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I lied, of course, in my letter.
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I'm a little over 100.
And I am going blind.
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- And I had a passion.
- Soldiers. Reading.
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How pretty.
That's just like me.
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When I seduced
the French lieutenant in Budapest...
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I can see it.
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With my eyes closed,
I see perfectly.
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It was at the Embassy ball,
I was sparkling.
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And he...
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"If first she goes to her cousin,
she will be my wife."
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You've read "War and Peace",
one point to you.
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And for me, a lifetime of happiness...
Right up to this bed.
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In spite of History,
with a capital H.
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Bella, will you bring us tea?
:19:53
She insists on dressing as a maid,
I don't know why.
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I don't want to cross her,
because she has spiders.
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- Spiders?
- In the head.
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No, it seems they climb up her legs.
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At night, in her bed.
What do you think of that?
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It's just a phase she's going through.
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Here, Nouchka.
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Let's try reading a little.
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Marx. Page 166.
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The passage marked with a cross?
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Yes. A wonderful text
on precious metals.
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Read.
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"Gold and silver are not the negative
nature of superfluous things,
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that is, things one can do without."
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"...things one can do without."
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"Their aesthetic quality
makes them proper materials of luxury,
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display and sumptuousness,
necessities for festive days:
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In short, the positive form
of excess and wealth."
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"The positive form
of excess and wealth."