:02:13
During all those months
in prison,
:02:15
we talked so much about you.
:02:17
We were sure you were dead.
:02:20
When they freed us,
:02:21
I had decided to go
to the crusades.
:02:23
And it was in Jerusalem
that I heard you were alive.
:02:28
But I was surprised
by what they said,
:02:31
that you had abandoned the life
that you once loved so much.
:02:35
That you were looking for
a new purpose, a new meaning.
:02:39
You were right, of course.
:02:43
I tried that, too.
Only for me it failed.
:02:48
Yet it's too easy
:02:49
to blame the crusades
for this... loss,
:02:53
this emptiness,
this dissatisfaction I feel.
:02:57
The horror of war,
:02:59
the destruction of our ideals
:03:00
is part of it, I know,
:03:01
but there's something else.
:03:03
I feel stifled by my past,
by my upbringing.
:03:09
None of it means anything
to me anymore.
:03:12
And you, Francesco,
:03:13
you know better
than anyone else
:03:15
that I cannot live
without an ideal,
:03:16
without something
to believe in.
:03:19
Perhaps I'm wrong,
:03:20
perhaps one should be
more cynical and forget ideals.
:03:22
I don't know.
:03:25
That's why I thought
I had to come and talk to you.
:03:36
What's the matter?
:03:37
That would make
a worthy cornerstone...
:03:40
strong...
:03:44
and true.
:03:48
Where did you get these,
:03:52
some quarry near here?
:03:54
Yes, it's not far.
:03:57
I can take you there,
if you like.
:03:59
Thank you, Bernardo.