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Good morning.

Good morning.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Is the lady still asleep?

Yes, she's tired from the trip.

I understand, I understand.

We'll wait for her.

We will, we will, let's just let her...

rest.

I'll be in the kitchen if you need me.

All right.

Yulia has made the breakfast.

Are you hungry?

Why do you speak so formally?

And how else?

She'll bring it now.

Did you sleep well?

I did.

You did?

I didn't.

Good morning.

Mrs, you are so pretty.

Did you sleep well, was it warm enough?

Yes.

Nice.

This is the freshly made bread.

Have you seen the apricots?

In the garden?

We'll have a compote, jam, whatever you'd like.

Plums.

Cherries.

Cranberries, everything.

When you see them you won't wish to be anywhere else.

Have a nice meal.

I'm sorry that you are not happy, but it's not my fault.

Is it mine fault?

No.

However, maybe even it is.

You didn't care whether I loved you or not.

I thought when a woman accepts a proposal, she probably understands herself enough,

to know whether she can live with that man or not, even if she doesn't love him, that's logical.

But you made me realize just how illogical women are.

I don't know you.

You are a stranger to me.

That doesn't mean that you have to hate me.

I don't have to be disgusting because of that.

Okay, maybe I used too harsh words.

I'm not sure there is an easier way to say something like that.

You see, I've considered everything.

You were completely clear about the way you feel towards me,

and I even find it amusing.

I talk about the honest way of expressing the disgust you feel towards me.

And I am grateful to you.

You spared me your lies and my self-deception.

But it has never crossed my mind that you would be that kind of girl who would bring the traces of her past into the marriage.

There is nothing bad about my past.

You confessed to me last night that you loved and that you still love some other man.

How much I don't know, but you put him between us.

I broke up with him.

But you still love him.

Am I supposed to be a love therapist to my wife?

To give love advice?

I pictured you in a completely different way.

The best thing I can do is to pack and leave today.

Where do you think you're going?

What are you doing?

What am I doing?

I'm not going to torture you or myself anymore!

Sit down.

Please, sit down.

Please.

Ljiljana, I want to get a divorce too.

We agree about that, at least.

I will take all the responsibility and be a gentleman.

But there is one condition.

You will stay in this house as my wife for three months.

As your wife?

Don't worry, it will be only the pretense.

But why?

If you leave now that will turn us into the objects of ridicule and mockery.

I'm ready for that.

But I'm not, Ljiljana.

You will leave and I will stay and I will have to endure those people every day.

Please give me enough time.

Give me three months.

I must come up with the proper excuse for the divorce.

Some excuse which won't harm any of us.

Leading such a life for three months...

For what, Radmilo?

I'll be discreet.

You can sleep here and I will sleep in my study.

You can even lock up if you'd like to.

So?

Do you accept?

I owe you as much.

Think of it as if you've come to visit some cousin in the country.

Even though you are a girl from Belgrade, I'm sure that

you will be able to get through this stupid country life for three months.

Please.

Spare me your irony.

Okay, all right.

I promised and I will stay.

I must tell you that the first couple of days will be the most difficult for acting out as a couple in love.

But the neighborhood will be all eyes.

And you will have to meet aunt Stana.

She was so looking forward to my marriage.

Now I wouldn't like to shatter her illusions just like that.

All right.

I'll do my best to act out my role.

I have one more question.

How close you were... with that man?

Having in mind that we will get divorced in three months,

I consider that kind of question unnecessary.

It is my secret.

Come in.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I wanted to ask if Mrs would like to go to the garden with me?

I will.

Give it to me.

Let me read first.

Let me see something.

He saw us.

If you only knew how much curiosity we arouse.

Of course, young, beautiful and in love.

A perfect bait for envy.

They're really showing off.

What is it, Ms Dara?

They are simply enjoying themselves on a nice day.

If I say they are showing off, they are.

Your roses are pretty.

Be free to pick some.

You're speaking in a formal way again.

Well I'm always like that with strangers.

Wait, it''s easier with a penknife.

I don't like this farce.

Well I told you it wasn't going to be easy.

Tatyana, are you ready, what are you doing, child?!

Misha, come here quickly.

What is going on with you?

Tell me, tell your mother.

I don't care about the grades and graduation.

Did you do it because of French?

I'm going tomorrow to school to speak to those professors.

Please dad, please don't.

Of course I will!

I didn't do it because of French.

Then why did you do it?

Because of something else.

I'm going to arrange them into the vases.

Tatyana!

Tatyana!

Come on, let's go to school.

Tatyana isn't going to school today.

She's got a fever.

Is it serious?

She will be better.

I have to go now.

I'll return later in the afternoon so we can visit aunt Stana, she's expecting us.

All right.

My aunt is the most important person in my life.

Her whole world would shatter if she found out the truth.

Please, try to convince her that we are happy for real.

I will.

Auntie!

Well Ljiljana, I'm finally able to meet you.

Sorry but can I speak informally?

Of course.

Eh, now I will tell you.

All the girls from here were in love with Radmilo.

But he only wanted you.

And I told him, if you are happy, I am happy too.

And I really hope that you will be happy too, here with us.

Come dear, come in.

It's really nice here, you know.

Really really nice.

Everything is simple and old, but it is clean.

Well, if the fancy furniture isn't clean then it is not worth much, right?

Come sit down, dear, sit down.

Thanks.

Well do you have anyone to help you out here?

I have, I have.

My Radmilo.

And now I have Dushan and Mika.

They are high school students from the village, they came

to stay with me while they attend school.

And I'm not alone anymore.

And where are they?

They are in the room, studying.

They are shy to come out.

And they have a strong desire to meet our daughter-in-law.

I will call them now.

Dushan!

Mika!

Good afternoon.

Come on, why are you standing so rigidly, come in.

Which grade are you in now?

I'm in the seventh and Mika is in the fifth.

Are you good students?

It depends on the subject.

But we are not excellent.

The grade B students.

There is some C too.

It's important that there are no bad grades.

Okay, you've bothered Mrs Ljiljana enough.

No, no, no, no, they're not bothering me at all.

Anyway, tell me, are they listening to you?

Well I have to commend them.

They are very hard-working and they are younger so they can move faster.

Mister Radmilo, have you heard the news?

Auntie Stana is learning French.

You little devils, how am I supposed at this age to learn French.

It doesn't matter auntie, now you have to practice with Ljiljana.

She speaks it well.

Look at him now.

And you Ljiljana, you really speak it well?

And why do you ask her that? Because of that book?

And are you are translating something difficult?

God forbid, Mrs.

Well, let's see then that god forbid book so I can help you.

Really?

Well of course.

I apologize for him disturbing you like this, Mrs.

Why are you scolding me when you didn't know to translate it either.

She seems to be a nice girl.

I am very happy, Radmilo.

Auntie, we have to go now.

But, why...

Ljiljana!

Why so soon?

You must come again, dear.

I will auntie, sure.

And you must visit us too.

I will.

And Ljiljana, would you like to come to the Circle of Serbian Sisters' party?

We are organizing a lottery and giving donations for a children's kindergarten.

Well, I will auntie, it will be my pleasure.

Oh yes!

Maybe I could make one needlepoint.

For the lottery, if you accept.

Of course, every gift is welcome.

Auntie, goodbye.

Goodbye.

All right children, bye.

Thanks Mrs for helping us.

You had to bother her like that, didn't you.

Who knows what she will think now.

She won't auntie, she is nice.

Well, she is nice, she is... but.

She is from Belgrade and our country ways may bore her.

For God's sake Ljiljana.

Yulia left here my pyjama.

Good night.

Good morning.

Good morning Mrs.

Have a seat.

Did you sleep well?

Did you get used to your new bed?

Yes, it is comfortable to sleep here, it is quiet.

Well, Mr had to leave earlier, he didn't want to wake you up.

But he said he will come back for lunch.

Yes, he told me he had to leave earlier.

He softens up when he mentions you.

Is it so?

Yes.

He loves you very much.

Have a nice meal.

Thanks.

Considering that,

It is requested,

that the statements are made for the record.

fullstop.

It is determined that,

Starting from,

October 30...

Come in.

Margita.

How come?

Good afternoon Radmilo.

Good afternoon.

I came to return your book.

A book?

The book which you lent me for the exam, you don't remember?

I can't remember.

Well right, anyhow, you lent me it and now I'm returning it.

And thanks for your help.

Would you like to sit down and have a cup of coffee?

No, no, no, thanks, I just wanted to return this, I'm in a hurry.

Have a nice day.

Well this is really not my book.

Look, she forgot this too.

Pero go and...

she already went away.

Dear Radmilo,

Today is the festivity in my soul.

I'm writing this but I'm still not sure if I'm going to send it,

and I can't even think about it.

Where were we?

Ah, Yulia.

I was just looking if there is anything for ironing.

Well give me anything you need.

There's nothing now.

I didn't know that Radmilo is so meticulous.

He is so dandy.

Yes, mister is very meticulous.

All right, you give me a call when you need me.

I will, I will.

My dear parents,

I know that I was very difficult during the last couple of days we spent together.

But I was wrong.

Now I am happy here.

Radmilo is, like all of you vouched for him, a good man.

And we got along from the moment we met.

The house is nice, the garden too.

It's like a park.

I'd sit there and rest for the whole day.

I hope you will visit me soon.

Excuse me, I was typing a letter to my parents.

Do you mind?

No, no.

Why would I?

Be free to finish the letter, I won't bother you.

Radmilo.

May I ask you something?

Go on.

Can we go for a walk in the afternoon?

Of course.

The town expects to see us anyway.

Don't cry.

Don't cry.

Come on.

What's your name?

Wait for me here.

I'm joking.

Are you better now?

Nadica, what did you do, where did you get this?

Mrs bought it for me.

Look.

The lawyer Tomich's wife bought a lollipop for Nadica.

You acted out your role with aunt Stana nicely.

She liked you.

I didn't act out anything.

She is very sweet.

She loves you very much.

Well yes.

She's like a mother to me.

Good afternoon.

You have a nice neighborhood.

Good night.

Congratulations on your wedding, Mrs.

I hope you are happy.

I'm sure you are, because being a wife was the only important thing to you

Whose wife, that's less important.

But we will see each other again, my dear Mrs.

My mom left for the village and I'm embroidering a pillow for you.

With irises.

I must finish it before she returns.

Every leaf bears each letter of my name.

Nobody will be able to read that.

Except you

You are for real.

Auntie Stana will be very happy, thanks for trying.

Believe it or not, it is my pleasure.

And the boy's eyes are closed, huh?

Just like in the real life.

Mrs, do you know what I have just found out?

A tragedy.

What is it Yulia?

That young girl who lives across the street, Tatyana.

She almost hung herself.

Wait, Yulia, who is Tatyana?

That student, the graduate.

Why did she want to hang herself?

I will tell you,

but don't say anything to mister Radmilo.

What does Radmilo have to do with that?

More than you could imagine.

That young girl is in love with him.

Wait, she wanted to...

Well did he love her?

No, she is just a child.

Yulia, that is a gesture of big importance.

She wanted to get married to him, but she is only a child to him.

Well if she wanted to get married to him, she probably had some reason for that.

With mister Radmilo? Not at all.

I am not sure Yulia, you know what men are like.

They often flatter women when they actually don't want anything from them.

Yes, but mister Radmilo has nothing to do with that.

Tatyana!

I'm coming.

You're better now?

Not really.

Kitty.

Come.

Wait, wait.

You're here.

You know I don't want to miss out these pub seances of ours.

Anyhow, how was the wedding?

Good.

Nice.

Frugal.

You know I don't like making a feast.

But the marriage does you good, it is obvious.

Yes.

I wanted to talk to you about something.

Tell me.

It is about Margita.

About Margita?

She is your and Vera's cousin, right?

And we are close enough so I can tell you.

What happened?

No, nothing happened.

It's just that...

I met her a couple of days ago and she seemed lonely.

So I wanted to tell you that Vera and you could take her out, to meet someone.

To find a husband.

You got married and now you'd like to get everyone else married too.

Thanks.

But why do you suddenly worry about her so much?

You didn't hear anything?

No no.

I just thought that you could help her, be there for her.

All right, if you say so, we will be there.

Anyway, tell me, what is the bride like?

What is she like?

She is a good housewife.

You know what?

Talk about that to Vera.

I am interested in something else.

Cheers!

What are you doing?

I wanted to finish this needlework.

Would you like a cup of tea?

If you wish so.

Come, go inside, I will bring it.

Here I am.

Would you like an apple or a pear?

A pear.

Okay.

They are the most delicious now, you like them, right?

Yes.

Do you want the newspaper?

It is the same situation again, Radmilo.

You read the newspaper and I'm sitting alone.

As if I'm in some kind of captivity.

I thought that you couldn't bear to speak to me.

Fine.

I understand what you are saying, all right?

And could we, Radmilo, at least try to make this awkward situation a bit better?

Imagine that we met at some summer resort.

Would you talk to me then?

A young man is always willing to talk to a girl.

Until she disappoints him.

Put down the newspaper Radmilo, please.

I'm used to having someone to talk to in my house.

My dad always talked to me.

Am I supposed to treat you like your daddy?

And why is that offensive?

My father is an educated, cultured man.

I respect your father very much.

But it seems that he also didn't know you very well.

Right, maybe I don't understand myself either.

Maybe you don't know yourself very well too?

Maybe.

For an example.

Have you ever been the reason for somebody's disappointment?

I don't think so.

Nobody has ever suffered because of you?

Even if somebody did,

that wasn't provoked on purpose.

Tatyana!

Tatyana.

Such a pretty name.

Russian, is she?

No.

Serbian.

A daughter of the Financial Administration's chief, she lives there.

You know her well?

I've known her since she was little, I can't say that but I know her very well.

She's pretty, isn't she?

What?

You don't find her pretty?

And why are you suddenly so interested in Tatyana?

Well I'm just asking, I'm not really interested.

Drink your tea.

I have to go back to work.

I'll come for you later in the afternoon to go for a walk, okay?

Okay.

The end of the 2nd episode.