On the Riviera Page #6

back to that woman!

- Well, I've gotta finish the job.

- It's not the job.

- You're going back because of her.

- Oh, Colette.

You told me yourself

she was beautiful.

Everybody knows her husband doesn't

even look at her. So now she wants you, eh?

- Now don't you talk that way

about her. She's a lady.

- Oh!

- And I'm not.

- Nobody said you weren't.

It's true. You've really fallen

in love with her.

Colette, don't be silly.

I'll see you tomorrow morning at rehearsal.

Colette, don't be silly.

I'll see you tomorrow morning at rehearsal.

If you go back to that woman, you'll never see

me at rehearsal tomorrow morning or ever again.

- Would you stop-

- I mean it!

Close the door.

Nothing but champagne.

If I don't have a real

drink, I will go crazy.

I think I will go crazy anyway.

- Fix me one too, a stiff one.

Gentlemen, I am leaving.

- Leaving?

- But Felix, why?

I have found out

what I wanted to know.

- But you have not talked with Henri.

- Exactly.

He continues to avoid me. And why?

Because he has failed to get the money.

- That is why.

- You're jumping to conclusions.

- That is not true at all.

- Just wait here. We will get Henri.

- He will convince you.

- Can we fix you a drink?

- I do not want a drink.

- Please, Felix, relax.

I will wait exactly one minute.

- We will get Henri.

- Right away.

- Relax.

- Don't go away.

Have you seen Felix?

I've been looking everywhere-

- He is in the library.

- He is very disturbed.

- If he does not see you at once,

he threatens to leave.

- Just a moment.

- Has something happened

that I do not know about?

- No.

- Why?

- If he holds all the trump cards,

why does he not leave?

Why does he have to see me?

There must be something to our advantage

that we do not know about.

- What?

- I do not know. But I shall behave as if I do.

And you two, stay away. One look

at your faces, and our credit will be zero.

Credit- What is it now?

Ah, Felix, I'm sorry

to have neglected you.

What is it you wish to see me about?

- Henri, you astonish me. Such confidence.

- Why not?

Because I have you blocked at every turn.

You are entirely at my mercy.

I know everything there is

to know about you.

Except one thing:

That telephone call.

Which one, Felix?

I receive so many, you know.

The one from the air ministry.

What did they want?

You surprise me. Really, Felix.

I thought you knew everything

there is to know about me.

- Henri, we have been friends for many years.

- Yes.

Tell me what

the air ministry offered.

I'm afraid I cannot do that, Felix.

Then I'll call them

myself and find out.

You do that, and all

negotiations are off.

Now, Henri, let us not be too hasty.

I, hasty? Who sent a telegram

canceling Air Europa's contract for our planes?

- My telegram canceled nothing.

- Well, that is hardly debatable, Felix.

It is a simple matter of record.

I have the telegram right in my office.

I would certainly like

to see such a telegram.

I'll be very happy to get it

and show it to you.

- Oh, Capitaine.

- Yes, Antoine?

- That young lady you told to wait on the terrace-

- What? Oh, yes.

No, sir. She's no longer there.

She became quite impatient, so I put her

in the upstairs sitting room. She is furious.

Ah. Well, uh, you speak to her.

I'm afraid that would

do no good, Capitaine.

If I may say so,

once they have met you...

it seems to spoil them

for anyone else.

I suppose that is true.

- Very well, I will see her.

- Thank you, Capitaine.

Oh, Henri.

I'm sorry I lost my temper.

We will forget about the telegram.

- And we will talk things over like friends.

- Yes, but, uh-

I know, I know.

I perhaps did say that in the telegram.

But it is of no consequence at all.

Henri, you do not understand me.

- And I do not understand you.

- What could be fairer than that?

But you are acting so strangely.

I'm beginning to think you do not care.

- There is no need to worry.

- Henri will be-

Look, that actor. He's back.

- Oh, if Periton sees him-

- It will spoil everything.

We've got to get him out of here.

- What are you doing? Go away.

- Far away.

- What is the matter with you?

- We do not need you any longer.

- Duran is back.

- Duran, Duran. I am Duran.

- You're-

- Certainly. I do not know how,

but Martin is in there.

- Martin? But he's at the theater.

- I tell you he is in there.

Then you cannot stay here, Henri.

Where shall I go,

to his nightclub and do his act?

It will be all right

if you two go into the office.

- "It will be all right."

- Do not worry. He has been told

not to commit himself.

I will wait out here.

- Hmm.

- Will you please stop doing that?

It is driving me mad. Say something.

- Felix.

- Yes?

Have a cigar.

Bonbons. I never know where anything is

in this house anymore.

Oh, please, Henri. Let's come down to business.

What about the telephone?

- Telephone?

- Yes, the telephone.

- Felix, I have a confession to make.

- Ah.

I do not know where

the telephone is either.

Always redecorating.

Always something new.

I go around the world in two days.

I arrive back, Lili

has changed everything.

Henri, something has happened to you.

Your trip- you should take a vacation.

Really, Felix? Where do you think

I should go at this time of year?

Well, at this time of year,

I think a cruise on your boat would be-

How did we come to talk about this?

How did we come

to talk about this? Let me see.

I was doing this and you said

I should stop because it was driving you crazy.

Then I offered you a cigar,

but it turned out to be bonbons.

I said, "I never know where anything

is in this house anymore."

You said, "What about the telephone?"

I said, "I do not know"-

All right, Henri. I see your game.

You're fencing for time.

- So?

- You do not wish to make a deal tonight...

because tomorrow, you will make a better deal

with the air ministry, is that not true?

Hmm.

I wish I knew

what you are thinking.

But I cannot afford to take a chance.

Air Europa must have those planes.

My first and last offer,

20 billion francs.

- 20 billion-

- Shh.

- 20 billion francs.

- Hmm.

Very well, then. 25 billion.

Hmm.

- What has happened?

- I do not know. They are still in there.

Stay inside. I will let you know.

I have to find my wife.

- What did he say?

- He said he had to find his wife.

- No. What did he say in there?

- I don't know. I think that guy is wacky.

And I'm not so sure

about you either.

- You must go away from here

at once. Duran has returned.

- He has?

Yes. Here's the rest of your money.

Go out through the library.

Wait a minute.

What about my clothes upstairs?

You can get everything tomorrow,

but go, please, and quick.

- Our friend has finally gone.

- Good. What has happened?

- I don't know nothing. I think this Martin is wacky.

- At least he is gone.

If I only knew what I said in there,

I'd be much happier.

Mimi, I'm delighted-

Oh, this Martin.

Mimi has never slapped anybody before.

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