"Stall, please." "Ladies and gentlemen, with your kind attention and permission," "I have the honour of presenting to you one of the most remarkable men in the world." "How remarkable?" "He's sweating!" "Can you be surprised at that, gentlemen?" "Every day he commits to memory 50 new facts." "And remembers every one of 'em." "Facts from history, from geography, newspapers, scientific books, millions and millions of them!" "Think of the strain involved by his prodigious feat!" "His feet ain't half as big as yours, Cully!" " I mean his feats of memory!" " Oh!" "Test him please, ladies and gentlemen, ask him your questions." "He will answer fully and freely." "Mr Memory!" "I also add, ladies and gentlemen, before retiring, that Mr Memory has left his brain to the British Museum!" "Hurray!" "A question, please." "Ladies first." "Where's my old man been since last Saturday?" " On the booze!" " Out with his bit!" "A serious question, please!" "What won the Derby in 1921?" "Mr Jack Joel's Humorist." "Won by a length, odds 6-1." "Second and third, Craig-an-Eran and Lemonora." "Am I right?" "Right!" "What won in 1936?" "You come back in 1937 and I'll tell you, sir!" "How far is Winnipeg from Montreal?" "What won the Cup in 1926?" "Cup?" "Waterloo, football or tea?" "Football, silly!" "When did Chelsea win it?" "63BC, in the presence of the Emperor Nero." "What causes pip in poultry?" " Shh!" "Don't make yourself so common!" " Well, our fowls have got it." "How many races did Mick the Miller win?" " How old is Mae West?" " When was Crippen hanged?" "Who was the last British heavyweight champion?" " Henry VIII!" " My old woman!" "Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Jim Corbett, heavyweight champion of America, at Carson City, Nevada, in October 1897." "He was 34 years of age." "Am I right, sir?" " How old is Mae West?" " Sir, I never tell a lady's age." "Next, please." "What causes pip in poultry?" "How far is Winnipeg from Montreal?" " Miss Winnie who, sir?" " How far is Winnipeg from Montreal?" "Ah!" "A gentleman from Canada." "You're welcome, sir." "Winnipeg, third city of Canada and capital of the province of Manitoba." "Distance from Montreal, 1,424 miles." " Am I right, sir?" " Quite right." " Next, please." " How old is Mae West?" "!" "How old's Mae West?" "!" "How old's Mae West?" "!" "Here, you!" "How old's Mae West?" "!" "Gentlemen, gentlemen!" "Please!" "You're not at home!" "Hey!" "You!" "What causes pip..." "What caus..." "Play!" "For God's sake, play something, man!" "Well, here we are." "May I come home with you?" "What's the idea?" "Well, I like to." "Well, it's your funeral." "Come on, then, there's a bus." "You don't stay here always?" "No, I've taken a furnished flat." "I'm here from Canada for a few months." "By the way, am I allowed to know your name?" "Smith?" "All right." "Do you want to know more about me?" "What do you think I do for a living?" " Actress?" " Not in the way you mean." " Chorus?" " No!" " Sorry." " I am a freelance." " Life of adventure, eh?" " Yes." "You'll find my sitting room all upset, I've had decorators in." " Wait till I find the switch." " Not yet." "Now." "Mr Hannay, would you be so kind and turn that mirror with its face to the wall?" "You'd be happier if there were curtains on the windows." " I'm sorry." "Hello, there's the telephone." "Just a minute." "Mr Hannay, don't answer the telephone." " Why not?" " Because I think it's for me." "Please don't answer!" "Just as you say." " Won't you sit down?" "If you would please kick that footstool over to me?" "Thanks." " You needed that." " I did." "Thank you." " I owe you an explanation." " Don't bother about me." "I'm nobody." "We cannot talk here." "All right." "Just a minute." " OK?" " Mm-hm." " Cigarette?" " No, thank you." " That's our friend again." " Take no notice." "Would you think me very troublesome if I asked for something to eat?" "Sure." " Do you like haddock?" " Yes, please." "I suppose your name isn't really Smith." "It depends on where I am." "You may call me Annabella." "Annabella Smith." "A clergyman's daughter, I suppose." " Oh!" "Hello, nervy?" "Upset by those shots tonight?" "I fired those shots." " You what?" " Yes, to create a diversion." "You see, I had to get away from that theatre quickly." "There were two men there who wanted to kill me." "You should be more careful with your gentlemen friends." " You don't understand." " You don't make it very easy." "A beautiful, mysterious woman pursued by gunmen." "Sounds like a spy story." "That's exactly what it is." "Only I prefer the word "agent" better." " Agent?" "For what country?" " Any country that pays me." " Well, what is your country?" " I have no country." "Born in a balloon, eh?" "Well, we'll let that go." "I suppose you've come over here to dig up some great big state secret." "No, I'm here to save the secret from being dug up." "A very important secret for this country." "Not because I love England but because it pays me better that way." "You see, the very brilliant agent of a certain foreign power is on the point of obtaining a secret vital to your Air Defence." "I tracked two of his men to the music hall." "Unfortunately they recognised me." " That's why they're after me." " Too bad." "Have you ever heard of a thing called persecution mania?" " You don't believe me?" " Frankly, I don't." "Go and look down into the street, then." "You win." " Are they there?" " Yes." "I hoped I'd shaken them off." "I'm going to tell you something which it's not very healthy to know." "But now that they have followed me here, you are in it as much as I am." "How do you mean?" " Have you ever heard of the 39 Steps?" " No, what's that?" "A pub?" "Never mind." "But what you were laughing at just now is true." "These men will stick at nothing." "I'm the only person who can stop them." "It is only a matter of days, perhaps hours, before the secret is out of the country." "Why don't you phone the police?" "They wouldn't believe me any more than you did." "And if they did, how long would it take to get them going?" "These men act quickly." "You don't know how clever their chief is." "Clever and ruthless." "Who is he?" "What's his name?" "He has a dozen names." "He can look like a hundred people." "But one thing he cannot disguise." "This part of his little finger is missing." "If ever you should meet a man with no top joint there, be very careful, my friend." "I'll make a note of it." "Meanwhile, what are you going to do?" "First I'll eat my haddock." "Then, if you're not going to turn me out into the street, have a good night's rest." "Well, you're welcome to my bed." "I'll get a shakedown on the couch." "Anything else I can get you?" "A map of Scotland." "Why Scotland?" "There is a man in Scotland I must visit next if anything is to be done." "Are the 39 Steps in Scotland, by any chance?" "Perhaps I'll tell you tomorrow." "Clear out, Hannay." "They'll get you next!" "'What you were laughing at just now is true." "'These men will stop at nothing.'" "'There is a man in Scotland I must visit next if anything is to be done." "'It is only a matter of days, perhaps hours, 'before the secret is out of the country." "'The police would not believe me any more than you did." "'I tell you, these men act quickly." "'Quickly...quickly.'" "Morning, sir!" "You're up bright and early this morning." " Could you use a pound note?" " What's the catch?" "I want to borrow your cap and coat." " Why?" " I want to make a getaway." " Do a bunk?" " Yes." " What have you been up to?" " I'll have to trust you." "A murder's been committed on the first floor." " By you?" " No, no." "By those two men out there." "And I suppose they're waiting there for a copper to come and arrest 'em!" "Listen, they're spies." "Foreigners." "They've murdered a woman in my flat and now they want me." "Come off it!" "Jokes at five in the morning." "All right, all right." "I'll tell you the truth." " Are you married?" " Yes, but don't rub it in." " What's the idea now?" " I'm not." "I'm a bachelor." " A married woman lives upstairs." " Does she?" "Yes." "And I've just been paying her a call." " Now I want to go home." " What's preventing you?" "One of those men is her brother, the other's her husband." "Why didn't you say!" "I only wanted to be told!" "Kidding me with tales about murders and foreigners!" "Put on me little hat." "There." " Take the pound." " No, no, sir." "You're welcome to it." "You'd do the same for me one day." "Leave the pony round the corner." " So long, old sport." " Goodbye." "Thank you." "Oi!" "The empties!" "Papers!" "Magazines!" "Chocolates!" "Cigarettes!" "Mind your backs, please!" "There he is!" "They're much prettier than they were 20 years ago." " More free." " You're right." "I don't know how people put up with the old-fashioned sort." "All bones and no bend." " Well, they did last longer." " Oh, I dunno." "Mine last about a year." "I'll show you." "Big demand for these now." " The old-fashioned sort." " Brr!" "My wife!" "Look at these." "Our new streamlined model." " What I've been talking about." " Anything go with it?" "I should say so!" "This." "A pretty girl inside those needn't be ashamed of herself anywhere." " Bring it back to me when it's filled." " I will!" "Hello, what's this?" "Edinburgh, Waverley." "We're getting on." " Pardon us for talking business, sir" " Oh, certainly, certainly." "Good day to you." " Good day, sir." " Good day." "Good day." " Broad-minded old geezer." " I'll bet he's good at charades!" "I wonder what won the 2 o'clock at Windsor?" "I don't know." "Let's get a paper." "Hey, son." "Speaka da English?" "Dispatch." " Hello!" " Well, what won it?" "There's been another woman murdered in a West End flat." "Sex dramas don't appeal to me." "What won?" " Bachelor Button." " Good." " 7-4 on." " Not so good." "Portland Place." "By the BBC." "Quiet place to put someone to sleep." " "Good night, everybody." "Good night"" " Good one!" "What was she like?" "One of the usual?" "A well-dressed woman of about 35, with a knife in her back." " The tenant, Richard Hannay, is missing." " You surprise me!" "At seven o'clock this morning, the charwoman, Elizabeth Briggs..." "If that isn't the blasted limit!" " Now what?" " Is there no honesty in this world!" "I ask you! "The new Body Line rubber panty corset on sale today." ""McCutcheon Brothers, Princess Street." "Price 17/9d." ""Brassiere to match 4/11d." Do you get that?" "The Body Line." "1/3d cheaper than our Streamline." "No use going to Aberdeen now." " Might I have a look at your paper?" " Certainly." "Thank you." "That's all right." "..his bark's worse than his bite." "There's enough evidence there to hang any man." "What can I do for you, sir?" "Can you tell me what station that train stops at next?" "Who do you think I am?" "A porter." "Away and find out for yourself!" " I know better one than that." " You don't!" "That was very funny." "Have you heard the one about the young lady of Ongar?" " I dunno." " You must hear it!" "There was a young lady of Ongar..." " Taking tea, sir?" " Yes." "Thank you." "Darling, how lovely to see you!" "Young man having a free meal in there." "I was desperate, I'm terribly sorry." "I had to do it." "My name's Hannay." "They're after me but I'm innocent." "You must help me." "Have you seen a man passing in the last few minutes?" "This is the man you want, I think." "But when we passed..." "He forced his way in." "His name's Hannay." " Is your name Hannay?" " No." " Are you coming to tea?" " I'll be right along." "Pull the cord!" "Go on, man!" "Get on with it!" "Here!" "Here!" "What for did you pull the communication cord!" " To stop the train!" " You can't stop it on a bridge!" " A man jumped off." " He's a murderer!" " Which way did he go?" " He must have jumped off here." "I cannae wait here!" " He's getting on the train!" " That's a passenger." " It's him, I tell ye!" " Come on with you." "'Hannay escapes!" "Paper!" "'" "'Hannay escapes!" "'" "'Extra special!" "Paper!" "'Sensational escape on Forth Bridge!" "'Paper!" "'" "'Extra, extra!" "Paper!" "'" "'Height, about 5ft 10in." "Small moustache." "'Last seen wearing a dark suit." "'But he may have obtained a change of clothing...'" " Good day." " And to you." " What's your business?" " I'm a mechanic, looking for a job." " There's no work here." " Are there no big houses?" "Only Sir Andrew's, and he's had the same chauffeur for 40 years." "I didn't know we'd had cars that long." "He was a coachman when he was a boy." "What's that?" "The manse." "The minister has no motor car." "Are there no newcomers?" "There's an Englishman, a kind of professor." "Professor?" "He lives at Alt-Na-Shellach." "The other side of the loch." " Is that anywhere near that village?" " It is." " Thanks, I'll try there." " Not tonight." "It's 14 miles." "Could I get a lift in that van?" "No." "He's bound the other way." "I guess you're right." "Could you put me up for the night?" " Free?" " No, I'll pay." " Could you eat a herring?" " I could eat half a dozen." " Can you sleep in a box bed?" " I can try." " 2/6d." " Take it now." "Thank you." "Go in with the gentleman." "He'll stay with us till tomorrow morning." "Your daughter?" "My wife." " Will you no come in?" " Thank you." "Here's your bed." "I'll lift these things." " Can you sleep there, do you think?" " Try and stop me!" "You'll be tired." "I'll say I am!" "I'm on the tramp looking for a job." "Won't you sit down?" "I'll go on with our supper." "Thank you." " Have you been in these parts long?" " No." "I'm from Glasgow." " Did you ever see it?" " No." "You should see Sauchiehall Street with all its fine shops." "And Argyll Street on a Saturday night with the trams and the lights." "And the cinema palaces and the crowds." " And it's Saturday night tonight." " You don't get those thing here!" "No." "Do you miss them?" "Sometimes." "I've never been to Glasgow, but I've to Edinburgh, Montreal and London." "I'll tell you about London at supper." " John wouldn't approve of that." " Why not?" "He says it's best not to think of such places and the wickedness that goes on." "Why not listen now before he comes back?" "What do you want to know?" "Is it true that the ladies paint their toenails?" "Some of them." " Do London ladies look beautiful?" " They do." "But they wouldn't if you were beside them." "You ought not to say that." "What ought he not to say?" "I was just saying to your wife that I prefer living in town than the country." "God made the country." "Is the supper ready, woman?" "Do you mind if I look at your paper?" " No, I don't mind." " Thank you." " You didnae tell me your name." " Hammond." "Well, Mr Hammond, if you'll put down that paper, I'll say a blessing." "Yes, of course." "Sanctify these bounteous mercies to us miserable sinners." "O Lord, make us truly thankful for them and for all Thy manifold blessings." "And continually turn our hearts from wickedness... and from worldly things...unto Thee." "Amen." "I forgot to lock the barn." " The police are here." "You'd best go." " And I was having such a nice sleep." " Don't let them catch you." " I'll never forget you." " Which way?" " I'll show you." "Aye, I might have known." "Making love behind my back." " Get out!" " Just a minute..." " And you." "Get out of my house..." " Aye." "Go." "And leave you like this?" " It's a chance of liberty." " But..." " She was only trying to help me." " Aye, to bring shame upon my house." "She was helping me escape from the police." " Police?" " They want me for murder." "They're here!" "She was warning me." "I told her about it last night." "Say I'm not here." "I'll make it worth your while." " How much?" " £5." " Give it to me." " After they've gone." "Get back into bed." "Shut him in." "Hide him." "Not there." "I dinnae trust him." " He took the money!" " He couldnae resist it." "Here." "Have you seen a stranger about here?" "I was right." "He's asking if there's a reward if you get catched." "He'll argie-bargie a while more." "Now's your time." "Yourjacket's terrible light-coloured." "I'm afeared they'll see you." "You best take this one." " Is this your husband's coat?" " His Sunday best." "Never mind." "What about you?" "He'll not ill-treat you?" "No." "He'll pray at me, no more." " What's your name?" " Margaret." "Goodbye, Margaret, I'll never forget you for this." "There he goes!" "Spread out in a line." " Is the master in?" " What name is it?" "Ask him if he knows Miss Annabella Smith." " Wait here, sir." "I'll enquire." " All right." "We'd better make enquiries here." "Somebody may have seen him through the windows." "There's been motor cars here." "Murderers never pay calls in motor cars." " Good day." " The same to you." "Have you seen any strangers?" "There's a few callers but they're not strangers." "Any suspicious-looking bodies outside?" "Or calling at the house?" "No, sir." "There hasn't been anybody near here for the last half hour." " You're from Annabella Smith?" " Yes." "We're just celebrating my daughter Hilary's birthday." "Let me get rid of these people, then we can talk." "Louisa, I've another guest for you." "This is Mr..." "I forgot to ask your name?" "Hammond." "He's come to see me on business, from London." "There's a police inspector at the door." "At the door?" "All right." "I'll deal with him." "Take him in, my dear." "Come and meet my daughters." "This is Patricia." "Mrs Bailey, Mrs Huntley." " Hilary, my dear, this is Mr..." " Hammond." "He's just arrived from London." "Mr Hammond, forgive the orgy, but the church sermon lasted an hour." "This is Captain and Mrs Oglivie." "Have a drink, Mr Hammond?" "This is Derek." "Derek Stewart." "This is Sheriff Watson." "You have to be polite to him." "He's our Sheriff's Substitute." "Give you six months hard as soon as look at you!" "It's all right, don't worry." "I've sent them away." "Come and look at the view from this window, Mr Hammond." "We're rather proud of it." "Sheriff, have you caught that murderer yet?" "What murderer?" "The man who killed that woman in Portland Place!" "He's here." "How exciting!" "He's on the moors or somewhere." "Sheriff, you must catch him." "You'd not want me knifed in the back, eh?" "You catch him and I'll convict him!" "Good gracious, it's nearly one o'clock!" "We must get out of here." "There's no hurry." "Still, if you must go." "Pat!" "Ring for Captain Oglivie's car, will you?" "Whenever you do catch him," "I'm at the Sheriff's court at ten every morning, so bring him along." "Louisa, my dear, Mr Hammond and I want to have a chat before lunch." "Now, Mr Hannay." "I suppose it's safe to call you by your real name now?" "What about our mutual friend Annabella?" " She's been murdered." " Murdered?" "Oh, the Portland Place affair - why our friends outside are looking for you." " I didn't do it." " Of course you didn't." "But why come all this way to tell me about it?" "She was coming to see you about some Air Ministry secret." "She was killed by a foreign agent who was interested, too." "Did she say what the agent looked like?" "No, but part of a finger is missing." " Which one?" " This one, I think." "Are you sure it wasn't this one?" " Lunch is ready, dear." " I'm coming right away." "Well, Mr Hannay, I've been guilty of leading you down the garden path." "Or should it be up?" "I never can remember." "It seems to be the wrong garden all right." "Well, what are we going to do about it?" "That's just the point." "What are we going to do about it?" "You see, I live here as a respectable citizen." "My whole existence would be jeopardised if it became known that I'm not..." "What shall we say?" "Not what I seem." "Oh, Mr Hannay, why have you come here?" "Why have you forced me into this position?" "I can't lock you up in a room or anything like that." "There's my wife and daughters to think of." "I don't know what to think." "Really I don't." "What makes it doubly important that I shouldn't let you go is that" "I'm just about to, er, convey some vital information out of the country." "Oh, yes, I've got it." "I'm afraid poor Annabella would've been too late in any case." " Well, that's that." " Yes." "What about it?" " What about what?" " About yourself." " It seems there's only one way out." " And what's that?" "Supposing I left you alone with this revolver." "Tomorrow's newspapers could announce the Portland Place murderer had taken his own life." "I thought you were coming to lunch directly, dear." " Will Mr Hammond be staying?" " I don't think so, dear." "Well?" "What do you think, Mr Hannay?" "Well, I'm afraid you leave me no alternative." "I cannae find my hymn book." "Where did you leave it?" "In the breast pocket of my overcoat." "It was hanging here." "John, I..." "I'm afraid I gave it to the gentleman who was staying here that night." "I've never seen it happen to a hymn book before!" "And this bullet stuck among the hymns, eh?" "I'm not surprised!" "Some of those hymns are terrible hard to get through." "I'm not complaining." ""Hymns that have helped me"!" "That's a good one, Mr Hannay!" "And to think that I was drinking his champagne only half an hour before!" "It's a lesson to us all." "Not to mix with doubtful company on the Sabbath." "How did you escape?" "Look through the window." "They put...the body in the dressing room." "When I came to, I borrowed this suit and pinched his car." "Sheriff, I don't want to hurry you, but this is serious, you know." "If it weren't, I wouldn't come here with a murder charge hanging over me." "Never heed the murder." "You'll convince Scotland Yard of your innocence as easily as you did me." "All I need is a short statement that I can forward to the authorities." "I've someone coming over from the police station to take it down." " You wish to see me, Sheriff?" " Indeed I do." "Do you think I enjoy playing for time with a murderer?" "!" " Murderer?" "!" " Certainly!" "You're under arrest for the wilful murder of a woman unknown in Portland Mansions, London." " Take him to the jail." " Sheriff, you've heard my story!" "We're not so daft in Scotland as some smart Londoners may think." "You think I believed your story?" "The Professor's my best friend." "Professor Jordan." " Where did that bullet come from?" " From one of your pursuers." "I had a shot at him myself." "Call the High Commissioner for Canada!" "You can do that from London." "You'll be there soon enough." "That's the Professor's car." "Hannay must be inside spilling the beans." "Stop that man!" "My God!" "Go on!" "How do you do!" "How do you do!" "We're waiting for you!" "Pamela's gone to meet you at the station." "This way." "..standard bearer himself!" "I welcome this opportunity of discussing with you another question vital to the import of our country at this critical and momentous hour!" "But, first of all, I shall occupy your time with..." "You've occupied too much already." "We've had enough of you!" "Ladies and gentlemen, I now call upon the speaker of the evening." " Speak up!" " I don't need to tell you who he is nor speak of his brilliant record as a soldier and a statesman..." " Speak up!" " ..conquered England and is one of the foremost figures of political world in London." " I ask him to tell you something..." " About time, too." "..how important it is that at this crucial by-election our candidate should be returned by an adequate majority." " I now ask for Captain Fraser." "Ladies and gentlemen, I apologise for my hesitation in rising just now." "I'd entirely failed while listening to the Chairman's description to realise he was talking about me." "May I say from the bottom of my heart and with the utmost sincerity how delighted and relieved I am to be in your presence at this moment." "Delighted because of your friendly reception." "Relieved because so long as I stand on this platform," "I'm delivered from the moment..." "From the cares and anxieties which must always be the lot of a man in my position." "When I journeyed up to Scotland on the Highland Express, over that magnificent Forth Bridge, that monument to Scottish engineering and muscle..." "On that journey, I'd no idea that in a few days' time" "I'd be addressing a political meeting." "I'd planned a very different programme for myself." " On the moors to shoot something?" " Or somebody!" "I'm a rotten shot!" "I little thought I should be speaking tonight in support of that brilliant young statesman, that rising, er, er, the gentleman on my right." "Already known among you as one destined to make no uncertain mark in politics." "In other words, your future member of parliament, your candidate, Mr..." "McCrocodile." "He doesnae know his name!" "Your candidate will forgive my referring to him by the nickname by which he's already known in anticipation, in anticipation, mark you, at, er, Westminster." "Now, we're going to discuss a topic." "What'll it be?" " Herring fisheries!" " Unemployment!" " What about the idle rich?" " That's an old-fashioned topic!" "I'm not rich and I've never been idle." "I've always been busy and I expect to be busier soon!" "Have ye ever worked with your hands?" "Indeed I have, and I've known what it is to feel lonely and helpless." "Things no man or woman ought to feel!" "I ask your candidate, and all who love their fellow men, to make this world a happier place to live in!" "Where no nation plots against nation, no neighbour plots against neighbour, where there is no persecution, where everybody gets a sporting chance, where people help and not hinder." "A world from which suspicion and cruelty have been banished." "That is the world I want." "Is that the world you want?" "That's all I have to say!" "Good night!" "I kept going as long as I could for you." "You're certainly a difficult man to follow." "I suppose you think you're clever." "Officer, tell the prisoner not to insult me." "Couldn't you realise I was speaking the truth in that railway carriage?" "Will you call the High Commissioner for Canada and tell him an important..." "That'll do now." "..important secret is being taken out of this country by a foreign agent." " Has that penetrated?" " Right to the funny bone." "Have you no sense?" "Put that call through, I beg you, and refer them to me." "Will you do this?" "No." "Good night." " Miss, would you come too?" " What for?" "To identify the prisoner at the station." "It's only for a few minutes." "All right, if it's absolutely necessary." " Now, you." " Must I sit next to this man?" " It's only for a short time, miss." " Be as quick as you can." "Isn't that the police station?" "You've passed it." "Tell the man." "You misunderstood." "We're not going to this police station." " Where are we going?" " Inveraray." "Inveraray?" "He has to see the Sheriff Principal." "We have orders to take him there." "You've no orders to take me." "But I'm afraid you must go." "I'll see you're sent back as soon as possible." " How far is Inveraray?" " 40 miles." "Will you keep quiet?" "We'll be there in two hours, miss." "Two hours!" "Do you think I'm going to spend half the night with you all?" "Isn't the man going the wrong way?" "Surely that's the way to Inveraray?" "There's a bridge fallen down, miss." "We shall have to go round." "Might I see your warrant?" "Shut your mouth." "You'll see it when we get there." "Would you like to have a small bet with me, Pamela?" "All right, I'll have it with you, Sherlock." "100-1 your Sheriff Principal has the top joint of his little finger missing." "What about it?" " I win." "Hello!" "What are we stopping for?" "Oh, a flock of detectives!" "There's sheep everywhere!" "Get out and clear them away." " What about him?" " I'll fix that." "Now you're a special constable." " What's the idea?" " As long as you stay, he stays." "Yes." "And as long as I go, you go." "Come on!" "Stop them!" "They've got away!" " Come on, we must run for it." " I won't!" "You're hurting me." "See if they've gone that way." "Where the devil can they have gone?" "Help!" "Let me go!" "One yip out of you and I'll shoot you, I mean it." "There's nobody down here, I tell you." "Come up here, blast you." "Spread out and find them." "We must be a mile away by now." "Don't do that!" "Oh, do stop whistling." "You can't escape." "What chance have you got tied to me?" "Keep that question for your husband." "You are the white man's burden!" "I can't tell you what comfort that thought gives me!" "The police will get you as soon as it's daylight." " They're not policemen." " How do you know?" "Because of you." "I wouldn't have known it was the wrong road." "They were taking us to their boss, God help us." "I see." "Still sticking to your penny-novelette spy story." "20 million women in this island and I've got to be chained to you!" "Look, I'm telling you the truth." "I told you on the train, I tried to tell you this evening," "I'm telling you now for the third time." "There's a conspiracy against this island and only we can stop it." " Think what you've seen." " The gallant knight to the rescue!" "All right." "Then I'm just a plain, common murderer, who stabbed an innocent defenceless woman in the back not four days ago." "I don't know if you're innocent, but you're a woman and you're defenceless and you're alone on a desolate moor, manacled to a murderer." "If that's the situation you prefer, have it, you're welcome." "I'm not afraid of..." "Atchoo!" "For all you know I may murder a woman a week." "So listen to a bit of advice." "From now on do every single thing I tell you to do and do it quick." "You big bully!" "I like your pluck." "Come on." " We're going in there." " What for?" "That's my business." "Now, a civil tongue or else..." "You're going to back me up in every thing I say or do." " Has that penetrated the ivory dome?" " Onlyjust." "Put your hand in my pocket and look as if you're in a hurry." "Come on." "Come in, ma'am." "Come in, sir." "The young lady's terrible wet!" "We had an accident with our car." " You'll be staying the night?" " Yes." "We've just the one room, with the one bed, but you'll no be minding that." "No, no, quite the reverse." " You're man and wife, I suppose?" " Oh, yes." "Er, yes." " Have you any luggage?" " No, we left it in the car." "I can lend the young lady a night-gown." "Will you please register?" "James, the book!" "I'll light the fire for you." "Will you be needing supper?" "Just a large whisky and soda and a few sandwiches." "Oh, and a glass of milk." "I can't write with my left hand but I can shoot with it." "You can guess what's in this pocket." "You sign, the sooner you get used to writing your new name, the better." "Off we go." "Mr and Mrs Henry Hopkinson, The Hollyhocks, Hammersmith." "I'll be back in a minute." "Now, off with that wet skirt and I'll dry it in the kitchen." "Oh, don't bother." "It'll dry in front of the fire just as well." "No doubt the gentleman will take care of you." " Good night, sir." "Good night, ma'am." " Good night." "Good night." "Is he married to her, do you think?" "I dinna ken or care." "They're so terrible in love with each other!" "I shall tell them the whole story!" " Do you want me to hang for murder?" " I don't care!" " I won't spend the night with you!" " What else can you do?" " Can I come in, sir?" "Come in." "We were just getting warm before the fire." "I can see that." "I thought you'd like this in your bed." "Would you like a hot-water bottle?" "Say "Yes, darling"." " Yes, darling." " Very well." " I say, please don't go!" " Why not?" "Is anything wrong?" "She wants to tell you something, that's all." "We're a runaway couple." "I kenned it all the time!" "And they're after you?" " You won't give us away, will you?" " Of course we will not give you up." "And good night to you both." "You'll no be disturbed." "But..." "Thank God for a bite to eat!" "Come on." "There you are." " Now, what's the next thing we do?" " Get these things off." "How are we going to do that?" "Anything in that bag of yours that would help?" "A pair of scissors, a hairpin or something?" " A nail file?" "Any help?" " It'd take 10 years but we can try!" "Now, let's get comfortable." "What about that skirt?" "It's still pretty damp." "I don't want to be tied to a pneumonia case as well." "Take it off." "I shall keep it on, thank you!" "And that is that." "I'll take my stockings off, though." "That's the first sensible thing you've said." "Can I help?" " No, thank you." " Sorry." " Here, hold this." " Oh, yes." "Half a minute." "Thank you." " Would you like your milk now?" " No, thank you." "I'll wait a little." "Cheerio." "That's better." " Are your feet quite warm again?" " Yes, thanks." "Now, kindly place yourself on the operating table." "Nobody's going to hurt you!" "Let's get some rest while we can." "I will not lie on this bed." "You'll lie wherever I lie." "We're Siamese twins!" "Don't gloat!" "Gloat!" "Do you think I want to wake up and see your face beside me unwashed and shiny?" "What a sight you'll be!" "Give me that nail file." "Thank you." "I wish I could get that tune out of my head." "I wonder where I heard it?" " You sound very sleepy." " Sleepy?" "I'll say so!" "Do you know when I last slept in a bed?" "Saturday night." "And I only got two hours." " What woke you so soon?" "Dreams?" " What do you mean?" "I thought murderers had terrible dreams." "Only at first." "I got over that a long time ago." "At first, I was quite squeamish." "I was a most sensitive child." "You surprise me." "I'd wake up screaming thinking the police were after me." "How did you start?" "Oh, pilfering pennies from other children's lockers at school." "Then pocket-picking, car-pinching." "Then smash and grab and burglary." "I killed my first man when I was 19." "You'll be able to take your grandchildren to Madame Tussaud's and point me out." " Which section?" " It's early to say." "I'm still young." "But I'll be there somewhere or other." "You'll point me out and say," ""If I were to tell you how matey I was with that gentleman..."" "What's the matter?" " You're pinching my wrist." " I'm sorry." " Anyway, that's how it all began." " What began?" "My career of crime." "All hereditary." "Great Uncle Penruddock." "Who was he?" "My good girl!" "Never heard of Great Uncle Penruddock?" "Cornish Bluebeard?" "I thought your family came from Canada." "That's where they went after the Penruddock incident." "He murdered three wives and got away with it." "One mother-in-law tried to have him arrested." "Did she succeed?" "No!" "He was too quick for her." "Took her for a walk to Land's End and shoved her over into the ocean." "He's in Madame Tussaud's and there's no doubt about his department." "You must go and see him." "Can't mistake him." "Third on the left as you go in, red whiskers and a harelip." "And that, lady, is the sad story of my life." "Poor orphan boy who never had a chance." "Are you still set on giving me up to the police?" " You're sure everything will be OK?" " Bound to be." "He can't have much time." "As soon as I've picked up...you know what, I'll leave the country." "Be careful." "Wire to me." " Goodbye, my dear." " Goodbye." "Is that Professor Jordan's house?" "Can I speak to Mrs Jordan, then?" "Is that Mrs Jordan?" "He's gone to London already, has he?" " I'd like that whisky hot." " I'll get the hot water." "He dodged the police." "The girl handed him to us thinking we were detectives." "We had to take her because he told her everything." "Very good, ma'am." "I see." "Yes, ma'am." "Well?" "The old man's got the wind up." "He's cleared out already." "It's too dangerous with Hannay loose." "He's warning the whole 39 Steps." "Has he got the, er...you know?" "He's picking up our friend at the London Palladium on the way out." "Here's your toddy." "That'll be half a crown." " And the phone call?" " We'll say a shilling." " Is, er is this a hotel as well?" " Aye." " Do you have people staying here?" " Aye." " I suppose you get a few odd people?" " Oh, aye." " Did you have anyone in tonight?" " Aye." "They weren't by any chance a young couple, were they?" "James!" "Mercy me!" "What kind of a silly creature am I married to!" "Do you want us all jailed?" "!" " How much did you take for these?" " Half a crown." "Out, the pair of you!" "And dinna let on to anybody that you got a drink here after hours." "You old fool, you." "You wouldnae have given away a young couple, would you?" "Morning." "What's the idea?" "How did we get out of these?" "I slipped out of mine last night and camped out here." " Why didn't you run away?" " I did, but as I was going I..." "I discovered you'd been speaking the truth, so I decided to stay." "May I ask what earthquake caused your brain to work at last?" "Those two men - I overheard them telephoning." " What did they say?" " Stuff...about the 39 Steps..." " You don't mean..." "Go on." " What?" "Someone's going to warn them..." "How can you warn steps?" "There was another thing, someone's got scared and is clearing out." "And, um, yes, and is picking up someone at the London Palladium." "London Palladium?" "Is that the Professor?" "Our friend with the little finger missing." "What does he want to go there for?" "I feel such a fool not having believed you." "Oh, that's all right." "Well, we..." "We ought to get a move on." "What room are those two men in?" "No room." "They went as soon as they'd telephoned." "They what?" "!" "Didn't I tell you?" "You let them go after hearing what they said?" " You button-headed idiot!" " Don't talk to me like that!" "Five hours wasted!" "Even you might have realised this was important!" "Well, why not let well alone?" "My good girl, I'm accused of murder!" "The only way to clear myself is to expose these spies." "You still can." "Go to the London Palladium." "Yeah!" "I'll get there five hours late." " The show will suit you!" " What's that?" ""Crazy Month!"" "You're quite right, madam." "The Air Ministry has got a new thing a lot of people are interested in." "But they are positive that no papers are missing that would be of any use to a spy." "But there's a man leaving the country tonight with something!" "Since you phoned from Scotland this morning, we've made the minutest enquiries." "I'm wasting my time here." "Just a moment, miss, please." "There's one thing you haven't told us," "Where's Richard Hannay?" "I haven't the faintest idea." "Now look here, miss..." " You're in the telephone book?" " Yes." "If anything crops up, we'll call you." "That'll be all now." "Thank you." "Tell Archer and Seagrave to get a taxi and follow that girl." "She'll lead us to Hannay all right." "♪ Love is a song..." "Cover every exit." "Don't let anyone leave." "You two go in the orchestra pit." "Ladies and gentlemen, we shall now sing!" "Move along there, please." "Come on, sir." " Sir, no one's allowed to leave." " What?" "A man can't go for a drink?" "I'm just looking for someone." "Can I go through, please?" "Very good." "She's seen him." "She's on her way down to the stalls now, sir." "May I borrow your opera glasses, please?" "Excuse me, may I take your place, please?" "What are you doing here?" "Listen, He's in that box." "I've been to Scotland Yard." "Nothing's been stolen from the Air Ministry." "But you heard those men say he'd got and there he is!" "Shall we take him now or wait till the interval?" "What are you going to do?" "There's nothing missing." "There's an end to it." "Hear that tune?" "It's that damn thing I couldn't get out of my head." "Now I know where I've heard it before." "The music hall" " Annabella..." "Ladies and gentlemen, with your kind attention and permission," "I have now the honour to present to you one of the most remarkable men in the world." "It's the same little man." "Every day he commits to memory 50 new facts, and remembers every one of them!" "Facts from history, from geography, from newspapers, from scientific text books." "Millions and millions of them, down to the smallest detail." "Test him, ladies and gentlemen." "Ask him any question..." "I've got it." "There's nothing missing." "The information's in Memory's head!" "I don't understand." "The details of that Air Ministry secret were borrowed, memorised, then replaced before anyone found out." "That's why he's here tonight - to take Memory out of the country." " But surely..." " Some gentlemen wish to speak to you." "Question, please." "Question, please." "When did Florence Nightingale die?" " Are you Richard Hannay?" " There's something you should know." "Look here, you don't want to cause any trouble and spoil people's fun." "What are the 39 Steps?" "Come on, answer up." "What are the 39 Steps?" "The 39 Steps is an organisation of spies." "Collecting information for the Foreign Office of..." "Keep your seats!" "Keep your seats, please." "There's no need for alarm!" "I'm all right." " Do you want a chair?" " Let me rest here." "I'm all right." "Take it easy." "Take it easy now." "Take it easy." "Get the girls on straight away!" "Girls' Introduction." "What was the secret formula you were taking out of the country?" "Will it be all right me telling you, sir?" "It was a big job to learn it." "The biggest job I ever tackled." " I don't want to throw it away." " It'll be quite all right." "The first feature of the engine is its increased ratio of compression represented by R minus one over R to the power of gamma." "Where R represents the ratio of compression, and gamma... seen in end elevation... the axis of the two lines of cylinder... angle of 65 degrees." "Dimensions of cylinders as follows..." "This device renders the engine completely silent." "Am I right, sir?" "Quite right, old chap." "Thank you, sir." "Thank you."