The Day of the Jackal Page #7

The minister wants to see you.

We can't find him.

He's vanished.

Just disappeared off the face of the Earth.

I don't think we had any idea

what kind of man...

...you have been pursuing.

- What about tomorrow?

The president rekindles

the eternal flame at 1 0:00.

High mass is at 1 1:00.

There's only one public ceremony

in the afternoon at 4:00.

He will present liberation medals

to veterans of the resistance.

What about crowd control?

Crowds will be kept back

further than ever before.

Steel barriers go up several hours

before each ceremony.

Every house inside the barrier ring

is searched from top to bottom...

...including the sewers.

Police will be issued special

lapel badges at the last moment...

...in case he tries to masquerade

as a security man.

There'll be marksmen inside Notre Dame...

...even among the congregation.

The priests celebrating mass will

be searched for concealed weapons.

We'll have firemen and marksmen

on every rooftop...

...along the procession route.

Dumont has drafted a number

of especially tall officers...

...to hedge around the president

without him noticing.

Can I pass, please?

- What for?

I live there.

I have a room at 1 54.

Papers.

All right.

Thank you.

Excuse me, madam.

Would you be so kind

as to give me a drink of water?

Of course. Come in.

Please come in.

It's hot,

waiting for the ceremony.

Are you getting a medal today?

I got mine two years ago with one of my--

Top floor.

What do you think you're doing?

Who are you?

- Charles Calthrop.

This is my bloody flat.

I think you better

come down to the Yard, sir.

Too bloody right, I will.

There's no question

of Her Majesty's government...

...ever concealing the fact that

this Jackal was an Englishman.

So far as one can see,

there was a period...

...when an Englishman

came under suspicion...

...but he has now been cleared.

Certainly, the Jackal

masqueraded as an Englishman...

...but he also masqueraded

as a Dane and as a Frenchman.

There's no way of proving his identity at all.

But if the Jackal wasn't Calthrop...

...then who the hell was he?

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