Le mirage Page #4

catching butterfIies.

How Iong was it?

At Ieast 2 summers.

And the cork trays

for drying macaroons?

We found them in every room.

His system for distiIIing mint

from the marsh...

That erased the scent of the mint...

But Ieft the smeII of the marsh.

It's true.

Is that Anna's work?

No, Maria's uncIe's,

a friend of Suzanne VaIadon

and Matisse

who Iived at Bateau-Lavoir.

It's our famiIy great honor.

Anna won't show her work.

You'II understand. With her,

it's never finished.

Look at that oId tree.

See how it hoIds on to its age.

Its roots stuck in the soiI...

it can't faII.

I find that sight comforting,

reassuring.

ShouId we go back?

AIready?

Oh, you're freezing

- No, I don't feeI weII.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry.

Remember the first time it happened?

You were scared.

I said it was a big day.

The day you were born...

- Listen,

I don't want to taIk about it.

I won't suffer.

But it's necessary suffering.

Not for me. I don't want chiIdren.

How can you say that?

Of course you're free,

but it's a shame.

You're in the naturaI cycIe,

fertiIity. I'm not.

What are you taIking about?

It's not the end of your Iife.

You see things cIearIy in hindsight.

You have detachment and caIm.

Sometimes I envy you.

I don't see it that way at aII.

I'm not ready for caIm detachment.

I don't want to be respected.

It's revoIting.

No, I think nature

does everything right.

I earned my bread

working odd jobs here and there.

Which means...

Before I came here,

I worked at a youth camp in Hungary.

The wheat rippIing

aIong Hungarian roads...

The wind in the BaIkan parades...

It's funny that you mention wheat,

since our job was to puII out

the weeds from the wheat fieIds.

With or without gIoves?

- Anna.

No machines?

Not for now. It's just manuaI Iabor.

Teenagers from the West are Iodged

and they work in the mornings.

It's too hot in the afternoon.

The fIy bites are worse.

FIies?

It's weII known.

Hungarian fIies are awfuI.

They're enormous horsefIies.

Fat and voracious.

We didn't wear shorts or t-shirts.

When they bite you,

their jaws get stuck in your skin.

Before Hungary,

I spent severaI months in ItaIy.

I was disappointed.

What I Iiked the best in ItaIy

was the area of VintimiIIe,

the region formed by Provence,

Piedmont

and Liguria.

It's Iike being in the heart

of ancient Europe...

Where's the heart of Europe today?

There is no center.

Once, the worId was fIat

and Rome was its center.

Then it was round and Iost its center.

For centuries,

capitaIs thought they were

the center. Paris, BerIin...

even Washington,

which copied every Roman monument.

Yes, you're absoIuteIy right

and maybe that ambition

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