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Amytis: (Reclining on a bench) Tell me, General, have you conquered a great many cities? Hannibal: (Sits down next to her) More than I can remember. Amytis: How will you go about it, I mean, what's it like? Hannibal: Well, there's no hard and fast rules in warfare, but I'd say the first thing is to make a complete survey of the enemy. Amytis: (Eyes him coyly) Oh, yes. Hannibal: Know his strength as you know your own. Then deploy your forces. Amytis: What does that mean? Hannibal: Put them in the right position. Amytis: Oh, oh I see. (Stretches out her bare leg and leans back a bit) Put them in the right position. Hannibal: Then, uh, then when you've deployed sufficiently, you, uh, you make a fake at his strength. Amytis: I don't understand. Hannibal: Well, you um, pretend to attack, but you don't. (Amytis's stola slips off her shoulder) You, uh, fall back instead. Amytis: Oh, you fall back! (Reclines further and pushes her hair back from her neck, exposing her other shoulder) Yes. Hannibal: Then when he advances, (He advances toward Amytis) you encircle him. (Eyes her body hungrily) You strike at his weakness hard and quick. Amytis: (With bedroom eyes, inches from his face) Suppose he has no weakness. Hannibal: That would be very unusual.
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