"Adal, the telephone, a long-distance call for you."
- For me?
"Yes, a woman, didn't mention her name, and she's speaking English."
- I don't know any English woman.
"But she has an unusual accent, opens vowels, drags words..."
- You mean a slow speech, a sort of elegant lazy sensuality... as if she were from Southern Italy?
"Not Italian, but Southern, yes."