Watch On The Rhine Page #4

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- Thank you.

- May I come with you?

- Yes.

BoDo:
You are Italian?

- Italian, yes, but American.

Do you know a Tullio Tipaldi

who fought in Spain with Papa?

- No.

- You ought to.

He was a soldier

of much excellence in Spain.

So was Papa. Papa was brave, he was calm,

he was expert, he was resourceful...

My biographer.

And as accurate as most of them.

- You are German?

- Yes.

- What side do you fight on in Spain?

- I beg your pardon.

Be still, Papa says.

I fought with the army of the Republic.

I am not a Nazi or a fascist.

I'm a big fool. I beg your pardon.

Don't... Forgive me, please.

I might have known which side

a man like you would be on.

It used to make me feel good...

...that Italians and Germans

went to fight against the fascists in Spain.

Kind of showed people

that all Germans and Italians weren't...

- Are you just come from Europe?

- Yes.

What's happening over there?

I can't make any sense out of what I read.

Nobody seems to be doing anything,

and no fighting, I mean.

It will come soon now, I think.

But ain't there some chance the German

people themselves will kick Hitler out?

You read about men

in underground organizations.

- Is that just talk?

KURT:
No.

It is not talk.

These men, in what you call

underground organizations...

...work most hard and in great danger.

But...

Well, it looks bad to me.

It is not all black.

Take my word.

There are men in your country

and in mine who fight on.

I know.

- I have friends among them.

- What do you do?

- I mean, what's your trade?

- I?

I fight against fascism.

That is my trade.

[VACUUM BUZZING]

Try it there, Horace.

- It won't fit in there, Miss Fanny.

- Nonsense. Try it.

No, that's awful.

It looks like a dentist's waiting room.

Take it out of there.

MELLIE:

Fanny. Really.

I've been sitting here waiting

for an hour to drive you to Washington.

All you're doing

is messing up this lovely room.

Joseph. Joseph.

- Yes'm?

- Find a place to put that sofa.

Put it back where it's been doing all right

for 15 years.

And you'd better get back

to your gardening.

There will be children. My grandchildren.

They will climb on furniture. I always did.

My grandchildren

will be healthy children...

...so don't use any of your dainty,

sleazy materials.

- This isn't Mrs. Sewell's house.

- I had no children.

Therefore, it's impossible

for me to have grandchildren.

If I'd had a daughter,

I'd have named her Emmeline Lou.

Well, everything turns out for the best.

Have you got that list?

We're going into Washington.

[MUMBLING]

Very well.

You'll never have time to get all that.

I've got to have a fitting

on my evening dresses.

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