:31:02
What of those fond endearments?
:31:05
If the doors could only speak,
they'd say...
:31:08
They could say nothing.
:31:12
You're blushing.
:31:13
What your tongue denies,
your reddening cheeks confess.
:31:16
If she told you that,
she's stupid.
:31:19
I took her hand,
but gave it back.
:31:21
Why's she complaining?
:31:23
Some hands,
like the pax at Mass...
:31:25
...are kissed before
being given back.
:31:27
Marcela is a fool.
:31:31
I own I ventured
with seemly deference...
:31:34
...to cool my lips
with snow and lilies.
:31:37
With lilies and snow?
:31:40
Now I know that such
a poultice cools the heart.
:31:44
Well, now.
:31:46
What do you advise?
:31:48
If that lady longs for one
so far beneath her...
:31:51
...but fears that to indulge
her passion...
:31:54
...would besmirch her honour...
:31:56
...she might by some trick
lie with him unrecognized.
:32:01
There is the danger
he might guess.
:32:03
Wouldn't it be best
to kill him?
:32:11
They say that
Marcus Aurelius...
:32:13
...when his wife desired
to enjoy a gladiator...
:32:15
...gave her his blood.
:32:18
But Roman remedies are
not for us Christians, surely.
:32:22
True, Teodoro.
Now there's no such thing...
:32:25
...as a Lucretia, a Torquatus
or a Virginius.
:32:27
In those days, Teodoro,
they'd Faustinas...
:32:30
...Messalinas and Poppeas.
:32:34
Write me a memorandum
on the matter.
:32:40
I'll leave you to it.
:32:48
Oh, Heavens!
:32:50
I've fallen!
:32:52
Why are you staring?
:32:54
Give me your hand.
:32:58
I feared to offer it,
out of respect.