The Bribe Page #2
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- 1949
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what they want to believe.
Hello.
Don't tell me
Ive interrupted
Another tourist
making a pass at you, Liz.
Well, I must admit,
it crossed my mind.
Huh?
Stop it, Tug.
Why shouldn't he want
to make a pass?
But Ill let you
in on something.
For anybody but me,
my wife is pass proof.
Mr...
Rigbys
the name.
It seems
Im out of line.
I didn't know
she was-
Forget it.
My name's Hintten.
This is Mrs. Hintten.
So, how about us
having a drink on that basis?
Suits me fine.
Getting a pass knocked
down is thirsty work.
Hey, Jose.
Well, she'd served
her purpose.
There was the second suspect,
Hintten-Tugwell Hintten.
What'll you have?
Beer, please.
Beer for the tourist,
Jose,
The usual for me
and my wife.
Beer, rum,
and lemon soda.
That's right.
Si, senor.
Beer, rum,
lemon soda.
No two of them mix.
Do you suppose
that means anything?
Does anything
mean anything?
Oh.
My wife doesn't
like this place,
But I like it.
It's the source
from which
All blessings flow.
I work here, too,
Right behind the bar
in a white apron,
Monday to Saturday,
inclusive.
Today is Sunday,
For which
I give thanks.
Oh, the drinks.
Come in.
Sit down.
Thank you.
Put it on the table.
Si.
Tell Pedro to take it out of my salary.
Pedro says you already owe him.
Well, make it worth his while to sue.
Tip yourself a buck.
Muy bien.
Undehydrate yourself,
tourist.
From the united states
air force to this.
From bomber to bar.
From riches to rags.
Sad, isn't it, hmm?
Yes, sir.
I flew way up
high in the sky
Like a guy.
Me and the wild
blue yonder.
Tug, please.
Speaking of pleasing,
you please me.
Have I ever told you
that you please me?
I'm jealous of my wife,
And what do you
think about that?
Tug,
I wish you'd stop.
I can't, Liz.
Can't stop.
All wound up.
Got to run down...
slowly.
Very slowly-
Tug.
Tug.
I'm sorry. It happens
this way with Tug.
He thinks
he's all right.
Then suddenly
he's just gone.
Tug.
Here, let me
help you.
Thanks. I got to
get him home.
O.K.,
here we are.
Home again.
Put her right
down there.
Atta boy.
I'm sorry.
That's
all right.
Liz, come here.
I love you, Liz.
I know.
I love you.
Darling,
go to sleep, please.
Be quiet.
I'll make him
some coffee.
You could have
that beer.
There's some
in the kitchen.
I'd like it.
Come and get
your beer
Before it
starts to boil.
There was something
about her,
A softness.
You had to tell yourself
it was a good routine-
A very good routine.
Thank you.
Carlota's a funny place
for people like you to land.
Oh, it's a living
down here...
or rather,
it was at first.
Been here long?
Almost seven months.
Tug came down
with the airline-
Passenger stuff,
airmail.
He was very good.
You got to be
on that run.
He didn't drink when he first came down,
But then the airline people let him go,
Very suddenly,
just like that.
It hit him
very hard.
You see where
he wound up.
You know
all that business
About flying way up
high in the sky?
It sounded like whining, but it isn't.
It's...
it's just nerves.
A lot of those kids
had nerves,
With reason.
He came home from the wars,
and you got married.
Didn't everybody?
Why am I telling you
all this stuff?
Blame it
on the climate.
Why haven't you
gotten out?
We're stuck-
Broke and in debt
and stuck.
You can't get out
of this country
While you're
in hock, you know.
I can do?
No, thank you.
I'm used to it.
Well, Mr. Rigby, I
work tomorrow, all day.
Housekeeping,
daytimes.
Pedro's, nighttimes.
Well, thanks
for the beer.
And the story
of my life?
I'd have liked that
better if I didn't think
You skipped
some of it.
For instance?
The parts
that count.
Liz.
Your master's voice?
Why do you ask that?
Maybe that's one of
the parts that count.
My master's
voice...definitely.
I could wish
it wasn't.
Good night,
Mrs. Hintten.
The next morning,
You picked your boat
carefully...
and your boatman,
Emilio Gomez.
This is everything.
You'll like the boat.
I'll like your money.
I hope I like you, too.
They say
you're an honest boy,
A boy who doesn't talk.
I'll lock the lip
and give you the key.
You know something,
Ill take that key.
Pie shape was up early.
You'd already
checked on him some.
Very little on him.
Name-Bealer,
J.J. Bealer,
All the earmarks
of a small-Time grifter.
Here we go, senor.
O.K. Take her away.
You spent the next few days
Getting the feel of
Dozens of them.
Villages on some,
Others desolate
and barren.
It looked like
you needed time
If you were going
to find anything.
Time and the breaks.
That night, when you docked,
you were nowhere.
We will have better
luck tomorrow, senor.
Tomorrow we'll try those
islands to the south.
Good night, kid.
Buenas noches,
senor.
Hello, Rigby.
Hello, Hintten.
Sleep it off?
Sure. I'm fine.
Look, no hands.
I've been waiting
for you to come in.
How about dinner?
It's Lizs night off.
Well, I-
We'd like to have you.
Give me a minute to
wash the fish off.
Pedro's won't care if the
fish don't. Meet you there.
Fine.
You asked yourself,
were you keeping an eye on him,
Or was he
keeping one on you?
I didn't thank you for
looking after me last night.
It's a pleasure.
For Liz, too. She
doesn't have much from me.
I'm either drunk
or working.
Stop it, Tug.
Why? It's true.
Tonight Im sober,
and tonight I work.
Will you see her
home for me?
Again, a pleasure.
Not too much pleasure,
if you don't mind.
Wait up for me,
will you, Liz?
Yes, Tug.
Night.
Good night.
Well.
Good night.
You know, I really should get sore.
Why does your
husband want me
Hanging
around you?
Does he?
Doesn't he?
All right, why are you
hanging around?
Oh, a couple
of reasons.
You're one-
The one I wish
I didn't have.
Good night.
You were playing it wrong,
and you knew it.
You should have been doing
the big brother stuff,
But it wasn't
coming out that way.
You were thinking
about her too much...
much too much.
You thought about her
all the next day
When your mind should have
been on her husband.
You found out things
about him that didn't jibe.
He was supposed to be broke,
yet he owned a boat...
an expensive boat.
Emilio, how does a guy
named Tugwell Hintten
Stack up
with you?
He is a mixture,
I think.
He's good,
and he's bad.
He drinks much
and gambles much,
But there's something
about him one likes.
What?
Perhaps it is
his wife, so pretty.
He's crazy. One day
here and one day gone.
To leave a wife
like that-He's crazy.
You know where
he goes?
To get drunk
on his boat.
His boat's out
today.
Could you
find it
If it was cruising around these islands?
Sure. You bet.
Maybe.
Why did you want to
see her that night?
Because you hadn't been able
to trace Hintten
And you thought she'd
spill where he'd gone?
That's what
you told yourself.
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