JOSEPH BR.oDSKY
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What do yo u m ea n " fo reign '" Yo u m ea n "gow ch owme", Spell it o ut. "Chye,"
"ve,"
"ee,"
"em ," "ye," " te," "e h,"
" c\ '"
Uh-huh . I took it down. N o, I do n 't
ge t it. Abraca d abra. " H yevy. Mi . T o ll'" Is th at w h at it is' Cec ilia'
"Hyevymi toll '" Sounds like m edi cin e. Wh at kind o f language is it an yway'
It's clearly not Ge rman .
And not in Cyrilli c e ith er.
Then th ere is no thin g to worry abo ut.
English, isn't it?
Matilda'
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perks lip. Ellter i\1atilda.
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ollly I, er leopard-spotted stockings .
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Well , look, Matilda, w hat Petrov ich took down here .
The demo nstrato rs' d emands.
More exactly, a sloga n .
Presumably "down w ith " - but in w hat language'
Just a minute, Just a minute.
Quick.
Yes, they arc approac hin g the palace.
Hyevy Mitoll.
Ahhh . This is in English. H eavy M etal.
What does it mean '
Heavy Metal
mea ns H eavy M etal. It's roc k music .
IMatilda I/Javes her Ilips a((ord–
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Valentino'
Valentino .
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Ma tilda exits.
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Ah, there is a co ncert to ni ght in th e stadium .
R.ight. Cultural exc h ange .
And you, Cecilia, were nervo us.
But it's a crowd .
Acrowd, as I've to ld yo u C ecilia, always assumes a fo rm . Eith er o f a street o r o f a
square or of a stadium . T hat's w hat th ey arc fo r. To co nstitute a cho ice.
I thought a square.
When a square it's a dem o nstrati o n .
Or a meeting.
Or a revolution.
