Adam's Rib (2016)
“. .” whispered Conchita, stirring the little spoon in the demitasse. The faint, continuous ding ding ding of metal on china made Fernando Borghetti Ansaldo open his eyes wide.
“What time is it?”
“Half past las siete,” the Peruvian housekeeper replied, leaving the demitasse on the nightstand. The undersecretary for foreign affairs rolled over in bed. His wife had already left their nuptial bed. While the housekeeper silently left the darkened room, Fernando downed the espresso at a single gulp. ...It was tasty, hot, and bracing. The moka pot remained and always would be superior to coffee pods, the honorable undersecretary continued to tell anyone who would listen, and if he were the undersecretary for industrial policy he’d have made sure that it was against Italian law to manufacture and sell those horrible swill-brewing coffeemakers. He got up, rubbed his face, and slowly made his way into the bathroom.
He turned on the shower. While waiting for the spray to heat up, he looked at himself in the mirror.MoreLess
“What time is it?”
“Half past las siete,” the Peruvian housekeeper replied, leaving the demitasse on the nightstand. The undersecretary for foreign affairs rolled over in bed. His wife had already left their nuptial bed. While the housekeeper silently left the darkened room, Fernando downed the espresso at a single gulp. ...It was tasty, hot, and bracing. The moka pot remained and always would be superior to coffee pods, the honorable undersecretary continued to tell anyone who would listen, and if he were the undersecretary for industrial policy he’d have made sure that it was against Italian law to manufacture and sell those horrible swill-brewing coffeemakers. He got up, rubbed his face, and slowly made his way into the bathroom.
He turned on the shower. While waiting for the spray to heat up, he looked at himself in the mirror.MoreLess
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