Trapeze Page #5

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And you, monsieur. Do you care

what the act is so long as they look?

That act might be great.

But the great ones are not easy to keep.

- How was my head?

- Keep your head up.

- They are always moving on.

- With you in it, I could keep this act, eh?

If I were a part of it,

I would be very loyal to you, monsieur.

If you can become part of it, I would

appreciate your loyalty, mademoiselle.

- Was I slow on the break?

- You broke too late.

- What did he say to the costume?

- New ones for all of us?

He never looked at it.

He's dropping our act. We are fired.

- Fired?

- It can't be.

- The bill is full. We are out.

- Where is Bouglione? He can't do this.

- I talked to him. It's a waste of breath.

- Then what do we do?

I was thinking, if we act quick

we might get a booking in Marseille.

- It's her fault. Wanting more in the act.

- Lola's right. Marseille is our best bet.

I wanted to go there in the first place.

Maybe it would be better if you

went ahead, then I could join you.

In case we don't get a booking,

it would save money.

We have no time to waste here.

Let's get the rigging together.

Ciao.

How are the hands?

Hot.

Throw me a triple and we'll call it quits.

- You mean it?

- There's always gotta be a first time.

OK, you're the boss.

Heads up down there.

Clear the ring for a minute. Heads up.

Now remember, don't fight that bar.

Your natural break will give you

all the height you need.

- The beautiful women love brave boys.

- Ta gueule!

And the great Chikki.

Tu peux pas faire attention,

espce d'imbcile?

Right.

Hup!

- What's he up to?

- They're trying for a triple.

Hup!

- What happened?

- I dunno, I... I froze.

You can't quit now, man.

Swallow the lump and let's go.

- Mike? You all right?

- I'm all right. I'm all right.

You almost had it, kid.

You almost made it. Your first triple.

Yeah, but what was wrong?

You broke too soon.

That's why you barreled into me.

But the triple itself was perfect.

That one moment up there,

I knew what you were talkin' about.

Now you know why I've been

drivin' you so hard, huh?

We're gonna give 'em that triple

on opening night.

- Wanna try it again?

- No, no.

Tomorrow, the next day, you can do all

you want. But now let's take the night off.

It's the young Orsini all right.

And the great old Ribble.

Give him a rubdown, Max. And remember

you're workin' on pure gold. Alley-oop!

Come, Tino.

We put a good shine on the gold.

The boy's good, huh?

At least it's good to see you smile again.

- How do you like my costume?

- That's an awful lot of spangles.

It's for opening night.

I wanted to make sure it wouldn't split.

It would be terrible if something happened

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