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(horn instruments play)

(classical music plays)

(car engines rumble)

(light pop music plays)

(romantic music plays)

- Wake up.

(groans)

- Uh, God.

What's the time?

- Quarter to 10.

(groans)

- Some tea?

- Thanks.

(camera shutter clicks)

- Martina Scott, nee Petrus.

Hmm, that's a better print.

Mmm, mouth, a wonderful mouth.

Yes, and the eyes, easy to go astray there, wouldn't

you say, James?

- Check origin.

- Mmm hmm.

- Married an Englishman, divorced after a year.

- Huh.

- Part two came up with this.

I think you may find it interesting.

- So, she's in the file.

Smoking anything, James?

- See the relevant parts are here, underlined.

- Oh, yes, yes.

Yes, that is interesting.

Very.

- Touch tricky.

- Hmm, I wonder if Palfrey could help.

(typewriter keys click)

- [Woman] Damn.

- That's the third damn in five minutes.

- I know, sorry.

I'm simply not coordinated this morning.

- Perhaps you're not used to sharing this office.

- Do you ever have nightmares, Mr. Palfrey?

- Occasionally.

- In color?

- Black and white, I think.

- When there's a lot of blood, it's awful.

- I can imagine.

- I've never had them before, but now it's always this

enormous fat man chasing me, and suddenly I've got a knife

in my hand.

And when he grabs me, I stick it into him again and again,

and he won't die.

It's awful; four in the morning I have to switch on the

light, and I can't get back to sleep.

I really think--

(phone rings)

Two three, two three.

Yes.

Kingston.

- Bunny Kingston?

Hello, Bunny, what can I do for you?

- A chap at the Ministry of Defense works in guided weapons

research and development, Clive Grant, very bright, has

access to top secret documents.

We suspect he may be tainted.

- So?

- (chuckles) Well, my department seems to be falling apart

at the moment.

Brooks fell off a ladder in his kitchen, do it yourself man

of course, busted his ankle.

Ryder's got back from a holiday in Portugal with some

mystery bug, and Clark, the only other many I have

available, isn't really experienced enough to cope with

investigating a fellow like Grant.

So, I have a problem.

- Oh my dear Bunny, how am I expected to solve the problem?

- Well, lend me Blair.

- Blair?

- [Bunny] An ideal man for the job, team up with Clark.

- What evidence do you have that Grant is--

- [Bunny] Enough to warrant my request for Blair.

This really is a top priority affair, you know.

I didn't want to go over your head, you understand.

- I take it you haven't had words with the Co-Ordinator?

- (Chuckles) Isn't that what I've just said?

- Well, I'll have to speak to her about this, about Blair.

- Of course you will, and show her this.

- K-4 project, what on earth's that?

- Well, she'll know (chuckles).

She'll certainly know.

- If this man Grant is a traitor, the consequences could be

serious, devastatingly so.

- Yes, madam, of that I'm well aware of, but

there's something else.

- [Co-Ordinator] Something else?

- Bunny's holding something back.

I know him.

- [Co-Ordinator] I, too, know him.

- Well, I think he's being devious.

- I've never found him to be devious.

- Well, he's also charming.

- Are you suggesting I'm susceptible to charm?

- Well, I think we're all susceptible.

- That's a very slippery answer.

What is it that's worrying you about Kingston?

- Why does he want to borrow Blair?

- He's explained that; none of his operatives are available.

- That's not entirely true.

- You made inquiries; you didn't take his word?

- I made inquiries, and I discovered that his best man,

Fielding, is playing in a bridge

tournament in Juan-les-Pins.

- Ah.

- Now I take it that you're not going to say that a bridge

tournament takes precedence over national security.

- That, Mr. Palfrey is an inexcusable thing to say.

- Yes, it was, and I apologize, but I dislike intensely

being maneuvered; if it's a cat and mouse game, I prefer the

role of the cat.

- At least we share a desire to play the same role.

I accept your apology.

- Thank you.

- Whatever Kingston's reasons for requesting Blair's

transfer, we shall cooperate.

I expect you to inform Blair immediately.

- Yes, madam.

- There anything else?

- Not at the moment.

- I mustn't be late for Diamond Street.

- Madam?

- Mr. Palfrey?

- Do you ever have nightmares?

(clock chimes)

- Is that question in any way germane?

- No, not really, but if you do, are they in color or in

black and white?

- What a curious person you are.

- Well, I simply wondered.

- Mr. Palfrey?

- Madam?

- In answer to your question, I'm not aware that I dream

at all, either in color or in black and white.

- Temporary?

- Definitely temporary.

- That can mean anything, can't it?

A few days, a few months.

- That's right, as long as the assignment takes.

- Can you tell me what it's about?

- Well, I know a little, but I think it's best if

they inform you.

- I don't understand; what's wrong with his own people?

Why go outside?

Why me?

- Apparently most of the department are incapacitated in one

way or another.

- Well, if you say I must go, I go.

- Yes, we must cooperate.

- When do I report?

- Right away.

- Au revoir then.

- Blair?

- Yes?

- Just, keep in touch, eh?

- I'll do that.

(door closes)

- His routine stage one check reveal only one floor and

grounds maker, a weakness for women, a bit of a womanizer,

but are worse weaknesses, eh Blair?

(slide projector clicks)

All that seemed to change when he married five years ago.

Angela Burgman, very respectable background.

(slide projector clicks)

Had a child, Grant has become very much the family man now.

- All very cozy, stable.

- But recently the routine pattern changed.

- (Speaking foreign language)

- Martina Scott, nee Petrus.

Czech lady by birth.

[Man] Naturalized by marrying an Englishman.

- And divorced within a year; marriage of convenience,

wouldn't you say?

- I want to be taken off the assignment.

- Taken off?

You've hardly had time to be taken on; what's happened?

- Nothing.

I want to be taken off, and that's all there is to it.

- My dear Blair, don't be so simple; explain yourself.

Have you had a grapple with them?

- No.

- Have you told Kingston you don't want to work with him?

- No, I said nothing.

- Well, why?

What's it about?

- Can't you say something's come up?

Say I can't be spared.

- Oh come on, Blair; you're talking like a child.

You've been in the business long enough to know better.

I'm committed to the Co-Ordinator; I have to give some

explanation to her.

How can I do that if I don't have some explanation from you?

I've never seen you like this before.

- I can always resign.

- Blair?

Oh my god. - Sorry

- Well, thank you.

Well he's got to be very upset.

Must be human after all.

Nothing broken, miracle.

- Yes, that is a miracle.

(car engine starts)

(police sirens wailing)

(machine beeping)

(coins clattering)

(machine beeping)

(coins clattering)

- My lucky day, but never leave on a win, never.

(machine whirring)

Not easy to find, is it, this place?

Now I can quit.

Why don't you go over there?

Benches are hard, but it's a bit more private, and I'll get

you a drink.

What would you like?

No, don't tell me, don't tell me.

I'll surprise you.

You like surprises, don't you, Mr. Palfrey?

(coins rattling)

(quiet background chatter)

I finally decided you deserved an explanation.

But you see, it's not easy.

Not easy for me to explain because you see, that entails

the emotional, soft underbelly, and I don't like that.

What the hell?

Where was I?

- A soft underbelly.

- Ah, yes, yes.

I'm not a Morgelyn man here, sentimental.

I detest that.

Now this is between you and me, Palfrey.

Nobody else; you accept that?

- Yes, I accept that.

- What's that?

- Your winnings.

- My winnings?

(coins clatter)

Bit of a prissy bastard, aren't you Palfrey?

- Possibly.

- You don't like emotionalism any more than I do.

Women.

Ever been hit below the belt, Palfrey?

- I don't think that's quite the sort of question to put

to a prissy bastard.

- I have.

Just once.

I think you could call it love.

Whatever, I've never had it before or since.

Martina, did Kingston tell you about her?

- There's no mention of a woman.

- Well, she's involved with Grant, having an affair with

Grant; suspected of playing Mata Hari.

I put her out of my mind, completely out of my mind.

Except perhaps...

But that's besides the point.

They were briefing me about Grant when suddenly bang, there

she was, on the screen: Martina Scott.

The only woman who ever...

The only woman who ever provoked more than an itch

in the groin.

And you know what I'm supposed to do?

I am supposed to bug her place, find out what's going on

between her and her lover, what they're saying, and

then shop her.

The picture of her and the way I reacted came as a shock.

To be so vulnerable after two years...

Two bloody years.

- [Palfrey] Two years isn't very long to form the

necessary scar tissue.

- So you do know.

- Who terminated the affair?

- [Blair] I did.

- Why?

- Two reasons.

I was losing control, becoming totally absorbed.

- [Palfrey] And?

- Got a warning from the establishment about associating

with a Czech.

- She knew about your work?

- [Blair] Only that I was involved in

a government department.

- Security?

Did it occur to you that she might be suspect?

- Never thought about it.

Frankly, I didn't want to get caught up in a serious

relationship, marriage, full bit.

(scoffs) What the hell, Palfrey, that's not my scene.

So, the warning from the establishment helped, really.

I just cut.

(bangs on table)

Like that.

And now look at the position I'm in.

- So that's what Bunny Kingston's been up to.

- [Blair] I don't understand.

- Well, I can't be sure, but I think he knows about your

former relationship with Martina and suspects you

along with Grant.

He's got two birds in the hand.

If she's working on Grant now, she could've worked on you.

He's testing you.

If you turn the job down, questions will be asked.

- Do you really think I could have gone over

because of Martina?

- Did you?

- [Blair] You're not serious.

- They are.

- To hell with them; what about you Palfrey?

- I think you're telling me the truth.

- Only think?

- Can one firmly be sure of anything in our game?

You go through with this; you forget the soft underbelly.

You proved you're a professional, a realist, otherwise

you wouldn't have walked out on Martina.

If she is an agent, her days are numbered anyway.

- You're a cynical bastard.

- Prissy and cynical.

Well, I'll come to you for a character reference.

- Nice to touch, very satisfying.

They're marble, aren't they?

- Yes, they are.

- [Customer] And would they be lions?

- Yes, very old lions, 15th or 16th century.

- Very quaint lions.

Lovely expressions, almost grinning.

Yes, as I said, very appealing and quaint.

That's the sort of thing my son would like.

- They were possibly used to decorate an Italian tomb for

the effigy of a knight.

(laughs)

(mumbles) but I'm sure it would adapt well to domestic

surroundings, both as a talisman and decorative pieces.

- [Customer] How fascinating; how would you say

they were talisman?

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- But of course, the knight and the lion, symbols of

strength and courage.

(floor creaking)

- [Blair] You got rid of it.

The coffee stain.

- I got rid of the cover.

- [Blair] Looks identical.

- You're like the man who went around the corner for a pack

of cigarettes and came back two years later.

- Is it still 40 a day?

- [Martina] I gave it up.

- Congratulations.

Did you sell the dogs?

- The dogs were lions.

- [Blair] Ah.

- And they were too expensive for her.

- [Blair] How much?

- 350.

- A lot of money, even for a pair of lions.

- Makes me feel uncomfortable in here with you.

- [Blair] Can I take my coat off?

- If you like.

- Plant's grown.

Does it still get its weekly lick of milk?

- Why are you here?

- I suppose I miss you.

- Two years? (laughs)

After two years you finally decided to miss me.

Wonderful.

- And I was curious.

Wanted to see if you were...

- If I were what?

- Alright, happy, getting along, you know.

- And perhaps missing you.

- Perhaps.

(romantic music plays)

Is there a fella?

- What if I said there'd been several?

- Anyone currently?

- Not currently, no.

Would you like a drink before you go?

- Before I go?

- Uh hu.

- Why not?

Has that bottle been there since I left?

You wouldn't drink it, remember?

- [Martina] Afterwards, I acquired a taste for it.

- I never acquired a taste for vodka.

Where's your drink?

- [Martina] I don't feel like it.

- I'm not drinking alone.

(music stops)

Was that disturbing you?

- Yes.

It was so brutal.

- Brutal?

- Your last phone call.

- I did say thanks for everything.

- (Scoffs) Did you go away?

- No.

- That's honest.

- Funnily enough, there's a streak of honesty in me.

Love.

- [Martina] Love?

- I always found it difficult to say.

- It's a word I've never heard you use.

- I don't know I believe it exists.

But with you, with you it almost seemed...

That's why I suddenly ducked out; couldn't face

it, you understand.

- Well, that's all in the past, all over.

- Martina, there's something...

There's no fella?

- No.

- He just went right in, and when he came out,

he said "Bingo."

- Bingo?

Meaning they were planted there?

- That's right.

- How long was he in there?

- About half an hour.

- Oh, that long?

- Well, half an hour at least.

- Well, sit down, Clark.

And, what else did he say, apart from bingo?

- "I nearly bought a lion."

- Nearly bought lion?

- Presumably some artifact.

And when he came out, was he elated?

What was his mood?

- It's hard to say with Blair.

He always seems to be the same, casual, matter of fact.

(romantic music)

- What are you thinking?

- [Man] Thinking about you.

- Yes, of course you are.

Good, or bad?

- You'll say I'm being extravagant.

- [Martina] No, and anyway...

- Anyway what?

- [Martina] I like it when you're being extravagant.

- Yeah, you laugh.

- [Martina] Yes.

- Then I feel silly.

- But that is silly.

- [Man] I am 35.

- That's not so old.

You can be silly at 90.

- You've got the gift of magic.

You can transmute base metal into gold.

(laughs)

- Yeah, see?

You're laughing.

- [Man From Recording] And you make the best coffee in the

world, but then it's like I said, you make the ordinary

into the extraordinary.

- [Martina] Sully the mind.

- Still with the chat.

- [Martina] I'm not very different, it's how you...

- She's not bad either.

- [Martina] How you wish to see me...

- [Man] How do you say (speaking drown out by passing cars)

- [Martina] Yes, a bloody romantic, and it's far more...

- [Man] No, no, no, are you going to nudge me

back to reality?

- [Martina] It can't be escaped.

(talking drown out by giggling)

(clears throat)

- (clicks tongue) That's a bad move, exposing your

queen so early.

Means I can attack it and develop my pieces at

the same time.

- (exhales) Just play.

- But can't you see, with a loss of 10 pieces, your game is

as good as-- - Shut up.

- [Martina] It's very early.

- [Man] Yeah, mind making a detour on a stopping.

Bad news, I'm afraid.

Can't make it tomorrow night.

- [Martina] What of this, do Friday?

- [Man] No, that's out, too.

Angela's made some arrangements I simply can't do anything

about; well you see, her--

- [Martina] No, no, don't explain.

I don't want to know.

If that's the way it is, that is the way it is.

- [Man] Well I feel like I'm--

(machine clicks)

- No point in going over that again.

- [James] No.

On the evidence of the tapes so far, it's obvious Martina

hasn't made a move.

- Yes, I agree.

We jumped the gun assuming that she had.

Well, I think we just have to be patient, James.

The way Martina is, she's got to be certain she's got him

before she springs the trap.

- [James] Blair?

- Well, again, on the evidence of the tapes, I'd say he's

said nothing; it's even possible that Martina's innocent.

It's possible, but like the Virgin Birth, is it likely?

No.

(cheerful music)

- So, three weeks, no trace of the ambassador?

- Just sex sprinkled with Grant's domestic problems.

- Can't be easy for you, listening.

- It's a nightmare.

Can't believe I've been so affected by her.

- She must have a magnetic personality.

- Gift of magic.

You can transmute base metal into gold, make

the ordinary extraordinary.

I could never come up with crap like that.

- Is that what Grant said?

- Yes.

And you know Palfrey, it's nearly the truth.

- Yes, for you, for Grant, but not necessarily for all men.

- Yes, that's why she's so clever.

- [Palfrey] And dangerous.

- She said to Grant, "It's how you see me, wish to see me."

Palfrey?

- [Palfrey] Yes?

- Three weeks.

Is there any way you can get me off the hook?

- I'll speak to Kingston.

- Mint tea.

Mmm, I do find it refreshing just occasionally.

- Just occasionally?

Yes.

- [Co-Ordinator] And the bar, how was the bar?

- Bar?

- Your concert, yes.

Didn't you go?

- [Palfrey] Ah, yes; it wasn't bad.

It was handled.

- Yes, it of course handled.

(clears throat)

- Madam?

- [Co-Ordinator] Yes?

- I suspect you have something rather disagreeable to say.

- You seem to know me rather well, Mr. Palfrey.

I hesitate a little because quite frankly, I don't want us

to have one of our more heated dialogues.

I didn't sleep very well last night.

- You have my sympathy.

I take it Bunny--

- I--

- Pardon?

- Go ahead.

- I take it Bunny Kingston's been in touch with you.

- As a matter of fact he has, yes.

He's concerned about Blair.

- I know.

- Perhaps you could inform me why you told him Blair must

return to your department within the week?

- Let me say, I think that Bunny Kingston's been less than

honest about his reasons for wanting Blair in

the first place.

Let me also say that this Grant operation concerns us as

much as it concerns them.

I mean, it's high time they cooperated with me.

- Yes, alright Mr. Palfrey, alright.

I agree.

- [Palfrey] You agree?

- Yes, but I'm now going to tell you in confidence that

Bunny suspects that Blair might be a traitor.

He thought it best you weren't involved, that your

objectivity might be...

- Not objective enough?

- It is possible, isn't it?

- Apparently, madam, you know me as little as Kingston does.

- You're beautiful.

- You're always saying you love me.

- Yeah, I mean it.

- Say it now.

- I love you.

- How much?

- I imagine as much as it's possible for a man to

love a woman.

- Would you die for me?

- (Chuckles) I'd rather live for you.

- I'm being serious.

Would you die for me?

- That's a strange question, isn't it?

- Would you?

- Yes.

Yes, I would.

- And your wife and child?

Would you leave them for me?

- You said there was no question of that.

From the start you said that you didn't want--

- Forget what I said then.

Would you now?

- Uh, well, I...

- [Martina] It's difficult, isn't it?

- Yes, but I...

I don't know...

- [Martina] Don't worry; I am not going to ask you

to do that.

- What are you going to ask me to do?

- [Martina] It concerns your job.

- My job?

Well how does...

How could my work possibly concern you?

- You have access to certain papers, files, documents.

For example, the K-4 project.

- Oh my god, no.

(laughs)

No, I can't...

I can't believe this.

How could you have said...

How could you have done...

Been so...

Now you want me to tell you...

- [Martina] Look, I do like you, Clive.

- [Grant] Well, that's good, you know; that's

very good. (laughs)

- [Martina] I don't imagine it would help if I tell you that

I have family in Ostrava, that I am being blackmailed.

- [Grant] What?

- [Martina] Finally, everything has to be paid for, hmm?

- [Grant] No, I can't do it my dear; I can't.

- [Martina] I think you can.

- [Grant] No.

- [Martina] Our times in this bed, I recorded them.

- [Grant] You...

- [Martina] You don't want your wife to...

- [Grant] Oh God, no, this is impossible...

This is like in a dream...

This has been a nightmare.

- [Martina] Come and see me tomorrow.

Tomorrow we can make arrangements.

And don't worry; it will all work out.

After all, I'm not asking you to die for me, huh?

- No point in listening to Grant's lamentations, and that

was recorded last night.

- Sexuality, emotions, what dangerous things they are.

- At least this tape vindicates Blair.

- Of somewhat secondary importance now.

- So, I presume you're waiting for Grant to return and then

arrest them both.

- Oh I don't think so, madam.

Opportunity of some good fishing here, I'd say.

- Fishing?

- Yes, fly fishing.

Turn the situation to our advantage.

- Use Grant as bait, yes, yes.

- I think it would be a great mistake.

- Really?

- Yes.

- Well, right now Grant should be receiving his

instructions from Laws.

- No Grant, you're not mistaking; I'm Laws.

- Mr. Laws?

Yes, so I've absolutely no idea what all this is about.

Why the hell did we have to meet here?

- Security.

- Security?

What are you talking about?

- Your affair with Martina.

- Martina?

Who the hell's Martina.?

- I hope you don't play poker, Grant.

- Yes, well, I refuse to continue this--

- (Talking drowned out by Grant's talking) Martina isn't the

only one with tapes of our boudoir antics.

Like her, we wouldn't hesitate to use them if forced.

Cooperation, that's all we're asking.

I say it's a bit crisp old chap, eh?

Let's take a stroll, eh?

- There was no point in pressing my opposition to Bunny

while he was here; he can be very stubborn, but if he

pursues this plan of his, we could have a disaster

on our hands.

- A disaster?

On the contrary; if it succeeds, it could be a triumph.

- If.

- My dear Mr. Palfrey, nothing could be won

without taking risks.

- True, madam, but there's the question of odds, and in this

case, Bunny may find himself over matched with the lady.

- Really?

- He would be wise to limit his ambition.

- You surprise me.

You obviously see this woman as a genuine

femme fatale, then.

- Dangerous.

- And yet, I don't think you would have fallen into the

silken trap, Mr. Palfrey.

- Only because I have extremely sensitive antennae.

To be totally objective, madam, may I remind you that the

service as a whole has suffered setbacks, not without

scandal, in the recent past, accusations of

incompetence and worse.

And not only from the media, but also...

- Yeah, I take your point, Mr. Palfrey.

- If this affair goes wrong, it will reflect not only on the

service, not only on Kingston's department, but on us

because now we are also implicated.

- [Laws] I repeat, we are finally not really concerned with

whether you would or would not have betrayed your country.

What we require now is that you go ahead this evening and

tell her that you'll play along.

- [Grant] Play along?

- [Laws] Yes, keep the liaison going.

- [Grant] Play along, what the hell do you think I am?

I've been involved with this woman.

- [Laws] Yes, we're aware of that.

- [Grant] You simply don't know what you're asking of me.

I can't do it; I can't carry it through.

Well, she'd know.

What about producing documents, files, all that...

- [Laws] Don't worry, you'll be provided with material that

will be convinving enough.

- [Grant] I can't do it--

- [Laws] Let me explain, Grant.

Possibly easier if you understand the importance

of your role.

There are two very powerful reasons why we have to have

your cooperation in this business.

One, we have here an opportunity to misinform

the other side.

That is, to let them know what we want them to know.

Two, we also have the opportunity to track down other

members of a cell, bring them into the net.

- Laws, I genuinely love this woman.

I simply can't do it.

- Grant, look at him.

What a splendid fellow.

Heroic, height of his powers.

Not for culling this season, one hopes.

- Law, please...

- Nothing else to say.

All your lubricious moments have been recorded on

tape, remember that.

You're a victim, Grant, of your own weakness.

- I agree that Bunny Kingston is a very good man in his

field, but he's had several notable failures.

- Mr. Palfrey, this isn't a vendetta brought about by

Kingston's somewhat devious behavior towards you?

- I confess to irritation, even anger, but vendetta, no.

No, no, no, I'm no Corsican, madam.

- I apologize; the word was ill chosen.

- I only ask you to consider Bunny has baited the hook, or

so he thinks, but what if the opposition have taken the

bait knowingly, and in their turn become the anglers?

- You consider this a real possibility?

- Indeed I do; it's a time for prudence.

Take our winnings now.

- I can't instruct Kingston how to conduct his department.

He has autonomy, you must understand that.

- Yes, it's unfortunate.

- I'm inclined to think so, particularly as I now believe

that your fears in this matter may have foundation.

- Will you trust me, madam?

- I always do, Mr. Palfrey.

- I don't understand.

Spike Kingston's guns; what exactly does that mean?

- I'm sorry if I'm being a bit obscure, but in order to help

you, I need your help.

- Well, I'm here, listening.

- Yes, and I don't know what's to be done except, get me a

copy of everything that's recorded between

Martina and Grant.

(car engine idles)

(mysterious music plays)

- [Martina] I know you hate me now, but it will change.

A little time...

- [Grant] Look what you've done, Martina.

- [Martina] You must understand that I am as much a victim

as you are.

Don't you understand that I care for you?

- [Grant] (scoffs)

- [Martina] In the beginning, no, but now, yes.

Yes, yes.

Here, have a drink.

- [Grant] But I don't want a drink.

- [Martina] You don't have to stay, you know.

It's just that I feel so terrible.

(sobbing) Very much alone.

(talking drown out by sobbing)

- So she's got him.

What a hell of a woman, eh Blair?

- [Kingston] And you're sure that stuff's convincing enough?

- Perfect bait.

They'll swallow it hook, line, and sinker; no question.

- Hmm.

- This little job she's given him, excellent.

Very fine instrument.

It's better than anything we're using.

- 12 negatives, subject: weapon disposition on our sector of

the German frontier.

Out of date, of course.

Oh, and I want to give you this back.

Very neat little job.

Very neat indeed.

Ah, there he is again.

It's almost as if he hasn't moved since the last time

we saw him.

- [Grant] Uh, why did you want me to bring it tonight?

- [Martina] Our relationship is more dangerous now.

There's always the chance of you being

suspect, being followed.

- Well I may be a fool, Martina, but I'm not that much

of a fool.

No, I wasn't followed.

And don't think I know damn well the risks I'm taking.

- We are taking, and that's exactly it: we.

You brought the stuff here tonight and you are suspect.

They would take us both.

That is why we have to make other arrangements.

- The old dead letter drop.

- There is a place, a church yard, at the grave

of Alice Brown.

It is quite easy to find; you drive five miles out of London

towards Hillingdon, and I'll give you a map.

- When is this drop?

- 1:30 today.

- 1:30?

Well you better make haste.

(bells toll)

(engine starts)

- I helped myself to a drink; hope you don't mind.

That's important.

Open it.

- How did you get in here?

- I never gave you back your key, remember?

- I told you; it's over, finished.

- [Blair] Finished, certainly.

Open your envelope.

Open it.

- What's this?

- [Blair] A copy of your original alien's application,

tother with some relevant details from your security file.

I'd say it describes you pretty well.

A suspected Soviet agent.

- Are you responsible for this?

- It didn't make for easy listening.

- No, it can't have done.

(laughs)

What happens now?

- You've been lucky.

- I have?

- Complicated games in high places.

It gives you 24 hours to quietly slip away.

- Thanks to you?

- No thanks to me.

- A civil servant, you said.

- Did I?

- To do security, you said.

- Well, it was true.

- I never realized, you know.

- [Blair] No.

- So, now I know why you came back into my shop, my

flat, my life.

- It wasn't the only reason.

- [Martina] Perhaps.

(peaceful music)

- I just wanted to make sure I was completely cured.

- How did it go?

- Who said the only true freedom is

freedom from longing?

- It was someone you knew, I should think.

- I made the switch.

I think Kingston will have to find somewhere else to

do his fishing.

- I know that later I'll get this processed.

I'd like to know what bait he's been using.

- Martina would have left the country by now; I shan't

see her again.

- I'm afraid she isn't leaving the country.

She was arrested at Heathrow 25 minutes ago.

- Did you have to?

- Six charges under section one of the Official Secrets Act.

I think she'll be her majesty's guest for quite some time.

Blair, let me get you the other half.

(classical music)