The Bride Wore Red Page #5

Maria, you wouldn't believe

what happened, it's..

It's like those stupid wishes

we used to make

when we had

too much beer, remember?

You used to wish you could find

a purse with 10,000 lira in it.

And I used to wish I could find

a box with a red evening dress

that's just my size

and ready to wear.

It's in there.

Very red and with beads.

But you haven't told me

who and how.

You're talking in riddles.

I'm living in riddles,

I don't know the answer.

But who cares?

For two weeks,

I'm on top of the world.

- For two weeks, I'm a lady.

- And then?

And then, I..

Well, I'll think about it then.

Oh, Maria, tell me.

What brought you from

Cordillera bar to Turin?

I'm happy here, Anni.

I sweep, wash dishes,

scrub floors.

Sometimes I help

as a personal maid.

I work from morning till night.

And for the first time

in my life, I'm truly happy.

- Can you believe that?

- No.

One night at the bar,

I-I looked into a mirror.

I was frightened at what I saw.

How heavy the rouge had become

wrinkles I couldn't hide.

Anni, I saw my finish

in that mirror.

I lied to an agency,

I forged references.

Here I am.

I love it here.

If I had to leave,

I think I'd die.

I know, you want to grow strong

with the poplars

and laugh with the pines,

or is it the way around?

Oh, Maria,

it's so good to have you here.

I've had to be so careful,

so correct.

I feel like a fat woman,

with her corsets off.

Keep on being careful

and correct.

You'll have to watch out.

'The very finest people

stay here.'

They don't come too finer,

too elegant

for Signorina Ann Vivaldi.

I can't help it,

I don't like it, Anni.

I have a feeling someone's

playing a dirty trick on you.

Not on me.

On themselves, maybe.

Lay out my red dress with beads,

I'll wear it to dinner tonight.

Not this red dress.

Not here.

'You might as well wear a sign.'

But when will I wear it?

Perhaps, two weeks from now.

- Signorina Vivaldi?

- Yes.

You've never seen

Armalia like that.

He's going to turn the

whole world upside down.

We were all little roulette ball

and waiters would

become gentlemen

and cabaret girls

countesses and..

And..

I had a night like that once.

I took the pants off of

half the policeman in Trieste.

It seemed to me that, uh..

That, uh..

Upto a moment ago

we were dining with

retired admiral, your father.

And a not completely

retired bachelor, your fiancee.

We are now quite alone.

- Rudi, darling, remember me?

- Oh.

The girl you're engaged to,

Maddelena.

Was here just a moment ago.

Think hard.

Where was I when I was

so rudely interrupted?

What would the signorina wish?

Oh, uh,

something very light, I think.

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