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I'm asking to become one of your clients. The KGB have sent in one of

experienced agents. He's trying to find a woman.

Why didn't you tell her the truth?

Control was responsible for her uncle's death.

Why didn't you tell me this before? Lest you know the safer you are.

I'm going to set a price on this game that even Robert McCall will be

to pay.

Too late, Durkin. The deal is off. Off?

Why? Because the fella is dead.

John Furman dead?

I'm coming into New York.

Don't do anything until I get there.

This is it.

Pretty out of the way place for a meeting.

Uh -huh.

Well, it's an old tradition with control.

The worse the trouble, the more out of the way the meeting place.

Yeah, well, things must be pretty bad.

Yeah.

It shouldn't be too long.

Why don't you enjoy the view?

Well,

there's a hundred agents in the company who'd be only too glad to shoot him one

night. Why come to me?

Well, I can't go to the company.

Why not?

Just to say I can't, all right?

I know what I'm doing, Robert.

Famous last words.

Motto of any suicide mission, eh?

Listen, how many times, Control, do I have to tell you I am not in the

anymore and I have no desire to return to it? Do not understand. I am asking to

become one of your clients.

I find this very difficult to accept.

I've never known you with a problem you couldn't handle.

Will you help me?

All right, what do you want me to do? I just want you to keep him under 24 -hour

surveillance. I need a free hand for a while. To do what?

You don't want to know. Don't ask.

Just watch Kobel, is that it?

And don't take any action unless it's absolutely necessary. With Kobel, action

was always necessary. Let's just try and keep you alive.

From your mouth to God's ear.

One minute he's asking me out and the next he's ordering me in.

Listen, try to remember to bring that magazine tomorrow.

I'm going to the article over lunch. Interesting.

See you tomorrow. See ya.

Leave your lady. Now just calm down.

You live around here?

Yeah, I live right there.

Well, how about I walk you home, huh?

Thanks, I'd appreciate that.

He was right there!

Yeah, let's clear it out. Which one's yours?

Number 38.

Did he come up with it?

No, thanks.

If you have any more trouble with these weirdos, just let me know, okay?

All right.

Thanks a lot.

Miss Ferris, I'm afraid that you haven't given us very much to go on.

I don't have anything else.

All I know is that there were two men.

And they were chasing me and pushing me.

And each of them smiled.

And you've never seen either of these men before in your life?

Never. I told you that!

Well, it could have been a coincidence.

A lot of freaked out people in this city. Sometimes things look like they're

connected when they're not yet. You have been burglarized twice in the last

three years.

No, but not like this.

They did it, and they wanted me to know they did it.

All right.

Look, I'm going to put a man downstairs on the street to keep an eye on things

for the next 24 hours.

That's all you can do? No, we're also beginning an investigation, but I have

warn you, these things take time.

Now... We'll call you just as soon as we have something to talk about.

Okay?

Oh, I'm so sorry, honey.

Look at the mess!

Mrs. Hammerschmidt, you didn't see or hear anything.

You couldn't help the police at all? I was under the hairdryer. Oh, and you

my hairdryer.

Look at what they've done to this apartment.

Why don't you come and spend the night with me? I've got a great sofa

bed. No, no, no, I couldn't possibly. I'm sorry, but thank you. Oh, listen.

I've got a special delivery letter for you. It came this morning.

I'll bet it's money.

Now, it's here somewhere. Oh, yeah.

Danger. Translate as soon as possible.

Mrs. Hammerschmidt, I really need to be alone for a minute.

You have to excuse me.

All right, honey, I understand.

But remember, I'm right down the hall. Okay.

Thank you very much.

Oh, poor child. Bye -bye now.

Yes, could I speak to John Furman, please?

He's not here.

Who's this?

This is Elaine Ferris, isn't he?

Who am I speaking to?

Oh, Miss Ferris, this is the housekeeper.

I think you better talk to the police.

Why? What's happened?

Your uncle was killed.

They found his body a little while ago.

Good evening, Comrade Durkin.

Oh, Coburn.

You have arrived. Yeah.

I'm sure you'll want to take charge of the situation immediately.

The agents won't be needed any longer.

You seem very certain that photocopies are here in New York?

Positive.

I've placed his activities for months now.

His niece is the only family he had left.

I want to interrogate her as soon as possible.

Where is she?

Available.

My agents have prepared her for your visit.

They also searched her apartment and found nothing.

I told you to take no action until I arrive.

Comrade, this continues to be my sector of authority.

I suggest that you not forget that fact.

There is a potential complication.

We have reason to believe control is involved.

If it becomes a liability...

You are authorized to kill.

Act 10 Incorporated?

You followed.

Well, it wasn't very hard.

Which is strange, because that is so unlike you.

Don't you think it's time you told me the truth?

All right.

I'm afraid there's been a bit of a crossover. I used several company men to

care of a KGB agent.

A man by the name of John Furman.

Unfortunately, they were a little bit overzealous when the man died.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Are you telling me that you use company personnel for your own purposes?

Robert, what I say from this moment on is top... No, I mean it. Listen to me.

Top, top secret. Do you understand?

Yes, yes.

Exton Incorporated is up front.

No, you're kidding.

Will you just let me say this? Will you please let me say this? Yeah, I'm sorry.

Please, do carry on.

Now, you know this.

The company's been getting out of hand for the past few years, so much so that

committee has been formed to oversee its actions, kind of a watchdog committee.

Left hand checking on the right hand? Only in this case, the right hand

know that the left hand is checking.

How the hell did you get involved in this in the first place? About five

ago, a request came down from the highest level that I be consulted on

security.

And you found a breach?

A year ago, the KGB accomplished a major coup. They infiltrated not just the

company, but Extant with a mole.

The same man I was talking about, John Furman.

I slipped him in as a secretary to a new committee member.

Somehow, the man got access to the files and he photocopied them.

That's what we were looking for when he died. Since he died, you haven't been

able to find him.

That's right.

That's why Coble is in New York, Robert. I have to find him. Those photocopies,

I have to find them, and I have to keep them from the KGB, and I have to keep

them from the company.

Robert, everything is... What do you mean, everything? I mean everything.

I'd better get back to work.

No sign of Covillian?

No, thanks.

He's registered under the name of Arthur Hutchins.

Nobody's seen him since this afternoon.

Find out what's wrong with control?

Well, partly.

I find you trying to get the full truth out of him is like taking hold of

mercury.

So what are we going to do?

What we plan to do, we await the arrival of our KGB acquaintance.

You'd better get into position for the night.

Oh, don't tell me. I know.

I get the bird's -eye view up here. You get the bucket seats and the jag. Well,

naturally.

Benefits, you see, of age and seniority.

Racing up here, isn't it?

Good night, McCall.

Good night, my dear fellow.

Hey, Kelly, the girl all right? Hey, Charlie.

How you doing?

Everything's okay. The girl's asleep.

You got my coffee?

I just want you to dance.

He's just coming out, huh?

I got him.

Okay,

he's trying to find a woman.

United Central Bank.

I believe you have someone there by the name of Elaine Barrett.

Okay, uh, her name's Elaine Barrett. She, uh, she works, she works at the

And she hasn't shown up yet. This thing's a piece of trash.

Jane Ferris. We don't usually let employees see people during a business

I'm a friend of her uncle's. He asked me if I'd stop by and see her when I was

in town.

Well, I'll let you have a few moments, okay?

Elaine,

my name is Arthur Hutchings.

Robert, this is Elaine Ferris. She's John Furman and Ethan. She's coming with

us. Miss Ferris, please.

In a certain amount of danger, we're the only people who can help you at the

moment.

It could have been a package of sheet music.

It could have been jewelry. I don't understand. My uncle never left anything

with me. You are his only living relative. I mean, you can see how the

thinking, can't you?

What kind of thing was it?

I'm afraid I can't answer that.

Elaine?

Tell me, how well did you know your uncle?

Not well enough, I guess.

We were very close a long time ago when I was a child, but not really since

then. We spent holidays together.

Did you know what kind of work he did?

Well, I knew that he was an intelligence officer with the government and that

his work was very dangerous.

Those men that were after me, did they kill him?

I'm afraid that's a question we can't answer right now. You can't answer

anything.

We need more information if we're going to be able to help you.

The KGB have sent in one of their most experienced agents, which means that

whatever's happening, it's big.

We just need more help from you.

There must be something, something you've forgotten to tell us.

Something, hmm?

When did you last hear from your uncle?

Yesterday, I received a letter.

It's from him, but I don't know what it means.

Well, it's only a numbered code, isn't it?

Thought I told you never to come to my home. You didn't tell me McCall was

involved in this.

I was unaware of it.

But it certainly makes the situation more interesting.

John Furman's niece is out of your control.

McCall must have tracked me from the hotel straight to the bank.

That means that I was targeted last night.

And just what are you planning to do next?

Quite simple.

Increase the stakes.

I'm going to set a price on this game that even Robert McCall will be

to pay.

Thanks, Josh.

Computer comes up empty.

He ran against every major code structure, including KJB.

That's all they can do without the physical letter.

I think... I think we're in a blind alley.

You know, Furman could have sent that letter just to take the heat off

Yeah, well, people do do the strangest things when they're in trouble

Yeah, well, it's got to mean something. It looks so simple. It is simple.

It is a one -off code.

He must have thought that you would understand it, otherwise he wouldn't

to you.

When I was ten years old, he created a code that we could send secret messages.

That was 15 years ago. I've forgotten.

He used to send them to me in letters.

Would you have kept any of the letters?

I think I have some somewhere.

Mickey, go back to Elaine's apartment. See if you can find them.

Okay.

In the meantime, you and I have to revise what we laughingly call our

Did Herman have destroyed the photocopies before he died?

More likely than not. They'll be on the front page of Probden tomorrow morning.

You can only hope they don't believe it. They believe it already.

Now let's have proof. Look, Robert, I've got an appointment. I'm sorry, but I'll

be out of contact for a few hours. Wait a minute.

Before you go and meet your employers at Exxon, perhaps you could tell me

something.

Who is the KGB station chief responsible for Cobalt?

I was hoping you'd ask that. It's an old friend of yours, Petrov Dirk, and he's

become a director of one of these do -nothing UN commissions.

And have you any idea where I might find him?

Yeah.

That's why I walked you in this direction. He's having lunch right

Well, Mr. Durkin hasn't come up in the world, has he?

My apologies for being so predictable.

Not at all.

I just thought you might want to file it away for future records.

I'm nuts.

I can't deal with this. I thought there was something here, but there's nothing.

Let's look at the message again.

See, we got the letters GFT.

And a set of numbers, 56 -4.

Could be a date.

Does April 1956 mean anything to you?

Could it mean anything to me? I wasn't even born yet.

I'm sorry.

Look, I know you've been through a lot.

But everything's going to be okay.

Now, why don't you tell me how your code got started?

When I was a little girl, my uncle used to read me stories.

He made up word games.

I guess it must have gotten started when I was reading books.

What? The book.

When he came to visit eight months ago, he asked me about a book, an old

Christmas gift.

What was the title?

Grimm's Fairy Tale.

I think we just had GFT here.

It was made up of pages and words.

Okay, let's say that 56 is page 56.

Snow white and rose red.

That means that word for is... Rose.

That will mean we don't need it back.

Rose!

Does that mean come and see me? Come and look!

Last time he was here, he brought me that road book.

That it would be just the perfect thing to brighten up my garden. He even

insisted on planting it himself.

What are you doing?

Dear Elaine, if you're reading this, it means my life is in danger.

Please forgive me for pulling you in, but I have no other choice.

Take this package to my fishing cabin and wait for me there. I'll be in touch

soon.

Love, Uncle John.

Must have had the cone butter a couple days before he died.

Come on.

Let's take this to McCall.

Why are you looking out there when I'm right behind you?

Turn slowly with your hands up.

Realised the KGB dealt in death.

But I didn't know they also owned the Casket Factory.

What went to the last?

All right, what do you want?

You know what I want.

I don't have it and I don't know where it is.

But you're very good at finding things, McCall.

Be here at midnight.

I'll bring the papers with you.

I can't conjure them out of thin air.

and found the stuff. It was pretty weird stuff, too. Kind of a, uh, encyclopedia

of murder.

Why did my uncle have that?

Thank God.

You're not gonna answer me, are you?

You're gonna keep me in the dark.

I'm tired of this! I've been risking my life and you've done nothing for me!

After this, this will feed their propaganda machine for the next 30

Unless you answer my questions, I'm going to bring in the police.

You won't like the answer. It'll be pretty painful.

I want to know.

Your uncle has been working for a secret organization.

He infiltrated.

And he copied most of their files.

You mean he stole information from the Russians?

No.

He wasn't working for the American government.

He was working for the Russians.

I don't believe you.

He never would have done that.

I did tell you the truth was painful.

You have proof?

Oh, yes.

Sorry. Mickey, we've got a bigger problem than this at the moment.

Coble is holding control.

What?

I don't understand how it happened, but it's happened.

He wants me to go round there tonight, take these photocopies with me.

I don't even know we have them. We just found them ourselves.

He saw Elaine with us sometime this morning.

He's not an unintelligent man. He's put two and two together, hasn't he? Well,

he's been a man of visit.

I want to come with you.

If my uncle worked for the other side, I want to hear it from them.

All right.

We have to make a stop first.

What for?

I'm going to take out a little insurance.

This is Alma Light Casket Company.

Anything of a more appropriate place to deal with Mr. Coble?

Told you I'd be back.

Where are the photocopies?

They're here.

I knew I didn't underestimate you.

No, but I think you have.

Mickey!

What the hell is this?

What's in that box?

Well, I'm sure you'll be very interested. Why don't you come out and

look?

for a special occasion.

Open it now.

Oh, I think perhaps you better open it, Mickey.

It's very sad to see how lax KGB security has become.

I'm sure that Mr. Durkin here will be only too delighted to put that in a

to Moscow.

Get him out of there.

I'm sorry, that's impossible.

What's that on his chest?

You know perfectly well what it is. It's a bomb.

But it is quite special.

If he'd have a double detonator, any loud noise, like a gunshot, for

could cut it off.

Or if he were to try to remove it without knowing the combination, it

explode.

So I suggest you put that down very carefully.

Otherwise we could well lose him.

Congratulations, McCall.

Excellent move.

But not quite the end of the game.

I won't be eliminated as easily as John Furman.

What?

You mean you didn't tell her?

Why didn't you tell her the truth?

That Control was responsible for her uncle's death.

Is that true?

Don't listen to him. No, don't listen to me. They don't want you to hear the

truth. There's a lot of things they don't want you to know.

I don't want to know anything anymore.

Make a move and she's gone.

Give me the papers.

No.

I'm not stupid, McCall.

Now give me the real ones.

Always had one flaw, McCall.

You hated to see people die.

Without the control.

It's a bit overdue.

You know, coming here tonight, it really was very brave.

You sure you're all right?

Anyway, thank you.

What he said about my uncle, true.

Control responsible.

Come on, let's get you home first.

Haven't got a lot to talk about.

Take care of Durkin?

Yes. Yes, he's been taken back to his home.

Robert, I want to thank you very much for everything. Oh, my dear fellow.

Nothing at all. Nothing at all.

Just leaves a couple of things unresolved.

Like what?

Like Exton.

Usually like to meet the people I work for. I'm afraid that's not possible,

Robert.

I read the photocopies.

That was very unwise, Robert.

Excuse me.

Just as I thought.

You weren't asked to handle the security for the Extend Committee.

You are the Extend Committee.

John Furman was your secretary.

I've always admired your powers of deduction.

Thank you.

Which brings me to the main thing still to be resolved.

Which is?

Why the hell you lied to me

That's what I do for a living