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( bleating )

( commentator chattering
in Italian on radio )

( horn honking )

BUONGIORNO, MARCO.
BUONGIORNO.

( gasping )

( groaning )

THANK GOD
WE'RE STILL ALIVE.

I SAID I'D GET
YOU HERE ON TIME.

YOU WERE DRIVING
LIKE A MANIAC.

OH, NOT ME.

LIKE A MANIAC,
QUINTY.

THERE'S NO POINT
IN DAWDLING.

WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT HOME
HALF AN HOUR EARLIER.

I COULDN'T DO THAT.
I WAS BUSY.

I KNOW, BUSY TALKING
TO ROSA CHEVELLI.
I SAW YOU CHATTING HER UP.

WE WERE DISCUSSING
THE HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTS.

SHE'S A TART. I SHOULD
NEVER HAVE HIRED HER.

AH, SHE'S A GOOD GIRL.
RIGHT, IN YOU GO.

THAT'S IT.

I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

OH !

( Emily )
ON THE 5TH OF MAY,
IN THE MORNING,

I LEFT MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA

AND TRAVELED TO MILAN
ON ONE OF MY MONTHLY
SHOPPING TRIPS.

I MANAGE TO TRAVEL
VERY WELL ON MY OWN

DESPITE MY
LIMITED UNDERSTANDING
OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE.

EXCUSE ME,
IS THIS CARROZZA 219 ?

219, YES.

IN THE GRAND HOTEL DUOMO,

WHERE I ALWAYS STAY,
EXCELLENT ENGLISH IS SPOKEN.

OH, I THINK
YOU'RE IN MY SEAT.

COME OVER HERE,
SWEETHEART.

I HAVE A GREAT AFFECTION
FOR THE GRAND HOTEL.

IT OWES MORE
TO THE STYLE AND MANNERS
OF THE BELLE EPOQUE

THAN TO THE BRASH TECHNOLOGIES
OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

( clearing throat )

IN ITALY,
MEN WHO ARE STRANGERS
STILL GIVE ME A 2ND LOOK,

ALTHOUGH NOT WITH
THE SAME EXCITEMENT
AS THEY DID SOME YEARS AGO.

THERE ARE, NATURALLY,
LAUGHTER LINES,

BUT MY HAIR IS
STILL AS PALE AS SAND

AND MY VOICE HAS
NOT YET ACQUIRED
THE HUSKY DEPTHS

THAT STEAL AWAY FEMININITY.

WHAT'S THE TIME ?
MY WATCH SEEMS
TO HAVE STOPPED.

10 TO.

10 TO WHAT ?

OH, DADDY.
10 TO 12:00.

OH.

IT'S REMARKABLE
HOW MUCH ONE CAN DEDUCE
FROM THE SLIGHTEST GESTURE,

A HALF SMILE,
OR A SHARED GLANCE.

THEIRS, I DECIDED,
IS A GOOD MARRIAGE,

WHEREAS THEIR LOVE AFFAIR
HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.

( Emily )
HELLO.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME ?

AIMEE.

THAT'S A VERY
PRETTY NAME.

MY NAME'S EMILY.
EMILY DELAHUNTY.

DO YOU LIKE IT ?

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE SEVERAL
OTHER NAMES.

PERHAPS YOU MIGHT
PREFER ONE OF THEM ?

GLORIA GREY,

JANINE ANN JOHNS,

CORA LEMONDE.

WHY DO YOU HAVE
SO MANY NAMES ?

WELL, WE HAVE
DIFFERENT CLOTHES
FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

WHY NOT HAVE
DIFFERENT NAMES ?

ARE YOU ENGLISH ?

I WAS BORN IN ENGLAND.

NOW I LIVE IN ITALY.

I HAVE A HOUSE IN UMBRIA.

WHY DON'T YOU LIVE
IN ENGLAND ANYMORE ?

THAT'S ENOUGH, AIMEE.
YOU SHOULDN'T ASK
SO MANY QUESTIONS.

WHY NOT ?

IT'S IMPOLITE.

I DON'T MIND.

JUST READ YOUR BOOK.
THERE'S A GOOD GIRL.

( sighing )

( Emily )
IN THE GARDEN, THE DELPHINIUMS
WERE IN FLOWER.

THROUGH SCENTED TWILIGHT,
THE GIRL IN THE WHITE DRESS

WALKED WITH A STEP
AS LIGHT AS A MORNING COBWEB.

( wind howling )

( motorcycle engine rumbling )

ERNIE. ERNIE ?

NO, IT'S--IT'S QUINTY.
COME TO SEE YOU.

YOU ALL RIGHT ?
YOU'LL BE OK.

WHAT AM I DOING HERE ?

YOU ARE IN HOSPITAL.
TH-THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE NOW.

Y-YOU'VE HAD A BIT OF A BANG,
BUT YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

PRAISE BE TO GOD,
YOU'RE DOING OK.

IT WAS A DEVICE.

A TIMED DEVICE.

BOMB ?

WELL, "TIMED DEVICE"
IS WHAT THE POLICE
ARE CALLING IT.

THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE
ON THE TRAIN.

THERE--THERE WAS A BOY
WHO SPOKE GERMAN,
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND,

AND THERE WAS
AN AMERICAN FAMILY.

ARE THEY-- ARE THEY
HERE, TOO ?

I'LL ASK. I'LL ASK.
NOW SHUSH, SHUSH.
GO TO SLEEP NOW.

( moaning )

( Girotti )
SHE'S A BRITISH CITIZEN ?

YES.

SHE OWNS A HOTEL
NEAR CHIUSI.

WELL, IT'S NOT
EXACTLY A HOTEL.

A PENSIONE ?
NO.

A RESTAURANT WITH ROOMS ?

OH, IT'S--
IT'S JUST A HOME,

YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOUSE
WHERE PEOPLE STAY

WH-WHEN THE HOTELS
ARE FULL, YOU KNOW.

( man speaking Italian )

DO YOU LIKE COFFEE ?

UH, SI, GRAZIE.

SUGAR ?

UH, NO, NO.

HMM, YOU ARE...

I--I LOOK AFTER
THIS AND THAT.

AND--AND
THE FINANCIAL MATTERS.

FOR THE HOUSE ?

AND HER BOOKS.

WHAT BOOKS ?

GRAZIE.

OH, SHE WRITES BOOKS.
LOVE STORIES.

ARE THEY PUBLISHED ?

OH, THEY'RE PUBLISHED
ALL RIGHT.

SHE GETS FAN MAIL.

HOW LONG HAVE
YOU BEEN WITH HER ?

( chuckling )

LONGER THAN I CARE
TO REMEMBER.

AHEM.

( moaning )

( Emily )
"IN THE GARDEN,

"THE DELPHINIUMS
WERE IN FLOWER.

"THROUGH SCENTED TWILIGHT,
THE GIRL IN THE WHITE DRESS

"WALKED WITH A STEP
AS LIGHT AS A MORNING COBWEB."

ARE YOU REAL ?
OR ARE YOU A DREAM ?

DO I NOT LOOK REAL ?

I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE,
I THINK,

IN A DREAM.

IT WAS HERE.

I CAME TO SEE YOU
AFTER THE BOMB.

YOU WERE NOT CONSCIOUS.

I'M INSPECTOR GIROTTI.

IT WAS A DREAM.

IT WAS A DREAM,
I THINK.

PERHAPS. IF YOU SAY SO.

ARE THEY ALL DEAD ?
THE PEOPLE IN THE CARRIAGE ?

CARROZZA 219 ?

NOT ALL.

THE OLDER ENGLISHMAN
SURVIVED.

THE GERMAN SURVIVED,
BUT, UH, HE HAS SOME BURNS.

AND THE LITTLE GIRL.

LITTLE AMERICAN GIRL.

IS SHE INJURED ?

NOT PHYSICALLY.

BY SOME MIRACLE,
SHE ESCAPED UNHARMED,

BUT SHE IS TRAUMATIZED.
SHE CANNOT SPEAK.

( knocking )

( Dr. Innocenti )
COME IN.

( door opening )

MAY I TALK TO HER ?

OF COURSE.

HELLO, AIMEE.

I WONDER IF YOU
REMEMBER WHO I AM.

I'M MRS. DELAHUNTY.

I HAVE LOTS OF OTHER
NAMES AS WELL.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER ?

( sighing )

( General )
SPLINTERS OF GLASS IN MY LEGS.

COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.

THEY'VE GOT ME
MARCHING UP AND DOWN

THIS DAMN CORRIDOR
ABOUT 50 TIMES A DAY.

SO I STRUGGLE
BACK AND FORTH.

THE GERMAN BOY'S
GOT SOME NASTY BURNS.

YES, I WAS TOLD.

WE'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

AH, YES...

THE LITTLE GIRL CAN'T TALK.

THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR HER RELATIVES.

OH, DEAR. HOW SAD.
POOR THING !

I'M SO SORRY
ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.

YES.

WELL,

AT LEAST IT WAS QUICK.

VERY ADMIRABLE.
YOUR STOICISM.

I EXPECT A MILITARY
LIFE DEMANDS SUCH.

I-IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I'D BETTER DO
SOME MORE WALKING.

THEY'LL TAKE ME OFF
IF I DON'T.

( ambulance siren blaring )

( people chattering )

WHERE DO YOU WANT
ALL THIS STUFF ?

IN THE CABINET,
IF THERE'S ROOM.

OH.

( grunting )

SILK SCARVES.
SUNGLASSES. TIGHTS.

WHY DO WOMEN CART
AROUND SO MUCH CRAP ?

CHEERS THE SPIRIT.

( grunting )

GUESS WHO GAVE ME THIS.

NO IDEA.

ERNIE CHUMPS.

HMM !

IT'S A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

ERNIE CHUMPS !
YOU'RE WELL RID OF HIM.

I THOUGHT HE'D COME BACK.
HE SAID HE'D COME BACK.

UH, HE SAID A LOT OF THINGS.
I TOLD YOU HE'D SKIP.

THERE WAS NO FUTURE
FOR YOU AT THE CAFE ROSE.

YOU'D HAVE BEEN STUCK WITH
THAT FAT EGYPTIAN DOCTOR

AND HIS GREASY FRIENDS.

GETTING OLD
BEFORE YOUR TIME.

YOU'D BE DEAD BY NOW.

I WOULD.

DEAD AS A DOORKNOB.

BUT I SURVIVED.

I'LL COME BACK LATER.

IT'S OK.

SCUSI.

I AM SORRY, WERNER.

I AM SO VERY SORRY.

THANK YOU.

LOOK, ALL WE
CAN DO IS HOPE.

HOPE IS ONE THING
THAT IS LEFT TO US.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT ?

WE MUST LOOK
TO THE FUTURE AND HOPE.

I'LL COME BACK LATER.

( Emily )
WHAT KIND OF SICKNESS
OR MALIGNANCY

ORDERS THE DEATH
OF STRANGERS ON A TRAIN ?

WHAT KIND
OF LUNATIC OR DEVIL ?

AS I SAT BY THE CHILD'S BED,

I TRIED TO IMAGINE
THIS WRETCHED INDIVIDUAL

PROTECTED,
PERHAPS, BY A MOTHER

WHO HAD ALWAYS
BELIEVED THAT ONE DAY

HE WOULD COMMIT
AN UNTHINKABLE CRIME.

BUT IT WAS
BEYOND MY IMAGINATION.

SO,

YOU SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL
IN THE RAILWAY CARRIAGE ?

NO, NOTHING.

( sirens blaring )

NOR ON THE STATION PLATFORM
BEFORE THE TRAIN DEPARTED ?

WELL, I WAS RATHER LATE.

I--I DIDN'T HAVE TIME
TO NOTICE ANYTHING.

( chuckling )

WE'RE ASKING
THE SAME QUESTIONS

OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'M SORRY.

ARE YOU-- ARE YOU A VIRGO ?

VIRGO ?

YOUR ASTROLOGICAL SIGN.

YES. YES, I AM A VIRGO.
YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THOUGHT SO.

IT'S UNUSUAL
IN A DETECTIVE.

THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

GOODBYE.
BYE.

( Emily )
I WONDER WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.

WHO ?

THE GENERAL. WERNER.
THE LITTLE GIRL.

THEY'LL GO HOME,
LIVE THEIR LIVES.

OH, THE POLICE WON'T
LET THEM GO HOME.

NOT UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION
IS COMPLETE.

THEY'LL HAVE
TO STAY IN ITALY.

WHAT WILL BECOME OF THEM ?
WHERE WILL THEY GO ?

I--I SUPPOSE THEY COULD STAY
AT THE HOUSE FOR A WHILE.

STAY AT THE HOUSE ?

W-WHILE THEY CONVALESCE.

WELL, THEY'LL
HAVE TO PAY.

WELL, OF COURSE
THEY'D PAY.

WE'RE NOT RUNNING
A CHARITY.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

THAT'S NOT HOW IT IS MEANT,
AND WELL YOU KNOW IT.

( Emily )
WE WERE ALL DISCHARGED
ON THE SAME AFTERNOON.

( Quinty )
LET'S GET YOU
ALL IN THE CAR.

WERNER AND THE GENERAL
WERE HAPPY

TO ACCEPT MY INVITATION.

AND SINCE AIMEE WAS APPARENTLY
THE SOLE SURVIVOR

OF HER FAMILY,

THE AUTHORITIES WERE GLAD
TO HAVE SOMEONE

TO LOOK AFTER HER.

DR. INNOCENTI WOULD
VISIT US REGULARLY.

AND IF THERE WERE
ANY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION,

THE CHILD WOULD AT ONCE
BE RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL.

SIGNORA BARDINI.
HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

( speaking Italian )

THIS IS OUR NEW
LITTLE FRIEND.

YOU ARE ALIVE.
GOD LOVE YOU !

YES, THANK YOU,
ROSA.

( in Italian )
MRS. DELAHUNTY,
I'M SO HAPPY !

( in English )
AFTER WE'VE HAD A DRINK,
THANK YOU.

OH.

OK ?
ABSOLUTELY.

TAKE IT EASY.

OH, YES, I WILL.

HELLO.

( Emily )
WE HAD ALL DECIDED
THAT THE BOMB

AND ITS ATTENDANT HORRORS

SHOULD BE
BURIED AND FORGOTTEN.

IT WAS NOW TIME TO ALLOW
THE BEAUTY OF THE LANDSCAPE

TO EMBRACE US WITH
ITS HEALING BALM,

HELPED, OF COURSE,
FROM TIME TO TIME

BY A LITTLE DRINK
ON THE TERRACE.

THAT NIGHT,
AS THE CHILD SLEPT,

WE DINED BENEATH
THE WISTERIA.

QUINTY POURED THE VINO NOBILE
OF MONTEPULCIANO.

ROSA CHEVELLI
SERVED VEGETABLES,

AND SIGNORA BARDINI CARVED
THE LAMB CON ROSMARINO.

A STRANGER WOULD HAVE BEEN
SURPRISED TO SEE US:

THE WALKING WOUNDED
AT TABLE.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO HAD NOT LOST A LOVED ONE,

HAVING NONE TO LOSE.

( birds chirping )

( General )
GOOD MORNING, MRS. DELAHUNTY.

( Emily )
MORNING, GENERAL.

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE
SOMETHING TO READ.

OH, THANK YOU.
MOST KIND.

( clearing throat )

TWO ON A SUNBEAM,
BY GLORIA GREY.

HMM.

DON'T THINK
I KNOW IT.

OH, IT'S VERY LIGHT.
VERY UNDEMANDING.

ONE OF MINE,
ACTUALLY.

YOURS ? WHAT ?
YOU MEAN, YOU WROTE IT ?

MMM. GLORIA GREY
IS ONE OF SEVERAL
NOMS DE PLUME I USE.

WELL, I'M MOST IMPRESSED.

OH, DON'T BE.

ROMANTIC FICTION IS NOT
GREAT LITERATURE.

EVEN SO,
IT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT
TO GET A BOOK PUBLISHED.

WELL, I PERSEVERED.

I HAVE A GREAT TALENT
FOR PERSEVERANCE.

THERE WERE ENDLESS REJECTIONS
AT FIRST, OF COURSE.

MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH.
AND THEN I RECEIVED A LETTER.

"WE ARE INTERESTED
IN YOUR NOVELETTE.

"WE FORETELL GOOD SALES AND
A PROFITABLE RELATIONSHIP."

AND SO INDEED IT HAS BEEN.

WELL, THAT'S FASCINATING,
MRS. DELAHUNTY.

I'D NO IDEA WE WERE STAYING
IN THE HOUSE OF A--

OF A DISTINGUISHED AUTHORESS.

SCARCELY THAT.

THOUGH I--I DO HAVE
MY ADMIRERS.

( man chattering in Italian
on radio )

( music playing on radio )

( pots clattering )

( birds chirping )

SI ?

( speaking Italian )

( in Italian )
I KNOW.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT, ROSA.

( in English )
WHAT, A KISS ?

( in Italian )
SOMEONE COULD SEE US.

WHO ? MRS. DELAHUNTY ?

( in English)
WHY IS SHE JEALOUS ?

( in Italian )
DON'T BE STUPID.

WHY ?

SHE DOESN'T LIKE
THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR
IN FRONT OF GUESTS.

( in English )
NO, YOU ARE ASHAMED OF ME.

YOU DON'T LOVE ME
UNDER THE SUN.

( in Italian )
GO INSIDE.

( in English )
YOU DON'T LOVE ME.

GOOD DAY, GENERAL.

AFTERNOON, QUINTY.

YOU SPEAK
EXCELLENT ITALIAN.

WHERE'D YOU LEARN ?
AFFAIR OF THE HEART ?

( chuckling )

OH, WELL, IT'S NOTHING
TO BE PROUD OF, SIR.

I TRICKED A WELL-TO-DO
ITALIAN GIRL

INTO MARRYING ME
BACK HOME.

I TOLD HER
I WAS THE MANAGER

OF A MEAT EXTRACT FACTORY,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

BUT WHEN SHE DISCOVERED
I WAS LYING, SHE LEFT ME.

WENT BACK TO HER PARENTS
IN MODENA.

WELL. AHEM.

I WASN'T GOING TO LET HER GO
WITHOUT A BIT OF A FIGHT,

SO I FOLLOWED HER.

ONE NIGHT, HER FATHER
AND BROTHERS
DROVE ME OUT

TO THE MIDDLE OF
THE COUNTRYSIDE

PUSHED ME OUT
ONTO A GRASS VERGE,

AND BEAT THE LIVING
DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME

AND LEFT ME THERE,
A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.

THAT'S HOW
I LEARNED ITALIAN, GENERAL.

FROM NECESSITY,
AS THEY SAY.

( Emily )
AND SO THE DAYS PASSED.

AIMEE ATE IN SILENCE,
WALKED IN SILENCE,

PAINTED IN SILENCE,

LIVED IN SILENCE.

( Emily )
WHAT IS YOUR WORK, WERNER ?

I'M, UH, I'M HOPING
TO BECOME A JOURNALIST.

OH.

A JOURNALIST ?
WHAT SORT OF JOURNALIST ?

POLITICS.

OH.

IT'S NOT
MY FAVORITE SUBJECT.

HAD YOU KNOWN HER
LONG ? MADELEINE ?

JUST A FEW WEEKS.

SHE WAS
VERY BEAUTIFUL.

SHE WAS SPECIAL.
AND CLEVER. VERY CLEVER.

SHE SPOKE A LOT OF
LANGUAGES, YOU KNOW.

EVEN JAPANESE.

OH.

THAT IS CLEVER.

IT WAS HER JOB.

SHE WORKED FOR A BIG COMPANY
AS AN INTERPRETER.

( Emily )
I IMAGINED
THEIR FIRST MEETING.

SHE, OF COURSE,
ALWAYS WORE FORMAL CLOTHES

FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS.

HER NATURAL BEAUTY ENHANCED
AND MADE MORE EROTIC

BY THE DARK
SUIT AND STOCKINGS.

AND THEN THE FIRST GLANCE,
THE FIRST SMILE,

THE FIRST TREMOR OF LOVE.

THERE HAS TO BE LOVE
IN A PERSON'S LIFE.

NO ONE CAN DO WITHOUT
EITHER RECEIVING OR GIVING IT.

OF COURSE, I DIDN'T
SAY THAT TO WERNER.

NOR DID I SAY THAT LOVE
EXPIRED FOR ME

ON THE WALL OF DEATH.

( wind howling )

( birds chirping )

( Rosa speaking Italian )
I'M DOWN HERE,

IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM.

WHERE ?

DOWN HERE.

FOLLOW MY VOICE.

HERE.

GOOD MORNING.
I HAVE A LETTER FOR THE LADY.

THROW IT TO ME.

GOOD DAY. SEE YOU.

BYE.

( footsteps approaching )

( in English )
GENERAL,

THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES
HAVE LOCATED AIMEE'S UNCLE.

OH, EXCELLENT !

HIS NAME IS THOMAS RIVERSMITH.
HER MOTHER'S BROTHER.

HE'S A PROFESSOR.

RIVERSMITH.
HOW INTERESTING.

INSPECTOR GIROTTI
SENT ME A LETTER.

ISN'T THAT GOOD NEWS ?

AIMEE HAS AN UNCLE.

WE HAD A RIVERSMITH
AT SCHOOL.

THIS MAN'S AN AMERICAN.
THOMAS RIVERSMITH.

PERHAPS SHE CALLS
HIM UNCLE TOM.

WONDER IF SHE DOES.

HMM.

RIVERSMITH AND I USED
TO WALK INTO
THE VILLAGE SOMETIMES.

IT WASN'T VERY FAR.

A WOMAN CALLED MRS. PATCH
USED TO GIVE US TEA.

SHE CHARGED US SIXPENCE.
SIXPENCE.

WE WERE CAUGHT
SMOKING ONCE.

YOU AND RIVERSMITH ?

OH, IT'S NOT
A HORRENDOUS CRIME.

A--A MISDEMEANOR. RULES
WERE BROKEN, OF COURSE,

BUT NOBODY STOLE.

OWNING UP WAS TAKEN
FOR GRANTED.

AND IF YOU WERE CAUGHT
OUT IN ANYTHING,

YOU DID NOT LIE.

( water dripping )

THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED
WHAT HONOR MEANS.

DO YOU LIVE ALONE,
GENERAL ?

YES, I DO.
SINCE MY WIFE DIED.

OF COURSE, ALL THAT
WAS GOING TO CHANGE.

I WAS GOING TO GO AND
LIVE WITH MY DAUGHTER

AND HER HUSBAND
IN HAMPSHIRE, BUT...

( sighing )

I COULDN'T LIKE HIM.

I TRIED.

JUST COULDN'T.

NO ONE CAN HELP
DISLIKING A PERSON.

MY WIFE WAS--WAS VERY CROSS
WITH ME ABOUT THAT.

SHE WAS A--A REMARKABLE WOMAN,

AND A WONDERFUL WIFE.

( Emily )
AS HE SPOKE, I SAW A QUAYSIDE,
ASSEMBLED TROOPS,

AND A YOUNG OFFICER,
NEWLY PROMOTED.

SCARCELY MORE THAN A BOY.

THE ENGAGEMENT
HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED

ON THE EVE OF HIS DEPARTURE.

WILLIAM !

"I LOVE YOU," SHE SAID.
"I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER,"

HER TEARS STAINING THE LEATHER
OF HIS SHOULDER STRAP.

GENERAL,

YOU'RE WELCOME
TO REMAIN HERE

FOR AS LONG
AS YOU FEEL LIKE IT.

YOU'RE NOT ALONE
IN THIS, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S A VERY GREAT KINDNESS,
MRS. DELAHUNTY. THANK YOU.

( Aimee crying )

AIMEE.

WHAT IS IT ?

OH, SHUSH.

OH.

OH, SHH.

DO YOU WANT
TO START IT ?

COME ON, IT'S FUNNY.

NO ?

I'M DOING IT THEN.

OK. NOW, LET'S
CHANGE SHAPE.

( Dr. Innocenti chattering )

( Girotti )
APART FROM THE PEOPLE
IN YOUR COMPARTMENT,

CARROZZA 219,

NO ONE ON
THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.

IT WAS CLEARLY
CAREFULLY CHOSEN,

YOUR COMPARTMENT.

ONE OF YOUR FELLOW PASSENGERS

MUST HAVE BEEN
THE INTENDED VICTIM.

PERHAPS THE AMERICAN ?

AIMEE'S FATHER.
HE LOOKED IMPORTANT.

A POLITICIAN,
PERHAPS ? A SENATOR.

OR SOMEONE CLOSE
TO THE PRESIDENT.

HE WAS A CHILD DOCTOR.

( glass clinking )

THE GENERAL'S SON-IN-LAW ?

MMM, A MERCHANT BANKER.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S...

IT D-DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE, INSPECTOR.

AND WHO WOULD DO
SUCH A TERRIBLE THING ?

IF I KNEW,

I WOULD NOT BORE YOU
WITH MY QUESTIONS.

I COME BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW.

NO ONE TAKES THE BLAME.

THE NEWSPAPERS SAID
IT WAS A TERRORIST ATTACK.

PERHAPS.

WHAT ELSE COULD IT
HAVE BEEN ?

WHO KNOWS ?

SOME SORT
OF PRIVATE REVENGE ?

A CRAZY KILLER ?

A LUNATIC.

A CLEVER LUNATIC,
SI, SIGNORA.

A BOMB, CAREFULLY HIDDEN
ON THE LUGGAGE RACK...

TERRORISTS,
NOT LUNATICS, I THINK.

( Misty by Ella Fitzgerald
playing )

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ I'm as helpless
as a kitten up a tree ♪

♪ And I feel like I'm clingin'
to a cloud ♪

HELLO, WERNER.
YOU ALL RIGHT ?

YES, I AM.

IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL HERE.

THE GARDEN'S
A DREADFUL MESS, I'M AFRAID.

I'M ALWAYS INTENDING
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,

BUT I NEVER DO.

WHY ?
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

MMM.

YOU HAVE A GARDEN
AT HOME ?

NO.

BUT MY PARENTS HAD ONE.

THEY'RE NO LONGER ALIVE ?

NO.

WHEN I THINK OF GARDENS,
I THINK OF ENGLAND.

NOT THAT WE HAD A GARDEN
WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

JUST A BACK YARD.

I'VE ALWAYS LONGED FOR
AN ENGLISH COTTAGE GARDEN.

YOUR HERBACEOUS BORDERS
AND ROSES,

LUPINS AND HOLLYHOCKS,
AND A STONE SUNDIAL

COVERED IN MOSS,
PERHAPS A BIRDBATH.

( sighing )

THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE.

LOOK AT THAT.
ISN'T THAT PERFECT ?

BUT YOU SAID UNDER
THE HOUSE.

YES, YES, WELL...

THERE IT IS.
UNDER THE HOUSE.

( General )
YOU SEE, IT'S SOUTH-FACING,

THERE'S NO WIND.
IT'S AN IDEAL SETTING.

WE CAN HAVE-- WE CAN HAVE
A HERBACEOUS BORDER
ALL THE WAY ALONG THERE.

WE COULD HAVE LUPINS.
WE--WE COULD HAVE SUNFLOWERS.

( Werner )
OH, MS. DELAHUNTY
MENTIONED A FLOWER

CALLED "HOLLY"...
SOMETHING WITH "HOLLY"--

HOLLYHOCKS.
OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YES, WE MUST HAVE THOSE
ALL DOWN THIS WALL HERE.

OH, IT'LL BE A--
IT'LL BE A PARADISE FOR HER.

LOT OF WORK, MIND.

( sighing )

I JUST HOPE
I CAN BE OF HELP.

WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY SAY:

"MANY HANDS
MAKE LIGHT WORK."

AND I THINK 3
JUST ABOUT QUALIFIES.

IT'S GOOD TO DO
THIS, WERNER.

GARDENS MAKE ME
THINK OF THE FUTURE.

BY THE WAY, SHE MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT A--

A SUN CLOCK ?

OH, SUNDIAL. OH, LORD !
WELL, WE MUST DO OUR BEST.

MORE CHEESE, GENERAL ?

UH, NO, THANKS.

I-I-IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I HAVE SOME LETTERS TO WRITE.

WHERE IS THIS ?

WHERE IS THIS ?

YOU'RE AT MY HOUSE, AIMEE.
I'M MRS. DELAHUNTY.

MY MOTHER'S
CROSS WITH ME.

SHE SAYS I SHOULDN'T
SPEND SO MUCH TIME
PAINTING PICTURES.

I SHOULD BE OUTSIDE,
SHE SAYS,

PLAYING WITH
THE OTHER CHILDREN.

BUT I LIKE IT INDOORS.
I LIKE PAINTING PICTURES.

IT'S LIKE HAVING A WORLD
ALL TO YOURSELF.

IF I GO OUTSIDE,
WE'LL ONLY START FIGHTING.

THAT'S WHY I LIKE
IT WHEN IT'S RAINING.

NOBODY EXPECTS YOU
TO GO OUT THEN.

( Emily )
DR. INNOCENTI
FOUND IT ENCOURAGING

THAT AIMEE HAD SPOKEN.

BUT HE REMINDED US
THAT THE PROCESS

OF RECOVERY IN
CASES LIKE THIS

WAS OFTEN LONG AND UNCERTAIN.

WE MUST REMEMBER
WHAT REALITY IS FOR HER,

AND HOW PAINFUL IT WILL BE
AS HER MEMORY RETURNS.

( Aimee )
IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING ?

( Emily )
YES.

GRADUALLY,
OUR ANXIETIES
BEGAN TO RECEDE

AND WE SURRENDERED
OURSELVES TO HAPPINESS.

DOES IT FIT ?
PERFETTO.

I COULDN'T HELP
REFLECTING THAT HAPPINESS
IS OFTEN AN ILLUSION.

BUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT ?

"EVENING HAD BECOME NIGHT.

"MOONLIGHT GLISTENED
ON THE GRAND CANAL.

"MARCO TOOK HER BY THE HAND
AND OPENED THE BEDROOM DOOR.

"HE LED HER TO THE BED..."

( clearing throat )

GO ON.

"WHEN SHE WOKE UP,

"TARA KNEW SHE HAD FOUND
THE LOVE OF HER LIFE.

"'KISS ME,' SHE SAID,
AND SANK INTO HIS EMBRACE."

♪ Tell her that I care ♪

( Aimee laughing )

...2 CHA-CHA-CHA.

AH, AH, AH,
AH, AH, GOOD.

( Emily )
AIMEE HAD THE ABILITY TO
BRING ABOUT THE VERY BEST

AND SOMETIMES
THE MOST UNEXPECTED QUALITIES

IN THOSE SHE WAS CLOSE TO.

SHE GAVE US LIFE AND SPIRIT
AND NEW HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

( Emily )
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN !

IT'S JUST SUCH
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT !

DID YOU MAKE IT, AIMEE ?

A GARDEN DOESN'T
MAKE UP FOR ANYTHING,

BUT AT LEAST IT MARKS
OUR RECOVERY IN YOUR HOUSE.

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL
PRESENT I'VE EVER HAD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU.

( snoring )

( Emily )
PERHAPS FOR THE GENERAL,

AIMEE BECAME A DAUGHTER WITH
WHOM HE MIGHT BEGIN AGAIN.

PERHAPS FOR WERNER,

SHE WAS THE GIRL WHO
HAD DIED ON THE TRAIN.

FOR MY OWN PART,

I CAN CLAIM
WITHOUT RESERVATION,

THAT I BECAME AS DEVOTED
TO THE CHILD

DURING THAT TIME

AS ANY MOTHER COULD EVER BE.

( telephone ringing )

HELLO, PRONTO.

( operator )
I have a person-to-person call
for Signora Delahunty.

SPEAKING.

I have your party on the line,
sir, go ahead.

HE'S COMING
TO FETCH HER.

WHO ?

HER UNCLE.

TAKE HER BACK
TO AMERICA ?

YES.

WHAT'S HE SOUND LIKE ?

NOT AN EASY PERSON.

( bird squawking )

( Bing Crosby singing
Too Marvelous for Words )

♪ You're just too marvelous ♪

♪ Too marvelous for words ♪

( car approaching )

( Emily )
WHEN I WAS A GIRL,

I LONGED FOR A YOUNG MAN
OF GOOD FAMILY

TO DRAW UP
IN HIS CAR BESIDE ME.

( car door slamming )

♪ It's all too wonderful ♪

WHEN I WAS A WOMAN,

I LONGED FOR A DIFFERENT
KIND OF STRANGER

TO APPEAR IN THE CAFE ROSE.

BY NOW, OF COURSE,

ALL SUCH ROMANTIC FANTASIES
WERE CONSIGNED TO THE PAST.

...PROBABLY BROUGHT YOU
THE LONG WAY AROUND.

THEY JACK UP
THE FARE THAT WAY.

DID YOU PASS
A BRIDGE ABOUT
A MILE AWAY ?

OH, WELL, I'M--
UH, POSSIBLY. UM...

IS MRS. DELAHUNTY--

I'M MRS. DELAHUNTY.

THOMAS RIVERSMITH.
HOW DO YOU DO ?

YOU'RE MOST WELCOME,
MR. RIVERSMITH.

HOPE YOU HAD
A PLEASANT JOURNEY.

UH, EXCUSE ME,
IS IT THE BACK ROOM
FOR THE GENTLEMAN ?

YES, PLEASE.

I WAS JUST SAYING TO, UM...

QUINTY.

MR. QUINTY. THE TAXI DRIVER
HAD SOME DIFFICULTY
FINDING THE HOUSE.

OTHERWISE,
THE JOURNEY WAS FINE.

I'M SURE YOU COULD
DO WITH A DRINK.

MMM, A DRINK ?

WELL, AFTER ALL
THE TRAVELING.

AND IT'S 6:00,
THE COCKTAIL HOUR,
AS YOU AMERICANS CALL IT.

WELL, IF YOU DON'T MIND,

I WOULD LIKE
TO WASH MY HANDS FIRST

AND THEN I'D LIKE
TO SEE MY NIECE.

YES, OF COURSE,
OF COURSE. THIS WAY.

( knocking at door )

( Emily )
AIMEE.

AIMEE.

YOUR UNCLE'S HERE.

MR. RIVERSMITH HAS ARRIVED.

SO, YOU ARE AIMEE.

YES.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY
FOR EITHER OF US, AIMEE.

BUT I HOPE WE CAN
BECOME FRIENDS.

THANK YOU, MRS. DELAHUNTY.
I'LL, UH, SEE YOU DOWNSTAIRS.

THANK YOU.

SO WHAT ARE YOU READING ?

LEWIS CARROLL.

AH, WOULD I FIX YOU
A LITTLE SOMETHING, SIR ?

ALL THAT DUST ON THE ROAD,
YOU MUST BE PARCHED.

UH, THANK YOU.

WILL IT BE
A BOURBON, SIR ?

THAT'S WHAT YOU DRINK
IN AMERICA, IS IT NOT ?

I'D PREFER
AN OLD FASHIONED.

THAT'LL BE ON THE ROCKS,
I'M SURE, QUINTY.

YES, PLEASE.

ONE OLD FASHIONED
WITH ICE.

MR. RIVERSMITH,
DO SIT HERE.

ONE OF AIMEE'S.

( grunting )

I, UH, GREATLY APPRECIATE

WHAT DR. INNOCENTI
HAS DONE FOR AIMEE

AND, UM, YOU, OF COURSE,
MRS. DELAHUNTY.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
SHE'S AN ENCHANTING CHILD.

YOU'LL BE SURE TO LET
ME HAVE AN ACCOUNT.

I WANT TO HAVE ALL THAT
SETTLED BEFORE WE LEAVE.

THERE'S REALLY NO NEED.

I HAVE A NOTE
ON WHERE YOU ARE
ON ALL THAT, SIR.

WILL YOU BE HAVING
ANOTHER ONE, MRS. "D" ?

OH, REALLY. THANK YOU, QUINTY.
I THINK PERHAPS I WILL.

CAN'T HAVE YOU DRINKING ON
YOUR OWN, MR. RIVERSMITH.

( footsteps approaching )

OH, WERNER ! WERNER,
THIS IS MR. RIVERSMITH.

AIMEE'S UNCLE.

MR. RIVERSMITH,
THIS IS WERNER.

HOW DO YOU DO ?

HOW DO YOU DO ?

WELL, I HAD NO IDEA

YOU WERE SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHED
ARTIST, YOUNG LADY.

THESE ARE, UH, VERY
INTERESTING PICTURES.

WHAT PICTURES ?

THESE HERE.

I DIDN'T DRAW THEM.

I DREW THEM.

WERNER DREW THEM.

I'M--I'M SORRY, I DON'T--

WHEN ARE YOU TAKING ME AWAY ?

WELL, THAT ALL DEPENDS ON

WHAT DR. INNOCENTI SAYS
WHEN HE COMES TO SEE US.

OH.

( General )
HOW LONG WILL YOU BE STAYING
WITH US, MR. RIVERSMITH ?

I HAVE A CONFERENCE
IN BALTIMORE ON THE 25TH,

SO I'M HOPING
WE'LL BE BACK BY THEN.

OH, SO QUICK ? HMM.

DO YOU KNOW AIMEE WELL ?

WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME
JUST AN HOUR AGO.

AN HOUR AGO ?

( Tom )
WELL, PHYLLIS,
AIMEE'S MOTHER AND I...

THERE WAS A FAMILY QUARREL.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE
IN PENNSYLVANIA ?

UH, VIRGINVILLE.
I WORK IN THE UNIVERSITY.

DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN ?

NO. BUT, UH, FRANCINE HAS 2
FROM HER PREVIOUS MARRIAGE.

THEY LIVE WITH THEIR FATHER.

( Emily )
FRANCINE. A NEW NAME TO ME.

IT SEEMED HARSH, UNPLEASANT,

LIKE CHALK SCRAPING
ON A BLACKBOARD.

I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD BE
CALLING YOU PROFESSOR.

NO. NO, I DON'T
USE THE TITLE.

I DON'T THINK ACADEMIC
DISTINCTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

OH, WHAT IS YOUR,
UH, FIELD ?

I STUDY THE CARPENTER ANT.

CARPENTER ANT ?

THE RED CARPENTER ANT.
CAMPONOTUS FERRUGINEUS.

MMM. I DON'T THINK
I KNOW THE CARPENTER ANT.

OUR PATHS HAVEN'T
CROSSED, AS IT WERE.

THE, UM, THE INTERDEPENDENCY
OF CARPENTER ANT COLONIES

REVEALS BEHAVIOR
THAT'S REMARKABLY SIMILAR
TO, UM, HUMAN BEINGS.

REALLY ?

( Emily )
I IMAGINED HIS HOME
IN VIRGINSVILLE,

PENNSYLVANIA.
THE LOCAL POLICE
WOULD HAVE TOLD THEM

ABOUT THE BOMB, AND
AIMEE, AND THE TRAIN.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
MUCH DISCUSSION THAT NIGHT.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE CHILD ?

SHOULD SHE COME
AND LIVE WITH THEM ?

WHAT ALTERNATIVES
WERE THERE ?

HAVING NO CHILDREN THEMSELVES,

IT WAS CLEARLY
A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

DOES FRANCINE SHARE
YOUR INTEREST

IN THE RED CARPENTER ANT ?

NO, HER FIELD IS
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

HER SPECIALTY IS THE
CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS:

THE BLACK CARPENTER ANT.

THE-- OH.

I'D HOPED TO FIND
A PHOTOGRAPH OF FRANCINE

THAT WOULD CONFIRM
THE PICTURE I'D FORMED.

BUT THERE WASN'T ONE.

THIS IS WHAT OCCUPIES HIM.

THIS IS WHAT
FUELS HIS AMBITION.

HE'S EMINENT AND DISTINGUISHED
AND LOOKED UP TO.

BUT HE'S NOT AWARE
OF ORDINARY MATTERS.

MR. RIVERSMITH IS
AN AMBITIOUS MAN.

THAT HADN'T OCCURRED
TO ME BEFORE.

HE IS AMBITIOUS,

AND FRANCINE IS
AMBITIOUS FOR HIM

AND FOR HERSELF.

THERE ARE OTHER PROFESSORS
WITH MICROSCOPES

WATCHING ANTS OF DIFFERENT
COLORS IN OTHER TREES.

HE AND FRANCINE
HAVE TO KEEP AHEAD.

THEY HAVE TO GET THERE FIRST.

WHERE COULD THEY
POSSIBLY FIND THE TIME

TO DEVOTE TO A CHILD,

WHO HAS COME SO TIRESOMELY
OUT OF THE BLUE ?

( birds chirping )

DO YOU THINK HE'LL
TAKE ME TO SIENA ?

OF COURSE HE WILL.

YOU ASK HIM, WERNER.

ME ? WHY SHOULD I ASK HIM ?

HE'S YOUR UNCLE,
NOT MINE, ISN'T HE ?

PLEASE, WERNER,
PLEASE.

COME ON, AIMEE,
YOU'RE SO BRAVE.

YOU CAN DO IT.

BUT I DON'T REALLY
KNOW HIM.

YOU'LL GET TO KNOW HIM.

HMM.

CAMPONOTUS IRRITATUS.

DAMN NUISANCE.

( horn honking )

( Tom )
WHAT ABOUT TAKING HER
BACK TO THE STATES ?

UH, SHE'LL NEED
CAREFUL SUPERVISION.

OF COURSE, I'LL GIVE YOU
ALL THE MEDICAL RECORDS
FOR YOUR OWN DOCTOR.

I MEAN, WILL SHE BE
OK FOR THE JOURNEY ?

THERE'S NO REASON,
NO MEDICAL REASON WHY
SHE SHOULD NOT TRAVEL,

BUT IT'S A LONG WAY.

WE CANNOT KNOW WHAT EFFECT
THE JOURNEY MIGHT HAVE ON HER.

THERE'S ONE THING
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AIMEE INSISTS THAT SHE DIDN'T
PAINT THOSE PICTURES.

BECAUSE SHE--SHE DOESN'T
KNOW SHE DID.

YES, BUT WHY SHOULD
THE GERMAN PRETEND

HE PAINTED THEM ?

SORT OF KINDNESS.

IF THE CHILD BELIEVES SHE
DIDN'T PAINT THE PICTURES,

THERE MUST BE AN EXPLANATION
FOR THEIR EXISTENCE.

OTHERWISE, IT WOULD BE
VERY WORRYING FOR HER.

( bucket clanking )

QUINTY, DO YOU HAVE
TO DO THAT NOW ?
WE'RE HAVING BREAKFAST.

YES, I DO.

( sighing )

BUONGIORNO, DOTTORE.

GOOD MORNING,
MR. QUINTY.

OH, I SEE YOU'VE MET
OUR NEW GUEST, DOTTORE.

COME AND JOIN
US FOR COFFEE.

( grunting )

MRS. DELAHUNTY,
I'M SORRY,

BUT, UH, AIMEE IS TOO
SHY TO ASK HERSELF.

SHE WANTS
TO GO TO SIENA.

WHY SIENA ?

SHE DIDN'T
TELL ME MUCH.

SHE SAID THAT
SHE PROMISED THE DOCTOR

THAT SHE WOULD GO BEFORE
SHE LEFT FOR AMERICA.

AND SHE WANTS HER
UNCLE TO TAKE HER.

I'M SURE HE'D LOVE
TO TAKE HER.

ISN'T THAT SO,
MR. RIVERSMITH ?

OH, WHAT'S THAT
EXACTLY ?

I WAS JUST SAYING TO WERNER,
I'M SURE YOU'D LOVE
TO TAKE AIMEE TO SIENA.

I THINK IT'S MY FAULT.

I TOLD HER ABOUT SIENA
BECAUSE IT'S THE CITY
WHERE I WAS BORN.

W-WHY DON'T WE ALL GO ?
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO SIENA.

ABSOLUTELY.
THE MORE THE MERRIER.

WELL, I--I SUPPOSE IF
AIMEE WANTS TO GO...

( Emily )
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

WE'LL ALL HAVE DONE
SOMETHING TOGETHER.

WE HAVEN'T HAD
THE CONFIDENCE BEFORE.

( Emily )
I HAD THE IMPRESSION

THAT MR. RIVERSMITH
STIFLED A SIGH.

I'M SURPRISED THAT
FRANCINE HADN'T TOLD HIM

THAT THIS HABIT
OF HIS APPEARS IMPOLITE,

IF NOT RUDE.

A FEW WEEKS WITH
THE RIGHT WOMAN,

AND ALL THESE
LITTLE IRRITATIONS

WOULD SOON DISAPPEAR.

( chattering )

OH, MORNING,
MR. RIVERSMITH.

UH, GOOD MORNING,
GENERAL.

( Aimee )
CAN WE GO IN THE BACK ?

HELLO.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, GENERAL.

( in Italian )
QUINTY SAID
I COULD COME.

( in English )
NOW LOOK
HERE, QUINTY.

YOU SAID IT WAS OK.
THE MORE THE MERRIER.

I SAID NO SUCH THING.

YOU CERTAINLY DID.
IT'LL DO THE GIRL GOOD--

LOOK, YOU'RE MAKING IT UP.
HER NAME WAS NEVER MENTIONED.

YOU HAD A DRINK
IN YOU AT THE TIME.

YOU'RE COMING
IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE CAR.

IT'S DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER
FOR A MAID TO TAG ALONG.

I KNOW, I KNOW. ALL
I'M SAYING-- WE'RE SERVANT
CLASS, I KNOW THAT,

BUT IT'LL BE A TERRIBLE
DISAPPOINTMENT
FOR THE POOR CREATURE.

SHE WAS UP IRONING
HER CLOTHES TILL
THE SMALL HOURS.

( Emily )
I'M SERVANT CLASS MYSELF,
AS QUINTY WELL KNOWS.

( in Italian )
LET'S GO !

( in English )
WAIT A MINUTE,
WE'RE NOT ALL IN.

BUT WITH EVERYONE WAITING,
I DIDN'T WANT
TO EXPLAIN TO HIM.

BUT NATURALLY
THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE.

( engine revving )

SIENA, THE NEXT STOP !

( Quinty singing in Italian )

♪ YOU WON'T GO ANYMORE,
AMOROUS BUTTERFLY ♪

♪ FLUTTERING AROUND
INSIDE NIGHT AND DAY ♪

♪ DISTURBING
THE SLEEP OF BEAUTIES ♪

♪ A LITTLE NARCISSUS
AND ADONIS OF LOVE ♪

( Quinty whistling )

YOU KNOW, I HAD
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY DREAM

LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS ABOUT YOU.

YOU WERE REPAIRING
THE KITCHEN DRAWER

THAT--THAT HAD
JUST FALLEN TO PIECES

IN YOUR SISTER'S HANDS.

AND YOU-- YOU SCRAPED AWAY

A KIND OF-- KIND OF
FUNGUS FROM THE JOINTS.

AND THEN YOU PLACED
THE DRAWER IN A CLAMP.

"IT WAS SO CLEVER
TO DO THAT,"

SAID PHYLLIS.

AND THE WOODEN SLAT
OF THE KITCHEN BLIND

TAPPED AGAINST
THE WINDOW FRAME.

DO YOU REMEMBER

A VENETIAN BLIND
THAT TAPPED AGAINST
THE WINDOW FRAME ?

NO.

( Emily )
THE REPLY CAME TOO QUICKLY.

TO REMEMBER, IT IS NECESSARY
TO THINK FOR A MOMENT.

EVEN FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.

IT WAS DISAPPOINTING
THAT MR. RIVERSMITH
WASN'T GOING TO BOTHER.

BUT I FELT SURE
THE GLORIES OF SIENA

WOULD SOON MAKE
HIM MORE AMENABLE.

( bell tolling )

OH, HERE WE ARE.

TELL ME ABOUT
YOUR SISTER.

UH, TELL YOU WHAT ?

WHAT SORT OF
A PERSON SHE WAS.

WELL, SHE WAS, UH...

SHE WAS VERY LIKE AIMEE.

EVERY TIME I LOOK AT AIMEE,
I'M REMINDED OF PHYLLIS.

YES, I KNOW.

IT'S THE EXIT
ONLY, I'M AFRAID.

WE'VE GO TO GO
AROUND THE FRONT.

OH, WHAT A BORE.

( chuckling )

MORE STEPS.

AIMEE, WAIT.

COME ON.

BUT WHAT--WHAT HAPPENED ?
WHY DID YOU QUARREL ?

PHYLLIS HAD BEEN VERY
CLOSE TO MY FIRST WIFE.
WHEN WE SEPARATED,

PHYLLIS DID ALL SHE COULD
TO BRING US BACK TOGETHER.

OH, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
DIFFICULT FOR FRANCINE.

IT WAS.
SHE WAS VERY ANGRY
ABOUT IT. VERY UPSET.

THERE WAS A VIOLENT QUARREL.

OH, AND YOU--YOU TOOK
FRANCINE'S SIDE ?

WELL, OF COURSE.
PHYLLIS NEVER FORGAVE ME.

WE NEVER SPOKE
TO EACH OTHER AGAIN.

A DOZEN TIMES I'D
COME TO THE POINT OF
WRITING TO MAKE AMENDS,

BUT, UH, NEVER DID.

COME ON, YOU TWO. HURRY UP.

WE'RE NOT ALL QUITE
AS FIT AS YOU ARE,
YOUNG LADY.

( General )
HOPING TO END
BLOODSHED AND RIVALRY,

ST. BERNARDINO,
1380-1444,

WANTED THE FEUDING
SIENESE TO UNITE

UNDER HIS SYMBOL
OF THE RISEN CHRIST.

THAT WOULD BE ABOVE
THE DOOR THERE, SEE.

DID IT WORK ?

UNFORTUNATELY,
THE PLAGUE WIPED OUT
MOST OF THE POPULATION,

SO HE NEVER FOUND OUT.

SHALL WE GO IN ?

( choir singing )

( people chattering )

WHERE'S AIMEE ?

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
WHERE DID SHE GO ?

AIMEE.

( Tom )
OH !

THERE SHE IS.

( General )
SHE'S OVER THERE.

WHAT ARE THEY ?

WHAT ARE WHAT ?

THOSE COLORFUL THINGS
ON THE WALL.

OH !

THEY'RE CRASH HELMETS.

CRASH HELMETS ?
HOW EXTRAORDINARY.

I WONDER WHAT
THEY'RE DOING THERE.

I WONDER.

( Tom )
PROBABLY IN MEMORY OF PEOPLE

WHO'VE BEEN KILLED
IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

NO, NO. SAVED.

SCUSI ?

SAVED. THEY
WERE SAVED.

THEY GIVE THANKS.
THEY PUT THEIR CASCO
ON THE WALL.

OH !

HOW VERY TOUCHING.

I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING
TO PUT UP THERE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?

I WAS SAVED.
I SHOULD GIVE THANKS.

OH, AIMEE.

WHAT A SWEET IDEA.
WE MUST THINK OF SOMETHING.

( General )
COME ON, LOTS TO SEE.

LOTS TO SEE.

THERE ARE SOME
WONDERFUL PAINTINGS INSIDE.

( Emily )
CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ?

( horn honks )

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I'LL GO
IN SEARCH OF A BOOKSHOP.

I MIGHT FIND
SOMETHING ON ROSES.

OH, YES, PLEASE DO, DO.

WE'LL GO UP
TO THE TOWER AGAIN,
IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YES, OF COURSE,
IF YOU'VE GOT THE ENERGY.

WE'LL TRY.

( Aimee )
COME ON, I'LL RACE YOU.

MR. RIVERSMITH,
WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?

I THOUGHT I'D HAVE A LOOK
AT THE PICTURE GALLERY.

NO, NO, NO. NO,
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
FULL OF TOURISTS.

YOU COME WITH ME.
COME WITH ME.

THIS WAY.

THIS IS A-- IT'S A PLACE
YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE ?

OH, YES.
I ALWAYS COME HERE.

( chattering )

( Emily )
OH, SCUSI.

THIS IS A VERY QUIET PLACE.

( horn honking )

IT'S THIS.

IT'S THIS PLACE HERE.
THIS IS THE PLACE FOR US.

ARE YOU SURE
THIS IS A KIND OF...

ARE THE OTHERS
COMING HERE ?

LET'S SIT DOWN, SHALL WE ?

( sighing )

I WONDER IF THEY'RE
BROTHERS, THE BARMEN.

THEY LOOK LIKE BROTHERS,
DON'T THEY ?

I WONDER IF THEY ARE.

( sighing )

OH, IT'S SO PEACEFUL HERE.

I'M SURE YOU'RE DYING FOR
A BIT OF PEACE AND QUIET.

AND A DRINK !
I INSIST ON
STANDING YOU A COCKTAIL.

NO, I DON'T DRINK
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

( scoffing )

( Emily )
RECOGNIZING THIS
AS A POLITE RELUCTANCE

TO ACCEPT MORE HOSPITALITY,

I IGNORED IT.

I ORDERED HIM
AN OLD FASHIONED,

SINCE, IN MY HOUSE,
THAT HAD BEEN
ESTABLISHED AS HIS DRINK.

( sighing )

OH, IT'S AWFULLY
PLEASANT HERE.

MMM.

YOU MUSTN'T WORRY
ABOUT THE OTHERS.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO REASON
WHY YOU AND I

SHOULDN'T SPEND
A LITTLE TIME TOGETHER.

AND IF TONGUES START
TO WAG, WHO CARES ?

OH, SUCH NONSENSE.

( chuckling )

( woman giggling )

LOOK AT THEM OVER THERE,
THE MAN AND THE GIRL.

( Emily )
ARE THEY LOVERS,
DO YOU SUPPOSE ?

JUST A FRIEND, PERHAPS.

AHEM.

HER FATHER ?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ?

( Emily )
NO, I THINK THEY'RE LOVERS.

OH, LOOK.
I'M SURE THEY'RE LOVERS.

OH. GRAZIE.

MMM.
SALUTE.

WHAT A STRANGE
AND MYSTERIOUS
THING IT IS, LOVE.

TO BE WITHOUT IT
IS LIKE BEING...

DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN.

I HAD NO LOVE
WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT ME UP
WERE NOT MY PARENTS.

I WAS STILL VERY YOUNG
WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE TRUTH.

OLIVE ?

NO, THANK YOU.

MY REAL PARENTS WERE
TRAVELING ENTERTAINERS.

THEY HAD NO USE FOR A CHILD.

"NOT THE SORT OF PEOPLE
YOU'D CARE FOR,"

SAID THE MOTHER
WHO WASN'T MY MOTHER.

THE PEOPLE I LIVED WITH
COULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN.

THEY BOUGHT ME.

( laughing )

ISN'T THAT ASTONISHING ?
BOUGHT ME.

LIKE A CUT-PRICE SOFA.

CROSTINI ?

NO, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, THE FATHER
WHO WASN'T MY FATHER

USED TO TAKE ME
TO THE GAIETY CINEMA.

ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS,
THERE'D BE A COMEDY SHORT:

LAUREL AND HARDY
OR CHARLIE CHASE.

AND THEN THE GAUMONT NEWS
AND THEN THE MAIN FEATURE.

OH, I LOVED WESTERNS.

HMM.

I LOVED
THE CANYONS AND THE RANCHES,

AND THE FEATHERED INDIANS
THAT FELL ONE BY ONE.

THE SADDLES
THAT BECAME PILLOWS
BENEATH THE STARS.

( Emily )
FOR A WHILE I THINK
THEY WERE FOND OF ME.

BUT AS I GREW OLDER,
THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE.

I WAS 10 WHEN SHE
TOLD ME THE TRUTH,

THE MOTHER WHO
WASN'T MY MOTHER.

"20 POUND, THAT'S WHAT
HE GIVE," SHE SAID.

"ROUGH TYPE OF PEOPLE,"
SHE SAID,
"TO PROFIT FROM THE BABY."

( snickering )

"50 THEY ASK, 20 HE GIVE."

OH, AS SOON AS I WAS
OLD ENOUGH, I RAN AWAY.
I RAN AND I RAN AND I RAN.

( Emily )
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
LONDON, AMERICA, EGYPT...

( speaking French )

MOROCCO.

( Emily )
I FELT HE WAS
IN SOME WAY DISTRESSED

OR PREOCCUPIED.

I WANTED TO REACH
ACROSS THE TABLE

AND TOUCH
THE BACK OF HIS HAND,

BUT NATURALLY, I DIDN'T.

I THINK WE SHOULD GO.

I THINK WE SHOULD
JOIN THE OTHERS.

( Emily )
HE'D HARDLY TOUCHED HIS
DRINK. THAT SADDENED ME.

ALCOHOL IN MODERATION

CAN BE A GREAT LOOSENER
FOR A MAN LIKE MR. RIVERSMITH.

( birds chirping )

( footsteps approaching )

AIMEE, I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD
GIVE THE CATHEDRAL.

PERHAPS ONE
OF YOUR PAINTINGS.

WHAT ?

PERHAPS YOU COULD DO
A SPECIAL PAINTING.

WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD IDEA ?

SPECIAL PAINTING ?

HMM, YOU KNOW,
TO PUT ALONGSIDE
THE CRASH HELMETS.

TO GIVE THANKS. YOU THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

YOU REMEMBER
THE CRASH HELMETS, AIMEE ?

WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE.

AND THE ITALIAN LADY TOLD US.

DON'T YOU REMEMBER ?

( Tom )
It appears
she can't remember a thing.

( Dr. Innocenti )
Well, that's unusual,

but not unheard of
in these cases.

Maybe not,
but it's very worrying.

We were planning to go
back to the States
at the end of the week.

Should we delay ?

That's up to you.

Dr. Innocenti,
let me be frank.

My wife and I
have no experience
in this sort of thing.

Now, will we be
able to handle it,

or do you think
the child will need
institutional care ?

It's unlikely,
but not impossible.

We'll have to
make a decision.

4, 5, 6, 7...

NO, THAT'S 8.

...9, 10.

TAKE BIGGER STEPS.

NO, I CAN'T TAKE
BIGGER STEPS.

( in German )
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
THAT WOULD BE SAFER.

( both )
1, 2, 3, 4,

5, 6, 7...

( General and Werner
chattering )

YOO-HOO, GENERAL.

( birds chirping )

OH, TOM.

HELLO, TOM.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE GENERAL ?

YES. HE AND WERNER
WERE TALKING TO A MAN

ABOUT MAKING A SUNDIAL
FOR THE COTTAGE GARDEN,
I BELIEVE.

IN THAT CASE,
I WON'T DISTURB THEM.

HOW GOOD THEY ARE TO ME.

( Emily )
A PIPE WOULD
NOT HAVE SEEMED AMISS,

CLENCHED BETWEEN HIS
STRONG-SEEMING TEETH.

DO YOU MIND IF I SMOKE ?

YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

( Emily )
IF HE'D HAD A PIPE,
HE WOULD HAVE RELIT IT NOW.

HE WOULD HAVE
PRESSED THE TOBACCO
INTO THE CHERRY WOOD BOWL

AND DRAWN ON IT
TO MAKE IT GLOW AGAIN.

WOULD YOU HAVE
ANOTHER BOURBON ?

I'LL FETCH ONE FOR YOU.
I NEED A TOP-UP MYSELF.

NOTHING TO DRINK
FOR ME, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I WENT
TO AMERICA ONCE.

TO IDAHO.

OH, REALLY ?

MMM.

I DREAMED OF GOING THERE.

I ADORED WILD WEST MOVIES,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

WELL, IDAHO
IS HARDLY THE WILD WEST.

NO, NO.

( chuckling )

NO, I WAS MISLED.

A MAN CALLED
ERNIE CHUMPS TOOK ME.

HE'S A VERY UNRELIABLE PERSON.

( sighing )

BUT I WAS YOUNG.

FULL OF ROMANTIC IDEAS.

HE WENT TO IDAHO

IN SEARCH OF ORDERS
FOR SANITARYWARE.

AND HE TOOK ME WITH HIM.

HE DIDN'T TRAVEL
WITH THE SANITARYWARE,
OF COURSE.

JUST BROCHURES
FULL OF PHOTOGRAPHS

AND A MINIATURE
2-DIMENSIONAL TOILET

JUST TO SHOW
THE QUALITY OF THE PORCELAIN.

HE TOOK ME TO MOROCCO AS WELL.

( chuckling )

TO MARRAKESH.

WOMEN WERE HIS WEAKNESS.

YOU SEE, HE WAS ARIES
ON THE CUSP WITH TAURUS.

A VERY MIXED-UP REGION
FOR A MAN OF HIS
SENSUAL DISPOSITION.

( sighing )

I THINK I'LL TURN IN EARLY.
THE, UH, JET LAG.

OH, YOU SHOULD BE
WAKING UP NOW, TOM.

YOU'RE 6 HOURS BEHIND.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEN PERHAPS I'M JUST TIRED.

MMM.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW,

BEFORE MY TIME,

HE TOOK SOMEONE ELSE
AROUND WITH HIM ON EXPENSES.

HMM.

SHE--SHE WANTED
TO MARRY HIM.

ANYWAY, HE COULDN'T
AFFORD TO BECAUSE OF
MRS. CHUMPS AND THE ALIMONY.

I WAS 18 YEARS OLD
WHEN I FIRST MET ERNIE.

( chuckling )

GREEN AS A PEA.

HE LEFT ME IN MARRAKESH.

MMM,

JUST ABANDONED ME
IN THE CAFE ROSE.

THEY GAVE ME A JOB

ENTERTAINING THE GUESTS.

( Emily )
IT WAS EXHAUSTING WORK.

ONE OF ERNIE'S
FAVORITE PRODUCTS
WAS THE JOKE FLUSH.

WHEN YOU PULLED THE CHAIN,
A RECORDED VOICE SAID,
"HA-HA !"

THE TROUBLE WAS
YOU COULDN'T STOP IT
FROM SAYING, "HA-HA !"

POOR ERNIE.

DEFECTIVE GOODS
GOT HIM IN THE END.

ARE YOU REALLY
GOING TO BED NOW ?

YES, I AM.

WELL, I'LL WALK
UPSTAIRS WITH YOU.

MY BOOKS.

YOUR--

BOOKS.

MY OWN BOOKS.

YOU'RE AN AUTHOR,
MRS. DELAHUNTY ?

YOU MIGHT LIKE
TO CALL ME EMILY.

THE ONLY BOOKS THEY
HAD AT THE CAFE ROSE

WERE THE COMPLETE
WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE

AND THE COLLECTED POEMS
OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON.

THAT WAS MY EDUCATION
WHEN IT CAME
TO WRITING ENGLISH.

I KNOW
THE LADY OF SHALOTT BY HEART.

AND THE PART OF LADY MACBETH

AND SHALL I COMPARE
THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY.

YOU'RE A CAPRICORN.

HMM.

THE MOMENT I HEARD
YOUR VOICE ON THE PHONE,
I GUESSED CAPRICORN.

MOST INTERESTING.

YOUR ANTS ARE INTERESTING,
TOO, TOM.

( sniffing )

I USED TO FIND IT
SO EASY TO WRITE.

AHEM.

YOU KNOW, LIKE ESCAPING
INTO MY OWN PRIVATE WORLD.

IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT
AS I GREW OLDER.

SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE.

SINCE...

CARROZZA 219,

I FEEL IT COMING BACK.

AN ENERGY.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHY...

( door closing )

I SEE YOU ARE PUTTING
THOSE IN FULL SUN.

YEAH, I THINK
THEY NEED IT.

YES, THEY DO.

A LITTLE WATER
WOULDN'T HURT.

OK.

WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND, TOM ?

VISITORS FROM ARGENTINA.

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE.

THEY CAME HERE
BY BOAT IN THE 1920s.

THEY APPEAR TO BE THRIVING.

HMM.

ITALY CERTAINLY HAS
THAT EFFECT ON PEOPLE.

ANTS, TOO, IT SEEMS.

GLORIOUS DAY, HUH ?

MMM-HMM.

IT IS INDEED.

( Emily )
HE GREETED ME SO PLEASANTLY
THAT I WAS TEMPTED

TO FORGIVE HIS RUDENESS
OF THE PREVIOUS EVENING.

THE TRUTH IS
I'D ALREADY HAD A DRINK OR 2

AND I MAY HAVE
MISINTERPRETED HIS RESPONSE.

HE IS A SCIENTIST, AFTER ALL.

PERHAPS FICTION
ISN'T HIS FORTE.

YOU'RE LEAVING TOMORROW.

WELL, UH,

YES, WE ARE.

HOW SAD. YOU HAD BREAKFAST ?

NO, NOT YET.

I THOUGHT I'D GO FOR A WALK
BEFORE IT GETS TOO HOT.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

DO YOU MIND IF
I COME WITH YOU ?

AS YOU WISH.

SUCH A SHAME YOU COULDN'T
STAY A LITTLE LONGER.

HMM.

I'M AFRAID...

I WAS A NUISANCE TO
YOU WHEN WE TALKED
YESTERDAY EVENING.

NO, NOT AT ALL.
NOT AT ALL.

WELL, YOU WERE TIRED,
AND I DELAYED YOU.

NO, NO.

I THINK I OFFENDED YOU

BY CALLING YOU
BY YOUR CHRISTIAN NAME,
I'M TRULY SORRY.

IT IS PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

YOU WEREN'T OFFENDED ?

NOT AT ALL.

( chuckling )

IT'S JUST, IT'S FRIENDLIER
TO CALL YOU TOM.

"PROFESSOR" MAKES
YOU SOUND SO ANCIENT.

( exclaiming )

LOOK AT THOSE CLOUDS.

THEY'RE LIKE THE CLOUDS
IN THE PAINTING.

OH, IS THAT WERNER ?

( Tom )
SAY WHAT ?

OH, I THOUGHT I--
I THOUGHT I SAW WERNER.

OH.

THAT'S A MEMORIAL
TO AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.

THE PEOPLE WERE STARVING,
AND HE GAVE THEM HIS FOOD.

ALL OF IT, EVEN THOUGH
THEY WERE THE ENEMY.

AND HE DIED IN SOME
POINTLESS SKIRMISH.

BUT THEY DIDN'T FORGET HIM.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A MIRACLE,
TOM, THAT A SOLDIER
SHOULD DO SUCH A THING.

WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE
IN MIRACLES.

LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, TOM.

THERE--THERE'S BEEN
A TERRIBLE EVIL, BUT HERE,

IN THIS LITTLE CORNER
OF ITALY, THERE'S BEEN
AGAIN A MIRACLE.

3 SURVIVORS, OUT OF
ALL THE WORLD'S SURVIVORS,

HAVE FOUND
A PLACE IN MY HOUSE.

ONE TO ANOTHER, WE'RE
A SOURCE OF STRENGTH.

THE MIRACLE OF THAT--

I DO NOT BELIEVE IN MIRACLES,
MRS. DELAHUNTY.
I TOLD YOU THAT ALREADY.

NOR DO I BELIEVE IN FATE,
OR DESTINY, ASTROLOGY--

WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
A MIRACLE HAS HAPPENED, TOM.

IT'S HAPPENED HERE.

( Emily )
SUDDENLY HE WAS CROSS

AND I THOUGHT
HE WAS GOING TO SHOUT,

AS OTHER MEN
HAVE IN MY PRESENCE.

BUT HE DIDN'T.

PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
GET BACK TO THE HOUSE.

I'M SURE YOU
COULD DO WITH A DRINK.

I DO NOT DRINK
AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING.

GOD !

QUINTY, I WANTED
TO ASK YOUR ADVICE.

ABOUT WHAT, SIR ?

OH, WELL, MRS. DELAHUNTY.
THE SITUATION, AS IT WERE.
MY--MY STAYING HERE.

THE POINT IS,
SHOULD I STAY
OR SHOULD I GO ?

I THOUGHT YOU WAS PLANNING
TO FINISH THE GARDEN.

WELL, I KNOW, BUT
WITH THE CHILD GOING,

AND THE WHOLE--WHOLE
GROUP IS BREAKING UP...

I WAS WONDERING
WHETHER IT'S NOT TIME
FOR ME TO PACK MY BAGS.

WELL, DO YOU WANT TO GO ?

NO, NO, NO.

DEFINITELY NOT.
I MEAN, WHO WOULD ?

BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS,
THE COMFORT, THE SHEER
JOY IN BEING HERE.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I MET HER IN MARRAKESH.

I WAS ILL. I WAS
DYING, IN FACT.

SHE NURSED ME
BACK TO HEALTH.

IN HER OWN WAY,
SHE'S BEEN LOOKING
AFTER ME EVER SINCE.

WELL, I FELT A BIT GUILTY
ABOUT IT AT FIRST,
BUT THEN I REALIZED

THAT'S HER FUNCTION IN LIFE,
LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE.

DESPITE ALL THE
SADNESS AND PAIN,

SHE'S BEEN HAPPIER
THESE PAST FEW WEEKS
THAN I CAN EVER REMEMBER.

I MEAN,

THAT'S IT. SHE LIKES...
SHE NEEDS
TO LOOK AFTER PEOPLE.

SO IF YOU WANT
TO STAY ON, SIR,

YOU'D BE DOING
HER A REAL FAVOR.

THAT'S MY OPINION, ANYWAY.

OH.

OH, WERNER.

WERNER, WHY DIDN'T
YOU ASK YOUR FRIENDS

TO COME TO THE
HOUSE FOR A DRINK ?

MY FRIENDS ?

MMM, IT'S YOUR
HOME, AFTER ALL.

WHAT FRIENDS ?

WELL, THE--THE 2 MEN,

YOU KNOW,
YOU WERE TALKING
TO THIS MORNING.

MRS. DELAHUNTY,
I TALKED TO
NO ONE THIS MORNING.

WELL--WELL, DIDN'T I SEE YOU ?
YOU WERE DOWN IN THE VALLEY.

2 MEN IN A BIG CAR.

I'M SORRY, MRS. DELAHUNTY,
BUT YOU'RE MISTAKEN.
I SAW NO ONE THIS MORNING.

( telephone ringing )

DON'T BE AFRAID, WERNER.

AFRAID ?

SO OFTEN I SEE
FEAR IN YOUR EYES.

MR. RIVERSMITH, THE TELEPHONE.
IT'S YOUR WIFE.

AH, THANK YOU, QUINTY.

AHEM.

FORGIVE ME, WERNER.
I WAS ONLY TRYING
TO REASSURE YOU.

( Francine )
...till I see you ?

YES, IF IT'S NOT DELAYED.

So I should wait outside ?

JUST WAIT IN THE CAR
AND I'LL FIND YOU,

OTHERWISE
WE'RE GONNA MISS EACH OTHER.

Hmm, miss each other
for 2 hours like last time.

So I'll look for you outside
by baggage claim, ok ?

Oh, and if they
give me a hard time,

I'll just drive around
till I see you.

( Tom )
Ok.

( Emily )
HER VOICE WAS UNPLEASANT,

HARSH, DEVOID OF EXPRESSION.

EXACTLY AS I HAD IMAGINED IT.

I PICTURED HER
WITHOUT DIFFICULTY:
A SKINNY, WEATHER-BEATEN FACE,

MYOPIC EYES
BENEATH A LANK FRINGE,

EYEBROWS LEFT UNPLUCKED.

( Tom )
Guess what she does,
she writes romance novels.

( Francine )
You're kidding.

Bodice-rippers.

( laughing )

She's got a bookcase
full of the stuff,

all the trash she's published
over the years.

God, how funny.

She told me about some guy
who'd taken her to Africa,

selling bathroom fixtures.

Bathroom fixtures ?

Do you believe that ?

She sat there,
talking on and on,

getting sloshed on
this disgusting drink
called grappa.

I tell you, Francine,

the whole evening
was truly grotesque.

( laughing )

( singing in Italian )
♪ WHAT WILL I NOT DO
TO CONTINUE ♪

♪ TO FIND MYSELF
DURING DUSK LIKE THIS ♪

♪ IF IT STARTS
LIKE NOTHING WAS ♪

♪ BUT IT BOTHERS ME
CONSTANTLY ♪

( in Italian)
ROSA, I'M LOOKING
FOR THE YOUNG GERMAN.

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM ?

NO, I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
CAN YOU PLEASE ASK QUINTY ?

YOU'LL FIND HIM
ON THE TERRACE.

AH.

THANK YOU, ROSA.

♪ BUT IT BOTHERS ME
CONSTANTLY ♪

BUONGIORNO, SIGNOR QUINTY.

BUONGIORNO.

( in English )
I'M LOOKING FOR
THE YOUNG GERMAN.

HE WENT INTO TOWN TO
BUY SOME MORE PLANTS.

HMM.

WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK
HE'LL BE BACK ?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

ASK HIM TO
TELEPHONE, PLEASE.

I NEED TO CHECK
SOMETHING.

OK.

SO, THE LITTLE GIRL LEAVES
SOON FOR AMERICA, HMM ?

TOMORROW MORNING.

SHE HAS BECOME
PART OF YOUR FAMILY ?

SHE HAS THAT.

OK.

( bird screeching )

( Aimee )
I WONDER IF I'LL
EVER COME BACK.

I CERTAINLY HOPE
YOU DO, AIMEE.

I'D BE AWFULLY SAD
IF YOU DIDN'T.

JUST--JUST BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO AMERICA

DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
GOING TO SPEND THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE THERE.

I MIGHT.

YEAH, YOU MIGHT.

BUT IT'S UNLIKELY.

LOOK AT ME. I'VE LED,
I'VE LED AN ENGLISH LIFE,

AN AMERICAN LIFE,
A MOROCCAN LIFE,

NOW I'M LEADING
AN ITALIAN LIFE.

( chuckling )

THERE MAY BE MANY MORE.

WHO KNOWS ?

IT'S LIKE,

IT'S LIKE READING
A WONDERFUL BOOK.

YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.

I HOPE IT WILL BE
A HAPPY ENDING,

LIKE IN ONE OF YOUR STORIES.

LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS
LIKE MY STORIES.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE
YOUR OWN HAPPY ENDINGS.

LOOK.

( birds squawking)

SEE ?

( people shouting )

I THOUGHT YOU'D
NODDED OFF.

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

IT'S DINNERTIME.

HMM.

PUT YOUR FACE ON,
NOW. COME DOWN.

( groaning )

WE'RE ALL GOING
TO MISS HER, EMILY.

IT'S BEEN A LONG WHILE
SINCE YOU'VE CALLED ME THAT.

( snickering )

I JUST FORGOT.

( Emily )
AT DINNER WE WERE
ALL VERY QUIET,

LOST IN OUR OWN
PRIVATE THOUGHTS.

AS I LOOKED AROUND THE
TABLE, I WAS AWARE

OF THE OTHER,
UNSEEN PHANTOM GUESTS:

PHYLLIS, FRANCINE,

THE GENERAL'S WIFE,
HIS DAUGHTER,
HIS SON-IN-LAW,

WERNER'S GIRLFRIEND MADELEINE,

AND BEHIND ME,
THE FATHER WHO
WASN'T MY FATHER,

ERNIE CHUMPS,

AND THE COUPLE
WHO PERISHED

WHEN THEIR MOTORCYCLE
SOARED TOWARDS HEAVEN

OVER THE WALL OF DEATH.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES

I FEEL AS THOUGH WE WERE ALL

IN A STORY
THAT'S BEING MADE UP
AS EACH DAY PASSES.

( Quinty )
MORE WINE, GENERAL ?

OH, JUST A DROP, YES.

THANK YOU.

GIROTTI WAS LOOKING
FOR YOU TODAY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?
HE CAME HERE ?

HE DID. YOU'D BETTER
GIVE HIM A RING.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
I THINK I'LL GO FOR A WALK.

YES, IT'S A LOVELY EVENING.

GOOD NIGHT, AIMEE.
SLEEP WELL.

NIGHT.

( Tom )
REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT A LONG
DAY AHEAD OF US TOMORROW.

( If I Give You My Love
by Ray Charles playing )

♪ What will you give
in return ? ♪

♪ if I give my love to you ♪

( sighing )

♪ will you cause my
heart to yearn ? ♪

( door opening )

♪ and will it bring
me sadness ♪

( door closing )

♪ with so many tears ? ♪

♪ Will it bring me gladness ♪

( footsteps approaching )

OH, THOUGHT YOU'D TURNED IN.

♪ If I give ♪

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO, GENERAL.

ALL RIGHT IF I HAVE
A BITE OF CHEESE
TO GO WITH THIS ?

NOT MUCH OF AN
APPETITE EARLIER.

OH, OF COURSE.

♪ If I vow ♪

DID I HEAR THE FRONT DOOR ?

YES.

RIVERSMITH.

HE'S GONE TO BED.

IT'LL SEEM STRANGE
WITHOUT HER.

IT WILL.

WILL INDEED.

♪ If I give you my love ♪

♪ what will you give
in return ? ♪

I'LL SAY
GOOD NIGHT, GENERAL.

THERE'S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO DO.

GOOD NIGHT,
MRS. DELAHUNTY.

GOOD NIGHT.

MR. RIVERSMITH ?

MR. RIVERSMITH ?

( Tom )
WH-WHAT IS IT ?

NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
MR. RIVERSMITH.

NOTHING'S WRONG.

OH.

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

NOT YET MIDNIGHT.

IS SOMETHING THE MATTER ?

NO, NO, NO.

NOTHING'S WRONG.

I THOUGHT WE MIGHT
SHARE A FAREWELL GLASS.

I WAS SOUND ASLEEP.

WE HAVE TO TALK.

WHAT TALK ?

THIS TIME
TOMORROW YOU'LL BE GONE.
JUST A SIP, JUST A SIP.

MRS. DELAHUNTY, WE HAVE
NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.

IT'S UNKIND

TO CALL ME
MRS. DELAHUNTY, TOM.

IT'S NOT EVEN MY REAL NAME.

THE FACT THAT
MY SISTER'S CHILD SPENT
SOME TIME IN YOUR HOUSE

AFTER THE TRAGEDY
DOESN'T ENTITLE
YOU TO HARASS ME.

I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT HIM SO MUCH, TOM.

WHY DID HE DO IT ?

WHAT...

TERRIBLE ANGER MUST
HAVE POSSESSED HIM ?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?

BUT HE--HE LOVED HER.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

I MEAN HE MAY, HE--HE MAY
HAVE AGREED TO HELP THEM.

BUT I--I SAW HOW HE
STROKED HER ARM

IN THE RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
HE WAS IN LOVE WITH HER, TOM.

TRULY IN LOVE.

YOU TALKING ABOUT
THE GERMAN BOY ?

YEAH, HE MUST HAVE
BEEN LED INTO IT.

HE SEEMS SO MILD, SO GENTLE.

HE MADE SOME KIND OF
CONFESSION TO YOU ? IS
THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ?

I'D LOVE IT, TOM,
IF YOU'D TAKE
JUST A SIP OF--

NO, NO, I DON'T WANT
ANY GODDAMN GRAPPA !

WHY DO YOU KEEP
PUSHING DRINKS ON ME ?

ALL HOURS OF
THE DAY AND NIGHT,

YOU SEEM TO THINK
I NEED A DRINK.

YOU MAKE APPALLING
ACCUSATIONS AND--

I ONLY SAID IT MIGHT BE SO.

NONE OF US CAN BE
CERTAIN ABOUT ANYTHING.

ONLY THE PERPETRATORS,
WE BOTH KNOW THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY
GROUNDS FOR SAYING

WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT THE GERMAN ?

I HAD A DREAM.

A DREAM ?

AND I SEE IT

IN HIS FACE,

IN HIS SOUL.

IT'S A DREAM !

THAT'S ALL
THE EVIDENCE YOU HAVE ?

WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE
DO YOU NEED ?

I MEAN, GIVEN THE
RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES,

WE'RE ALL OF US CAPABLE OF
THE MOST APPALLING THINGS.

AND EVEN IF WERNER IS GUILTY,

THERE'S
THE CHANCE OF REDEMPTION
IN A CHILD'S FORGIVENESS.

AND FOR AIMEE,
A WAY BACK TO HERSELF
IN OFFERING IT.

THAT IS PREPOSTEROUS.

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY
SUGGEST THAT AIMEE

COULD HAVE SOME
KIND OF FRIENDSHIP

WITH A BOY YOU
CLAIM MIGHT HAVE
MURDERED HER FAMILY ?

IT'S MONSTROUS.

TOM, TOM, NOW
YOU LISTEN TO ME.

LISTEN.

DO YOU KNOW
THE ITALIAN WORD, COLPA ?

HMM ?

IT MEANS GUILT.

NOW, WE, ALL OF US

FEEL COLPA ABOUT SOMETHING.

IT'S A BURDEN
WE ALL HAVE TO BEAR.

DO NOT, I BEG YOU,

LET COLPA STAND IN THE
WAY OF YOUR ACTIONS.

SEE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE HELL
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I THINK YOU DO.

YOU FEEL COLPA

BECAUSE YOU NEVER MADE
PEACE WITH YOUR SISTER.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
YOU FEEL OBLIGED

TO TAKE THE CHILD
BACK WITH YOU.

FOR GOD'S SAKE !

BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF,
ADMIT IT, TOM.

PLEASE ! JUST
STOP IT, WILL YOU ?

AIMEE, AIMEE IS HAPPY HERE.

SHE'S AS HAPPY AS SHE
CAN BE, AT THE MOMENT.

DON'T DESTROY HER
ONE CHANCE OF HAPPINESS

BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN
SENSE OF GUILT.

YOU HAVEN'T
TOUCHED YOUR GRAPPA.

A DRINK WOULD DO YOU GOOD.

NO, I DON'T WANT ANY--

OH !

( chuckling )
OOPS, SORRY.

YOU'RE EXTREMELY DRUNK.

OH, IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT.

EASY WAY FOR A MAN
TO TURN HIS BACK.

KEEP AWAY FROM ME.
DON'T COME ANY CLOSER.

JUST...

STAY AWAY.

LEAVE ME ALONE,
MRS. DELAHUNTY.

I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP.

YOU'RE A MAN
WHO ALWAYS SLEEPS,
MR. RIVERSMITH.

YOU'LL SLEEP YOUR
WAY TO THE GRAVE.

HELL IS WHERE MEN LIKE YOU
WAKE UP, MR. RIVERSMITH,

WITH FLAMES CURLING
AROUND THEIR NAKED LEGS.

( door closing )

( men arguing )

( door closing )

( Quinty )
IT'S 9:00. COME ON,
TIME TO GET GOING.

( Tom )
AIMEE, COME ON.

WE DON'T WANT TO
MISS THE FLIGHT.

( Quinty )
GO IN THE BACK
AND GET YOURSELF STRAPPED.

THAT'S IT. GET
YOURSELF IN, NOW.

HAVE YOU GOT YOUR SEAT ?

( car engine starting )

( Aimee )
BYE, ROSA.

( crying )

( Girotti )
I AM RELYING ON YOUR
DISCRETION, MRS. DELAHUNTY.

( Emily )
OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

I WISH TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT--

ABOUT WERNER.

OH.

ARE YOU ALSO A MIND READER ?

I FEEL HE'S THE ONE
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

( rain pattering )

FEEL ?

( sighing )

I HAD A DREAM.

TELL ME.

( thunder rumbling )

WELL,

IN THE DREAM THERE WAS
A--A DEMONSTRATION.

YOUNG PEOPLE CARRYING BANNERS,
AND WERNER WAS AMONGST THEM.

THE POLICE USED WATER CANON.

IT--IT WAS VERY VIOLENT.

AND THEN, AND I REMEMBER, UH,

THERE WAS A BIG BUILDING.

IT WAS AN OFFICE, I THINK,

AND WERNER WAS THERE,
AND THE GIRL, AND THEY--
THEY MET, THEY MET...

BY ACCIDENT, IT SEEMED.

BUT I--I THINK IT WAS--
IT WAS PLANNED,
BECAUSE THEY...

THEY NEEDED TO USE HER.

THEY NEEDED HER,

THEY NEEDED HER
TO CARRY THE BOMB.

( thunder rumbling )

IS HE IN HIS ROOM ?

HE'S LEFT.

LEFT ?

ASK QUINTY.

2 MEN CAME IN A CAR.

"THERE SEEMED TO BE
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION,"
QUINTY SAID.

I--I THINK IT WAS
SOMETHING MORE SIGNIFICANT.

THIS DREAM OF YOURS,
WAS IT INSPIRED

OR PROVOKED BY ANYTHING
THE YOUNG GERMAN
HAD TOLD YOU ?

HE TOLD ME THE GIRL
WAS AN INTERPRETER.

THAT SHE WORKED
FOR A BIG COMPANY,

ONE OF THOSE
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES.

NOTHING ELSE ?

HE SAID HE WAS
INTERESTED IN POLITICS.

THE GIRL WAS ON
HER WAY TO THE AIRPORT.

SHE WAS TRAVELING WITH
SENIOR COMPANY EXECUTIVES
IN A PRIVATE JET.

AMONGST THE DEBRIS
OF CARROZZA 219,

WE FOUND FRAGMENTS
OF A BAROMETRIC SWITCH.

CLEARLY THE BOMB WAS MEANT
TO, UH, EXPLODE WHILE
THE PLANE WAS AIRBORNE.

IT MUST HAVE
GONE OFF BY MISTAKE.

WE HAVE ALSO MADE
A CONNECTION BETWEEN

WERNER AND A GROUP
OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS.

NOW, THE FACT THAT
HE SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED

MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT
OUR SUSPICIONS WERE CORRECT.

IT WAS A REMARKABLE DREAM.

DREAMS ARE REMARKABLE,
INSPECTOR.

MUCH UNDERVALUED.

MAYBE SO.

(Emily)
THE GIRLS IN MY ROMANCES

ARE NEVER LEFT ABANDONED
BY THEIR LOVERS.

MOTHERS DO NOT
TURN THEIR BACKS
ON LITTLE CHILDREN.

HARSH FINGERS
NEVER PROBE INNOCENT BODIES
IN THE DARKNESS OF A CINEMA.

THE SOMBER SIDE OF THINGS
DOES NOT APPEAL TO ME.

I IMAGINED THEIR PLANE
FLYING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

TIME WOULD BE GAINED.

HOURS ADDED
TO AIMEE'S YOUNG LIFE.

THEY'LL DRIVE
HOME IN THE BUICK.

CONVERSATION
WILL BE DIFFICULT.

( Tom sighing )

TOM IS TIRED.

PERHAPS FRANCINE WILL
SUGGEST THE TWO OF THEM
COOK SUPPER TOGETHER.

HUNGRY, AIMEE ?

SCRAMBLED EGGS.

AIMEE AND FRANCINE,

THE FIRST MEAL
IN HER NEW HOME.

WHEN DARKNESS
COMES TO PENNSYLVANIA,

THE RIVERSMITHS WILL
LIE BENEATH THE SHEETS.

HIS PAJAMAS BUNDLED AWAY

AND FRANCINE'S
LEAN BODY NAKED ALSO.

THE CHILD MAY BE
NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE,
BUT THEY'LL MANAGE SOMEHOW.

THEY'LL THINK OF SOMETHING

BEING IN THE
THINKING BUSINESS,
BOTH OF THEM.

AND THEN SOMETIME LATER,

MONTHS MAYBE, OR YEARS,

THEY'LL DECIDE
THAT EXPERT CARE

IS NO MORE THAN
THE CHILD'S DUE.

BETTER FOR HER
OWN SAKE TO BE LOOKED AFTER
BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SKILLED

IN A PLACE THAT CONTAINS
OTHERS OF HER KIND.

AIMEE ?

AIMEE !

WE WERE AT THE AIRPORT.

HE WAS THERE,
TALKING TO HER
AT THE CHECK-IN DESK.

AND THEY CAME
BACK WITH THE BAGS.

HE KISSED HER ONCE,
SHOOK MY HAND,
AND HE WAS GONE.

WELL, DID HE-- DIDN'T
HE SAY ANYTHING ?

WELL, HE SAID HE'D CALL
YOU AND THE DOCTOR

IN A FEW WEEKS
TO REVIEW THE SITUATION.

N-NOTHING ELSE ?

NOT A THING.

WHERE'S WERNER ?

HMM ?

WHAT ?

I'VE BEEN LOOKING
ALL OVER FOR HIM.

HE'S GONE TO STAY
WITH FRIENDS.

WHAT FRIENDS ?

OH, JUST SOME FRIENDS.
FRIENDS FROM GERMANY.
JUST A LITTLE HOLIDAY.

BUT HE SENDS YOU
A GREAT BIG HUG, ALL RIGHT ?

( laughing )

I THINK I'D BETTER
CHECK THE SILVER.

LET'S HOPE HE HASN'T
ROBBED US BLIND.

IF HE HAS,
WE'LL FORGIVE HIM.

FORGIVE HIM ?

WE ALL NEED FORGIVENESS,
QUINTY.

( Emily )
MR. RIVERSMITH MAY
NEVER COME BACK FOR HER.

HE MAY DECIDE
HE DOESN'T WANT
A CHILD IN HIS LIFE.

ESPECIALLY
NOT HIS SISTER'S CHILD.

HE'S NO FOOL.

HE KNOWS FRANCINE
WILL BE JEALOUS.

WELL, I DOUBT VERY MUCH
WHETHER HE'LL EVER COME BACK.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
HE MAY VERY WELL COME
BACK NEXT MONTH.

( chuckling )

I MAY BE DEAD NEXT MONTH.

THE MOON MAY HAVE
CRASHED INTO THE EARTH.

WHO KNOWS WHAT DREADFUL
THINGS MAY COME TO PASS ?

BUT AT THE MOMENT...

I'M HAPPY.
WHAT ELSE MATTERS ?

CARPE DIEM.

I'M NEVER REALLY
SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

OH, SEIZE THE DAY.
EMBRACE THE PRESENT.

ENJOY LIFE WHILE
YOU'VE GOT THE CHANCE.

CARPE DIEM.

I'LL REMEMBER THAT.

( Emily )
IN THE GARDEN, THE DELPHINIUMS
WERE IN FLOWER.

THROUGH SCENTED TWILIGHT,
THE GIRL IN THE WHITE DRESS

WALKED WITH A STEP
AS LIGHT AS A MORNING COBWEB.

THAT EVENING SHE HADN'T
A CARE IN THE WORLD.

( September Song playing )

♪ OH, IT'S A LONG,
LONG WHILE ♪

♪ FROM MAY TO DECEMBER ♪

♪ BUT THE DAYS GROW SHORT ♪

♪ WHEN YOU REACH SEPTEMBER ♪

♪ WHEN THE AUTUMN WEATHER ♪

♪ TURNS THE LEAVES TO FLAME ♪

♪ ONE HASN'T GOT TIME ♪

♪ FOR THE WAITING GAME ♪

♪ OH, THE DAYS DWINDLE DOWN ♪

♪ TO A PRECIOUS FEW ♪

♪ SEPTEMBER ♪

♪ NOVEMBER ♪

♪ AND THESE ♪

♪ FEW PRECIOUS DAYS ♪

♪ I'LL SPEND WITH YOU ♪

♪ THESE PRECIOUS DAYS ♪

♪ I'LL SPEND ♪

♪ WITH YOU ♪