:54:04
And I'm leaving my signed,
personal IOU for that amount...
:54:07
...to be repaid within 24...
:54:11
Well, 72 hours.
:54:15
Yes, it is true.
:54:17
It's actually better this way.
:54:19
He'd have lent it to me,
but this spares us the acrimony.
:54:23
Do you mind waiting?
I'll just be a few minutes.
:54:25
No.
:54:34
Ramon is very smart.
:54:35
That evening, on by one, he broke down
all her reasons for leaving him.
:54:38
First, he's returned to writing
for the paper's international section.
:54:42
I know. Great.
:54:44
He pointed up that no matter how well
she and Ted were in Barcelona...
:54:48
...at some point Ted will return to Chicago,
to him the most beautiful city in the world.
:54:52
That's crazy. San Francisco is.
:54:55
Ramon is very persuasive.
:54:56
He painted a terrible picture of what
it would be like for her to live...
:55:00
...her life in America
with its crime, consumerism and vulgarity.
:55:02
All those loud, badly-dressed fat people...
:55:05
...watching their 80 channels of TV
and visiting shopping malls.
:55:08
The plastic, throw-everything-away
society with its violence and racism.
:55:12
And finally, the total lack of culture.
:55:16
It's a problem.
:55:17
Ramon's very clever because he never said
anything opposing Ted directly.
:55:21
He didn't even mention
that thing about the ants.
:55:24
He pointed out how Montserrat would be
separating from family and friends forever.
:55:28
Even if she came back every year...
:55:30
...her children would be Americans,
eating hamburgers.
:55:33
Finally, Montserrat was sobbing,
what he described was so bleak.
:55:37
She's dumped Ted and gone back
to Ramon because of some conversation?
:55:43
That's just it. She just wanted
to have a serious talk with Ted...
:55:47
...but the way he acted
practically forced her into Ramon's arms.
:55:50
She is in the arms of Ramon?
:55:52
No.
:55:54
I don't know.
:55:55
When you were in Rhode Island,
was the crime and vulgarity so bad?