"An old man leans on a stone jetty nearby, his fishing pole perched on the wall and angled out over the lake, the line disappearing down into the water, a perfect triangle. The window shades in the house are drawn. The Clooneys just arrived yesterday. The house is right there, visible from the water and from the old man's fishing spot: a large, elegant rectangle built in the eighteenth century with lovely tall windows,"
"He had become pretty famous as an actor on ER, the pioneering prime-time hospital drama that pulled in more than thirty million viewers every Thursday while Clooney was on it, and he was on a motorcycle trip with some buddies to the Italian Alps. They stopped to have lunch with his friends Veronique and Gregory Peck, who were staying at the Villa d'Este, in Cernobbio. After lunch, Clooney's bike broke down, and he knocked on the door of this house looking for a phone."
"The owner, a Mr. Heinz, of the ketchup Heinzes, was sitting by the pool eating pizza, alone. They talked, and by the end of the afternoon he asked Clooney if he wanted to buy the house. Ridiculous, Clooney said. He didn't have that kind of money. A few weeks later, the man lowered the price. This time, Clooney said what the hellhe bought it. He had never even been inside."
An old man fishes from a stone jetty while the Clooneys arrive at a large eighteenth-century house. The house sits in a small town along a narrow shore road, its window shades drawn. Two local girls dive into the cool morning water near the jetty. Clooney purchased the house in the early 2000s after his motorcycle broke down during a trip to the Italian Alps and he knocked on the door to borrow a phone. The owner, Mr. Heinz, invited conversation by the pool and later offered the house. Clooney bought it after the price was lowered, never having been inside and intending only a temporary stay.
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