:21:00
Either you were tiny,
or it had just rained...
:21:03
because when I saw it 30 years ago,
it was as thin as my fiinger.
:21:08
Could a spring like that disappear?
:21:11
I know all about springs.
:21:13
They're like pretty girls.
Neglect them, and they're gone.
:21:18
Last year I saw a fiig tree there.
That proves there's water.
:21:22
- There was water.
- But there are new shoots!
:21:25
You know about mixing drinks,
but you know nothing about springs.
:21:29
I say this one is dry!
:21:31
I say the olive trees are dead
and the soil is rotten!
:21:36
And I say I wouldn't take that land
if you gave it to me!
:21:50
I haven't written for years.
:21:53
- To whom are you writing?
- To Grafiignette.
:21:57
Who's that?
:21:59
You don't know her.
She left before you were born.
:22:06
When the boys tried to kiss her...
:22:10
she'd scratch their faces...
:22:13
with her pointed fiingernails.
:22:17
That's how she ended up
an old maid.
:22:23
Later she left to work
for the priest at Crespin.
:22:30
She was Florette's best friend.
:22:35
She'll be able to tell me
about her.
:22:40
I made an important decision.
:22:43
- I'll go see Florette in Crespin.
- No, you won't.
:22:47
If she knows you want her land,
she'll triple the price.
:22:56
And if she knows it's for us,
she'll refuse.