JAMES
(gives Harry a glass of wine)
They say, you’ve got a whole kingdom in America and you are a descendant of Montezuma.
Harry spits out the grass blade and takes the glass from him
CAPTAIN WRIGHT
(puts a piece of ham into his mouth)
Where did you get such information?
JAMES
The villagers say so.
He chews the ham and takes a sip from his glass of wine
HARRY
Have you already been to the village?
Harry takes a piece of ham from the plate, brought to him by Smith
CAPTAIN WRIGHT
James and I walked there in the afternoon.
He lights up a cigar
SMITH
Mr. Harry is the owner of the local castle, so they talk about him.
He sits down on the grass next to Harry and eats a piece of ham
HARRY
Karl Ivanovich will help me to become its owner.
He takes another piece of ham from Smith’s plate
KARL IVANOVICH
(wipes his hands with a napkin)
I haven’t found missing documents yet in the archive, but I have got interesting letters.
He leans back against the tree trunk and gets a batch of letters out of his bag
HARRY
These are letters from the Hunting House, we will live there until I get the castle.
KARL IVANOVICH
(unties the ribbon, which ties the letters)
The letters have an evident connection with the teacher’s diary.
INT – LIVING ROOM OF THE VENETIAN MANSION – DAYTIME
BEGINNING OF GROWN-UP CARLO’S MEMORIES
A hand of a young aristocrat writes a letter
TITLE: 1852
CARLO’S VOICE
(behind the scenes)
Dear Alf! I am able to return to my motherland, which I left as a seven-year-old boy. I still don’t know the reason for my exile from my parents’ castle.
EXT-TERRACE OF CARDIE’S CASTLE – SUMMER EVENING
BEGINNING OF YOUNG CARLO’S MEMORIES
Everybody gathered on the terrace: YOUNG CARLO (7 years old), his sister LUCY (5 years old); COUNT FREDERICK (41 year old): adult, calm, with noble manners; COUNTESS MARIA (25 years old): beautiful, graceful blonde with noble manners; PETRO (39 years old), Count Frederick’s younger brother.
Countess’ favourite greyhound, NETTIE, lies right here.
SEBASTIAN (40 years old), the servant, enters
TITLE: 1832
SEBASTIAN
An elderly gentleman wishes to speak to the Count.
COUNT FREDERICK
Call him.
Sebastian leaves
The old grey-haired gentleman, seemingly 80 years old, AMERICAN SERVANT (aka American Grandfather) enters the terrace.