The Belly of an Architect Page #2

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There, Michelangelo's dome of San Pietro.

And over there, you can just see...

Borromini's Church of Sant'Agnese | in Piazza Navona.

Where is the Tomb of Augustus from here?

Difficult to see from here, Signor Kracklite.

But undoubtedly there.

Signor Kracklite, let me introduce to you...

Signor Antonio Caspetti, | banker with the Scuta d'Oro.

Signor Caspetti | is our most important benefactor.

We couldn't manage this exhibition | without him.

And after its undoubted success...

can I hope to consider | a return exhibition in Chicago?

Perhaps on the ltalian architect Piranesi.

Signor Caspetti is a great authority | on Piranesi.

I wonder if Kracklite realizes | that his hero is not that well-known in ltaly.

Boulle is not that well-known anywhere.

In Texas, | Kracklite was accused of inventing him.

Or perhaps Boulle is the ideal architect | for your husband to invent.

However, thanks to him...

we have nearly $1 million | to persuade the ltalian public...

that Boulle is not a fiction.

That's a lot of money.

It's expensive to put on | a large art exhibition in Rome.

I remember, Signor Kracklite, | coming across a drawing by Boulle...

when I was 10 years old.

It reminded me, I must admit, of Hell.

No doubt it was a childish idea...

but it hasn't entirely left me.

I discovered Boulle | about the same age as you, Signor Caspetti.

I must confess his designs | have always reminded me of Heaven.

You hold the purse strings | of my husband's exhibition?

Not entirely, but almost.

You're very young to be entrusted | with so much money.

And you're very young to be entrusted | with such an elderly husband.

Excuse me.

There is a story | that the architect of this building...

spent all the money on the marble. | He didn't like wood.

And he skimped on the carpentry.

The real reason was that | he hated carpenters, especially Joseph.

I suspect that he didn't believe | in the virgin birth.

He could not reconcile himself...

to the fact Joseph was 40 | and the Virgin Mary was 14.

About the same difference | as you and your wife...

isn't it, Mr. Kracklite?

Approximately, yes.

But I thought that all Catholics | believed in the virgin birth.

Not outside of marriage.

Do you believe in the virgin birth, | Mr. Kracklite?

At this moment, Signor Caspetti, | I'll settle for any kind of birth.

I've had several miscarriages.

Kracklite gets bored or impatient...

or disillusioned with his projects...

and I get anxious.

We could both be accused | of unsatisfactory delivery.

Christ!

Did you see that?

Now watch this.

Kracklite is going to be honored | by Roman publicity.

Who is this man?

May I introduce to you | Signor Salvatore Battistino...

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