Satan Met a Lady Page #7

In the morning, remind me

to take up where we left off.

Oh, I'll be here.

Oh, just a minute.

Shane Detective Agency.

I wanna speak to Mr. Shane.

It's very much important.

Can I take the message?

Oh, no, he's very busy now.

And all ready for that dinner

you've been promising me.

You shouldn't have come here.

I've told you how dangerous it is.

Yes, I know, precious.

But the only way to be sure of you

is to come and get you.

Besides, it used to be my husband's office,

and I go with it.

- Detectives Pollock and Dunhill are here.

- You've got to go, sweetness.

Oh, always there's something.

Unless you want

to have dinner with me in jail.

- But, darling, please, can't we...

- I'll call you up later.

- That was a pip, a nice, neat, little trick.

- Not this time.

Gentlemen. Walk right in.

Just put your feet up on the desk.

A man phoned with some sort

of a Latin accent,

and said it was very important

for you to be down to a boat,

the Fujiyama, and ask for a man

by the name of

- Eduardo Espinoza.

- That's all he said?

Well, there is a Fujiyama.

Came in yesterday. I checked on it.

- Good girl.

- You're not going down there to the ship?

I have to be nice to visitors

to our fair city, don't I?

Well, it's been nice knowing you.

If those two mugs

want to know where I am,

tell them I'm somewhere at the harbor.

Can you boys tell me where I'll find

a boat to take me out to the Fujiyama?

- You gonna hose the farmer's hut?

- Huh?

Well, there she is, brother.

That's the Fujiyama.

And am I burning?

Come on, let's go!

I say, you're a good shot!

You got them both.

When I shoot, I don't miss.

Valerie, if you touch that bag,

I'll shoot you loose from it.

You'll have to.

Unless you want to be smart

and split the trumpet three ways.

What?

And double-cross Madame Barabbas?

Certainly.

Stop, or I'll stop you!

Madame Barabbas. Come here, quick.

The trumpet!

- Where are you?

- In here.

- Where?

- Here.

Hello, kitten. Looking for something?

- It's her. She wants us.

- But where's the trumpet?

We're not going to leave you here.

Come on with us.

I say, one of the corpses is gone.

It's her again. We'd better hurry. Come on.

That whistle may mean something.

Did you hear it?

Yeah, let's see what it is.

- Well, Kenny boy.

- Shane!

Well, here, you're all together again.

Oh, I'm not with them.

I came here to see you.

I told the sailor to call you about Espinoza.

They were on the boat when I arrived.

We got to the boat before she did,

but we could not get to Mr. Espinoza.

If Espinoza's the man lying out there on

the pier, you got to him all right, Madame.

Yes. That's him.

He was very faithful to Miss Purvis

and would not give up the trumpet.

So Kenneth set fire to the boat

to force him to come on shore.

And here we all are.

And here we all are,

and I've got the trumpet.

- You've got it?

- You've got it?

Certainly, when I'm hired to get anything,

I get it.

Shane, if you've got that trumpet,

give it to me.

Here it is!

- Now you've got it!

- Oh, Kenny boy.

Hey, the British are coming! A raid!

I'm getting to be an expert

at taking toys away from your gunmen,

Madame Barabbas.

What? No gun?

Here, Kenny boy,

dry your eyes and blow your nose.

Now, let's talk about money.

You hired me to get the trumpet

and I got it.

Now listen, Shane.

I hired you first,

so that they wouldn't have it

and we would.

- We, Valerie?

- You remember me.

You said there wasn't any trumpet,

and that I was silly to talk about it.

Oh, but you knew I was lying, Shane.

You knew all the time that I was lying.

You're a lovely liar.

So, you're in on this?

Give me the trumpet and I'll give you

half the fortune I can sell it for.

The various killings

were all the young lady's fault.

- What nonsense.

- Nonsense? Listen, Mr. Shane.

I sent Miss Purvis and Travers to Salonika

to get the trumpet from the Greek, and it

was there he started the double-crossing.

Nothing of the sort.

Miss Purvis started the double-cross

in Hong Kong

when she made the deal with Espinoza.

But you're wrong.

I didn't double-cross you, my dear.

I simply didn't trust you.

You didn't exactly trust Espinoza

in Hong Kong, neither,

when you had him bring the trumpet in

on the slow boat,

and you beat him here on the fast one.

- So, you've got it all figured out, have you?

- Certainly.

You crossed Travers in Hong Kong,

you double-crossed Espinoza,

and then you triple-crossed poor Farrow.

Poor Farrow.

I only intended using him

to get the trumpet off the boat.

I warned him against you,

and he was getting wise to you, Purvis.

But he remained faithful to the end.

The end was when

Mr. Travers shot Farrow,

so the girl

wouldn't have his protection anymore.

And then shot Espinoza

out on the end of the pier.

You're a bit inaccurate there, Mr. Shane.

They were killed, I grant you,

but not by me.

No? Who else?

It wasn't Miss Purvis,

because the two gents

were more valuable to her alive.

And it wasn't Barabbas,

because she knows enough

to have her killing done for her.

And it certainly wasn't Kenneth.

Not little chubby over there.

I'm telling you, mister.

You've been saying that to me

for two weeks. You can't tell me anything.

I'm telling you that ninny Travers

never killed anybody.

I do the killing around here.

I plugged Farrow and the Spaniard.

- And you're next.

- Now, you're talking.

Now, we've got our peace offering

to the police with his confession.

A nice, hashed-up story nobody will want

to investigate too thoroughly,

for fear of getting

all mixed up themselves.

That's all I ask.

You're not going

to turn Kenneth over to the police.

Certainly. He's been a very naughty boy.

I won't allow it.

He's been more than a son to me.

You can get another son.

There's only one trumpet.

A victim to feed the police

is a part of my price.

The other part we'll discuss right now.

Trumpet, trumpet! I've got the trumpet!

How much am I offered for the trumpet?

Shane, you remember my promise?

I've had a lot of promises.

This is a cash transaction.

You're on, Mr. Shane.

I'm prepared to pay cash.

Cash, Madame?

Cash, cash, where do I hear the cash?

I offered you half

that the trumpet will bring.

I'll still settle for cash. Where is it?

You don't expect me to pay till I'm sure

that the trumpet is in that parcel.

All right, unwrap it. I guess that's fair

enough as long as I've got a gun on you.

Remember what you're getting, Madame.

The one and only horn of Roland,

stuffed with gems by the Saracens.

Hurray!

- Roland's horn.

- Are you sure?

Of course, just as we got it

from the Greek.

It's mine.

It's yours as soon

as you give me the cash.

- Here's the cash, Mr. Shane.

- And the horn is yours.

Come on. Let's open it and see the jewels.

- Pretty expensive sand.

- We've been robbed.

Tyrilias Constantinidis.

How do you spell it?

Hello, Sergeant.

Let me introduce Madame Barabbas.

You can get better acquainted with her in

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