To smell
Albert was a person very
hurried, he hasn’t time to nothing, to love, to talk, alone to business, to
amuse and other, in fact he not was married and he has had alone some rapport
with women, but alone to business, and he not would it, he was habited to lead
and to command, he not permitted errors and he would that everything was right
in conformity with his orders, with women he has very little rapports and he
would command also on female sex, he aren’t a male chauvinist, but he would
that women were subordinate to men. Like every morning he gone to office, the
investments don’t wait certainly Albert, during a night possible that you
become very rich or very poor, and Albert known it perfectly, therefore he
would be always first in his job, in his task and in gain. A morning he gone
back by Europe and he arrived in airport very early, and he thought soon to
office and other businesses that were present and important; he entered in
office and since was very early nobody was present, he opened his office and
closed door but he didn’t see where he was, and he raised eyes and he looked
his office, lighted and set, suddenly he smelled a scent, very fragrance and
very good, a perfume that he didn’t smelled never; he raise immediately head to
follow this perfume and opened door and he looked a female figure that
approached to him and looked in the office, this female looked around in the
office, looked computer and she asked: “Quid est istum?”, Albert very astonish,
above all to dress of woman that seems very distant by his contemporary: very
large skirt and white all, large sleeve, he didn’t seen feet, she seems walk
without feet; Albert thought that she come there by a fancy dress parade, but
language was very strange, in fact he asked: “What do you have asked?”, and
woman looked attentively Albert and: “Quid tu demandis?”, Albert begun to worry
because he thought that she was a crazy and dangerous, he took his mobile phone
and called police, but in phone he had strange answers and with strange
language that he didn’t understood, he closed call, and: “What’s your name?”,
woman was looking around and asked: “Quid est instrumentum quid habes?”, Albert
turned suddenly and he seen that a light and two voices approached, therefore
he gone out by office and: “Jeremy and Robert, please here soon, on the
contrary now!”, two policemen approached to Albert’s office and he indicated
soon woman and: “Arrested immediately this woman”, and policemen: “Yes, but
what woman?”, Albert looked two policemen and indicated with high voice:
“This”, but policemen looked around and: “Mister, are you good state?”, and
Albert: “Certum est istum!”, and policemen: “What?”, and Albert very astonish:
“Nothing, excuse me, you can go out”, therefore policemen made it. Albert switch
on computer and seen on desktop that woman said: “I am waiting you, do you will
move or not?”, Albert goggle eyes, and what do you make there?”, and woman:
“Open the door and come here, soon!”, Albert obeyed immediately, he opened the
door and he was in a gallery with much painting on the wall with much figures,
and woman next him that looked and: “You are true disaster, on the contrary,
you are disgust, where do you have bought this dress, so poor and squalid, very
popular, Albert looked woman and: “Do you think? I recognize that to fancy
dress parade is very elegant and formal”, woman ignored words of Albert and she
looked his dress, and: “You are very disgusting, I have hoped that you could be
better than so, also your behaviour is very popular, anyway, you are very
ignorant; do you know Latin language?” and Albert: “No certainly!”, and woman:
“Anyway you must be silent and hear that I will say, do you understand?”, and
Albert: “Yes”, and they gone away in the gallery, first figure woman stopped
Albert and: “This figure is the Acknowledge, she has four hands and four ears
because it means that a wise man must know hear and work, and hear other
advices”, they walked away and: “This is the Prudence, she has a gold helmet
it means intelligence of prudent man,
with wise advices, the garland mulberry means that prudent man works ahead and with
intelligence, the mirror means that prudent man works his actions after that he
known his defect and to right these” , and so they gone to all figure, and when
they ended woman opened a door and entered in; Albert felt immediately and
great sleep and he failed in the gallery. When he awaked he was in office and
had a call by secretary that asked to go immediately to new boss of company;
Albert righted his dress and gone immediately, he knocked and entered, boss was
set to back and Albert waited orders; she turned and Albert recognized same
woman of gallery, he looked goggle eyes and kneeled and with bended hand:
“Madame”, and she: “Do you understand information and advices that you have
had?”, and Albert: “Yes Madame!” and woman: “Now you can go”, and Albert gone
out with great surprise, he walked in front of his secretary that looked him,
he stopped before entered in office and he gone back to secretary, that got up
immediately, he did hand-kissing his secretary, and: “Madame, good morning”,
she looked Albert and: “Are you good state Mister?” and Albert: “Yes Madame,
very good; dulce die tibi sit pulchra femina”, and entered in office, secretary
called immediately boss and: “Hello, I think that you have exaggerated”, and
boss: “Why?”, and secretary: “Because he is very changed, too may”, and boss:
“Love, you must advise him, remember that you are the Prudence”.
Alessandro Lusana