomorrow, the next day

I'll probably be sober again.

Goodbye, Anni and good luck.

Dolores, Consuelo, Felicia.

Bring the articles I've selected

for the Count Armaila's..

Yes, daughter of Count Armalia's

very good friend

Lieutenant Vivaldi.

Of course, is there

anything in particular

the signorina would like?

I should like..

Could I have

the blue coat on the window?

Anything the signorina wishes.

And I shall want

a red evening dress with beads.

Signorina, may I help you?

Yes.

Say, are you the driver

from the hotel?

No, signorina, but my cousin is.

Doesn't the hotel meet

it's guests at the station?

- Usually, yes.

- Oh.

When's the next train

back to Trieste?

The next train for Trieste?

Why Signorina Vivaldi,

you've only just arrived.

How do you know my name?

I read your telegram

for the train.

I read all the telegrams,

going and coming.

You see,

I'm telegraph operator here.

Did you deliver my telegram?

Over two hours ago.

I sent it with my cousin.

Well, the driver from the hotel.

No, another cousin, Pietro,

he's my assistant.

He's very fond of blackberries.

They are in season now.

- How far is the hotel?

- Four kilometers.

You should see the blackberry

fields, signorina.

Like black clouds.

Am I expected to walk

four kilometers?

You may ride to the hotel

with mail and me if you wish.

Do you think I'll ride in that?

Well, I do.

There's a great

difference between us.

- Of course.

- And..

Ladies don't ride in

donkey carts.

It would be unusual, but then

great ladies can do

unusual things.

I'll get your luggage.

Is he dangerous?

Not from that end.

Another one of your cousins

I suppose.

Takes him a minute to

make up his mind.

He's alright after

he gets started.

Where are you going?

Who's gonna drive the donkey?

He knows the road.

I have to sort the mail.

Suppose he runs away.

We'll walk very fast, catch him.

The Archduke of Austria once

rode in this donkey cart.

My father was postmaster then.

I got the position when he died.

My grandfather

was postmaster too.

No wonder the donkey is tired.

It's an important position,

you know?

Sometimes as many as 200 letters

come through here in one day.

Don't you ever think of

getting away from here

to someplace where you can

amount to something?

Well, I do amount to something,

haven't I just told you?

No, I mean, to become rich,

important, respected.

You mean ambitious.

I used to think it would be

wonderful to go to Vienna

Paris, Rome.

'I got older.'

'I see so many people

at the hotel'

'that come form those cities.'

They are so rich

and they are important.

To be happy,

you must be contended.

To be contended, you must

find you place in the world

and stay there.

Suppose you don't like

your place, then what?

Find a place the fits you.

There's one for everybody.

- What was that?

- Car from the hotel.

My cousin, Pietro must have

delivered your telegram.

- Why didn't you stop it?

- How?

Tell me, are these trees

always this beautiful?

No, signorina, yesterday

they were less beautiful

tomorrow they'll be more.

You really believe that?

You've lived here all your life.

Well, when I was very young,

I saw the pine trees in snow.

I wanted to grow like that,

tall and straight, and strong.

And when I was older,

I saw poplar

and the sun, and the laugh.

I wanted to learn

to laugh like that.

Do they never cry,

these trees of yours?

When it rains, they cry into

the mountain streams.

When it stops and the raindrops

shine on the leaves in the sun

that's when they

are most beautiful.

Like a lady's eyes, when they

laugh and cry at the same time.

You are the strangest postman

I've ever met.

Has the signorina

met many postmen?

- Of course not.

- Doesn't matter.

I'd still be the strangest.

- But you think they'd stop?

- We are very near.

You'll see the hotel

any minute now.

You did not meet her

at the station?

Well, I have just returned

from the station

she's not there.

What would happen to my hotel

if I picked up berries, huh?

I have instructions from

Count Armalia to expect her.

I have the telegram

from signorina herself

sent from the train.

I have everything

but the signorina.

- Now she must be somewhere.

- Here she is.

Signorina, a mistake,

a thousand pardons.

I'm surrounded by idiots,

so terrible this should happen.

- That's quite alright.

- You're not angry?

You will forgive me?

I don't wish to discuss it

any further.

Listen to me, Cousin Pietro

and look at me.

Telegrams must be delivered.

But the blackberries,

Cousin Giulio, they are ripe.

I know, cousin, but you should

have picked 'em on the way back.

He'll never do it again.

Thank you very much.

Well, I have my salary

from the government.

Thank you, signorina.

- Good afternoon, Signor Pal.

- Good afternoon, Nobili.

Lovely day, isn't it?

In the north wing,

I have a larger suite.

- No, this will do.

- Oh, thank you, signorina.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh.

Who is it?

Maid, signorina.

May I unpack for you?

Yes, please, come in.

Which dress will the signorina

wear to dinner?

I think I shall wear..

- 'Anni.'

- Maria.

Of all people to run into,

it's you.

What are you doing here?

Anni, it's good

to see you again.

But they told me

your name was Vivaldi.

- Signorina and Vivaldi.

- That's me.

But how?

Anni, you are not

in trouble with the police?

You're not hiding?

Maria, you wouldn't believe

what happened, it's..

It's like those stupid wishes

we used to make

when we had

too much beer, remember?

You used to wish you could find

a purse with 10,000 lira in it.

And I used to wish I could find

a box with a red evening dress

that's just my size

and ready to wear.

It's in there.

Very red and with beads.

But you haven't told me

who and how.

You're talking in riddles.

I'm living in riddles,

I don't know the answer.

But who cares?

For two weeks,

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