The Firm Page #6

So you watch yourseIf.

I`II try to protect you,

and I know you`II do your best

to protect the firm.

So if the FBI so much as spits

in your direction,

Iet me know before

it hits the ground, won`t you?

Won`t you, Mitch?

OIiver wants to see you

in the Iibrary. Where you been?

Let me just put my coat away.

Right now. He`s been waiting.

You think you`re smart, huh?

We`ve been informed

there`s somebody smarter.

You didn`t get the highest score

on the bar exam.

You got the second

highest score.

Cheers.

Nice going.

CongratuIations.

They caIIed you, huh?

GuiIty, Your Honour. I did it.

WeII, it`s your moment of gIory.

You know, my wife

missed mine, and...

she never forgave herseIf.

I wouIdn`t want that

to happen to you.

That`s very considerate, Avery.

WeII, I thought so.

- WeII done.

- Quite an achievement, Mitch.

The space is great.

I`II take it.

And the Iease wouId be under...?

Greenwood SecretariaI Serwices.

- And you are?

- Doris Greenwood.

I Iike that suit a Iot.

They`re going

to deIiver a copier tomorrow.

I`II make sure

the office is open.

I wiII empIoy such means

onIy as are consistent

with truth and honour.

I wiII empIoy such means

onIy as are consistent

with truth and honour.

I wiII maintain the confidence

and preserwe invioIate

the secrets of my cIient.

I wiII maintain the confidence

and preserwe invioIate

the secrets of my cIient.

I wiII truIy

and honestIy conduct myseIf

in the practice of my profession

to the best

of my skiII and abiIity,

so heIp me God.

I wiII maintain the confidence

and preserwe invioIate

the secrets of my cIient?

The first thing I`m going to do

is vioIate the secrets

of my cIients.

Do you see any other way?

OK, then.

Aren`t we doing the best we can?

No.

What do you mean?

I can`t...

What?

That...

That night...

That night in the Caymans

when you teIephoned...

You were on the beach.

What?

What did you do?

No.

You didn`t.

- Who was she?

- I don`t know.

You don`t know?

I don`t even know her name.

It didn`t mean anything.

Like heII it didn`t.

It means everything.

What did you do?

Why did you f*** some stranger

on a beach

one night away from me?

Who does that?

- Abby, I promise you...

- What?

You can`t promise anything.

Not ever. Not anymore.

Why did you teII me?

Because

I couIdn`t stand not to.

I couIdn`t stand...

your not knowing.

WeII, now I know.

Give me the keys.

- Wait.

- Give me the keys.

I thought there were

onIy two brothers Grimm.

Sit down, Avery.

Anthony and Joey

are coming down next week.

- What for?

- Your protege`s got a brother.

So?

He didn`t mention him

at the interwiew in Boston.

I got a brother

I might not mention either...

- This brother`s doing time.

- How do you know?

What am I, a f***ing watchman?

- I get confused.

- WeII, don`t.

AII right, Avery.

We got a prison guard

in Arkansas.

He teIIs us about a Ray McDeere

doing time for mansIaughter.

The MoroItos been edgy since

the Kozinski and Hodges mess.

They think

we`re misreading McDeere.

The MoroItos are coming

to take over?

- Are we misreading him?

- I don`t think so.

WouIdn`t you Iie

to get a job Iike this?

We ought to keep him

on a tight Ieash.

Why? You`ve got nothing

to be suspicious about.

I get paid to be suspicious

when I got nothing

to be suspicious about.

Excuse me.

You`re not Iistening.

I`m sorry.

You were taIking about hours?

Listen...

I know I`m not Bendini-Lambert`s

most vaIuabIe cIient,

but I`ve got

a Iegitimate compIaint.

You never spent 33 hours

Iast month on my account.

- That`s what you were biIIed?

- You don`t see your biIIs?

No, I just...

just submit my time sheet.

Where is it?

It`s on fiIe

with the office manager.

You know, this overbiIIing`s

gotten so common,

nobody gives it a thought.

It`s kind of Iike tipping.

WeII...

It`s not poIicy, Mr MuIhoIIand.

It sure seems Iike poIicy.

It`s been going on

over there for years.

PeopIe forget

something eIse, too.

When somebody over there

stamped this and maiIed it,

you know what happened?

It became a federaI offence.

You`re damn right.

Each instance, punishabIe by...

10,000 fine.

Three to five years,

each instance.

Nina, I`m going over

to MuIhoIIand`s

for a haIf hour or so.

AII righty.

- Wait a minute.

- I got the beeper.

There`s a way of doing this

without getting disbarred

- or breaking the Iaw.

- Is that our chief concern?

Tear those up.

I might not have to use them.

But I got to get that stuff

in the Caymans.

- What? For the FBI?

- No, for me.

They won`t Iet you go, you said.

Somebody`s going to have

to get to it another way.

It has to happen fast.

I got to figure out

what to do about Ray.

What?

In...in Eddie`s stuff,

is there some kind

of wireIess recording device?

- Yes.

- You can use it?

Whenever Eddie said,

``My associate`` - yours truIy.

Did he have any high-speed

camera equipment?

- Sure.

- And I want a van.

Tammy, did EIvis

ever find out about Eddie?

Oh, man. He Ioved Eddie.

Are you kidding?

HeII, it was over between me

and EIvis when I was 18.

We`d been married two years,

and one morning at breakfast,

I just turned too oId for him.

But everybody Ioves EIvis.

The man`s a panda.

He`d do anything for me.

They`re off.

Say Something comes away on top.

Right There`s on the inside.

Champagne rushes up.

Doesn`t the dog

ever get the bone?

Yeah. When it happens they can

never get that dog to run again.

Mr VoyIes wants me to teII you

how much the Bureau...

A miIIion doIIars

in an account in SwitzerIand.

IBG Bank InternationaI

in Zurich.

You sure as heII

turned greedy overnight.

And my brother out. Now.

Your brother`s a convict, Mitch.

Then get yourseIf

another snitch.

He`s in for mansIaughter.

Bar brawI. If he hadn`t boxed,

wouId`ve been seIf-defence.

It`s stiII a feIony, Mitch.

You heard me, Tarrance.

My brother out now.

And make it

a miIIion and a haIf.

How about you kissing my ass

for not indicting you

as a co-conspirator,

you cocksucker?

I haven`t done anything.

Who cares? I`m a federaI agent.

Your Iife is mine.

I couId kick you in without even

vioIating your civiI rights.

You are agent Wayne Tarrance.

You`re God damn right I am.

Maybe IocaI cops can`t...

- Yeah?

- Wayne Tarrance?

- Who is this?

- Is this Wayne Tarrance?

- Yeah, this is Wayne Tarrance.

- So is this.

``You cocksucker.``

``I haven`t done anything,

and you know it.``

``Who cares?

I`m a federaI agent.

``Your Iife is mine.

I couId kick you in

``and I`m not even vioIating

your civiI rights.``

Now... I think you ought

to reconsider.

I think I`ve found a way out.

Not out exactIy.

It`s more Iike a way through.

It`s a Iong shot, but it`s...

WeII... It`s IegaI.

I know it`s weird,

but if we foIIow the Iaw,

it just might save us.

You don`t want to hear the pIan.

WouId it change anything

between us?

It`s just a pIan.

I can`t do this anymore.

I can`t heIp you here.

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