A Room with a View Page #2

Oh, the British abroad!

I'd set an examination at Dover

and turn back any tourists who failed.

Miss, this sepolcro not very good.

You go see affresci di Giotto.

- Capella Peruzzi, Capella Bardivery good.

- No, thank you.

Giotto scolaro di Cimabue.

Kept the sheep on the mountain.

Make a picture of the sheep.

- No, thank you.

- I very... good speak English.

- Do go away, please.

- Capella Peruzzi, affresci di Giotto...

Cio tuttol

You see here these superb frescoes

by Giotto, depicting the life of St Francis.

On the left, there he is,

renouncing worldly goods.

And, on the right, the fourth Pope.

And here he is preaching to the bishops.

And there he is undergoing a... trial

by fire before the Sultan.

And here...

Ah, Mr. Eager, good morning.

I'm leading a little private tour of my own.

Here he is on his deathbed, surrounded...

Mr. Eager is our English chaplain

here in Florence.

...now unhappily ruined by restoration,

is untroubled by the snares

of anatomy and perspective...

Look at that fat man! He must weigh as much

as I do, but he's floating like a balloon.

Remember that Santa Croce was built by faith

in the full fervor of medievalism.

Built by faith! That simply means

the workers weren't paid properly!

Pardon me. The chapel is somewhat small.

We will incommode you no longer.

Oh, I... Oh!

Mr. Eager, there's plenty of room

for all of us. You don't have to...

Oh, dear.

Gather round, everybody.

You may observe here in the Peruzzi Chapel,

as well as in the place

from which we've been expelled,

the special character of Giotto

among the great painters.

He was practical...

My poor boy has brains,

but he's very muddled.

But why should he be?

Well may you ask.

But think how he's been brought up -

free from the superstition

that leads men to hate in the name of God.

I must go...

I don't require you to fall in love

with my boy, but please help him.

If only one could stop him from brooding.

And on what? The things of the universe.

I don't believe in this world sorrow. Do you?

No, I don't. Not at all, Mr. Emerson.

Well, there you are.

Make my boy realize that,

at the side of the everlasting "why",

there is a "yes".

And a "yes" and a "yes"!

Has your son no particular hobby?

I forget my worries at the piano,

and collecting stamps helped my brother.

Excuse me. My cousin will be

most anxious if I don't get back.

- Poor girl.

- Poor girl?

I think myself most fortunate.

I'm very happy and having a splendid time.

Thank you very much. Goodbye.

Look at that adorable wine cart.

How he stares at us, dear simple soul!

I love these little dark alleys.

They're all peasants, you know. Come along.

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