Red Dragon Page #7

Doctor Hassler's about to fix

his broken tooth.

Glad you could come,

Ms. McClane.

We appreciate the infrared film,

by the way.

Two more steps.

l'll put your left hand

on the edge of the table.

Now, he's right in front of you.

Take your time.

-D?

-l'm here.

You go ahead.

Here.

Why don't you try this?

Nine steps from the front door

to the clock...

and three more to this room.

Sorry. Force of habit.

That beautiful tiger,

this house, this music....

l don't think anybody knows you

at all, D.

Everybody wonders about you,

though.

Especially the women.

What do they want to know?

They find you...

very mysterious and interesting.

Did they tell you how l look?

They said that you have

a remarkable body.

That you're very sensitive about

your face but you shouldn't be.

Oh, and...

they asked me if...

you are as strong as you look.

And?

l said l didn't know.

Where the hell are you, D?

Here you are.

Do you want to know

what l think about it?

Now, would you show me

where the bathroom is?

l have to do a little work.

-lf l'm keeping you from work...

-No.

-...l'll go.

-l want you to be here.

l do. lt's just a tape

l need to watch.

lt won't take long.

-Do you need to hear it, too?

-No.

May l keep the music?

What's it about?

Some people l'm going to meet.

So then...

it's what? lt's a corporate promo?

Some kind of homework?

lt's homework. Yeah.

That's a good idea.

lt's so important

to be prepared.

My God, are you ever!

No. l won't give her to you. No.

Please, just for a little while.

No...

she's nice.

She's okay.

l had a really terrific time

last night.

But this morning you seem

like a different person.

-ls something wrong?

-l have to go now.

-l have to go away.

-Where?

On a trip.

-When will l see you again?

-Reba, you have to get out. Now.

Dear Mr. Graham.:

Here are the Jacobis'

personal effects, as discussed.

l hope these things

might help you.

Good hunting. Byron Metcalf.

How many more

times are we going to watch this?

''See them living,'' he said,

''right in front of you.''

lt's something about

these home movies.

Lecter keeps saying,

''You looked, but didn't see.''

Lecter says a lot of things.

Sad damn thing.

But we already knew that.

We can't afford

to let Lecter waste our--

No. Again.

Your dissertation must be

nearly finished, Mr. Crane.

Nearly.

lt's nice to be able to connect

a face with a name...

after all our correspondence.

But, you know, you don't look

like l imagined you looked.

What did you think

l looked like?

Different.

Thank you.

Right there! There.

That's what he wanted

the bolt cutter for.

To cut that padlock

and go in through the basement.

But that's a different door.

l don't get it. The one l saw

was flush steel with deadbolts.

Jacobi had a new door installed.

Beginning of January, l think.

lt's in here somewhere.

Think he cased the house

with the old door?

He brought the bolt cutter,

didn't he?

He was sure he'd need it.

Why case it two months

in advance and not check it?

l don't know. He was ready

with the bolt cutter...

like at the Leeds' house.

There he was ready

with a glass cutter.

He must've seen the glass when

he walked in the neighborhood.

No. You can't see

that door from the yard.

There's a porch lattice

in the way.

Jack, he knew

the inside of the houses.

Remarkable, isn't it?

Two hundred years old.

Yet so fresh.

So vivid.

He almost looks alive,

doesn't he?

We've just gotten

a report here from the....

Do you still have

the Jacobis' check stubs...

and credit card statements?

We're looking for any kind

of service call or purchase...

that might've required

a stranger...

to enter the house.

-A repairman, delivery guy.

-Anybody in the house.

-Yeah.

-We checked.

l know we checked that...

but now we got to go back

to before January.

-Last year's purchase orders.

-Yeah.

-No collar.

-But please hurry. lt's urgent.

No collar.

-Metcalf says--

-No collar.

The dog had no collar

in a neighborhood of dogs...

but he knew which was theirs.

Same with the Jacobis' cat.

No collar, but he knew.

He knew about the padlock.

He knew about the pane of glass.

He knew the layout.

He knew how to get in.

Every goddamn thing he needed

to know was on this....

Oh, Jesus.

ls Metcalf still on the phone?

Give it!

Byron, it's Graham.

You said Niles Jacobi took a few

keepsakes. Do you have a list?

Yeah, right here.

l need to know if something

he took was a home video.

A full-length VHS tape,

compiled from shorter tapes.

-l see one videotape.

-Yes?

But it says, ''Meet the Jacobis. ''

lt's Chromalux.

We just got a fax.

An incident

at the Brooklyn Museum.

A guy attacked two employees,

and get this...

ate the Blake painting.

What?

That's him. lt's got to be.

lf that painting meant so much

to him, why destroy it?

And why didn't he kill

those two women at the museum?

They both got

a good look at him.

Maybe he's trying to stop.

Mr. Crawford,

all you've got is a hunch.

l've got 382 employees,

and they've got a union.

l can't just turn you loose

on their files.

Not without a court order.

There are privacy issues.

The company's exposure.

One of the employees

has already killed 1 1 people...

that we know of.

lf he gets away tonight...

what's the company's exposure

on that?

-l'll get our lawyers here--

-We don't have time for that.

Listen!

We're looking for a white male,

-right-handed with brown hair.

-No--

Listen! Please. He's strong.

He's possibly a bodybuilder.

He might have some kind

of facial disfigurement.

He drives a van

or a panel truck.

That sounds like Mr. D.

Oh, my God.

Who's Mr. D?

Francis Dolarhyde,

Manager of Technical Services.

What does he do exactly?

He maintains the equipment

for tape transfers.

Would he have access

to people's home videotapes?

He has access to every tape

that comes through here.

Thanks for dinner,

and thanks for letting me vent.

Look, no problemo.

Reba, listen, l know it's not

my place to say this....

Go on.

Well, if Dolarhyde is really

as moody as you say he is...

maybe you ought

to keep some distance.

l mean, what do you really know

about the guy?

l appreciate

your concern, Ralph. Really.

And l promise

l'll give it some thought.

-Hey, have a great vacation.

-Thanks.

-See you in a week.

-Good night.

-l had a great time.

-Good night.

Good night!

Ralph, just 'cause

l'm feeling vulnerable--

Wake up.

You wandered around in the house

while l was asleep, didn't you?

What?

The other night,

did you find something odd?

Did you take it and show it

to somebody? Did you do that?

D? What is it?

What's happening?

-Sit still or he'll hear us!

-Who will?

He's upstairs.

He wants you, Reba.

l thought he was gone,

but now he's back.

D, you're scaring me.

l didn't want

to give you to him.

l did a thing for you today

so he couldn't have you.

l was wrong.

You made me weak

and then you hurt me.

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