Eliza meets Julius Caesar
en français
HOW DO YOU DO? MY NAME IS
ELIZA. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS CALL YOU?
Caesar
OH BOY, DO YOU SEEM TENSE! WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, CAESAR?
They are piercing me with daggers.
ARE THEY ALWAYS PIERCING YOU WITH DAGGERS?
It is the first time.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR ATTITUDE.
My attitude? I am just trying to fight them off.
OKAY, IT OFTEN HELPS TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT.
I would do so, if my blessed son was not among them.
UH, HUH.
Yes, he is!
LET'S NOT DWELL ON HIM TOO MUCH.
I shan't.
I THINK YOU COULD BE A LITTLE MORE OPEN IF YOU TRIED.
There are twenty-three additional openings in my flesh already.
SORRY, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY.
I am trying to yell "Tu quoque, fili!!!"
DO YOU THINK MANY PEOPLE CARE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO YELL "TU QUOQUE"?
At least whoever hears me today; I cannot vouch for posterity.
DOES THAT QUESTION SEEM INTERESTING?
As a patrician I have to consider it interesting.
WHO REALLY CARES WHAT YOU HAVE OR DON'T HAVE?
My ancestors.
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY?
Listen, those same people drank my wine in the morning!
WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY INTERESTING!
They should feel bound by hospitality, were they Romans.
HAVE YOU EVER FELT PARANOID?
Well, sometimes an Egyptian girl gave me bad vibrations.
THAT'S JUST FINE.
But she is the mother of my other boy!
THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LOVING PARENTS.
Well, my sons will have to explore that question.
IF YOU SAY SO.
Jesus! It hurts between my ribs.
TAKE IT EASY.
I said I was a patrician, not a Spartan warrior.
AT ONE TIME I WAS ALSO A PATRICIAN.
Which God do you claim for an ancestor?
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF I DID CLAIM FOR AN ANCESTOR?
It is not Crepitus, is it?
IN YOUR OPINION, HOW FREQUENTLY IS IT NOT CREPITUS ?
Either it is or it is not!
DO YOU REALLY THINK IT IS?
It does look so, from your speech.
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY. DON'T FORGET OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT.