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Sleepless nights and green baize,

aren't you sick of it?

What about going to Venice?

You're right.

It's time to go to bed.

You'll keep on eating eggs

if you let go johns like this.

There's three things I like in life:

hard-boiled egg,

love on the sun

and guys who mind

their own business.

As we can't rob him there,

nor here,

we have to rob him here.

And the cops? The driver?

Can you listen to me

for a moment?

Grubert

get out of the casino.

Mr Grubert's car!

They call his driver.

His boss his losing at cards,

he's losing at dices.

Grubert is having his walk,

about a minute and a half.

When the driver arrives at the car,

that's your move.

You stop when you arrive

near Grubert.

Grubert is about to get in.

I am here.

We take Grubert and the dough.

We'll get rid of him before

to pass the Syrian border.

Hey! What's the matter with him,

is he nuts?

He could dump me here

to make it looks real.

Small question:

why Grubert would get in my car?

Huh?

He'll get in this car,

that's the same one.

We just have to buy it.

A Pontiac?

Do you know how much does it cost?

What if the driver show up?

We won't let him get in his car.

Can I ask how?

Just take any key.

Yes.

And break it inside the keyhole.

It will be over

by the time he realizes.

Well, well!

It just takes a minute.

You're right.

You also need to buy

a driver suit.

Take something cheap

if you want!

My money.

Come on, not that quick!

I won it.

That was too easy.

Let me make you an offer.

You spend the evening with us,

or you jump again.

From the top one.

Okay.

- Okay for what?

- I jump again.

What she's doing isn't very nice.

We'll take her with us anyway.

When I saw her stepping forward

on the springboard,

I knew right away it was towards me.

What about asking her

to fetch coins in the water

with her teeth?

When I saw the small-time crook,

I knew I was gonna bust his ass.

That was probably

an bad encounter.

But in what way?

Is it coming?

Okay.

I jumped.

Yes, but the feet first.

It doesn't count.

You didn't say so.

I'm saying it, now.

I was supposed to jump, I jumped.

Here's how it is:

you have to dive.

You're a bunch of morons.

Come on...

Come on...

Filthy morons.

Come on, guys, let's move.

Mister?

You forgot something.

You forgot to pay.

You offered her some money.

She jumped, she's waiting for her money.

Put yourself in her shoes.

If I was in your shoes, I would mind...

My own business.

I've been told that already.

Let's go. They're ugly and sad.

You're not gonna make troubles

for so little money.

Be nice.

Okay.

We'll give her the money.

But she has to strip.

Grasshopper, it's up to you.

Let's go, I'm cold.

Are we leaving?

Why are you always

calling me "Grasshopper"?

Don't you like it?

This morning, not at all.

Tonight...

Let's not speak about tonight.

Okay...

What are we speaking about?

About you.

No interest.

Do you have a lighter?

Are you often defending the weak?

I know the rules of some games.

You've been scared to death,

you should had cash the money.

Moralist?

A morality of my own.

When you lose, you cough up.

And this guy had a d*ckhead.

Are you cold?

- Yes.

Let's find an open place

where you can drink a grog.

I'd prefer mulled wine.

Already drank some?

That must be awful.

Undrinkable. But it makes

listening Gideon bearable.

Poets are always full of sh*t

when they speak of the sea...

We were saying, "itinerate"...

Itinerate, all right.

I'll remember that.

But watch out, not the regatta.

The big race, beware of sharp bends.

Transpose, young man.

One should always transpose.

Transpose or die. Here...

Let's take the Pacific.

What do you think

it is?

Don't whisper him.

Go drink your mulled wine.

So what's the Pacific?

A kind of ocean?

- I was expecting that one.

- A whorehouse.

Exactly.

She's transposing. Just as I do.

A worthy student.

Yes. The biggest whorehouse

in the world.

Flowers and whores are turning

in the evening's air...

Young man, there's between

Caroline islands and Leeward islands,

the most incredible selection

of flowers and girls.

A rainbow of corollas and butts.

Mayflower...

Savannah rose...

Orchids for Miss Blandish.

I hope, young man,

that you like whores.

Gideon !

Just asking!

Thanks.

Whore is inseparable

of the things of the sea.

She gives the pox to the sailor

but she embellishes his conversation.

You don't like it.

It's bitter.

I'm out of vanilla.

Have to go to the Chinese's.

The grocer.

I understood.

If we were

in a respectable place

either than in this country,

I could had serve you some punch.

Do you know what the Oceania is?

A bordello!

A bar!

The biggest bar in the world.

They're serving rum in soup tureen.

Once, I took a seven years long bender.

I'll tell you about it.

That's a story she doesn't like.

Tell about the night

you gamble your boat.

Or about the day you killed the lion...

- The lion?

- Yes, the lion.

That's a terrible one.

I was rather hunting leopards.

Winchester 32 with explosive bullets,

it's not my cup of tea!

I'm hunting with an assegai.

Was it an appointment with destiny

or an attraction between wild beasts,

I don't know but the lion and I...

Crack! Face to face,

as they say on TV.

Him, with his claws,

myself with curare.

Instinct versus intelligence.

I like Gideon,

his head is always full of lions,

schooners, parrots...

- And he's selling nougat.

- On top of that!

And he's a born liar!

- Everybody lies.

- More or less.

More or less well. Him, it's pretty.

I'm expected, there's an arabian barbecue.

Want to come along?

I've got an appointment

at the casino.

Keep a lamb chop for me.

Okay.

You're one hour late, what's wrong?

Nothing. He won't make more than

50 or 60 grands, it's not for tonight.

It's about being patient, as you said.

What if he gets lucky now?

All right, I go back there.

Alfred, I love you.

You feed me, you give me a bed,

and you make me laugh.

He's at least at 17.

They're gonna strip him off.

That's enough, I'm out of here.

We're losing our time.

I waited for an hour in front of the hotel.

Where were you?

At the swimming pool.

Let's go by the beach.

The pool, now the beach,

you really like water.

- Hello?

- Hello, yes.

I have a bath and see you in 30 mn.

Where are we eating?

I'm not having lunch.

I go to the beach.

Again? You've became some kind

of aquatic robber?

Hello? What's happening?

Hello?

When one is seeking for a woman,

it means he's poorly tooled.

Me, in Zanzibar,

I had three!

Polygamy means safety.

The all-risks insurance.

Or else, the crazy love,

the big neurosis, only...

Woman with a capital "W",

Love with a capital "S",

It's worst than the white whale.

It drives you crazy to look for it.

My Isolde...

My princess fairy...

I've met her once.

Once.

She was beautiful in all aspects.

But she was giving away all the bread

she made to a blond pimp.

It was a garlic smelling jewish,

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