A Bay of Blood (Ecologia del delitto)

"13th February

"All is finished. Oh, dear death. Come swiftly, come silently."

Oh, no you don't. I'm not going to let you get away so fast this time...

- Really, dear, I have to. - Stay a while.

Love isn't love without a little cuddling after.

What is it, darling?

Can't you hear it calling?

What?

it was a squonk.

Oh, it was, huh? What's that?

What's a squonk?

Well, for your information it's a dark coloured creature.

Oh, Frank. Why do you do that?

its skin is covered with moles.

it's equipped with long claws and strong teeth.

Clever little beast, but it's still very easy to find.

it gives itself away because a squonk never stops squimpering.

Do you know what it does when captured?

- Dissolves into tears. - Leave me here with a broken heart.

That makes you happy.

Some of its other peculiarities are sulkiness,

diffidence and possessiveness.

All of these are highly inconvenient tendencies for a personal secretary.

- Or should I say for a partner? - Please do.

in an affair as important as ours.

You could at least tell me where you're going.

- To the bay. - I thought you were going to wait

a little longer. What made you change your plans,

if you don't mind sharing such information with a lowly secretary?

There you have a prime example of diffidence in a squonk.

The police first suspected the Countess' husband, but he's disappeared.

Looks like they're willing to accept that she killed herself.

- Because of the suicide note. - Obviously.

All I need is that signature.

Bye. I'll call you as soon as I'm through.

No, wait.

- Frank. - Yes?

- Take me with you. - You'd better stay put for now.

Please be a good girl.

Maybe you can come tonight.

But call me first.

Goodbye...

Bye, sweetheart.

Bye... squonk.

Give them here.

One of these days, you'll die of a heart attack.

Still running after that insect?

How do you know it's always the same one?

Because it's the only one that managed to escape you.

No, it's certainly not the only one.

But I must admit, he is a very particular fellow.

He still remembers me from Last fall,

when I caught him and put a ring around one of his feelers.

- Then I let him go. - Why?

So I could study his movements.

And see how much suffering it could take.

Man should live and let live, and without any interfering.

Even that poor squid was free once, Simon.

I study coleopteras because I love them.

Sure, but the squirming little creatures still end up under your microscope.

Yeah, he's dead all right. But at least I eat my squid.

But I don't kill as a hobby like you do.

Good Lord, Simon. You make me feel like I'm a murderer.

I'm not saying that, Mr Fossati.

But if you kill for killing's sake, you'll become a monster.

But man isn't an insect, my dear Simon.

We have centuries of civilisation behind us, you know?

No, I don't know. I wasn't there.

- You've changed, you know? - Why?

Since the Countess was murdered.

It was suicide, Mr Fossati.

Suicide, the police said suicide.

Of course, I'm sorry. It was a slip.

No need to worry, Your Honour. I assure you that by tonight

the rightful heir will have signed the property over to us.

Of course, Your Honour.

I don't foresee any trouble. The offer was convincing.

- What about the crew? - We can start blasting in three weeks.

- But I'll need the permits. - I'll get you the permits.

- isn't it too soon after her death? - No.

I doubt anyone's suffering over the Countess' suicide.

- Let me know how things go. - I'll call later.

- When? - Around 2:00.

- Make sure you've kept me out of this. - Certainly, sir. Don't worry.

Goodbye.

- What's the damage? - Four and a half.

- Keep the change. - Thank you, sir. Pleasant trip.

- Here's one! - Oh, wait.

- Here. - Hey, I can't see!

- That's it. Hold on, higher. - Got it!

How about I give you a chance, Brunhilda?

You're tickling me!

Hey, this is wild. Robert, coming here is fantastic.

Oh no, I want to go to the sea. Come on. You promised.

- In March? - Come on, it's off to the sea we go.

- Do it again! - No, no.

Here we go! Let's stop here. It's a good place.

Oh, stop that. That's all you think of.

Yeah, like you.

Brunhilda, at your service.

Hey, those tanks are open. Brunhilda, you'll fall in.

You'll fall in. Don't be such a sissy.

- Where are you going? - To the water, come.

What do you want her to do? Put it in writing? Go on!

- I want to show you something. - Not again!

Oh look, Bobby!

Come!

- Bobby! - Yeah?

- Come on, let's go in. - What is it?

It's a nightclub! Bobby, there's a nightclub in here.

It's even got a dance floor.

- At Least we can dance. - Give us your cassette, schnitzel baby!

Here you are.

Here, pour toi, Mademoiselle. Let's have a little music.

You are full of hotdogs and Cadillacs. You have no music in your soul.

This is music - Sibelius, Mahler, Bach.

Ludwig van Beethoven. Now, get your ass up here.

Get up!

Oh, Look a real dance floor. Come, Bobby. We do the shake.

Jawohl. I do the tango with Madame Fandango.

- How stupid! - Robert, the Lady first.

Come on, Bobby.

Go, Matahari!

Formidable.

A veil of fear or the unique feel for nothing.

The lines of air, fire and water

and all the earth are now complete.

Paolo, Paolo!

You Live in a much saner world than mine.

Paul.

You see, what did I tell you?

Your females are queens, Ferdinando. Not babbling fortune tellers.

Must you always oblige me to come into that verminous insect hive of yours?

Answer me!

Paul! The Least you could do is to answer when I call.

Stop shouting. You're disturbing little Ferdinand.

You little hateful Ferdie.

It would be absurd to pretend that you were capable of Loving something.

Me? I love many things. But you could never understand.

We can't understand anything. Right, Ferdinando?

The clouds are swirling. There will be tears shed over the bay.

Oh, good Lord! Just think of that Ferdinando. Now what?

The Aleph appeared at the end of the Line offire.

The Ahriman was suspended between the waters and the air.

The sickle of death is about to strike.

Good Lord, but your cards sometimes...

Last week, the Aleph came up first.

And a gust of joy was about to blow over the bay.

And yet someone strangled poor Federica instead!

You're even more insensitive than your coleopteras.

Can't you sense the rattled breathing of death?

The only thing I sense is that Lecherous Ventura holding orgies in his cottage.

You hate Ventura for the exact same reason, dear,

you hated Federica's husband.

He knows how to enjoy Life

- and you don't! - Careful, you'll spill the acid.

The only reason I hate him is because he wants to transform the bay

into a sea of cement.

But I won't let him, even if I have to...

You're really good, you know?

Danke, Bobby. Come on!

You're tickling me!

- Let's Leave them alone. Come on. - Be a good boy. No, stop it!

Go, Hilda!

- Come on! - No, I'm not ready yet.

Let me go.

- You'll never catch me. - Like hell.

Can you catch me?

- Here I am, fraulein, at your service. - Oh, danke!

Come here, there's a swimming pool!

Come, Bobby!

Oh, look. There's a slide.

Come on, it's slippery. You might fall in.

- I'm going to dive in. - Hilda!

Here I come.

Are you crazy?

It's filthy.

Hey, the Duke found what he was Looking for.

- I'll go swim in the bay then. - If it isn't typhus, it'll be pneumonia.

- It'll be freezing. - Not in the bay, Let's go.

- Robert. - What do we need him for?

Get out of here.

Come on, Bobby. Don't Leave me alone with this animal.

Hilda?

Let's go faster!

Stop busting. Go take a swim, huh?

- It's too cold to swim now. - Come with us.

She's used to the cold, Like the Vikings!

- Can't you push it in? - Yeah, just call me Hercules.

Come on, this is private property. We can't break in. it's against the law.

- What are we going to do? - Never say die.

Where there's a will there's a way. Wait there.

It takes more than a door to stop the Duke!

- I'd better get back. - No, it's better to stay together.

Wait there.

Bastard, you'll get a spear in your ass if you don't watch out.

You did it, formidable!

Come, you're invited too, Robert.

Where do you think you're going? You said you'd take the kraut girl.

Get out of here.