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[1st man] [Unknown language, vaguely Germanic]
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[2nd man] [Unknown language, vaguely Slavic]
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[1st man] Nein nein
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[Both men go on arguing]
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[Men arguing +trumpet]
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[Men arguing +trumpet + Concierge] Allo?
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[Concierge] Prrusto ... Prrusto (check)
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[Concierge] Signorine e signori, ne sono molto mortificato.
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Il treno bianco de mele (check), per piacere
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come delle registrazioni e del maruma
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Mesdames et Messieurs, je regrette infiniment.
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Le train va arriver seulement demain matin
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-What's all this fuss about, Charters?
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-Damned if l know.
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[Concierge] Meine Damen und Herren, bitte schön, registraren [not understood] bitte.
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Danke schön, danke schön.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm very sorry, the train is a little bit uphold;
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and if you wish to stay in my hotel...
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you have to register immediately.
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Why the deuce didn't he say so in the first place?
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Oh, how do you do Miss Peterson, how do you do, ladies.
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It's a great honour to have you with us again.
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It's nice to see you, Boris.
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You haven't changed a bit since last Friday.
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-l see you haven't shaved either.
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-ls everything ready?
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-Everything is ready. l didn't change anything.
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-Not even the sheets, we know.
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Lead on, Boris!
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You see, I didn't expect you to come so quickly.
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Well, our legs gave out on us.
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- That's odd
- We had to do the last lap in a farm cart.
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- Oh!
- I see we've got company.
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Don't tell me Cook's are running cheap tours here.
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-What is it, Boris?
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-It's the havelunch!
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-Have a lunch?
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-Avalanche, Boris, avalanche.
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- You see, in the Spring, we've got many avalanches.
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You know, the snow goes like that: bloop!
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And everything disappears,
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even trains disappear
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under the avalanche.
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- But I'm going home tomorrow.
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How long before they dig it out?
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- By morning. It's lucky for you
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you can leave by this train instead of your own.
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How do you say? It's a bad wind
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that blow nowhere no good.
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- Well, talking of wind:
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we haven't eaten since dawn.
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Serve us some supper, Boris,
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in our rooms.
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-l could eat a horse.
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-Don't put ideas into his head.
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Some chicken, Boris.
- Yes.
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- And a magnum of champagne.
- Absolutely.
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And make it snappy. Absolutely.
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Bandrika may have a dictator
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but tonight we're painting it red.
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- Meanwhile we have to stand here
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cooling our heels, I suppose
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Confounded impudence!
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-3rd rate country. What do you expect?
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- l wonder who those women were.
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- Probably Americans, I should think.
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You know, almighty dollar, old man.
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I suppose we'll have to wait here.
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If only we hadn't missed that train at Budapest.
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- Well Carl I don't want to rub it in,
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If you hadn't insisted on standing up
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until they'd finished their National Anthem...
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- You must show respect, Caldicott
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If l'd known it was going to last 20 minutes...
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- It's always been my contention
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that the Hungarian Rhapsody
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is not their National Anthem.
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In any case, we were the only two standing.
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-That's true.
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- Well, l suppose we shall be in time after all.
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- I doubt it. That last report was pretty ghastly.
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Do you remember? "England on the brink."
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- Yes, but that's newspaper sensationalism.
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The old country's been in some tight corners before.
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- It looks pretty black, I mean,
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even if we get away first thing tomorrow morning...
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there's still a connection at Basle.
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We'll probably be hours.
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-That's true.
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- Well, somebody surely can help us. ////
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Sir! Do you happen to know what time
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the train leaves Basle for England?
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Nicht spreche English.
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Really! Fellow doesn't speak English.
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(People attempting to get a hotel reservation all at the same time)
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(concierge on phone ordering champagne and food for Ms. Anderson)
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Here's one leaves Basle,
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2I :20.
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I regret sir there is only left two single rooms in
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front, or a little double room at the back.
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-We'll take the two singles.
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-Very well, sir.
-At least you might have asked me which I preferred.
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-My dear, a small double room at the back in a place like this...
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You weren't so particular
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in Paris last Autumn.
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That was quite different then.
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The Exhibition was at its height.
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l realise that now.
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There's no need to rub it in.
-We want a private suite with a bath,
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-Facing the mountains,
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-With a shower,
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-Hot and cold.
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-And a private thingummy if you've got one.
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-Well, I'm sorry gentlemen the only thing I've got is the maid's room!
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-The what! What's this?
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-Well I'm sorry.
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-The whole hotel is packed jammed to the sky.
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-That's impossible. We haven't fixed up yet.
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You can't expect to put the two
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of us up in the maid's room.
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Don't get excited.
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I'll move the maid out.
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l should think so. What?
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What are you taking about?
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I'll think I'd soon as sleep on the train. Wouldn't you?
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-There is no eating in the train.
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-No eating on the train?
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Yes I mean haa heating. Brrrr...
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Oh, heating. No heating. That's awkward.
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All right we'll take it.
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Just a minute. There's one condition. You have to
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have the maid come to your room...
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to remove her wardrobe.
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Anna!
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She's a good girl,
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and l don't want to lose her.(Concierge explains the situation to maid)
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We'd better go and dress.
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-Rather primitive humour, l thought.
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-Grown up children.
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That was an awkward
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situation, over that girl.
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Pity he couldn't have given us
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one each. l mean a room apiece.
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l, Iris Matilda Henderson,
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a spinster of no particular parish...
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do hereby solemnly renounce my maidenly past
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and declare that on Thursday next, the 26th
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being in my right mind, I shall take the veil and the orange blossom
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and change my name to
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Lady Charles Fotheringail.
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-Can't you get him to change his name instead?
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-The only thing I like about him is his mustache.
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You're a couple of cynics.
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I'm very fond of him.
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I'm fond of rabbits but they
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have to be kept down.
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Rudolph, give me a hand.
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-Have you ever read about that little thing called love?
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-It used to be very popular.
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Child, the carpet is already laid at
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St. Georges, Hanover Square...
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and Father is simply aching to have
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a coat of arms on the jam label.
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To lris, and the happy days
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she's leaving behind.
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And the blue blooded cheque chaser
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she's dashing to London to marry.
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The blue blooded
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cheque chaser.
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I've no regrets. I've been everywhere
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and done everything.
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I've eaten caviar at Cannes,
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sausage rolls at the dogs.
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I've played baccarat at Biarritz
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and darts with the rural dean.
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What is there left
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for me but marriage?
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(maid explains arrangements to man.)
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-This hanging about isn't good for me. If only we knew what was happening in England.
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Mustn't lose grip,
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Charters.
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Come in.
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-Did you follow that?
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-I did. Tell her this has gone far enough.
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No...no.
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Change... here. Outside.
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-She doesn't understand.
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-No, come on.
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-Nothing newer than last month.
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-And I don't suppose there is such a thing as a wireless set here.
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Awful being in the dark like this.
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Our communications cut off in a time of crisis.
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Hello, hello,
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London.
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You want Mr Seltzer? Yes hold on.
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I'm going right to find where he is.
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London!
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Go on, risk it.
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Hello...You... in London. No, I'm not
Mr Seltzer. Name's Charters.
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l don't suppose you know me. Don't
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worry. They've just gone to fetch him.
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Tell me, what's
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happening to England?
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Blowing a gale? No, you don't follow me sir. I'm inquiring
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about the test match in Manchester.
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Cricket, sir. Cricket!
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You don't know?
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You can't be in England
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and not know the test score.
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The fellow says he doesn't know.
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Hello, can't you find out?
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Oh nonsense. It won't take a second.
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All right, if you won't, you won't.
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Wasting my time. The fellow's an ignoramus.
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Mr Seltzer, at last your calI's
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come through to London.
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Hello! Hello! (concierge attempts to get the call back)
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(Waiter speaks another language saying that there is no food left.)
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Thank you,
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waiter.
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(Waiter again tells them that there is no more food in another language)
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-What would you say about a grilled steak?
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-That's a very good idea.
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-Well done for me, please.
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-On the red side for me.
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(Waiter again tells them that there is no more food in another language)
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These people have a passion
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for repeating themselves.
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-I beg your pardon.
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He's trying to explain to you that owing to the large
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number of visitors, there's no food left.
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-No food? What sort of a place is this?
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They expect us to share a blasted dog box...
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with a servant girl on an empty stomach?
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ls that hospitality? is that organization?
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Thank you.
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-I'm hungry you know..
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-What a country. No wonder they have revolutions.
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-You're very welcome to what's left of the cheese.
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Of course it's not like beef steak; but it's awfully rich in vitamins.
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-Thank you very much.
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-I'm afraid they're not accustomed to
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catering for so many people.
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Bandrika is one of
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Europe's few undiscovered corners.
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-That's probably because there's nothing worth discovering
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I should think.
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-You may not know it as well as I do.
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I'm feeling quite miserable at the thought of leaving it.
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-After you with that cheese, please!
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-Certainly, young man. Why not?
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You're going home?
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-Tomorrow. My little charges are quite grown up.
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I'm a governess and music teacher you know.
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ln the 6 years I've lived here,
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I've grown to love the country,
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especially the mountains. l sometimes think
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they're like very friendly neighbors.
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You know the big father and mother mountains
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with their white snow hats...
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and their nephews and
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nieces, not so big, with smaller hats.
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Right down to the tiniest hillock
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without any hat at all.
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Of course, that's just my fancy.
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-Really?
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-l like to watch them from my bedroom
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every night when there's a moon.
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I'm so glad there's a moon tonight.
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Do you hear that music?
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Everyone sings here. The people are
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just like happy children...
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with laughter on their lips
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and music in their hearts.
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-It's not reflected
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in their politics, you know.
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-I never think you should judge
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any country by its politics.
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After all we English are quite honest by
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nature, aren't we. You'll excuse me if l run away?
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Good night, good night.
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-Good night.
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Queer sort of bird.
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-Trifle whimsical, l thought.
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-After 6 years in this hole, we'd be whimsical.
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-l don't think so, old man. She was very decent
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about that cheese.
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-I see she's finished the pickles.
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-Good night, lris. Listen,
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someone's serenading.
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Let him. Nothing will keep me
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awake tonight. Good night my children.
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(Guitar music and singing in the background)
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(Stamping from upstairs)
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-What's happening? An earthquake?
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-That would hardly account for the music, would it.
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What a horrible noise. What can they be doing?
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-l don't know but I'll soon find out.
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Hello.
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Musical country this.
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-l feel quite sorry for that poor singer
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outside having to compete with this.
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Boris?
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Miss Henderson speaking.
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Look. Someone upstairs is playing
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musical chairs with an elephant.
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Move one of them out will you.
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l want to get some sleep.
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That'll settle it.
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-Thank you.
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Some people have so little consideration for others,
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which makes life so much more difficult than it need be.
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Don't you think?
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Good night. Thank you so much.
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I heard you'll be going on the train
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in the morning?
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l hope we shall meet again
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under quieter circumstances.
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Good night.
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-Good night.
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-Miss, please,
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I'll fix everything.
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-You'd better.
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(Concierge knocks on door. Enters to music and dancing)
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-Hold it.
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Splendid, don't move.
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-lf you please, sir.
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-Get out!
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One, two.
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-Please, sir,
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will you kindly stop?
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They are all complaining in the whole
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hotel. You make too much noise.
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-Too much what?
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-Too much noise.
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-You dare to call it a noise.
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The ancient music...
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with which your peasant ancestors celebrated
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every wedding for countless generations.
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A dance they danced when your
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father married your mother...
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Almost supposing you were born in wedlock,
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which l doubt. Look at them.
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I take it you're the manager?
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-Sure I am the manager.
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-Well fortunately l am accustomed to squalor.
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Tell me. Who's complaining?
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-This young English
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lady underneath.
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-Well you tell the young English lady underneath that l am putting on record
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for the benefit of mankind...
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one of the lost folk dances
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of Central Europe...
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and furthermore she does not own
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the hotel. Get out!
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-Sir, you don't understand.
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-Now, one,
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two...
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(Music and dancing continue)
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-You know what he said: ''Who she thinks she is, the Queen of Sheeba?
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She thinks she owns this hotel.''
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-Can't you get rid of him?
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-lmpossible.
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-Are you sure?
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-I begin to wonder...
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It's come back to me.
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I've got an idea.
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You see, the German lady
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she will call him up on the telephone and say:
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"Young man It's my room. l did pay for it.
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Get out quickly.'' How's that?
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-Good enough.
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-Then shock him with a little... He'll
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never forget as long as he lives.
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-Nothing but baseball. We used to call it rounders. Children play
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it with a rubber ball and a stick.
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Not a word about cricket.
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Americans don't know a sense of proportion.
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(Knock on the door)
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Come in.
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(Man whistles while maid puts her things away.)
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-Guten nacht.
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-Can't stand this ridiculous
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lack of privacy. Lock the door.
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-Guten nacht.
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Who are you?
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What do you want?
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-(man plays a tune on the instrument.)Recognise the signature tune?
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-Will you please get out?
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-This is a much better room.
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Definitely an acceptable room.
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-What exactly do you think you're
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doing? Keep away!
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-Would you hold these for a minute?
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-Put those back at once.
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-Now which side do you like to sleep?
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-Do you want me to throw you out?
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-In that case, I'll sleep in the middle.
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Smart of you to bribe the manager.
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An eye for an eye and a tooth
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for a toothbrush.
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-I suppose you realize you're behaving like a complete cad.
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-On the contrary you're perfectly at liberty to sleep in the corridor if you want to.
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-Hello.
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-Oh, l shouldn't if l were you. I'd only
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tell everyone you invited me here.
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And when l say everyone, l mean
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everyone. l have a powerful voice.
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-Come out of there at once!
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-Not until you bribe the manager
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to restore me to my attic.
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-Come out of that bathroom!
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(Man singing in the bathroom)
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Boris? Look, I was thinking. l might change
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my mind about that room upstairs.
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-By the way, you might have my things
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taken upstairs, would you?
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-You're the most contemptible person
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I've ever met in all my life!
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-Confidentially, I think you're a bit
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of a stinker, too.
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(Singing and music playing outside of the window.)
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(Music playing)
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-If we get to Basle in time,
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we should see the last day of the match.
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-Hope the weather's like this in
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Manchester. Perfect wicket for our fellows.
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-Isn't it somewhere along here?
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-lf you don't hurry, Margaret, we shan't
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get that compartment to ourselves.
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-Does it matter?
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-Well, there's still time to change your mind, Iris.
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-Yes, why not send Charles a greetings telegram
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and tell him he's all washed up.
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-No, it's too late. This time next week, l shall be a
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slightly sunburnt offering on an altar in Hanover Square.
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I shan't mind, really.
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-Ah, Good morning. l can't find my bag.
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It's a brown hold-all you know.
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Have you seen it?
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No, of course not, thank you.
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-She's dropped her glasses.
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-You dropped your glasses.
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-Thank you my dear.
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-Oh
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Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear!
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-Are you hurt?
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-l don't know. What was it?
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(Officer comes over to tell them to get on the train.)
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Never mind about that. This cockeyed station of yours
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has practically brained my friend.
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-Yes, indeed.
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-Well, what are you going to do about it?
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-He says he cannot hold the train.
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-l like that!
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-Hurry up. It's going.
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-Yes my dear.
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-I'll be all right really.
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-Are you sure?
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-Don't worry...
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I'll look after her.
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Such carelessness.
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-Are you sure you're all right?
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-Send us the Times.
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-Write and tell us all about it.
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-Good luck. Look after yourself.
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(Sound of train leaving the station)
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-There. There. You'll be all right in a minute.
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Just take everything quietly.
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Put some of this eau de cologne
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on your head.
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(Sound of train as it moves)
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-Do you feel any better?
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-Yes, thank you. I'm all right.
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-What you need is a good strong cup
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of tea. I'll ring for the attendant.
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-No, no, please, don't bother. I'll go to the
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dining car myself. l need some air.
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-Well, in that case, I'll come with you, if you don't mind that is.
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-No, of course not.
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-I beg your pardon.
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I'm so sorry.
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You can always tell a honeymoon
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couple, you know. They're so shy.
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-Why did you do that?
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-We don't want people staring at us.
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-Anyone would think the whole legal
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profession was dunning you.
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Well, one would be enough.
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-You even thought that beggar in
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Damascus was a barrister in disguise.
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-l merely said his face was distinguished enough for a judge.
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You hurried off
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in the opposite direction I noticed.
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-That's not true. l was looking
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for a street called ''Straight''.
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-You weren't so careful the first few days.
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-I know, I know.
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-And anyway you're meeting someone you know. What about me?
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Robert thinks I'm cruising with Mother.
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-lf one's feeling a little bit shaky, I always think it's best to
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sit in the middle of the coach...
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preferably facing the engine.
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A pot of tea for two, please.
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-Very good.
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-And just a minute.
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Will you please tell them to make it
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from this? l don't drink any other.
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And make absolutely sure the water is
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really boiling. Do you understand?
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It's a little fad of mine. My dear father
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and mother, who I'm happy to say are still alive
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and enjoying good health, invariably drink it.
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And so l follow their footsteps.
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Do you know a million Mexicans drink it?
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At least that's what it says on the packet.
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-It's very kind of you
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to help me like this.
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l don't think
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we've introduced ourselves.
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My name's lris Henderson,
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I'm going home to be married.
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-Really? How very exciting.
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l do hope you'll be happy.
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-Thank you.
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-You'll have children, won't you?
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They make such a difference. l always
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think it's being with kiddies so much
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that's made me so, if I may say so, young for my age.
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I'm a governess you know. My name's Froy.
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(Train whistle blows loudly)
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-Did you say Freud?
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-No. O-Y, not E-U-D. Froy.
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-I'm sorry l can't hear.
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-Froy.
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It rhymes with joy.
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Thank you. Please reserve two places
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for lunch. That is, if you'd care to have it with me.
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-Of course.
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-There's nothing moot about it. It simply wasn't out, that's all.
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But for the umpire's blunder he'd probably still be batting.
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-What do you mean? I don't understand.
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-I'll show you. Here. l saw the whole thing.
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Now then, there's Hammond, there's the bowler,
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and there's the umpire.
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-Sugar?
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-Yes, two please.
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-Dear me.
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There is no sugar.
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-Now watch this very, very carefully.
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Grimmett was bowling.
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-May l trouble you for the sugar, please?
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-What?
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The sugar,
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please.
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Thank you so much.
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If I were you, I'd try and get a little sleep,
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it'll make you feel quite well again.
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There's a most intriguing acrostic
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in the ''Needlewoman''.
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I'm going to try and
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unravel it before you wake up.
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(Laughing)
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(Sound of train traveling on the tracks)
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Reservations for lunch,
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please.
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-Madame has booked for lunch?
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-Oh, I think my friend did. She's got the tickets.
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Have you seen my friend?
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-Non.
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My friend,
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where is she?
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La signora inglese.
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The English lady. Where is she?
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=There has been no
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English lady here.
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-What?
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-There has been
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no English lady here.
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-But there has.
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She sat there in the corner.
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You saw her, you spoke to her,
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she sat next to you.
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-This ls ridiculous. She took
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me to the dining car...
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and came back here with me.
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-You went and came back alone.
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-Maybe you don't understand.
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I mean the lady who looked after
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me when l was knocked out.
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-Perhaps it make you forget?
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-Well, I may be very dense but if this is some sort of a joke
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I'm afraid l don't see the point.
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(Sound of train moving)
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Oh steward, you served me tea just now.
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-Yes, Madame.
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-Have you seen the lady l was with, the English lady?
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-But Madame was alone.
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-Pardon, Madame.
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He make mistake.
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-Well of course, he must remember the little English lady.
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She ordered the tea and paid for it.
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-No, it was you
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who paid.
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(Steward and porter argue in another language.)
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-He says to look
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at the bill. l will look, Madame.
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-But she gave you a special
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packet of tea.
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You can't have forgotten that.
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-The tea was ours, Madame.
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I received no packet.
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-But you did. l know what happened.
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-Pardon, Madame, the bill. Tea for one.
-
-But that's not right.
-
-Perhaps Madame would care to examine the bills?
-
-No, I wouldn't. The whole thing's too absurd.
-
Please, have you seen
-
a lady pass through?
-
-Oh, well. If it isn't Old Stinker! lf l thought
-
you were on this train...
-
I'd have stayed another week
-
in the hotel. Lady? No, why?
-
-It doesn't matter. You probably
-
wouldn't recognise one anyway.
-
-Hello! Feeling queer?
-
-It's that pipe of yours, George.
-
Why don't you throw your old socks
-
away? Never mind. Thanks for the help all the same.
-
Come on, sit down. Take it easy.
-
What's the trouble?
-
-If you must know, something fell on my head.
-
-When? lnfancy?
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-At the station.
-
-Bad luck! Can l help?
-
-No,
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only by going away.
-
-No, no, no, no. My father always taught me
-
never to desert a lady in trouble.
-
He even carried that as far as marrying mother.
-
-I say. Did you see a little lady last night
-
in the hotel in tweeds?
-
-I only saw one little lady, she
-
was hardly in tweeds.
-
-Yes, but she was in my compartment,
-
and now l can't find her.
-
-But she must still be on the train.
-
We haven't stopped since we've started.
-
-Of course she's still on the train. I know that.
-
-All right, all right. Nobody said she isn't.
-
-Yes, but that's what they are saying.
-
-Who?
-
-The rest of the people in the compartment
-
and the steward.
-
They insist they never saw her.
-
-All of them.
-
-All of them.
-
-You're saying you got a knock on the head.
-
-What do you mean?
-
-Never mind. Do you talk the lingo?
-
-No.
-
-Well, they probably thought you you were trying
-
to borrow money. Come on.
-
Let's knock the idea out of their stupid heads.
-
A most unfortunate remark. I beg your pardon.
-
-That's one of them.
-
The little dark man.
-
-I say, excuse me. I think there's been a little misunderstanding.
-
This young lady seems to have lost her friend.
-
-Yes, l have heard. This gentleman
-
has been explaining to me. Most interesting.
-
And I think under the circumstances
-
we shall all introduce ourselves.
-
-I am an Italian citizen.
-
My wife and child.
-
-How do you do. Bonny little chap.
-
How old is he?
-
-I934 class.
-
And the lady in the corner
-
is the Baroness Athona.
-
-Oh yes, I met her husband, he presented
-
prizes at the Folk Dance Festival.
-
Minister of Propaganda.
-
-And I am Dr Egon Hartz of Prague.
-
You may have heard of me.
-
-Not the brain specialist?
-
-The same.
-
-Yes, you flew over to England and operated
-
on one of our cabinet ministers.
-
-Oh, yes.
-
-Tell me. Did you find anything?
-
-A slight cerebral contusion.
-
-Oh well. That's better than nothing.
-
-But I am picking up a similar case at the
-
next station, but so much more complicated.
-
I shall operate at the
-
National Hospital tonight.
-
Among other things a cranial fracture
-
with compression. You understand?
-
-Yes, a wallop on the bean.
-
-I suppose you haven't seen my friend?
-
-Unfortunately no.
-
-I'll just take a word with the Baroness.
-
(Gentleman questions the women in another language)
-
-What are they saying?
-
-Well, they both say they've never seen her.
-
-But that's not true.
-
She was sitting where you are.
-
-Can you describe her?
-
-It's a bit difficult you see.
-
-She was sort of middle-aged and ordinary.
-
-What was she wearing?
-
-Tweeds, oatmeal flecked with brown,
-
a three-quarter coat with patch pockets...
-
a scarf, felt hat, brown shoes,
-
a tussle shirt...
-
and a small blue handkerchief in her
-
breast pocket. l can't remember any more.
-
-You couldn't have been paying attention.
-
Now listen. You both went along to tea?
-
-Yes.
-
-Well, surely you met somebody.
-
-I suppose we did. Wait a moment. Let me think.
-
Oh, yes. There was an Englishman who passed the sugar.
-
-Right you are. Now let's go along and dig him out.
-
-Pardon. May I come with you?
-
This is most interesting to me.
-
We don't like people muscling in,
-
but we'll make you a member.
-
-Wait a moment. There was somebody else.
-
As we passed this compartment...
-
Miss Froy stumbled in and there
-
was a tall gentleman and a lady.
-
-All right. Now we're getting somewhere.
-
If we can really find someone
-
who saw her...
-
we'll have
-
the place searched.
-
-Can I be of any assistance?
-
-That's the gentleman.
-
-Do you happen to remember seeing this young lady
-
pass the compartment with a little English woman?
-
-I'm afraid not.
-
-But you must have! She almost fell
-
into your compartment.
-
Surely you haven't forgotten.
-
It's very important.
-
Everybody's saying she wasn't on the train,
-
but I know she is and I'm going to find her
-
even if
-
I have to stop the train to do it.
-
-Caldicott, this is Charters.
-
Can I come in?
-
You know that girl we saw in the hotel,
-
she's back there kicking up a devil of a fuss.
-
Says she lost her friend.
-
-She hasn't been in here, old man.
-
-But the point is she's threatened to stop the train.
-
-Lord!
-
-If we miss our connection in Basle,
-
we'll never make Manchester in time.
-
-This is serious.
-
-Let's hide in here.
-
-I'm sorry. I haven't the faintest recollection.
-
You must be making a mistake.
-
-Well, he obviously doesn't remember.
-
Let's go look for the other fellow.
-
-Who were you talking to outside?
-
-Nobody. Just people in the corridor, arguing.
-
-There he is. That's the man.
-
-Oh, oh. I say. I'm so sorry.
-
-I wonder if I can bother you.
-
I wonder if you can help us.
-
-How?
-
-I was having tea an hour ago...
-
with an English lady.
-
You saw her, didn't you?
-
-Well, I don't know. I mean definitely. I was talking to my friend, wasn't I?
-
-Indubitably.
-
Yes, but you were sitting at the next table.
-
She turned and borrowed the sugar.
-
You must remember.
-
-Oh yes, I recall passing the sugar.
-
-Then you saw her.
-
- I repeat. We were deep in conversation.
-
We were discussing cricket.
-
Well, I don't see how a thing like cricket
-
can make you forget seeing people?
-
- Oh, don't you. Well, if that's your attitude,
-
obviously, there's nothing more to be said.
-
Come, Caldicott.
-
Thing like cricket.
-
-Wrong tactic. We should have told him
-
we were looking for a lost cricket ball.
-
-Yes, but he spoke to her.
-
There must be some explanation.
-
-There is.
-
Please forgive me.
-
I'm quite possibly wrong
-
but l have known cases...
-
where a sudden shock or blow has
-
induced the most vivid impressions.
-
-I understand. You don't believe me.
-
-It's not a question of belief.
-
Even a simple concussion may have curious
-
effects upon an imaginative person.
-
-Yes, but I can remember every little detail.
-
Her name. Miss Froy. Everything.
-
-So interesting.
-
You know, if one had time...
-
one could trace the cause
-
of the hallucination.
-
-Hallucination?
-
-Precisely. There is no Miss Froy. There never was a Miss Froy.
-
Merely a vivid subjective image.
-
-But I met her last night at the hotel.
-
-You thought you did.
-
-What about her name?
-
-Oh, some past association, an advertisement,
-
or a character in a novel subconsciously remembered.
-
No, there is no reason to be frightened,
-
if you are quiet and relaxed.
-
-Thank you very much.
-
-Dravake. If you will excuse me, this
-
is where my patient comes aboard.
-
Excuse me.
-
Most interesting.
-
-We're stopping.
-
-This is our first stop, isn't it?
-
-Mm-mm
-
-Well, then Miss Froy must still be on the train.
-
You look out of this window
-
and see if she gets off this side.
-
I'll take the other.
-
-Most interesting.
-
What was she dressed in?
-
Scotch tweeds, wasn't it?
-
-Oatmeal tweeds.
-
-I knew it had something to do with porridge.
-
(Doctor tells them to be gentle with the patient they are loading onto the train.)
-
-How long does it take
-
to get a divorce?
-
Eric?
-
-I beg your pardon. l wasn't listening.
-
-I said how long does it take
-
to get a divorce?
-
-That depends.
-
Why?
-
-I was wondering whether we could take
-
our honeymoon next spring.
-
I mean the official one.
-
-The difficulties are considerable.
-
For one thing the courts are very crowded just now.
-
Although I suppose we barristers
-
ought not to complain about that.
-
As a matter of fact, with conditions as they are now, my
-
chances of becoming a judge are very rosy.
-
That is, if nothing untoward occurs.
-
-Such as you being mixed up in a divorce case yourself?
-
-Well, yes.
-
-In the first careless rapture of yours
-
you said you didn't care what happened.
-
-My dear, you must think of it from my point of view.
-
The law, like Caesar's wife,
-
must be above suspicion.
-
-Even when the law spends six
-
weeks with Caesar's wife?
-
-Look here!
-
-Now I know why you've been running around
-
like a scared rabbit...
-
why you lied deliberately a few minutes ago.
-
-I lied?
-
-Yes, to those people in the corridor.
-
I heard every word you said.
-
-It was merely that I didn't wish to be
-
mixed up in any inquiry.
-
-Inquiry? Just because a little
-
woman can't be found?
-
-That girl was making a fuss.
-
If the woman had disappeared...
-
and I'd admitted having seen her, we
-
might have become vital witnesses.
-
My name might even appear
-
in the papers coupled with yours.
-
A scandal like that might
-
lead anywhere, anywhere.
-
-Yes, I suppose it might.
-
(Train whistle blows as train leaves the station)
-
-Nobody?
-
-Nobody.
-
-Well, the only thing that came out of my side was two bits of orange peel
-
and a paper bag.
-
-I know there's a Miss Froy.
-
She's as real as you are.
-
-That's what you
-
say and you believe it.
-
But there doesn't appear to be anybody else
-
who has seen her.
-
-I saw her. I think.
-
-You did?
-
-A little woman in tweeds.
-
-Yes.
-
-Wearing a three quarter coat.
-
-With a scarf.
-
That's right. I saw her with you when
-
you passed the compartment.
-
-I knew I was right. But your husband
-
said he hadn't seen her.
-
-He didn't notice, but as soon as he
-
mentioned it, I remembered at once.
-
-You win. You know, this calls for action.
-
Are you prepared to make a statement?
-
-Of course,
-
if it helps.
-
-Pardon, my patient has just arrived.
-
The most fascinating complication.
-
-We have some news for you.
-
This lady actually saw Mrs. Froy.
-
-So.
-
-Are we going to have the train searched?
-
-You'll have to think of a fresh theory now, Doctor.
-
-It is not necessary.
-
My theory was a perfectly good one.
-
The facts were misleading.
-
I hope you will find
-
your friend. Excuse me.
-
-I'll be in here if you want me.
-
-Right you are. Come along.
-
-I was only going to mention that
-
I told that girl I'd seen her friend.
-
-What's that? Have you taken leave of your senses?
-
-On the contrary, I've come to them.
-
-What do you mean?
-
-If there's a scandal, there'll be
-
a divorce. You couldn't let me down, could you.
-
You'd have to do the decent thing
-
as reluctantly as only you know how.
-
-You forget one very important
-
thing, Margaret...
-
your husband would divorce you,
-
I've no doubt.
-
Whatever happens, my wife
-
will never divorce me.
-
-It may seem crazy to you, but
-
I tell you I'm going to search the train.
-
-Ah, Signorina. Down there, they look for you.
-
Your friend, she come back.
-
-Come back?
-
-Si, Si.
-
-But what happened?
-
-Oh. You go see.
-
She tell you.
-
-All right Athleston, relax. The crisis
-
is over. Come on, let's join the lady.
-
-Miss Froy.
-
That isn't Miss Froy.
-
-Isn't it?
-
-No.
-
-It's silly to say, but are you Miss Froy?
-
-No, I am Madame Kummer. (speaks in another language)
-
-She says she helped you into the carriage after you got hit on the head
-
and then went to see some friends.
-
(Lady speaks in another language)
-
-The baroness said as you spoke about an English lady she
-
didn't connect her with Mme Kummer.
-
-But she wasn't the lady I saw.
-
It was Miss Froy.
-
-Oatmeal tweeds, blue handkerchief...
-
-Yes, I know everything's the same, but it isn't her.
-
-I beg your pardon. When did you say you first
-
met this Miss Froy?
-
-Last night at the hotel.
-
-Was she wearing a costume like this?
-
-Yes, I think so.
-
-Then I must apologize.
-
You did meet her after all.
-
But not on this train.
-
In your subconscious mind...
-
you substituted the face of
-
Mme Kummer with that of Miss Froy.
-
-But I didn't. I couldn't have, I tell you.
-
I talked to her here.
-
-Very easily settled, there's
-
an English woman on this train who said she saw her.
-
If the lady wouldn't mind.
-
(Man asks woman to come with him to speak with the other woman in French)
-
-What a gift for languages
-
the fellow's got.
-
-I'm so sorry. Would you tell us please? Is this the woman you saw?
-
-It isn't a bit like her, is it?
-
Yes,
-
she's the woman.
-
-But it isn't. I tell you it isn't.
-
-Are you sure?
-
-Perfectly.
-
-She isn't. She isn't.
-
I'm so sorry
-
to have troubled you.
-
Aren't you going
-
to say anything?
-
-You might at least gloat.
-
-What am l expected to say?
-
You only did it
-
to save your own skin.
-
She was lying. l saw it in her face.
-
They're all lying. But why?
-
Why don't you sit
-
down and take it easy.
-
Do you believe this nonsense
-
about substituting faces?
-
I think any change
-
would be an improvement.
-
Miss Froy was on this train, and
-
nothing will convince me otherwise.
-
Must you follow
-
me round like a pet dog?
-
-A watch dog. l have better instincts.
-
-Goodbye.
-
The Doctor was right.
-
I never saw Miss Froy on the train.
-
-It didn't happen, l know now.
-
-Glad you're taking it like that.
-
Forget all about it.
-
Make your mind a blank.
-
Watch me,
-
you can't go wrong.
-
What about a spot
-
of something to eat?
-
-Anything.
-
-That's right, come along.
-
-Would you like some air?
-
-Thanks.
-
-Could you eat something?
-
-I could try.
-
That's the spirit. You'll feel
-
a different girl tomorrow.
-
I hope so. I don't want to meet
-
my fiance a nervous wreck.
-
-Your what?
-
-I'm being married on Thursday.
-
-You're sure you're not imagining that?
-
-Positive.
-
-I was afraid so. Food.
-
-I couldn't face it.
-
Do you mind if I talk
-
with my mouth full?
-
If you must.
-
-Want to hear about my early life?
-
-I don't think so.
-
Since you press me,
-
I'll begin with my father.
-
It's remarkable how many great
-
men began with their fathers.
-
-Something to drink?
-
-No. Yes. A cup of tea, please.
-
One tea and no soup for the lady.
-
My father was a colourful character.
-
Amongst other things, he was strongly
-
addicted to you'll never guess.
-
Harriman's Herbal Tea.
-
-No, double scotches.
-
-A million Mexicans drink it.
-
-Maybe, but Father didn't.
-
-Miss Froy gave a packet to the waiter.
-
-A packet of what?
-
-Harriman's Herbal Tea.
-
It was the only sort she liked.
-
We agreed you were going to make
-
your mind a complete blank.
-
-It's so real. I'm sure it happened.
-
-Did we or did we not?
-
We did. Sorry.
-
Tell me about your father.
-
-My father was a very remarkable man.
-
-Did he play the clarinet?
-
He did. In fact he never put it down
-
unless it became absolutely necessary.
-
I couldn't help inheriting
-
his love of music.
-
-Why not?
-
-That was all he left me.
-
You're remarkably attractive.
-
Has anyone ever told you?
-
We were discussing you.
-
-Yes, of course. Do you like me?
-
-Not much.
-
I paid my father's debts and went
-
away before they cashed the cheques.
-
I'm writing a book
-
on folk dancing.
-
-Would you like to buy a copy?
-
-I'd love to.
-
-When does it see the light of day?
-
-In about four years.
-
-That's a very long time.
-
-It's a very long book.
-
Do you know why
-
you fascinate me?
-
I'll tell you. You have the great
-
qualities I used to admire in my father.
-
You've no manners at all, and
-
you're always seeing things.
-
-What's the matter?
-
-Look!
-
-It's gone!
-
-What's gone?
-
Miss Froy's name
-
on the window.
-
You must have seen it.
-
She's on the train.
-
Steady! Steady!
-
We've got to find her. Something's
-
happening to her. Stop the train.
-
Listen everybody. There's a
-
woman on the train, Miss Froy...
-
you must have seen her.
-
They hide her somewhere.
-
I appeal to you
-
all to stop the train.
-
Please help me.
-
Please stop the train.
-
Do you hear me?
-
Do something before it's too late!
-
I know you think I'm crazy, but I'm not.
-
For heaven's sake, stop this train.
-
Leave me alone.
-
Leave me alone.
-
Ten minutes late
-
thanks to that girl.
-
Any more tricks and we shall be
-
late for the last day of the match.
-
-You couldn't put it to her in some way.
-
-What?
-
-People just don't vanish and so forth.
-
-But she has.
-
What?
-
Vanished.
-
-Who?
-
-The old dame.
-
-Yes.
-
-Well?
-
-But how could she?
-
-What?
-
-Vanish.
-
-I don't know.
-
That just explains my point. People
-
just don't disappear into thin air.
-
-It's done in India.
-
-What?
-
The rope trick.
-
Oh that. It never comes
-
out in a photograph.
-
In half an hour we stop at Morsken,
-
just before the border.
-
I will leave there with my
-
patient for the National Hospital.
-
If you will come with me, you could
-
stay overnight in a private ward.
-
-You need peace and rest.
-
-Sorry, nothing doing.
-
-Isn't there anything we can do?
-
-Yes, find Miss Froy.
-
If she does not rest
-
I will not answer for her.
-
It will be best if you persuade her.
-
She likes you.
-
I'm as popular as a dose
-
of strychnine.
-
If coated with sugar,
-
she may swallow it.
-
Cosmopolitan train.
-
People of all nations.
-
I've just seen at least a million
-
Mexicans in the corridor.
-
Think over what
-
Doctor Hertz said.
-
If you feel like changing
-
your mind, I'll be around.
-
-What's all the mystery?
-
-You're right.
-
Miss Froy is on the this train.
-
I've just seen that packet of tea.
-
They chucked it out
-
with the rubbish.
-
-You're late. She may be dead now.
-
-Dead or alive...
-
Anyway, I remember once spending
-
a bank holiday at Brighton...
-
Let's search this train. There's
-
something definitely queer in the air.
-
It's
a supply service
-
for trunk murderers.
-
What's this?
-
-It's all right, It's only us.
-
-Hurry up. Quickly.
-
Maybe it's Miss Froy
-
bewitched.
-
I refused to be discouraged.
-
Faint heart never found old lady.
-
-Do you know anything about her?
-
-No.
-
Only that she is a governess
-
going home.
-
-What is this thing?
-
-Can't imagine.
-
There might be
-
something down here.
-
-What on earth!
-
-Our Italian friend.
-
I've got it. There.
-
The Great Doppo.
-
-His visiting card. Look!
-
-What's it say?
-
The Great Doppo. Magician,
-
illusionist, mind reader...
-
he will appear in all the towns and
-
cities. See his fascinating act...
-
-The Vanishing Lady.
-
-The Vanishing Lady.
-
-Perhaps that's the explanation.
-
-What?
-
-Maybe he's practising on Miss Froy.
-
-Perhaps it's a publicity stunt.
-
No. That wouldn't account for
-
the Baroness or Madame Kummer.
-
-What's your theory?
-
-l don't know. My theory?
-
I'll tell you.
-
Oh dear.
-
I can't get this one.
-
-Where are you?
-
-Here with a smell of camphor balls.
-
-I can't see you.
-
-I'm about somewhere.
-
-Here I am. Where are you?
-
-I don't know.
-
That's what comes of not saying
-
Abracadabra.
-
-Are you hurt?
-
-Not much.
-
-Come and sit down over here.
-
-What is this thing?
-
In magic circles, we cal
-
it the disappearing cabinet.
-
-You get inside and vanish.
-
-So I noticed.
-
-You were about to tell me your theory.
-
-My theory.
-
My theory, dear Watson, is that we
-
are in very deep waters indeed.
-
Thank you. Let us marshal our facts
-
over a pipeful of Baker Street shag.
-
A little old lady disappears. Everyone
-
that saw her says she wasn't there.
-
Right?
-
But she was. Therefore, they did see
-
her. Therefor, they are lying. Why?
-
-I don't know. I'm just Watson.
-
-Don't bury yourself it the part.
-
Because they
-
daren't face an enquiry...
-
because Miss Froy's probably
-
still somewhere on the train.
-
-I told you that hours ago.
-
-So you did.
-
For that you shall have
-
a trichonoply cigar.
-
There's only one thing left to
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do. Search the train in disguise.
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As what?
-
-Old English gentleman.
-
-They'd see through you.
-
Perhaps you're right.
-
Will Hay. ''No, boys, which one of
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you has stolen Miss Froy? Own up.''
-
-Those glasses. Give them to me.
-
-Why?
-
-They're Miss Froy's.
-
-Are you sure?
-
They're the same. Gold rimmed.
-
Where did you find them?
-
-On the floor. The glass is broken.
-
-Probably in the struggle.
-
Pick up the glass.
-
Do you realise that this is our first
-
piece of really tangible proof?
-
That's the lot.
-
Will you give me those spectacles.
-
They belong to me. My spectacles.
-
Yours?
-
Are you sure?
-
Naughty. That's a very large nose
-
for a very small pair of spectacles.
-
Is that the game?
-
We'll see about that.
-
These are Miss Froy's glasses.
-
She's been in here and you know it.
-
Well don't stand hoping about like
-
a referee, co-operate. Kick him.
-
That doesn't help.
-
Quick, pull his ears back.
-
Give them a twist.
-
He's got a knife!
-
Get hold of it before
-
he cuts a slice off me.
-
I can't reach it.
-
Well done.
-
We know how that thing works.
-
Come out of there.
-
Is he out, do you think?
-
We've got to hide somewhere.
-
-I wonder what's in here?
-
-Hurry up!
-
It's empty.
-
Bring him along.
-
-What's the matter?
-
-Garlic. I'll be all right in a minute.
-
-Here, hold on to this.
-
-Yes.
-
We know that Miss Froy
-
was on this train...
-
and that our friend
-
had something to do with it.
-
That ought to keep him.
-
Hard work, but worth it.
-
Let's have the evidence.
-
-Evidence?
-
-Yes, the glasses.
-
You've got them.
-
No, I haven't got them.
-
He's got them.
-
He isn't there.
-
Snookered.
-
It's a false bottom.
-
-The twister! He's a contortionist.
-
-He's gone all right.
-
To find the others
-
and make more trouble.
-
We can't fight the whole train.
-
-But who can we trust?
-
-That's the snag.
-
-There's the Doctor Hartz person.
-
-Yes, you're right. He might help.
-
-Let's tell him the symptoms.
-
-All right. Wait a minute.
-
This is the one.
-
He's not there.
-
-I've had a particularly idiotic idea.
-
-I can't believe that.
-
Suppose that patient in there
-
is Miss Froy.
-
But it didn't come on the train until
-
after Miss Froy had disappeared.
-
That's why it's an idiotic idea.
-
Let's find the doctor.
-
-No, wait a minute.
-
-What is it?
-
-Notice anything wrong with that nun?
-
-No.
-
I don't think she's a nun at all.
-
They don't wear high heels.
-
You're right. Did you see Mme
-
Kummer get on the train?
-
No.
-
Supposing they decoyed Miss Froy
-
into the luggage van and hid her.
-
At the first stop the patient comes
-
abroad. Head injury, all wrapped up.
-
The patient is Madame Kummer
-
and she becomes Miss Froy...
-
and Miss Froy becomes that.
-
But why go to all this trouble to
-
kidnap a little harmless governess?
-
It isn't a governess at all.
-
Perhaps it's some political thing.
-
Let's investigate.
-
You'll just have to put up
-
with it in English.
-
Can we take a look at your patient,
-
please? Thank you.
-
Keep an eye on the nun.
-
What are you doing here?
-
Why are you in here?
-
This is a most serious accident case.
-
You have no business to be here.
-
We want you to undo the bandages
-
and let us see your patients face.
-
Are you out of your senses?
-
There is no face there.
-
Nothing but lumps of new flesh.
-
The case has lost so much blood...
-
nothing but a transfusion
-
can save him.
-
What do you want me to do?
-
Murder my patient?
-
-You're sure that this is your patient?
-
-We believe it's Miss Froy.
-
You can't be serious. What on
-
earth put such ideas into your heads?
-
-I understand she is deaf and dumb.
-
-But she may lip read.
-
That's possible. In that case, perhaps
-
you will join me in the dining car?
-
I'll be with you in a moment. I want to be
-
certain my patient hasn't been disturbed.
-
How do I know how they cottoned on?
-
Somebody must have tipped them off.
-
-You never said the girl was English.
-
-What difference does it make?
-
In a few minutes, I will order three
-
drinks in the dining car.
-
Mine will be Chartreuse.
-
One of the stewards is working
-
for us. Listen carefully.
-
There's that girl again.
-
Seems to have recovered.
-
Lucky it blew over.
-
-You'll tell me what it's all about?
-
-Have you actually seen your patient?
-
No, l received a message to pick
-
the case up and operate at Morsken.
-
-How do you know its not Miss Froy.
-
-We think there's been a change.
-
You think that someone has...
-
I want a green chartreuse.
-
Won't you join me?
-
-I'll like a large brandy, please.
-
-And you?
-
-Nothing, thank you.
-
-It'll do you good.
-
You are very tired.
-
It will pick you up.
-
-All right, just a small one.
-
-2 brandies and a Chartreuse.
-
Do you know anything about the nun
-
who is looking after the patient?
-
Nun? No. She is from the convent
-
where the accident occurred.
-
Don't you think it is curious that
-
she's wearing high heeled shoes?
-
Is she? That is rather curious,
-
isn't it?
-
A conspiracy.
-
That's all it can be.
-
These people on the train say
-
they haven't seen Miss Froy.
-
We know because
-
in the luggage van...
-
She's off again!
-
Puts the lid on our getting back
-
in time, if she did.
-
Then this fellow from
-
the carriage, Doppo...
-
he came along
-
and grabbed the glasses.
-
Then we went for him
-
and had a fight.
-
-A fight?
-
-We knocked him out.
-
-Seems to have made a speedy recovery.
-
-Yes. That's just bluff.
-
How could he be involved in a
-
conspiracy? Look at the poor fellow.
-
He's just a harmless traveller.
-
He's a musical artist on a tour
-
of Bandrika.
-
The Baroness' husband is
-
Minister of Propaganda.
-
One word from her and
-
his tour would be cancelled.
-
I see.
-
And the stewards would got a
-
nice cosy brick wall to lean against.
-
But tell me about
-
the two English travellers.
-
-They also denied seeing her?
-
-British diplomacy, doctor.
-
Never climb a fence if you can sit
-
on it. Old Foreign Office proverb.
-
Why should someone want
-
to dispose of the old lady?
-
That stumps us. All we know is she
-
was on this train and now she's...
-
gone.
-
If you're right, it means the whole
-
train is against us.
-
What are we going to do?
-
In view of what you've just told me,
-
I'll risk examining my patient.
-
We mustn't act suspiciously.
-
Behave as if nothing had happened.
-
Drink, that'll steady your nerves.
-
To our health. And may
-
our enemies, if they exist...
-
be unconscious of
-
our purpose.
-
Let's go. We
-
must hurry now.
-
Come on,
-
drink up.
-
Wait in here.
-
Right you are.
-
-Anything wrong?
-
-Nothing.
-
Except they noticed you
-
were wearing high heels.
-
But it makes no difference.
-
We shall reach Morsken
-
in 3 minutes.
-
Quite an eventful journey.
-
Well?
-
Yes,
-
the patient is Miss Froy.
-
She will be taken off
-
the train in 3 minutes.
-
She will be removed to the hospital
-
there and operated on.
-
The operation will
-
not be successful.
-
I should perhaps explain that the
-
operation will be performed by me.
-
I am in this conspiracy
-
as you term it.
-
You are a very
-
alert young couple...
-
but it's quite useless for you to
-
think of a way out of your dilemma.
-
The drink you've had now, l regret to
-
say, contained a quantity of Hydrocin.
-
Hydrocin is a very little known
-
drug which has the effect...
-
of paralysing the brain and
-
rendering the victim unconscious...
-
for a considerable period.
-
In a larger quantity,
-
it induces madness.
-
However the dose was
-
a normal one.
-
Soon you will join your
-
young friend.
-
Need l say how sorry l am feeling
-
to take such a melodramatic course.
-
But your persistent meddling
-
made it necessary.
-
Are you all right?
-
You must have fainted.
-
There is a woman next door
-
going to be murdered...
-
and we've got to get moving
-
before this stuff takes effect.
-
If you keep on the go you
-
can stay awake.
-
Right, come on,
-
let's get going.
-
It's locked.
-
We can't go that way.
-
We'll be spotted.
-
-You can't do that!
-
-Don't worry, it's only next door...
-
you carry on keeping fit,
-
touch your toes...
-
stand your head, do anything
-
but fall asleep.
-
You needn't be afraid,
-
it is Miss Froy.
-
It's all right,
-
you haven't been drugged.
-
He told me to put something
-
in your drinks but l didn't do it.
-
Who the devil are you?
-
He said you were deaf and dumb.
-
Never mind about that now, if you
-
want to save her you've got to hurry.
-
What's gonna happen now?
-
Let's hold them off until
-
past Morsken...
-
the frontier's a few miles
-
beyond the station.
-
Come on,
-
there's still time.
-
That's Morsken.
-
Have you finished?
-
Come on,
-
Miss Froy.
-
Come on kid, you're not drugged,
-
I'll explain later. Abracadabra.
-
-Miss Froy, I can't believe it!
-
-Thank you. Thank you very much.
-
Careful.
-
Ready?
-
Yes.
-
-Are you all right, Miss Froy?
-
-Yes, thank you.
-
It's rather like the rush hour
-
on the underground.
We're slowing down.
-
I'm sorry you've had such an
-
uncomfortable journey, Miss Froy.
-
Get back on the train.
-
I hope nothing goes wrong.
-
Aren't we stopping
-
rather a long time?
-
The ambulance is going.
-
We'll be off in a jiffy.
-
Another couple of minutes,
-
we'll be over the border.
-
I've been well paid and I've done
-
dirty work for it...
-
but this was murder and she is
-
an English woman.
-
-You are Bandrieken.
-
-My husband was, but I'm English.
-
You were going to butcher
-
her in cold blood.
-
Your little diversion made it necessary
-
not only to remove the lady...
-
but two others as well.
-
You can' t do that.
-
It'd be fool to permit the existence
-
of anyone who cannot be trusted.
-
-You wouldn't dare. l know too much.
-
-Precisely.
-
I think we're over
-
the border now.
-
You can come out,
-
Miss Froy.
-
-Bless me. What an unpleasant journey.
-
-Never mind.
-
You shall have a corner seat for the
-
rest of the way. There you are.
-
Now that it's over, you ought
-
to tell us what it's all about.
-
What was that scream?
-
-It was the train whistle.
-
-It was the woman.
-
Be careful.
-
We're on a branch line and they've
-
slipped the rear of the train.
-
Oh dear!
-
Why are these people going
-
to these lengths to get hold of you?
-
I haven't the faintest idea.
-
I'm a children's governess...
-
I think they've made
-
some terrible mistake.
-
Why are holding out on us?
-
Tell the truth.
-
You got us involved in this fantastic
-
plot you might at least trust us.
-
I really don't know...
-
-Is there anyone else?
-
-There's only the dining cart...
-
but there won't be
-
anybody there now.
-
What do you make it, tea time?
-
I'll go have a look.
-
Come on.
-
We'd better stick together.
-
There's the old girl
-
turned up.
-
Told you there was lots of fuss about
-
nothing. Bolt must have jammed.
-
I've got something to say.
-
Please listen.
-
An attempt has been made
-
to abduct this lady by force.
-
I believe they are
-
going to try again.
-
What's the fellow
-
drivelling about?
-
Look out of the window. This train's
-
been diverted to a branch line.
-
What are you talking about?
-
Abduction, diverted trains...
-
-We're telling the truth.
-
-I'm not interested.
-
You've annoyed us long enough
-
with your ridiculous stories.
-
You've got hold of
-
the wrong end of the stick.
-
-These things don't happen.
-
-We're not in England now.
-
-I don't see the difference.
-
-We're stopping.
-
You see those cars? They're
-
here to take Miss Froy away.
-
Nonsense.
-
There go a couple of people.
-
The cars have come
-
to pick them up.
-
Then why uncoupling
-
the train and diverting it.
-
Uncoupling?
-
There's no train
-
beyond the sleeping car.
-
There must be. Our bags are
-
in the First Class carriage.
-
Not any longer.
-
Would you like to take a look?
-
If this is a practical joke, l warn
-
you I shan't think it very funny.
-
Good Lord!
-
Bring some brandy.
-
You don't suppose there's something
-
in this fellow's story, Caldicott.
-
-Seems a bit queer.
-
-People don't go about tying up nuns.
-
Someone's coming.
-
They can't possibly do anything
-
to us. We're British subjects.
-
I have come
-
to offer sincere apologies.
-
An extremely serious
-
incident has occurred.
-
An attempt has been made to interfere
-
with passengers on this train.
-
Fortunately it was brought
-
to the notice of the authorities.
-
If you will accompany me
-
to Morsken...
-
I will inform the British
-
Embassy at once.
-
Ladies and Gentlemen,
-
the cars are at your disposal.
-
We're grateful. It's lucky
-
some of you speak English.
-
-I was at Oxford.
-
-Really, so was I.
-
This woman is trying
-
to say something.
-
I don't understand
-
but it may be important.
-
-Would you...
-
-Certainly.
-
-That's fixed him.
-
-That's all right. He's only stunned.
-
-What did you to that for?
-
-I was at Cambridge.
-
But you heard
-
what he said, didn't you?
-
I heard what she said. That was
-
a trick to get us off the train.
-
I don't believe it. The explanation
-
was quite satisfactory.
-
This might cause a war.
-
I'm going to tell them it's up to us
-
to apologise and put the matter right.
-
-You were right. Do you mind?
-
-Certainly.
-
Looks as if they mean business.
-
It would mean
-
an international situation.
-
It's happened before.
-
-They're coming.
-
-Don't let them in. They'll murder us.
-
They daren't let us go now.
-
-I order you to surrender at once.
-
-Nothing doing.
-
-If you come any nearer I'll fire.
-
-I've warned you.
-
Better take cover.
-
They'll start any minute now.
-
-Nasty jam. Don't like the look of it.
-
-Got plenty of ammunition.
-
-Whole pouch full.
-
-Good.
-
-Duck down, you.
-
-I'm not going to fight. It's madness.
-
It's safer to protest down here.
-
They're trying to work
-
round to the other side.
-
You're behaving
-
like a pack of fools.
-
What chance have we got
-
against those armed men?
-
You heard what the
-
Mother Superior said.
-
If we surrender now,
-
we're in for it.
-
We'll never get to
-
the match now.
-
Give it to me.
-
Give it to me.
-
-What's going on here?
-
-He's got a gun and he won't use it.
-
I won't be a party to this sort
-
of thing. I don't believe in fighting.
-
Pacifist? Won't work. Christians
-
tried it and got thrown to the lions.
-
Come on,
-
hand it over.
-
I'm not afraid to use it.
-
Probably more used to it.
-
I once won a box of cigars.
-
He's talking rot.
-
He's a good shot.
-
Hope the old hand hasn't lost it's
-
cunning. I'm inclined to believe...
-
that there's some
-
rational explanation to all this.
-
Rotten shot,
-
only knocked his head off.
-
Would you mind if we talk
-
for a minute?
-
-What, now?
-
-Please, it's very important.
-
-Hang on to this for me, will you?
-
-All right. I'll hold the fort.
-
It's safer along here.
-
You come in too.
-
I just wanted to tell you that
-
I must be getting along now.
-
You'll never get away.
-
You'll be shot down.
-
I must take the risk.
-
If I'm unlucky and you get
-
through, take back a message...
-
to Mr. Callendar
-
at the Foreign Office.
-
-Then you are a spy.
-
-I think that is such a grim word.
-
What is the message?
-
It's a tune.
-
It contains, in code...
-
the vital clause of a secret pact
-
between two European countries.
-
I want you to memorise it.
-
The first part goes like this...
-
I'd better write it down.
-
Let me a piece of paper.
-
I was brought up on music.
-
I can memorise anything.
-
Very well.
-
The old girl's
-
gone off her rocker.
-
Face it, those swines will go on
-
firing till they kill us all.
-
For goodness sake,
-
shut up, Eric.
-
Now we've got
-
two chances instead of one.
-
-You're sure you'll remember it?
-
-I won't stop whistling it.
-
-I suppose this is my best way out?
-
-Yes, just about.
-
But even if you do get away
-
they'll stop you at the frontier.
-
-We can't let her go.
-
-You're taking a big risk.
-
In this sort of job one
-
must take risks.
-
I'm grateful to you both
-
for all you've done.
-
I do hope and pray no harm
-
will come to you...
-
and that we shall
-
all meet again.
-
-I hope so too. Good luck.
-
-Good luck.
-
-Will you help me out?
-
-Yes, rather.
-
Take the weight, on top,
-
right you are, I've got you.
-
Goodbye.
-
-Was she hit?
-
-I'm not sure.
-
-That's the end of my twelve.
-
-There's not much left here, either.
-
We've only got one chance.
-
We've got to get this train going.
-
Go back to the main line and
-
try and cross the frontier.
-
That's a bit of a tall order.
-
Those drivers are not
-
likely to do as you tell them.
-
We'll bluff them with this.
-
Who's coming?
-
-You can count on me.
-
-Me too.
-
We can't all go.
-
You stay here...
-
If we have any luck we'll stop
-
the train at the point...
-
-and you switch them over.
-
-Okay.
-
You idiots, you're just
-
inviting death.
-
I've had enough.
-
Just because I try and avoid
-
being murdered...
-
I'm accused of pacifist. I'd rather
-
be called a rat than die like one.
-
If we give ourselves up, they
-
daren't murder us in cold blood.
-
-They're bound to give us a trial.
-
-Stop gibbering.
-
-Nobody's listening to you.
-
-You go your way, I'll go mine.
-
-Where are you off to?
-
-I'm doing the only sensible thing.
-
Let him go if he wants to.
-
Don't please. Why aren't we going?
-
Why aren't we going?
-
They said we were going.
-
Why aren't we?
-
If only he can get us
-
away now. He must.
-
Only one left.
-
I'll keep that for a sitter.
-
They're moving away from the cars.
-
They're coming towards us.
-
-Pity we haven't a few more rounds.
-
-It's funny.
-
I told my husband when l left
-
him that l wouldn't see him again.
-
Gilbert!
-
Gilbert!
-
-By gad, we're off.
-
-This gives us a chance.
-
Come on,
-
keep going.
-
-Do you know how to control this?
-
-I watched the fellow start it.
-
I know something. Once drove
-
a miniature engine in Dymchurch.
-
Good. I'll look out
-
for the points.
-
Blighters are chasing us.
-
Look.
-
We can't have far to go.
-
It's time for me
-
to change the points.
-
We shall be in
-
neutral territory.
-
That's not necessary.
-
The points will not be
-
changed over.
-
Please be seated.
-
There they are, just ahead of us.
-
Do you think you can stop it?
-
Hope so.
-
You'll keep quite still until
-
my friends arrive.
-
If anyone leaves,
-
I shall have to shoot.
-
There's one thing
-
you don't know.
-
There's only one bullet left, if you
-
shoot me the others have a chance.
-
-You're in a difficult position.
-
-Sit down please.
-
All right.
-
Where the deviI's Charters?
-
Go ahead,
-
she's done it.
-
It's all right,
-
it's just my legs.
-
Or as they say in English,
-
jolly good luck to them.
-
I'm glad that's over. Heaven knows
-
what the government will say about it.
-
-Nothing at all. They'll hush it up.
-
-What?
-
Take your hand off that thing.
-
I've got to remember a tune.
-
Remember...
-
-Porter, sir?
-
-No, thanks.
-
We're home,
-
Gilbert.
-
Stop humming that awful tune.
-
You must know it backwards.
-
I'm not taking any risks.
-
-Charles will be here to meet you?
-
-I expect so.
-
You'll be pretty busy
-
between now and Thursday.
-
I could meet you for lunch
-
or dinner, if you'd like it.
-
Sorry,
-
I didn't mean that.
-
I've got to deliver this theme
-
song to Miss Froy...
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and then I'm going to Yorkshire
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and finish my book.
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I see.
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-Ready?
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-Yes.
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Ample time to catch the 6:50
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to Manchester after all.
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TEST MATCH ABANDONED
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FLOODS
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-Any sign of Charles yet?
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-No, I can't see him.
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Well, this is where
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we say goodbye.
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What's the matter?
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Charles?
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Yes, you heartless, callous, selfish,
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swollen-headed beast...
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-Are you going anywhere?
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-Foreign Office.
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-Where are we going on our honeymoon?
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-Somewhere quiet.
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Somewhere where
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there are no trains.
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Mr. Callendar will
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see you now.
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-Wait a minute. It's gone!
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-What's gone?
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-The tune. I've forgotten it!
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-No! No!
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Wait a minute.
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Let me concentrate.
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No, that's
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the Wedding March.
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It's awful. I've done nothing
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but sing it since that day.
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Now I've forgotten
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it completely.
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-Miss Froy!
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-Well, I'll be hanged.
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