Louisiana Purchase Page #3

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Oui.

[Bordelaise]

Marina.

Oh, my little Marina.

You here in Louisiana.

What a surprise.

Yvonne. This is a bigger

surprise for me.

You have not changed

in ten years.

Oh, but you have.

You were such

a little girl.

What a beautiful place.

Oh, I'm so happy

to see you.

Now, sit down.

How is your mother?

Well, I trust.

No, she's not well,

I trust.

Oh.

She's still in Vienna.

Oh, health is all right,

but money and things...

I want to get mama

a passport too,

but she needs $500

to come over.

$500?

Mm-hmm.

I just paid my mortgage,

but I'll get it.

No, no, no.

I don't want you

to give it to me.

I want a job,

any kind of a job.

I can dance

or scrub the floors...

or wash the dishes

or anything.

But the estate.

First we sold one part

of the estate,

and then another,

and then came Anschluss.

You know... liberation.

They liberated the rest

of the estate from us.

Of course they left us

the gardener's cabin.

Mon dieu.

Oh, it wasn't bad.

The gardener had some cows.

First we sold the milk,

then the cows.

And then what?

Then last year I got

a passport for America.

I have my first

citizen papers already.

In a few years

I get my second papers,

and then I'll go on relief.

Heil Roosevelt!

Ah, bonjour, monsieur.

Voulez-vous prendre

cette table ici, peut-etre...

tres bien, je vous assirai

et personne ne vous

derangera.

How do you do?

La tempete est belle dans

New Orleans, n'est-ce pas?

Thank you.

Et maintenant, monsieur,

voulez vous choisir?

This is in French too.

Yes.

Well, could I order

something in English?

Certainly.

Certainly.

Monsieur would like to

have something to drink

before dinner?

No, I'll just take my usual:

A glass of hot water.

Hot water?

Yeah, that's good for you

before a meal.

Oh, very well,

but, uh...

now, what about

something to eat?

I will suggest

some oysters.

I knew you were going

to say that.

Every time I go

in a restaurant,

a waiter takes

one look at me...

and suggests oysters.

I don't understand it.

But, monsieur,

this is New Orleans,

the home of oysters.

I've had waiters

suggest it to me

in Nebraska,

and Nebraska ain't

the home of oysters.

Oh, but you see,

the waiter realizes

immediately...

that monsieur is

a connoisseur about food,

so naturally

he suggests oysters.

Say, maybe that's it.

All right, I might

have some oysters.

May I suggest

a New Orleans speciality?

Oysters Rockefeller.

Oysters Rockefeller?

Oh, no, you don't.

What's the matter?

No.

A man in my profession

can't afford...

to have his name associated

with Rockefeller.

What is your profession?

Bend over.

I don't want this

to get around,

but I'm a senator,

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