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- Ladies... - Mr Judge...

Have you heard...

Hello? Yes. Third line? Yes. hello!

- If you can, please... - What do you want?

- A tickit... - Go to the ticket officel Yes, yes!

Third line for the express, Sir!

- Take care of the ducks! - Yes!

Professor! I'm honoured, Professor!

- Good evening. - Good evening.

Does personnel train from Bucharest arrive at 6:21 p.m.?

- Precisely. Going somewhere? - Me? No.

Please come in! Please!

- Waiting for someone? - No, no. Something...

- Something important? - No. A book...

Great passion for books, Professor... Yes, yes, great passion!

Last night we had a discussion of it, me, the judge and our pharmacist.

Pascu was saying: "A fine fellow Miroiu, maths teacher”

"but he's always got his nose in the books!"

- He's exaggerating. - Not at all, mate.

No one sees you at the cafe, For a plum brandy or a game of poker...

- Right, I have no time. - Hal You're kidding!

Come, as if we have the time.

- What do you want? - A tickit.

- How far? - Up tu Juravat.

- Third class? - Third, third.

To the henhouse! Quick!

A duck on the railway! The train will run it over!

Ichim, if the train squash a duck again, you'll pay for it!

My regards, Miss Cucul Take care, the Scorpion's herel

Is it true, Mr Ispas, that the Fast train run over the turkey?

Madam Voinea is saying so. as the postmaster told her husband.

Brilliant! I can't believe my ears!

First of all, Miss, not the Fast train, but the Accelerated!

And not a turkey, but a duck! A big duck...

My wife got it cooked this afternoon, with cabbage. Delicious!

- Absolutely delicious! - Oh, really...

Hello? Yes. On the second line. Hello! The Personnel train's arriving.

Not now, after the Express.

Mr Miroiu, what about your mission as a teacher?

- Here? What mission? - Yes, yes!

- The Express is arriving, Sirl - Here's your mission!

The Express is a scandal! Since they put it into circulation,

all the girls in the upper grades have lost their heads!

What a dissipation, coming to the station so often?

And what for? To wave and beckon to all those...

The Express doesn't even stop. What if it did stop?

- Heaven forbid! - Luxury Train, Miss Cucu.

- They never notice us. - Profligate train, Mr Ispas!

Look at it, full of roulette gamblers and floozies!

- Yes. but marvellous still... - Floozies, Sir!

- And you're standing at attention! - Why. those are the rules!

My congratulations. Mr Ispas! You're hailing debauchery!

Zamfirescu! Zamfirescu...

Zamfirescu Eleonoral

Closer!

Come closer!

So, the schoolgirl of your age, at the railway station?

- Miss... - Shut up! What are you doing here?

- Miss... - That's enough!

And why is your hat on one ear, and the apron tighting your waist?

- Are you having a ball? - You see, Miss...

- Shut up! - Since you ask, let her answer

Answer what? There you go. answer mel

- What to answer? - What I've told you so many times!

The pupils in the higher and lower grades are strictly forbidden,

especially the higher grades, to go to the station at day or evening.

Particularly at the times when the Express passes through!

- Miss, have you ever been to sea? - What do you mean?

In a provincial town like this, the station is, in a way, the sea,

the unknown, the infinite...

You may gol we'll have a talk tomorrow at school!

IT you., Professor lecture your female students in this way. then...

Speaking of mathematics, it's just fair that my schoolgirls study the infinite.

- There it is! - Who?

- Have you got it? - Hold it. your stars burn my fingers.

- Thank you! - Youre welcome.

But I had no idea the stars to be so expensive!

It seems. my friend Miroiu, the ordinary mortals can't afford Heaven.

I am just happy with the music.

- What news from the capital, Mr Udrea? - There's always something new there.

- I heard the heat is unbearable. - Yes. Bucharest is hot as a hell!

But a hell with a symphonic orchestra, while our paradise...

Miss Cucu? What a surprise!

Is here some school staff meeting here at the station?

What's on the agenda? The train timetable?

- You've brought him what? A book? - It's the book. no doubt!

- The book... Have you looked into it? - No!

It was exactly as the bookseller gave it to mel

Wrapped, tied, sealed...

I even asked him to write "Fragile” on the package, to avoid problems!

- You know how much is Miroiu's book? - How?

- 22,000 leil - How much?

22,000 leil

- 25,000 lei! - No way!

- The salary for a year? - I saw it with my own eyes!

- Really? - Really!

30,000 lei? What book can it be?

There's something fishy about this! I can feel it...

The Fast train! The Fast train is coming, Sir!

- Take care of it! - Yes, Sir!

Good boy...

Nobody gets on. nobody gets off. It stops here still, what for?

Hi therel Get off!

- Do be so kind! - What happened?

A passenger has no ticket. Without a ticket, Sirl

Without a ticket? I'm right there!

- Please come here, in my officel - Come on...

- Have you got a ticket? - Haven't!

- You've got no ticket? - None.

- Then you have to pay. - And the fine!

- And the fine. - It's done.

- How that? - Look, Sir. what she gave mel

Sinaia Casino... Good for 20 lei, good for 100 lei...

- These are casino chips. aren't they? - Yes, from the roulette.

- I had no time for exchange. - And that's how you want to travel?

- It's all I have. Aren't they valid? - What class did you find her in?

First.

She locked herself in a compartment and wouldn't let anyone in.

- I had a migraine. - What?

Get on the train, mister. go ahead. She's staying here!

- Here where? - Herel

No way, don't move anyonel You're not leaving without me!

- I1 have to, I'm with the Fast train! - You can't leave without me!

What a shame! Three men against a woman!

- Madam. I'm not... I'm not... - Are you not what, you what?

Getting me off the train, in the night, in the middle of a field!

- Pardon me, this is not a field. - In the middle of a forest then!

What do you want? Money, life?

- Ichim let the train start! - The train is leaving!

Why on earth did I let him in charge of the Fast Train?

It left!

Stop! Stop...!

Give me the key, Madam, or the people might be killed!

- There it is! - Let me open it!

- Stop! - Stop!

We must write a report. Those are the rules!

- Leave me alone, I'm tired... - It's my duty!

- Must, duty... - Maybe you have papers, an ID card.

I don't have any papers, no ID card, no... nothing.

I want to die.

There is no train at this hour The next one arrives at 11:35.

But it doesn't stop.

Until 11:35, there's no train to run you over.

Madam, forgive me for unwanted intruding.

but I think you're probably coming from Sinaia.

- Probably. - And perhaps. going to Bucharest.

Perhaps.

That's good. but in Sinaia might be someone who knows you,

whom we can call.

- Alright. Call Sinaia, Hotel Palace. - Who should I ask then?

No, I'd rather diel

Didn't I tell you there's no train until 11:35?

- Well, I'll wait till 11:35! - But why do you want to die?

Why here? To get me into trouble?

Investigation, reports, and all this after a 23-year career?

- Madam, you must live. - Where, here?

You will leave here.

Then why did you get me off the train?

- Because you had no ticket. - We'll pay for the ticket.

- Who's "we"? - L... Tomorrow, early...

I'm not going to wait until tomorrow here, in the field!

What field, Madam? You are in an urban community!

- Court, hospital, high school... - Are there any hotels here?

Why., of course! Hotel Metropol., in the centre.

But what's the point of it, I have no money!

That doesn't matter. Having no documents in the first place.

Why don't we take her to the hospital? We'll say she's got an accident.

- No way, Sir not the hospital! - Then the police.

- With no papers. it's the only solution! - Leave me alone! You're just...

- I'm cold, I'm sleepy. I'm hungry! - Let us give you something to eat.

What?

Some duck and cabbage, which left from lunch. Absolutely delicious!

The Accelerated train ran it over yesterday.

I don't eat ducks run over by the Accelerated train!

What a night, what a nightmare!

I can't stand it anymore!

- I'll sleep here! - Here? It's impossiblel!

- But where? - Madam, I don't know if...

Well, I have a modest house and if you wish... If you want...

I'll go to sleep at an acquaintance. The music teacher, Udrea...

Oh, good ideal You can rest, feel a bit better.

And tomorrow morning we'll write the report.

- Is it far? - Five minutes from here.

All right. Come on!

Good evening.

This way, please.

Professor, you forgot your book!

Haven't you seen the dress she's wearing?

Bare arms. bare neck. naked back... Half naked!

High Society...

Her perfume filled the entire station.

Where is Miss Cucu to see her?

One moment!

- You haven't electric light? - No. Yes, but it isn't working yet.

Not until the autumn, when the power station is ready.

I'm not going to wait until then.

You see, the main streets are paved., but the outskirts must wait another year

Too bad, I came a year too early.

- Do you live here? - Yes... What, too bad?

Yes...

Of course, not very nice, But good enough for me.

So close to the school... Maybe I missed to tell you. I'm a teacher

- It's obvious. - What makes it obvious?

Everything.

Marin Miroiu, a maths teacher

- No! - What's wrong?

- They can see youl - So what?

- A woman here, at this hour? - The street is empty.

It's now. not later when they'll leave the cinema.

Today's Wednesday and Wednesday and Saturday are cinema days.

So Wednesdays and Saturdays you can't have women here?

You are more than a woman, you'd cause a sensation!

Believe me, I'm a serious man, I'm responsible!

All the time? Or only on Wednesdays and Saturdays?

I wonder what you'll do,

if the place got movies every day of the week.

I will move.

Madam, the Judge can see you from across the street!

- I can't see anyone there. - They're behind the curtains.

They're always hiding there.

Don't they go to the cinema on Wednesday?

Yes. but the old lady Grigorescu stays at home with the nanny and children.

Then, there's Zamfirescu - tax collector, Visan - from the Regional...

- That makes quite a crowd... - Whole town's behind the windows, ma'am!

- No., they're sleeping. - They can see us even in their sleep!

They'll have a nice dream.

What happened?

The mouse...

- You have mice? - Only a little one.

Don't worry, it behaves. Just likes to run among the books at night.

Come on, go to sleep, this isn't the right time.

Come on! Good boy!

So many books! I have never seen so many.

They aren't that many.

Who is that old gentleman there? Your grandfather?

No. Kepler

- Kepler? - Yes.

- And the other one? - Copernicus.

- I think I've heard that name before. - Probably. he is quite well-known.

- And why to keep them there? - Just that... I think of them sometimes.

- You're so strange! - And you're sleepy. Well, I must leave.

- The bedroom is there. - And where's the bathroom?

Not a proper bathroom... but the bath... Perhaps it was a place for cooking.

Or a pantry. Since I mostly eat at the restaurant. I turned it into...

- Does it have a shower? - Yes... yes, yes! A kind of shower...

It's a watering can, a rope, a ring...

How clever!

There's also a fountain in the garden. I'll get you water; fill the watering can.

- Water supply is due next year as well... - Surely that too...

No! That doesn't interest you! It's some old book.

- Believe me, it's a cast-off... - Alright.

Well then, I... leave you here. I'll sleep at a colleague, a composer

A very interesting man. Good night.

I'm not sleepy anymore. I'm hungry now.

Very well, me tool Let's find something.

- Did you enjoy it? - So-so...

- Are you looking for someone? - The seventh grade!

I didn't see anyone from the seventh grade.

- I'm over 18 years old! - Bravo, Mr Udreal

Some are inspecting. others are kicking up a fuss!

You're right, Miss, as always.

Did you see Dolores del Rio?

Yes, there's nothing special about her!

But there is, Miss Cucu, there is!

I've seen Dolores del Rio in Bucharest, in the talkies.

- Does she have a voice? - Yes! And she truly can sing!

And when the gangster tells Dolores:

"I love you, a blond beast! You are my dream woman...

Mr Udrea, please walk with me a bit!

- At your disposal, Miss. Going home? - No.

- To the station? - No. No.

To your friend, Mr Miroiu.

But what for? Sorry, is he expecting you?

Him... No! I want to ask him questions.

Miroiul Miroiul

Miroiu's not a bad name.

- Miroiu, it's me, Udreal - It's him, my friend.

The music teacher, The one I want to sleep at.

- I'll go talk to him. - Mr Miroiu!

- And who's that? - The physics-chemistry teacher

- And what does she want? - I have no idea.

- Mr Miroiu! - Do respond. what are you waiting for?

Yes... One moment!

- What do you want? - Nothing.

- Miss Cucu is here to talk to you. - Why. anything happen at school?

- No. At your place. - My place? Here?

Yes! I would like to see something. if you don't mind!

- Is your mistress here? - Madam. you don't know me!

- Your fiancee, maybe. - Madam. you don't know her!

When a woman visits a man at night...

- Oh my, she's coming! - Let her come.

And find you here? God forbid!

- But who's this woman after all? - She's the city. ma‘am, all the city!

Madam. you have to disappear!

I'm not going to jump out of the window. I must warn you!

- Just a minute, to see what they want! - I'm sleepy!

- You said you wasn't anymore. - Well, I'm now!

- Please! Now, now! - I'll count to one hundred.

- If they don't leave until I reach 100... - I beg you!

One, two, three...

four, five, six...

It takes too long, sir!

Too bad you've missed the movie! At one point...

I hope you've come not for narrating the whole film.

Just one scene... At one point, The hero doesn't know how to hide...

- What's this? It smells of perfume! - I don't sense anything.

How come you don't sense it? The smell makes you dizzy!

Miss Cucu, I'm sorry, it's late, and I want to know why...

- Mr Miroiu, I know everything! - Everything?

Is it true? It is true that you paid 22,000 lei for a book?

- That's right. - Now do you believe it?

- So you've told her all at once! - Miss Cucu doesn't ask, she interrogates!

Perfect! Then tell her you lent me three thousand lei for the book.

- 3100! - And one hundred.

- Please, another one hundred. - I'll be patient till one thousand.

- What's got into you? - Patience, wait...

Alright. And now if this vital interest has been clarified,

I wish you sweet dreams.

Mr Miroiu, when someone, a teacher, pays 22,000 lei for a book,

let me tell you that...

I'm not going to let you anything. Miss, I can do whatever I want with my money.

Your money? What money?

You still owe the pub 500 lei for last month!

I have a credit up to a thousand.

You do your hair only every other month.

- That's the fashion in Paris. - And you know what I heard?

- You mend your socks by yourself! - No! That's infamy!

- Don't believe that, it's liel - I know what I'm talking about!

And in my opinion, to give 22,000 lei for a book, isn't it insane?

Maybe, but it's my own insanity. And I won't account to anyone!

- Account, no, but... - I must explain something...

I told her to wait until tomorrow morning,

But she cannot sleep peacefully, till she knows everything.

- Ignorance causes her insomnia. - How can you speak like that, Mr Udrea?

- Where's the book? - Over there.

- I'd like to seeit! - No!

- What, you refuse to show it to me? - Yes, I do.

And if it's necessary, I can let you to pry into my clothes,

but for you to inspect my readings Is out of the question.

My private life isn't in the wardrobe, Miss, but in my bookcase.

- I'll ask just one more question! - Don't ask, Miss, for I won't answer

Mr Udrea, let's go!l Surely. there's something to hide in this house!

Udreal See the shrew home and be back, I need you.

- Mr Udreal - Coming!

Allegro prestissimo and da capo.

999... 1000.

You were right, long hair suits you.

- What? You've heard anything? - Everything.

- It is true that... - No, it isn't.

Show me the book.

You don't want to?

You don't know me, I don't know you... I am here for one night.

It's a book... How should I put it? A rare book!

Last winter I'd ordered it from abroad. I thought I'd never get it.

When I lost all hopes. the bookseller in Bucharest told me it arrived at last.

- I don't understand. - I told you, it's an old book.

Astronomy.

Look! Uppsala, 1763.

- That's why it is so expensive? - It's cheap! I was lucky to get it!

For years I've been dreaming, looking for it... Saving money for years.

- Tutoring... - Mending your socks...

Yes, sometimes. But now, now I have it, now I can check!

- I can learn. know... - Know what?

You don't want to tell me?

- I found a star - Where?

- On the sky. - I don't believe you.

It's herel

- You said it's in the sky. - This is the sky.

North Star Ursa Minor

Ursa Major - seven stars, four and three, Alcor...

A star I discovered is here.

- You'd better show it outside. - It's invisible.

- I don't understand. - I found it on paper. by calculation.

Can't you understand?

- The book. what do you need it for? - It's a celestial catalogue, an atlas.

A catalogue by Van Mersch!

My star is absent from any star catalogue.

Either Ptolemy or Kepler Yes, and even him!

At one point I thought it's on Herschel,

but Herschel's was a double star

The one who could have it was Van Mersch, because he had the courage!

You need courage to find the star?

Yes. that's why I believe in his theory of black stars.

School and University astronomers, they all mock him.

They call him the amateur an astrologer!

Of course a man of unorthodox vision they call an astrologer. a charlatan, a fool.

I wouldn't be surprised if I'm called a fool too.

At school, they already think I'm crazy.

But my star exists, it's there!

There, above, in the sky! Come on!

Do you see Ursa Major? Seven stars, four three.

Look up! There's my star

Some nights it's cold, indifferent, other nights, it's so close...

So close it is. that if I give a cry, I think it would hear me.

Miroiul

Mr Udreal I'm glad you've comel

You don't know me, but I know you. Come in, please.

Madam, I... Why not to you tell me you are not alone?

Madam, please believe me, that if I had known...

- Come on. Udrea. We're leaving. - Where?

- To your place. I'll sleep there. - Why?

- I'll explain. - And madam?

- Madam stays here. - Did you have an argument?...

Do you know what he said? That he discovered a star

He might have. Isn't he an astronomer? I composed a symphony too.

A symphony in four parts: allegro, andante, scherzo and...

And allegro again. Let's go.

Mr Udrea, tell me about the symphony.

It has four parts.

- Has it ever been performed? - No. Because they keep thwarting.

- Who? - Everyone.

Local authorities, the school management...

- Udrea, it's late. - You've said... the school management...

You see, Madam, I wanted to play the symphony with the school orchestra.

- Oh, so it has an orchestra... - No... but I could've organized it.

Because, after all, what do we need: eight violins, two cellos,

an alto, a contrabass, brass and percussion instruments

we can easily take from the regimental band.

- But they won't give you these. - Exactly.

Even if they would, I still don't have an English horn!

- Can't you manage without it? - Heaven forbid!

It could work until the scherzo,

but for the scherzo, without an English horn, I'm dead!

The brass section enters... Then the violins...

And now. the English horn. Let me show you!

What use if I don't have an English horn!

- Can it be some another instrument? - Impossible!

Even if I were to wait for 1000 years, I wouldn't play it without English horn!

- And it can't be bought? - Why, in Bucharest, but it's expensive.

I keep putting money aside, but it's still long to reach a goal...

I even made a subscription list.

"For the purchase of an English horn for the execution, in first audition *

“of Radu Udrea's Symphony no. 1in E flat major"

- And how many are subscribers? - One until now: him!

I tried everywhere, I asked everyonel

At the City Hall, the school committee, the Merchant’s council...

I'm the laughingstock of the town. People say I'm crazy.

- You too? - Yes, him too.

- What do you mean - me too? - I'll explain. We're leaving.

- Good night. - Good night.

- The mouse! - You may go. I'll be soon, right?

Right, but I do not understand...

- It moves, there... - No, it doesn't move.

- Anything else? - Will you please show me the star

- But then you said... - But then you were... And not anymore.

- Don't you ever look at the sky? - Sometimes, to see about the weather

To know what to wear, which shoes to choose...

Yes, this the sky can tell you, but do you ever look at the stars?

I don't have the time, I'm very busy.

- Really? - I have so many things to do.

- Even at night? - Especially at night.

There's Ursa Major! Four stars, and then three.

Yes. I can see that.

Can you see a little star, next to Ursa Major's sixth star?

- On the left? - Yes, there.

That's Alcor And next it must be my Unnamed Star

- Why it's unnamed? - Because I'm not sure.

I can't find a proper name for it, None that I like.

I need a name to go well with Alcor

Alcor and...

- Are you sure it's there? - It must be!

I know its orbit. the path it travels for thousands of years into the dark,

invisible, unknown, unsuspected...

And it will never be seen?

- Never - Too bad.

It could be, if it deviated from its path.

- Is it possible? - Impossible.

Stars never deviate from their path.

A train? Maybe it's my train. 11:35.

Are you unhappy in life?

Unhappy...? I don't think so.

I get bored. Always the same figures, same gestures, the same looks!

Sometimes I feel like screaming! Then it passes.

Sometimes I feel like slamming the door. running!

Then it passes.

I ran away several times, but I keep going back.

At least, here I saw something new.

Ursa Major, Alcor...

Tonight, when I saw you getting off the train,

I thought for a moment, that you came from another world.

- Maybe I do come from another world. - No.

A star never deviates from its path.

My path passes through here.

My name is Mona.

Mona... It's a star's name.

Alcor... and Mona.

How beautiful is everything! The morning. the garden, your house...

- My house... Last evening you said... - Last evening...

After that it's been a night. And what a night!

There are nights that change the days.

- What color are your eyes? - Colourless.

- Open them. - No, I'm afraid.

- Why? - That you're not herel

- That this isn't real... - Me too.

- Good morning, Mr Miroiul - My compliments. Where to so early?

I, just to get some fresh air I couldn't sleep.

I had a very restless night. You see, at my age...

Now I'm going to the market. They've got some pears... wondertul!

Pears! I want some!

I'm hungry!

- Goodbyel - Goodbyel

- Who was that? - Madam Grigorescu.

- Oh, the one who lives across. - Yes.

She might have heard me... Further proof this is real.

- That I am here. - Mona...

In fact, I don't care if she heard me.

Because I'm staying here.

- You're staying here? - Yes. For my entire life.

Provided I won't starve. There are pears in the market.

- Is this true? - About me starving? Or me staying here?

For your entire life... In an evening dress?

Only during the day, because at night...

Because I do have one more condition: that you never wear this hat again.

As you wish, Madam.

Marin Miroiul You are very cute.

I'm late. 20 minutes to 8. I'm going!

Even at 20 to 8, you are very cute!

- What would you like, Professor? - A bottle of perfume.

- Chanel. - Chanel? Here?

I never have it, no one ever asks, here wouldn't be anyone to buy it!

Too bad!

Professor; it is true, what I heard?

Yes.

- Yet. I don't manage to ask you. - Still, it's yes to all...

- Bonjour. Mona. - Bonjour, Grig.

- Did you sleep well? - Yes. And you?

I didn't sleep at all. I played cards until five in the morning.

Then I went to the hotel, I thought you were there.

- I was not. - No, you were not.

I had a quick bath, I changed and started to look for you.

- And you found me. - Yes. I always find you.

I thought you might cross the street, so I went to another hotel. to Caraiman.

- Wrong. - Yes, wrong, you weren't there.

Someone in the hotel saw you heading for the train station.

Excellent.

And, at the station, the guy at the bar saw you getting on the Accelerated train.

You have many informers.

- Yes. I pay them well. - I know.

Then I called Bucharest, home. You weren't there.

I telephoned the train station to be sure the train wasn't delayed.

It wasn't. Then...

Did you sleep here the night? You?

Then I began to worry.

- You?

- I don't believe it. - Very.

- For five minutes. - Yes, of course.

Because at the end of those five minutes I remembered

that you'd got no penny in your purse

and that, perhaps they put you off at some nearest train station.

- You are very intelligent. -lam.

So I got into the car and I drove from one station to the other. until here.

The station master was very nice...

- Monal - Grig?

Admit that our argument last night was a stupid thing!

- Very stupid. - Admit that I had no guilt!

None.

I told you a thousand times not to stand behind me when I'm gambling!

Especially if I'm losing!

I'm a gambler; I have my omens!

- It's only normal. - I'm glad you're so understanding.

And after you left, I started winning.

- Right after I left? - A bit later

- About what time? - Around twelve.

- But why? - Just some thought about omens.

I started winning and entered a formidable series.

- Until the morning. - So I brought you good luck.

- Mona, are you angry with me? - Not at all.

- Not at all? - Absolutely not.

You are a delightful girl.

And now, let's go.

No! I'm staying.

- Where? - Here.

Dear girl, it's too late or too early for joking.

I'm tired, I haven't slept all night.

- Let's go. - You're going alone, Grig.

- Why? - Because...

Because last night I discovered something.

Here in this house - you make discoveries?

Yes.

We, all our world, lead a sad. stupid life.

- But comfortable. - Grig. I was unhappy.

I often cried without knowing why.

No matter how much money, dresses, jewellery I had,

I still felt there's something missing.

- Without knowing what. - And now you do know?

Yes.

You've known it herel

I washed in the garden, at the fountain!

You washed here?

You - who in Bucharest have two baths a day

in a lavender water, at 25 degrees and five tenths,

not a tenth more, not a tenth less?

Then it's serious, very serious!

- Sir? - He's my brother.

Sir I am very honoured! Marin... Marin Miroiu.

Delighted. Even more so, as I want to ask you some questions.

Grig!

Am I your brother? If so. I entitled to ask you questions.

Sir. please explain what happened here last night.

- Sir... - This girl left my side yesterday.

I find her in your house, speaking as if from another world.

- So what happened? - Sir I have the honour..

I mean... please do me the honour of having Mona's hand.

That's another matter

Young man, your request takes me by surprise.

And me too.

I can't give you an immediate answer

- I understand. It isn't so simple. - No.

Before I give you my consent, because, if I'm not mistaken

- that's what you want from me... - Yes.

Before I give you my consent - and blessing,

I need to know who I leave her with.

- I'm a maths teacher - And can I be so bold, how much?

How much, what? How much do I earn? Not much for now, about two thousand.

- A day? - A month!

Two thousand, it's fine.

She's a practical, thrifty girl...

And now leave us alone for a moment!

Pleasel

So you did cheat on me. You've cheated on me with this loser!

You do not know him, Don't speak about him like that.

- I saw him. - Yes, but in the daylight.

During the day he's clumsy and shy.

He doesn't have your confident smile, your flawless elegance!

But at night... At night something miraculous happens.

- Ursa Major, Alcor... - Mona, I understand you.

You hate your life, you're bored, You want to change.

We all get bored. We all start hating it.

We all want to change, at least once, for five minutes,

but take great care, those five minutes pass.

Maybe, but they leave marks.

Mona, you are a luxury animal.

You're made of a little perfume with a lot of laziness and some fantasy.

Do you think all these will survive here?

Grig. something happened to me.

You'll have a good sleep and it'll go away.

It will go away... And what if it won't?

Do we love each other, are we happy?

My dear, you use a vocabulary I do not know, that's not mine.

Love, happiness... Just words!

But when I come into the Athenaeum Palace,

I am proud to have you on my side and everyone's head turning after us.

As for happiness, we have no time to be happy.

We barely have the time to live well.

Grig, you're not jealous at all?

Upon my word - I'm not jealous.

It is strange, but that's it. I do not want to offend you.

You know I'm ready to beat up anyone who's staring at you,

but this time I'm not jealous.

I'm under the impression that all that's happened. or you claim has happened.

it's not been here, in our world, but far away, maybe on Ursa Major

What's happening here? What happened in this house?

The whole town is rattling!

Who are you. where from, Sir? What are you looking for?

And why are you looking at me like that?

- I'm looking at... my sister - Me? I'm your sister?

This is what my sister will look like in a few years' time.

- Sir why would she look like that? - Because she wants to stay here.

Because she wants to live here.

You want to stay here?

- Leavel - Leave?

- You are too beautiful. - That's not an argument.

I was beautiful too, once.

At least, that's what they used to say...

That's an argument!

Believe me! Leavel

- What about him? - Miroiu?

He has another life, his own.

- Mona, are you coming? - Do you want me to?

Don't you?

What's this frenzy, Sir?

I waited for you all the night, not closing my eyes!

- Please forgive me, Udrea. - I could, because I wrote a sonata.

That's what I do when I'm waiting for someone and one never comes...

Mr Udrea is a composer He wrote a symphony.

- He needs an instrument. - Madam....

Very well, maestro.

Let's see what can be done.

Here, let me help...

My dear, you're right, I can't stay in an evening dress all my life.

- You're leaving? - Yes.

And you're not coming back?

Oh yes, every night.

I'll never see you again.

Marin Miroiu, near Alcor there's a star that bears my name.

You've never seen it, but you know it's there.

I'll always be here.

Are you leaving?

The End