:25:01
-It is?
-Yes.
:25:02
And now. . .wouId you
Iike to see the house?
:25:05
First, we open an account.
Then you transfer the money.
:25:09
Here is the IegaI description .
''Two oxen , two days.''
:25:12
-I'm sorry.
-It's oId-fashioned .
:25:13
The Iand is measured by
how Iong it wouId take two oxen
:25:17
to pIow it.
:25:18
Oh .
Oh , that makes sense.
:25:28
Just Iike that?
:25:30
Before the money's
been transferred?
:25:32
It's a house, not a Vespa.
:25:34
What are you going to do,
steaI it?
:25:37
Besides, Signor Martini
Iikes you .
:25:54
Okay. We'II take care
of the rest Iater.
:25:57
NormaIe,
:25:58
NormaIe?
:26:00
NormaIe,
:26:00
NormaIe,
:26:05
FRANCE S; I have bought a houSe
in a foreign Country,
:26:08
A houSe and the Iand it takeS
two o xen two dayS to pIow,
:26:12
Not having a pIow or an o x,
:26:13
I'II have to take their word
on that,
:26:16
Buyer'S remorSe iS
a very Common affIiCtion
:26:18
among new homeownerS,
:26:20
JuSt beCauSe you have
a Sudden urge to weep,
:26:24
that doeSn't mean
you've made a miStake,
:26:26
Everybody knowS oId houSeS
have their quirkS,
:26:31
ESpeCiaIIy 300-year-oId houSeS,
:26:35
I have inherited 1 0, 000
empty wine bottIeS, one grape,
:26:42
every iSSue of ''La Nazione''
printed in 1 958,
:26:46
and aSSorted previouS tenantS,