North by Northwest Page #18

Stand back.

Don't be long.

Hello. Hola.

Hello. Hola.

Are you all right? ¿Te encuentras bien?

Yes, I think so. Sí, creo que sí.

I asked the Professor

if I could see you again.

There's not much time.

Isn't there?

I wanted to tell you....

I mean, apologize.

No need. No es necesario.

I understand. Entiendo.

All in the line of duty.

I did treat you miserably.

I hated you for it.

I didn't want you to go on thinking....

I used some pretty harsh words, I'm sorry.

-They hurt deeply.

-Naturally, if I'd known....

I couldn't tell you.

-Of course not.

-Could l?

No, I guess not.

You didn't get hurt. I'm so relieved.

Of course I was. Por supuesto que era. How would you have felt?

I mean in the cafeteria, when you fell.

When I shot you with the blanks.

Oh, that. Ah, eso. No. N º

You did it rather well, I thought.

Yes, I thought I was quite graceful.

Considering it's not really

your kind of work.

No, I got into it by accident.

What's your excuse? ¿Cuál es tu excusa?

I met Phillip Vandamm at a party one night

and saw only his charm.

I guess I had nothing to do that weekend...

...so I decided to fall in love.

That's nice.

Eventually, the Professor and his

Washington colleagues approached me...

...with a few sordid details about Phillip

and he told me that...

...my relationship with him

made me "uniquely valuable" to them.

So you became a Girl Scout?

It was the first time anyone ever asked me

to do anything worthwhile.

Has life been like that?

How come? ¿Por qué?

Men like you.

What's wrong with men like me?

They don't believe in marriage.

I've been married twice.

See what I mean? Véase lo que quiero decir?

I may go back to hating you.

It was more fun.

Goodbye, darling.

Wait. Espere. Not so soon.

I must get back and convince them...

...that I took the long way

so nobody would follow me.

Couldn't we stand like this

for just a few hours?

Just this time you're supposed

to be critically wounded!

I never felt more alive.

Whose side are you on? De qué lado estás?

Yours, always, darling.

Please don't undermine my resolve,

just when I need it most.

I guess it's off to the hospital for me

and back to danger for you.

I don't like it a bit.

It's much safer now, thanks to you,

my darling decoy.

Don't thank me. I couldn't stand it. No podía soportarlo.

All right. Todos los derechos. I won't.

After your malevolent friend Vandamm

takes off tonight...

...we'll get together and do a lot of

apologizing to each other, in private.

You know that can't be.

Of course it can be!

He has told you, hasn't he?

Told me what?

You've got to get moving.

-What didn't you tell me?

-Why didn't you?

She's going off with Vandamm tonight

on the plane.

She's going off with Vandamm?

That's why we went to such lengths

to make her a fugitive from justice.

So that Vandamm couldn't decline

to take her along.

I needn't tell you how valuable

she can be to us over there.

You lied to me!

You said that after tonight--

I needed your help.

You got it, all right.

Don't be angry.

-You think I'll let you go through with this?

-She has to.

Nobody has to do anything!

I don't like the games you play!

War is hell, Mr. Thornhill,

even when it's a cold one.

If you can't lick the Vandamms

of this world...

...without asking girls to bed down

and fly away with them...

...and probably never come back...

...perhaps you should learn

how to lose a few cold wars.

We're already doing that.

-I won't let you do this. Get out. Fuera.

-Please don't spoil everything.

...shot Mr. Kaplan twice in full view

of horrified men, women and children...

...who had come to the park

to see the famed Mt. Rushmore monument.

Witnesses described the assailant as

an attractive blonde in her late twenties.

Kaplan, who was taken to the hospital

in critical condition...

...has been tentatively identified

as an employee of the federal government.

The tragedy developed

with startling suddenness.

Chris Swenson,

a busboy in the Mt. Rushmore cafeteria...

...stated that he heard voices raised in--

Here we are. Aquí estamos.

Slacks, a shirt and these.

Thanks. Gracias.

That'll do for you around here

for the next couple of days.

The next couple of days?

Hey, what's this?

That's where I hit the chair

doing that phony fall in the cafeteria.

You and your dopey schemes. Shooting.

-Otherwise, feeling all right?

-Oh, yes. Fine. Bellas.

Considering your driver has

a sledgehammer for a hand.

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