A Lady Without Passport Page #3

know what is best for her.

He was very

understanding.

No policeman's

understanding.

For 10 years,

they've driven me

and everyone like me

across the world.

"You can't

stay here.

We have laws.

Get out."

But where,

where can i go?

Now i'm in cuba.

I may stay,

but i can't work.

The law says, "don't earn your living,

"or you will

be deported.

Find your bread

on the street."

You live with anger.

There are more pleasant

companions.

Another souvenir

of the law-

buchenwald.

Come in.

The wine, seor.

Sometimes even when it seems

there is nothing to celebrate,

one can find cause

for mild rejoicing-

the avoidance

of arrest

or perhaps...

just getting rid

of a man

who has acted like

an insensitive boor.

Good night,

miss lorress.

Seor, l-

it was a mistake.

Start talking.

Please, seor,

i will tell you.

This room looks

like any other room.

I didn't know it.

That one has

a hard head.

I have found nothing.

Cop.

Gombush, gombush.

Police.

We've had to do with the police before.

This is just

the first time

a cop's moved in

on a girl you want.

The girl had nothing

to do with it.

She just likes the

rooms at the vincente.

Other girls

like them

at the gulf stream

cafe.

Shut up.

Never can tell what

she's liable to whisper

in that cop's ear

some quiet night.

The girl knows nothing.

She can tell nothing.

Just one way

to be sure.

If he is killed,

he will be replaced,

perhaps by

a smarter man,

certainly someone

we won't know.

It's no trouble to keep an eye on him.

Yes.

Who's there?

Marianne lorress.

Come in.

Police?

Oh, i don't

think so.

Do you?

You suspect me,

don't you?

Why don't you say

what you think?

Last night after

bringing you to my hotel,

i had visitors

for the first time.

A remarkable

coincidence.

Oh.

One encounters coincidence frequently.

Who would guess

that in havana

i would meet

the beautiful niece

of mayor lorress

of budapest?

If there was a mayor

lorress in budapest,

i know nothing

about him.

And i don't know why palinov

chose that introduction.

As for the visitors,

i...

well, let's say the

visitors were just thieves.

I'm prepared

to ignore

the whole incident.

I came here

this morning

to thank you

for your kindness.

Any gentleman would

have provided a room

for a lady

in distress.

But not every gentleman would

have been so considerate.

Thank you.

Uh, wait.

Havana can be

lonely.

Surely you can find

the company you want.

I have.

I hoped i had, too.

I'm sorry we're both

disappointed.

You wouldn't want to

knock on the door again?

We could pretend

you just arrived.

I would

open the door

and be so pleased

to see you.

I'd bow, wish you good

morning, invite you in.

We'd go to breakfast

together, spend the day.

Good-bye, mr. Gombush.

Come in.

Good morning.

Buenos das.

Havana looks

different today.

Maybe it's because

i'm seeing it with you.

Surprised?

You knew without my

telling you, didn't you?

A little kindness means

a great deal to you.

Kindness has been a stranger

to me for a long time.

But anyone

who came along,

right man or wrong,

if he was gentle,

considerate.

Not anyone.

Havana does

look lovely.

It's a way station,

the last one,

then the

united states.

Is it everything

people dream about?

I don't know.

It is what many

have dreamed.

Others whose dreams

have edges

which are too round,

colors too bright,

they are

disappointed.

Oh, i'm not looking

for streets

paved with gold.

A home, respect,

freedom,

and neighbors

who want the same thing.

Marianne, don't hope

for too much.

I'm just beginning

to hope.

Even if things go

as you expect,

i've been to

the united states.

A little thing like an

accent, a foreign name

can set you apart.

There's always

someone who laughs.

I can't be bothered

with things like that.

Joseph, what is it?

You're going away. We will be separated.

Oh, we'll go

together.

Palinov will

arrange it.

He hasn't yet.

But if you have the

money, there's no reason-

you have no money.

How will you go?

I'll go.

How?

I'll make

my arrangements.

I'll speak to palinov

about you.

No.

No.

I'll speak

to palinov myself.

You are taking

miss lorress

to the united states.

I demand

to be taken also.

It occurs to me that

you are in no position

to demand anything.

Don't expect me

to plead.

I pay for what i get

in cash.

Go on.

I must leave havana

and get to

the united states.

Have you tired

of havana so soon?

Are its charms

so ordinary

that they may be

easily cast aside?

You, go on.

Why the hurried

leave?

Is there anyone you

wouldn't care to face

when the facts

are known?

When i go,

i don't go alone,

and i don't promise

transportation is paid

to assure me

of companionship.

You use lies

as bait.

A blackmailer should know

all about lies.

No better than

a policeman.

It's out

in the open.

Where the stench can reach any nostril.

I got a personal

interest in you, palinov.

From now on,

you're for me.

Don't let anyone else

squash you underfoot.

Save yourself

until i get ready.

Seor.

Oh!

Hello, mr. Westlake.

Pete karczag.

This thing's blowing up

pretty fast,

probably in my face.

This guy knows who i am.

He also knows

we can't touch him

unless we get him

in the states.

We can't let this one

blow up, pete.

There's got to be

a way to salvage it.

What about

the lorress girl?

I got the report

you mailed.

She ought to be a lead.

Well, i wouldn't

count too much on her.

She-

yeah, but i don't-

well, maybe i'm not

the right guy

for this job anymore.

Replace me.

Maybe i will.

Meanwhile, you stay

with that girl.

Don't let her

out of your sight...

and get the answers.

Yes, sir.

You saw palinov?

You go, i don't go.

Am i the reason

he won't take you?

When do you leave?

Tomorrow.

At night,

i think.

How will you go?

Tell me when

you find out.

At least i'll be able

to wave bon voyage.

Joseph, you know

what it means to me

to go to america.

Some are not

so impatient.

They wait

to enter legally.

I would enter legally

if i could.

I must go with palinov

or not at all.

No one has asked you

to make excuses.

My father is

in the united states.

For 10 years,

we've waited.

He's fortunate

his daughter

has her own ways

of joining him.

He can't help me to get in.

He's an alien,

illegally in

the united states.

I've never said that

to anyone before.

No need to tell me.

I have a home waiting

for me, joseph, a home.

I don't want

to hear it.

I've destroyed your

chance to get to america,

brought you nothing

but unhappiness.

Oh, people like us

shouldn't have emotions.

I don't know

what we've done,

but somehow, we're robbed of the future.

You have just told me

about your future.

You have made a choice.

Don't you

understand?

My father, a home,

freedom,

a dream i've had

for 10 years.

All this weighs the

scales heavily on one side.

What do you

want me to do?

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