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In the sacred mountains of Tibet, Emmanuel was chosen to become the

of all women.

With one drop of secret perfume, she could become young again or enter the

of another woman.

Come with us and share the adventures of Emmanuel.

Yeah, the story was told to me by my nephew, Stephen Carlino. You know

Yes, I've had many run -ins with him.

He's a very nice young man.

Too bad he always behaves like a spoiled child.

Well, he's never been the same since Shalomi disappeared.

He's exactly the same.

Just as his uncle at his age.

You're impossible.

Whatever happened to her?

I remember at one time they had a front page on her in every magazine and paper.

She disappeared out of such strange circumstances.

You know how to use a telephone?

You know what a plane is?

Can you book me a flight for New York for tomorrow, first class?

Now, bring me a beer.

Are you leaving, Chalamet? In this crazy world, it's not what we take that makes

you rich. It's what you give up.

There you go, talking crazy again.

What are you going to do over there? I'd like to book a ticket for New York.

Yeah, all right.

Okay, nothing at all.

First class.

Yes, it's for Miss Chalamet. You sure you don't want to stay a little longer?

Well, can't hurt asking.

Well, you're the best guide I've had in these mountains, and there'll always be

a place in my heart for you. Yeah. When time will come, there will also be a

place for you in these mountains forever.

Right.

I said when the time will come.

How about a last hand of poker?

You name the stake, and the beer's on me.

Okay, Clinton. One hand to five cards. But no tricks, okay?

Bert will stay at the counter. I know he could slip you a few aces when you need

them. You calling us cheap?

I don't like that.

I don't care whether you like it or not. Believe me.

You're nothing but thieves and cheaters.

Relax, brother.

Leave it right.

Go to the bar and bring us a couple of beers.

Do as I say.

Okay.

What's the stakes?

If you lose, you give me one pound of diamonds. If you win, you can have me,

and your brother, here, right now.

So?

Night's going to be hot, Miss Godfrey, taking place.

Three cards.

What?

What are you working on? A straight?

Or a flush?

Huh?

See what you got.

Well?

You win.

You know what she had in her hand?

A flush.

Jack high.

I never understood why she wanted to lose.

Maybe she didn't lose.

You know, if there's nothing to gain, there's nothing to lose.

Uh -huh.

What was the name of that god -awful place, anyway?

Wannabe.

Otvolta. How do you know?

You ever there?

Downwind from the desert.

Such wonderful landscape.

Waterfalls.

It probably looked like the old Tarzan movie.

Working as a guide in the Oedawasi Mountains.

Lots of precious stones there.

Diamonds. This is a fabulous story.

Totally amazing.

That's how Chalamet was able to get away with a small fortune.

Yeah, she had a substantial amount of pocket money.

Man was born up in the Himalayas, but this African land is his cradle.

Cradles are the beds, the most seldom used.

Africa will awaken, for there lie the riches of mankind.

Shalomi wanted to conquer the world, to have her 15 minutes of fame.

She knew that she had to go to New York.

She was going to be a model, the number one model in the world.

She had the power, since she had the will.

I guess one commercial does it.

Yes.

Would you believe that the airline was so thrilled that they asked her to do

another one?

And that my nephew Stephen was and still is chairman of the board of this

company.

This was supposed to be a party.

It is, just you and I.

And anyway, I don't want to share this moment with anyone.

What kind of moment is this?

A special one.

I hope you like the set.

I guess it's just to impress me.

James, we'll have a drink.

Why did you invite me, Mr.

Carlino? Call me Stephen, please.

All right, Stephen, why did you invite me? To be with you.

Why?

Because I'm in love with you.

Because I wanted to dine alone with my star.

Because I wanted to talk about the future with you.

And since I didn't think that I could find a restaurant that would meet my

expectations, and my penthouse is undergoing restoration, I thought that

sound set was an original idea.

And, of course, James is a very good cook. Oh, you can say that again.

Thanks.

Thank you.

You're a flatterer, Stephen, but I do layout and commercials too, you know,

rarely dinners.

Have a sip of champagne?

All right, let's have a sip and then we'll talk business.

I see you like to mix business with pleasure.

I've been trying to have dinner with you for at least three weeks.

Other women ask me to invite them.

But you, you're like sand.

Sand one holds in one hand, and it slips through the fingers, no matter how

tight your hand is.

As a matter of fact, let me tell you about time, because sand is just like

I'll become a great model, and then I'll disappear.

What?

Such is my destiny.

Why? Sir, if you please.

Thanks, James.

Will you excuse me?

Hello?

Yes?

It just happens that the film we're seeing was Stephen's first film as a

producer.

Really? We'll change the name of the characters, and that way he won't feel

he's been cheated.

After all, we're paying him a bundle.

Yeah.

Goodbye.

For a chairman of the board, you act like a loser, Stephen.

You probably know a lot about airplanes, business, and strategy.

But you're hopeless with women.

What is this?

Psychoanalysis time?

Let's talk business.

No, let's eat.

Weren't you the model for that wonderful book about people suffering from that

terrible disease, the unbearable rudeness of a spoiled child?

Listen, I've had just about enough.

You think so?

James?

Did you ring, sir?

No, I didn't ring.

There are no bells, are there?

No, sir, it's just a matter of speaking.

Well, don't speak, because it doesn't matter.

Don't you worry, James.

Your boss is throwing a tantrum.

James, show this woman out of my studio.

Show me the way. And you, you're fired.

You do not belong in my movie. You do not belong in my ad agency.

You have no more contract.

Out!

Let's go, James.

But first we'll make a little detour through the kitchen.

Let's see if we can find something to eat, huh?

Whatever you like.

Yeah? Here are the sandwiches.

Oh.

Be careful, you're going to fuck the kids.

Who cares?

Oh, yes, I always preferred mayonnaise with a tiny touch of good mustard, of

course. Oh, you're so funny, James.

How can you stay in such a time?

Well, I was his father's butler.

I was part of the will, together with the house.

Yeah.

In other words, you inherited him.

Yes, but usually he's much nicer.

You must have something he wants.

Oh, yeah.

I know.

And I also know what it is.

And what might that be?

It's freedom.

Oh, yes, that's something that many people want, but only a few can possess.

God was not generous enough, I'm afraid.

And as far as you're concerned, I feel that you know what freedom really means.

I was born with the wind.

I am like word.

Lots of different meanings, but not much, then.

I can see that you took in wisdom as well as I did.

A wise man is a man who doubts everything, whereas a fool is a man

himself.

She is so luscious.

How about a nice beer?

Oh, yeah.

A salami without a beer is like a joke without an ending.

Or a slice of melon

without port wine.

Or an ad agency without clients.

A film without a star.

Or a butler without a master.

He knew she did other jobs, so he went looking for her.

Actually, he filled his office and home with pictures of Shalomi.

No, no, can't, can't, not with the tongue.

But what is she doing?

You shouldn't stay here, sir.

Get out of here.

Stephen took pleasure in this awful feeling of sharing with others what he

himself could not have.

Dreamy. The shooting is finished.

Hello, Stephen.

Hello.

How are you, honey?

I'm mad, angry, so angry.

Why?

Seeing you make love to that man, James and all the others.

Then you turned to look at me with that smile.

But that's an old technique that modeled you, Stephen, to stare at an object in

a room and to forget about all the rest.

Object? You're calling me an object?

I can't believe I'm hearing this.

I'd lend you my ears, but I need them right now.

What are you doing now?

I'm leaving.

Where to?

Solitary is the road which leads me to the edge of the horizon.

So she went to South America, and he went home with a broken heart.

Broken hearts are good.

They cleanse the soul.

Shalomi never landed.

She boarded the plane in New York and never got off in Rio.

I didn't understand it then. I don't understand it now.

I think it would be advisable for you to go home now and to have a bath.

I just don't understand.

I don't understand.

Well, why don't you carry on not understanding, but in your bathroom?

300 people saw her get on a plane to New York.

And over the Gulf of Mexico, she disappeared.

I'm going to go to Rio.

I'm going to look for her.

Yes, but I would suggest you take a nice shower before boarding the plane.

Do you intend to play golf?

No, I don't think so.

May I help you?

Hello. Chalamet told me to come and see you if I came to New York.

I am so glad you did.

Please, come in.

This is my set.

This is my studio.

I'm making a film.

Are you French?

Are you a model?

Not really. I don't mind taking my clothes off for posing, but it's not my

goal in life.

So, what is your goal in life, then?

Oh, let me guess.

Owning a fish shop next to a whorehouse.

No, I'm studying the influence of literature and music at the beginning of

century.

This is fascinating.

I was telling James the other day.

It's so strange. We have not had an evening of Goethe or Weill for so long.

Isn't that right, James?

Oh, yes. We're quite cultivated.

So, how is Shalome?

Fine. She told me you need some lessons.

Lessons? What kind of lessons?

This kind of lessons every day and a big test every week.

So what happened to Steven?

He made his movie.

The one we're about to see.

It's already on the airline circuit.

And Suzanne?

She eventually went away to meet up again with Chalamet.

Likely story.

Are you making this one up?

Think so?

Huh? Will you excuse me?

You seem to have seen a ghost.

Did you see it?

Who?

Salome.

In the scarf?

Scarf?

The scarf.

Oh, it's wonderful material, if that's what you mean.

I found it in the toilet.

Where is it?

Hurry up. The film is about to start.

At last.

I've been looking for you for so long.

Please tell me where are you.

Mary, please tell me.

I can't stand talking to you on the phone without seeing your face any

Mary, you've got to let me see you.

Magic and motion pictures.

Magic it is.

They're wonderful actors.

Weren't they married in real life?

Yes, they did.

And they're very happy now.

It's been rough sailing for a while.

Was it?

They look so much in love.

They must have felt something for each other.

Oh, my dear Mario, you're so naive.

You should have been there during the shoot.

But I was.

And I can tell you...

Things didn't always go smooth as silk.

Well, tell me about it. I'm dying to find out how two people can portray such

passion, such love.

Well, that's what acting is all about.

Falling in love or hating someone you met five minutes ago.

You mean they don't practice?

That was just an image.

Are you pulling my leg?

No, I wouldn't dare.

So, tell me about the script. How was it?

Oh, I really liked it.

It had hidden meanings all through it.

Why do you ask?

I'll tell you later.

So tell me, what happened during the shooting?

Reality was not at all like on the screen.

Almost the opposite, if you see what I mean.

You'd better shut up, you bastard.

I'm warning you, you'll hear from me.

And sooner than you think.

Please, Judith, calm down.

I'm really glad that this film is over.

And head up with both of you.

Judith and I became very close friends as we met each other very often on TV

sets.

I'm so glad that you're here.

You know, now I'm sure that Lucas is gay.

Otherwise, why would he be so rude with me? I'm not disgusting after all.

Of course not, Judith.

His behavior in this particular case doesn't prove anything.

It could happen to anyone to suddenly explode as he did.

It was perfect.

Oh, yeah, that's really nice. You're a great help. Does it mean that all men

such a horrible feeling just kissing me?

Judith, wait.

You know, that's not what I mean at all.

What I was saying is that...

You know, the nervous pressure and all this stuff can make you do weird things.

But look at him over there.

How relaxed he is.

That's his world.

Maybe he just prefers men's company because he feels at ease among them.

Or maybe he's intimidated by women.

So he prefers...

Manly. And do you know where he went when all the rest of the crew was having

fun in a nightclub? To a gay club.

Isn't that enough for you?

Of course not.

Why? Who's this Lucas?

Lucas happens to be Ashley's son.

And before her accident, we had a discussion about him.

Lucas decided to become an actor.

I would have agreed if he had been a strong guy, but he's so fragile.

So reserved, so shy, so easily influenced.

I'm worried about him. You never know what could happen.

I was thinking that maybe you could keep an eye on him, as you know business so

well.

And if anything should happen to me... And she

was right.

But how could I have known?

She was such a dynamic, healthy young woman.

full of life, as we all were at that time.

Always ready to have fun, to go out, to laugh.

I don't know what happened to her, why she had those sad thoughts, and I never

had the chance to ask her.

I thought she was ridiculous, but she looked very depressed that day.

Yes, you never know.

Promise?

She had a premonition.

Yes.

When Ashley died, her words came back haunting me.

I started to look after Lucas.

I owed that to Ashley.

I tried my best to look after him, although the boy was sent to live with

grandparents.

He picked up acting, and so did I.

I wanted to be close with him.

So that's it.

That's why you began acting.

Yes, and it was fun, too.

Then Judith said Lucas was gay, and I got worried.

Because Ashley would have preferred her son to be a woman's man, you know.

So I had to find out about Lucas.

Oh, Judith.

You did a really good job.

It's been so nice working with you.

Before you leave, I would like to see you one more time.

Of course. Pleasure.

Oh, are you free tonight?

No, not tonight.

But call me tomorrow morning.

We'll arrange a meeting.

I'll do that.

See you tomorrow.

That's really hopeless.

I've got an idea.

This is what we're going to do.

We're going to set up a trap for Lucas.

You're up?

Mm -hmm.

That's a great idea.

But he's leaving Los Angeles tomorrow.

Lucas. Hi. Having fun?

Oh, yes. But I'm pleased to be over with this film at last.

Yeah, the shooting has been pretty exhausting, hasn't it? Yeah.

But the film I'm doing next year I think will be a marvellous success.

Really? Yes, it's Joseph Galgan's new film.

And I read the script. It's brilliant.

And I suppose that is always Galgan decided to shoot in Fort DeForest.

No, actually, this one's shooting in Mexico.

Mexico? Mexico.

Mexico is such a beautiful, such a magical city. The biggest of the world.

Probably the second one for love after Venice.

Anyway, the first one for entertainment.

Judith had secretly reserved a room in the same hotel as Lucas.

My luggage is coming.

Thank you, sir.

Ladies?

Thanks. You can leave it in the corner.

Thank you, ma 'am.

And enjoy your stay in our hotel.

I'll do anything you wish to, make it more pleasant.

All right.

If we need you, we'll certainly call you.

But I think now we should be fine. Thank you.

I think his proposal is very exciting.

Ladies.

But we have more important things to do right now.

I was joking.

Shall we start?

Close your eyes.

We're going to have a nice time.

Let's see this one.

I have prepared a little surprise for our dear friend Lucas.

How do you like this one?

No? And this one.

Come on, we better get you ready.

Take off your negligee.

Can I help you?

How do you

like

me?

Yeah.

Like it? Yeah.

Thank you.

Do you want a drink?

You know the man who made this whole thing up?

Mandarins, Mandarins.

This is getting too much.

Well, we just ran out of oranges.

Very funny.

What did you want to tell me?

When?

Earlier. We were talking about the script.

Oh, yes.

As I was saying.

You know, film -wise, it was very good.

But story -wise, it's not what really happened.

You see, I was in Cannes with my nephew.

And I told him a story about what really happened to me during World War II.

And he decided to make a movie.

And this is how it went.

All right, I'm ready for your story.

First, let me ask you a question.

Do you think it's at all possible to fall in love with a voice?

A voice?

What kind of voice?

A voice of love.

I think it was 1944.

I was shut down, captured, and I escaped.

I was patched up and shipped back to London.

And I joined forces with you -know -who.

And the good general felt I'd be more suited to diplomatic matters rather than

on the ground or shooting at the enemy from the air.

So I became an armed forces attache.

And my duties included taking top secret documents from London to Washington.

You were a spy.

Yes.

You should have known me then.

I was a cake of dynamite.

However, first of all, I was a young lieutenant.

With a mission, and duty, and orders.

Where did you live in London?

A flat in Kensington.

My wife was in Morocco and she came to join me.

I didn't know you were married either.

Well, I'm a man of many secrets.

I can see that.

Go on.

So Helene, my wife, and I spent a fortnight sightseeing around London,

friends in the country.

And my first order came through.

And what was it?

Ham on rye?

Spinach again?

Yeah. It'll be spinach again tomorrow.

Unless, of course, if the Germans decide to stop dropping bombs over London.

What do German bombs have to do with spinach?

Not a lot, really.

Unless somehow... Spinach holds up better under pressure.

Oh, you're being silly.

Do you have something better for me to do?

Well, you could ask the general to give you...

Hello? Yes, operator, I'll hold.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Wonderful news, sir.

Yes, sir.

Right away.

In two hours?

Yes, sir.

I'll be ready.

Cheerio.

Well, this is wonderful news.

Would you care sharing this moment of glee with someone you love?

Sorry, darling.

They're sending me off to Washington.

It's wonderful news indeed.

May I help you pack?

Oh, no, don't.

We still have two hours together.

How long will you be gone?

They didn't say.

It could be days, weeks.

Oh, you make it sound like forever.

Forever always makes a difference in the amount of clothes to take.

Well, I guess they have great laundry services in Washington.

Then a week's change of clothes will be plenty.

I want you now.

I'll help you pack.

Washington, DC, 1944.

Oh, yes. Hello, operator. Did you get my call through to London yet?

Yes, sir. Go ahead, please.

Hello, Helen?

Hello?

I'm sorry, sir. There seems to be a problem.

Please hold on.

You know, you'd think Alexander Graham Bell just invented the bloody thing

yesterday. We're doing the best we can, sir.

I know you are.

There we go.

Go ahead, please.

Helen? Mario, I'm so glad to hear you. How are things going over there?

Oh, absolutely smashing.

I just met with Eisenhower's personal secretary this morning.

Oh, what happened?

Well, she took the microfilm and she thanked me.

And I'm waiting for a reply to go back to London. And if all goes well, let's

just say that we'll be spending the weekend together.

Are you going to see her again? I mean, you are a dashing young French officer.

No. You have absolutely nothing to worry about.

You are the only one for me.

Hello. Operator?

Operator? This is the operator.

May I help you?

Yes, indeed. As a matter of fact, I was on the phone with London and we were

disconnected. Just a moment, sir. I will check on it for you.

I'm sorry, sir, but all lines to Britain are dead.

Please hold on.

Sir? Yes?

There's been word of a bombing in South London, and all operators have gone off

duty. Hey, Mary, is your frog still on the line?

Sure, Sarge.

Well, we got a problem with a French boat off the... coast of labrador and

only one who seems to respond doesn't speak a word of english you think he

help us wouldn't hurt to ask excuse me sir

are you still there uh yes i am yes i would be very happy to try

this number for you as soon as i can but we do have a bit of a problem on our

hands just right now and we were wondering if you could help us Well,

course.

Just let me know what I can do. Hold on, please.

I later found out that the so -called fishing boat was carrying a top -secret

agent.

And the accident with the U -boat warned the Yanks that their coastline wasn't

above possible damage.

And Mary?

Well, she came back on the line all smiley and cheery, if you could see a

on the telephone line.

I was very upset.

How could I get mad at my Mary?

What time?

Well, I spend a lot of time in schools, universities, studying to become

something I'll probably never be.

And what's that?

Well, President of the French Republic.

You top it.

Be serious.

So, what's your name?

You haven't answered my question.

I'm going to pull rank on you. And I've got the switch.

All right.

I want to be a diplomat when I grow up.

And when is that going to be?

I don't know.

How about you?

Am I a regular telephone operator?

No, I'm not.

I'm a medical student.

So you want to be a doctor?

Oh, I don't know yet.

I'd rather do some research.

You know, immunity systems, and there's also this new thing that everybody is

talking about, nuclear medicine.

Yeah, yeah, of course.

Look, this all sounds very interesting, but I really have to go now.

I shall call you when we have re -established contact with Europe, sir.

Okay, you do that.

And, um... Thank you.

What a fool I was.

I thought, if she's a researcher, she must be ugly, so why bother?

Was she?

How would I know? I never met her.

What happened then?

Well, I went back to London, and every time, the same operator would contact

She wasn't with a phone company, then?

No, I found out later on that she worked for a country.

She was an operator.

Worked for a naval base in Maine.

God's Snow Country.

That's what she called it.

Yes, sir.

Absolutely, sir.

I spoke with her many times. Sometimes a call came through, and then the line

would go dead.

So I'd speak with Mary Webb.

Nice Irish name.

We started talking like friends would. She told me about her parents who owned

huge spread in Idaho.

She had three sisters, all older than her.

One of them was a major in the army. I guess she was a representative of her

country. She was my idea of the Americans.

What's that?

All the wonderful people. Nice, warm, charming.

I realized that she was calling me more often than I would call her. For some

reason, I was getting more calls than Eisenhower himself.

But the calls never got through.

One night, something rather interesting happened.

Good evening.

London calling, sir.

Oh, yes, thank you.

Go ahead, please.

Hello?

Hello?

Sir? Hello, sir?

Sir?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I think the line just went dead.

I see.

Was that my wife?

I don't know, sir.

I don't think so.

I must really be going soft in there.

Yes?

Hi.

Oh, Gio.

Mm -hmm.

Hi, Mary.

I may call you Mary.

Sure.

Go ahead.

Am I bothering you?

No, not at all.

As a matter of fact, I was looking forward to your call.

You were?

Yes, I've become fond of... Fond of? Fond of your voice.

Your presence.

And I of yours.

It's a harmless game, isn't it?

Would you, uh... Would I, uh... What?

It's silly, really.

Oh, no, that's okay. I'm a silly person myself.

Yeah?

What do you look like?

Uh, small.

I'm a small dwarf.

I've got a glass eye and a wooden leg.

And my nose grows to excessive length when I don't tell the truth.

Oh, Pinocchio.

Wait till I tell my girlfriend.

Now, now tell me, really.

Oh, I'm an average guy.

Dark hair, brown eyes.

And I have a scar on my left knee.

Yeah? Well, how did you get it?

Well, I fell on a bottle and it broke.

So tell me, what did you want to ask me?

This is terribly embarrassing.

You know...

When I heard you speaking in French with that fisherman the other night, I don't

know.

It made me feel things.

Am I going too far?

No, not at all.

Will you tell me something?

Like what?

In French.

In French. Do you understand French?

Not a word.

So I could tell you anything. It wouldn't really matter.

Yeah, that's right.

Tell me something like... You would tell your

wife.

Like a poem before making love?

Mm -hmm.

Sur l 'onde calme et noire dorment les étoiles. La blonde Ophélia flotte comme

un grand lys.

Flotte très lentement, couchée en ses longs voiles.

On entend dans les bois lointains des Halali.

Voici plus de mille ans que la triste Ophélie passe, fantôme blanc, sur le

fleuve noir.

Voici plus de mille ans.

Que sa douce folie murmure sa romance à la brise du soir.

Le vent baise ses seins et dépôt en corolle ses grands voiles percés

par les eaux.

Les eaux, frissonnant, pleurent sur son épaule.

Sur son grand front brèveur s 'inclinent les roseaux.

Les minuphars froissés soupillent autour d 'elles.

Réveillent parfois.

In a dune that sleeps.

But some nights, everything escapes a little shiver of it.

A mysterious song falls from the stars outside.

Oh, pale Ophelia, beautiful as snow.

Yes, you will die, child, by a flower taken away.

The columns fall, and the great worlds wake up.

T 'avais parlé tout bas de l 'arbre liberté.

Je n 'ai qu 'un peu faim dans ta grande chevelure, à ton esprit rêveur pour tes

étranges bruits.

Que ton cœur écoute le chant de la nature dans l 'éclat de l 'arbre.

Did you know what you were doing?

I mean, the both of you.

I knew what I was doing.

I was contributing to a pleasure, I think.

If nothing else, I was reciting a French poem over the phone to someone who got

turned on by French poetry.

Maybe you'll recite it to me one day.

Only over the phone.

Only over the phone.

Did you ever try to meet her?

This is what happened.

I came home unexpectedly one night.

Helene was out, I guess.

I was exhausted.

I had flown all day and spent most of the night dodging bombs through London.

A terrible night, if you ask me.

I wondered about Helene, being out in a night like that.

But then again, knowing Helene...

There's someone in your bed.

It's Mario, my husband.

I think he wanted to surprise me.

Let's surprise him.

Do you think he's into that?

He's French.

He's into everything.

I went to the foreign office to call Mary.

And they told me she left three days ago to go back to her family.

My goodness.

It was the saddest blow of my life. I became crazed.

But fortunately, I had a message to deliver to Eisenhower.

That plane ride took hours.

I couldn't wait to get my job done, so I could go look for Mary.

Did you find her?

I was on the phone all day.

I called everywhere.

The naval base, Idaho Falls, her parents. I had Eisenhower staff looking

over the continental United States for her. She was nowhere to be found.

One can't disappear just like that.

My life was over. I was heartbroken.

My life was just finished.

I mean, my wife even decided that she preferred women.

I was all alone.

I was out in the cold, watching the cold, Danny.

When you're alone in the middle of winter.

So you went back to Europe?

I was on my way.

And then I remembered something Mary said.

That she wanted to do research.

So I remembered medical nuclear research.

And I called every hospital on the West Coast.

And I left word. And the day I was leaving, she called.

I was in the same hotel room.

The same hotel.

How did she find you?

Oh, she heard that a mad Frenchman was looking for her and willing to turn up

mountains to find her.

Was she in Washington?

She never told me.

She said that maybe one day, God willing, we would meet.

It wasn't to try and find her.

It was hopeless.

Our worlds were so different, though bound to be more different.

I'm sure you would have followed her where you're allowed to.

Who knows?

You know, when I was saying goodbye to her, that truck's horn came on the line,

and then when I hung up, I heard that same truck's horn.

And I rushed to the window and five stories below, I saw this girl coming

the phone box to the cab.

And as she was about to get into the cab, she turned and looked up and smiled

me.

And I called Mary, Mary.

But I was hopeless.

She got into the cab and they drove away.

How sad.

And you never got remarried.

Do you still think of her?

Once a day.

Every day of my life.

See that face.

Looking up at me and smiling.

Waving.

But who knows?

I mean, not being her. Could have been anybody.

There's lots of Marys.

Mary is such a common name.

I'm sure it was her.

What did she look like?

She was cute.

She had long, dark hair.

And a smile like only Michelangelo could paint them.

Dimples. Picture of love.

Like in that movie, you know what I mean?

From New York to Fundy Park, every

girl and detail man.