House of the Seven Hawks, The (1959)

[bunniefuu]

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[roaring]

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[clanging]

- Mr. Nordley.

- Yeah?

Captain Gannet wants

to have a word with you.

What about?

I'm sure Captain Gannet

will tell you, Mr. Nordley.

I'm sure he will, Mr. Tulper.

[clanging continues]

[typewriters clicking]

[clearing throat]

Sit down, Mr. Nordley.

[dramatic music]

Uh, I've got a boat to

get ready, Captain Gannet.

Yes. You're chartered

on a coast wise trip..

...to Bawdsey, I see.

- That's right.

- Passenger named Anselm?

Yeah. I'm expecting him

this morning.

Hmm. It is a coast wise trip.

Well, that's what

my manifest says.

Then you're not going foreign?

Not unless I filed

foreign on my manifest.

Do you always, Mr. Nordley?

I'm trying not to


understand you, captain.

I suggest it's in

your interest to do so.

You're licensed under

authority from my office

to operate a charter service

out of British ports.

You're subject to British law.

You see, Mr. Nordley,


not being a British subject

does not entitle you

to special privilege.

I never asked for

special privilege.

But we have proof

that you've taken it

made it a practice to go foreign

without proper clearance.

Sure. I smuggled contraband cheese

in the works of


unregistered watches.

I am not amused...I must

caution you, Mr. Nordley.

You risk suspension

of your license

perhaps confiscation of your boat.

That is all, Mr. Nordley.

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[birds chirping]

- Mr. Nordley?


- Yeah?

- I am Mr. Anselm.

- How do you do?

- Can you cast off at once?

- I'm provisioned.

Ready to shove off within an hour.

Good.

(Tulper)


Oh. Mr. Nordley.

- Is this your passenger?

- Yeah.

I should think carefully on

what the captain has said.

Oh, I will, Mr. Tulper, I will.

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[waves crashing]

- Stowed away alright?

- Yes. It's quite comfortable.

- You feeling sick?

- Yeah...just a little.

Well, we are pitching some.

I can take in the jib.

No, no. I...I'll be alright.

You always handle this boat alone?

It's no problem coast wise.

- I could help.

- You a sailor?

I'm a Dutchman.

Ha ha ha. No.

There's no need for you

to crew, Mr. Anselm.

If you like, I could pick

up another hand at Bawdsey.

I don't want to go to

Bawdsey, Mr. Nordley.

It's your money.

Where do you wanna go?

Holland.

Mr. Anselm, do you mind

putting down those glasses?

Thanks.

Now, you chartered me

for a seven day cruise

along the East Coast,

fifty pounds.

Now, you wanna go

across the North Sea?

Port of Maassluis.

We arrive at Maassluis by morning.

You wait for me two days.

Then we put back to Baymouth.

Oh, now, you're not

going to take inventory

of those whitecaps again, are you?

You wanna go to Holland, but

I'm not cleared to go foreign.

If I decide to take you,

I'll have to radio Baymouth.

No. I don't want

the Port Authorities

to know that the Aloha

left English waters.

Mr. Anselm, that's ill*gal.

Only if you're caught, Mr. Nordley

and you won't be.

What do the police, here or

over there, want you for?

I can assure you, Mr. Nordley

the police do not want me.

I'm sorry. I can't trust a man

who isn't wanted by the police.

Especially when I'm asked

to risk my license and my ship.

- I depend on her for my living.

- It's a small risk.

And I can pay well.

How well is well?

You may name a reasonable price

Mr. Nordley...tax free.

Of course, you had this

in mind when you chartered me.

Of course.

It wasn't my advertisement

in the newspaper?

- No.

- Who told you about me?

A man in the Hague who knows you.

[chuckling]

Charlie Ponz.

Five hundred pounds.

Agreed.

Two hundred fifty when

we arrive at Maassluis..

...and the balance when

we return to Baymouth.

And now, if you'll forgive me, I..

...I will go below.

I'm Dutch, but I truly

do not feel too well.

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[waves crashing]

We're running close, Mr. Anselm.

Would you like some breakfast?

Mr. Anselm.

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Mr. Anselm.

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[paper crackling]

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[thudding]

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[clicking]

[paper crackling]

[clicking]

(Nordley)

'Calling L.B.E.'

This is the Aloha. The Aloha.

Calling L.B.E.

L.B.E

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(female #1)

'Hi, there.'

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[motor revving]

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Hello, there.

- Thank you.

- Pleasure.

Did you have a good crossing?

Fair.

Good. I was worried.

You were? Why?

Well, he's not a very good sailor.

Although, he doesn't

want to admit it.

Where is he? Down below?

How did you know he was aboard?

He sent me a telegram.

This is the Aloha, British?

Yeah.

Well, then, why do you

look so surprised?

He's aboard alright, but, uh..

...is he any relation of yours?

Yes. My father.

I see.

Miss Anselm.

There's something wrong,

isn't there?

I'm sorry, Miss Anselm,

but weren't you notified?

'I radioed the harbor master

at Maassluis.'

He's dead, isn't he?

His heart.

[sighing]

I want to see him.

Don't you think you should wait?

No, I want to see him.

In the cabin below.

[clanging]

Try the heels on his shoes.

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[motor revving]

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[clicking]

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[thudding]

Sergeant Straatma from

the Maassluis Police.

- How're you, sir?

- How do you do?

Since it is a death,

we have to notify them.

You say Herr Anselm

complained of feeling ill?

Yeah. We were few hours

out of Baymouth, he looked sick.

Said he'd feel better

if he went to his bunk.

When did you discover his death?

This morning. Four o' clock.

I radioed the harbor master.

Yeah. Harbor master got his call.

Four hours, fifteen minutes.

I think I would like to go below.

He looked sick when I

brought him tea at 23:00.

His face was chalky.

His skin was clamming.

I thought he was just sea sick.

We were pitching quite a..

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You will come ashore with

me, please, Mr. Nordley.

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[speaking Dutch]

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Sit down, mynheer.

[dialer whirring]

Hoff Commissar Van der Stoor.

Sergeant Straatma.

Thank you.

Cigarette, mynheer?

Thank you.

[telephone ringing]

Excuse me.

Sergeant Straatma.

[speaking Dutch]

- You will come with me, please.

- Where?

- To The Hague.

- Why?

Hoff Commissar wishes

to speak with you.

- What about you?

- Your passenger.

Oh, now, wait a minute. I've

explained everything to you. I--

Because, Mynheer Nordley,

your passenger named Anselm

is Inspector Sluiter

of The Hague police.

You will come with me.

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[engine revving]

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[door creaking]

[knock on door]

(male #1)

Come in. Come in.

Oh, yes, yes, of course.

How do you do, Mynheer Nordley?

Thank you, Zappa.

You know, of course,

that your passenger

was Inspector Sluiter. Hmm?

- You know that, of course.

- I know it now.

When did you find out your

passenger was Inspector Sluiter?

- When I arrived at Maassluis.

- Not when he chartered ship?

No. He introduced

himself as a Mr. Anselm.

Yes, yes.

So, you stated at Maassluis.

Uh, tell me exactly

how did Inspector Sluiter

come to charter your ship?

I run a advertisement in the

"London Times." He answered it.

To cruise, you said,

in England waters.

Yeah.

And then, he changed his mind.

Didn't that seem curious to you?

I make my living taking

people where they wanna go.

And no questions asked, huh?

- Sit down, please.

- Thank you.

Inspector Sluiter was in London

on official investigation

for the Hague Police.

We do not know, uh, not yet

why he chose

this unorthodox method

of returning.

But we have reason to

believe he was returning

with an important document, uh..

'A paper perhaps or a letter.'

When he came aboard

your ship at Baymouth

he had only his suitcase

with him...and this?

Yeah, that's right.

Did you go through

Sluiter's luggage?

What would you've done? Man cams

aboard for a coast wise cruise.

He pays me extra to take him

to Holland, then dies on me.

I went through his things.

I'd have opened the briefcase.

But I couldn't find the key.

But the lock of the briefcase,

you see, has been forced.

- His daughter did that.

- His daughter?

She hailed me, and came aboard

as I was approaching Maassluis.

Paul, I want to see

Inspector Sluiter's daughter

at once, please.

She's here?

Why does that surprise you?

She disappeared after searching

her father's belongings.

Uh, you know, uh,

Mynheer Nordley..

It is not very polite of me, but..

...I have not believed

a single word of your story.

We'll you'll have to settle for

it. It's all the story I've got.

Now, the medical examiner

at Maassluis found marks

of adhesive tape on Sluiter's body

but no wound, no injury

as if he'd had something..

...strapped to his side.

I never give my passengers

physical examinations.

Not even post mortem?

How much did Sluiter pay you?

Fifty pounds.

Now, you had only

nine pounds, seven shillings

when you landed at Maassluis.

No money was found on board

the Aloha by the police.

What happened to the fifty

pounds that Sluiter paid?

- He hadn't paid me yet.

- So?

Don't you ordinarily

ask for payment

before you put out on such a trip?

Said he'd pay me out of that.

Out of what?

Out of the money

here on the table.

Uh, uh, out of this?

Yes, he said he'd pay me

as soon as we arrived at..

Then you knew he had this money.

You saw this money.

Either you or he

opened the briefcase.

Uh, no.

But you just said he told you he

would pay you out of this money.

Well, he told me he had it.

And once again, you

just trusted him.

Now, you're being

difficult, mynheer.

Now, please, do not be difficult.

It makes rude when I have

to deal with difficult people

and I do not like to be rude..

...so, please..

[knock on door]

Come in.

(Van der Stoor)

Ah, my dear.

Tell me, have you ever

seen this young man?

- No.

- And you, Mynheer Nordley.

You recognize this young lady?

No.

Then I introduce

Inspector Sluiter's daughter.

She's not the girl who

came aboard my ship.

That I believe. Finally,

something I believe.

She's not the girl who

came aboard your ship.

Then who is the girl who

you say came aboard your ship?

- I don't know.

- Or was there such a woman?

Alright, look. I've bought

all of this I can use.

I'm sorry for Miss Sluiter

and the Hague Police

and the whole world, but I won't

be nibbled to death by you.

Through with your questions?

I'll show off for England.

You will shove off for

England when I release you.

Are you arresting me?

Holding you as a material witness

till after the inquest.

Well, I'm not sure

you can hold me.

You can communicate

with the British Embassy.

That is your privilege.

Well?

- I'm not a British subject.

- American?

Very well, then.

The American Embassy.

You may use the telephone.

So I went foreign

without a clearance.

That's something for

the British to worry about

not enough for you

to hold me in Holland.

The man aboard my ship

died of a heart attack.

The man aboard your ship

did not die of a heart attack.

The man aboard

your ship was m*rder*d

Inspector Sluiter

suffered from diabetes.

These insulin capsules

should contain 10 units

per cubic centigram

'but somebody changed them'

for 100 unit capsules.

Inspector Sluiter died

of an overdose of insulin

taken about 10 o' clock

yesterday morning.

He didn't come aboard

my ship until one thirty.

That remains to be verified.

You will, please, go

with the officer, mynheer.

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[clanging]

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- Nordley, John?

- Yeah.

Your personal belongings.

[clanging]

Sign the envelope.

Sign here.

- What's that?

- Release on bail.

- Who bailed me out?

- I do not know.

You must remain within

the city limits of The Hague.

If you leave,

your bail is revoked

and you become a fugitive.

But my boat's harbored at

Maassluis so I'd like--

The Aloha is in

police custody under guard.

No one is allowed aboard.

I've got no place in

The Hague or money.

The bail application states that

you reside at the Hotel Fonesca.

Mr. Van der Stoor here

make the reservations?

Mynheer Van der Stoor

only makes jail reservations.

Sign here.

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[vehicles zooming past]

Hey.

I'll be at the Hotel Fonesca.

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[engine revving]

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[bell ringing]

- Yes.

- My name's Nordley.

Have you got a reservation for me?

Nordley. Yes, sir.

Room 206.

What's the rate?

It's been paid, sir.

Who paid for it?

I don't know. It's down

in the book as paid.

- Give me a line?

- I'll get the number for you.

Just give me a line.

I'll dial it.

[dialer whirring]

Charlie?

Me.

[sighing]

I'm okay.

Don't say anything.

Just meet me in one hour.

Usual place.

Hey, Peter Pan.

Tell Van der Stoor I want

permission to go aboard my ship.

Please?

- I need clothes.

- Please?

Look. It's your job

to tail me. Okay.

I won't give any more

trouble than is necessary.

Tell Van der Stoor I wanna go

aboard my ship to get clothes.

You can go back to

your comic strip now.

[keys clanging]

- Ah, good morning, mynheer.

- Morning.

Permit me.

Dekker, Wilhelm Dekker.

I hope you find

your quarters satisfactory.

Here, mynheer, is your bath.

Uh, come, see.

It's very comfortable.

Here. Come, please, please.

Tub and d*uche.

And here, you see all the

implements for your toilet.

Razor, soap, lotion,

comb, brush..

...teeths brush.

Even paste for the teeths.

Looks like you thought of

everything, even to the teeths.

- Where do I said my thanks?

- Oh, please.

No thanks are necessary.

I know how it is to

be in difficulties

in a strange country

What kind of perfume do you use?

Do you like it, mynheer?

It's a special blend,

a secret formula.

A lady makes it up for me.

Should I send you some?

Yeah. Tell her to leave a quart

on my doorstep every morning.

A quart?

What kind of difficulties

am I supposed to be in?

Well, mynheer, would you

not call it a difficulty

to arrive at a Dutch port with

a dead Dutch police inspector

on board?

Ah. It could be

embarrassing, but I, uh

declared him at customs.

Alright, look, Dekker.

You bail me out,

buy a hotel room

furnish me a razor, and offer me

your secret formula perfume.

That is how I am.

What do you expect me to

do to show my gratitude?

A very simple thing

merely to come with me to speak

with my colleague Captain Rohner.

Captain Rohner. Does he

use the same perfume?

He's a very charming gentlemen.

You will like him.

Yes, yes, I promise you

and he is most anxious

to make your acquaintance.

Mm-hmm. Oh, I'm not sure I want

to speak with Captain Rohner.

But you must.

You must, uh, believe me.

Why should I believe you?

Dekker, Wilhelm Dekker.

You ask anyone in The Hague

if you should

believe Wilhelm Dekker.

Alright, I'll ask, and

the first one I'll ask

is that police detective

down in our lobby.

Police de..

[chuckling]

Oh, that is no police detective.

That is Pieter.

Pieter is employed

by Captain Rohner.

He is, huh? To do what?

Uh, this and that.

[chuckling]

I'll bet.

Please. Captain Rohner

will be very hurt.

Also, very displeased

if you refuse to see him.

He is..

...very sensitive.

Please.

[sighing]

You sure you can get me

some of that perfume?

Quite certain.

Alright. Let's go.

[squeaking]

[doorbell buzzing]

Ah. Mr. Nordley.

How do you do, sir?

Good of you to call.

Permit me.

- I'm Captain Rohner.

- Alright.

Come, sir.

I think we shall

be comfortable here.

- Wilhelm, the whisky, please.

- Yes.

I trust you found your

accommodation to your taste.

- Better than the police cell.

- Ah, yes. The police.

No regard for one's sensibilities.

Come, sir. Shall be talk?

I'm listening.

I said talk, sir..

...which implies conversation.

(Van der Stoor)

'The free flow of

words and ideas'

can be creative, and I

prefer to be creative.

But I must have your cooperation.

Looks like you've got

enough words for both of us.

Just to prove

my point, Mr. Nordley.

Ah, here we are.

Will you drink, sir?

Depends.

On?

What we're drinking to.

I leave the honors to you, sir.

I pass.

Then sir, I propose we drink

to the memory of

Inspector Sluiter.

Poor Sluiter. Dead and gone.

He'll get used to it.

Ah, yes. He will.

Indeed he will, sir.

But, the question remains,

will we?

It's a blow but I'm bearing up.

Perhaps, Mr. Nordley,

because you knew him so little.

Only well enough to

tuck him in for the last time.

I always regretted

that I was deprived

of the privilege

of hearing his last word.

Oh, he didn't say much.

But it was touching.

Yes.

I'll always remember

those last words.

What were the words, Mr. Nordley?

What were the words?

- Well, he knew he was dying.

- Yes.

He looked up at me...eyes filled

with love and forgiveness.

Yes, yes.

And he said..

...he said, "I knock with seven."

Then turned his face to

the wall belched twice and died.

I knock with seven?

- Very amusing, Mr. Nordley.

- Not if you'd been there.

What does it mean?

- I knock with seven?

- Be quite.

Mr. Nordley, I'm a man

who dislikes violence

or the threats of violence.

However--

You brought me here,

what do you want?

- A little civility--

- Sorry out of civility.

Anything else?

After Sluiter died

you searched his belonging.

- And what did I find?

- That I expect you to tell me.

Sluiter was bringing back

something from London.

Something which belongs to me.

If that belongs to you,

you should know what it is.

Didn't Inspector Van Der Stoor

ask you about it?

And I had no answers for him.

I have less for you.

[intense music]

You're wrong, Mr. Nordley. Wrong.

I think for me

you will find answers.

When you find the right questions.

Until then don't waste my time.

[dramatic music]

You'll find me at Hotel Fonesoa.

But I'm not gonna wait forever.

And you, don't forget

that perfume you promised me.

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[indistinct chattering]

Oh, captain sir, by creeps

it is good to see you again.

I've for us a bottle of good

Holland gin and I must say--

Listen, Charlie, I know you.

What've you got me into this time.

Sending me a police inspector

and I wind up with a stiff.

But, captain sir,

I swear it I didn't know.

Would Charlie Ponz have

anything to do with the police?

Charlie Ponz? Does it make

sense, captain sir?

- He mentioned your name.

- Ah, he was told to.

- By who?

- Rohner. A man named Rohner.

Alright, Charlie, give me all

of it. But it better be good.

Well, captain sir,

it was this way.

This man Rohner, he wants to

find a small boat near Baymouth

with a skipper who'd like to

make a little tax free money.

Well, who would I give such

wonderful business too?

You see, you do not have to ask.

Only to my dear friend

Captain Nordley sir.

So, I gave your name

to this Rohner.

But all in good intentions.

Who is this Rohner?

Oh, German type chap.

But very British.

- What kinda store does he run?

- Oh, this and that.

I know very little, captain sir.

Why'd he come to you for a boat?

Too me? Who else?

Everybody knows

Charlie Ponz has the best

cross channel connections.

- Charlie, you're a liar.

- Yes.

- And a thief.

- Yes.

- And trustworthy as a scorpion.

- Yes, yes. That's true.

But I cannot help it, captain sir

It is my nature.

But you know

that you are the only one

I must always be fair and square.

Cards on the table.

Clear and honest.

Open and above board with.

Charlie, I'm in a bad spot

and you help put me there.

I may have

to call on you for help.

Anytime, captain sir.

Day or night.

Charlie Ponz

gives you both his arms.

Need your help to get aboard

my ship, for five minutes.

- So?

- There's a police guard on her.

So, there's something on the ship

you want to get

without the police knowing?

Yeah. My clothes.

Oh! But, captain sir.

It cannot be so serious.

No, after all it is not your fault

if your passenger

dies of a heart attack.

No, you're right, Charlie.

You're right.

Except that my passenger

happened to be m*rder*d.

m*rder*d?

But you were alone with him.

Before he came aboard

somebody slipped him

a 1000 volt insulin capsule

enough to blast him to orbit.

Now, you're sure of this?

You can take

Van Der Stoor word for it.

What can I do to help,

captain sir?

All I want is my boat and

permission to get outta here.

I'll have to have a lot more

answers than I've got now.

You've got all sorts

of filthy connections.

The filthiest.

Get a line on Rohner,

find out what his connection was

with Sluiter and what Sluiter

was working on in London.

Will do.

Now, anything else?

Yeah. Give me that bottle.

You can knock off for dinner now.

I'm going to rest for an hour.

You can pick me up later.

Any messages for me?

No, Mr. Nordley, but there's

a lady waiting for you.

Good evening, Miss Sluiter.

Where can we talk

with some privacy?

Well, I could suggest

my room but--

It will serve.

Van Der Stoor sent you to see me?

No, I came because you were

the last to see my father alive.

I think you know

more about my father

than you told

Inspector Van Der Stoor.

What more could I know?

I think you know why

he was on your boat.

And what he had taped on his side.

Do you realize what you're saying?

Yes.

Your father

was involved in something

the police know nothing about.

I..

Since last night

...I've heard rumors.

But I don't believe them.

What kind of rumors?

Do you know what your father

was working on in London?

I asked Van Der Stoor,

but he refused to tell me.

- You think you could find out?

- Maybe you can tell me.

Miss Sluiter,

I never saw your father

before he came aboard my ship.

What I told Van Der Stoor

was the truth.

All of it?

Well, almost all of it.

Ah, that's like saying your wife

is almost faithful to you.

[chuckles]

That's impossible.

Of course it is impossible.

But only because

I haven't got a wife.

[telephone ringing]

Yeah.

Yeah, right away.

Eh..

Mm-hmm. Apartment.

Yeah, I know he's watching me.

I'll lose him.

'I'll be careful.'

[dramatic music]

Do you know

a woman by the name of Elsa?

No. Is she somebody's

almost faithful wife?

- It's not what you think.

- You don't know what I think.

The woman who just called

is the one who said she's you.

I'm glad she isn't.

- You are going to see her?

- Yes.

- Take me with you.

- I can't.

Alright don't trust me,

but help me.

Don't trust you but help you?

You're friendly with

Van Der Stoor. Do two things.

Find out what

your father was working on

and get me permission to go

aboard my ship. It's important.

To go aboard your ship. Yes.

I'm sure it is important.

[dramatic music]

Uh, yeah, there's a man

by the name of Pieter

waiting for me in the lobby,

will you call him?

Pieter, this is Nordley.

Uh, hold on a minute, will ya?

Ja?

Hello.

'Ja? Verdorie.'

'Hello. Hello.'

'Hello. Hello.'

[dramatic music]

(Elsa)

'Come in quickly.'

You weren't followed?

You're sure you weren't followed?

I left Pieter holding the phone.

Thank you.

Thank you for coming here.

And thank you for not telling

Rohner that I was on your boat.

Er, you know, Miss Anselm..

Anselm? Sluiter?

Elsa.

- You were good yesterday.

- Please.

What really fooled me

was the stiff upper lip

and the faint trace of tear.

Not too much, not to little.

When you said,

"I want to see him."

- Please, you--

- No, that's alright, angel.

Performance was good,

what more can a man ask?

By the way you're not

his daughter, are you?

You make me feel ashamed.

- You know I'm not.

- I can't be sure of anything.

You can be sure of one thing now.

My gratitude.

You make that sound like

a promissory note.

Do you like good Holland gin?

Isn't there any bad Holland gin?

Well, to good gin

and bad little girls.

Did...did you tell

the police about me?

No more than I had too.

- What did they say?

- They called me a liar.

For the wrong reasons.

But by turning you in now

they'll believe my story.

Again for the wrong reasons.

Please, I beg you.

Please be patient with me.

When I tell you

my desperate situation..

I have no one else to turn too.

You can really turn it

on and off, can't you?

Like on the ship,

I think it's that subtle touch

of "alone, but oh so brave",

that does it for you.

Yes, I-I am alone,

but I'm not brave.

Yes, I lied to you on the boat

but...I had no other choice.

Lets funnel it down. Straight

questions and straight answers.

If I don't get them,

I'll let Rohner try.

- No.

- Alright. Deal with me or him?

I'll answer any questions you ask.

I'll tell you all I know.

I trust you.

[laughing]

Oh, brother!

When anybody says that to me

I start looking

for the nearest fox hole.

Don't you see,

don't you understand?

I must be honest with you now.

Because I now

depend on your strength.

- Why did you meet my ship?

- Because Rohner told me.

- He was expecting Sluiter?

- Yes.

- Something Sluiter was getting.

- Yes.

That's what you were looking for?

- Yes.

- What was it?

- I do not know.

- You..

Oh, you're good.

You're really good.

But it's true.

I only did what Rohner ordered.

To find a certain envelope.

And he now believes that

I found it and I'm lying to him.

He will k*ll me.

I know he'll k*ll me.

Unless I convince him that..

Oh, Johnny, you can help me.

You can save my life.

If you have the envelope.

He sent you to find an envelope?

- Yeah. Yes.

- Find?

Not get from Sluiter?

So, you knew that I was

delivering a dead Sluiter.

No. No, how could I?

Oh! You mix me all up.

Rohner. Yes.

It was he who knew.

H-he told me to go aboard.

But you just thanked me for not

telling Rohner you came aboard.

You've been lying to me

all along, haven't you?

Well, there was

some truth in what I said.

How much?

Hmm. Not too much.

Why did you call me?

To stop me from telling Rohner

you went through Sluiter's bags?

Yes, I'm afraid of Rohner.

You don't know him

and what he would do.

What do you expect me to do of

your fears? Play your protector?

Help you double cross Rohner?

That's what you're trying to do,

isn't it? Why should I.

What did you give me a

bunch of lies and double talk.

I can't be of any use

to you or myself

unless you level with me

everything right down the line.

So, you really don't know.

I know one thing, I don't need

you or Rohner or Dekker.

You need me.

Yes, I need you.

[instrumental music]

'Johnny.'

Johnny.

[speaking in foreign language]

Oh, go away.

[speaking in foreign language]

[music continues]

Pieter. Pieter.

Oh!

[intense music]

Please. Please.

All this violence

it's not necessary.

Pieter? Pieter, are you alright?

You stay off my tail, next time,

I'll have get a little rough.

Please, do not hurt him again.

Pieter is harmless.

Captain Rohner wants to see you.

Well, that's dandy,

I want to see him too.

What about poor Pieter?

Leave him there,

the air will clear his head.

[instrumental music]

[engine revving]

- Captain Rohner.

- Yes, dear boy?

- It's been a long hard day.

- Oh, yes. To the point.

I learned that poor Sluiter

did not die of natural causes

unless you can call natural

the inevitable result

of an overdose of insulin?

Yes, dreadful, dreadful.

Do you take sugar?

- I don't take tea.

- Oh!

You see that is why I felt concern

when it became evident

the woman Elsa

was now trying her wiles

on you, sir.

So, Elsa was in London

with Sluiter?

She's the one who slipped him

the insulin mickey?

Oh, yes, her instructions were

to return to Holland

via aeroplane the very day

Sluiter boarded your ship.

This she did...but

not to the Hague. To Maassluis.

Yes, dear little Elsa had decided

to go into business for herself.

She intercepted your ship,

knowing that you were only

delivering the shell of Sluiter.

Certain that she would then

easily come into possession

of the thing she desired most.

The thing for which I'm now

prepared to bargain with you.

It is of course quite evident..

...that you are

in possession of the key.

The key which you took

from the body of Sluiter.

Key to what?

The key for which I have a lock.

I want to buy that key.

I'm willing to deal for it,

but I can't deal

unless I know

what I'm dealing for.

What lock does the key open?

So, you really do not know.

Well, I know one thing.

Without me you're no place.

(Wilhelm)

'A moment.'

Lets get on with it, shall we?

Mr. Nordley, you know

of course of the situation

which existed here

inthe Hague late 1945?

The allied armies were knocking

on the gates of the city.

The occupiers were preparing

to terminate their visit.

I was at that time in command

of a Garrisonhere in the city.

My dearest friend

and most loathed Dutch citizen

was a gentlemen named Maserling.

- Yes, Maserling he--

- Wilhelm, please.

Mynheer Maserling

was the manager of

the Nieuwe Hollandse Bank

and he knew once our troop left

his life was forfeit.

'So, we made a pact.'

He was to remove from the vault

of Nieuwe Hollandse Bank..

...certain assets.

I would supply him

with the launch Lorain

two worthy men

and we were to meet in Berlin.

Everything went according

to plan when at a certainpoint

on a certain river the launch

was attacked by Dutch partisans.

'Attacked and sunk.'

Maserling however

managed to survive.

He was later taken prisoner

by the English forces.

Ah, I had also supplied him

uniform of a German officer.

Yes, Marseling survived.

But the launch

lay on the bottom of the river.

What river?

That, sir, I know.

And the precise point

...that sir, I propose to find

through the use of the key.

The overlay which Maserling made

and which

you appropriated from Sluiter.

But Sluiter was a police

inspector how did he fit in?

I can easily tell you.

Only last week

Maserling died in London.

Under an assumed name.

Sluiter had been working on

the mystery for many years.

He and I entered

into an arrangement.

He was to come here with the

overlay recover the treasure

then go back to England with me.

You are a man of perception.

His superiors would be notified

that he found nothing

in Londonof import.

Asimple workable plan.

Until...dear little Elsa..

Mr. Nordley...no doubt

you are interested in money.

Well, money can be

very soothing to the nerves.

I'm listening.

I'm prepared, sir,

to offer you cash in hand

5,000 pounds for the overlay.

Not good enough.

Indeed? I should

consider that very generous.

Excellent compensation for a

brief runacross the north sea.

Not good enough.

Oh! What do you have in mind?

I'll take the same cut

Sluiter was getting.

He is mad.

Do you realize how many years?

How much money I have spent?

- Spending, spending, spending?

- Yes, this is true, dear boy.

Wilhelm has been

the sole financial support

of this venture.

You must consider

the time and money expended.

Lives already lost.

I'M not interested in

your double entry book keeping--

Mr. Nordley, without

the proper chart

for the proper river

you have no other market.

Well, I'm tired of bargaining.

I'll give you

till tomorrow morning.

Otherwise?

You're not

the only one interested.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

Charlie, it's me.

Meet me right away. Yeah.

And Charlie, bring a g*n.

[dramatic music]

Took you long enough.

- Get the g*n?

- Yeah.

- Everything else?

- Yeah.

Keep it. You'll have to use it.

Me? I will have to use it?

What's the matter, Charlie.

Forget how?

No, Captain Nordley sir.

Only it's ill*gal, to use a g*n.

I shall need a good reason.

Million reasons.

A million pounds maybe.

I've only got

six b*ll*ts in the g*n.

Will that be enough?

Three'll do it.

Lets go.

Alright, there's the boat.

Sure you know what you've to do?

Yes, captain sir.

We'll meet at the Dreibruggen

after it's over. Good luck.

[foghorn blaring]

Help!

[g*nsh*t]

Help!

[g*nsh*t]

[dramatic music]

- Clip you?

- Yeah, like a show dog.

What happened,

Captain Nordley sir?

Does not look

quite like a million pounds?

Charlie, you ever hear

of a man name Maserling?

Yes. But yes, Captain sir.

The Nieuwe Hollandse Bank.

There're many stories,

nobody knows what happened

to him or his fortune.

I had that fortune

in the palm of my hand

but somebody got aboard my ship.

There was an envelope

with an overlay inside

fixing the exact spot

where the launch went down.

I see.

That's the Rohner-Sluiter deal?

Maybe, maybe it was Rohner--

No, not Rohner,

Dekker or Pieter--

- Or the police themselves.

- No. Not the police.

They'd have confiscated

the money, the g*n

and picked me up right away.

It wasn't the police.

It had to be somebody

the guard knew.

Somebody he let go

aboard the ship.

Somebody not exactly

of the police but..

[instrumental music]

You wait here.

Don't move.

I'll either telephone

or come back. But you wait.

[music continues]

- 'Police headquarters.'

- Ponz.

Van Der Stoor.

[telephone buzzing]

- Yeah.

- 'Charlie Ponz.'

Hello.

'Hello. Charlie.'

'Hello.'

'Hello.'

[dramatic music]

You frightened me.

That makes us even. You gave me

a small piece of fright, too.

I'd like to tell you about it.

That's your apartment?

I'm in a hurry.

So, you did know

what your father was after.

- No.

- No?

Then why this?

Why did you take only this?

That's my fathers writing on the

envelope. You took it from him.

And you knew just

where to look for it? How?

I learned a few things

from my father.

[laughing]

Yeah. I bet you did.

And from Rohner and Dekker.

What did you learn from them?

- Who?

- Rohner, Dekker.

- People you were gonna meet.

- Never heard of them.

- I was gonna meet Van--

- Why didn't you go directly?

Why did you come here first?

Because I wanted to..

[mellow music]

This is Captain Nordley.

Any messages for me?

She leave a name?

'Thanks.'

[music continues]

Constanta, listen to me, so many

things I want to tell you

but right now

only one thing's important.

I had nothing to do

with your fathers death?

It was Elsa the woman

who telephoned me.

She switched the insulin

capsules in London.

But why?

Why was she with him?

What was he doing on your boat?

Well, I don't have

all the answers yet, but

one thing you can be sure off.

Your father died in

the performance of his duty.

Yes...I must believe that.

- I must.

- I'll prove it for you.

I'll have to finish

the job he started.

It's the only way I can clear

both of us with Van Der Stoor.

Will you help me?

Help you? I think now

you are helping me.

Just a minute.

What does..

What does this say?

"Iron box in cabin."

And this?

"Seven Hawks."

And this Seven Havikken.

Seven Hawks.

It's a fixed spot on a river.

What river I don't know?

Did you hear anything

called the Seven Hawks?

But of course

the house of the Seven Hawks

Everybody knows

the house of the Seven Havikken.

What is it?

Now I think

it's only a small farm.

But many years ago seven brave

people by the name of Hawk.

The entire family stood on that

island to hold of the Walloons.

They were finally captured

and the enemy captain boasted

that they will die slowly

one each day.

And they did die there.

That's why it's called

the house of the Seven Hawks.

On an island?

Where?

Baassemer Lake.

Baassemer. Baassemer.

All I have to do is find this

landmark called Zeven Havikken.

Somewhere on-on Bessemer Lake,

fix the overlay on the chart

and we've got the exact spot.

The exact spot of what?

The exact spot for which

your father gave his life.

[dramatic music]

Constanta, this is Charlie Ponz.

Another partner?

Charlie, I need two things.

A boat, and a chart

of the Bessemer Lake.

Will do.

- By dawn.

- Will do.

But one thing.

Please tell me, captain sir

we're on our way

to that million pounds?

Yeah, we're on our way.

Good.

Me and the boat, captain sir.

We'll be waiting at say

the Driebruggen Lock.

- 'You know it?'

- Yeah.

And you? If I want you, captain

sir, you will be at the hotel?

No, I'd better not

go back there tonight.

Can't take a chance

on being picked up.

So where will I find you?

We'll find you, dawn,

Driebruggen Lock.

[dramatic music]

Constanta?

Yes.

That, uh, call I

made from your apartment..

Yes?

You knew what it was.

My hotel.

There was a message for me.

A woman had called three times

during the past hour. No names.

It was you, wasn't it?

You called me because you knew

that finding the overlay

in my cabin would finish

me with Van der Stoor.

And you wanted to give me

a chance to explain.

That's why you didn't go

direct to Van der Stoor.

That's it, isn't it?

You can't decide whether

or not you like me.

No...I like you.

I think I like you very much.

but I'm still not sure if I..

...if I trust you.

You don't think I had anything

to do with your father's death?

No.

You seem so sure.

I am sure.

Van der Stoor is not.

But I am sure.

Why?

You don't think

I'm capable of k*lling?

Yes, you are capable of k*lling.

But if you had to,

you would not k*ll that way.

I don't think Van der Stoor

would agree with you.

No, he would not. Only a woman

would understand what I mean.

[instrumental music]

(man on phone)

'Police.'

Ponz. Van der Stoor.

[intercom buzzing]

- Yeah?

- 'Charlie Ponz.'

Hello.

Hello, Charlie.

I'm sorry, inspector, sir.

I couldn't speak before.

Tomorrow morning Nordley

is leaving for

Port of Massluis by hired car.

He has arranged for

a boat to pick him up

and take him back to England.

Must go now. Will call again.

Port of Massluis..

...hmph..

...you can't trust anyone today.

Not even a police informer.

Paul?

'Hello?'

Give me Captain Rohner please.

[dramatic music]

Is that the island?

Yes. That is Zeven Harvikken.

Well, let's see.

There's the House of

the Seven Harvikken.

There's the church

steeple of Alphon.

The windmills at Hoogmade.

240 degrees.

130 degrees.

Maserling indicates

the launch was sunk right here.

One million pounds! Oh-h*!

The launch can't be laying in

more than two or three fathoms.

I can reach it

on a straight dive. Charlie?

- Yes, captain sir.

- Pull over to the island.

I know these waters,

captain sir. Sandbars.

- Lay to as close as you can.

- Okay.

[dramatic music]

Hold it, Charlie, hold it.

Alright, cut it off.

- Did you find it?

- I don't know.

We're hooked on to something.

Hang on to this.

[music continues]

I'll go down and take a look.

[music continues]

[music continues]

- Charlie?

- Eh?

Has he surfaced?

He is too long.

Well, we've found her.

About three fathoms but the

current keeps kicking me away.

Well, in about an hour we'll

have dead slack water.

I'll go into her then.

Tie the life preservers

to this line.

- Leave it here as a marker.

- Okay.

- Come back to the launch.

- Okay.

[instrumental music]

You think you will be

able to get into her cabin?

I don't know.

There's one problem.

The sand inside

the c*ck comes up

about a foot

outside the cabin door.

It might be difficult?

Well, I'll just kick

the cabin door in.

Yes?

I'll be alright.

What is so important about

the box that you risk your life?

I wish I knew. Don't worry.

Once you said

"The gentle police of the Hague

are now occupying my home."

You have no other?

What other one do I need?

A man must have

a place of his own.

One place or another.

They're all the same.

But a ship, the lonely wandering.

Ship, room, house..

...loneliness is something you

carry with you wherever you go.

What's the matter?

Why are you crying?

This is not crying.

It's inside crying,

that's the most painful kind.

It's okay now, captain sir.

Please be careful.

You can easily be

trapped in the cabin.

If I am, I'll be

the richest captain sir

in Davy Jones Locker.

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

Charlie, get the g*ns

out of the cabin.

But I have a g*n, captain sir.

- Why, you're kidding, Charlie?

- No.

- Double cross?

- Yes, captain sir.

Fair and square,

cards on the table.

But I can't help myself,

captain sir.

It is my nature.

Well, sir,

what a fortuitous meeting.

Is it not, Willem? And he led

us right to our goal after all.

'Did you not, Mr. Nordley?'

Without a deal,

he came up empty handed?

Yes, nothing.

You won't be able

to get into the launch.

The cabin door's covered

with two feet of silt.

Very well then.

We merely wait for low tide.

You'll have to take the launch in.

Keep the both under guard

at the farm house on the island.

- Okay.

- 'Dekker will go with you.'

I will stay here with Pieter.

He will dive..

...when the tide goes out.

[giggling]

Au revoir mon vieux.

I leave you to

the good offices of my friends.

Over here. Over here. Come on.

- Mein herr?

- Guten tag, mein herr.

This is your farm?

Ja. I'm Beukleman.

Where are your workers?

Workers? I have no workers.

There is only me and my wife.

- 'It is only a small farm.'

- Good.

Then we shall all be cozy

together in the house.

But what-what is it?

Do as he says.

You won't be harmed.

Now we go.

You'll be outside guard.

Do not move from here.

[dramatic music]

Charlie?

I'm sorry, captain, sir.

I told you it is

forbidden for the guard

to speak to the prisoners.

In 15 minutes the tide'll be out.

If Rohner finds what

he's after what'll he do next?

Do? Why, captain sir,

he'll come ashore

to fetch Dekker and me.

Yeah?

[music continues]

[music intensifies]

[cows mooing]

Please permit me

to go to the dairy.

My cows, they must be milked.

Ah, cows are patient people.

They know how to wait.

Must have been difficult

for you during the w*r

fighting on the river.

Oh, yes. At night we

would hear the sh**ting.

Tsk. Terrible.

You must have helped many

wounded soldiers, partisans.

We tried. All who came to us.

'Sick and wounded.'

Yes. No matter who.

Soldiers are men too.

We helped whoever needed help.

Our own partisans,

British Commandos, Belgians.

- Germans?

- Yes.

Once or two, even Germans.

You think that is wrong,

mein herr?

No, I was a soldier too.

I don't think it was wrong.

[cow mooing]

[dramatic music]

Well, they're starting to dive.

Would you like a cigar, mein herr?

Aha.

Perhaps a little gin?

It'll be alright.

Yeah, they're diving now.

You know, you've never once

asked me why we're here.

What those men

once the launch are looking for.

They're looking for a treasure.

They won't find it.

They'll think I beat them to it.

But I haven't.

You know I haven't, don' you?

What if they don't find it?

What will they do?

Probably come here

and get vicious.

That clock, where did you get it?

Uh...it is a...it is a souvenir.

From a launch?

Yes, from a..

I-I only..

- It was--

- The launch named the Lorain.

You took more than

just a clock, didn't you?

Yes. Yes, I-I did.

You'd better tell me about it.

Yes. It's a relief.

I want to tell, for years

I wanted to tell

but we were afraid.

It was during the last days

of the w*r, wasn't it?

I found a German captain,

wounded, sick

at the water's edge.

Took him in, nursed him.

Three days he was delirious,

talked about a great fortune.

A launch, and on the fourth day

the English troops came

took away the German,

and we were left in peace.

You found the launch?

It was not difficult.

At low water,

high on the sandbar.

And the strong box

in the cabin, you opened it?

Yes, and when the tide rose

I towed the launch into deep

water where you found her.

Why didn't you tell the police?

We wanted to.

Gerta, she wanted me to.

But-but I thought

that...and I was weak.

And I sold two of the pieces

and after we were

afraid to tell the police.

We were afraid of questioning.

I...I had a right to sell them.

The w*r, the Germans

took my cows, everything.

I-I had a right to start again.

[indistinct chattering]

Yes, I sold two pieces.

But you kept the rest.

Where is it?

What will you do with it?

Turn it into the police

at the Hague.

I'll keep your name

out of it entirely.

Alright. I trust--

(Ponz)

'Conference?'

Big conference.

Just what is this big

conference, captain sir?

Charlie, your last chance.

I got a deal for you.

Oh, no, captain sir.

As much as I have affection for

you, and you know that's true.

You have nothing to deal with.

The stuff isn't on the launch.

I got into the cabin.

- But I know where it is.

- Ah, wait a minute.

How do I know

you're telling me the truth?

Tell my friend here

about the German captain.

It's alright you can tell him.

Yes, it is true.

The captain was taken

prisoner from this house.

And the captain's name

was Maserling.

Look at that clock.

The Launch Lorain.

Where?

Where?

I buried it.

I buried it in--

Uh, would you leave us alone

for just a minute please?

Listen, I got to make him believe

I'm turning the Maserling loot in.

Now, I trust you

again, captain sir.

The deal, we split fifty fifty.

We grab our boat and leave

Rohner and Pieter

diving for clams.

The girl, what about the girl?

She's part of my percentage.

Okay. Show me the fortune.

Oh, not so fast.

How do I know you won't go back

to Rohner when we find it?

To Rohner? Why?

Because it's your nature.

But it's also my nature

to double cross Rohner.

This I will enjoy.

Prove it.

Anything. How?

Eliminate Dekker.

[chuckles]

That's simple.

Watch.

Dekker?

[thud]

You see?

He never even got my perfume.

Mr. Beukleman?

Empty, huh?

Of course it is,

you gaping imbecile.

So Nordley got them after all.

Get the dinghy.

You'd better wait here.

Willem, what has happened?

it was, it was, uh..

You look surprised, Ms. Sluiter.

Were you expecting someone else?

Charlie, look at that.

Holy..

..mo..

[gasps]

Captain Nordley, sir, this

is a great moment in my life.

Charlie Ponz keeps his word.

- Rohner?

- Yeah.

Quick, this way!

We can't. He's got Constanta.

Oh, captain sir,

a fortune in our hands

and you think of dames?

- Have another sack like this?

- Yeah.

- 'Rohner?'

- Yes?

(Nordley)

'I'm coming out.

I've got a g*n.'

'I won't use it

unless you force me.'

'I'm coming out to talk.'

Agreed.

Rohner, I'm willing to negotiate.

Splendid. I abhor bloodshed.

Alright.

This is what you want.

You let the girl come to me

and I'll toss the sack to you.

No, dear boy.

You throw the sack first

and then I'll let her go to you.

- How can I be sure--

- How can I be sure?

Alright, we'll meet

each other half way.

You let her start walking now.

Yes.

The minute she reaches

the half way point between us

say that wheelbarrow,

I'll toss the sack to you.

And if you don't?

You sh**t her in the back.

By Jove, do you think

I could do a thing like that?

Yeah, you would.

You're right. Would and will.

Done.

Keep on walking.

A few more steps.

They'll rush us now.

Take her out the back way.

- You go with them.

- Why?

I want to make sure she

gets on that boat. Go on.

[dramatic music]

Pieter.

[music continues]

[g*nf*re]

[music continues]

[g*nf*re]

[music continues]

[g*nf*re]

[engine revving]

[g*nf*re]

[g*nf*re]

[music continues]

- Get 'em started. Go ahead.

- Okay.

Get aboard. You'll be alright.

Police are on the island.

You only know some men

came with g*ns. Understand?

Yes, but-but-but you said..

Now, where's Nordley?

Nordley, Ponz, and the girl?

You blundered rather

badly this time.

It was Nordley I was firing at.

Thanks to you he got away.

With the diamonds.

Corporal, outside, quick!

Your ship, your ship.

With those you can

buy a thousand ships.

I only want to buy one.

But, captain sir,

you double crossing me?

I can't help it, Charlie,

it's my nature.

Just a minute.

Thought you had me in the sack?

We were waiting for you.

Yeah. Here or in

the North Sea, huh?

Captain sir,

you mean they were--

You'll never be a successful thief

until you learn

to respect the opposition.

'They've had us pegged

every inch of the way.'

- Did you pick up Rohner?

- And Dekker and Pieter.

Well, for the record,

they k*lled Elsa.

That's alright

because she switched

the insulin cap

on Sluiter in London.

We knew that.

Also for the record, it was

Charlie Ponz who learned

'where the Maserling

launch had been sunk.'

'He took us to it.'

That will have to

stand for the record.

But I don't have to believe that.

I can't stand around

here barbering all day.

You've got the ice,

I want my boat.

I've got explaining

to do in England.

You don't have

to explain anything.

There's the release

order for your ship.

'And there will be a letter

to the English authorities.'

You volunteered your services

to the Hague Police.

You also receive 100,000 pounds.

'Your reward for

the recovery of the diamonds.'

No, I've had enough trouble.

'That reward should

have gone to Sluiter.'

He worked on

this job a long time.

He was a brave officer.

He gave his life for his duty.

The reward will go

to his daughter.

Well, so long, Charlie.

Run into anybody who wants to

charter a boat out of Baymouth..

How about going to the harbor

with me? Tell me goodbye.

I wonder if I could've outrun

your boys in the North Sea.

We'll never know that,

will we, Captain Nordley?

Oh, that Captain Nordley sir

refuses the reward

for him and for me,

and grandly says it must go

to Inspector Sluiter, but he's

dead so of course it must

go to his daughter,

and then he walks off

with the daughter and the reward.

Oh, that Captain Nordley sir.

[crying]

I've got an idea.

I may need you.

But of course you need me.

You will always need me.

I mean on the trip

back to Baymouth.

Maybe I'll run into

some dirty weather

and I'll need another hand.

Want to sign on?

- What do you think?

- One more thing.

That envelope, how did you know

exactly where to look for it?

- You remember where you hid it?

- Of course.

Yes, so take me there

and I'll show you.

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