That Night in Rio Page #7

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I can tell by your face.

- Shee.

- They were very polite, but final. No loan.

I'm sorry, gentlemen.

Well, we're in a fine fix now.

Yes?

Senhor Machado to see Baron Duarte.

Send him in.

- But he wasn't supposed to come before 3:00!

- What difference does it make?

- It gives us two hours and a half more to raise the money!

- Where?

Where? You-You ask...

Don't start

with the mouth. You...

Don't start with...

with the...

Shee! Don't start. Please.

Before we admit anything,

we must consult a good criminal lawyer.

Huh!

Ah! Good morning, gentlemen.

Lucky to find you all three together.

Oh, now, that is no way to feel

on an occasion like this, is it?

Maybe expects us to do a samba.

- I will save you the trouble of examining the books.

- Oh, I will pick them up later.

I know more about them than you think.

I just happened to be passing. As I had

the check, I thought I would bring it up.

- Check?

- Check?

- Yes. Haven't you told them?

- Told them?

Certainly... about

our conversation last night.

Uh, no. L... I...

I see.

When I said it was to be

strictly confidential...

I meant only until

the deal was completed.

Now everything is all right. You can

tell your business partners. Go ahead.

- Well?

- Well, uh...

Uh... Uh...

Oh, you see...

Uh, last night... Uh, you...

You tell them, Machado.

Coming from you, it will be much,

much more impressive.

- Yes, you tell us.

- You-You tell me.

There is really very little to tell.

As I told the baron last night,

for a long time, I have been after his airline.

So, in short,

I bought you out.

Why, you seem surprised, Baron.

Surprised?

Yes. Yes, I... I am surprised

at-at their surprise.

Look. They are still surprised.

Well, now that everything is over,

I think I might tell you something too.

It was I who engineered

the cancellation of your contract...

with Consolidated Airlines.

I thought it would

push your price down...

but I underestimated

the baron's keen business sense.

Oh, yeah, you certainly did. Yes.

And it was pretty nervy of you

to buy up the other 490/0 yesterday.

What made you guess that

I was after your airline, huh?

Ah, that is your secret, huh?

Well, I... I must be going.

And, uh, here, uh...

Oh, yes.

Here is your check, Baron.

And congratulations.

Only a great business mind

could have put over a deal like this.

Well, good day, gentlemen.

- Good day. Good day.

- Good day.

- Thirty-two millions.

- Shee!

- God bless Senhor Martin.

- Amen.

- What about the 490/0?

- Martin bought it.

He made a mistake

while our backs were turned.

He waved himself into it.

Eh, remember, gentlemen.

Only a great business mind

could have put over a deal like this.

Oh, come in.

The baron has just come in, senhora.

The baron?

Thank you, Luiza.

Good afternoon, Manuel.

- Good morning, Baroness.

- Oh. Oh, it's you.

Yeah. Yeah, this makeup

is my passkey.

I had to see ya. I was afraid Pedro

wouldn't let me in as Martin.

- I don't think he appreciates me.

- But the baron himself might have been here.

I checked on it first.

He's still at the office.

Well, what do you want?

I want to ask you a favor, senhora.

But first, I suppose you know now

it was me last night, not your husband.

Yes, but what do you want?

If it's not too much trouble,

I'd like a letter of recommendation.

Re... Recommendation?

After last night?

Well, what's the matter

with last night?

- Weren't you pleased with my performance?

- You're simply impossible.

I'd like to see you get somebody else

to do a better job.

- Why, you vulgar, conceited...

- Sure, I'm conceited.

Why shouldn't I be?

I'm the best actor in the business.

I don't know why you should suddenly change

your mind. You thought well of me last night.

I wish you'd leave.

If you weren't satisfied,

why didn't you say so before?

Because your performance

was too good.

Well, I don't mind saying you gave

a darn good performance yourself.

Oh! Will you get out of here?

All right. But if the baron should happen

to be out of town again sometime...

I'd be glad to oblige at half the price.

Oh! Oh, how horrible of you!

You're nothing but a...

a cheap, common...

- Baroness, I'm a workin' man. I gotta make a living.

- Get out!

All right. What about that letter?

Only take you a minute.

My girlfriend's kinda

burnt up about last night.

- I should think she would be.

- She thinks I was here all night.

All I want you to do is write

a little note tellin' her the truth...

that I left here last night

before midnight.

Comin' from you, why, it'd be

kind of a letter of recommendation.

- She'd know it was the truth.

- You mean, you left here before midnight?

Sure. Soon as the baron came in,

I sneaked out through the garden gate.

Oh, of course.

How stupid of me

not to have known.

You're really so different

from the baron when you're yourself.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it makes

my performance all the better.

- Now, what about that letter?

- Nothing would give me greater pleasure.

Oh, well, that's fine. Just, uh,

send it over to the Samba, will you?

- Uh-huh.

- Well, uh, good-bye.

Good-bye. Oh, wait. Uh...

You said something about

a return engagement at half price.

- Yeah, that's right.

- Well, you're engaged... right now and at full price.

I want to talk to you.

How do you know he'll come in here?

- He always comes in here first to read his mail.

- Oh.

Now, look.

There's where I'll stand.

The moment the door opens,

you take me in your arms.

All right, all right. Uh, how do you think

the baron's gonna take this?

- Oh, he'll be furious.

- Oh. That's not so good for me.

Anyhow, if you love him,

what do you want to do this to him for?

Well, I... I want to make him jealous,

for very good reasons.

That's fine. Ajealous husband

might do anything.

Uh, the baron is

quite a shot, isn't he?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

Mmm! I just remembered.

I left my hat and gloves out in the hall.

I gotta get 'em. If he sees them,

it'll tip the whole thing off.

Yes, but hurry, because I expect him

any minute. You'll hurry, won't you?

Well, Senhor Martin.

- This is a surprise.

- Yeah, yeah.

- How are you?

- Very well.

Now that I have the pleasure

of finding you here...

I want to thank you

for what you have done for me.

There is a check in the mail which will express

my gratitude much more adequately.

Well, thanks, Baron.

I can always use one.

By the way, senhor,

what are you doing here?

Well, uh... Um...

- She's crazy about you.

- Uh, who?

Uh, the baroness.

Your wife.

I'm gonna tell you the truth, Baron, not

because I wanna give the baroness away...

but because I'm afraid

you might muff the whole thing.

This has gone far enough. You were supposed

to come in and find me makin' love to her.

Oh, really?

Yeah. She found out about your

little gag and wants to get even.

Oh. Very interesting.

She wants to start all over and live

happily ever after like they do in the movies.

- So do I.

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