JACKIE KENNEDY AND i

TEA AND SYMPATHY
10 August 1970

 She does well to marry him, he is as handsome as Croesus, I wish them
well the worst, I cast a spell ,see what happens.
We met a second time,the day Ari kicked me out,my last day on the Christina.
It was not a set-up,Ari is sadistic but he would not dare that one.
An encounter that I wished it never happened,I was at the airport with
Larry waiting for the first flight out of Greece and there she was in
the VIP Lounge.It was four in the afternoon,Larry ordered English Tea,cucumber, smoked salmon sandwiches,scones with clotted cream,a Battenberg cake, all served on a tiered stand, very proper,very British,couldn't eat a thing nor she.

JACKIE
   Miss Callas, I understand your anger,I heard what you said ,the
gold digger, you hate me,I admire you,you have a career,you made
history,I remember our meeting at the Met,your Tosca was beyond words,love,anger,jealousy,you portrayed them all in your own unique way,I envied your talent.
MARIA
  You can sing, act ,dance? Did you like my voice when you first heard it ?
JACKIE
   I didn't,but I was moved,you have a gift,people see the music when
you sing.
MARIA
   I heard it before,no wonder Ari fell for you,you know  how to
flatter ,what did you tell him the first time you met? It was during that
cruise,your sister Lee orchestrated it,it served her right,she hoped
to marry him.
JACKIE
  You make it sound like we are two mercenaries.
MARIA
   But you are !
 JACKIE
  Miss Callas, I love my son,I want to protect him,they are killing the
Kennedys,sooner than later a stray bullet will end Jon's life, Ari will
give him a safe heaven,Scorpios,this country will be a good place
for them to grow up,I have only him,and Caroline .
MARIA
   You don't love him,how can you  spend the rest of your life with a man
you hardly know.

JACKIE
 I know a good man when I see one

MARIA
     You know a rich man when you see one

JACKIE
  Miss Callas,I was hoping to have a friendly chat
MARIA

  How can I be friendly when someone destroys my life,he is the
man I love,I gave up my career for him,I wanted him to be the father of my
twins
JACKIE
 You gave up your career when you had no voice left, you met Ari at the
right time, had you met him when you were the queen at La Scala,you would
not have given him a second look,you used Mr.Meneghini to become la
Callas,you used Ari  to be queen of the Jet Set,you are an ambitious
lady,vous avez la Folie des Grandeurs

MARIA
 You speak French now ?
JACKIE
 My French is as good as yours, I don't sing Carmen so ,didn't you
take him from his wife ?,

MARIA
 Tina was leaving him
JACKIE

He is leaving you,nine years,the same time he spent with his wife

MARIA

 He is a collector of famous women, he will dump you sooner or later,
you won't last nine years

JACKIE
Then wish me the best of luck,and who said I don't love him ? Who,you ?
Who are you, a nightingale with no  voice left