:38:00
''We must be modern,'' he said.
:38:04
I bet he mentioned routine.
:38:07
Right.
:38:08
What is that?
:38:11
It's a city word.
:38:13
It means that what
our fathers taught us...
:38:16
is a lot of nonsense...
:38:19
and that we should be modern.
:38:26
It's pure bullshit.
:38:29
He spoke of three years.
That's a disaster.
:38:37
Don't always expect the worst.
:38:40
Still, Anglade or Casimir,
who are distant cousins of his...
:38:46
might tell him about the spring.
:38:49
That would be serious.
:38:51
No. His mother warned him
to avoid folks from Bastides.
:38:57
He'll buy his bread in Ruissatel...
:38:59
and nobody must know
he's from Crespin.
:39:01
But we will tell everyone.
:39:04
We'll say a man from Crespin
bought the farm...
:39:08
but we won't mention
Florette's name.
:39:12
Meanwhile, act friendly,
help him out, lend him my mule.
:39:18
And play up to his wife.
:39:21
A bunch of almonds,
two thrushes, a basket of fiigs...
:39:26
so that when he leaves, he'll sell
the farm to you, no one else.
:39:32
I told him he could have a bucket
of my well water every day.
:39:39
But not for that reason.
:39:42
Why else?
:39:43
Plugging up the spring was no crime.
It was for my carnations.
:39:47
But if they drink the cistern water,
they'll all three die.
:39:51
It would always be
on my conscience.
:39:54
You're just like your poor mother.
:39:58
But you did right.