ALEX: OH. YOU CAUGHT ME.
EDMUND: WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT STIFF UPPER LIP YOU KEPT TELLING ME ABOUT?
ALEX: OH, WELL, EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO, AND ONLY WHEN WE THINK WE'RE COMPLETELY ALONE, IT WILTS A BIT.
EDMUND: I WON'T DISTURB YOU.
ALEX: NO, PLEASE. IT'S YOUR HOME. I'LL GO BACK TO THE LODGE, GET OUT OF YOUR WAY.
EDMUND: ALEX, IF THIS WAS DIMITRI'S HOME, THAT MAKES IT YOUR HOME, TOO.

ALEX: WELL, IT'S VERY NICE OF YOU TO SAY THAT THIS IS MY HOME, TOO. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INVITATION, BUT I THINK I'LL GO BACK TO THE LODGE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY LETTERS TO WRITE, PEOPLE TO NOTIFY.
EDMUND: WELL, YOU KNOW, IT MUST BE DIFFICULT TO BE ALL ALONE SUDDENLY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, AND I -- HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR PARENTS?
ALEX: MY FATHER PASSED AWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. BUT, YES, I SPOKE WITH MY MOTHER EARLIER THIS MORNING.
EDMUND: SHE IN ENGLAND?
ALEX: MM-HMM.
EDMUND: WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE, I'LL FLY HER OUT HERE. SHE CAN STAY AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
ALEX: THAT'S VERY KIND. SHE CAN'T GET AWAY RIGHT NOW.
EDMUND: WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU GOING TO STAY HERE IN THE STATES?
ALEX: OH, I'M NOT SURE.
EDMUND: WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WILDWIND IS YOUR HOME FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIKE.

ALEX: THANK YOU.
EDMUND: UNLESS YOU PREFER TO GO BACK TO LONDON.
ALEX: THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT AN OPTION.


EDMUND: WHY CAN'T YOU GO BACK TO LONDON?
ALEX: I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO STAY.
EDMUND: OH. I JUST ASSUMED YOU HAD A FLAT THERE.
ALEX: NO, I'VE BEEN STAYING WITH MY MOTHER. SHE LIVES IN THE COUNTRY. AND ANYWAY, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO BACK YET.
EDMUND: TOO MANY MEMORIES OF DIMITRI?
ALEX: YEAH. EVERY TIME I TURN A CORNER, I'LL THINK OF HIM.
EDMUND: YEAH. I FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT MARIA. SOMETIMES I STILL DO.
ALEX: I CAN IMAGINE. ANYWAY, THERE'S JUST SO MANY PLACES TO EXPLORE IN WILDWIND.
AND I WANT TO MEET MAXIMILLIAN.
EDMUND: HE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE HORSE, HUH?
ALEX: YEAH. HE SOUNDS MAGNIFICENT.
EDMUND: YEAH, HE IS, BUT I THINK I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE HIM AWAY BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, HE LIKES TO BE --
ALEX: NO, YOU CAN'T.
EDMUND: OH. OK. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. MAXIMILLIAN IS YOUR HORSE NOW.
ALEX: NO, IT'S NOT THAT. I JUST WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE HIM MYSELF,
TO GET TO KNOW HIS TEMPERAMENT.
EDMUND: OH, YOU'RE AN EQUESTRIENNE.
ALEX: MM-HMM.
EDMUND: OH, NO WONDER DIMITRI WAS DRAWN TO YOU.
ALEX: YEAH, WE USED TO GO RIDING IN HYDE PARK. FIRST TIME I SAW HIM IN THE SADDLE, I KNEW HE WAS AS AT HOME THERE AS I WAS. WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?
EDMUND: I JUST REALIZED HOW LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT YOU.
ALEX: WELL, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH TIME FOR IT, HAS THERE?
EDMUND: NO. NO, IF THINGS HAD GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A PARTY AND SAT UP ALL NIGHT AND TALKED, THE THREE OF US, ABOUT HOW HE COURTED YOU AND HOW YOU MET.
ALEX: I DON'T LIKE TALKING  ABOUT MYSELF VERY MUCH.
EDMUND: OH, COME ON. HOW DID YOU MEET DIMITRI?
ALEX: IT WAS A BLIND DATE.
EDMUND: BLIND DATE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MY BROTHER. HE HATED TO BE FIXED UP.
ALEX: WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. AND I HAD THIS AWFUL VISION OF A LOUD, OBNOXIOUS,
HARD-DRINKING AMERICAN COWBOY. WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT WAS A DASHING HUNGARIAN COUNT.

Flashback...
ALEX: ARE YOU SURE?
DIMITRI: I'M ACTUALLY HAVING
MORE FUN WATCHING YOU EAT IT.
ALEX: SO, SEAN TELLS ME YOU'RE HERE ON BUSINESS.
DIMITRI: YEAH, YEAH. SEAN'S LYING. HE SAID THAT YOU MIGHT NOT MEET ME IF YOU KNEW WHY I WAS HERE. HE ALSO SAIDHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU'D REACT TO THE PROSPECT
OF A BLIND DATE. SO I GUESS I'M TAKING MY CHANCES EITHER WAY.
ALEX: SO WHICH IS IT -- AM I BLIND OR JUST STUPID?
DIMITRI: WELL, I'VE KNOWN YOU THROUGH THE LAMB CHOP, PEAS AND POTATOES -- OH,
YES, SOME SALMON TO START -- BUT I WOULD SAY YOU'RE NEITHER BLIND NOR STUPID.
IN FACT, I THINK YOUR EYES SEE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
ALEX: PERHAPS THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE.

EDMUND: ALEX? YOU WITH ME?
ALEX: HMM? OH, YEAH. JUST MILES AWAY.
EDMUND: JUST ASKING WHAT YOU WERE DOING ABOUT THE BLIND DATE, HOW YOU WERE INTRODUCED.
ALEX: IT WAS A MUTUAL FRIEND.
EDMUND: A FRIEND? OH, YEAH? WHAT WAS HIS NAME? I MEAN, I KNOW A LOT OF DIMITRI'S FRIENDS. MAYBE I KNOW HIM.


ALEX: OH, I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW SEAN. DIMITRI HAD ONLY JUST MET HIM.
EDMUND: SO, TELL ME, WHERE DID THIS HISTORICAL BLIND DATE TAKE PLACE?
ALEX: A PUB.
EDMUND: A PUB? IN LONDON? WHICH ONE?
ALEX: OH, MY. YOU ARE CERTAINLY IN THE RIGHT PROFESSION. DIMITRI TOLD ME JUST HOW
TENACIOUS YOU ARE ABOUT GETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
EDMUND: JUST TRYING TO GET AN EQUAL FOOTING.
ALEX: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
EDMUND: WELL, YOU KNOW, DIMITRI TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT MARIA AND ME.
ALEX: OH, MY GOODNESS. THE PARCEL. WHERE DID I PUT -- OH, HERE. THIS -- IT'S FROM DIMITRI. HE SAID THAT IT REMINDED HIM OF MARIA AND YOU HAD TO BE GIVEN IT TODAY.
EDMUND: TODAY?
ALEX: IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS, HASN'T IT, SINCE THE PLANE CRASH?


EDMUND: OH, MY -- IT'S A DELLA ROBBIA.
ALEX: YEAH.
EDMUND: DIMITRI'S RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE MARIA AND SAMMY WHEN HE WAS A BABY. WHERE'D YOU GET IT?
ALEX: IT WAS AN AUCTION ON THE PORTABELLO ROAD. AND WHEN DIMITRI SAW IT, HE JUST
WENT NUTS, AND HE LEAPT UP ON A CHAIR AND STARTED BIDDING FOR IT. HE SAID THAT YOU AND MARIA HAVE WHAT EVERY COUPLE LONGS FOR. YOU FULFILLED AND COMPLETED EACH
OTHER, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST FOR A SHORT TIME.
EDMUND: YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO YOU D DIMITRI, WE HAD A LIFETIME.
ALEX: AND NOW WE'VE LOST THEM BOTH.
EDMUND: OH, YEAH, THIS IS -- IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS. TWO, EXACTLY, SINCE -- PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT OFF, THOUGH.
ALEX: DON'T YOU LISTEN TO THEM. I CAN'T IMAGINE EVER TAKING THIS ONE OFF.


EDMUND: I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS. MAYBE IN THE BEDROOMR MAYBE IN THE KIDS' PLAYROOM. YEAH, THEN THEY COULD SEE IT WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING.
ALEX: YOUR CHILDREN HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL FACES. SO OPEN. THEY MUST BE A GREAT COMFORT TO YOU. WE HAD PLANNED TO HAVE CHILDREN OF OUR OWN.

Flashback....

DIMITRI: WHAT DOES REALLY MATTER?
ALEX: YOU. YOU DO. YOU MATTER. AND IF WE'RE DREAMING --
DIMITRI: I'D SAY DREAM ON.
ALEX: A CHILD WITH YOU. WITH YOUR EYES AND YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR.
DIMITRI: YEAH. AND YOUR BEAUTY, YOUR GRACE, AND YOUR WIT.
ALEX: AND YOUR STRENGTH.

Back to present...

Alex: SO, WHICH LITTLE ONE IS THIS?
EDMUND: AH, THAT'S MY MADDIE.
ALEX: SHE'S GORGEOUS.
EDMUND: YES, SHE IS. THANK YOU.
ALEX: HI.
EDMUND: HI, BABY. HI. WERE YOUR EARS BURNING? WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU.
HI, SWEETIE. WHAT'D YOU HAVE? DID PEGGY GIVE YOU SOME FOOD? YEAH? WHAT YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT YOU LOOKING AT? I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SO LONG.