Original Sin Page #3

...engaged to find the real Julia,|the one you were meant to marry.

Have you found her?

Have you found her?

Not yet.

If you do...if you do...

...she might lead you to the Julia I married.

Perhaps.

And vice versa.

As much as you want I will pay,|if you can find her for me.

That's all I want.

Then I assume you have made up|your losses.

As much as you want, I will pay, I said it.

I will pay.

Yes, I believe you would.

And if I did find your Julia?

If I brought her to you...

...or you to her...

...what good would it possibly do you?

Money's gone.

The love...

...ruined.

What could you possibly want with her?

What could you possibly want?

I want to kill her.

Yes, I do recall this lady.

Slim and dark and very....

I remember, coming along the deck|and the breeze catching her skirt.

She was coming towards me.

She quickly held it down with her hand|and as she passed, she smiled.

I believe she was traveling|with a troupe of American actors...

...touring the island.

Oh, yes, I remember.

She rolled up some lettuce in her napkin.

I thoughtit was strange.|She explained it was for her bird.

She was traveling with a bird.

Oh, yes. I remember her.

A lady with a birdcage...

...but this doesn'tlook like her.

She was young and very pretty.

Yes, that's her.

and the real Julia never appears, because...

...she is dead.

-You mean murder.|-Yes.

She could have had an accomplice.

These women often have an accomplice.

Someone she might use and then discard.

Someone who might even now be|in pursuit of her, just as you and I are.

This is where it happened.

Here in Havana.

This way, gentlemen. Welcome to Havana.

Mr. Downs will be in room 37...

...and Mr. Vargas will be just down the hall|in room 42.

I'll hook myself up|with the local authorities...

...and see if any dead bodies|have turned up recently.

You're welcome to join me.

No, thank you.

Havana is a very accommodating city,|especially during Carnival.

I suggest the Opera Restaurant.|It's just across the street.

It's very popular with American tourists.

Why don't you do something|pleasant tonight?

Treat yourself to a good dinner,|a good cigar and a good whore?

I prefer to be alone.

So I'll leave you on your own, then.

Here you are.

Privacy, and a view of the room.|If you see anything...

...or anyone who interests you, let me|know and I'll see what I can arrange.

If I could have my coffee every morning|before I dressed, I would be very happy.

It would change the day.

I would be very happy.

It would change the day.

Then that is what you shall have.

When we are married,|you shall have everything you wish.

Married? Your wife might have|something to say about that.

This way, Colonel, s'il vous plat.

S'il vous plat indeed,|you silly mountebank.

-You're about as French as my a**hole!|-Edwin, curb your tongue.

May I help you, sir?

I thought I saw an old friend of mine.

Colonel....

-Colonel Worth?|-Yes.

Oh, yes. This way.

No, no, no.

I wouldn't bother him now.

Is he staying at the hotel?

No, he's at home in Havana.|He lives at avenida Medios.

I believe his fiance is at the hotel.

Fiance?

Yes, Miss Castle.

Yes, yes.

I see. Thank you.

My dear, I don't have that kind of money.

But, my dear, you do.

Your annual expenditures|are $200,000, more or less.

How do you know that?

Because, under favorable conditions,|you could realize...

...at least 1.5 million pounds of sugar|in good seasons.

Five cents a pound--

No, don't.|Don't make me talk about business now.

I've been waiting for this all night.

Now, don't watch.

Be kind, my dove.

Be kind to an old man.

I am kind.

Kind as I have ever been.

Will you undo my dress, please?

Oh, yes.

Let me have thatpleasure.

That's enough. Thank you.

Thank you...

...for a wonderful evening. Good night.

-No.|-Yes.

I'll behave. I'll only sit and watch you.

You see...

...l sit...

...and I watch.

Is that what you want?

You are very tiresome and I am very tired.

-Good night.|-No.

-No.|-Good night. Yes.

No.

Mayn't I stay? Please, let me stay.

Darling dove, I'm weeping.

My heart is pudding.

I'll go.

But my pudding is all broken.

Good night...

...my little dove.

Good night.

"Parting is such sweet sorrow."

It's only me, Julia.

You haven't forgotten me, have you?

Who's Billy?

Just a fellow.

There must be quite a few|fellows in your life.

Billy...

...me...

...the Colonel.

Did you marry all of them?

-No, just you.|-Liar.

Liar.

Liar.

Well, what is it, then?

What is it?

What are your plans for me?

My plans?

I just came here to kill you.

My God.

All right, do it.

There. There's my heart. Don't hesitate.

Your money's gone. Do it.

Gone.

Like the woman you murdered?

What? No.

You were with her on that boat!|You were seen together!

-I wasn't alone.|-She told you all about me, didn't she?

No!

I told him!

The next day, he told me she'd had|an accident and to take her place. So I did.

Another man?

Accomplice?

Friend? Lover?

An accomplice--

You saw us together,|backstage, at the play.

My friend, my accomplice and...

...yes, yes, my lover.

He was an actor, like myself.|Actors playing parts.

I told him that night I didn't want|to go through with it. I couldn't--

Why not?

Because!

Because I was....

Damn it.|I was falling in love with my own husband.

Again. Liar.

I could have bought him off!|I could have kept him away!

But you made me write her sister|and then it was all over!

Whore!

Thief!

It's how I live. It's all I know.

I took the money and I gave it to him.

Then I ran.

What does it matter?

What does it matter?

It's over.

Whore!

Liar! Thief!

Yes!

Don't you see...

...that I cannot breathe without you?

I cannot live without you!

Don't you see that?|Don't you see how much I love you?

I'm sorry.

Where am l?

Who are you?

Really.

My name is Bonny.

Bonny Castle.

Bonny Castle.

Is that your Christian name?

It would be...

...if I were Christian.

But I'm not.

I was never baptized.

I was a foundling.

So was Billy.

We were raised in an orphanage|outside of St. Louis.

He gave me my name.

He saw it on a picture postcard|from Scotland.

It had a drawing on it,|of a "bonny castle", it said.

When we were 14, we ran away together.

Like brother, sister, father, daughter,|husband, wife.

-He was my salvation.|-No.

I don't want to know.

Not now.

You are Julia Russell|from Wilmington, Delaware.

You were born...

...the day you stepped off that boat...

...and became my wife.

But then...

...l am not Julia Russell at all, am l?

I'm simply your wife.

-Who is it?|-I don't know.

It's Edwin, my dear.

Am I too early?

Don't hurry.

Nothing gives me more pleasure than|to wait for you outside your door.

Unless, of course, you were to let me in.

-Colonel Worth.|-Good God!

-May I help you, sir?|-You are not dressed, sir.

No, I am not.

I am engaged at the moment|in a private function.

A function for which clothes|are a hindrance, not a help.

A private function?

Yes, sir.

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