Ripley's Game Page #4

But why me?

Why did you pick me?

Partly because you could.

Partly because you insulted me.

But mostly

because that's the game.

We have to get this flight.

Shall we?

What's going on?

Where did this come from?

- You... you wouldn't believe me.

- Try me.

- I won it.

- You won it?

Yes, roulette.

Since when did you play roulette?

- In Berlin.

- Don't lie to me.

Dr Wentzel took us to a casino...

- Is that some kind of therapy?

- We had a few thousand marks...

- It's true.

- You won a small fortune...

..and decided to hide it.

- I wanted it to be a surprise.

What were you doing with Tom Ripley?

I met him at the airport.

He offered to give me a lift.

Dr Wentzel has this system.

You bet on the red

and if you lose...

Don't lie to me,

whatever it is you're doing!

- You don't believe me?

- No.

I go through all that

exhausting crap with doctors,

hoping against hope,

looking for some glimmer.

Then I get

an incredible stroke of luck

for the first time in my life,

and then you accuse me of lying

to you. You accuse me of lying!

Look!

I have some money.

Money for you

and for me and for Matthew.

And money is what's important,

isn't it? Isn't it?

- Where did you find it?

- In a chicken coop, outside Pisa.

They completely rebuilt the legs

and stripped all the emulsion off.

I can't...

I just can't. Give me a moment.

Stop it!

Never touch her again.

She's too good for you.

I know.

- What's wrong?

- One of them's still alive.

- How do you know?

- I heard it on the World News.

Jesus! I always figured you

for a Talk Radio man.

I guess I didn't

strangle him long enough.

It's not likely a garrotte

comes with a manual.

One of them got

a very good look at me.

The first rule is don't ever worry

about anything you can't control.

I don't think they can trace us here.

And if they do, I'll let you know.

What about my family? I'm

just worried about my family.

If they come for anyone,

they'll come for me.

These Balkan types tend to take

strangling quite personally.

Sh*t, it's not Reeves!

Where is he?

He was here.

There's another exit.

You get him.

Let the man live.

Let us take this time to pay

a well-deserved homage

to the ever and ever

rising souffle' of Tom Ripley.

Look at that.

- You are the perfect housewife.

- That's true.

I should marry you.

It's okay, leave it.

I already had

three wrong calls today.

Oh yeah?

Hello?

Reeves!

Yeah? How long...

Oh, my!

- Come on.

- What are you doing here?

Don't get arsey, Tom.

So they located you in Berlin?

- I don't know how they found out.

- Now you lead them to my house.

There's something of the mudslide

about you. You bring everything down.

F*** you!

F*** you!

- Are you gonna let me in?

- Let you in? No, I don't think so.

- You're on your own again.

- You bastard.

You f***ing bastard!

You f***ing bastard!

I'll lead them straight to you,

you f***ing bastard!

You f***ing bastard!

F*** you!

F*** you!

How is it? A masterpiece?

Maria, would you like to take

the weekend to visit your sister?

I would like it very much.

Thank you.

My love, maybe you'd like

to go to Vicenza today.

You can rehearse in the theatre.

Such lovely acustics.

Yeah.

Fine.

- So you'll stay here by yourself?

- Actually I'm expecting company.

- Will they come to the concert?

- No.

They're not music lovers.

- Will I see you there?

- Absolutely.

I want you to get rid of anything

that might have my name

or phone number on it.

And do the same with Reeves.

Why?

Are we in trouble?

Yes. Don't phone me

and don't come to the house.

- If you're in trouble, I'll help.

- Stay away. Stay safe.

Did you have a nice day in school?

I've got to go away

for a few days.

I have some business to settle.

I want to fix up something

for after I've...

I don't want to go into it yet.

What thing? Don't you think

we should talk about it?

Yes, when I get back,

in a couple of days.

Is it to do with Tom Ripley?

- No.

- Jonathan!

I'll be back in a couple of days.

Look, we should talk about this.

- When I get back.

- Great! With another fat envelope.

Shut up!

- What are you doing here?

- I thought you might need help.

Go home. When they come, there

might be quite a few of them.

I'm staying.

- What did you tell Sarah?

- An assortment of lies.

- Did she believe any?

- I don't think so.

Watch your step.

- What are these?

- Man traps.

- Would you like some tea?

- Yes, please.

- Do they work?

- They work.

Yeah, I think so.

Shouldn't we close the gates?

No, they'll come in anyway.

I don't want

to spend my life like this.

- Are you scared?

- No.

I'm f***ing terrified.

Come on.

I didn't even think to ask.

With your condition,

can you eat meat?

- Yes, I'm just not very hungry.

- You should eat something.

You may need your strength.

The meat is fantastic.

It's from the little butcher's

just by the war memorial.

Our cook Maria was once

quite intimate with the butcher.

She got some very nice cuts.

- Think we'll get away with it?

- Why not?

I'm not the sort of person

to get away with things.

At school other kids did,

but not me, I always got caught.

You got caught because you didn't

think of just killing your teachers.

I can't stand this waiting.

When I was a little boy

I waited on the beach for hours

for my parents to come back

from a boat ride. They drowned.

I could wait for ever.

Hello?

Tom, this is Sarah.

Is Jonathan there?

- No. Why?

- Do you know where he is?

Why should l?

- Because I think you do.

- Sorry, I don't understand.

- There's something going on.

- I wouldn't worry.

- Don't tell me not to worry.

- Can I call you back?

No, don't hang up.

I'm just in the middle of something.

I'll make some calls and ring back.

- Please wait!

- Bye.

F***!

Never give

financial advice to friends.

What if they catch Reeves?

They'll never catch Reeves.

Unfortunately.

He'd tell them about me, wouldn't he?

Probably.

But he's already in South America

making life miserable for

some unfortunate plastic surgeon.

Check if he's there.

Sorry.

It's your breakfast.

- They didn't come?

- Not yet.

Stay in here.

Keep still!

Keep your mouth shut.

- I told you to stay inside.

- Is he dead?

I don't know and as we know,

I'm no expert.

Jesus Christ!

It's the guy I shot!

You should have stayed dead

the first time!

- Shut up!

- Do you want it off?

I wish he'd stop bleeding.

Do you have a portable phone?

- Yes.

- On you or in the car?

- It's in my pocket.

- Get it out.

Call the man who sent you here

and tell him you got a good look,

and we were not

the people on the train.

If you do that convincingly

you walk out of here, we give you

half a million dollars.

If you don't do it convincingly,

I take you out back

and I run my f***ing tractor

over your head. Okay?

Do you get that?

Call them.

Calm down.

It's Gregor.

I was wrong.

It wasn't them.

I got a good look.

We'll keep looking.

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