10 WHAT, THE MILITARY SERVICE? BEING SINGLE. BUT YES. RIGHT. WHAT WAS HER NAME AGAIN? GUDRUN? GU... MOM, PLEASE. YOU UNDERSTAND NOW WHY I WANT TO LEAVE? UNWORTHY SON! BUT ROME WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU. ONE MORE THING. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET, SEVEN INCHES TALL. NO PROBLEM. I AM EXACTLY FIVE FOOT EIGHT— BAREFOOT. GOOD. LISTEN, IF YOU WANT, I CAN ARRANGE A MEETING WITH A SERGEANT INSTRUCTOR OF THE GUARD. THE COMMANDER TOLD ME THAT HE HAS FAMILY CLOSE BY, AND HE IS VISITING THEM. HE WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE WITH YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YES. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOVE ADVENTURE AND IF YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, APPLY. YOU WILL HAVE INTERVIEWS HERE IN SWITZERLAND. THOSE WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE HOURS. DO YOU SPEAK SEVERAL LANGUAGES? UH, YES, FRENCH AND GERMAN, OF COURSE. SOME ENGLISH, AND A BIT OF SPANISH. THAT’S A PLUS. GERMAN IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE GUARD. OF COURSE, IF YOU COME TO THE VATICAN, YOU WILL LEARN ITALIAN. REGARDING OUR LEGAL STATUS, AS STRANGE AS IT IS, THE GUARD, ALTHOUGH THE ULTIMATE WITNESS OF A LONG TRADITION OF SWISS MERCENARY WORK, IS NOT CONSIDERED AN ARMY IN SWITZERLAND. THE 1848 CONSTITUTION FORBIDS IT. BY LAW, IT IS A PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICE. ARE YOU REALLY A SERGEANT INSTRUCTOR?
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