The Kremlin Letter Page #7

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i want you to go to town.

Give her the works. Don't want that

woman to have one thing to complain about.

Now, how's about you and me

celebrating? Champagne and oysters.

Plenty of oysters.

Erika.

Where have you been? I've been

looking for you everywhere.

My men are still searching for you.

So, where were you?

Tell me. Smoking hashish.

In one of those places that doesn't exist.

Smell.

You've been missing for over five hours.

Took me that long to forget

what bresnavitch said about you.

Did you expect me to

just sit there and listen?

They hate me, all of them.

That silly madame kazar and

that stuck-Up mrs. Grodin.

They hate you too.

Bresnavitch hates you. Yes, he does.

He has always hated me.

Many years ago, he tried to

replace me with a western agent-

The man called sturdevant.

Comrade bresnavitch offered him my job

- My job!

What do i care? Well, you should.

You wanted me to tell you things. Well, i am.

Sturdevant and i were

friendly during the war.

Very friendly.

Even afterwards, during the cold war,

We played along with each other.

I allowed his group to operate in

my area, and he did the same for me.

But such an arrangement called for...

A measure of trust on both our parts.

- And you betrayed him.

- I had no choice.

Bresnavitch was after my scalp.

I had to do something spectacular.

Sturdevant swore to kill me.

Well,

He died before he could carry out his threat.

I nearly went out of my mind last night.

Come on.

Come on. Let me hold you in my arms.

You are a naughty, naughty

girl to worry me so.

What am i to do with you?

Buy you some cigarettes, i suppose.

You can smoke them here at

home, so i can watch over you.

Do you know, when he first met polakov,

Rudolph was working for a

department in the cultural ministry.

He was responsible for the cataloging

of art treasures stolen by the germans...

From france and italy.

They hit it off instantly,

took an apartment together...

And spent what rudolph calls

the happiest months of his life.

Then rudolph introduced polakov

to his boss, aleksel bresnavitch,

And after that, everything was different.

Polakov suddenly became

cold, then disappeared.

Didn't see him again for three years.

About four months ago,

he came home one night,

And there was polakov waiting for him.

He told rudolph that, uh,

he was in serious trouble,

And he said his affair with bresnavitch was

over, and the split-Up had caused bad blood.

He confessed to being afraid of bresnavitch.

What a spot for bresnavitch to be in.

He could take his pick of the

masterpieces, destroy the files...

And unload the paintings

through his boyfriend in paris.

Now i'll tell you what i'm gonna do.

I'm gonna scoot right on over to paris

and check on just what polakov sold.

If they're important

works, they're traceable.

There might be a rumble in

the art world. I'm leavin' now.

You move in to madame sophie's.

And don't you come back here

except for the grand mute sessions.

Remember, nephew, there is nobody

guarding your rear, so watch it.

How're you getting out? Escape route.

But, as time is of the essence,

i'll come back by plane...

With a different identity, probably french.

I'll be back, um, in four days.

Friday, on the 3:00 plane.

Mikail and i are doing very

well on the black market...

With stolen electrical equipment.

He says i bring him good luck.

Now that he knows how good i am,

he wants to do bigger jobs, so he's-

He's out casing luxury flats this morning.

But don't worry. I-

I won't do anything foolish.

He's easy to manage.

I hear that rone has become a prostitute.

That makes two of us.

Oh, i wish i were home with my father.

I want to go home.

Oh. I'm crazy about you.

I can't get enough of you.

Do you feel the same way?

Do you really like me?

Yes. How much? How much do you like me?

I like you more than i like anybody else.

Enough to go away with me? Where to?

To the west. Well, that's

easier said than done.

I'm sure you know somebody who can help us.

It's difficult because of who your

husband is. People are afraid of him.

- Cost a lot.

- I've 1,200 rubles.

Hmm. Not enough. Not nearly enough.

No. No more lovemaking for

love's sake with you every day.

- I'll have to take on more customers.

- No!

I don't mind. I'll just close

my eyes and pretend they're you.

No, no, no, no, no!

It's not just a matter of getting out.

I'll need enough to tide us over

till i get started at something.

Once we're out, everything will be fine.

How's that? There will

be money waiting for us.

How much? Enough for the rest of our lives.

How is it you have so much money?

My first husband was rich.

It's all in a bank in tangier.

Yorgi, we'll lead the most

wonderful life two people ever had.

Does kosnov know about the money?

Of course not. Imagine telling that swine!

He's your husband.

I married him because, as his

wife, i could go with him on trips.

Once i would have accompanied

him to the west and disappeared.

But now it's you.

Why not keep to your plan and go with your

husband to the west, and i'll join you?

It might take months. I

can't stand him anymore.

If you felt the same way as

i do about your other women,

You'd hate him touching me.

Oh, it's late. It's almost 1:00.

I have to meet him at his mother's.

We are putting her on a train.

Listen. My mother-In-Law

is going away for a month.

We could use her apartment. Even

better, you could stay there.

May i receive customers there? Of course not.

That's the whole point. How can

we get money to go to the west?

I'll fix it somehow.

I'll have my husband buy me expensive

things we can sell on the black market.

A sable coat or jewelries.

I don't know. Here.

Here's the address. Saint

nicholas square, number 4.

Second floor to the left.

Key will be under the mat.

You'll move in tonight, and i'll come

to you tomorrow. I'll wake you up.

If you're not asleep, pretend to be.

Mmm!

I'm at your mercy, comrade.

Y:

- You helped me in hungary. Help me again.

P:

- Please. Please.

Get them all. Make them talk.

Make them tell where

dasha, sonia and elena are.

If even one of them

escapes, my family is lost.

Hey!

Yorgi.

What's wrong?

They took the man from

prague half an hour ago.

Who took him? The secret police.

I thought at first it was a raid, but

they didn't bother me or the girls.

They were after the man from prague.

They grabbed him, put handcuffs

on him and marched him out.

Do you know what it's all about?

Do you have a gun, madame sophie? No.

The man from prague had one, but

they found it among his things.

Mikail and the girl do

not keep regular hours.

They may be away all day and all night.

Try to find them. Try every

place you can think about.

And tell the girl to forget about seeing the mute at 3:00

- Not to go.

Get in! It's a trap!

Save yourself!

Dr. Kital.

So, you are a friend of the man from

prague. What do you want from me?

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