The Brides of Fu Manchu Page #3

Hello, my friends.

How is your lovely prisoner?

Gone.

Gone?

They abducted her right under our noses

in the middle of a crowded theatre.

I thought she was confined

to the hospital.

She was. What about your end,

any new developments?

Yes. I have been told to drop the case.

Mr. Merlin has very powerful friends.

Well, that kills any chance

of a lead from him.

Well...

Unofficially, I kept watch on him.

Just as well too.

We found he is going to London.

When?

He arrives tomorrow morning

by the boat train.

I got his number, sir.

I saw who was driving.

Mr. Nikki Sheldon.

- Sheldon?

- I had my suspicions last night.

All right, sergeant, you check that car

and find out where Merlin is staying.

What are you going to do, arrest him?

No, no, I can't do that. There's no proof.

It wouldn't help us

get Marie and the other girls back.

But you can't just let him go free.

The important thing is to find out what

Fu Manchu is plotting and then stop him.

- Yes, but if--

- Sheldon is the first lead we've had.

But if he is working for this Fu Manchu...

...he must know

where the headquarters are.

- Couldn't we--?

- You don't know Fu Manchu.

He covers his tracks

and he trusts no one.

Sheldon probably has no idea

where the headquarters are.

Someone must know. There must be--

Merlin.

- You said all the men were taken there.

- Yes.

But he probably doesn't know

where he was taken.

Anyway, we can't force him to tell us.

Sometimes I wish I was back in Burma.

He'd have talked then, all right.

What do you mean?

Have you ever heard

of the dust that loosens tongues?

I've seen it used.

The dust that loosens...?

Yeah. Yes, of course.

That's a crude natural form

of one of the sodium drugs.

You have heard of it, then?

Drug research is my field.

I came across the Burmese drug

when I was doing tropical medicine.

It paralyzes the patient but he retains

the power of speech and memory.

And he can answer

only the questions you ask him.

And he cannot help telling the truth.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

- Monsieur Merlin?

- Yes.

What do you want?

Mr. Sheldon asked me to call.

Oh, what for?

About these.

Very well. Come in.

You are alone?

Of course.

- In here.

- Thank you.

Mr. Sheldon wanted you to look at this.

What happened?

Who are you?

What is your name?

Jules Merlin.

You have a daughter

who was kidnapped.

Do you know who abducted her?

Fu Manchu.

Have you ever met Fu Manchu?

Yes.

Where? At his headquarters?

Yes.

Where is it?

I don't know.

How long where you there?

Eight days.

And in that time no one mentioned

the name of the place?

Yes.

Someone did mention it?

Yes.

What is the name?

The Temple of Karna.

The Temple of Karna.

Good.

Now...

...do you know

what Fu Manchu plans to do?

He will dominate the world.

The new circuits

have cut the run-up time by half.

We can hold the output steady

at this load indefinitely.

But no higher?

We dare not.

That is sufficient for the Windsor Castle.

Yes, but not any of the major targets.

Very well. Prepare for

the Windsor Castle in six days.

- The set will be in place?

- Yes.

And, Feng...

...everything must be ready

for the first major target on the 11th.

Of next month?

Then we need Lentz here

as quickly as possible.

He will be here.

- Anything happening?

- No, sergeant.

He went to lunch.

Two of our men followed him.

He came back to the room an hour ago.

- Nobody spoke to or tried to contact him?

- Not a soul.

Who are you? What are you doing here?

I have come to give you your final orders.

Are you the one

who has been phoning me?

- Yes.

- Where is my daughter?

You won't get away with this.

If anything goes wrong...

...you will not see your daughter

alive again, remember that.

Now, your car will arrive at the front door

at precisely half past...

...which is six minutes from now.

You will be ready

and you will get into the car at once...

...and you will do exactly

what the driver tells you to do.

But the police will follow.

Of course.

Remember, half past precisely.

And if you try to warn anyone...

...the phone is cut.

- Who's that?

- One of the cleaners.

That's his car.

We didn't have any message

of his going out, sergeant.

I'll follow it. You ring the Yard.

They are following.

I know.

Get there as fast as you can.

This is ridiculous.

He's been driving in circles now

for 45 minutes.

Almost as if he's stalling for something.

Look out!

Sergeant, look!

I'm sorry, sir, but they got him.

All right, Spicer, you did your best.

But that flying tackle of yours

was certainly worth seeing.

You were here, sir?

Yes, over in the clubhouse.

But for heaven's sake, sir,

you could have stopped them.

They've got Otto Lentz, sir.

Have a look in the car, sergeant.

But I don't....

Who was that in the aircraft?

Franz Baumer.

Baumer?

He's been impersonating Lentz

for three days.

Why?

Because we don't know

where the Temple of Karna is.

Now we're going to have a man

right in there.

She has spirit.

So you would find out

if these men were not holding me.

We shall see.

These girls will be your

companions.

At first, they too were unwilling...

...but now they live only to serve me.

Five of you, pick her up.

Raise the trap door.

Lower her.

You have no will...

...no mind of your own.

You will do

only what I command you to do.

Even to death.

All is in order.

We can begin the buildup.

There's no urgency.

We will take the full hour.

That will be safer.

Advise London that the buildup

has begun on schedule.

Destruction one

will take place at noon exactly.

Hello, Pierre. Good to see you.

You are looking well, my friend.

- So you're on holiday, are you?

- Officially, yes.

Unofficially,

I am following up this Merlin affair.

In your own time?

I don't like to be told, "Drop the case."

Good.

I can give you a lot of new facts.

Things have been developing pretty fast.

Let me give you some information first.

When Merlin came back...

...he had a number of projects

needing his urgent attention.

But he dropped them all.

Instead, he associated his company

with some people...

...called Wireless International.

And they've put up an aerial?

Yes.

A peculiar sort of affair,

like a round, hollow dish.

Yes. How did you know?

So that's how he plans to do it.

Sergeant, bring me all the dossiers

of the Fu Manchu kidnappings, will you?

I've already checked.

After every kidnapping, the men

concerned joined Wireless International.

Gone to the Yard? On a Saturday?

He won't be late, sir.

Would you like a drink while you wait?

Eleven-twenty, it's a bit early.

Commissioner Nayland Smith...

...you have but little time to live.

I could have arranged your death at the

moment you switched on this wireless set...

...but that would have been too quick.

Soon you will die,

because I shall control the world.

I have the power to destroy cities.

And any city that defies me

shall be destroyed.

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