He can translate that fast. Fat-frumos is a popular character in Romanian folk tales. Hartman takes another sip and starts the man talking again. Beautiful Boy and Beautiful Girl are in a train compartment with the stupid police-man and the smart policeman . . . It's very hot . . .
Someone decides to open the window . . .
The mechanical voice laughs deeply and loudly, like gunfire. The stupid policeman. In Romania, police are the enemy. The police took him along with 20 other men, women, and children to the police station, where he was beaten again and fined for allegedly being an illegal resident. Police discrimination has led Gypsies to be very distrustful of strangers.