The Salt of Life Page #5

Don't call, I'll be here.

Please, drop by, so we can talk

and give each other

a little more time.

- With great pleasure.

- I'll be waiting, do come!

I will.

Michi?

Come here, please.

My leg!

- Are you okay, Gia'?

- Just fine.

He's looking sharp!

He's got a date!

No, he's probably going

to a christening.

Gianni, what a surprise!

Sorry, I'm in a rehearsal.

Sit down a moment.

- Let's take it from...

- "Presto"?

Come with me,

you'll like where we're going.

Here we are.

Now, please, open that cabinet.

Look, my daughter's a rascal!

She puts it up there

because I'm short,

but you're tall, you can reach it.

That'll teach her!

- Isn't it a little early?

- Don't worry about it.

- And your daughter...

- She's busy, don't worry.

The glasses are in there.

They're so small!

Gianni, you're not drinking?

Don't worry,

they won't stop before midnight.

Thank you.

Could I have a little ice, please?

Thank you.

Thank you.

They don't even respond anymore,

not even a glance.

- What do you mean?

- It's like I'm transparent.

You used to at least get a smile,

now even if you stand naked

in the street...

An old engine, that's been

abandoned for years and gone rusty,

takes time to work again.

Just wait.

What am I supposed

to be waiting for?

As Heraclitus said,

time is a wheel that turns, turns...

If you want some romance,

phone your girlfriend from school

and sort out the problem.

You laugh...

What a wonderful back!

She's a beauty.

Sometimes beauty overwhelms you.

Gianni, did you sleep like that?

It was late...

- What time did you get in?

- I don't know.

- Where were you?

- Just out, walking around.

New jacket,

trousers too, all new!

- Why, don't you like it?

- Sure, but...

I wanted something

for myself for once...

I bought it with my pension money.

Exactly, that's the point.

So it's all spent.

Yes, it's finished - so?

Do you have a lover?

A lover... you're all obsessed

with the lover thing!

Is it a collective psychosis?

Remember you're taking me

to Ikea for curtains today.

- I can't.

- You can't?

What have you got to do?

I have a terrible headache.

Gianni, know what's wrong?

You're drinking too much.

Daddy!

You're asleep?

Why are you sleeping

at this time of day?

No reason.

Are you sad?

- You argued with Mum, right?

- No.

She said you spent all your pension.

How did you spend all that money?

Have you got...

something going on?

Boy, you're touchy!

I'm closing the door,

you're nothing to look at.

- Can't sleep?

- I've got insomnia.

- Make some chamomile tea.

- No, it's gross.

- Everything okay, Gia'?

- Yeah, fine.

Have you seen the phone?

No.

Have you seen it?

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