Thanos and Despina Page #6

Come in.

What's the matter, Pericles?

Would you mind waiting

in the dining room?

- We won't be long.

- Take your time.

I'll be waiting, Despina.

Despina, father assigned with

a mission that really concerns you.

- A mission?

- He told me to tell you some news

that is very important for you.

It's about your future.

I hope you'll be glad with it.

I hope for it wholeheartedly.

- What's the news?

- No, it was the wrong words.

I don't wish you to be glad.

- But Pericles.

- No, no.

I wanted to say, I want these

news to make you content

or better, make you happy.

What is it about?

Are you joking with me?

The young man that is here.

The one who came with me

from Thessaloniki.

- Yes?

- He's your husband.

He was bought with many gold coins.

They are giving a good pay to

someone to make you his slave.

This is the good news.

The best news.

You spill them out like spit.

My joyful times.

Why do you tell them like they're

nothing but a suffering?

Tell me. What is

bothering you, Pericles?

Despina, Despina.

Pericles, please don't cry.

Don't cry with my tears.

What are you? A worm?

A plant or a living thing?

You've only seen this man once.

You don't even know his name.

What kind of person he is.

If he hides a hunchback? A big mole?

If his feet stink or his armpits?

Tell me. Do you like him?

I find him perfectly fine.

Since my father chose him.

But it concerns you!

It's about your life.

You never wanted to meet other men?

I mean. Talk to them. Get to know them.

Associate with them. Learn about them.

Never wanted to search in the crowd to

find the hand that'll ease your anxiety?

- Touch your waist, your breast?

- Enough, Pericles. Shut up!

No, you are not a living thing.

You are a plant. Go out in the streets.

Learn to breathe.

- Choose!

- In the streets?

In public, right?

Get to know men.

Associate with them?

Find lovers?

Shall I choose the handsome ones?

The ugly ones?

Shepherds or rich from the city?

In order to choose wisely

I should try.

And if I spend my life from

one bed to the other

without finding this hand?

That will always slip away?

If I start liking this search?

And never finding it?

To choose?

- Choose what? Choose to offer myself?

- Shut up!

Shut up, you miserable girl.

You speak like a female.

You don't know how to discuss.

I wanted to tell you about the

rights a modern woman has

without even speaking about love.

About love? Speak about love?

I love my husband. Yes.

I already love him.

Like I always loved you.

Like I always loved my father.

I never chose you.

For what rights are you talking about?

Maybe for the right you are using

to make me a whore?

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