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Is this car 564?

No.

Well, there you are.

See? I've done it again.

I'm supposed to be in car 564.

Maybe you should go to car 564.

Would you know where that is?

No, I wouldn't.

He's lying, Mom. He's a train robber.

What would I want with a train?

Do you have a gun?

I guess I'll see the conductor.

He'd know where car 564 is,

wouldn't you think?

I'd expect so. Why don't you do that?

I'll go find him and ask him

where car 564 really is.

- Good idea.

- Well, uh, sorry for the inconvenience.

- You folks have a nice trip.

- You, too.

It's me ... Caulfield

How you doing?

I've been better.

Yeah, me, too.

So, are we expecting company?

There's two of them.

It won't take them long

to find this compartment.

I'm getting off at the next stop.

That's impossible.

- You watch me.

- We'd be sitting ducks out there.

Who said anything about we?

You're going out there alone?

We're in the middle of

a god-damn wilderness.

Look out the window, for Christ's sakes.

You're going out there on foot?

A breeze.

I can protect you better here.

Protect me?

You're the one who put me in danger.

I'm not stupid, Mr. Caulfield.

I won't survive stuck on this train

until tomorrow.

Let me tell you something.

A police officer died

trying to help get you back

to Los Angeles.

I'm going to get you back there.

I can't tell you what a comfort that is.

- I don't think I like you.

- The weekend in Paris is off?

You got a big mouth.

Use it on the witness stand.

I don't think you hear very well.

I'm not testifying at this trial.

You still don't get it.

These guys are grown-ups

with automatic weapons.

If they see you, they'll kill you.

We got two things going for us ...

One, they've seen me, but maybe not you.

They might not recognize you.

- And?

- And... we got one thing going for us.

But I've got you to protect me.

- Who is it?

- The conductor, sir.

Uh, yes?

I'm sorry to disturb you.

A gentleman has lost his briefcase.

Yeah.

Well, we think the porter

may have left it

in one of these compartments by mistake.

We're checking the whole car.

It's not in here.

You're welcome to take a look

if you'd like.

Thank you.

Hmm. I guess It's not in here.

I guess not.

I'm sure it's in this car some-place.

Maybe not.

We'll keep looking.

I'm sorry to have bothered you, sir.

- He'll be back, won't he?

- Yeah.

- How do we stop him?

- We don't.

Want me to set out some hors d'oeuvres?

I want you to do exactly

what I tell you to do.

Excuse me.

I wasn't looking where I was going.

That's quite all right, sir.

Operator, I want to make a collect call

to James Dahlbeck.

My name is Caulfield C-a-u-l-f-i-e-l-d.

Caulfield, where the hell are you?

- I'm on a train.

- You're on a what?

We were followed. Sergeant Benti's dead.

It seems strange.

Larner doesn't want to send me here,

Then we're followed.

- You're way off base.

- Think so?

Two times in one year

he tries to stop me.

That's stretching coincidence, isn't it?

What can I say?

Don't say anything. Just listen.

At least two guys are following us.

One has an automatic weapon.

Maybe they both do.

The helicopter was destroyed,

the pilot is dead.

The perps are on the train.

They don't know what the girl looks like.

They sure as hell know what I look like.

I don't think we can stay on this train.

Where the hell is this train?

We're heading west towards Vancouver

We'll be there at 10:00 a.m.

We can't hold out. They'll find her.

Where's the next stop?

Uh, a town called Monashee.

We'll be in there about midnight.

Do what you can to keep the girl

hidden until then.

I'll have you met at the next station.

don't say anything to Larner about this.

I won't. Hey, uh... You hang in there.

Yeah, sure.

He's gone.

We're changing cars.

This one is getting too popular.

We get into the next station

around midnight.

There'll be some people there to meet us.

Then we can get off this damn train.

Thank god.

These guys can't just go blasting

Everybody in sight.

They're professionals.

They start a war on a train

in the boon-docks,

they got a good chance of being caught.

They have to find you, do it cleanly,

without drawing attention to themselves.

If they don't know where you are,

you're OK.

It's going to be OK, really.

I'm telling you,

it's going to be all right.

I'm not going to Los Angeles with you.

I'm telling you right now, I'm not going.

- You hungry?

- Oh, I don't know.

- I'll get you something.

- I'm not hungry.

Lock this door.

Don't let the porter or the conductor ...

I said I'm not hungry.

- You need something to eat.

- OK, you stay, and I'll go.

What?

Every time you leave this compartment.

And every time you come back,

you put me in danger.

They know what you look like.

They don't know me. I'll go myself.

Suppose they do know what you look like?

Maybe they've seen you.

Maybe your photograph was faxed

when they checked you out.

Want to risk that?

You don't want to bring me food.

Lock the door behind me.

- May I get you something to drink, sir?

- Yeah, a beer, please.

- What kind?

- Oh, I don't know. You choose.

Yes, sir.

Oh!

I'm terribly sorry!

- It's all right. It's OK

- Does it hurt?

It's just my foot.

I'll grow another in a week.

I'm so clumsy. I'm sorry.

It's not you, it's the train.

It's very bumpy, that's all.

No, it's me.

I'm always doing things like that.

Oh, I'm sorry again.

It's OK. It's OK. It's the same foot.

Gee!

Can I buy you something to drink?

- No, that's not necessary.

- I'd like to.

- I'm fine, really.

- I insist. I am clumsy, but I have money.

I'm not that liberated yet.

I'll have the same, please,

and this is for both of them.

- Here, let me ... - No, no.

- It's done. Was it so difficult?

I feel like Phil Donahue.

My name's Kathryn Weller.

I'm Robert Caulfield

How are you?

Good.

You don't look like somebody

who takes the train.

What does somebody who takes

the train look like?

Patient.

Yeah, it's the first time I've done this.

- No, that's fine.

- Thank you, ma'am.

How about you? Do you do this often?

No, not often. I, uh...

I was trying to water-ski on Lake Louise.

I wasn't good at it. I tend to fall down.

I noticed.

I'm also terrified of flying, so...

Really? I don't mind that at all.

I'm in no rush.

The one thing I have is time.

You also said you had money.

Oh, I, uh ... I had a good divorce lawyer.

Am I interrupting you?

No, I'm sorry, really. I, uh...

Well, here's to, uh ...

Community property.

Come to think of it, I earned it.

Are you ...

Are you travelling alone?

- Yes.

- Oh.

How long were you married?

- Six years.

- Mm-hmm.

One day over bran muffins ...

He loved bran muffins ...

He said he had to find himself,

just like that.

I'm standing there with

a pot of brewed decaf ...

He only drank brewed decaf ...

And he said he had to find himself.

I asked if he wanted

to finish breakfast first.

- Ha ha!

- Before I knew it,

He'd taken his air popcorn maker ...

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