:29:03
...he wouldn't have described...
:29:05
...its dwelling in Ionely vales,
for it's here among us.
:29:08
It isn't true, then,
that you love Marcela?
:29:11
I could survive without her.
:29:14
I hear you've lost
your wits about her.
:29:17
Wits like mine
are no great loss.
:29:19
But even though Marcela
may well merit such devotion...
:29:23
...I've not shown it.
:29:25
Nor murmured such
endearments...
:29:27
...as would beguile
a loftier lady?
:29:30
Words cost little.
:29:31
Tell me what you told her.
:29:33
How does a man, Teodoro,
court a woman?
:29:36
As one who loves
and pleads...
:29:38
...wrapping one half-truth
in 1,000 lies.
:29:41
Yes, but...
:29:43
...with what words?
:29:45
You press me strangely, madam.
:29:49
"Those eyes of yours",
I said...
:29:52
..."beam forth the light
by which my eyes perceive."
:29:56
"The pearls and coral
of that mouth divine..."
:29:59
Divine?
:30:01
Such language, your ladyship,
is every ardent lover's ABC.
:30:06
You've little taste.
:30:08
I may lose confidence
in your discernment.
:30:11
I, who observe Marcela...
:30:13
...know that her defects
exceed her graces.
:30:16
And I often must reprove her
because she's none too clean.
:30:20
But I don't want to interfere...
:30:22
...although you'd be surprised
the things...
:30:25
But that's enough
of her virtues or her vices.
:30:28
I'm sure I wish
your marriage well.
:30:31
Since you know
so much of love...
:30:33
...advise me, Teodoro...
:30:35
...about that friend of mine.
For many days now...
:30:38
...she's known no rest
for love of an inferior.
:30:41
The very thought of love
offends her honour...
:30:44
...but if she checks herself,
is overwhelmed by jealousy.
:30:48
And he, all unaware
of so much passion...
:30:50
...though he's shrewd,
is timid with her.
:30:54
What do I know of love, madam?
:30:57
I swear I don't know
how I could advise you.
:30:59
Don't you love Marcela,
as you say?