Every Time We Say Goodbye Page #4

Friday.

You sure you've had enough, David?

Oh, good heavens, yes. It was all wonderful.

Mama, the officer complimented you.

Thank you very much. I pleased you like it.

When is the Sabbath dinner

not delicious?

No, no, "liked" isn't the word.

I usually don't make such a pig of myself.

What is he saying?

He's ashamed because he ate so much.

To his good health.

One never eats too much

on a Sabbath.

Tell him it pleases the Lord.

Hear that? No need to be ashamed.

The Lord is pleased.

Tell me, do you think Rommel will get here?

Only if we let him.

Well, he can come for all I care.

We are ready for him.

- Right, we will show Hitler a trick or two.

- Yeah.

But the British won't,

I mean, they will not let Rommel through.

- There is no reason to worry?

- Elie's a tough guy.

As soon as he smells danger...

he takes his courage in both feet

and runs for dear life.

I can feel a draft.

You are the only one.

Every single door and window is shut.

- The heat is killing all of us.

- Albert is a boxer.

We are very proud of him.

He is fighting the "Ogre of Aleppo"

next week at the Y.M.C.A.

- You must come.

- Tell me, how is Mr. Winston Churchill?

The lieutenant is an American, Papa.

What does that matter? I mean,

he wears a British uniform, doesn't he?

- You have something against the British?

- No, no, no. On the contrary.

- We love everything British, yeah?

- Absolutely. English breakfasts.

Crosse and Blackwell marmalade.

Huntley and Palmer biscuits.

- The King, the Queen.

- Fish and chips.

It's a long way to Tipperary

Soccer.

- Craven "A" cigarettes.

- Habeas corpus.

But we don't like British rule.

And one day we will throw

all British troops out of Palestine.

Are you from anywhere

near Chicago, perhaps?

Not really. I grew up in Montana.

Is that near Seattle, perhaps?

It's nearer than Chicago, yes.

Oh, then we have relatives you must know.

The Peres Shoe Store.

- It's run by two brothers, my cousins.

- Well, it's a fairly big country.

Peres Shoes are well known, I believe.

A very large store.

- And we have other cousins, too.

- Peres, yes, I think I've heard of them.

His father is a priest, right?

How can a priest have a son?

Papa, I love you.

He's a Protestant.

Their priests are allowed

to have wives.

How many?

Papa was asking about your father.

Will he be a priest too?

Papa, all these questions.

David doesn't mind.

Do you?

Uncle Raphael wants to know

if you'll be a priest like your father.

- No.

- No.

Grandma Rosa

knows everything about you now.

Oh, really? Can she tell my future?

He wants his fortune told.

He needn't worry.

Nothing bad will happen to him.

He is a good man.

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