Journey Into Fear Page #2

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He wanted a good time!

Pardon me, Howard,

I will be back in a jiffy.

Pardon me, Mr. Graham,

I have quite a bad headache!

I have here so much work,

so much...

anxiety.

We know who's trying to kill you.

Here is his picture.

He is a thug in the employ of a Nazi agent, a man named Mueller,

operating in Sofia.

He doesn't look very friendly.

Banat?

I thought you said his name was Mueller?

Mueller is his employer.

This man's name is supposed to be Peter Banat.

He is an assassin, a professional...

Mr. Graham, there are men who are natural killers.

Banat is one of them.

He was convicted ten years ago in Yashi of helping to

kick a man to death.

He said that his price for killing a man

has been as low as 5000 francs.

- No thanks.

And expenses. Now...

We know a week ago Mueller got in touch with Banat.

Tonight we learn Banat is here.

It was he who shot at you at the cabaret,

a waiter identified him, I am dumbfounded.

But then I am dumbfounded every 25 minutes.

Can't you arrest this man?

We will when we find him.

But now we must get you back safely to America.

I'll get safely back to America, don't you worry.

It is always the same. We are the only ones in a hurry, so we are the last.

If we miss the boat we can sue the government.

- Mademoiselle...

Yes, we are leaving tonight for Batoumi.

This man is your husband?

We are partners.

My car is at your disposal.

Good night, Mr. Graham.

- Good night.

The Talisia belongs to a private company

which fronts a weekly service to small cargo boats between here and Batoumi.

I'm afraid it is little better than a floating slum!

Yet they carry a few passengers, twelve at most.

We have checked the list on the sailing... Every one of them is harmless.

What do you mean, go by boat? I've got a reservation on the morning train.

My dear Graham, if you are to leave on that or any other train,

you would be dead before you reached Batoumi.

This is much the best obvious way of getting you out of Turkey.

The middle of the Black Sea would be just as safe

as your own office.

Oh I don't know... That's quite a decision!

Graham... I'm not asking you to decide anything,

I'm telling you what you must do.

You are, I must remind you, of great value to my country.

In your present state of health you must allow me to protect my country's interests in my own way.

I do not wish to harass you,

but if you do not care to follow my instructions,

I shall have no alternative but to have you arrested.

I'll have an order issued for your deportation

and have you put on board The Talisia under guard.

- I hope I make myself clear...

- Quite clear!

Would you like to handcuff me now?

You'll just have time if you hurry.

- Well, what...

- ... Arranges the best way for both of you.

- Now look here, Colonel...

- Haki.

- Colonel Haki...

You two know each other?

- How do you do? - Oh, yes.

What about my...

I've just got to see... I've got to talk to her!

That man Kopeikine, he's with her at the hotel now...

Putting her mind at rest.

Haki thought he'd fool the Nazis

by getting me out of Turkey

through the Black Sea.

He didn't even let me

call you up to say goodbye.

That girl Josette

had nothing to do with it.

She and her partner just

happened to be leaving on the same boat.

I thought you were going by train, Mr. Graham?

Maybe the police thought the sea air would do him good.

Come on, let's get our baggage through the customs.

- That's one thing I won't have to worry about...

Howard, wait!

I came to say goodbye.

Ain't it nice for everything to have been arranged so quick?

Do you approve of my going on this boat?

I do, Howard.

By the way, have you a gun in your luggage?

I haven't got any luggage!

Then you better take this...

I picked it up on my way to see your wife. It is completely loaded.

What did she say?

- Here.

I don't need this!

Put it in your pocket, it will make you feel nicer to have it!

I never fired one of these things, you know!

That's a good one, Howard!

- What?

You're a ballistics expert and you never fired a gun!

Well, I just never did!

It's very simple, you just point it and pull the trigger.

Oh, I know how it works.

- Take it with you anyway.

Look Howard, they are loosing it.

You'd better go. Come!

Write me a line.

Uh... Goodbye.

Goodbye, Howard.

I was just going to telephone my wife.

I will see that she is assured and safely on the train.

What's that? Cows?

Mostly cows.

It's clever, isn't it?

What's clever?

For you, Graham, so unlikely means of transportation

is better than a disguise...

Now with Mrs. Graham,

it might be safer to practice a little deception, hmm?

- Hmm?

You can cable her when you stop at Trabzon. "C'est la guerre. "

What?

War is war.

You have your passport?

Oh... yes.

Oh, I've got my wife's here too...

And I see you're arming yourself...

It's one thing to be a soldier, is it not...

If the enemy is not looking for you in particular, because you're Mr. Howard Graham...

The fellow next to you will do just as nicely.

That's Stephanie's.

I will see to it that it is delivered...

- Thank you.

You have this advantage over the soldier, Mr. Graham:

you can run away without being a coward.

Do not worry about your wife, Graham.

I will take care of her personally.

Happy journey.

This way.

Cabin 2.

Are you Cabin 2? Graham, Howard?

- Yes.

Haven't you got any better accommodations?

The cabins are all the same, Monsieur.

About your luggage, we don't seem able to find it.

I haven't got any luggage!

- No luggage?

- That's right, no luggage!

- Hello!

- I do not think that you are sincere after all.

What do you mean?

Tell me truthfully why you are on this boat.

You wouldn't believe me.

Very well, I'm not inquisitive.

Well if you really want to know, I took the boat to get away from somebody who's trying to shoot me.

I'd sooner you'd be grave about lying than joke about killing.

If you wish me to like you, you mustn't say such things.

I apologize.

Are you going somewhere on behalf of a dancing engagement?

India perhaps, I do not know. I hope so.

So much is closed on account of the war.

How long have you been dancing?

Since I was 10, that's 20 years ago.

You see, I do not lie to you about my age.

I was born in the Pyrenees,

my mother and father were very poor.

But honest, no doubt?

Oh no... my father was not at all honest.

I tell everything about myself but about you I know nothing, except that you have a nice house...

I hardly ever hear english spoken, so I am interested at once.

You are English, sir?

American.

I am Turkish. I sell tobacco.

Thermo Pazar and Company.

My name is Mr. Kuvetli, sir.

My name is Howard Graham.

This is Mademoiselle Josette.

- So good.

My boss Pazar cannot speak english and he cannot write,

he is ignorant.

I reply to all favors from England and elsewhere abroad,

but he knows slot about tobacco!

We produce best. Please...

Try cigarette made with tobacco from Thermo Pazar and Company, please.

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