Dark Odyssey Page #4

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If you or I brought

home a man that wasn't Greek

they'd consider it a violation

of their territorial rights.

They'd take it

to the UN.

Oh, Helen.

I've heard them talk

about it for years.

"Marry a Greek boy.

Marry a Greek boy."

You're being

very silly.

Oh, no, I'm not.

"My little Nike

sweetie pie."

(papa)

Girls, your supper

is getting cold.

Look, Nike.

I'm sorry.

I'm awfully upset.

There's something I want

to talk to you about later.

It's important.

Jack wants us to go

out with him tomorrow.

All right, later.

(papa)

And I haven't been back

to the old country

since 1931.

Now your dinner

is all cold.

I've had all I want.

I'll just have some coffee.

Shall I help you

with the dishes?

(mama)

No, thank you.

You stay here

with your guest.

Maybe Yianni would like to see

the view from the roof.

We are right next to

George Washington Bridge.

It's one of the wonders

of the world.

Papa talks as if we owned it,

he's so proud of it.

You're very kind,

Mr. Vassos.

But I must go over and

see if Mr. Coupas is back.

(Nike)

Why don't you call?

I would like to

surprise him.

(papa)

Fine, fine.

But you'll come back here

if he isn't home.

(no sound

from buzzer)

(no sound

from buzzer)

(doorbell buzzes)

Are you from

the delicatessen?

Who are you?

You mustn't be

so upset.

You've got to remember he

doesn't know you're here.

How could he?

You wanted to surprise him,

so don't blame him

if he's out somewhere

having a big dinner.

Over this way,

Yianni.

We can see the

river from here.

New York's

a city on waters.

Isn't Greece surrounded

by water too?

Yes, but I come from the hills

where we only have streams.

My mother tells me the

sky is bluer there...

and at night

there are more stars.

But then she says,

"We don't see so many

stars in the sky here

because we have so

many of them on Earth".

Our stars are the lights and the

bridge and in the buildings.

Well, please don't feel

so bad about Mr. Coupas.

How did you know

what I was thinking?

Well, I didn't.

It's just that you

looked so bothered.

You're not thinking about

that silly argument

Mama and Helen

had at dinner?

Oh, that.

My mother used to say

that family quarrels

are just a test to show us how

much we really love each other.

Now I know

your family likes me.

Of course they

like you.

But still,

Mama and Helen

shouldn't have argued

that way in front of you.

I'm glad they did.

A family never argues

when a guest is present.

It made me feel like

one of them.

I'm so happy to hear

you say that, Yianni.

I must seem

very bold to you.

I suppose in your hometown

girls don't talk this way

to boys when

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