Dangerous Beauty Page #5

AND THERE'S NO A MAN IN VENICE

THAT I CAN'T HAVE.

WE ARE SO ALIKE,

YOU AND ME.

WE BOTH KNOW THAT LOVE

IS INCONVENIEN:

IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

SO WHY NOT ENJOY

WHAT LITTLE WE'RE ALLOWED

TOGETHER?

I'M ALL BOOKED UP.

WELL?

WELL, WHAT?

AHH.

WELL, I SEE THAT YOU'RE

ENJOYING YOURSELF.

YES. THANK YOU,

SIGNORE VENIER.

DOMINICO.

OTHERWISE YOU SHALL

MAKE ME FEEL VERY OLD.

OH, LET ME HELP YOU.

NO, NO, NO.

IT'S NOT A SIGH

FOR SUCH BEAUTIFUL EYES.

I'M NOT AFRAID OF FLESH.

THE MAN WHO BID YOU RHYME.

FRANCESCO MARTENENGO.

ADMIRAL OF OUR FLEET.

ANDREA TRON.

WHATEVER YOU DO,

DON'T MAKE HIM MAD.

BISHOP DE LA TORRE.

IT'S SAID HIS COLLECTION

OF PAINTINGS:

IS SURPASSED ONLY

BY HIS COLLECTION OF WOMEN.

SO MANY?

BIBLICAL.

RAMBERTI, YOU KNOW.

MINISTER OF DEFENSE.

I TELL YOU NOW,

HE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU.

YOU SAY THAT AS IF YOU

THOUGHT IT A DISEASE.

YOU THINK PERHAPS

I WANT YOU FOR MYSELF.

I WOULD NOT PRESUME.

PITY.

I WAS FLATTERED:

TO THINK YOU MIGHT HARBOR

SUCH SUSPICIONS:

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I WOULD BE HAPPY

TO ATTEND TO YOU

UNDER ANY:

CIRCUMSTANCES.

[CROWS]

AAH!

AAH!

AAH!

WHOO!

[CROWS]

OHH!

OHH!

"ALL THE BEST COURTESANS

HAVE ONE."

SIGNORA.

SIGNORE MARCO VENIER

WISHES YOUR AUDIENCE.

[CROWS]

A PEACOCK DOES NO AN INHERITANCE MAKE.

LOOK AT THESE GOWNS.

EACH IS A UNIQUE WORK

OF ART IN EVERY DETAIL.

CHARMING SPECTACLE.

I'VE SEEN BETTER.

MUST BE INTERESTING,

BEING IN A ROOM FULL OF MEN,

MOST OF WHOM YOU'VE SEEN

WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN.

PUTS IT ALL IN SOME

KIND OF PERSPECTIVE.

I WAS WONDERING, UM...

I WOULD ENJOY I IF PERHAPS WE MIGH

EXCHANGE VERSE AGAIN...

SOME NIGHT...

VERONICA.

WE CAN'T AFFORD

ONE ANOTHER, MAFFIO.

WE'RE BOTH COURTIERS,

SINGING FOR OUR SUPPER.

OF COURSE.

WHAT WAS COUSIN MAFFIO

ON ABOUT?

THE PLEASURES:

OF POETRY.

DID YOU ENJOY THE HUNT?

WELL, THE HUN POSSESSES, DOESN'T IT,

SUCH A CRUEL BEAUTY?

MUCH LIKE YOUR OWN.

IS MY BEAUTY CRUEL?

OH, I THINK SO.

TO THOSE:

THAT YOU REFUSE, YES.

IT IS ONLY MY REFUSAL

THAT AROUSES YOUR LONGING.

YOU UNDERRATE YOURSELF.

FLATTERER.

PUT IT TO THE TEST.

SAY YES:

AND THEN SEE:

IF YOU'RE RID OF ME.

I HEARD "SEE."

IF I'M RIGHT,

YOU'LL TIRE OF ME,

AND IF YOU'RE RIGHT,

I'LL TIRE OF YOU.

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUS STAY AS WE ARE.

YOU KNOW,

I DO REGRET THE...

THE HUR THAT I CAUSED YOU.

YOU OWN MY HEART.

YOUR HEAR IS HIGHER UP.

HER FATHER OWNS HALF

OF LOMBARDY,

AND HER AUN IS THE POPE'S NIECE.

AN ALLIANCE WITH THIS FAMILY

IS A GODSEND, MARCO.

MARCO, YOU WILL MARRY

GIULIA DE LEZZE.

FOR VENICE,

IF FOR NO OTHER REASON.

IF I DIDN'T KNOW YOU

BETTER,

I'D SAY YOU HAD THE FEIGNED

INDIFFERENCE OF A MAN IN LOVE.

GO ON, SON.

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