Savage Grace Page #5

but for the moment,

we're sitting here,

Brooks and Antony, two men.

Had she been on time,

we'd never have had this discussion.

Do you think she gets stoned?

Well, she's Spanish.

Worth a pull?

After you, pal.

Te gustara fumar?

S.

Gracias.

Taught by experts.

You know what this place needs?

Some music.

- I have one.

- Excuse me?

Once upon a time

a long, long time ago

Wherever you lead me

I would surely follow

Girl, you put me through

some pain and misery

And now you stand here

on my doorstep

Telling me

how much you need me

Ain't nobody home

Girl

Ain't nobody home

How many times

I begged for you to come home

But you laughed at me

and said, "Let me alone"

Ain't nobody home

Girl

- I don't know.

- What's she like?

- I don't know. She's Spanish.

- Well, with a name like Blanca...

- Blanca what?

- I don't know Blanca what.

This is not a city, it's a port,

so when we hang out,

it's typically on a first-name basis.

And if what you're asking is,

"Does she come from bonne famille?"...

You know,

if that's what you're asking, well...

aren't there enough

counts and countesses

in that stack of cartes de visite

in the foyer,

just the way that Nini taught you?

The carte from Prince Bernhard is

always on top, and the bills on the bottom.

You will not

speak to your mother like that.

I will not stand for it.

Oh, piss off.

A mother knows.

Hm?

When her son...

when her son might like someone.

The discovery, that was 1907.

In less than ten years

my grandfather was a very wealthy man.

1924, his face on the cover

of Time magazine.

mannequins wear Bakelite accessories.

Then came the Depression,

which hit everyone except the Baekelands.

We were headed the other direction.

Our triumph -

and, of course, our downfall.

How do you mean?

Leo knew the social register,

but it wasn't what moved him,

it wasn't what he prized.

To him, all that was just la parade.

But not to George -

his son, my father.

He valued all that to a fault,

and in the process lost everything.

Camarero!

No one here is drinking enough.

Another round over here.

Tony, let's drink while your father

bores the sh*t out of your little friend.

- She's not very happy.

- Ah!

Then you understand.

Well, it's been a long night.

Bye, kiddo.

- Night, Blanca.

- Good night.

- Are you sure that?

- Yes!

You know, I don't think

I've ever met a family like yours.

All this excitement,

all this history.

- Well, there is that.

- Yes.

You really are

such a handsome boy.

Later, Mummy said

that I had brought Blanca home

like a kitten

that had killed its first mouse...

and laid it at your feet.

And you... and you took it.

Por favor. Adnde hora

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