America America Page #4
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Will you have a coffee?
No, thank you father.
You'll have a coffee with me.
Two coffees, immediately.
Immediately.
Look at your feet.
Make sure the shutters are closed.
The door!
Father...
I've made up my mind.
We're going to send you
to Constantinople.
What did you say, father?
this place. You'll go first.
You will take everything
this family has of wealth.
You will.
I said everything
of wealth...
this family has.
Dig.
Dig.
This winter, I'll come here at night
and we'll weave together.
By the day of your wedding, you'll
have all the blankets you need.
From time to time,
I've had to do things that...
We live by the mercy
of the Turk.
But, Stavros, I've always kept
Safe, inside me.
And see, we're still living.
After a time,
you don't feel the shame.
Dig.
Lace collars? What will you
do with them, dearie?
Make yourself pretty?
It's too late, little dearie.
Yesterday, I got this from
our cousin in Constantinople.
I'll be honoured. Let Stavros
bring money for my business...
and I'll make him my partner.
He has a prospering establishment,
a prospering establishment.
Will it really be better for us
in Constantinople?
Yes, it will be.
Where else can we go?
It's our last hope.
You'll take our smoked meat.
You'll take the two big rugs
on the floor upstairs.
In fact, everything you can sell.
Our donkey,
you'll take our donkey...
and sell him when you get
to Constantinople.
The jewellery...
The jewellery which
came with Vasso...
when I took her for a wife.
This was my mother's.
See? She's wearing it there,
look.
I was going to give it to you
when you got married.
It's better this way, mother.
In time,
you'll bring your three sisters...
Are the shutters closed?
You'll bring your three sisters
to Constantinople.
As the eldest, your responsibility
is to see they marry well.
Then, as your business prospers...
you'll bring your four brothers
out to your side.
As the eldest, your responsibility
is to set them up in business.
Then it will be your mother's turn.
It is your responsibility to make
Don't ask too much.
Vasso, there's a right way
and a wrong way.
Yes, Isaac.
to your care.
Watch over him,
he is our hope.
Mother.
He's trusting you with everything...
Vasso!
Forgive me, Isaac.
Teach him that the meek
shall inherit the earth.
Except here.
Each and all men are brothers.
Trust no one.
A gentle word and a Christian smile
will turn away all wrong.
He's given you his coat.
I've sewed the money into the lining.
Feel it? Here.
And in this little sack, jewellery,
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