"The diamonds are set in silver and gold." "In the center is a 20-carat sapphire." "1 920s, 30s..." "Can I hold onto it?" "My husband doesn't Know, but it belongs to me." "Of course." "It's always a pleasure." "Did I hold you up?" "Not at all." "Call when you're back from Boston." "I will." "It's closing time." "I can't stand him." "He rambles on." "Never again." "Mr. Malivert... thank you." "Your brother is expecting you." "Put this in the safe." "Are you meeting her again tonight?" "He tells me his secrets." "They meet in a shadowy cafe." " Can't we meet her?" " Later." "She's a red-head." "How do you Know?" "I'm just guessing." "I saw them once, from a distance." "We're waiting for their okay." "Their fax wasn't friendly." "What will you put there?" "Our 6.28 carat." "Pure." "The client agreed to it." "And around it?" "They want sapphires and we have none." "You Knew we didn't." "There's a batch from Kashmir." "Expensive." "So?" "They want cash tomorrow." "So pay." "When are you going to London?" "In two days." "Nathalie?" "So you're handling the Singapore sale?" "Try to visit the Old City." "Do you Know it?" "No." "I doubt I'll have the time." "make time." "I'll come to the safe tomorrow." "Then we'll have lunch." "No!" "Go away." "There are no cabs." "I'll walk." "It's just a ride." "I can't have dinner tonight." "So it's a good thing I came." "You have a..." "Just drive." "When do you see the doctor?" "Later." "Once he's back from lunch." "Go walk in the garden." " Where are you going?" " To my room." "What's wrong, Mrs. Malivert?" "Nothing." "Will that old hag be in my room for long?" "What's the problem?" "The new room." "We didn't expect you back so soon." "Neither did I." "OKay?" "I'll see you later." "Christopher!" "Hello, Vincent." "Let's go have lunch." "I can't right now." "I called you." "Did you get my messages?" "Yes..." "We've been expecting you." "Come in." "Hello, Vincent." "When did you visit us last?" "In '93, I thinK." "Is this the only reason you came?" "Do you buy elsewhere?" "In Antwerp." "Is that all?" "We've been Keeping friendly tabs on your company." "You've misused your prestigious name." "I bought once in Tel Aviv." "You were there." "You've had other contacts." "If you have something to say, say it now." "It's best I see Mr. Wajman." "He's not in London today." " I thought I saw him." " He's not in." "Would you like to go eat?" "No, thank you." "We'll meet again." "So Wajman won't see me?" "Diamonds were stolen from us." "They passed through you." "How could you have sunk so low?" "She's asleep." "The doctor said she can leave tonight." "Marianne?" "We mustn't be late." "I called the insurance company about the house." "What liars!" "Lightning strikes a tree, destroying the whole roof, and he talks about broken shingles." "We fought." "It was good for me." "Is this okay?" "How many people?" "6 or 8." "I can't remember." "Do you mind coming?" "Are you sure?" "You wanted me to." "Who'll be there?" "Clients." "Meneguez, two others." "A lawyer." "People representing other people." "It'll end early." "They're not late-night folk." "Help me." "I spoke to your counselor." "You can start swimming again." "I won't call him again." "Let's change things." "You must hate programming my every movement." "As for me..." "I feel like I'm being followed." "Come look at these." "It's a D or an E. Pure." "Cut from the same rough." "Russian." "look." "The cut is perfect." "A princess cut. 57 facets." "Good." "And this one?" "Are they a client's?" "They're mine." "Yours." "They stay here." "Who gave them to you?" "D or E?" "I don't Know." "I've forgotten all that." "The lady who says she's your cousin gives the nurses hell." "She told me:" ""l Know you don't believe me."" "She pulled out her family tree." "She slips me notes." "She was spying on you." "They're in there." "I guess you didn't notice." "No, you didn't notice." "Do you Know how many nights you've slept here this year?" "Thirty." "Seventeen." "You Know they're not in demand." "A 7-percent tax increase will Kill us." "It's like the salt tax!" "It's beyond me." "He's a highly reputed dealer." "How could he have?" "The gems passed through 50 brokers." "More." "He changed their categories." "That's not how it happened." "With one of the matching emeralds, Carillo made a ring." "He put it up for sale in his stand in Hong Kong." "The guy who was following him, and who worked for Berberian," "pretended to be a client." "He admired the emerald." "But he said he was looking for a matching pair." "Go on..." "Carillo said:" ""I've got just what you need."" "He pulled the other one out and got nabbed." "How can a wily old merchant get caught so easily?" "Vanity." "It's the name of the game." "Vincent..." "Not the leftovers." "If you want to drink, drink." "Do my ankles." "I'm sorry." "Marianne." "Can you hear me?" "Sleep." "I've made some mistakes." "I can't fight anymore." "I'm alone." "You're not scared because you're sick." "You don't have to try." "You can collapse in a hotel lobby." "You get picked up, cleaned off and put to bed." "What did I give you?" "Money." "Marianne..." "What will you do without me?" "take the 800." "For the phone bill." "I want a nail clipper." "I set the alarm for nine." "Stop that!" "Odalisque." "You'll be late." "I didn't Know!" "I thought we had a month!" "A stereo..." "ask them what model it is." "An oak coffee table, country-style." "ask them for the first notice." "I had no idea." "Try opening the mail!" "They weren't sent by the police." "The collection agency sent us." "You owe for 1 8 months." "This is extortion!" "It's disgusting!" "Ready, Your Honor." "Wise-ass." "Two leather chairs." "An African sculpture." "New Guinea?" "What's it to you?" "Enough." " The Kitchen?" " That can't be seized." "It happened yesterday." "How are you doing?" "How is Zurich?" "Sunny, but cold." "In the Schiemsee, above the lake." "We ate here once, remember?" "On a terrace." "Yes, he had friends here." "It's terrible." "Did you close shop?" "I'll call you back to tell you." "Do we go to Paris tonight?" "You'll manage just fine by yourself." "At the St. Croix boarding school, during that decisive philosophy class, we discussed the existence of God with youthful seriousness and naivete." "Some people found him reserved and cold, but it was necessary in the brutal world in which he worked and excelled." "His family and friends" "Knew what he Kept hidden under the surface:" "his doubts." "Vincent will speak to us no more." "He has left us alone, frightened by the step he has just taken." "I would like to read you this passage from Saint Augustin which he underlined in his copy of The Confessions:" ""Believe me," ""when death comes to break your chains," ""as it has broken those which bind me;" ""when your soul rises to Heaven as mine did before you," ""that day you will see him who loved you" ""and still loves you;" ""you will find his heart and all his affection."" "Get up." "What?" "We'll meet at the cemetery." "Our cousins went in the first car." "I'll go with them." "I'm coming!" "You have the map?" "Follow the first car." "take a left." "I'm going home." "You're not going to Singapore?" "It was cancelled." "Everything's up in the air." "We're waiting." "Was he driving?" "He sent the driver home just before." "What's the verdict?" "He skidded." "A truck..." "Was he tired?" "He Kept to himself." "Maybe he was." "I didn't Know him well." "Are you sad?" "He taught me a lot, from day one." "You're part of the household." "And when the house burns down..." "When are you going back?" "In three days." "We have three days." "How can I show you a good time?" "I saw his wife at the funeral." "At the church, not the cemetery." "She probably went to the clinic." "It's her second home." "I've heard." "She's brought out for special occasions." "The staff Christmas party..." "I saw her in her car." "It was scary." "What's in the bag?" "Things from your husband's glove compartment." "A watch." "Cards from restaurants." "A revolver, unloaded." "Shall I clean up?" "I'm seeing your brother-in-law." "I'll be back soon." "Don't leave the house." "Leave me the Keys." "I hate feeling locked up." "Can I have his watch?" "There was a picture of you too." "Where was this taken?" "In Spain." "That's not me." "Don't you mind doing this?" "No, I love it." "Listen, Mr. Meyer... there's nothing here to repossess." "Didn't you receive a notice?" "What's over here?" "After high school in Narbonne, you studied law at the University of Toulouse." "1 0 rue des Lois." "In 1 976, if I'm not mistaken." "Once in France, your father bought some property." "He borrowed from the banks." "You've been able to help him, but now it's getting hard." "I'm not Mr. Meyer." "Your beautiful, ambitious girlfriend has met someone else." "Someone dubious." "You have debts." "You interest my employers." "Who Knows?" "Maybe we can help you." "You Know Malivert Jewelers..." "Did she take any bottles?" "My condolences." "I'll put it on your tab." "Who do you want?" "Those are just initials." "Malivert." "Vincent Malivert." "Second floor on the left." "Tuesday?" "He was dead." "Mrs. Malivert?" "You promised to stay in." "I'm here." "Come upstairs." "No, wait..." "What are you doing?" "I'm here, I said." "I bought a camembert." "Just a camembert." "You're in for a treat." "There used to be two of you." "Already here?" "The meeting is at 3:00." "I'm early." "I sent a car for 2:30." "I don't have time for you." "Don't worry." "I'll be upstairs." "The setting is invisible..." "Can I show you to the lounge?" "Shall I wait with you?" "I'll be in my office." "The papers will be signed upstairs." "I'll come and get you." "Given your name and the possibilities of expansion, our offer to your shareholders seems satisfactory." "Isn't it hot?" "You will cede the trade name and promise to use it no longer." "Mr. Eric Malivert will stay on as artistic director for the new lines." "He will have a seat on the supervisory board." "This is from Louise." "You wanted a stock report..." " Is it certified?" " Not by an auditor." "Can we close the shutters?" "Nathalie..." "If there is no opposition from shareholders, the transaction will take effect in two months." "The present document is a letter of intention." "You are aware of its terms." "I'm going." "Initial it." "Not now." "I need time to think." "Why are you scared?" "I'm not." "I don't Know you." "I don't have much time." "I left a piece with some clients." "Will they buy it?" "They're talking it over." "Koreans." "What is it?" "A ring." "A plain setting, but a beautiful stone." "White, very pure. 22 carats." "I have to go." "$50,000 a carat?" "Depends on the client." "Mostly Asians?" "Hong Kong, Taiwan..." "Chinese nouveaux riches." "Gulf countries too." "I'd better go." "Your Koreans..." "I Know Seoul." "I went there once with Vincent." "I hadn't seen much of him lately." "He was very fond of you." "He told you that?" "You often wear your hair back?" "At work." "I'm not a neglected wife out for revenge." "I'm well beyond that." "But now he's dead..." "I really should go." "Even if it's too late, I can't help searching for signs I somehow missed." "He never mentioned problems he may have had?" "You're all out." "So you have no idea." "Go on." "We'll meet again." " Who's she?" " Butt out." "You look upset." "Lose a client?" " Lose at the races?" " By a head." "Why are you always here?" "I'll drive you home." "I said no!" "I'm sick of you hanging around!" "talk." "Help me save face." "I've Known her forever." "Another coffee?" "What liqueurs do you have?" " Pear..." " okay." "And a coffee." "I usually come here, but there are other places." "I'll take a cab." "Or walk." "I parked my car two days ago and forgot where." "There you are." "We looked everywhere." "Come on!" "Doesn't the word "bankruptcy" scare you?" "Didn't Vincent tell you?" "Maybe he was protecting you." "We have no money." "Soon the word will be out." "It would mean security." "You'll have money." "You'll live the life you want." "If they drop us, will you run after them to Bombay?" "It was impossible for me to sign." "Let's say you're sick." "Aren't you?" "We'll set you up with a pension." "A pension?" "And you'll sign the checks?" "How much?" "Don't be stupid." "I'll start working again." "Doing what?" "I'll find clients." "I have contacts." "What contacts?" "What clients?" "The Maharanee of Baroda?" "Forget your address books." "They're all broke." "They're dead or dying!" "And you'd need something to sell." "We have no stock." "Not the stock." "You have something?" "What do you want?" "For you to fire her." "Or I will." "You're devoted." "Use me as a reference..." "Don't I Know you?" "Janos?" "I like it here." "It's comfier than a hotel." "Where did you see her?" "In the metro." "Some more?" "I thinK I scared her." "You always have." "You shouldn't have come." "I lost you." "I was worried." "I hate being spied on." "You're lucky it's me." "They're getting nervous." "The communists may get back in." "But their polls mean nothing." "They don't like you." "Get this over with." "You're too classy for them." "It is 9:30 p.m." "As beautiful as ever." "You came to tempt me." "Remember my niece?" "I'll be in 51 0." "I've Kept you up late." "You're back in the trade?" "Stunning..." "You have to bounce right back." "Misfortune can be a great teacher, darling." "How many years were you married?" "Eighteen." "The perfect size for a simple pendant." "Don't say the price." "Don't tempt me!" "How many carats?" "Six and twelve." "Satisfy my curiosity." "No, don't tell me!" "Guess what I get a month." "I'll tell you." "20,000 Swiss francs." "I'd really love it, but I'm broke, believe me." "If you like, I'll ask around." "Yes, but discreetly." "Of course." "That man you were seeing when we first met..." "Forget it." "He hurt you." "I saw him two years ago." "In Montana." "This place costs a fortune, despite my supposed discount." "Plus the bodyguard." "Who'd want to Kill me?" "My niece is pregnant." "I have to marry her off." "You're like me." "You never had children." "In my country, a woman with no children is a monster." "For you." "thanks a lot." "You don't want to eat?" "What's with the widow?" "She's attractive." "Sort of your style." "She dealt in gems before..." "I hear she was good." "My problem is that I haven't drunk enough." "You started at school." "What did she want?" "Keep out of their dirty business." "She wanted a lead." "I don't have to help her." "You're right." "Keep your secrets." "How's your apartment?" "Not bad." "Two rooms." "Sunny." "You'll live alone?" "Yes." "Sex in hotels Keeps love alive." "What does he do?" "Let me guess." "25 years old." "A real nice guy." "He has his own hamburger stand." "I'll take this after all." "If he can further your career, God bless him." "You weren't so bitter before." "It caught up with me." "Are you finished?" "How about this?" "Or this?" "I called your office." "You've been out all week." "What will you do?" "It'll work." "It works." "Let's give it a try." "The red button." "Let's call your wife." "Married?" "No." "Not anymore." "For business purposes only." "A half bottle." "You have the number now." "ask for me." "Kleiser." "Between 4:00 and 6:00." "After nap time." "I must be going." "The big cheese?" "Not exactly." "I'll stay in Paris." "I'll wait." "I don't care if you're going bankrupt!" "We had a schedule." "You're not respecting it!" "Mr. Malivert, your brother may be dead, but you're still alive." "Why was he in London?" "Who was he seeing?" "He didn't say?" "Who cut the stone?" "Who?" "Sammy Balin?" "Vaguely." "Is he still in Paris?" "You don't Know that either!" "How about his safe?" "No, at his place." "How about his wife?" "You already told me." "She Knows about stones, more than you do." "If we don't find them, you'll be going down." "Why would you assume I have time?" "You went swimming?" "I've never heard you shout before." "It's hot in here." "How do I get room service?" "Come here." "Let's go to my place." "I feel like I'm with a client." "And my phone number?" "FitzpatricK received a fax in Houston." " Who sent it?" " I don't Know." "A woman, I thinK." "Mr. FitzpatricK isn't here?" "I have power of attorney." "I treat deals of this sort for him." "I don't Know you." "Philippe Terrence." "I won't be here long." "Sorry to rush you." "You're staying here?" "I arrived two days ago." "Why?" "Just asking." "It's your move." "There are five, right?" "No, three." "My mistake." "I thought..." "Where shall we sit?" "By the window or at the table." "You have a magnifying glass?" "May I freshen up?" "Of course." "I'll speak to him." "I'll do the bed later." " Can I have some tea?" " Dial 9." "I'll ask the bellhop." "He's out." "But I have his okay." "How about a drink?" "Which stones do you want?" "All three." "You've barely examined them." "No thank you." "We'll meet again." "I didn't bring the certificates." "I trust Malivert." "Malivert?" "You represent Malivert." "You called a private number." "I thought..." "Who said Malivert was selling?" "Not me." "They sell jewelry, not stones." "In that case..." "A check." "Made out to you." " Before I go." " I'll deal with FitzpatricK." " And him alone." " I trust you." "Trust takes time." "The sale is off." "I told Houston we made the deal." "I made no deal." "And no promises." "You're not playing fair!" "And you are?" "Give them to me!" "The minibar doesn't work." "It's working." "Don't go." "walk me out." "You must like this area." "From the outside." "I don't go in." " She's in there." " I Know." "Whose jalopy is this?" "I'm coming." "Do you really want to wait?" "I'm playing a joke on her." " You can't stay here." " I'm coming." "I'll take a cab." "Where to?" "I recognize you now, Mr. Balin." "I wasn't well the day you came." "Vincent and I met you in New YorK, in 1 978 or '79." "You sent me to a leather goods store near your office." "I bought gloves." "I still have them." "The stones you cut for him... where are they from?" "Who were they for?" "Mafia everywhere." "Not on the market." "You're crazy leaving me drinking with a bunch of guys!" "I searched these barracks." "Were you hiding out in building B?" "I borrowed some funds from the firm." "I forged some signatures." "I can understand getting fired." "But they disbarred me." "Six months." "That's not too harsh." "What pissed me off is how my godson reacted." "He won't see me." "Sad story." "Depends how I tell it." "Sometimes I get laughs." "So now you do recovery." "Repossession." "I'm a repo man." "Just a drop?" "I can't drink just a drop." "Will you Keep living here?" "Too gloomy for you?" "I'd need a map." "Can one have a clear conscience?" "Why?" "I don't Know." "I guess so." "But it disappears early on." "You Know it?" "I repossessed some last month." "I must have some dessert in the pantry." "Were you with Nathalie then?" "At the end of it." "She was just a Kid." "Studying gemology." "Very studiously." "My luck hadn't run out yet." "I followed her ascension..." "Who is she with now?" "A man." "I figured." "A man with money." "But there's more to her than that." "I Know when she's scared." "Why would she be scared?" "I thinK I Know what she feels." "Her desires." "I experienced something similar." "I was more manipulated." "Voluntarily so." "You think you can repossess her too?" "I can surprise her." "It didn't rain after all." "I expected you earlier." "Hello, Marianne." "Search me." "A dinner party?" "I was at the office." "working." "Or trying to." "Damage control." "Understand?" "I see you've been..." "Just a drop." "Want a drink?" "You've Kept secrets." "More than you can imagine." "Shall we share our secrets?" "How about the Ritz?" "I met a Kid there today." "Very blond, very stupid." "Did you rent the room?" "A shoebox." "Times are tough." "Your two-bit actor in his rented suit does a lousy millionaire!" " You want money?" " Bingo." "You love money." "You didn't marry your hometown sheriff." "Don't drag us down with you." "drunk or not, listen up." "Let go of me!" "I won't rip up your floorboards." "Return the stones." "They're not yours or ours." "You're the one looking for them." "Someone asked you to." "Who?" "Not one person." "What does it matter?" "You're scared." "You haven't drunk." "Not a drop." "It's more serious than you thinK." "Promises were made." "By Vincent." "Spare me!" "He Kept the cuts a secret from you." "He lost his way." "He tried going it alone." "We had made a deal." ""We"." "Yes." "As is often the case." "With strangers." "Silent strangers who pop up when things go wrong." "His doubts got the better of him." "That's what Killed him." "The diamonds belong to these people." "Introduce me." "What are you trying to prove?" "You're not alone?" "Jean-Pierre, you're going?" "I finished my dessert." "Are you okay?" "I'll call you." "Shalom." "You recognized me?" "I have my car." " How's the family?" " Fine." "My son is at Cambridge." "We won't eat at home." "I'd rather you didn't see me as a patriarch." "You came to Antwerp often?" "Up to three times a month." "I bet it was hard for women then." "She was tough." "If we kicked her out the door, she'd sneak back in the window." "I bought this suit yesterday." "like it?" "Not bad." "It's a little tight." "I remember the red dress you wore to Mertens' house." "Slit up the leg." "You said I looked like a hooker." "I was a prude." "There are more." "Too big for me." "Since when?" "Certificates can be found." "They can be made." "Times have changed." "Don't tell me..." "They're stolen!" "Maybe they are." "I Know who cut them." "The rough was stolen." "So?" "That didn't use to scare you." "I can lend you money." "Stolen from whom?" "London." "From De Beers." "So?" "People in Paris want them." "Who?" "The mafia." "Russian." "To be avoided." "Return them or chuck them." "No one here will buy them." "We'll soon see." "What now?" "What are you doing?" "Where are you going?" "Downstairs." "I'll find a buyer." "take a look at this." "Who's your contact here?" "Who's your broker?" "Charlie Rosen." "You're crazy!" "Mazal?" "You're reviling your name and yourself!" "I don't care." "Is it because he's behind it all?" "You didn't Know..." "My Key." "Someone is waiting for you." "You said Antwerp." "I tried every hotel." "Will you come up for a beer?" " I'm in." " Me too." "Bluffer!" "I Know you're bluffing." "What?" "take your winnings." "take a nap!" "You sleep with your mouth open." "Marianne, please." "Can't you see I'm playing?" "Lay off me!" "Ante up!" "Let's go." "fuck off!" "Dropping my panties once doesn't mean..." "Leave her alone!" "Beat it!" " Shut up!" " make me!" "Two cards." "Marianne, please..." "How many did he take?" "I pass, godammit." "What's wrong?" "What did I do?" "It's not about you." "I'm sorry." "What is it?" "Tell me." "We don't Know each other." "Exactly." "So tell me." "Give me a cigarette." "How do you Know him?" "I don't Know Battistelli." "I saw him with Nathalie." "She left me for him." "I have to go to work." "As a salesgirl at Malivert for 25,000 francs a month?" "Plus bonuses." "It's not about money." "I won't do it." "You can't win if you don't play." "You're a fine one to talk." " I can help you." " She'll never agree." "Lay the cards on the table." "She'll get her part, you'll get yours." "Everyone will be happy." "like I said." "I can't talk to her." "She's disturbed." "Unpredictable." "She isn't." "You Know her?" "Small world, the gem trade." "It was smaller 20 years ago." "We all grew up together." "Can you wear your hair..." "First she'll say no." "You'll be able to deal with that." "There's something about her... not so much gullible as malleable." "You Know her." "Yes." "Your search has paid off." "You had us worried for nothing." "You've rowed your little boat along." "You've rowed it a long way." "Is he giving you finder's fee?" "My tummy hurts." "Don't be too greedy." "Go easy on him, for old time's sake." "Are the Indians still interested?" "Call Bombay." "Tell them I'll sign." "thank you." "Did she eat too much cake?" "We're seeing more and more of you." "I was going to call you." "We could have lunch one day." "I'd like to show you something." "Can you show Mrs. Malivert the necklace?" "It's not finished." "A special order for Villaverde." "Next month I'll take it to Madrid." "One large emerald, five small ones, and rubies from Burma." "Here we'll put an oval sapphire." "Should I repeat after you?" "Your lipstick is smudged." "Do you have a Kleenex?" "Put the necklace away." "I'm a part-time Kleptomaniac." "That's why I've been banished." "I'm on the wagon." "Almost." "I've been a sober widow." "Maybe the shock did me good." "I need your help." "Some advice." "I Know you're very busy." "I won't be long." "I wanted to write you." "It's hard to start over." "It's as if I've lost..." "a certain rapidity." "I'm getting dressed." "Don't mind me." "I have stones to sell." "I Keep getting the run around." "You have connections." "I don't." "I doubt I can help." "You're so tense." "Are you scared?" "Not of you, but..." "I won't steal your clients." "They're not mine." "You can find me a client." "The only one interested." "I start work at 1 0:00." "Stay and listen." "I want to talk to him." "I don't understand." "Let me tell you a story." "I was your age." "Same body, same ambition." "I got Battistelli started." "He learned too much, too fast." "A small hotel near the Swiss border." "We didn't get much sleep." "I thinK I asked where he got the jewels." "I can't remember his answer." "It was a lie." "It was February." "It had snowed a lot." "I started panicking at the border." "He Knew the right words." "I'm sure he still does." "In Switzerland, we picked up an associate of his." "A Hungarian." "I saw him the other day." "At the hotel, I did my hair." "He stared at me, right through me." "It wasn't our first sale in Geneva." "This time I went into it alone." "The buyer hadn't arrived." "The others asked me to try on the jewelry." "It was common practice." "I waited a while." "The men didn't come back." "I started getting scared." "From the window" "I saw him leave." "No goodbye." "He didn't even look up." "I never saw him again." "I ran out of the room." "Three cops surrounded me." "The hotel was silent." "Everyone stared at me with Knowing eyes." "They led me to another room." "People were speaking all around me, as if I didn't exist." "One man was sitting." "Vincent." "They were his jewels." "I'd met him once or twice." "He Kept quiet." "Then he said he wouldn't press charges." "A few months later I was married to him." "Saved." "Tell Battistelli..." "I can barely say his name." "Did you Know this story?" "Yes." "Liar." "You'll be late." "I want to see Battistelli." "Tell him." "She was blacklisted." "No more work." "She Knew the risks." "She seems to have forgotten." "She handled the transaction that day." "It could have been me." "She'd have left too." "I don't Know..." "I'm not proud of it." "I can imagine." "I wanted to see her again." "I guess I forgot." "I didn't make her drink away her money." "Why did you take the stones to Malivert?" "I dealt with his brother." "They're at Place Vendome." "And their name carries weight in Oman or any other Emirate." "What do you expect me to do?" "I'm not Marianne." "I'm not forcing you." "You Know the right words." "And how to say them." "Why send him?" "What will you do with her?" "It no longer concerns you." "Forget everything." "Including my number." "What a surprise." "Come in." "Have a seat." "You must Know Mr. Wajman." "The gang's all here." "Am I the guest of honor?" "You should have invited Vincent while there was still time." "The uncut stone was yours." "Maybe." "But the cut stones are unrecognizable." "Who talked?" "Rosen?" "It doesn't matter." "We have many stones." "Too many, according to some." "We want to help you." "I don't understand." "You are prey to some unsavory people." "You can Keep the stones." "We'll help you sell them." "Malivert is one of Paris' most respected jewelers." "Get to the point." "My French is a bit rusty." "Do you recognize him?" "That's him with his new companion." "He's relished in undermining the profession for years." "A thug in a suit and tie." "You have no personal reasons to let him Keep prospering, unpunished." "What are you asking of me?" "He must have the stones on him." "We've set up a meeting tomorrow at the Gare de Lyon." "In the restaurant there." "I'm still here." "Across the street?" "What's the name of the cafe?" "I'll find it." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "I've made up my mind." "Come in!" "It's because I took sleeping pills." "Two of them." "Old habits never really die." "You look good." "It's for tomorrow." "You like it?" "We met under strange circumstances." "How much did they pay you?" "What I'm worth." "It started like a game." "Child's play." "I didn't realize how bored I was." "Or maybe I wanted to sink even lower." "And you were a stranger to me." "You leave your stones out?" "They're not mine." "They're no one's." "And you'll give them back to no one." "They're nice." "They're nice, but they do nothing for me." "What makes a diamond valuable?" "Its perfection?" "Its price?" "It's the same thing." "Don't bother." "They've been taped to my stomach for weeks." "What got into me?" "I should have stayed at the clinic." "Or gone to Biarritz." "We're never as strong as we think." "You saw him." "What does he look like?" "I've forgotten his face." "For years I Kept a picture of the bastard." "I burned it in a drunken rage." "What does he look like?" "A well-preserved businessman?" "A rich old pimp?" "He seems weary." "Detached." "I understand what attracted you." "No you don't." "I've rehashed the story for 20 years." "Twisting it every which way to the point of abstraction." "It's me." "Why can't I let it go?" "Because love means getting lied to?" "And betrayed?" "I'll sleep here." "thanks." "Lights out?" "I ironed your shirt." "Do you want it?" "Did it rain this morning?" "I didn't reserve a hotel in Berne." "We'll find one." "Put this on." "Do you remember?" "The basement cafe, near the news stand." "Don't sit." "Keep moving." "walk right by me." "I take the stones." "It'll be fine." "Your taxi is here." "See you later." "What was her voice like?" "Neutral." "I said I'd come early for the housekeeping." "This afternoon." "No, tomorrow." "Jean-Pierre?" "What now?" "I miss you." "Please..." "You won't say where you're going?" "I have a sale in Lyon." "For Malivert?" "Guess who I saw." "patrick." "All smiles." "Reconciled to the world." "I bet he joined a sect." "People are funny." "They have a son now." "He showed me the pictures." "They're still together?" "How's your father?" "A little better." "Let's visit him one weekend." "I'll tell him." "So long, honey." "Have a safe trip." "Where to now?" "I don't Know." "Towards Bastille." "No, I'll get out here." "For lunch?" "Where is the Malivert table?" "The table for two there." "She should be here by now." "He won't show up." "Yes, he will." "look." "The courier." "She's part of the plan." "He always uses women." "He hasn't changed." "You again?" "Leave me alone!" "Leave." " What?" " Forget his orders and run." "I drag you around like a ball and chain!" "Goddamned loser!" "Leave me the fuck alone." "He's using you!" "I Know." "You'll end up like her." "BlacKlisted." "I don't care." "He's being tailed." "They're all over." "Who?" "They'll haul you off too." "You..." "How could you have?" "Just listen..." "Let me go." "So you never close?" "like all cafes near stations." "What's busier, days or nights?" "Nights." "No trains at night." "A local crowd, I guess." "How do the waiters work?" "Rotating shifts?" "Come on, guys." "How many waiters?" "Five?" "Yes, ma'am." "Five." "See?" "I guessed right." "What'll it be?" "The same thing." "Do you often drink in cafes?" "For me, this isn't drinking." "I have the stones." "We'll be late." "Late for what?" "It's dark and stuffy here." "Let's go." "You're expected." "They're waiting." "They?" "They won't let you off so easily." "I suppose... fair is fair." "The rough belonged to them." "How many of them are there?" "An entire cavalry." "You'll like them." "They're on the level." "You mean they asked you to..." "It made sense." "They told me" "I had no reason not to say yes." "Do you dye your hair now?" "You ran so hard to get here." "I'll give them to you." "You'll love the princess." "It's one of a Kind." "Why give them to me?" "Good question." "Why are you here?" "This doesn't concern you." "They didn't show up." "Where are you going?" "Ostende." "You have a client?" "Do I Know him?" "You worked it out fast." "Drop me off at a train." "For now Keep driving." "cookie?" "What Kind?" "Fig." "They made you sound so sick." "Totally crazy." "I am." "That's why I'm here." "Does the heater work?" "I'm thinking about what I did to you." "I won't say I'm ashamed." "You don't want that." "No..." "I guess the heater's broken." "Do you sleep well?" "My nights are short." "When I can't sleep, I count." "The apartments I've lived in, the cities I've been to, the men I've liked." "Then I thinK about how" "I once pretended to lose you in a crowd." "I watched you as you looked for me." "What if I'd really walked out of your life?" "I thinK about that, and fall asleep." "You barely looked at them." "Easy come, easy go." "Maybe I resented you for teaching me too much." "I didn't plan to do what I did, but I did it." "What was I thinking?" "That I'd be free?" "We weren't made for each other." "I remember now." "We'd have broken up a month later." "It wasn't that great..." "Don't move." "Where is the train station?" "There was a man with me, room 27." "When did he leave?" "I figured..." "Not every time." "Did you contact your client?" "I don't have one." "We Knew a guy in Ostende." "We sold him a bracelet." "I'm hungry." "What was his name?" "He must be dead by now." "He was funny." "He had a tiny, overheated shop." "He bargained hard then gave in with a smile." "Sit down." "I called them." "Sit." "Why?" "You said they were on the level." "They want you dead." "No." "I'll negotiate." "I Know things." "They'll need me." "For a while." "Then we'll see." "Put it all behind you." "I didn't ask for this." "I'd have had to run." "Too far, too long." "I'm tired of running." "I'm glad to have seen you again." "Do you always chase women who run from you?"