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L"P LP t.ecp tecp cep " ttem them mt out 01 of tle tho the ) city cityaMr cityeIeg ' ' tbd that tbe the cIty coy couId could not get waptbout wa waI waw eIeg aMr I ' .thout thout ptbout w . thout the lite carta carts Major Joppolo JoppolocapIaID JoppoloGptain Joppolo1 capIaIDpurvis nlB PurTli purvis to let thcra them eotor enter eotorcity enterdry enter"Itr enterItr cnlB capIaID Gptain c | * " Pnrvis parvIs parvie to protect prbtect pr tect himtell hlmaelf himself rede4 re rer re.the rethe city dry r de4 ' d . . tbe We ma-tter ma tter matter - to headquarter headquartera headquarters Theler Ther The ler r w , ,11 11 wet . held up P ID In " the tho officey offlce office offlceCHAPTER y { CHAPTER viiiGiuseppe Vin VID viii ' Giuseppethe "Giuseppe Giuseppe GIu5eppe " the Major said I II It Inut I t to see Tina s father because becauseGe becauseoistid Ge u said he was the most respectedell respectedafi respected ill ell afi the fishermen I want to toart toirt 4 " 4tart art tart ; , the fishermen golnlt golnltout going , out againthat again agam againfliat fliat that Adano Adana will have somethmgs something somethmg s , $ jes des ( pasta and tomatoes and egg eggt eggmt [ t to eat That s all there Is 1 toBoss to ' Boss 'Boss ' you re a kid GIuseppeGiuseppe Gluseppek Giuseppe Gluseppe GiuseppeGiuseppe k Giuseppe do you want me to tot toit t mother alother another ! Interpreter ? Okay a boss you re not a kidluseppe kidlusepPe kid kidluseppe luseppe luseppeI i I do want to see the old man mani man'11 man11 ' 11 i you fix that for me ' ' ' ' Tbtt 'That That s a what Im I m a sorry boss ' What 'What ' do you mean ? ' 'Tina Tina ' Tinas Tinaa s old a man Tomasino no noot noat noant ot at a * tee see you a bossWh.I bossWhy boss bossghy ghy Wh.I WhI Why . ' not ? Did you say some someog someng someln og ng { ttiout about my wanting to go out outth outlb outlh [ th lb his hJs daughter ? Ob Oh no t a boss Old a 8 man Toma Tomasay TomaM Tomao o lay say he be never been in a 8 Palazzo PalazzoQUa PalazzoC PalazzoCittt C QUa tta In a Lte life He hate a 8 Fascistcrooks Fascistcrooks Fascist FascistSrooki crooks He don t know you re a aerent aBrent asrent Srooki erent Brent He won t a come a here here'That hereThal hereThat 'That That Thal ' s < easy Giuseppe Well We U go golum gohum got him lum hum The Major looked at a ad ad aid d o of ! appointments he had begunkeep begunkeep begun begunkeep keep on h s desk Be ready toat toat to ) it at three this afternoon GiusepE Gtusepso Giusep- Giusep GlUsep- GlUsep Gtusep- Gtusep GlUsepAnd - - E . ( And so o It happened that another anothercedent anothercedent anothertecedent cedent was broken In Adano Adanover Adanover Adanocw ver In the memory of anyone In Intown intown Inie town had an official gone call callon callon callon ( on i a citizen on business busmess EIther EItherCItizen Eithercitizen Eitherie citizen had come willingly wlllmgly to the theInzo thelaizo theilazo Inzo laizo or else the citizen had been beented beenled beennested ted led and nd had come against hisBetween his histo to . Between the time of this conver convertlon converlion converitfon tlon lion and nd three o 0 clock GIUseppe GIUseppeId Giuseppeldseteral GiuseppeMttieral ldseteral Id meral peopleabout people " about "bout bout this amazg amazr amaz- amaz amazSex - - ' r g ( Sex lJex fex bil bU bll tv Iv on the part of the'aor theaor the theI theajor theajor I ' ajor ] And therefore when it came camee cameactor cameme actor e tor lor them to go down dovm doom to the port portkIog portking portoklne kIog king tor for old Tomasino quite a arge arge artt rge croftd crov.d crovd crowd . had gathered In front frontthe frontthe front1 the Palazzo and the crowd fol foled folwed tolwed wed ed Ihe the Major and Giuseppe asthey asthey as asthey they wallitd walked . . . " ; , Where do these people think thinkey're thinkey're thinkicy're thinkicyre ey're eyre ' ' going ' the Major aske asked askeduseppe asked'Ittseppe askedIttseppe ' tWbere useppe useppeJust , Just a bunch a busybody Giupe Giupe Giu pe saId Hie The e Major turned around Go Gome Gome Goline me you people he said In Ital ItalDon ItalDon Itala . Don t you have anything anythmg bet- bet bet0 betto bet.t bett - . - to \0 0 \ do at three in the afternoon ' 'Bat Bat ' , But the tJIe people kept right right on fol folg folg fol"S folS " " g G useppe and the Major MajorGiuseppe Majorluseppe Majorleseppe luseppe leseppe led the Major and andretore andrefore and"rfore andrfore " retore refore the cro vd down to the thebor thehoc thertor bor hoc and * nd past the stone p er past pastsulphur pastt pastsulphur nflphur sulphur load ng jetties past the theent theent thetot ent rilps sUps past the Molo Mobo Martmo Martina Martmothe Martinathe Martinothe the ' Molo 'Ioio Ioio Mobo di dl Ponente where the theng theg thel upHit " ng t g boats were tied up upe e Major sensed that he was wasog wasog was1 og 1 ! to have a tough time with old oldmas oldinasno oldteas mas inasno GIUseppeterpreter no so he said to GIUseppe Giuseppeiterpreter terpreter unless you keep thiswd this thisd yourb d well back you will lose your yourWhat What lit Is an Interpreter to us ' Ple pie le laIdwhen saidwhen laid said when we have a aIOce aante aiince IOce ante to tee see something new In Inano inago Inlino hap"id hapid haped ano ago ' This has never hap haped " ed before What Is the unployment un unployment unCploynient ployment of one man ' ' ' And they theylit theyt theyI t I moving forwarduseppe forwarduseppe forward Useppe forwardUseppe useppe Majorbe shouted The Major Major"1 Major1 " be ' very 'Very angry U It you do not notp notright not'P notP ' p nght right here And thetlhe theff their he added added'Let addedLet added"y addedy " " ' "Let Let 'Let " us make a deal IfItop Ifstop It If " Itop stop top I will listen to the con consalIon consahort connation salIon sahort , , , and I will tell you what [ whatHid whatlaid whatsaid laid said . , . Pa On ' thu thts 'bus bus basis the crowd was will to toitop tostop willtoitop willto toitop"y stop atop atopy "y y hadB " 1 y this time Major Joppolo had hade " e to the boat of old Tomasmo TomasmorecognIZed Tomasmorecognized TomasinoPwcognized recognIZed by16 byfact the boat not only by tact fact that there was a morose king moroseking " "l l " man tilting sittmg sitting on the after aftercl k [ afterk afterbut but also by the Illununated illuminated IllununatedIplion illuminatediPUon illuminated-Won illuminated Won " tralimgInto trailingInto - Iplion iPUon with its letters trailing tralimg I ' Into " ' < > leaves and fruits just under undereye undereye under-'ye under 'ye ye - Tina"lt eye ' piece of the bow Tmae Tunae Tina Tma Tuna "lt lt theVI " e Major jumped up onto theM1 the VI VIAU AU M1 AUright right , , man of authority said said'morose saidmorose said1I10rose ' 1I10rose morose man arrest me "I I " me"I meI 1 haven t come to arrest you you'aasulo youaasulo youlI1as1l0 youmasmo ' lI1as1l\0 lI1as1l 0 masmo \ the Major aald said said'useppe saiduseppe Giuseppe aaldGiuseppe saidGIuseppe " ' lisHe hisHe came running runnJng up to Us lis his " thatcOuld He ttayed stayed on the mole so that that"d -"d "d d cOuld - " " betweenfw1 betweentl betweenrs commute easily between tl rs and * nd aUdIence audiencea audiencea7 \Vby Vby Why aUdIenceVby audienceWhy ' \ -7 7 - are " you ' , piathe wearing wearmg your pia pis 'Shootgo 'ShootBo the morose man said aald 'Shoot Shoot ' Shoot.t0 Shoott0 " . go Bo aheadshoot ahead shoot me 'I I 7 ' me'I 7always ' U always TomBo Torriao ay wear my pistol Toma TomB Torria , said'You saidYou o the Major said aid aidL.t11 'You You ' L.t11 Lt11 belUa bea . have " " COTOe come to "rest rest arrest " me be , a lUa " + e 1 I 1refused Irefused theencan thedean refused to go and aee see ee the rican encan dean Major the manII manf morose man II . f . 'That That Tbet 'Then Then said'Then saidThen ' ' 5t ' * Js is I not true the Major said saidlottt0 lottt0 thisonnar why hlve have ! 70U you brought " "eht eht " this thisterf1 onnar whoed tmer ' Ribaudo "do do " Giuseppe whome who whoIT ed edme Americanajar canajar me to go aee the American can ajar gIus gIuscan and to towhom whom I refused ? ' 'I I ' IT - " tlw * * * * A & &u u & cut s sTam 'Ialn Tam . "n n aln " the American Major Tomomesbio Tom ? TOll1ulno omesbio ino did not bat an e'e ee eye ) ' eye"V eyeV e'ehave eyebane have bane " ' you 1'OU 1OU brought thIa fhb thl crowd crowd , , . 11 > t you ou were not me arrestme ' planning to arrest arrestjust1 I Idn drdn ( ! " t ' brmg bring " it ft just1 1"8 18 TomasIno "asino asino " It ft just itlust came I r don croany crowdany t want the crowd crod cro\\ cro \ d to ljuYwTnl10 any more than "youdo youdo " you do I just want talk with WJth you about fishing fishingm1 I do not ot beneve believe lt It the morose moroseareA man m1 areA said All Allmen Inea men ot of authority ' " authorityare ? are al&e ale all1.e all1e alll & . a You came to arrest me meor or perhaps to shoot me meMaL MaL I meI beg yoU " to beueve believe r me the theran Major saId saIdGiuseppe saidGiuseppe ran ranT,0 andran Giuseppe Giuseppehlstled back T,0 T0 , \ whistled \\hlstled hlstled whlstled to hlmseU himseif htalse " and to the crowd It Itlsamaz ItlsamazMajor Is amaz Ing thg he saId Impressively The Major said to Tomasino I beg to youto believe meBeg meBeg me a you / " frnnt36 thefront Beg ? ' said the people "P10 P10 " ta In the front of the crowd Amazing Amazmg Amazingfhere AmazmgThere AmazingThere fhere There has never been such 8 a MisterMajor beggIDg begging abegging 8beggIDg others said The Mister Mistera Major lothis tothis - - _ Is willing wiling --a a - " - to lu be uc a a beggar oeggar to this Tomasino Tomasmo TomasinoWhat TomasmoWhat What did he say ' shouted peo pIe peoPie m ID the back of the crowd crowdHe Tomasino He said I beg you Tomasi no frontof shouted people in the front of the crowdAmazmg crowdAmazing crowd crowdAmazing Amazing Amazmg shouted sbouted the ones In back backGIuseppe Inback InbackGiuseppe Giuseppe ran back out onto the moie mole moieThe moleThe themole themoie themoleThe thisTomasino thisTomaSIDO thisTomasmo The Major was saying It Is this TomaSIDO Tomasmo I want you and the oth others othera others ers era to start fishing flshmg again Why againWhy ? said the morose Toma TomaSInO Tomasino TomaEino olthe 01the ofthe SInO So \ we e can line the pockets 01 of the authorities ? No Tomasino so that you canr can r- r r4 - - - - , : = - . - - = - : - = . - 4 r rrl rl t a al as l s < . 1 - I ' The Major a will 111 1I1 be very anjry angry Ityou U If Ifyou 'ou ou you ) ' do do not stop right here ' ' hne lIne the stomachs ol of the people 01 of 01Adano ofAdana ofAdano ofAdanoHah Adano Adana AdanoHah AdanaHah Hah sa\d sa d said said \ Tomasino bitterly a abenevolent abenevolent abenevolent benevolent man of authorityTomasIno authorityTomasino authority authorityTomasino Tomasino you don t understand understandThe understandThe understandThe The Americans Amencans are different from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Fascists FascistsHah Hah said Tomasino I have haveheard haveheard haveheard heard that before The Mayor Cra Crapa Crapa Crapa pa said he was going to be dflerent different dflerentfrom differentfrom differentfrom ! from the Mayor Martoglio Martogllo Martogiio and the theMayor theMayor theMayor Mayor Nasta after him said he was wasgoing wasgoing wasgoing going to be different from the MayorCrapa Mayor MayorCrapa MayorCrapa Crapa The Tbe only difference was wasthat wasthat wasthat that the tribute tnbute and the protectIon protectIonmoney protectionmoney protectionmoney money and the taxes got lugher higher lughereach highereach highereach each time How much protection protectionmoney protectionmoney protectionmoney money do you want American ' You have the wrong idea Tomasino Tomasino Toma Tomasino sino sinoHah Hah said the morose Toma Tomasino Tomasine Tomatino sino sine I am an old man American AmericanI I have seen men of authority come comeand comeand comeand and go I 1 don dont t believe that you youare youare youare are any different from trom all aU the others othera oth others ers era ersHere eraHere Here Major Joppolo got angry angryOld angryOld angryOld Old fisherman he said you will willhave willhave willhave have to understand something The Thepeople Thepeople Thepeople people of Adano are hungry Theyjnust They TheyJl1ust Theymust Jl1ust jnust have fish Do you get that thatthrough thatthrough thatthrough through your thick skull skull7Giuseppe ' GIUseppe ran back to the crowd crowdIt crowdIt It is wonderful he said ald The TheMIster TheMister TheMister MIster Major said ' ' The 'The people of ofAdana ofAdano ofAdano Adana Adano are hungry They must havefish havefish have havefish fishI fish fishThe The people peopie in front repeated this thisand thisand thisand and then shouted at the top of their theirvOices theirvoices theirvoices vOices Live the Mister MaJorl MaJorlLive MajorlLive MajorlLive Live the Mister Major Majorl MajorlThe ! The people In back shouted shoutedWhat shoutedWhat shoutedWhat What did dJd he say ? The people In front shouted He Hethinks Hethinks Hethinks thinks we ought to have fish forour forour for forour our hungerThe hunger hungerThe hungerThe The whole crowd shouted thenLive thenLive then thenLive Live the Mister MajorlTomaSInO MajorlTomasino Majorl MajorlTomasino Tomasino on the boat beard heard this thisand thisand thisand and it made him suspicious Why Whyhave Whyhave Whyhave have yOU you hired lured these people to come comeand comeand comeand and jeer j r at roe me ? No I will not goflshmg gofishing go flshmg fishing flshmgMajor fishingMajor Major M or Joppolo shouted to Giusep Giusep- Glusep Giuseppe Gluseppe Giuseppe - pe to In English Make the people go goawayl goaway eoawayl awayl away ! They are ruining everytlung everything every tlung thing " " "cfuseppe cfuseppe tlungGIUseppe thingGiuseppe GIUseppe passed on the Major Major.request Majorrequest a . arequest arequest request but the people just laughed laughedat at him Now ? they .aid aid . You Youare Youare speakingare are crazy Interpreter theyspeaking Speaking Spking t\\O t O two tOlanguages twolanguages twolanmjaces \ languages has .has . made you crazy crazyGiuseppe crazyGiuseppe crazyGiuseppe Giuseppe shouted to the Major MajorI I m a can cant t a do nothh nothing noth11g ! g a boss bossSo bossSo bo.sSo bosSo . So the th . Major said ald to Tomasino'Walt Tomasino'Wait Toma.ino Tomaino Tomasino Toma.inoWait . Wait 'Walt Walt 'Wait ' ' tor for me Tomasino I will sbow show showyou * howyou ' 'ou ou you ) ' that I mean well weU toward |