The Diary of a Chambermaid Page #2

I'll get my gun.

Excuse me.

Captain Mojuet.

I'm your neighbor.

I'm an old soldier. As ready

to serve a woman as my country.

Captain, if it isn't asking too much,

why are you breaking the glasses?

Tactics, my dear, to get Lanlaire

away, so I could talk to you.

- Couldn't you talk, if he where here?

- No, we're enemies

The Lanlaires are reactionaries

and I'm a liberal

They critized me publicly for

eating at the same table with Rose.

She's my servant. There's nothing

wrong with eating with Rose.

- I should say no!

- Yes, I told them.

Excuse me. This one.

- For heaven's sake!

- Delicious!

- Why do you eat them?

- I eat everything.

I've eaten every kind

of flower in the garden

Some of them are delicious

Some of them, don't amount to much

These are very bad.

Very interesting, but here

comes Mr. Lanlaire with a shotgun.

I'm no a coward

my dossier proves that.

I'm famous over the entire district.

I'm afraid of nothing and anybody.

- Mojuet I'll kill you!

- I eat anything, dead or alive.

- I don't care if I'm hungry

When people find something...

the first thing they do is to bring

it to me and I eat it.

Get off my roses!

No, no!

You go away!

You go out of the way!

Let me be alone!

You great big bully!

- Let my baby alone

- Madame! He attacked my garden!

Ordinarily we never enter

these rooms. However since they...

maybe occupied shortly,

we're going to clean them today.

Joseph, open the door, please.

Louise, shine those shoes.

Celestine, take those clothes...

and brush them carefully. I do hope

the moths haven't got into it.

Joseph come with me. I'll pick out

the curtains you are to hang.

I was thinking of you

last night and today.

I've been thinking of you too, sir.

- You know, that snuffbox...

- You must forget I mentioned it.

Not at all. It takes time,

that's all. Are you getting...

accustomed to the house?

- I'm getting to like it very much.

Good, you must excuse me.

Who do all those things belong to?

What's the mystery?

You'll find out in time,

don't be curious.

I don't know why

I expected you tell me anything.

I'll tell you, the Master has nothing

except his birth certificate.

- Not even a snuffbox.

- You know a lot about me, don't you?

- Yes, you'll learn I'm your friend.

- I doubt that.

- I was saying when we were interrupted.

- I'm sorry, I have to do my work.

I'm making plans

about that snuffbox.

I think Madame works you too hard.

Perhaps you will insist

that Madame give me more time...

so that you and I

can go to Paris together.

- Have I done something wrong?

- Oh! Not at all.

Hello, in there?

Lanlaire, come out!

Come out!

Wherever you are,

Come out and fight.

You let him talk like that?

Don't you accept his challenge?

Accept his challenge?

Certainly, I will!

- Mojuet wait for me!

- That's what fools do!

Well, that settles that!

- Why?

- He hasn't got a cent

Now, what are you going to do?

After all

the Captain's not so bad.

Celestine! Come over to my house!

Come away from that old man!

Hurry up!

Hurry up!

- Yes Captain.

- You take too long.

You never learn to fix that.

I don't want to learn,

It's bad for you.

Just been quiet!

Hurry up!

- Captain!

- Celestine!

- Hi Captain!

- Celestine!

You asked me

to come to visit you.

My, what a distinguished

looking estate you have.

Distinguished?

You think so?

Definitely. But then, you're

a distinguished type yourself...

- See the roses

- I thought you have eaten them.

No, wait.

I switched to water lilies.

Such fascinating thing you eat.

That's right.

Do you know that rarely do you

meet a man of the world as you...

in this dull countryside.

No, I'm just and

old village bumpkin.

- Don't you believe him.

- No false modesty.

- He's my baby boy, Celestine.

- Quiet! Quiet!

- Would you have a drink?

- No, thank you.

- I would

- Not too much, Captain.

- You run along and start dinner

- Very well, I will.

I get on my baby's

nerves lately it's my asthma...

But he couldn't get along without

his mommy, could you, Captain?

- You run along I said

- But don't you get in a mischief.

No mischief,

No mischief!

Listen to her, like a locomotive

What are we talking about?

- Your diet

- That's right!

Sit down, let me explain.

Everybody in the world, except me

gets into a root about food.

They have no pioneer instincts.

The first man who ate an oyster,

people call him crazy or sinful.

- That's right!

- Right! The same with me.

I've discovered new food

that nobody ever heard of before.

I'm going to eat absolutely anything.

Keeps me young and vigorous.

If you were in Paris,

they write a book about you.

No, I was in Paris

Nobody wrote a book about me.

You just didn't know

the right authors.

Tell me more,

You eat stones too?

No, stones have no taste.

You don't get the idea.

Let me show you what I do

with stones. Now, see that?

Now listen.

See, what I do with the stones?

You're the cleverest

man I ever saw.

Have a good time anyway!

I'll show you something else.

This is Davey.

General Davey, he's the best

friend I have in the world.

- Darling, he looks like you!

- Thank you

- Does he eat everything too?

- Not as many things as I do.

Nice little play bear Lanlaire's

haven't got anything as nice as you.

All they have is dogs,

anybody could have dogs,

but a tame squirrel,

what do you think of that?

I think you're amazing.

Look miss, is too sad see you

work for those crazy people.

They're maniacs, all of them,

have you seen the son yet?

- No, tell me about him

- He's a monster...

a monster with

two heads and a tail.

I'll get to the point,

like an old soldier.

Come over with me

in a nice sane household.

You can have everything you want

and no work, Rose will do it all.

- Would you give me Davey?

- I'll give him to you

And what else?

Girls like lots of presents.

You come with me,

I'll give you everything

- What do you call everything?

- My house, my gardens, everything.

- People would talk

- You let them. We'll get married

That's an idea, but I'll bet

you're married already

No, you'd be the first one

Let me tell you something else...

In my room I have

hidden away 25.000 francs

- 25.000 francs!

- And nobody about it but you!

- How's that for a present?

- You'd give it to me?

- Yes I would

- Stop it!

Stop it!

You're crushing him!

Davey.

You did that! I saw you!

Now go back where you belong!

- My Baby

- No!

What are you doing here?

I bet you like

to see things killed.

Not without a purpose.

An orderly woman shouldn't

become involved with the Captain.

- What can he offer you?

- 25.000 francs!

- 25.000 francs

- That's what ha can offer me!

All my life I've waited on

people and now...

- And now?

- I'm going to get what I can.

That's up to you. But there are

safe offers and unsafe ones.

The death of that squirrel

should be warning to you.

Anyway I'm not even interested.

- Someday you will be

- Stop spying on me, you valet!

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