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Travel Diary of Jane Harris
Travel Diary of Holly Caputo and Mark Levine
Jane Harris
Oh my God, this is HORRIBLE!!! THE MAYOR WON’T MARRY HOLLY AND MARK!!!! HE DOESN’T BELIEVE THE SIGNATURES ON THE APOSTILLE ARE THEIRS!!!! He says he heard that Mark and Holly were sick in bed all day yesterday, and so how could they have gotten the Apostille? He says the signatures on the Apostille have to be forgeries!!!
I’M GOING TO KILL PETER!!! THIS IS ALL HIS FAULT!!!! I know he must have posted something on his Web site or something about it. Because why else would there be all these Wondercat fans here? How else could they have known? And how else could the MAYOR have known about Holly and Mark????
Oh, God, I am DYING for them. Holly looks SO pretty, and Mark is so handsome. HOW can the mayor be so heartless? Should I confess? Should I go up there and be all, “OK, it was me, it’s my signature, not Holly’s, but I did it for a good cause, and you should still marry them because look how cute they are together”? Would he even go for that?
I don’t think so. He was completely unmoved by Frau Schumacher’s tirade, which lasted five minutes, at least.
And now he’s taking his sash off! His mayoral sash! Like he’s done for the day! He’s heading off for soccer practice like he hasn’t left a roomful of broken-hearted people behind! How can anyone be so—
Oh, no. What’s Cal doing? Oh, God, he’s not going to confess that it’s his signature, is he? I KNEW he’d do something to ruin Holly and Mark’s chance at—
Wait. Wait a minute, he’s not—
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e-mails
To: Claire Harris
Darrin Caputo
Fr: Jane Harris >
Re: Holly and Mark
We’re here! At the Commune di Castelfidardo, in the Municipale building, for Holly and Mark’s wedding!
For a minute it looked as if it weren’t actually going to happen. The mayor seemed to suspect all was not right with Holly and Mark’s paperwork.
But then Cal Langdon—CAL LANGDON, Mr. I Don’t Believe In Marriage Himself—stepped up and, whipping out a notepad, asked the mayor for his full name.
And when the mayor asked him just what he was doing, Cal went (according to Peter, who translated for me), “Oh, I’m a foreign affairs correspondent for The New York Journal , and I think my readers would be very interested in learning about how Le Marche officials treat American visitors to their region.”
The mayor couldn’t put his sash on fast enough! He started the wedding ceremony then and there!
CAL LANGDON SAVED THE DAY!
I wasn’t the only one who started cheering, either. Half the town seems to have turned out for the ceremony, as well!
Holly looks so pretty in her dress, which is—even though I helped her pick it out, so I am sort of complimenting myself by saying this, but it’s true—stu
And then, solemnly, with all this dignified grace, they began the ceremony, with Holly and Mark holding hands and looking so sweet and nervous in front of them, and all of the rest of us— including, I am astonished to note, a good number of school-children, including the mayor’s own daughter, who surely should be in school—crowded all around the sides of the room. Everyone seems to be on his or her best behavior.
Well, except for Cal Langdon, who despite his earlier heroics for some reason won’t stop looking at my feet. I do have on my new Christian Louboutins, though—the ones with the rhinestone flowers over the toe straps—so that might be why. Possibly he thinks they aren’t suitable wedding attire?
The mayor opened this big book and began to read, while the secretario translated in not very good English. It’s a very moving ceremony so far, all about how they promise to live in the same house and educate their children. Marriage is obviously taken very seriously here in Italy, but they don’t seem much concerned about the for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health stuff. They just seem to want everyone to live under the same roof and go to school.
This seems very reasonable to me.
Ooooh, it’s the ring part, I have to start taking pictures, more later—
J
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Art. 147-Doveri Verso I Figli
Il matrimonia impone ad ambedue I conuigi l’obligo di mantenere, istruire ed educare la prole tenendo conto delle capacita, dell’inclinazione naturale e delle aspirazioni dei figli
(domando allo sposo)
Sig.LEVINE MARK dichiara di voler prendere in moglie la qui presente Sig.CAPUTO HOLLY ANN ?(si)
(ed alla sposa)
Sig.CAPUTO HOLLY ANN dichiara di voler prendere in marito il que presente Sig.LEVINE MARK ?(si)
I testimoni ha
IoAntonio Torelli
Ufficiale di Stato Civile del Commune di Castelfidardo Diacharo che il Sig.LEVINE MARK e la Sig.CAPUTOHOLLY ANN sono uniti in matrimonio
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Commune di Castelfidardo
Provincia di Le Marche
Ufficio Dello Stato Civile
Certificato di Matrimonio
L’Ufficiale dello Stato Civile
Certifica
Che dal REGISTRO degli ATTI DE MATRIMONIO atto N. 1 Parte II Serie C risulta che nel giorno 23 del mese di settembre contrassero matrimonio in Castelfidardo
Mark David Levine Holly A
Celibe Nubile
Nato a Ohio USA Nata a Illinois USA
Cittadino Statunitense Cittadina Statunitense
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To: Listserv >
Fr: Peter Schumacher >
Re: JANE HARRIS
IT IS DONE!!! The friends of JANE HARRIS have had the marriage! It was very beautiful. I hold onto the rings, and when the secretario say to me, “The rings, please,” I give them to the friends of JANE HARRIS. JANE HARRIS took many photographs. One photograph was of me giving the rings.
Then the mayor said,“Io diacharo che sono uniti in matrimonio,” and everyone in the room gives big cheer!
And then the marriage couple kiss, and everyone gives bigger cheer! And then the friend of JANE HARRIS named Cal Longdon says to everyone, “To thank you all for making this day so special for my friends, I’d like to invite everyone back to La Beccacia, where a champagne brunch is currently being set up.”
Then everyone looks at Cal Longdon strange because we do not know this word,brunch.
Then JANE HARRIS says, “Are you serious?”
And Cal Longdon says, “Yes, I am serious. I ordered it this morning.”
So now we have the lunch with JANE HARRIS and her friends! I bring my boom box so there is the music for dancing! I will dance with JANE HARRIS! YES!!!
This is Peter, #1 Fan of Wundercat!
Wundercat lives—4-eva!
Peter
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W E S T E R N U N I O N
T E L E G R A M
To: Ruth and Ira Levine
From: Mark Levine
Dear Mom and Dad,
Well, Holly and I did it. We’re married. Wish you could have been there. Mom, stop crying. Susie Schramm has nothing on my Holly.