Athena Page #3

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I had to have a drink otherwise

I couldn't make it home.

- One mustn't gulp Martinis.

- That one was purely medicinal.

Have you have any idea

what happens when a Four man

in a Three month runs into a

Six woman when he has a Nine car?

- And did you know peach trees are snobs?

- Adam, you're out of your mind.

I'm merely quoting. I ran into a numerologist

today and that's what she told me.

I couldn't get rid of her.

Fortunately my license added up

to something dismal and I escaped.

Excuse me, Sir, a lady to see you.

This is the young lady

I was speaking about.

You really shouldn't be here, you know,

remember about the fours and sixes and things?

Mr. Benevuchi told me

you have five peach trees

which siphons you off and

makes your system fluid.

You're really neuter.

Isn't that heaven?

Neuter, that's some new description.

This is my fiance, Miss

Hallson, and this is...

Athena Mulvain.

Roy, if you'll just show Miss

Mulvain where the peach trees are

she can get on with her

mulching and be home before dark.

Yes, Sir, but it's a waste of time,

the trees are dead.

Oh, Roy, you must be a Two Man,

you're so pessimistic.

- When were you born.

- August 18, 1928.

On the nose! But don't worry,

next month is just great for twos.

Now if I may just have

some watermelon rinds,

wax paper and fish

heads, I'll get to work.

Wouldn't you prefer a cocktail?

Oh, no, I need them for mulching.

If I may just have

a spading fork and trowel.

Watakushi wa anata u suki desu

o tomodashi ni narimashou, Roy-san.

- You speak Japanese?

- I can say, "I love you, let us be friends."

I can say it in fifty-four

different languages,

and I'm working on African dialects.

I'm sure that's going

to come in very handy.

Well, according to Grandpa, we should

learn to like everybody in the world.

Well, I must say, you go about it

in a... a very unusual way.

Oh, this is an interesting house.

It's an decayed kind of architecture

and thoroughly impractical.

If you'll just tear out that whole side

and put in a window,

you'll bring the outside in.

When I had this house built I told

the architect to keep the outside out.

- Oh, you have screens.

- Doesn't everybody?

Oh, no, it stops the air circulating.

My sister Madea believes

that flies and moths

stir up the air and it's

unnatural to keep them out.

And you really should get rid

of those rugs... they're wool.

Wool's from sheep...

that's animal matter.

My sister Aphrodite says it's very

unhealthy to have in the house.

- Will these do, Miss.

- Oh! Perfectly.

You will excuse me, won't you?

I'm so happy to have met you.

- You have such a lovely figure.

- Why, thank you.

- But you really shouldn't wear a girdle.

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