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Thanks for having me.

Hey, buddy.

You feeling all right, mister?

Yeah, I'm all right.

We're going to pass by Las Cruces.

You can ride with us if you want.

That'll go about fine.

Olympia in the bar.

She doesn't wear any panties. Who says?

I do.

She doesn't wear panties.

So what?

You have to show me.

We'll see it whenever you want.

Come on.

Better get in the truck.

No, not in here. You better ride in the trailer back there.

Hey, watch it. I'm not a doormat.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know there was anybody here.

It doesn't matter anyway. My legs seem to go to sleep all the time.

Bad circulation, they say. They're always so cold.

What's the matter?

Are you crying?

I'm sorry.

Doesn't matter.

Feeling any better?

Yeah.

Want something to drink?

I've got a little water.

Must be pretty warm by now.

A handkerchief?

You want a handkerchief?

It's clean.

Here, take it.

Thank you.

Happens to me sometimes.

Travel sickness, I mean.

Especially when you've just eaten.

It happened to me

once. It was when I found out about Orestes.

It stuck in me like something my stomach couldn't digest.

And until you get rid of it.

Still feeling dizzy?

You know what you gotta do?

Put your head between your knees.

Are you American?

Leave me alone, will you?

I'm sorry.

You don't have to talk if you don't want to.

Sometimes it's better if you can, though.

You don't know me.

So it's... It's like nobody's here.

Me? I'm nobody.

Why do you say that?

We'll never say that again.

I... I didn't want to bother you.

Monica used to think like that.

She used to think that there were only certain people rather than certain

preferences.

Well, why do I go on about that?

It's all finished now.

Feeling any better?

Yes, I feel better.

I almost feel as good as I did when I first came back from the vacation.

Monica and I, we went on a...

Going on an eight-week vacation in Europe.

We had a good time.

I thought Monica was happy about everything.

But when we came back, everything went wrong.

I don't know why.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

It's interesting.

I don't know why, but I began to realize that things were becoming distorted.

Maybe it was because of Monica's attitude that said, here we are again

because you wanted it.

But all this that is so important to you has absolutely nothing to do with me.

How was your trip? It was fine, thank you.

Welcome back, ma'am. How are you?

Fine. And you?

Monica, no matter how she tried, she couldn't fit in.

Her life was so much different than the life we led here.

My work has taken me to some god-awful places.

We had to travel by cart, by car, by plane, by horse, by donkey.

And poor Monica, she tried to put up with it.

That trip was a long and complicated one.

When the boat slipped along the river...

I had the sensation that something different was going to happen, that

nothing of the past would be the same.

It wasn't that our... that our life would change.

It's just that somehow a period of our life had finished.

It might have been the last flight from Europe, the last trip up the river, the

last time...

To see the way we were.

Monica had such a fire in her eyes.

And then it slowly diminished.

Welcome back. Welcome home, ma'am.

How's your son up, Regina?

Did he pass his exam?

Very good, sir.

He only lacks his calculus examination.

Let me take your suitcase, ma'am. No, thanks.

Thank you, William.

That'll be all for now.

You let me know if she likes it.

It's finished?

Just in the nick of time.

Here, Monica.

Take a look at this.

Isn't it something?

Come here.

I've got something else to show you, too. Come on.

Yes, thank you.

I'll try.

I promise you, I'll try.

What was the matter with your wife?

Didn't fit in.

Of course, it's too late to give advice.

But if you want to hear some, don't pay too much attention to women.

We have days in which we see everything distorted.

It's because of one of those days, precisely one in which I had to make a

decision.

The day we were to celebrate my engagement.

The day I was to celebrate my engagement with one of those men.

Up until then, everything seemed to be perfectly natural.

I would finish my life with one of them, or even better, as the wife of the

foreman, Arjimiro.

Drange, that day, everything seemed to be different. The livestock, the horses,

my father, even Argemiro.

Well done, Guillermo.

How many days do you want after the wedding?

Two or three.

Hey, Archimedes, what are you doing?

Just disinfecting, sir.

If any one of those animals gets sick during the trip, I'm going to cut off

your balls.

Two or three days?

That woman will need seven days at least.

I've always liked weddings.

Other people's, of course.

I would like to bring you something from the city.

A wedding present.

What would you like?

Come on, tell me.

Thank you, Don Guillermo.

I don't want anything.

Maybe a new husband, eh?

He's ugly.

And he has a voice like a queer.

And he don't wash very much.

But he wants to get married, and he makes good money as a foreman.

You're lucky. In life, sometimes luck is as ugly as your sweetheart.

Elegant women everywhere who care about their beauty always use Charmé because

they know that Charmé and only Charmé keeps their skin soft and fresh.

Are you listening to me?

You'll change your undershirt, won't you?

Smile at them. You got such a pretty smile.

Like this.

That way you'll never have any problems. I used to smile a lot when I had my

teeth.

You'll get changed, eh? Why, I'll dress as I see fit.

And be friendly with his mother and his sister.

The women in the family are important in these things.

You hear?

The women in Argemiro's family were exactly that, important.

During the whole time of the party, they were watching me, measuring me from top

to bottom, treating me like a future servant.

All of that without stopping their eating.

God, how they ate.

I began to get the feeling that this wasn't my future.

I had nothing in common with these people, that up until now had been my

people. I began to feel farther and farther away.

Can I come with you to the city?

White shirt, dog jacket, dog tie. That's what he'll expect.

What, in this heat?

You might be able to get away with a short-sleeved shirt.

You check with the head office.

Williams, Senatellis. Any mistakes, and I could be looking for a new job.

Hi, darling.

Hi. Hey, what are you doing here?

I was bored.

Well, I'm glad to see you.

Come on.

Did you hear the good news?

The boss is coming.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

The president of the corporation.

Arthur himself.

Now, be careful here.

Don't worry, darling.

Now, be careful, honey. All this mud.

He'll be bringing some of his staff.

And a few politicians, I'm sure.

And a couple of reporters.

And then he'll want us to organize some sort of a hunt for him.

What do you think?

Simply horrible. He's gonna have to help with the social side of it.

Managing a party, the food, the drinks, and so on.

How many times have you read it?

What? Time magazine.

It's Time magazine.

It's almost new. It's three weeks old.

A very interesting article in here about Operation Scuttle.

What they do is get a spaceship and they put all the radiation waste into it and

then they send it out in the atmosphere.

William, he was telling me about it.

William?

Yeah, William Fernandez, my assistant.

Say, you know, sometimes I think you're ahead of someplace else. Do you know if

Angela's coming to the hunt?

I suppose so.

They say she usually travels with him wherever he goes.

Say, how can you tell me you don't know who William is?

We studied together at Vassar years ago. We were very good friends.

I think it's time to remind her of our friendship.

I don't understand what you need her for.

If she wanted to, she could arrange for you to be transferred to Texas.

Texas?

Or any other branch in the States.

No, I've not thought about going back to Texas.

I've helped production here by 20%. If I don't run into any snags and get all the

help I need, I can pump it up to 50%. Then my position in the company would go

up too.

Monica, I think we ought to have a child.

What? No.

I'm not going to ask for a transfer.

I'm not going to be just another employee.

A mechanical kiss-ass.

When we could have had one, you didn't want one.

Things are different now.

We're settled.

The big fish in the little pond.

I don't have to go running to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Congo.

First Kenya.

In the Congo, now here, how could we have brought up a child?

I think this is a good place to raise children.

The Kramer child is doing well, and so are the Hawthorne twins.

No.

I'm concerned about the hunt.

I shouldn't be, though.

Arthur's gonna have a good time.

What about the dinner party?

You made all the necessary arrangements?

Food, wine, music?

Have you, Monica?

Are you going to be up to it?

Yeah, yeah. I think I'll be up to it.

I tell you, I've seen her.

She doesn't wear any panties.

Oh, quiet, you.

What are you saying?

Will you shut up? You're indecent.

If you're going out with my sister-in-law, you have to show more

respect. Or at least keep your mouth shut.

With your sister-in-law, I never went out with my sister-in-law. Oh, no?

No. That's our business, right?

I guarantee you I won't oppose it.

It's just that I think that a man looking to settle down, well, I don't

think you should take advantage of her.

I'm not looking to settle down.

You're always trying to get me to go out with your sister-in-law.

Hey, she wear panties?

You're the one that says he's seen her.

No, not the one in the bar. Your sister-in-law.

Goyo, go to hell.

She's my sister-in-law. Of course she wears panties.

My father could have been a jockey.

After he deserted from the Navy, he raced for a few years on the track.

And then he married my mother.

He's still got his uniform.

It's good that we can talk about each other's lives.

Otherwise, things would be senseless.

Like emptying buckets of water in a river.

Your breakfast, man.

Oh, Monica.

You all right?

Honey, I'm so sorry.

I hope it never happens again. Monica, you must realize it's just one of those

lizards. They're harmless.

They won't bite.

I know you'll never get used to it, but you've got to try.

It's part of the way of life down here.

How much is this?

Fifteen pesos, senora.

Here you are.

I'm sorry, I don't have change. You can owe it to me.

Who is she?

The goddess of fortune.

I accept your verdict, oh goddess of fortune.

I don't understand a thing.

It's Jane's turn.

The ball will knock over one of those objects.

Each object represents a man.

That man will be Jane.

Monica had a little party also.

One day I found her serving tea to the servants.

One of them was a witch.

More sugar, Senora Tuaca. I have myself.

Or should I call you Anna?

Darling, I'm so glad you got back early.

I'm having a delicious time with Senora Tuaca.

Excuse me, won't you, ladies?

It's a shame to see them dressed that way.

Isn't it?

They shall wear my clothes. After all, they're the jet set of South America.

I shall have to get used to them.

Monica. Monica what?

What else can I do besides stuffing myself with downers and sleeping pills?

I want you not to be rude to the help. They're Indians.

They're trying their best.

He might even be lucky enough to learn from them how to become a woman.

You'll get used to it, Monica.

It's your job, Monica.

Lay down and spread your legs. I want a child, Monica.

Learn how to give birth from the Indians, Monica.

Shut up!

I'm sorry, Monica.

It's crazy of us to have teared each other that way.

I didn't mean it. I swear I didn't.

I just wanted you to get control of yourself.

It's hard enough living here.

We've both got to try to help each other out.

Okay, Monica?

Okay.

Don't drink anymore.

You're a gentleman and you've behaved like a gentleman Well, you know last

night. I needed some rest We had this game this morning to play

But you know today is another matter

Yes,

that's just what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna talk to Arthur, and I'm gonna make it very clear to him.

I wonder how he's gonna take that.

I was dreaming.

What if someone else had won the pineapple?

Guillermo, what would have happened?

I'm not Guillermo.

Who are you?

Who the hell are you and what are you doing here?

It's me.

Don't be scared, baby.

It's me, Johnny.

Guillermo's gone.

Get out of here! Come here, honey. Go on!

Get out!

Get out!

Go on! Get out of here!

Bastard! Get out!

Those bastards.

No.

It could have been worse.

The hotel room was paid for the next few days, and Don Guillermo left me a little

money.

Regardless, I was in the city, and I always dreamed to go there.

Well, we travel,

go from city to city, country to country, and then one day we realize we

never really go anywhere.

Yeah. And if the bastards of the world carried a sign declaring what they are,

everything would be a whole lot easier.

Yeah, I suppose.

It goes the same for women, too, of course.

You can say that again.

Now you're gonna see for yourself.

Don't be stupid.

Back it out. What?

How much you want to bet she doesn't wear panties?

Five-minute stop.

Technical layover.

What is it?

Uh, brick fluid.

Give me the other kind.

Now some oil.

This small one.

I want it from up there.

It's the same oil. I have it here so I don't have to climb up and down.

Antifreeze.

A can of antifreeze.

At this time of the year?

We're going to have to go through some mountains.

What do you know about that?

You're gonna make me climb.

Where are we?

Can't be Las Cruces.

You want something to eat?

Yes, thanks.

But the water's warm.

I'll go look for something cold to drink.

Here, I'll give you a hand with this. And excuse all this bother, eh?

There.

Hey, senorita. What do you want?

Dos cervezas, por favor.

Hey, we're in a damn big hurry, mister.

We were here first.

Thanks.

How much is it? Ten pesos.

I'll be right back.

You gonna get our antifreeze?

Yeah.

I forgot.

I don't have any money.

Have them on me.

This one, or the big size?

This one, or do you want the big size?

Whichever you want.

Naturally.

And the antifreeze?

Uh... Come here.

I have more merchandise in here.

Come in.

Ten pesos each, gentlemen.

What?

That's the tariff to see my ass.

Do you want to see it, yes or no?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Attention!

This is a free bonus.

Now you see it, now you don't.

Too fast for the price. Highway robbery.

Yeah, yeah.

For 20 more, I'll take my clothes off.

Uh-uh.

This'll cost you 50 pesos more.

Twenty-five.

You heard what I said.

Thirty-five.

It's an errata.

Reminds me of home.

What's this?

A bird.

No, I mean this.

Tamales. I bought them before making this trip.

Mmm. Very good.

It's because you're hungry. I make better ones.

Twenty pesos more or I don't continue.

Go on, continue!

There was always one singing in front of my house.

Sometimes it would make me mad.

Other times I'd like it.

It all depended on what kind of mood I was in.

I saw it.

It was a blonde.

No, man, no.

What you saw wasn't blonde.

When I was living at the hacienda, I was trying to think what would become of my

life.

And I said to myself, even a prostitute lives a better life than I do.

That's what I thought.

Then I met Jorge Antonio.

He was a student.

Am I boring you?

No, no, no. Go on.

It was when they left me in the city.

One day I went to a strange place.

It was called Solomon's Temple.

Real weird.

Jorge Antonio was there.

I don't know what he did there, but he acted like the owner.

Everyone seemed to be his friends.

He led me upstairs, and there, without any formalities, he took me.

No, no, he didn't force me.

We did it as though it was the most natural thing in the world.

Up until then, I didn't know other men.

Only Don Guillermo.

But that night, I was drunk and half asleep.

I didn't feel anything.

With Jorge Antonio...

It was different.

He made me feel different.

He taught me things.

you

He was a very handsome boy.

He was so romantic with me.

He was the nicest guy in the world.

Well, more or less.

Well, more, I should say.

He made me feel different.

It was a shame he left.

He left with his parents?

No, with my things.

He left me naked.

He took everything.

Except this earring.

Just this earring.

It can't be opened. The clasp is broken.

After that, I ran into Orestes.

The story of the socks.

Can I get you something?

No, nothing.

Nothing?

I came for... Don't you remember me?

I'm the señora who came in the car.

Oh, yeah. I gave you 200 pesos. You didn't have change. Yeah, of course.

Of course.

I remember her.

Here's your change. It was 125.

I'm looking for a room.

Around here?

It's all the same to me.

I'm looking for something cheap.

In other words, you don't have any money.

Well, well, you don't have to worry.

If you like, you can stay here while you look around a while.

Like I said, you don't have to worry.

I got a separate bedroom.

Hey.

An orange juice, please.

Are you new around here?

Yes.

I always stop by to have a juice before I go to work.

Oh yeah?

What do you do?

I'm a whore.

It dropped out of the tree.

Keep still.

You know, I was just about to close.

You caught me just in time.

This is no time to be delivering merchandise.

What are you talking about? I always come at the end of my route.

What a mood he's in today.

And don't let it happen again, do you hear? Here, I'm trying to build a

proper, respectable business, and you come on in here and... Bye. What's wrong

with you?

Now go to hell.

If you're in business, you got to be tough.

If you're running your own business, you got to be tougher.

What's that?

Try it.

I don't like it. It's caviar.

I don't like it either.

the luxurious soap with an international fragrance the soap for beautiful

women you can't be very comfortable there you know i've been thinking that

if you want you can have my bed but of course i'd i'd sleep somewhere else

you think he meant it he expected it

you

It was very easy to tell you all this.

I never thought I'd be able to tell these things to anyone.

Like this, I mean.

So easily.

It's hard for me to talk about myself, too.

Arthur.

He wasn't interested in my problem.

He wasn't interested in anything except the hunt.

Now that I've talked about it to you, I feel better.

It's like putting on clean clothes after not having changed for days.

It must have been rough for you.

Yes.

I never grew to love him.

Not because of the leg.

I tried to love him.

with an international fragrance.

What do you say?

Are you talking to me?

No, nothing.

The luxurious soap with an international fragrance.

You didn't try hard enough.

Perhaps you weren't able.

Love is a matter of capacity.

Capacity for... For togetherness.

For tenderness.

For happiness.

And many more things.

And above all, for sacrifice.

I came to the point where I was willing to sacrifice everything for my wife's

love.

My wife asked me to congratulate you on the way that you've organized this

affair. Very well done.

Must give the credit to William Fernandez, my assistant.

He's capable.

He's certainly capable enough to handle the business here.

Get to the point, old fellow, but don't push your luck.

You're a good man, and this is where we need you.

Where are those alligators?

If I ever decide to cheat on Arthur, it'll be with an alligator.

Having husband trouble?

I need your help, Angela.

Speak to Arthur, would you? I want my husband transferred from here.

Is that all?

You'll do it?

I'll do nothing of the sort.

Arthur is very much in love with me.

And do you know why?

Because I give him many things to worry about.

Other men?

big bills to pay, and so on.

But I never interfere in his work.

I'm like a holiday for him.

I don't believe that you completely understood me.

Monica, I can't understand why you don't like it here.

Do you think you could find anywhere in Europe where you could bathe like this?

Look around you.

Utter freedom, my dear.

You must do it. I've backed you for years. You only married Benson because

he never knew what you were really like. What's this?

Blackmail? Not at all. I'm just asking for a favor.

Remember all I did for you, saving you from being expelled from college. Don't

be stupid, Monica.

We'll go on with this later on.

Calm down.

Let's enjoy this beautiful day.

What are you waiting for? Not me.

Come on in.

Now, if it'd be better for me to wait a month or two before being transferred,

then that's all right with me.

I'd like to be transferred back to Texas or some other part of the United States.

If that can't be arranged, why, then I'm afraid I'll have to leave the company.

Then I wish you every success in your new venture.

The usual?

Thanks.

Ten crates, but I want a special price.

Senor, arrest us. You'll ruin me. I can't. But I'm your best customer. I'd

better leave before you tape my pants.

Hey!

Go on, have something to drink. I'm paying.

He collects his rent, huh?

Hold on to him. He's a good man.

This is the only thing that puts my stomach straight. After all that crap, I

have to drink every night.

Look, this is what that bastard last night did.

Hold on to him.

Listen to what I say.

Don't forget to put out a clean pair of socks for me.

There were tree trunks, trunks floating down the river.

Some of them were close to our canoe.

But Monica thought that one of them was one of those horrible alligators.

She was so frightened, she couldn't jump.

It all happened so fast, and it was all so incredible.

I knew words aren't worth anything.

The job in Texas is open for you.

Arthur asked me to tell you that.

I love Monica.

She was so alive.

She was able to accomplish anything she set out to do.

Your wife didn't love you.

What are you talking about?

Your wife, she didn't love you. That's why she wanted to live somewhere else.

You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Are you mad at me?

No.

It just seems now that all this is happening to someone else.

You didn't love her either.

Is it all that simple?

I'm sorry.

Sometimes I talk just for the sake of talking.

You mean to say I spent my life...

Destroying my career, living with a woman I didn't love.

Do you have any children?

No.

No, we didn't have time.

Doesn't take that long.

Will you stop chewing that gum? You're making me nervous.

I'm trying to give up smoking.

Throw the cigarette away, then.

If I don't smoke, I have to chew more gum. And if I chew more gum, it rots my

teeth.

He's a very complicated guy, shit.

Hey, will you take her out?

She's a pretty good girl.

She likes to go dancing.

Who's that?

My sister-in-law.

Ah, go to hell.

What have you been looking for?

Me? Yeah, you go from man to man. What for?

I don't know.

Perhaps I was looking for a man who really... I don't know.

You're the one who's always looking.

That's why you went from country to country.

No, I hadn't been that many.

It struck me right away when you were talking about it.

You keep moving around like a lizard, from place to place.

That was the same way with your wife.

No.

No. One of them knew exactly what she wanted.

She chose her world and her friends.

Then she died being faithful to them.

I don't understand.

Doesn't matter.

It's all over now.

Repeat what you said to me.

What'd I say?

You know damn well what you said to me. About my sister. Don't leave me alone.

She's not my style.

And besides, you started all this. That I'm a degenerate, that I never think

about anything but panties. It's true. You're nothing but a dirty degenerate.

Better watch out. You're asking for it. You're the one that's asking for it. Me?

Who's shoving whose sister-in-law down whose throat? Down your throat!

My sister-in-law?

Repeat that. I'll make you swallow that! You're gonna make me swallow what?

They won't fight.

Why not?

Because they're shouting too much.

And this is simply not the place to fight. No.

You have to take care of these things where no one can interrupt you. You're

absolutely right. And this is not the place.

I know a lot about you.

Not just from what you've told me, but from what we've both been through.

I've been listening to the way you move since you were sick.

Why do you want to know?

Do you know that... What?

I never thought I'd be able to feel this way again.

You want to leave it on? What? The music.

Same to me.

If you want, I'll leave it on.

You know something, Goyo?

What?

Thinking about it again, you were probably right.

It was Blonde.

Yes.

I'm sure it was Blonde. I'm sure of it. You were right.

Blonde. What do you want from me?

Take out my sister-in-law.

What?

Will you take my sister-in-law out when we get back to the hacienda?

I can at least ask, can't I?

Can I?

What's your sister-in-law's name?

You wanna see me?

We should be getting to Las Cruces soon.

I have a lot to tell you.

This seems so unreal.

I feel as if I want to cry.

I don't know how.

I've never been able to.

Not even when I was a little girl and my mother used to.

She really used to hit me hard.

My father never touched me.

And that's how I grew up.

Do you know that thing I've been looking for?

What?

Well, I think I found it now.

A girl who appeared out of nowhere.

Out of obscurity.

That's unknown to me.

And she's like the last piece of a puzzle.

And without it, nothing has any meaning.

When I get there... I'm gonna get married...

to the foreman... with his

high-pitched voice.

Hi.

We're going to be very happy.

What did you say?

Nothing.

I didn't say anything.

We're in Las Cruces.

We'll leave the main road here.

Here, handkerchief.

Good luck I'm going to be happy

Gracias.

Why not?

Sure.

Why not?

Stop, Pop!

Hey, buddy, will you give me a lift?

Yeah, straight up the road.

There's a horse trailer up there.

There's a girl in it.

Okay, it's agreed.

Two dates a week, minimum.

20 pesos a date.

Agreed upon.

But if you fall in love... You have to give it all back.

Listen,

that crazy bastard.

That's the guy that... He's crazy.

What's wrong? Hold it just a minute. I left something in the back of the

trailer.

The woman.

What woman?

We're going to hang around here all day.

The woman who was back in the trailer with me.

Hey, fella, you were back there alone.

Did you see a woman?

No. There wasn't a woman in there.

There was.

What was her name?

Well, I don't know.

What'd she look like? I don't know. Don't you understand? You see, I don't

know anything about her.

Oh, there's a lot of them like that.

She could have gotten in this morning before we left the track.

Everything goes on anymore, buddy. Well, did you make any stops?

What? Did you make any stops after you dropped me off?

Yeah, one, just where the bad curve ends.

Back about a mile.

He had to take a leak.

Hey, you're the pisser.

That's it.

That's where she must have gotten off. Thanks.

I'll find her.

There ain't nobody in there, fella.

You're wasting your time.

Ah, you see?

Two beers.

I'll find her.

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