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They all

wish we had a few franks for a quarter.

Well, I'd help if I had a spare hand.

Bloody thing. Won't say that when it

makes our million.

No, it won't. I'll be chasing flying

pigs.

What was that, dear?

Nothing, sweetheart.

Here we are. That wasn't so bad, was it?

And what do you think's less bumpy? by

the window or on the eye.

It's an insect. I don't mean to be

funny, but it is basically an insect.

Very valuable insect.

And me?

You're my wife?

Careful.

Sorry, it's a bit precious.

Where are you going?

Cala then London like us.

You looking for someone?

No. I wondered what the time was. That's

all. Sometimes this train leaves late.

It's 10 3. Perfect. Then

you interested in bees?

Oh, don't tell Tommy.

Why not? She might be. You never know.

My husband is an enthusiast.

And a businessman.

People don't really think about honey

that is plastered on their bread in the

morning. But the biology that goes on

behind it is

Take a look.

That's a pedigree queen if ever I saw

one.

She wants to get out.

Well, just until I get her home. Drag

her along on a lead all day now. Can I?

No, I suppose not.

Plenty people don't know about Queens.

For example,

actually, I need to go to the buffet.

Please excuse me.

Of course.

Something's up with that girl. Could you

see the look on her face?

Are there any sandwiches?

I thought I was followed onto the train.

And were you?

I don't know. There was a man at Piguel

and just now on the platform.

I can't do this. I only said I could

because I felt bad and you said you were

in danger.

Someone is trying to kill me, Jane. All

I'm asking is you carry a package

slunder.

Who are you looking for?

You're being very nosy today. Tap,

steady your nerves if you have to.

I'll see you in London. We'll go

dancing,

Dominic.

For all time's sake.

Had fun, didn't me.

Jane, go.

What about you?

Just go.

Good grief. What was that?

Just the noise of the train, darling.

It's probably nothing.

Didn't sound like nothing.

What's going on?

You read too many detective novels. You

know that

nonsense.

You hear the slightest noise on the

train and you think catastrophe, murder,

mayhem.

You should read the paper more.

Well, what about that girl? Do you think

she's coming back?

Tapens.

At least we know her name.

Jane Finn.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Nothing. Two weeks. Not a word of it in

your beloved British press.

You have to let it go. Something

happened. Why else were we moved onto a

new train? No explanation.

Leave it to the police.

I would if I thought the police were

doing anything. If I thought they were

the least bit interested. And what did

happen to that girl?

I'm sure she turned up somewhere sooner

or later.

Maybe I should just phone that inspector

again.

I wish you'd put your energy into our

actual business.

Could you move it?

No. Watch Tiffen cuz you watching.

Oh, Tommy, there isn't room. Oh,

I do put my energy into our business.

Painted the signs and I put up the

hives.

Did you answer the door?

Mom,

it'll be the postman with a pile of

bills.

Dad,

why can't you look on the bright side?

Might be an order. Might be someone

asking for a ton of honey.

Oh, Tommy, it's too early for rampant

optimism.

Rampant something would be nice.

What does it mean when the ink is red?

Have you packed your drunk?

Chin up. Back soon.

Tip.

Tip in.

Tip. Get away from the hive. Tip in. How

many times have I told you?

Here you are, darling. It's like you. I

found these in the bin. We need a steady

income, Tommy.

I'm doing everything that the book says.

We were conned. We went all the way to

France for that queen.

There'll be honey, weren't there,

George?

Don't bring George into this. He's going

back to school. Dad hasn't read the

book. The B book. He hasn't read it.

I have read the book. Of course, I've

read the book. Now, Tubbus, don't think

I haven't read the book.

Thanks for the tip, darling.

Take care.

And write to us every week.

Tell me when we get rich.

Thank you, Roger.

Hello, Fraser.

Hold tight, boys.

I can't believe you haven't read that

book.

I told you I have every page. You can't

believe what George tells you.

You need to get a job, Tommy.

Uncle Carter is bound to have something,

Tommy. He's an army man, and I'm sure

he's looking for help. Just remember,

sit up straight and don't interrupt him.

Heat. Heat.

La.

Send him in, please.

Major Carter, see you now.

agains.

Sublime.

The Aussies might tribute. You can't

beat an Englishman with a cricket bat.

Are you following?

No. I

something up.

I've changed departments. Still army,

but but with a spin. All of us on the

third floor,

we don't exist.

Do you know what that means?

Hush hush.

Keeping the communists uh that's what it

means. Doing our damnness to keep the

dirty reds over there. They're calling

it a cold war.

Then it's dangerous work, secretive, and

precise.

Honorable. And yes. Yes. at times like

poetry.

But damn it, Tommy, just about every

endeavor you embark upon ends in

disaster. Think about school,

university, God. And the war,

most men at least make it as far as the

barracks. My nephew gets off the train

and is run over by a catering man.

It was going fast.

You're a stayathome man. You're a

slippers and paper man.

I wish I could offer you a position, but

I'm sorry.

The field,

it's not for you.

Thank you.

I'll keep paying George's school fees as

long as you need.

Goodbye, Uncle.

Don't blame me. Blame Stalin.

Looking for number seven.

Come on, boys.

Place your bet is

any more bits?

Any more bets for the 1230?

Place your bets.

This Paris Smith is a disaster. It's

going to be done to me to find a

replacement. Don't tell me. Brown's

ringing in an hour.

Can I help you?

I'd like to put a shilling on the

favorite for the

12:30.

Catford of Cardiff.

Catford.

Yeah, we got a problem. I don't know

where she is. I can't find her.

How can I cover it up?

A replacement. I can't just click my

fingers and find one.

Your dog just came in.

What?

When are you listening? Your dog just

came in.

Thank you.

You fancy a job?

It's a job like any other and it's a lot

easier than most. You take a suitcase,

get on a train, you go to an address in

Paris.

Paris.

Do you like foreign travel?

What do I do when I get there?

You just live. Really? You take a name

that we give you and you go to a flat

that we tell you and then you just live.

You just turn the lights on in the

evening. You put things in the

refrigerator. You take things out of the

refrigerator. You sleep on the bed. You

might send me your odd letter, take your

odd stroll, but then 6 weeks later you

come home. Easy.

What name do I take?

I don't know, something common,

something random, something that doesn't

attract a lot of attention. For

instance, uh

Jane Finn.

That particular name. for instance.

And what if I prefer Susan?

Susan Smith. Much more common.

Look,

I know a woman that's down on her luck

when I see one.

You're not used to places like this.

People like me

take the job

and live as Susan.

Would prefer Jane?

Funny. I met a girl called Jane Finn

on the train.

Now, isn't that odd?

Did you really?

She left her book in the carriage.

And in it this

I guess you know him too.

All right, [ __ ]

Who are you working for?

You're one of Rita's little mates, I

bet. What's she doing?

Why are you covering up the

disappearance of a girl?

You are in muck the like of which you've

not encountered in your short and

protected life. Mrs.

If this is blackmail,

I'll give you money.

But you better forget we ever had this

conversation.

Or that little hat of yours might not

have a head to sit on.

Guaranteed

Lady Monkey.

You dropped your glove.

Thank you.

What on earth took you so long?

Something terrible has happened.

Quickly,

water.

No, not there. We need to shake him off

first.

Who?

Him.

Luigi, what's going on?

Here. Here. Pull over. Get out, Tommy.

Go over.

Keep the church.

Come on, Tommy.

What the hell are we doing?

Kiss me.

Kiss me.

Come on.

Where did you learn all this?

John Barkan, Conan Doyle, Dorothy says

books

and boarding school. Dodging the house

mistress.

Yes, madam.

Two whisies, please.

Are you going to tell me what's going

on?

Jane Finn, that's what's going on. The

missing girl. I knew there was more to

it.

What's that?

proof that I wasn't wrong.

There you go, madam.

And the means to buy a new hat.

All you need to do is go in and make a

bet. Just see if you overhear anything.

And then what?

Well, we'll go to the police. Of course,

they'll listen then. The more evidence

we have, the better.

Locked

now. Isn't that odd?

Okay, this is where we leave

We walk back to the police station. You

tell them what you told me and we go

back to our lives.

Well, aren't you just a little bit

curious?

There's nothing here, Tom. So, even if I

was curious.

No, no, that is where you're wrong.

There is a man called Brown and there is

a woman called Rita. He thought I worked

for her.

This is London. There must be a million

Browns or Rita.

There's also this.

What is it? A shopping list?

It's a bill in the name of Vander

for a Paris hotel.

Give me that.

Why, Mr. Barisford? I do believe your

pulse has quickened just a little.

Someone called Vander stayed at the

Hotel Demar in Paris the day before Jane

disappeared.

Watch the table.

Don't you think that's significant?

Significant in what respect? They are

soup spoons. Tubbins. We need dessert

spoons.

And why ask me to pretend to be a woman

that's missing? That doesn't make sense.

Onion.

Unless

Unless they're setting a trap for

someone.

Carrot.

But who?

And that's the question.

Parsley as chives happens. Even you must

know the difference.

Of course, I'm forgetting

the gun.

There was a gunshot.

Can we just try and keep our imagination

under control for one evening?

I'm perfectly under control, but if you

would invite himself around to dinner,

then the least he can do is listen.

Look. No, wait, wait.

Who needs a stinking job?

Ah, it's for George.

Oh, thank you.

It'll need to be broken in. Hello.

Hello. Come in. Call him

Jane Finn.

You're sure he said that particular

name?

I'm absolutely sure.

You couldn't have confused it with

perhaps Janet or Julio?

Quite certain.

Well, uh,

you need you need to forget all about

it. I put it put it right out of your

mind all together.

Well, at least tell us what you suspect.

Abduction,

murder.

Thank you so much uh for dinner. It was

No, I I I couldn't possibly. It's all

It's all hush hush. That's what it is.

That's a pity. It's about to be rather

more loud loud. You tell him, Tommy.

We just put an advertisement in the

paper.

You did what?

The Times asking for any information

regarding the disappearance of Jane

Finn.

Yes. Yes, of course.

Tomorrow.

My toe. Well, how do you think I feel

about it?

No, I trust them completely.

If you think that's necessary,

oh, for God's sake, say something.

You're making us feel like naughty

school children.

Jane Finn was uh just an innocent girl

caught up in something rather sinister.

Look, if I explain, then there's no

turning back. You have to be certain.

At this very moment, a top Soviet agent

is here in Britain. A political assassin

suspected of many killings.

An assassin?

I should sit down. Do I need a pencil?

Sit down.

We don't know his identity.

No idea who the target is. All we know

is that he likes to call himself Mr.

Brown. My department got a tip off that

this Brown had been activated by Russia

and would be making his move in the next

few weeks.

What do you mean make his move?

Someone in British public life will be

found dead.

Oh my goodness. Tommy, are you listening

to all of this?

The man shot on the train was Dominic

Villers, was a member of my department

working undercover in Europe.

Two weeks ago, he sent me a coded

message saying he was coming back to

London with a tape recording which he

thought might reveal Brown's identity.

Looks as though that message was

intercepted because poor Villas was shot

dead.

And the recording?

I'm not sure.

Is this where Jane Finn comes in?

Yes. She was on the train with Villas.

They met in Paris and uh well, they

became friends, it seems.

So, the question is, did he pass the

recording to Jane before he was killed?

And if so, where is she now? Do you know

Tommy? You're rather good at this.

Not bad for a pipe and slippers man, eh?

Might Jane have hidden the recording

before she disappeared.

Yes, that's all we can hope for.

Right. What we're going to do is this.

You already put an advertisement in the

newspaper mentioning Jane's

disappearance.

Well, we can't do anything about that.

That that's that's done. But I want to

know everything about anyone who

answers. what they say, what they look

like, everything. You understand? You're

working for me now. But you have to be

careful.

This Brown is a a pretty unpleasant

character

and he's clever.

So, your job is to observe. That's all.

If you feel you're in any danger, then

you report to this telephone number,

379. Say it now.

379.

You memorize it. And if things get bad,

there can be no police. You're on your

own.

And the code word is 200 all out. If

anyone uses that phrase, then then

they're safe.

Cricket.

What? Oh, yes. Yes.

This is a cold war we're fighting now.

Don't let me down.

Well, how about that?

Reading books and doing this are quite

different. Tubbants

nonsense. He's just meeting a few

people.

And what would you rather be doing?

Feeding the bees.

Walking the dog, making jam to send to

George,

a secret assassin,

a missing girl,

a communist plot. I mean, don't you

think we were born for this kind of

thing?

Two replies

from Jane's uncle,

Mr. Hershimer.

He wants to meet at the Ritz.

The other is unsigned.

Wants to meet us on Sydney Street. Well,

I can guess where we were going first.

But both meetings are today. this

morning. Oh god, Tommy, drive like the

wind.

Thank you for replying to our

advertisement.

You're not what I expected.

Well,

well,

I mean, you're much too good-looking.

Private investigators are short and

dumpy, wear sensible shoes, whereas that

hat.

Sorry, have we already started?

This is my husband, Thomas Barerisford.

Ah,

I see.

Well, I just hope you two get further

than the police did.

So, you've been in contact with the

police?

Sure. But as far as the British police

are concerned, Jane disappeared in

France. So, it's France's problem. The

French just don't want to know. Private

investigators are the only way to go.

So, when I saw your ad,

is it now that you're supposed to ask me

when did I last see my niece?

Yes. Well, I was about to ask you that.

Two months ago, she was studying

languages at Cambridge. She received a

scholarship to go to Paris.

Her parents are deceased, so I agreed. I

even drove her to the ferry.

If I knew that was going to be the last

time I saw her.

You British have a saying.

Hindsight's a wonderful thing.

Do you have children?

Just one.

Sorry, it's me

and him.

Thank you.

Any sugar?

Try sweeter. It's better for you. What

is it?

I like to think it's the future in its

modest way.

Could I just check on something? You

said you reported Jane missing straight

away, but the police say there's no

record of that until she didn't turn up

at Cambridge last week.

Well, that's ridiculous. I spoke to an

inspector Brown nearly 10 days ago and

told him the whole story.

Brown, you say?

I think that's it. Is that relevant?

It could be.

Did you meet him in person?

No, we spoke on the phone.

Is there something wrong?

Sweeter out.

It's delicious, isn't it?

We'll do what we can.

If you need money, just call. As you can

see, I'm a rich man. I just want Jane

back.

Well, there may be one or two expenses.

Anything. Call me anytime.

I didn't like him.

Really? I thought he was

what?

Charming.

What the hell?

He could have killed you.

You don't think that was a warning, do

you? From Brown.

Come on.

Well, this is Sydney Street. What number

did the letter say?

It didn't.

Are

you Mrs. Barisford?

Yes. This is for you.

Wait a minute.

Where's he gone?

No name,

no marking. Do you think whoever sent

this was scared of as well?

Let me see that.

Smell.

Smells like an envelope.

I've got a friend I met during the war.

He works near here. He should see this.

Whose imagination is running away with

them now. If it was a bomb, it would

tick.

It does.

Then

I need to go. James, patience. Brace

yourselves. Here we go. Three, two, one.

Ah, sorry, Chance. Run along.

Sorry. Sorry. You'll get over it,

Daniels. Go run around the field or

something. Go, go, go, go. Shoo. Shoo.

Tommy,

told you we'd meet again.

How'd you like this? Huh? All those

years diffusing bombs and now I get to

blow things up. The

boys must love you.

I take a few risks by my eyebrows

occasionally. They seem to like that.

This is my wife, Tapens.

Pleased to meet you.

Hello.

We met in the hospital way.

Oh,

injured together. You never forget that.

Were you hit by the catering van as

well? No, I was in the front line. But

the catering van was no small beast and

driven by a maniac. Tommy Tommy was very

brave.

I'm sure he was.

Could you take a look at this?

Tighten the other side, would you? This

damn hand.

Good.

Oh my goodness. Tommy, are you all

right? I mean, that was quite a bang.

There's no need to be sarcastic, Tus.

Sarcastic never

to Jane

with all my love. Julius.

Did she have a watch when she went

missing?

I can't remember.

Julius must be Uncle Julius, don't you

think?

What about these? What?

Well, we have a dark room here.

Tommy,

would you

Dominic Villios, the man on the train?

Why have we been sent this?

Life as a teacher doesn't quite do it

the way that my war work did. If you

found yourself an adventure, then it

would be unsporting of you not to share

it. I'm still perfectly capable.

Jane and Dominic Phill.

Good grief.

What? Look,

it's us.

They know all about us,

right?

They probably know where we live,

who we are.

Oh god, Tommy. What if they get to

George?

I don't know, Topins. I don't like this

any more than you do.

It's more than a warning this time.

Sending a motorcyclist is one thing, but

this is it's a command. It's back off or

else.

What did you do that for?

The car. Did you notice it behind us

before?

What car?

I think I saw it when I left the school.

Oh, heck.

Don't jump to conclusions.

Oh, don't tell me. Lots of cars that

look like that probably drive around

this neighborhood all the time.

Don't do that.

Oh, Tommy, what have we got ourselves

into?

Well, you got us into it.

No, I didn't.

We need to do something.

Well, what?

Let's call Car.

Well, you two wondered out of your

depth. If I had my dad's about the pair

of you, it turns out they were

justified.

Where was my report? Where's my phone

call? Where was telling me what the hell

you were doing?

We're terribly sorry.

Well, I'm sorry.

As it happens, Tommy, Albert Peterton

still does the odd bit of work for us.

The British government would lose an

asset like that.

Okay, we've we we've stuck him in a

school and he's got a piece of wood for

an arm. But um

he still has his uses.

You have no training. You have to

remember that. Very little common sense.

It seems

be under no illusion. Mr. Brown is no

small adversary. If you were to get

close to finding Jane Finn, then your

lives would certainly be in danger.

Now, I understand you were sent her for

which I will pass on to my technicians

on the third floor.

Yes, Albert sent it to me, right?

Let's hope there are some fingerprints

left on it.

Of course, major.

There was nothing else in the envelope,

just the watch.

Yes. I mean, no, just that

tens.

Absolutely.

Right.

Right. Well, let's get some cakes.

Albert didn't mention the photographs.

Neither did you.

Yes, but why keep it a secret from

Carter?

It doesn't make sense. If Albert is

working with Carter, why not tell him

the whole story? Because I happen to

think you have got a better chance of

finding Jane, Finn, and Carter and his

team. But you need some help. I let

myself in. Hope you don't mind.

We're a team now, the three of us.

Do we have any choice?

Not really. Have you got anything to

eat? Only I'm starving.

Of course.

School dinners at that place are

dreadful. Clearly.

Oh yes, it moves. I invented it myself.

One day I'll take it off and show you.

It's very impressive.

The regs these days are full of fancy

gadgets. Exploding pencils, umbrellas

with poison in the tip. Firstly, I think

you were bystanders in that photo. Look

at the background in all of the

pictures.

was the man with a birth mark. The one

who was chasing us.

Well, there.

And there he is again.

So, he was on the train.

There's something else. Go on.

The woman he is with.

Exactly.

If you could just bring that photo here

for me.

She's behind you on the platform.

Yes. Yeah.

She's communicating with the man with

the birth mark on the Shan.

And in the cafe

in the cafe there again, only this time

there is a monogram on her luggage with

the initials RV.

Rita. They mentioned a Rita.

And the bill from the hotel.

Um,

uh,

Vander. Um,

Vander.

Vanir.

Rita. Vander. Could that be it?

Whoever sent this photo has given you a

way into the gang.

This Rita could lead you to the missing

girl.

Yes. I go for what you said.

Yes, it's all set. I've got it hidden.

But what's an opera singer doing getting

mixed up in all this?

I don't know. Let's hope she hasn't

already found someone.

Stop it.

Stop what?

It's just a wig and some makeup. Trying

to find a missing girl. Remember the

recording that identifies Brown?

Well, it's just

what?

Well, I'm not quite sure of the word.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I actually think you're quite um

Well, you know, anytime you wanted to

stop it.

Sorry.

That's him. That's the man who offered

me a job.

What?

See, drawing pin in attire works every

time.

Another trick from a book.

At least I read my books, Tommy.

All right.

Well, wish me luck.

And me?

Oh, you were born to play the part.

Anytime you want to play the part at

home,

Tommy, stop it.

Sorry.

Follow him, Tommy. Stay close to him.

Yes,

Kelly Lion. Mrs. Vander, I saw

downstairs you were looking for a maid.

Can you type?

Of

course I can.

Only the last girl was too slow. 40

words a minute or you're out on your

ear. Don't step on the carpet. It's

original person. Mind your feet. Sorry.

My memoirs. But don't look so astounded.

Principal Soprano Royal Opera House for

seven seasons. 1932, 1933, right up

until the war. I sang Madam Butterfly in

front of the king. Paris, Berlin, and

now again here in London. You better get

a pencil. I want to get it ready.

So that after my next performance,

well, the world wakes up.

Weary but respplendant. One evening I

emerged from my dressing room to find a

rowdy group of German fans clamoring for

my autograph.

Rita, they called begged me to speak to

them for a while. Of course, I was in

trouble

and coming politician who shall remain

nameless. But I have always made time

for those with the good sense to adore

me. I shall always remember the pleasure

Those little

Oh

my god.

I'm here to meet the Spanish cousin.

Can I help you?

Just browsing.

What? I'm here to meet the Spanish

cousin.

I have fought for many years.

I am.

Mind you, don't put your elbows on the

table. I've just had it polished. If you

see a fly, get hit with a swat.

Finish the chapter yet.

It is

just a chill.

Sweet.

Sh.

Please, please let me let go of my

jacket. Please, please. Thank you.

Hang on a minute. You aren't Drenin, are

you?

Drenin.

I'm right, aren't I? They said you were

some sort of big wig.

No wonder you went into this. But I I

didn't offend you or anything, did I?

Oh, no. No, of course not.

They're waiting upstairs.

I always encourage everyone to

participate in and appreciate the

and

tell Brown.

You tell Brown cuz Brown is relying on

you. So when you sing at that dude,

I am trustworthy. Everyone knows that I

can do it.

I thought you said no one was here.

Just some girl doing some typing.

Hey,

the money. It's the most important

thing.

Hey, wait a minute. Are you a member?

I said, are you a member? This is a

members only club.

Yes, I am a member.

Well, I've never met you before.

Come here.

Dear Wittington,

I think we've got someone here who

doesn't belong.

Hang on a minute.

Haven't we met before?