Petro…
Petro stares at the Countess, then at the dog, then at the door, after the gone servant.
EXT – GARDEN OF CARDIE’S CASTLE – SAME SUMMER DAY
American Servant moves away in the direction of the chapel. Nettie, like crazy, runs after him and goes out of sight.
END OF THE MEMORIES OF THE CHURCH WATCHMAN
EXT-VILLAGE CHURCH GARDEN-SUMMER DAYTIME, THE TEACHER’S MEMORIES
BEGINNING OF THE MEMORIES
The teacher and the church watchman talk in the church garden
TITLE: 1852
TEACHER
(sits down on the bench and adjusts the collar with his hand)
Do you think the snake bit Nettie?
CHURCH WATCHMAN
(painting a cross)
No, the snake bit Countess.
TEACHER
How could a snake get into the castle?
CHURCH WATCHMAN
(painting the cross)
From the jewel box that the old devil had brought with him.
(pause)
Don’t go to the lake.
TEACHER
Who told you that I was going to the lake?
CHURCH WATCHMAN
(throws the brush and takes off the gloves)
Where else could you dirty your boots, mud is everywhere, completely ruined.
END OF THE TEACHER’S MEMORIES
INT-ROOM IN THE VILLAGE INN – SAME NIGHT
Karl Ivanovich puts the notebook on his knees
TITLE: 1912
KARL IVANOVICH
(sorting the sheets)
Here is another interruption.
HARRY
(slouches in the armchair)
Time for bed.
Captain Wright snores in his armchair.
EXT – WITCHES” VALLEY – SAME SUMMER NIGHT
YOUNG MAN, a villager, staggers from the lake in the direction of the village.
He takes some steps and falls dead. He holds a rose-nenufare in his hand. There are drops of blood on his shirt.
EXT – CLEARING IN THE WOODS – SUMMER DAY
During the hunt Smith, Harry, James, Captain Wright, Karl Ivanovich and Georges have a picnic in a clearing under a wide-branching tree. They eat ham from big plates and drink wine out of bottles.
There are hunting trophies and guns next to them. Saddled horses graze nearby
SMITH
(pours out wine by glasses)
Mr. Harry, whole stories are told about you.
Harry lies and chews a grass blade
HARRY
Well, what kind of?