02x18 - The Romantic Matron

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You wouldn't expect
to find insecurity

in a beautiful city like this.

Buenos Aires is a beautiful city.
It's the Paris of South America.

But you get the feeling
that the people are nervous.

Maybe it's because they still are
convalescing from dictatorship.

Take that little man over there.

You can almost hear
his nervous system humming.

- Sefior, por favor. (Iambio?
- Change? I don't think so.

- One peso for the telefono.
- We're in luck.

(Engine starts)

O, madre!

Hora.

(HangS UP)

(Sighs)

That's the shortest telephone
conversation I ever heard.

- One word. Hora. An hour.
- I owe you one peso, sefior.

Forget it. I don't have change.

Sefior. A debt is a debt.
Where are you to be found, please?

- Cordoba Palas.
- How are you called?

- Be my guest, please.
- Oh, no, sefior. I insist.

All right. My name is Templar.

Simon Templar.

(Whistling)

Passing check point. Over.

(Whistling)

(Coughing)

(Tyres screech)

(Choking)

The armoured car
was loaded in the usual way?

Yes, Inspector, by two of the bank's
most trusted employees.

- They're being questioned?
- They're being held.

There's no evidence
they were involved.

- The car left the bank at what time?
- At, er, . am.

- And took the regular route?
- Yes, sir.

It hit the open countryside
at about . .

- And entered the tunnel when?
- We estimate . .

So, a million dollars' worth
of gold bullion.

It's difficult to transport.
Can't just evaporate.

It was brilliantly organised, sir.

- What about the guards?
- Unconscious.

- What was the gas?
- Chlorine.

Check every supplier of chlorine.
Get a list of sales this month.

- Yes, sir.
- Alert all ports. Double security.

I want every customs officer
notified at once.

- Put extra men on every terminal.
- Yes, sir.

The obvious way to smuggle
this amount of gold is by boat.

Assign a special detail to the docks.

- At once, sir.
- And Captain...l want these men.

(Car horn)

Buenas tardes.

- I made it!
- Made it?

From the dock to the hotel
without getting lost.

You are the Sefiora (Iarrington.
The American lady who motors by sea.

Crazy, isn't it?

- Should you care to register?
- Why, sure.

Chi co'.!

- Anywhere will do.
- Gracias, sefiora.

That's quite a load
for a kid your size.

- You do speak English?
- Sn', sefior. When I have the breath.

I study my English
to some day work in New York.

- You are from there?
- Prewisburg, Indiana.

- Heard of it?
- No, but I'm studying geography.

- So am I.
- Is it your first visit here?

My first visit anywhere.

Here. The commissionaire
has my car keys.

I will get them at once, sefiora.

You are most agreeable.

Well, thank you.
You're very agreeable, too.

Grades.

(Smash)

Mama mia!

- You like Sefiora (Iarrington, Chico?
- Much woman.

- Much car.
- Grades.

- Buenos.
- sefior.

Who is the owner of the car
with the Indiana licence plate?

- The Pontiac.
- Sn'.

- Sefiora (Iarrington. Room .
- ... Gracias.

- Very expensive machine.
- Si, I'm afraid so.

Sefiora (Iarrington,
I can't tell you how sorry I am.

I was reversing and my hand
slipped on the wheel.

It was careless and I wish
to take all responsibility.

- How bad is it, Mr...
- Venino. Ramon Venino.

The front fender is badly dented
and of course the bumper is loose.

Of course.

Please. I beg you.

I'm sorry.
I've only had the car a month.

I had it shipped here from New York
so I could drive round Argentina.

Now, before I'm unpacked,
I'm stranded.

If you let me have the key, I will
take your car to a garage I know.

I will bring it back in a few hours.

- That quickly?
- Sn'.

- It can be driven there?
- Certainly. It's not that serious.

I'd prefer to take it myself.

If you wish.

But I've inconvenienced you enough.

Accidents will happen.
Where is this garage?

Sefiora, I will lead you myself.

(Knock at door)

just a moment.

- Good morning.
- Mr Venino.

Your car is in the parking lot.

- The garage told me...
- They would deliver it. I know.

But I wish to make sure you are
satisfied before I pay the bill.

- Well, come in.
- Thank you.

- Did they fix it all right?
- Perfect.

- Please, come and examine it.
- All right.

I'm sorry to have caused
such inconvenience.

It hasn't been that inconvenient.

No, but I am sorry
we have to meet this way.

I can't hope to meet you again

without you thinking
bad things about me.

Mr Venino, you've been perfectly
charming over this whole thing.

If everyone who had an accident
was as courteous as you...

You're very kind. But I should so
like to have shown you Buenos Aires.

I think my city is the most
colourful in South America.

But I have been so clumsy
that now we cannot be friends.

That's silly.
Why shouldn't we be friends?

- I could use a guide.
- Qué maravilloso!

- Where do we start?
- It's your town.

(Excited chatter)

(Commentary on PA)

- It's going to win!
- You did not bet enough.

(Cheering)

I've never been to a boat race.

Sometimes at the big regatta
in August we have boats.

Really?

- Ramon.
- Si?

Those two men over there.

I saw them yesterday
at the racetrack.

- Sn', you did.
- Are they following us?

Not us, Beryl.
It is me they are following.

Why?

- Why what?
- Why are they following you?

Please, Beryl. Don't ask questions.
You'll spoil everything.

- It is personal and my business.
- I'm sorry.

- It's a pretty small town.
- Prewisburg, Indiana.

(Chuckles)

Born, raised
and lived there all my life,

apart from a few trips to New York.

It must be a very nice place,
this Prewisburg.

Lovely, pretty, comfortable and dull.

I married my high-school sweetheart,
heir to the town's biggest industry.

Your husband,
he manufactures things?

- Umbrellas.
- Oh.

You don't look like a man
who's ever owned an umbrella.

But if you had one,
it would be a (Iarrington.

- I shall buy one tomorrow.
- They're good umbrellas.

And my husband was a very good guy.

Kind and honest and generous and...

just as dull as an umbrella.

Dear Charles.

- You are not happy with him?
- I was comfortable with him.

He is dead?

Two years ago.

A good, honest,
dull case of lobar pneumonia.

Qué léstima. Tragic. So young.

Thirty-four.

I couldn't grasp it for a while.

Then when I got over the shock
and it began to sink in,

I began to realise how ordinary and
how dull my entire life had been.

After a year and a half I began
to dream of real adventure.

To keep on rolling, humming along.
Ride to the sea and beyond the sea.

To all the faraway places...

(Both) "with strange-sounding names.

- So here I am.
- And I am glad.

- So am I.
- You are enjoying yourself?

Ramon, it's been the most
wonderful week of my entire life.

And for me.

I am very glad that I ran into you.

(Footsteps)

- It's the same two men.
- Sn'. Let me take you to your hotel.

Why are they following you?

Please. Let's go. Pronto.

Grades.

Sefior, we add a drop of this...

and a very little of this.

We add one cherry and one olive.

Give it a stir like this.

Hora, sefior.
This one is on the house.

Bye.

(Coughs) Wild.

- Gracias! This is my invention!
- What do you call it?

- Peron's Revenge?
- Peron...?

(Boy) Simon Templar.

(Simon) Aqui, Chico.

Un memento.

Gracias, sefior.

That's the most expensive debt
I ever collected.

A man owed me one peso and paid me
back. ls everyone here this honest?

People have great pride
in money matters.

But when they are dishonest... Psshh!

Like the bandidos
who rob in the tunnel.

- I read about that. They used gas.
- Stolen from a hospital.

The men in the armoured truck
were made unconscious.

Very efficient. Well, Manuel,
I think I'll take this in to dinner.

Sn', sefior. It will go magnificently
with the stewed octopus.

Yes. I never thought about that.

He could help. You must have heard
of him, Simon Templar.

No one can help me.
Please, try to understand.

How can I when
you won't tell me anything?

Why are those men following you?
Who are they? Are you in trouble?

Dos jerez. I can tell no one.

You can tell me.

- I have no right.
- Why?

Look, Ramon. I am not a helpless
little sefiorita. I'm a big girl now.

And a beautiful one.

And a friend, I hope.

I hope so, too.

During this past week I think
we've gotten to know each other.

Sn'. It has been a wonderful week.
I am not going to spoil it.

You'll spoil it completely
if you don't trust me.

Dear Beryl, you are
in so many ways a child.

No, I'm sorry. But it is
very personal and private.

I cannot explain.

Please, forgive me.

Here.

Salud.

- Buenas noches, querida.
- Come in a moment. Please?

Ramon...is it real?

Sn'. For me.

It isn't just something that passes?

No.

I can't believe it.

I never thought
this would happen to me again.

- It will not.
- Ramon?

I will not be seeing you again.

But why?

I mean, what have I done?

Every time you are with me in public,
you are in danger, too.

Danger?

Buenas noches, querida.

Vaya con Dims.

Ramon, you can't just
walk out of my life.

- Sn', I must.
- But why? Why?

Those men who were following me...
they mean to k*ll me.

Ramon!

(Dog barking)

(Footsteps)

(Knock on door)

Ramon, I had to come.

- How did you find me?
- You gave me the phone number.

The hotel got the address.
I've been telephoning all day.

- Why didn't you answer?
- Beryl, please go away.

- Why are you in a place like this?
- I'm hiding.

- Why?
- Because I dare not go home!

I won't leave until you tell me what
this is about. What have you done?

(g*nsh*t)

(Tyres screech)

- Stay here.
- Ramon, you're hurt.

It's just glass.
They must have followed you.

- Did you come in your car?
- Yes.

- Where did you park?
- Outside. I...

How could you?

This is a little different
from Prewisburg, Indiana.

Ramon, there's never been anybody
like you in my life before.

Please, tell me what this is about.

- All right. I am an anti-fascist.
- But isn't everybody?

Ha! I work at it.

You look at my country,
at this fine city.

You think we have come out
of the shadow into the sun.

It's not true. Today once more
criticism is sedition.

For months, one by one, our liberties
have been taken from us.

The men we chose to be the leaders of
our new democracy have betrayed us.

The old evils are back. Corruption,
censorship and the secret police.

- Why do the people stand for it?
- Querida, they do not know.

But there are many in Argentina
who mean to tell them

- and the outside world.
- A revolution?

Which, I pray God, may be bloodless.

I just don't understand
this sort of thing.

It makes me feel
so helpless and stupid.

Dear Beryl, I am the leader of
what is called an illegal movement.

There are many of us.
Men of influence and integrity.

But I am the only man in Argentina
who knows them all.

In this is a complete list
of all the names.

This is why I am being hunted.

It is my task to get this
out of the country

and raise the support
of free nations.

We will need friends and money.

Isn't there some way
I could help you?

I don't understand this,
but I feel I know you

and I know you couldn't
do anything evil.

Querida, you are so good.

But no. I cannot let you involve
yourself in something so dangerous.

But, Ramon...

I want to be involved.

Once in my life I'd like to do
something vital and important.

Please, please let me help you.

All right.

Give me your car keys, please.

Thank you. Take this.

Take it to your hotel.
Go out the back way.

Go down to the corner
and take a taxi.

Once it's dark, I'll slip out
and bring your car to you.

- Do you understand?
- Yes.

- And tell nobody.
- Ramon, Simon Templar is...

He's notorious.
Publicity is the last thing we want.

- Understand?
- Yes.

If you don't hear from me
by midnight,

open the case and burn what's inside.

- Clear?
- Yes.

Ramon. I could get this
out of the country.

Who would suspect a widow
from Prewisburg, Indiana?

It's a possibility.

Without the list I could
probably leave the country myself.

Yes! And meet me in New York.
I know people who'd help.

I'll think about it.

Now go, please.

Ramon, I'm glad.

Until tonight.

Sefiora (Iarrington, I hope you feel
at home in our city.

Er...yes.

Buenos dl'as, sefiora.
An aperitif before lunch?

Sherry perhaps?

No. I'll have a double Scotch
on the rocks, please.

I'll have another.

- Buenos dl'as, Manuel.
- Buenos dl'as, sefior Templar.

I'll take a Manhattan.
They're more or less Peron Revenges.

- Morning.
- Mr Templar, I'm Beryl (Iarrington.

- How do you do, Beryl Carrington?
- I'm in desperate trouble.

- I've got to talk to you.
- Go ahead.

- Not here.
- Where?

My suite, . It's terribly urgent.
Please come now.

- But the sefiora...
- Suite .

(Beryl) That's about it.

He'd be furious
if he knew I'd told you.

I felt darn brave with Ramon,
but when I got here

and saw those two characters
following me, I lost my nerve.

I realised I was carrying
the fate of a nation with me. Me!

- Yes. But why did he involve you?
- He didn't want to.

But when I saw him,
he more or less had to.

Mrs (Iarrington, what are you
looking for? Adventure?

What's wrong with that?

Nothing. I do it all the time.
I just have more experience than you.

Will you help me or not?

What was the name of the street?
(Ialle Madaga?

Number , behind the market.

- And what do you want me to do?
- Look after that. Keep it safe.

- It's locked. Did he give you a key?
- No.

Do you know what he's planning to do?

I mean, is this to be a rowdy
revolution or a neat assassination?

Neither! Ramon and his friends
aren't gangsters.

He's anxious to avoid bloodshed.
He hopes to raise foreign support,

win public opinion
and pull some sort of coup.

When are you seeing him?

Tonight. If he doesn't show,
I'm to burn what's in the case.

Mrs (Iarrington, you think a lot
of this guy, don't you?

Mr Templar, I'm not interested
in a Latin thrill,

if that's what you mean.

I didn't mean that at all.

I mean quite simply,
you do think a lot of him?

Yes. Part of his attraction for me
is his courage. What he stands for.

So all you want me to do is hold on
to this until Ramon shows up.

All this responsibility terrifies me.

- If anything should happen...
- Don't worry about a thing.

Sefior Templar.

Sefior Calvete,
will you have a drink?

- Gladly.
- What will you have?

- Daiquiri.
- Manuel, two daiquiris.

I hope you find everything
satisfactory in the Cordoba Palas.

- More than satisfactory.
- Gracias.

- I'm impressed with Buenos Aires.
- Good.

How's the domestic picture?

It will be a while before
foreign credit can build up.

How about unemployment?

Practically none.
The land is rich in beef and grain.

Nobody goes hungry in Argentina.

I've read no criticism
of your government in your papers.

They realise the government is doing
its best with a difficult situation.

We are still recovering from
the ruin brought on by Peron.

But things have steadied.

- That's how I figured it. Salud.
- Salud.

Incidentally, this is important.
Could I put it in the hotel safe?

Of course. Let's finish our drink,
and if you come with me,

- I will arrange it personally.
- Thank you.

- Where is it?
- What are you talking about?

- Sefiora (Iarrington gave it to you.
- We want it.

You'll end up on the sidewalk
if you don't talk!

- Where is the briefcase?
- It's in the hotel safe.

The receipt's in my pocket.

(Groans)

Could you ask room service to make
my bed? And send the bellboy up.

Hold it, Chico.

Get this mended.

Call the police and tell them
these two men tried to rob me.

You are leaving?

No. Don't worry. They won't be
any trouble for half an hour.

Haste mega.

- Sefiora Gomez, you live here?
- Yes.

- You didn't hear the sh*t?
- No.

- Where is Sefior Venino now?
- Who?

The man who had this room.

That was not his name, sefior.

What was his name?

I forget. They come and they go.

- When did he rent the room?
- One week, maybe ten days ago.

But he did not come into the room
until the day before yesterday.

One thing that puzzles me is,
I do not understand...

He would insist upon telephone
being in his room.

But when he come here, the telephone,
it ring and it ring and it ring.

He never did once answer it.

- I see. When did he move out?
- just after American lady left.

- He took her car?
- Sn', sefior.

And he would have gone without
paying for the broken window.

How about the rent?

Did he pay in advance?

One month. But he did not pay.
The other man, he paid.

What other man?

The big man at the garage,
over at the (Ialle Boretta.

He made the booking.
He is well known in the district.

A garage in the Calle Beretta.

Grades.

Anybody about?

Good afternoon, sefior.

- Good afternoon.
- (Ian I help you?

Yes. I came to pick up
Mrs (Iarrington's car.

Do you have the authority?

Call her at the Cordoba Palas.
She'll vouch for me.

Since you suggest it,
it's probably not necessary.

The keys are in the car. Take it.

Grades.

Sefior Venino brought it here
with a puncture.

Oh? Do I owe anything?

No. Sefior Venino has paid.

(Horn honks)

- sefior...
- Thank you. That will be all.

- Take them away.
- I'm in my office if you want me.

Chico, I want you to pay attention
to what I say.

Yes, sir.

This Sefior Templar,
did he say where he was going?

No, Inspector.

Mm-hm. I want you to keep
a lookout for him.

Let me know the moment he gets back.

I can't hold those two long
without a statement from him.

I'll tell him, Inspector.

Just to make sure he gets in touch,
tell him I'm holding his passport.

Yes, Inspector.

as*ault and attempted robbery
on a man like Templar.

There's a lot more to it than that.

Bernabe, tell me what happened.

I'm sorry,
but he was examining the car.

Was he?

- Do you think...?
- Who knows?

Wake him up!

Wake up, sefior. Wake up!

Bring him over here.
I want to talk to him.

- He cannot stand.
- Come on.

Up there.

Templar, listen.

Mrs (Iarrington's Casanova.

- Listen!
- How can I refuse?

You were going over
Mrs (Iarrington's car. Why?

I'm mechanically minded.

I have no desire
to cause you suffering.

- Why are you interested in this car?
- Same reason you are.

- Where is the briefcase?
- I don't remember.

Listen. First I break your teeth
then I break your skull.

- Then I wouldn't remember anything.
- Where is it?

All this fuss over a briefcase worth
, pesos. Why not buy a new one?

- You have opened it.
- Of course.

- Clever man, senor.
- You've been reading my mail.

Basta! All that matters
is that he is kept out of the way

until Mrs (Iarrington sails
for New York.

- Ernesto.
- Si?

Watch him. Bernabe will take over
when he gets back.

- Back?
- From a shopping expedition.

I'm still not getting any answer
from Mr Templar's room.

Would you page him again?
I'll hold on.

(Knock on door)

Who is it?

(Venino) It's all right. It's me.

I knew you'd get here,
but I've been worried sick.

Nothing could stop me
keeping an engagement with you.

Ramon, how exquisite.

- Thank you.
- It is I who should thank you.

For giving me a reason
to buy orchids again.

(Phone)

Hello. He's not. I see.
Could you take a message?

Ask him to call Mrs (Iarrington
as soon as he comes in.

Thanks.

- Have I a rival?
- No, Ramon. I...

Yes?

Ramon... I've ruined everything.

I gave the briefcase
to Simon Templar.

- You what?
- I panicked.

When I got to the hotel,
those men were waiting.

They followed me to the bar

and looked at me so ominously
I got frightened.

I thought of those thousands
of lives in my hands

and couldn't face it alone.

- All right. Be calm.
- I'm so sorry.

- How much did you tell him?
- Everything.

He said he'd keep the briefcase,
but he seems to have...

- What?
- Well...he's disappeared.

He's not in his room.
I think something's happened to him.

- I'm sure of it.
- What can we do?

I'll put out a call.
We have ways of tracing people.

If Templar shows anywhere in the
city, I will know within an hour.

If you find him
and get the briefcase back,

I promise it will be out of
the country by this time tomorrow.

I've booked passage on a boat
to New York in the morning.

But your car.

They can take it.
You brought it back?

It's in the parking lot.

Beryl, I will have
to think about this.

Why? Getting that list out of
the Argentine is the whole object.

I can do it now, Ramon.
I'm not afraid any more.

I want to make it up to you, please.

For Sefiora (Iarrington.
To her room, please.

- Muy bien, sefior.
- Gracias, General.

It's in Spanish.

Templar is safe.

There was a fight.

He was hurt slightly,
but my men are looking after him.

- Thank heavens.
- I'll see him tomorrow.

- Once you have sailed.
- You'll let me?

Yes, it's our only chance.

But I promise, never again
will I expose you to danger.

Ramon, as long as you're in danger,
I want to share it.

This movement you're leading...
I don't understand it,

but it's given my life
a whole new meaning.

I'll prove I can do things.

I won't lose my head again.

Querida, you are very sweet.

I suppose you know
that I am in love with you?

- Are you?
- Sn'.

- Oh, Ramon.
- And you, Beryl?

Isn't it obvious?

When we meet in New York,
will you marry me?

Yes.

And for our honeymoon,
we will go for a tour of Europe!

Yes, yes.

And now we forget about everything
but each other.

- We'll go and celebrate.
- Is that safe?

Shouldn't you stay out of sight?

The safest place is
in the midst of people.

That's probably where Templar
made his mistake.

They probably caught him alone.

- What about the briefcase?
- We'll take it with us.

Your wrists - it is painful?

I've been more comfortable.

As soon as Bernabe gets back,
we will take you down.

- You're shaking, amigo.
- I am nervous, sefior. I admit it.

As a rule, they do not permit me
to do work of this importance.

Why work for them at all?

Man of your sensitivity,
you should quit.

That would be disloyal.

As you know, I am a man of honour.

Oh, yes. The one peso.

Just my luck to meet an honest crook.

I am obliged to admit it is true.

I do get excited and fumble things,

but what they fail to comprehend is
that it is because of my enthusiasm.

The answer is, of course, experience.

Give a man added responsibility
and he enlarge himself.

If they would only give me
more important work,

I am sure I would not
be nervous any more.

- Your wrists, they are paining you?
- A little.

I am sorry about the pain,
but Bernabe will be back soon.

- I do not like all this v*olence.
- I'll bet.

No, sefior. It is true.
By nature I am a kind man.

That is sometimes
what makes me anxious

and when one is anxious,
one is bound to fumble.

I'll take that. My need's
greater than yours. On your feet!

- Sorry if I hurt you.
- No, sefior. I fumbled again.

It happens to all of us.

- What's behind that door?
- It is a cupboard.

Let's go look at it, shall we? Move!

But I am too old
for this sort of thing.

You'll have a nice vacation in jail.

Think of my family, sefior. I...

(Bangs on door)

(Lathe whirrs)

(Car door closes)

Ernesto.

- Ernesto!
- You'll find him in the cupboard.

So, you're the big man
who knocks teeth and skulls in.

Come here.

Are you seriously asking me
to believe, Mr Templar,

that these two men,
whom you have never seen before,

- were waiting for you?
- Yes, Inspector.

- And att*cked you for no reason?
- They had a pretty good reason.

I was getting a little close

to that million dollars' worth
of gold bullion.

- What do you mean?
- I know where it is.

I'm waiting, Mr Templar.

So am I, Inspector.

Thanks.

If you wanted to get rid
of a million dollars' worth of gold,

- what would you do?
- It's a situation I can't imagine.

I believe that. You know the saying
"all that glitters is not gold"?

Mr Templar,
will you get to the point?

The gold is being shipped
as part of a car.

Part of a car?

Specifically, the bumper.

A man named Ramon Venino
staged an accident

with a car belonging to an American
tourist called Beryl (Iarrington.

Venino got the car away from her
long enough

to replace the original bumper
with one of gold.

You can prove all this?

The damaged bumper is in
a garage on the (Ialle Boretta,

- and also the gas used in the raid.
- Where is this Venino?

Eventually, he'll turn up
at Mrs (Iarrington's hotel.

- And we shall be waiting for him.
- Yes.

(Laughter)

One day we'll come back here
and everything will be different.

And when we do,
it will be largely due to you.

Shall we go?

Paco, here they come.

Sefiora (Iarrington.

Grades.

Simon, you're safe!

Beryl, Sefior Venino.

What's the matter? Are you confused?

What's going on?

The Buenos Aires telephone directory.

The darndest secret list
of revolutionary members you saw.

You fool! There is a mark in
invisible ink against our names.

Good try, Venino, but it won't work.
Beryl, this may not be easy to take,

but do you believe a guy bright
enough to organise a revolution

would tell you about it
after a few rumbas?

Or put the life
of every member in your hands,

just because of the sympathy
he saw in your eyes?

- You lied to me?
- Sure he lied to you.

There's no revolution, no downtrodden
masses aching to escape their chains.

Beryl, he is trying to destroy us.

Simon, you're wrong.

From the moment I met Ramon,
he was followed, sh*t at.

Sure. By his own men.

Beryl it's a set-up. Did he suggest
you go to Europe together?

Well, yes. He did.

And that you, of course,
take your car?

- No, but...
- That was coming. Eh, Venino?

This car's probably the most
valuable in the world.

It would fetch around $ ,

in any country with
an open market in gold.

Beryl, he's insane.

Am I? Let me show you.

Solid gold.

All right. Drop that Kn*fe!

Give me the car keys.

Ramon and his mob knocked off
an armoured car-load of gold.

In the process,
two men were gassed to death.

Ramon's brilliant plan was to find
a female tourist with her own car.

Then, with a staged accident,
and a lot of charm,

Ramon was able to
get the car away long enough

for the mob to make impressions
of suitable parts of it.

The solid gold bumper was added while
you were kept dangling on the hook

by his vibrant personality.

But, why me?

You were the first likely prospect.

Silly, gullible,
romantic matron from Indiana.

I wish you hadn't caught him.

I wish we had gone to New York.

Beryl, this is not necessarily
the end of romance for you.

Look, I'm tired.
I'll call you tomorrow.

Sure.

I guess there's always tomorrow.