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(SPEAKlNG lTALlAN)
l just want to say thank you
on behalf of myself and my lovely wife,
my beautiful Claire! (speaking Italian)
And now it's your turn.
-Well...
-Go on.
Dear friends,
l went to Juliet's house in Verona.
l wrote her a letter
and l asked her a question.
And two months ago, l received a reply.
And without that letter,
none of us would be here today.
Sophie, would you mind
if l read out the words you wrote to me?
All right?
''Dear Claire, 'what' and 'if'
''are two words as non-threatening
as words can be.
''But put them together, side by side,
''and they have the power
to haunt you for the rest of your life.
''What if?
''What if?
''What if?
''l don't know how your story ended,
''but if what you felt then was true love
''then it's never too late.
''lf it was true then,
why wouldn't it be true now?
''You need only the courage
''to follow your heart.
''l don't know
what a love like Juliet's feels like,
''a love to leave loved ones for,
a love to cross oceans for,
''but l'd like to believe,
if l ever were to feel it,
''that l'd have the courage to seize it.
''And, Claire, if you didn't,
''l hope one day that you will.
''All my love,
''Juliet''