Action Man Page #5

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all the shock

and contact detectors,

the interior mikes...

and even the alarm ringing

in the police station.

I dont even have the key:

the senior executive does.

It would be such a terrible mess

if I got it wrong.

Sirens and all that jazz.

This is really clever,

isnt it.

Our strong room

cant be breached easily.

Hurry up. Weve got

eleven minutes left.

Hold his arm flat on the desk,

so he cant move it.

Go wash your windows.

Well call you when we need you.

Quiet. Relax.

You just had a fainting spell

but youre better now.

How do you feel?

Weak. I feel weak.

Gather your strength.

Now you must help us.

Youre going to count with me.

Go on...

One hundred.

- One hundred...

Very good. Go on.

Hes ready.

Can you hear me?

- Yes.

What is your name?

- Charles Goulette.

What do you do?

- Im a bank teller.

Perfect, mister Goulette.

Do you know the

strong room combination?

Yes... I have to...

Try to remember it.

Try hard.

Tell me the numbers.

First combination.

Twenty-one.

Second combination.

The second one, mister Goulette.

Eighteen. And nine

for the third combination.

Hes wrong. I heard eight.

- He cant lie.

Im sure of it.

Listen very closely,

mister Goulette.

The last number.

Would you repeat it?

Nine...

Sh*t, Im not crazy, am I?

I counted eight when I heard it.

Theres no question about it.

If he says nine, nine it is.

If we get it wrong, theres

going to be quite a racket.

Come on, make it nine.

He was right:
nine.

- You see:
my pentothal.

Well, I was sweating

for a while, I can tell you.

Alright, now:
no noise.

There are microphones inside,

directly linked to

the directors flat,

and they can pick-up

the slightest shock.

Car number four.

Car number four.

Ive just picked-up a client.

Is car number six in position?

Car number six in position.

No car number twelve in sight.

Over.

Car number four.

Weve got a client for the six.

Got it.

Im sending it to you.

Central here.

Car number six?

Car number six. Listening.

- Weve got a client for you.

Were coming.

Hurry up. Three minutes left.

The floor polisher.

Now, pal, your turn.

Dont strike me too hard.

- Dont worry, I know the way.

Something is amiss.

Yes, we should call the director.

Go back to the station,

hurry up.

Car number six. Car number

twelve behind car number six.

Let it pass.

Well, drive on the sidewalk!

Take this.

Did you see what happened

at the bank, madam?

I just learned about it.

Is my husband upstairs?

- No, hes having his breakfast.

Five hundred millions!

Thats a sum!

It cant be, can it?

- What cant be?

So thats what the two of you

have been planning.

Stupid woman that I am,

I bought the friendship thing.

The two old pals

coming together again.

And all this acting.

How ridiculous I was.

I had misgivings tonight.

I phoned the

"Chaumire", the "Domino",

but I couldnt imagine...

Youre only thinking

of yourself, it appears.

I thought it was over,

that you really moved on...

And here we are.

I cant take it anymore.

If anybody talks to me about this,

I wont be able to pretend.

So Id better go.

Its the best thing for both of us.

I think youre right, love.

Go and have some rest

in the South, go.

No, Denis.

Im leaving for good.

If you cared even a little about me,

you would never have done this.

And they put him to sleep

with pentagram.

Pentothal.

- Its the same thing, isnt it?

Say, mister Farrand, what a fuss!

- It certainly is. Any news?

A bogus watchman did the job.

The real one was found:

he was knocked out then

put to sleep with an injection.

Is mister Goulette alright?

I think so, since the policemen

took his statement.

And the two cleaners

are saying the same thing.

Youre telling me.

Good morning, sir.

A terrible blow, isnt it?

- Dont tell me about it.

And you, on the other side of the street,

you didnt notice anything?

No, and I was in the "Domino for a good

part of the night, keeping my books.

Oh, yes, I heard some young people

noisily passing by, but thats all.

Well, it was hard

to hear anything anyway.

Everything happened inside.

Its a master caper.

May I go to the safe?

- Yes, of course, mister Farrand.

If you dont mind,

Id like you to come to the

police station this afternoon,

so I can take your statement.

Ill be glad to, commissioner.

Whenever you want.

Are you still leaving tomorrow?

Its safer.

If the cops interrogate me,

they wont be long in finding out

who I am and where Im from.

Can you imagine?

Six months without you.

Things will be quieter then.

Ill be able to take my share

and have it moved to Switzerland.

Well meet there.

And in the meantime,

youll send me postcards.

Be sensible about it.

If I stay here, what the others

will send me, wont be postcards.

How can I be sensible when

I know youre leaving me?

Oh, Jim, you cant know how much

Im fed up with this bar,

this town, this cockroach life.

Take me with you.

Without money,

its not possible.

Denis doesnt want us to touch it

before six months, and hes right.

Tell me that you care

about me, Jim,

and that youll miss me a little.

Im going to miss you a lot.

Our trash picking schedules

are always the same.

Of course, a mistake on the part of

our employees is out of the question.

Thank you very much.

What mister Coulomb, the director

of the road network service,

just said will be confirmed

by two men.

Misters Habib Bouarid

and Ali Kamza,

who work for

the cleaning service.

The police were highly interested

in what they had to say.

It was all done.

It was all done. You mean

that when you arrived

to work on the

rue Jean Mermoz,

the trashcans had already

been emptied?

Yes. Everywhere,

there were trashcans

but no trash. All emptied.

We hope those testimonies

will help commissioner Leduc,

in charge of the investigation,

and we will now follow up

with a nicer topic:

everybody knows that

Paris is a Lesser Britain city...

Did you see?

- It was to be expected.

But theyll understand

everything.

Even if they do,

where will it lead them?

To the garage.

- I would be surprised.

They were there.

- When?

At six oclock.

Gaston just told me so.

He was interrogated.

Commissioner Leduc and his

whole team were there.

What was he asked?

He didnt tell me that.

But the point is

they searched everywhere.

We must warn Denis at once.

I tried to call him,

but hes not home.

What about "La Chaumire"?

He had already left.

Ill try again in fifteen minutes.

Hello? Yes. Who?

Im coming...

Another reporter.

They are the sticky type!

And they make passes at me too!

The accident occurred yesterday,

in the late afternoon.

A parked railcars brakes

failed suddenly.

The railroad was sloping,

so the railcar built on speed and,

at the end of a mad race,

crashed into...

Ah! You scared me, sir!

Good evening, Angle.

Is Madam in bed?

No. Madam left

after the phone call.

What phone call?

They called her

around eight thirty.

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