Trapeze Page #6

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Let me kiss you good night.

Lola...

you did mean everything you said?

Didn't you?

You haven't changed?

I haven't changed.

This is over before it begins.

You didn't come down here to tell me that.

We see each other on the bars.

Nowhere else.

- Is that what you want?

- You want a triple. I know what I want.

You don't love Tino. You never did.

- Suppose I tell him that.

- He would never believe you.

He'd believe you. Why don't you tell him?

I like working in the act.

Sooner or later he has to know.

Tell him before he finds out.

Have you ever worked

in an Italian carnival?

Two cars and a tent with holes in it.

Where sometimes you eat, but not if it

rains or a tire blows out or the lion dies.

Where you are never paid, because

if you had bus fare you might leave.

All my life...

You think I don't remember it? You think

I am fool enough to take chances now?

Tell him.

Stop. I want you to stop.

Tell him. You've got to tell him.

This has to finish. It has to.

I don't want to love you.

You must let it finish.

I can't.

Please. Let it all finish now.

You know it can't finish like this.

You're wise to remember that

it is the flier who's important.

"Wise". Always I've had to be wise.

You're not pleased with my offer?

When you can give me Madison

Square Garden, then I'll be pleased.

Meanwhile I'll accept

because our act cannot go on as it is.

There are personal reasons.

Perfect. A split second sooner and you'd

have a triple. We'll give it to them tonight.

I have seen the personal reasons.

- It is not good that it happened this way.

- You want the boy, Otto. Don't complain.

You're sure that Tino

will break with Ribble?

Tino chose me before. He will again.

Chikki, you're back. Is that the new horse?

Just arrived. Got a surprise for Rosa.

Beautiful. Perfect. I wouldn't part

with them if I wasn't allergic to snakes.

- What about me?

- If you don't come out in spots in a day,

you've got a lovely new act.

Gotta hand it to Mike, it was a great idea.

I bring you a magnificent horse.

He feels nothing. Not knives, not flames,

nothing. And I find you with snakes.

Always you want me to do more.

Now a new horse to break my back.

- I stay with the snakes.

- You don't fool me.

You stay with Mike Ribble. Where is he?

When I was away you went back to him!

- Where's Tino?

- You decided to tell him about last night?

I just made my decision. I leave the act.

What are you gonna do?

Go back to your old act?

No. To my new one, with Tino.

- Lola.

- You make a fool of me with my wife.

You can't do that. Nobody can do it.

- What did you say?

- You hear me?

Where's my cane?

Get the first-aid box. Quick.

I will make up my own mind about the act.

Mr. Bouglione, you speak to her. I can

do nothing. She refuses to work with me.

That's right, order me to do it.

You turn lions loose, you ruin my

reputation, then ask me for favors.

Escaped lions give him pleasure.

He loves danger.

He enjoys bending iron bars

with his beautiful body.

Mr. Bouglione, you sent for me.

Was Mike badly hurt? Is he all right?

A scratch, nothing more. In your act,

nobody is necessary except the flier.

It's your signature I want on the contract.

You lose nothing if you get rid of Ribble.

- Get rid of Mike?

- You and she are a beautiful act.

You need nobody else.

Didn't Lola tell you our plan?

Mike looks after business.

You talk to Mike about your plans.

Mike is too busy to speak. Your other,

beautiful partner is with him.

- Leave him to her.

- Lola's with him?

Sure she's with him.

She can handle him.

She can handle all of us.

Uh...

- Where are they?

- First you worry for Mike, now for Lola.

Don't worry.

- What have I got to be worried about?

- Exactly.

Let us be discreet and forget them.

You'd say anything to make me sign.

Even put me against Mike.

My dear young man,

if I wished to put you against Mike

I would tell you,

follow the old woman with his cane.

But I don't. I say let us be discreet,

and businesslike.

I understand. You wish to leave

all your business to Mike, eh?

Well, please yourself.

I'm sure he's looking after it very well.

Very well indeed.

Pierre, leave word with Mike Ribble

I'll be here tonight.

Allez, ma jolie, un kilo de mes carottes.

De la carotte, bien frache.

Approchez! Voyez nos belles poires.

Belles, juteuses, emporter,

tout de suite, allez.

Elle est belle, elle est belle, ma tomate.

Les bananes. 100 francs le kilo

de bananes. Achetez mes belles bananes.

Voyez les beaux melons de Cavaillon,

mesdames. Beaux melons de Cavaillon.

Achetez un kilo de pches,

100 francs le kilo.

Entrez.

Alors, vous I'avez trouve cette canne?

Il vous attend I-haut.

H bien, qu'est-ce qu'on vous sert?

Monsieur? Qu'est-ce qu'on vous sert?

A beer.

We must tell Tino.

Not yet. Not yet.

We must. You know we must.

You said we must.

Last night.

How do I explain last night?

What are you trying to tell me?

I thought we met, but we hadn't.

I thought I knew you,

but I didn't know you.

I'm trying to tell you that...

I'm trying to tell you how much I love you.

I want you to know, in this one moment,

if only for this one moment,

that for the first time

in a long time, I feel alive.

Oh, Mike.

Tino will forgive you. Maybe he'll never

forgive me, but in time he will you.

Not now, he wouldn't.

Maybe once, but not now.

Elle est belle, eh? C'est moi.

Ne soyez pas triste, c'est pas si important.

L'addition, s'il vous plat.

Hello, Mike.

You know this place?

It's got a machine I've never beaten.

- How's the arm?

- It's OK, it's OK.

Did you have somebody

to look after it for you?

Make that one behind the gate,

and you got it.

Toughest ones are always behind the

gate. You gotta be cagey to make 'em.

Tilt it a little, maybe it'll...

Yeah, you can cheat it.

Then you lose the game.

- Let's shove off. I'll get my jacket.

- Let me see if I can win... before we go.

You can't beat it, kid.

You had to prove it, didn't you?

You just had to win.

I'm sorry it happened this way.

I wanted to tell you...

We meant to tell you, but...

All right, tell me.

Go ahead and tell me. Tell me what?

- Not now, Tino.

- Then let me tell you what he said.

"Tino" he said. "You're the only man

in the world that can get a triple. "

"But her? Anybody can get her. "

That's what he said.

- No, it's not true, Tino.

- Go ahead, deny it!

He never wanted you in the act. He swore

he'd get you out any way he could.

Even if he had to take you away from me.

- What's he trying to say, Mike?

- Tell her!

Tell her! Don't you want her to hear it?

- You shouted it loud enough.

- Not now, Tino.

I'm up to here with your words about

a two act, a triple and its purity.

I'm chokin' at the way you

made her look lousy in my eyes.

But you said it could be done, didn't you?

Tell her the price you put on her. Tell her

how you said anybody could have her.

- Anybody, because she was a cheap...

- Lola...

I love you.

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