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Good evening, sir.

Oh, well, now I do declare... All part of the service, ma'am.

Oh, sir, such a profusion. Can your intentions be really honorable?

Yes, they can.

As a matter of fact, tonight I'm going to give you a little insight into my past.

An old college buddy of mine is appearing at the Condor Club. Sounds like fun.

Got your dancing shoes on?

They're all ready. Okay, let's go.

Yeah, you get uglier every time I see you.

That right hand of yours hasn't gotten any better in 20 years. Well, I keep trying.

Same. Sit down.

You know, I think it's very kind of your institution, man,

to let this man out for a little bit of wild-time therapy.

Well, I don't know. Maybe it's one of the unsolved mysteries of our time.

We found your playing both therapeutic and most enjoyable.

Oh, you're lovely. And she's got taste.

Ah, yes. Caroline, this is Zeke.

You gotta excuse him. Used to be young and brash. Now he's just brash.

Harry Rule.

He's just come into the club.

Oh, boy, and the dean made sure that we weren't right.

They picked the pig in the pants and put it in the barrel.

It's never the same. Oh, boy, and the dean made sure that we weren't right.

She sells cigarettes to me, though.

Mind if I get in touch? I'd like to get some cigarettes.

Thank you.

I'll put it on Mr. Woolspill. Well, nothing's changed. I can see that.

Look, Harry, I got one more set. You want to hang around and get something to eat?

Fine, delighted, yeah. You're wanted in the office.

Hey, look, tell him not to forget you. Delighted. Okay, take it easy.

Oh, he is quite a chapter. He's a good old guy.

And we've had a lot of laughs.

You wanted to see me, Mr. Kazankas? Come in.

Come in, Zeke.

How's everything? The cheating, you all right?

Everything's fine. Everything's great.

Good. I'm glad to hear it.

I understand you got Harry Rule to come in tonight, huh?

Yeah, that's right.

I really appreciate that, Zeke.

Oh, there's just another little thing that you can do for me.

Look, Mr. Kazankis, you asked me to bring him down here, and I've done that.

I don't think I want to become any more involved in this.

No.

You see, you were in trouble on the coast, right?

And your friends got you off, so you owed them.

So when I bought you a contract from your friends, I bought that favor, too.

Right!

But that does not mean that you own me.

You know what will happen to you if you don't honor that debt.

Kazank, is that man a... Make up your mind, Zee.

You gotta try doing that for a living. Yeah, you really think I could?

I'll call you. Yeah, well, in the meantime, why don't we go eat?

Fine, good.

Uh, by the way, I invited Fred along.

Who's Fred? Uh, that's Fred.

That's Fred. I'll happily meet Fred. Yeah, well, you're going to.

I asked him to join us a little later on at Charles.

You're a splendid fellow.

I'll be if I see you out at the car. Okay, fine.

Zeke!

See you. Bye, sir.

Zeke!

You all right? Yeah, yeah, I'm all right, Harry. Next time,

look before you step over the curb. Right, you bet.

Okay, thank you.

It was delicious. Mr. Ma, anything else, Carolyn?

No, thank you. It was delightful.

All right.

Two francs.

Is there anything else I can call you? Better

than Bertha. True. All right, Fred, cheers.

To Fred. You know, I really love this town.

Despite my hotel room, I like this town. What's

the matter? It's not good? Oh, it's bad news.

Why don't you bunk in with me for a few days?

Are you serious?

Well, sure, why not? I'll give you two seconds

to attract that offer. I take it? Ha-ha!

Burn it right down the side of there, Harry. Come on.

Come on, Harry, come on.

Ah.

Mm-hmm.

Come on, Harry. That's the one. That's the one. That's the one.

Looks good. That's it, Harry. What's the matter? Come on, Harry.

That's the ballgame. Four fingers, right?

Oh, yeah. All right. It's a fastball higher on

the outside, okay? Well, all I got was a juice.

Juice?

Good thought. I want another drink. I thought you never had it.

I regret this in the morning.

How long has it been since we played ball, huh?

A long time.

Good old days. You ever think about them?

Yeah. Yeah, sometimes. Listen, I got an early up.

We call it a night.

Take it easy, okay?

Good night, Harry.

Okay, I'll move in. Good.

Zeke, we're not after your friend Hyrule.

But he has the whereabouts of someone we want to contact.

Why don't you ask him?

Zeke, he's a stubborn man. He would not give up the information easily.

This way you are saving him a lot of grief.

Take it, Zeke.

It's a homing device. What? Now listen, Zeke, here's what I want you to do.

Oh, hi, Harry.

Hi.

Yes? Boy, that workout last night was falling all over myself all day.

I'll get you some coffee.

Caroline.

Hello, Zeke.

Oh, uh, Harry, there was a phone call for you. Oh, who from?

Well, he called himself Mr. B. Said he hadn't seen you in a few months,

hoped you'd remember, and he wants you to contact him. B?

That's strange.

Hey, let me do that.

Yeah, fine.

Bradley.

I wonder what he wants.

Could it be he's in trouble again?

Well, I'd better call.

Oh, Harry!

He said not to call. He wants you to meet him. He said you'd know where.

Look, I thought we three had a date at the club tonight.

You go ahead. Zeke, I'll join you later.

Yeah.

Oh, hold it just a second, will you? I forgot something. I'll be right back.

Harry's just left.

Now, look, you've got... Is anything wrong, Z?

No, I got what I was after.

Come on, let's go.

He's traveling south.

Good.

Right, what are we going to do about him?

I don't think it would be in our best interests to

have Harry Rule left around to talk about things.

Wait a minute.

The signal's getting stronger again.

He's doubling back.

Yes, the check is not being followed.

Just you sit tight. Just one minute, will you?

Oh.

I won't be long.

All right.

Well, it's on its way now.

Straight to Bradley.

And those books.

I've wiped my whole past clean except for those books.

We're going to have them.

What are you doing?

What's going to happen to Harry Rule?

I'm sorry, Zeke, it really can't be helped.

All right, Patrick.

Oh, no, you're not going to do this.

You're going Do it.

George, Mr. Daly's going on the stand.

Stay with him.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to meet the head warden of this establishment,

George. Take a bow, baby.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. One question about George. You wouldn't believe it,

but he has a lot of women on his string, George.

Three or four who should be on a leash.

Anyway, why I call him the head warden is that

every time I want to go to that men's room, I got to ask George.

George, the time has come, and I've got to go to the men's room, so how about it?

Yeah. How about it?

Uh, George. Okay, funny man. No, look. Hey, kid, quick.

George, Kazankas has got my friend Harry Rule into a lot of trouble.

Now, I want you... You want nothing.

Get... George.

Could I see you for a minute?

Now, I'm in trouble because I might need to travel.

Can I help you? Yeah, tell Mr. Bradley Harry Rule is here to see him.

It's all right, Max.

Come in, Mr. Rule.

How nice to see you.

What's this all about, Bradley? I don't understand.

He wanted to see me. You called my house.

I didn't call you Mr. Roo.

I think you'd best tell me why you're here.

Who is this Bradley?

He was a bookkeeper for one of the London mobs back in the 50s.

He kept records of all their takings.

Then he served his time along with the rest of them.

When he came out, he wanted to go straight.

But someone was gunning for him, so he came to us for help.

Harry arranged the cover.

Why, Zeke? !

Where the hell did you do it?

All right, someone planted that phone call.

Someone who still wants to find you. Who is it, Bradley? Who's still coming for you?

He wasn't so big then.

He's big now.

And respectable. All right, those books you used to keep.

Who's still afraid of them?

His name's...

Kasankis, the unseen, unheard owner of the Condor Club. The Condor Club? All

right, get those lights out.

Do it!

Max! Hold it! Shut up!

Bradley, I don't want to kill you.

Just give me the books and I'll go.

No.

I've been too sick too long. I'm sorry, Mr. Rule. It's hopeless.

You're just a little too late, Cassandras.

What did he say about the books?

Where are they?

There are no books. There haven't been for a long time.

What do you mean?

No books?

When Bradley asked me to help him, I said I'd do so on one condition,

that he destroy the books.

It's just ahead.

You're lying to me.

I know he had them all this time. He destroyed them.

I saw him do it.

Where are they?

Tell me now.

Kazankis?

You hold it right there.

You know what this means, Zeke?

Yeah, sure.

Now you just drop that gun.

Now. Zeke, the window. Hey.

In the avenues and alleyways Where the soul of

the man is easy to buy Everybody's wheelin',