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...he doesn't startle so easily.

How could you be stupid enough

to believe all this?

Andrew is one of the finest

men I've ever known,

...and he's certainly been

decent enough to you.

He may have carried his friendship

a little too far for my own good.

So you take up the little

corn-fed secretary,

...prime her up with some fake

sincerity and just spills over...

...with everything you

want to know.

I know it's not going to be easy

to convince you...

...that the things I said today

was sincere...

It's just about the most hopeless

proposition you've ever faced.

Things are a lot more desperate

than you know.

I had to do something.

I must have looked like

the easiest way.

Look.

I'm gonna have to make another try

for Bruno's adress tomorrow.

If you give me away I'll be sunk,

in more ways than one.

Don't ask me for any promises.

She went straight to

Regan's appartment.

I don't know how long

she stayed, I didn't wait.

I was afraid she had.

Why?, let's forget that girl

and start thinking about Bruno.

She's not easy to forget.

I think a great deal

of Noel, Charles.

If Bruno's back, you've got something

to worry about, besides her.

The police might be very interested

in a statement from him.

It isn't like Noel to do anything

behind my back.

What are you gonna do

about Bruno?

We don't have to do anything, yet.

I rather suspect he'll

telephone us tomorrow.

That will be plenty of time

to decide.

Hello?

Mr. Andrew Colby, please.

Victor Bruno calling.

Just a minute, please.

You sure this ain't illegal?

Look, Emilio, haven't I always

been your friend?

Sure.

- Didn't I graduate from law school?

- Sure.

Didn't I get you 68$ and 72 cents

for your push car?

Not yet.

Don't be so greedy.

Anyhow, if it hadn't been

for your push car,

...we wouldn't be doing this

in the first place.

- Yes?

- Colby?

This is Victor Bruno.

Oh, yes.

I heard you were around

here last night.

I didn't like what I read

in the paper about Kroner.

That was unfortunate.

Yeah, it will be maybe

unfortunate for you,

...if the police all of a sudden

find out where I am.

Yes, it will.

For 10.000, they don't find out.

10.000?

That's a lot of money.

I've got a lot to say.

At the moment I don't have

that much money available.

I figure you will know

where to get it.

Possibly.

Stop by at my home,

tonight. At 9 o'clock.

Oh, no. I don't make the same

mistake that Kroner made.

You send it to me.

Where?

You know the place.

You remember the adress?

Yes.

You're sure you know?

Yes, of course,

I remember perfectly.

Now, listen, Bruno, I'll give you

the money on one condition.

I want you out of the country,

you and your wife.

With the money tonight there'll be

two tickets to Mexico City. Use them.

Ok.

And be sure to have the money

there tonight, at 8:30.

Alright, but this is the last,

Bruno. Remember.

If you're going to start paying Bruno,

you'll never going to stop.

Don't be absurd, Charles, that wasn't

Bruno on the telephone.

What are you talking about?

Who was it?

Regan!

Or one of his friends.

- How do you know?

- I know these things, Charles.

That's why I am such an

enormous success.

- Bruno was here last night.

- He wasn't here last night.

- How can you be so sure?

- Bruno is been dead for five years.

How did Regan know what

he looked like?

Noel, of course.

She's the only one who could

have given him that description.

You never told me Bruno was dead.

I thought you'd be happier

not knowing.

- How did he die?

- Testing his innocence.

- What was Regan after?

- Bruno's whereabouts.

Either he's worrying too much about

this Kroner business...

...or he's trying a little

blackmail.

Regan's no blackmailer.

Did you have Bruno killed?

- Don't be so inquisitive, Charles...

- I'm not inquisitive.

I don't want you to get the idea that

anything like that could happen to me!

What a curious thing to say.

I'm no Kroner, I'm no Bruno.

I don't disappear so easily.

I hope we'll have you here

for some time, Charles.

That's my plan, exactly, Andrew.

What are you going to do

about Regan?

I've been thinking about that.

I want you to go to the bank, Charles,

and get that 10.000 dollars.

Alright.

- After that...

- Yes?

...you'll have to do something

I'm not going to like at all.

What about the girl?

What about her?

She's involved in this

as much as Regan.

It looks that way.

You don't like the idea of getting

rid of her, do you?

I don't like it at all.

But if I have to, I'll do it.

You know that, Charles.

Yes, I know that.

Silly bit of doubted for a moment.

Noel, there's something I'd like you

to do for me this evening,

...if you're not busy.

Alright.

In the safe, there's a large

manila envelope,

...with 10.000 dollars in it.

- Will you get it for me, please?

- Sure.

Then I'd like you to go down to the station

and get two tickets for Mexico City.

Deliver them with the money to an

address that I'll give you.

Oh no, leave it open.

There are a few other

things I want to get.

It's for Victor Bruno.

You know, it's strange, Noel.

All my life I've worked

for only one thing:

...money, and the power

that goes with it.

Right now I'm on the verge of getting

everything I ever wanted to have.

And yet, when I look

around me,

...I find there's only one person

I know I can really trust...

- Andrew, please...

- Even that's remarkable, Noel.

Very few people have anyone.

I wonder if you know how much

I appreciate it.

Well, it will be nice to get back

to Paris again, won't it, Noel?

- We've always had a lot of fun there.

- Yes.

Andrew, you know...

...that telephone call

from Bruno?

Yes.

What about it, Noel?

Nothing, it's not important.

Be sure and get the tickets, Noel.

I will.

I'm going right away.

She'll meet him some place and

then they'll go on together.

Why do you suppose

she did it, Charles?

Did she fall in love with him,

was that the reason?

What difference does it make?

For a moment I thought

she was going to tell me.

If she had, I would've

forgiven her, Charles.

That would've been a mistake.

Perhaps, but I would've

forgiven her.

- Wouldn't you better call the police?

- Yes, I guess I'd better.

Andrew, I'm not so sure

this is such a clever idea...

Aren't you, Charles?

Why?

On ground that we can have them

picked up for stealing the money,

...but that doesn't really get

them out of the way.

They'll find her fingerprints

on the safe.

They'll be arrested buying

two tickets to Mexico City.

You're mistaken, Charles.

I think it's very clever.

And then, what if they'd be arrested

not merely for theft?

What if they're arrested

for murder?

What are you talking about?

Whose murder?

Yours, Charles.

Lieutenant Damico, homicide.

When?

I see.

Right.

Alright.

- Round up the homicide crew.

- Yes, sir.

And I'll need three extra men

for Grand Central Station.

Train number 8,

arriving on track 3,

...from Rochester, Syracuse, Rome,

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