He would inadvertently have to get back to Simona’s glass…
Had Diaz made an exception and taken a sip? But why do it? No…He had no reason to drink from the glass Simona was offering him…Then, what the hell happened there? Diaz and Simona are in the veranda. Why? For some time, Simona had been carrying herself half-drank around the guests. The Austrian consul general would most certainly have been invited. Simona starts flirting to provoke her lover. In that charade, the role of the bride belongs to her. Diaz takes it the wrong way. Her behavior exposes him. To everyone present, she is his wife. He pulls her to the side and chastises her strongly. He forbids her from having any more drink but she responds with a nervous laugh. That’s why they stepped out to the veranda. They were having an
