Leonardo: (Realising that she's moved)....

Moaner Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci Lisa del Gioncondo

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Leonardo: (Realising that she's moved). Please, Mrs… Lisa. You need to sit down… here… And not move.

Lisa sits back down and assumes the pose. She begins juggling the apple in her hands.

Lisa: Our home could do with a good coat of paint.

Leonardo: Ha, I'm not that kind of painter… A portrait painter. You know… Faces of kings and queens and popes and… (The apple flies out of Lisa's hands and is caught by Leonardo) …Jesus Christ! Look, Mrs Del Giocondo...

Lisa: …Lisa.

Leonardo: Mrs Lisa, I need you to sit and do… (Firmly) nothing.

Lisa: Loud noises bring on my Tonsillitis.

Leonardo: Shh.

Lisa: …Or was it Tinnitus?

(Leonardo begins applying brush strokes).

(After a few moments, Lisa speaks).

Lisa: Are you finished yet?

(Leonardo ignores her and continues painting).

Lisa: Have you finished

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