Marty

I wake up this morning. I hear the baby cry, so I wake up. 378 00:33:56,538 --> 00:34:00,791 I come in their room, and that girl, she's shakin' her hand at the baby. 379 00:34:00,792 --> 00:34:05,921 I said "You brute! Don't you strike that baby! That's my son's baby!" 380 00:34:05,922 --> 00:34:08,507 - It's her baby, too. - It's my son Thomas's baby. 381 00:34:08,508 --> 00:34:10,259 But it's not your baby. 382 00:34:10,260 --> 00:34:12,428 I tell you she throw a bottle of milk at me? 383 00:34:12,429 --> 00:34:14,472 I know. I know. 384 00:34:14,473 --> 00:34:17,558 She's a witch, that one, I tell you. 385 00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:19,935 - I tell you what she do yesterday? - What she did? 386 00:34:19,936 --> 00:34:22,396 - She give me the evil eye. - Uffa, Caterina. 387 00:34:22,397 --> 00:34:27,985 I keep one eye open when I sleep, because she's gonna stab me in my bed. 388 00:34:27,986 --> 00:34:32,615 Caterina, I want you to come and live with me in my house. 389 00:34:32,616 --> 00:34:34,158 Hm? 390 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:38,229 Your son Thomas and his wife, they come to my house today. 391 00:34:38,288 --> 00:34:41,248 They say things are no good in this house. 392 00:34:41,249 --> 00:34:44,126 Caterina, your son is married. 393 00:34:44,127 --> 00:34:47,880 Leave him in peace. He wants to be alone with his wife. 394 00:34:47,881 --> 00:34:50,675 They don't want no old woman sittin' in the balcony. 395 00:34:50,676 --> 00:34:54,679 My son Thomas come to see you this afternoon, 396 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:59,433 and he say to you he's gonna throw his mother from this house? 397 00:34:59,434 --> 00:35:03,854 Ooh, Caterina, don't make an opera out of this. 398 00:35:03,855 --> 00:35:07,400 The three of you and a little baby in three skinny little rooms. 399 00:35:07,401 --> 00:35:12,279 You know this is no good - old woman living with a husband and wife. 400 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,157 Two women in the same kitchen, the house burns up. 401 00:35:15,158 --> 00:35:18,953 So I'm an old garbage bag put in the street, huh? 402 00:35:18,954 --> 00:35:22,232 Caterina, don't make a tragedy. 403 00:35:22,791 --> 00:35:27,570 Come and live in my house where you know you be more happier yourself. 404 00:35:29,589 --> 00:35:32,283 It pains they should do this. 405 00:35:34,636 --> 00:35:37,747 I know it pains. 406 00:35:38,807 --> 00:35:41,559 These are the worst years, I tell you. 407 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,255 Caterina, you are very dear to me. 408 00:35:45,772 --> 00:35:48,941 We cried lots of times together. 409 00:35:48,942 --> 00:35:54,196 When my poor husband, he die, I would be crazy if not for you. 410 00:35:54,197 --> 00:35:59,577 I ask you to come to my house, because I know I can make you happy. 411 00:35:59,578 --> 00:36:02,230 Please come to my house, Caterina. 412 00:36:02,748 --> 00:36:05,541 These are the worst years, I tell you. 413 00:36:05,542 --> 00:36:07,835 It's gonna happen to you. 414 00:36:07,836 --> 00:36:10,004 I'm afraid to look in a mirror. 415 00:36:10,005 --> 00:36:14,550 I'm afraid I'm gonna see an old lady with white hair, like the old ladies in the park - 416 00:36:14,551 --> 00:36:18,929 little bundles in black shawl, waiting for the coffin. 417 00:36:18,930 --> 00:36:22,892 I'm 56 years old, and what I got to do with myself? 418 00:36:22,893 --> 00:36:27,104 I got strength in my hands. I wanna clean, I wanna cook. 419 00:36:27,105 --> 00:36:29,815 I wanna make dinner for my children. 420 00:36:29,816 --> 00:36:34,570 Am I an old dog to lay near the fire till my eyes close? 421 00:36:34,571 --> 00:36:39,434 These are terrible years, Theresa. Terrible years. 422 00:36:41,870 --> 00:36:43,996 Caterina, listen... 423 00:36:43,997 --> 00:36:47,984 It's gonna happen to you. It's gonna happen to you! 424 00:36:48,710 --> 00:36:52,254 What are you gonna do if Marty gets married, huh? 425 00:36:52,255 --> 00:36:54,423 What are you gonna cook? 426 00:36:54,424 --> 00:36:59,428 Where's all the children playin' in all the rooms? Where's the noise? 427 00:36:59,429 --> 00:37:03,541 It's a curse to be a widow. A curse! 428 00:37:04,267 --> 00:37:07,311 What are you gonna do if Marty gets married? 429 00:37:07,312 --> 00:37:09,964 What are you gonna do? 430 00:37:12,818 --> 00:37:15,887 I'm gonna put my things in a bag, 431 00:37:17,030 --> 00:37:19,724 and I come to you tomorrow. 432 00:37:30,502 --> 00:37:33,004 Don't worry. We'll come right back. 433 00:37:33,005 --> 00:37:34,922 You teach chemistry? What school? 434 00:37:34,923 --> 00:37:37,758 - Benjamin Franklin High School. - In Brooklyn? 435 00:37:37,759 --> 00:37:41,137 I went to Theodore Roosevelt on Fordham Road. It's near my house. 436 00:37:41,138 --> 00:37:44,140 I have a cousin who's a teacher. He teaches Lati