Where Angels Fear to Tread Page #2

please Ilia, in my room,

as I've come all this way on business.

Oh, God....

Lillia, we won't have a

scene, I know everything.

Miss Abbott told me a certain amount,

and the rest I can see for myself.

See for yourself? - Lillia, Lillia.

Are you aware of the social

position of an Italian...

...who pulls out teeth in

a minute provincial town?

What an interesting question.

I thought Signor Carello

was of the Italian nobility.

I only put that in so as not

to shock your poor mother.

Anyway, he has a cousin

who is a lawyer in Rome.

Really, a Lawyer. What kind of Lawyer?

A lawyer just like you are.

Except he has lots to do

and can never get away.

I'm not blaming you. I blame...

..... the glamour of Italy,

I felt it myself, you know.

And I greatly blame Miss Abbot.

Caroline? Why blame her? It

has nothing to do with her.

I know this may be painful for

you, but I'm here to rescue you.

You may not think much of me,

but I'm not frightened to stand up to a bully.

He's merely an insolent boy...

...who thinks he can keep

you here with threats.

He'll be different when he sees

he has a man to deal with,

For once in my life

I would thank you to leave me alone.

For twelve years, you have

trained me and tortured me,

and I can stand it no more.

I came to your mother's house

a bride with no money and...

...you all looked me up and down

disgustingly and thought I might do.

Your mother corrected me,

your sister snubbed me...

...and you said funny remarks about

me, to show how clever you were.

And when your brother died,

I was to stay cooped up...

...in Sawston with you all? No thank you.

Thank goodness now I

can stand up for myself.

I've found Gino,

and this time I am I marrying for love.

Well, I forbid you to do

it. You are ungrateful.

There is going to be such a row

in this town that you and he...

...will be sorry you ever came to it.

It is unwise of you to laugh.

I forbid you to marry Carella,

and I shall tell him so now.

Do. Let's have it out with

him. I'll tell him right now.

Gino. Avanti.

Philip forbids the marriage.

Watch out, or he might hurt you.

Mrs. Herrington is agitated, but...

...there is no reason

why we shouldn't be calm.

Please sit down.

Might I offer you a cigarette?

- No.

I'm going to be frank

with you, Signor Carella.

I'm here to prevent you marrying

Mrs Herriton, because I see...

...that you will both be

unhappy together. Capito? - Si.

She is English, you're Italian,

she's used to one thing...

...and you to another.

She is - you'll have to pardon me for

saying this - she's rich and you are poor.

I do not marry her because she is rich.

- No, I am sure you are honourable.

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