"(theme music playing)" "(whistles)" "Hello, Operator?" "Get me 26513, please." "Thank you." "Uh, I want the governor's secretary, please." "Hello, Tim?" "Alan Baxter here." "Yes, just got in." "At the ocean." "Wish I had the time and the money." "Listen, Tim, strictly off the record, so don't start running round in circles, but the back of my neck doesn't feel so good." "No, just prickles ever since I left Washington." "Nothing I can pin down." "When you've played messenger boy as long as I have, you get a feeling about these things." "No, no, it's okay." "I just want to pass it on unofficially." "You get back to your planter's punch." "Or is it planter's daughter?" "Ha." "Best of luck to you, too." "(shower running)" "(humming)" "(hanger drops, shower stops)" "(humming continues)" "Hello, Operator?" "Get me the police quickly." "Someone's just..." "(gasps) broken into my room." "Cuba Libre." "Have you had breakfast?" "I had breakfast on the plane at 8:00 this morning." "London time, that is." "Ah-hh." "As far as my stomach is concerned, this is my brunch." "Not that I'm complaining." "What have I done to deserve this?" "Nothing." "You remember Baxter?" "Alan Baxter?" "Courier at the embassy in Washington?" "Yeah." "Man:" "Last night in his hotel room here." "He was on a night stopover, carrying dispatches from Washington to Santiago." "And the police don't know who did it?" "No." "They were on the spot quickly enough, though." "Apparently Baxter was telephoning for them as he was knifed." "They believe he surprised a sneak thief." " I don't agree." " No?" "No." "Apparently Baxter had a feeling that something was wrong." "He'd already telephoned one of the secretaries in government house to say so." "He didn't say anything definite?" "No, just a hunch, apparently." "(clears throat)" "What was he carrying?" "That's the surprising thing." "Nothing of any value." "The dispatches were confidential, of course, but they were all purely routine stuff." "Not to whoever killed Baxter to get it." "Failed to get it." "Dispatches were hidden in the bathroom, locked to the hot rail with a towel over them." "The police found them." "Obviously the murderer didn't have time to search." "He must have made a bolt for it as soon as he'd killed Baxter." "Thank you." "Can we be sure the murderer was after the dispatch case?" "No." "But it's, uh, it's difficult to think of any other motive." "If there is anything in those dispatches worth killing for, we've got to find out what it is." "We've got to find out who wants them and why." "Yeah, of course." "So I propose to give the murderer a second chance." "Officially Baxter's murder will be considered a purely local incident." "The dispatches will continue on their normal way with a replacement courier." " You." " Me?" "Your flight leaves tomorrow afternoon." "Oh, not before?" "We have to give the impression that sufficient time has elapsed for an official replacement courier to arrive here from Washington." "You'll be in Santiago the day after tomorrow." " There's a night stop at Lima." " Right." "Well, I might as well, uh, make use of the time that's left to me." "Oh, there is one other thing." "Catherine Gale will act as your cover." "Cathy?" "Good." "She's not here now, is she?" "Not yet." "She arrives tonight." "Have you had lunch?" "Or should I say breakfast?" "All right." "Come out wherever you are." "Hello." "Good evening." "Good evening." "Have a good trip?" "Delightful, thank you." " Is, uh, this on the level?" " Not quite." "We leave for Santiago tomorrow afternoon." "It's hardly time to work up a healthy tan." "You know, I think they do it on purpose." "Well, we have to be on the alert 24 hours a day, you know." "Anyway, I brought you a little livener here." "Thanks." "Even if it has got strings attached." "So I take it I haven't traveled 5,000 miles just to split a bottle of champagne with you." "Uh, lovely though it is." " Cheers." " Cheers." "Mm." "By the way, uh, where'd you get that lipstick?" "Ha." "It was around." "Was she around, too?" "Yeah, very round." "All right, tell me why I'm here." "Alan Baxter, our Washington courier, was murdered here last night." "Someone was after his dispatches, but they didn't collect, and the strange thing is there doesn't seem to be anything in them worth killing for." "Now we've gotta find out who killed him, what they wanted and why they wanted it." "I'm gonna take this dispatch case on to Santiago tonight, and you're going to cover me for the trip, okay?" " So we travel as strangers?" " Yeah, that's it." "Now, here are the plane tickets." "They're in your own name." "Okay." "Now we've gotta find somewhere to put this." "That's rather in your department, I think." "Why didn't the man who killed Baxter collect?" "It was chained to the towel rail." "He probably thought the police were after him and he panicked." "I don't think he'll try again here or on the plane." "It's the stopovers you've gotta watch, Bogota and Lima." "Or maybe Santiago itself." "You better keep that hand luggage handy." "I'll be right next door." "Hey, maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I thought the first place anybody looked was underneath the pillow." "Yes, but under mine, not yours." "Hope you're right." "(American accent) Sure." "I'll tell Señor Rosas." "Okay." "District 5 reports 30% support." "Position favorable." "Good." "The main power station." "That completes the public services." "30%?" "That's less than a third of the personnel." "It needs only a few to lead." "The sheep will follow." "I guess you know your own people better than I do." "My family has been involved in several revolutions without sustaining any loss." "Quite the reverse, in fact." "Sure." "Politics is big business when you're on the winning side." "You know, there are guys in this racket who..." "This is for the good of the people." "It needs strong hands to rule our country." "All this talk of democracy and liberalism is covering up weakness and incompetence." "I mean to see that it is exposed and thrown out." "That's all." "Okay, okay." "So, what's the next move?" "We wait." "But I want all key men warned to be ready to act at eight hours' notice." "I'll pass the word around." "And remember, we want no violence in the..." "In the initial phases." "I don't get it." "You know, for my money, a bunch of hotheads riding around the city is just what you need." "Keep the police busy." "It would also give them and the army the excuse to mobilize before we're ready." "Oh, no." "Spread a little fear, distrust and the threat of poverty, and in a few days, the people will act for themselves." "And then you step in." "Okay, when's zero hour?" "I shall know that when I see the dispatches." "They should have been in our hands by now." "You don't have to worry." "They shouldn't be long." "The replacement courier left Jamaica on the afternoon flight." "(woman speaking Spanish over P.A.)" "Passengers transferring to Flight 424 for Quito, Lima and Santiago will please remain in the waiting area." "Your flight will be called in approximately 30 minutes." "Thank you." "Attention, please." "Calling Señora Gale." "Señora Catherine Gale." "Passenger on Flight 424 to Santiago." "Will you please go to telephone booth number six?" "There is a call waiting for you in booth number six." "Thank you." " Hello?" " Welcome, stranger." "Oh, woman in every airport, eh?" "It's a dull trip." "So far, but I have hopes." "Have you spotted anything?" "Apart from the play you made for the stewardess, not a thing." " Well, don't relax." " Oh, I won't." "I'm far too interested watching your technique." "I thought it was working out pretty well, don't you?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "The case, Señor." "Sorry." "Steed, can you hear me?" "Finish your call." "Act normally." "As I was saying, you can learn something." "Will you send on that, uh, that hand luggage, okay?" "You might send it on as soon as possible, too, at that." "Keep talking." "I'm on my way." "Well, don't send it to the airport now." "I'm just about to catch a plane." "Yeah." "Send it on later, all right?" "That's right." "No, I don't think so." "¿Por favor, señor?" "Thank you." "Tell Señor Monroe to bring the phone in here as soon as that call comes through." "When a daughter stands so quietly and patiently beside her father, it is either out of respect or, uh, because she wants to ask a favor." "(laughs)" " It's a favor." " Mm-hmm." "I want Pepe to drive me over to the stables." "But Mancha won't foal for at least 24 hours." "I know, but I've simply got to see if she's all right." "Of course she's all right." "Anna, our family has been rearing bloodstocks for six generations." "I think we can manage to deliver another foal safely." "But Mancha is mine." "You gave her to me." "I'm not sure that I like you spending so much time" " at the stables." " (telephone rings)" "But on this occasion, perhaps you can go." "I'll go and tell Pepe." "Anna, I shouldn't trouble yourself." "He's been waiting outside for you for the past 20 minutes." "Oh." "(both laugh)" "Pasco..." "long-distance from Bogota." "Yes?" "I see." "Very well." "You will come back here to Santiago immediately." "Don't argue, Pasco." "If our mission is to succeed, we cannot afford to have people in our ranks who make mistakes." "So..." "Pasco didn't get the briefcase." "No." "I was always afraid he might prove to be incompetent." "I did warn you." "I guess I owe you an apology." "Should never have hired him." "The question is what do we do now?" "What worries me is the Jamaican police may be onto him, and that could lead them to us." "Don't worry about Pasco." "I'll take care of him." "The dispatches are our main concern." "Exactly." "You will take over from him, but you'll have to move quickly." "Lima is your only chance." "The courier will be stopping there overnight, and those dispatches must be in our hands before they cross into Chilean territory." "But above all, there must be nothing to link this theft with our cause." "(telephone rings)" "Hello?" "Hello, it's Steed." "How's everything?" "If that's meant to be a personal inquiry," "I feel refreshed, revived and revarnished." " And re-spectable?" " What do you mean by that?" "I mean, are you decent?" "I shall be by the time you get here." "I'm on my way now." "(knock on door)" "Yes?" "Steed." "Thanks." "Really, Mr. Steed." "You had the nerve to ask if I was decent?" "Oh." "Camouflage." "Dangerous." "I might have screamed for help." "That's rather a good idea." "Room service, please." "Shouldn't I be doing that?" "You haven't got a deep enough voice." "Oh, I want two whiskeys and sodas, please." "Room 31." "Eh?" "Oh, yeah." "Uh..." "(stutters)" "Tres uno." "No... "you-know."" "No, uno." "U-no." "I know." "¿Por favor?" "(speaking Spanish)" "Gracias." "Marvelous." " (sighs)" " Now, what's the game?" "I want as many people as possible to know that I've come from my room into yours." " In camouflage?" " Uh-huh." " And they're going to think..." " Quite." "Now, three people already have seen me come in here." " The maid will make a fourth." " I see." "It's a question of simple subtraction." "They tried once in Jamaica." "No luck." "They tried again in Bogota." "No luck thanks to you." "And Lima's our last stopover, and here we are." "Now, if we hadn't had to make that plane connection at Bogota, we'd have had a few words with those thugs." "Not that they were exactly the communicative type." "Tsk." "No, perhaps they were better left" " for the airport police staff." " (knock on door)" "Come in." "Mm." "Oh, put 'em over there, will you?" "Thank you." "And will you charge it to..." "room 30?" "Um, uh..." "(speaks Spanish)" "Está inglés." "I don't think she approves of you." "So whoever's employing those two thugs is bound to try again." "Bound to." "And this time they're waiting for our arrival." "Course, they let me get to the consulate all right tonight, so it's reasonable to suppose that whatever they want is still in that dispatch case." "Dispatches for Santiago." "That's all you've got left." "Except my sandwiches." "Don't suppose they want those." "Now, it'll either be here tonight or tomorrow in Santiago." "And you're betting on tonight." "Yeah, that's why I'm being a very careless courier who prefers the company of attractive widows to diplomatic bags." "Thank you." "Do go on." "Well, the best way to find out what they want is to let them have it." "Yes, then follow them." "Well, then that way we should find out who wants it and very possibly why." "And what can the butler see?" "Nothing at the moment." "I moved that mirror in the corridor alongside to reflect my door." "It-it needs shifting a bit." "Right." "Bit more." "(whispers) That's fine." "I'm just gonna set the trap." "(knock on door)" " It works." " Oh." "Hey, better make yourself comfortable." "We're in for a long night, I think." "Your eye is going to get pretty tired staring through that." "Well, I've got two of them." "I can use 'em in turn." "You know, you could have gone to bed and let them take the bag while you were asleep." "And wake up with a knife in my ribs?" "It could ruin my health." "So instead you prefer to ruin my reputation." "Tsk." "Men are so selfish." "Well, you never know." "I might make an honest woman of you." "Thanks." "I'd rather live it down." "(snaps) Psst." "He's been in there 10 minutes now." "Doesn't take that long to open a dispatch case." "Well, it isn't as though I didn't help him out." "I left it right under his nose." " Any other way out?" " Not unless he had wings." "Oh." "We better have a look, I think." "I thought the idea was to follow him." "Yeah, well, ideas change." "(whispers) Light." " Dead?" " Yeah." "Nobody else came in or out." "That's right." "It must have been done by mirrors." "Not the one you were watching, apparently." "Well, there's nothing missing." "They didn't get what they came for." "Somebody did." " Flash bulb." " Miniature and blown, too." "Whatever they wanted has been photographed and replaced." "Well, there can only be one answer, can't there?" "Well, not even an athletic chimpanzee could make that little one." "Oh, maybe with a rope." "Ah." "So now we want to know who lives upstairs." "Mm." "And what he looks like." "Go back to your room and order a couple of drinks." "And make certain the same girl serves it." "I could certainly use a drink." "You'll need both of them when I tell you the idea." "I'll join you in a minute." "(rings)" "Yeah?" "Man:" "Your call to Santiago, señor." "Thank you." "Hello?" " Monroe?" " Yeah." "Have you managed that bit of business for me?" " Yeah." "More than that." " What do you mean?" "Pasco." "He was here." "I told him to come straight back to Santiago." "Looks as though he was trying to do the job anyway." " Get back into favor." " What happened?" "He won't be returning to Santiago." "Why not?" "Just won't, that's all." "I see." "Now look here..." "I think you'll agree this was for the best." "You will come straight back here on the first available plane." "All right." "I'll be in Santiago tomorrow afternoon." "Go direct to Dos Pájaros." "Be there at 6:00." "Right." "I'll have someone waiting to process the film." "(thud)" "Yes, I..." "I see what you mean." " I'll do that." " Hello?" "Hello?" "Snooping?" "¿Qué pasa, señor?" "No comprendo." "Anything else?" "No." "What it is it?" "What happened?" "It's all right." "I'll tell you about it tomorrow afternoon." "Adiós." "What were you doing in there?" "Por favor, señor." "No comprendo." "You understand, all right." "Excusame, señor." "No entiendo nada." "You were listening, weren't you?" "You know what I'm talking about." " Señor?" " Listening to my phone call." "Perdóname, señor." "No comprendo nada." "I, uh, I think you're lying." "Now, I-I'm gonna get the truth out of you even if I have to hurt you in the process." "Sí, señor." "All right, then." "You can go." "Señor?" "I said you can go." "I want to get to bed." "Sí, señor." "Gracias." "Well, go on, then." "Vaya, you understand?" " Vaya?" " Sí, señor." "Buenas noches, señor." "Good night." "Now what are you doing?" "(speaks Spanish)" "Oh, for Pete's sake." "Go on." "Just go, will you?" "Sí, señor." "Buenas noches, señor." " (sighs)" " Any luck?" "Yes." "And I needed it." "Good." "Did you get a good look at him?" "We practically danced together." " He's our man, all right." " What's he look like?" "He's slim, fair, medium height, American." "He's obviously working for someone else." "Did you find out who?" "No, but he was reporting to somebody in Santiago." "Oh, I managed to tear this off the telephone pad." "He'd written something on the top sheet." "Well, looks like a lot of doodles." "Well, there's a number 6 and a word. "D-o-s."" "Dos." "Two." "Yeah, well, even I know that." "There's a "p" and an "a." Can't make out, though." "It all ends in an "s." Anything else?" "No, except that he's flying back to Santiago tomorrow by the first plane." "Fine." "Oh, you go with him." " Go with him?" " Follow him." "After all, he's no reason to think he's being followed, and after this masterly disguise this evening, he probably won't recognize you." "I hope." "What happens if he does?" "Well, we've got to take the risk." "Anyway, he won't do anything until you get to Santiago." " It's a great comfort." " I'll be close behind you." "I'll go and fix your plane flight." "Don't you think I better do that?" "Uh, oh, yes." "Perhaps, yeah." "What are you going to do?" "When I get there, I'm going to carry on to the consulate as if nothing had happened." "And the corpse?" "I'll be gone by the time they try and wake him up." "(folk music playing)" " (laughs) Bravo, señor!" " (spectators cheer)" "(music stops)" " A song for the señor?" " Not today, Josephine." " Rico?" " Señor?" "What is this Josephine?" "Who is she?" "Just a figure of speech." "Look, Conchita, move off, will you?" "I'm busy." "I got the film." "Everything set up?" "Sí." "You don't come to see your Conchita." "You don't like me no more?" "Sure I do, baby." "Only later, huh?" "Carajo." "You just can't leave dead bodies lying around about the place, you know." "I mean, there's bound to be some sort of comeback." "Diplomatic immunity has its limitations, you know." " Baxter found that out." " Baxter?" "The official courier." "He was knifed in the back in Jamaica." "What happened in Jamaica has got nothing to do with this business in Lima." "You don't seem to understand the gravity of the situation." "Apparently not." "The Peruvian authorities are applying for your extradition." "The Santiago police want to have a word with you." "They know you're here, you know." "Can't you just wave the Union Jack at them?" "This is not a joke." "The Peruvian people are demanding your head on a plate." "Well, that's why I didn't wait to explain." "They might have helped themselves." "You're only a courier, eh, Stead." "Eh, Steed if you..." "You can't expect protection from a murder charge." "But I do." "And, anyway, I didn't do it." "Well, I wish the consul was here." " So do I. Oh, when's he due?" " Late tonight." "I've gotta have all these invitations done by then." "Oh, a party?" "The official reception for the United States special envoy from Washington." "He's arriving here next week." "Ooh." "Well, I wouldn't worry about entertaining me." "I'll just, uh, wander around and enjoy the sights." "You'll do no such thing." "You must consider yourself confined to the consulate till the consul gets back." "Oh, must I?" "Yes." "I'm afraid he'll have to decide what to do with you." " (telephone rings)" " Excuse me, will you?" "Travers." "Cathy:" "May I speak to Mr. Steed, please?" "Oh, uh, yes." "For you." "That's extraordinarily good of you, old man." "Thank you." " Hello?" " This is Cathy." "Oh, hello." "Where are you?" "In a phone booth in the Calle Las Campanas." "It's near some kind of market, I think." "Uh-huh." "Well, I can find it." "Are you still with him?" "Yes, of course." "He's just gone across the street into a café called Dos Pájaros." "Yeah, that checks out with your paper." "Stay there till I join you." "You will not leave this consulate." " Oh, shut up." " What?" "I'm s..." "It wasn't you." "Look, I'll meet you inside the café." "Well, can't you wait there till I get there?" "Listen, I'm tired, I'm thirsty, and my feet ache." "I can take care of myself." "Besides, I have Juanita with me." "Who's Juanita?" "She's dark, very pretty, particularly Latin American." "I bought her especially for you." "You bought her?" "What are you talking about?" "To hang in the rear window of your car." " Eh?" " I just knew you were the type." "Adiós, señor." "Ha." "Tsk-tsk." "♪ La dee dum, doddy dee... ♪" "Could you show me the back way out, please?" "Certainly not." "I forbid you to lea..." "Look, you're under house arrest." "You must wait for Sir Henry." "Oh." "(sniffles)" "♪ Ladda dum dodda dee ♪" "♪ Dodda dee... ♪" "(continues humming)" "(blows)" "(continues humming)" "What are you doing?" " Resisting arrest." " But..." "Now look here." "Sir Henry will be awfully angry when he finds these invitations..." "Will you please stop doing that?" "Of course, I could go out the front way and take on the whole of the Santiago police, but I think it'd be better to go out the back way, don't you?" " Yes, all right, all right." " Oh, thank you so much." "But you'll be very sorry when the consul returns." " Uh-huh." " And one other thing." "I must know exactly where you intend to go." "It's a pleasure." "I'm going to keep a date with a couple of girls..." "Cathy and Juanita." "Oh, my goodness." "(singing "Babalu")" "Yeah, olé." "(stops singing)" "Please, señor, I wonder if I..." "Ah, the señorita is English." "Turista." "Come, señorita." "Please sit down." "Thank you." "Gracias." "Bravo, señorita." "Señora." "Ah, sí." "Muy estúpido." "I'm sorry, señora." "What would you like?" "Something to eat, to drink?" "I'm far too excited to eat, I'm afraid." "I've never explored this part of the city before." " I think it's fascinating." " Ah, sí." "Ah, you buy souvenir, eh?" "Well, I find you something..." "Something much better." "Oh, no, no, no, no." "I like her." " I call her Juanita." " (laughs)" "Juanita." "Oh, sí, señora." "That's very pretty." "You like a glass of wine, maybe?" "Gracias." "(singing "Malagueña Salerosa")" "I'm sure you won't mind if I join you." "I'm sorry." "I'm afraid I do mind." "(strums bad notes)" " So you do understand me." " I beg your pardon?" "Last time we met, you pretended not to understand me, remember?" "No comprendo." "I think you're making a mistake." " If you'll excuse me." " Sit down." " Let go of me." " No." "And you needn't try anything, señora." "You won't find the customers here very interested." "They prefer to mind their own business." "Were you, um, gonna use this on me?" "I was going to pay the singer." "Course." " Chita?" " Señor?" "There." "Now I've paid her for you." "Vaya." "Carajo!" "(yells)" "Shall we, uh, go?" "Sorry about this, but I'd hate to lose you now." "This way, señora." "Yes." "I'm expecting the film to be delivered here very shortly." "At the moment, it's being processed." "I shall be delivering my final instructions at 10 a.m. tomorrow." "Yes." "In the meantime, hold yourself in readiness for the operation." "Adiós." "What operation, Father?" "Nothing for you to worry yourself about, Anna." "Just business." "Politics?" "What else?" "Politics are my life." "I cannot stop taking an interest in the affairs of my country." "I wish you wouldn't." "I'm sure it's dangerous for you." "(laughing) Nonsense, Anna." "Anyway, young girls like you shouldn't worry their pretty heads about such things." "(laughs) Now tell me, how is Mancha?" "Her foal will soon be born." "Pepe says it might be any moment." " (telephone rings)" " I'll take it." "Yes?" "One moment." "Anna, why don't you get Pepe to take you down to the stables?" "You might be just in time for the happy event." " May I?" " Of course." "Off you go." "Bring her up here." "I'll question her myself." "Yes." "(playing folk music)" "(sighs)" "Cheers!" "(murmur)" "That seemed to... go down quite well, didn't it?" "Which is more than I can say for this wine." "What did you water it down with, vinegar?" "I did not know that señor was English." "Oh, so that makes a difference, eh?" "Yeah, evidently." "You are not likely to make trouble, señor." "Like reporting things like that to the police." "Well, we just do not like strangers here, that's all." "In this atmosphere, you're not likely to get" "English ones particularly, I can tell you that." "That's true, I'm afraid, señor." "Which must make two in one day quite an event." "Señor?" "The lady who was here earlier, you must remember her." "No." "No, señor." "I'll explain her to you." "Blond, beautiful, blue-eyed." "Funny." "She said she was gonna be here." "No, I've seen no one like that, señor." "You're either stupid or a congenital liar." "Probably the two of them." " Sí, señor." " Mm." "There was a lady here earlier this afternoon, la señorita inglés." "No?" "I think maybe you better go, señor." " What's your price?" " I have nothing to sell." " The señora was not here." " I said señorita." "How did you know she was a señora?" "Ha." "She's wrong, you know." "I-I wouldn't have hung that in the rear window of my car." "Señor?" " Where is she?" " Señor!" "I'll give you three seconds." "Hold back!" "You don't want the police here, but the police want me." "They're just behind me." "Now, the sooner I get out of here, the better for all of us." "Well?" "All right." "All right, señor." "She is at the hacienda of Señor Rosas." "Señor Miguel Rosas?" "That's right." "It's about two miles along La Puerta Road." "Hello." "I want to speak to Señor Rosas." "It's very urgent." "Mrs. Catherine Gale." "Widow." "I'm so sorry." "I see you are an anthropologist." "(chuckles)" "Well, Mrs. Gale, you must admit that for an anthropologist, your behavior here has been, uh, rather strange to say the least." "Would you like to tell me what you're really doing in Santiago?" "I think I know." "You've been sent here to find out who is so interested in your government's dispatches, am I right?" "(chuckles)" "Really, you know, your government has nothing to worry about." "(telephone rings)" "Yeah?" "All right." "Keep him there." "They got a man down at the gate says he's a newspaper reporter." "Sounds to me like the guy who was asking for her at the Dos Pájaros." "So he's arrived already." "We better bring him here." "But don't use more violence than is absolutely necessary." "Your friend moves quickly, Mrs. Gale." "(laughs)" "The itinerary of the special envoy from Washington." "I told you your government had nothing to worry about." "But surely you could get information like this from your own foreign office." "Not without drawing attention to ourselves and not sufficiently far in advance." "But why the British dispatches?" "I wanted there to be no possibility of the United States embassy finding out about our activities." "It would have caused great concern in diplomatic circles." "That envoy's visit would almost certainly have been canceled." "Your friend has arrived." "Unfortunately for him," "I saw him in the hotel at Lima." "This is the British courier." "Is this true?" "Yes, it is, as a matter of fact." "This is a most unfortunate development." "You shouldn't have tried to interfere with our plans." "You shouldn't have interfered with our dispatches, señor." "That's enough of that." "Search him, Monroe." "I'm afraid I must ask you and the señora" " to go with Monroe." " I see." " So now we know who." " And what." "Señora Rosas wanted the schedule of the Washington envoy's visit." "But we still don't know why." "Okay, let's go." "Anna:" "Father." "Father!" "Mancha has foaled." "Oh, it's so..." "And, uh, she is well, Anna?" "Yes." "Daddy, who are these people?" "We're tourists, young lady." "We're absorbing local color." "Matter of fact, we were just leaving." "Stay where you are." "Father, what's wrong?" "Don't alarm yourself, Anna." "Monroe and I surprised these two intruders, and he was just going to hand them over to the police," " that's all." " I've got an idea." "Why don't we ring the police and ask them to come here?" "I don't understand." "I'd be happy to explain, señorita, but when the police get here." "They don't look like criminals." "No more than your father does." "Father." "What's he saying?" "What's happening?" "(grunts)" "Drop your gun, Monroe!" "(weapon clunks)" "Father." "I'm... sorry, Anna." "Well, I'm awfully sorry, Lady Monica." "Yeah, well, I can only say it's a gross oversight." "As a matter of fact, I, um, I'm filling it in at this-this very moment, act..." " (telephone rings)" " Excuse me just for a moment, could you?" "I'm sorry." "I can't take this call now." "Could you call me back later?" "Thank you." "I'm very sorry about that." "Uh..." "Oh, my goodness." "I've cut her off." "Could you get me that line?" "As quick as you can, please." "Thank you." "Oh, g..." "(groans)" "Ah, so you managed to avoid the police." "Well, on the contrary." "They brought us here." "Oh, yes." "Well, I, uh," "I wouldn't like to be in your shoes." "Sir Henry's back and he wants to talk to you." "Tsk-tsk." "I think you've got it wrong, old boy, 'cause I've just seen him." " He said he wants to see you." " Me?" "Well, I wouldn't keep him waiting if I were you." "Oh, no." "No, I think..." "Excuse me." "Not at all." "Uh..." "Thank you very much." "Poor old Travers." "How much did you tell Sir Henry?" "Just that Señor Rosas was planning to assassinate the special envoy from the United States." "That was enough." "The city's buzzing like a hornet's nest." "They're arresting people all over the place." "I can see the schedule was essential to pinpoint the time and the place, but I still can't see what good an assassination would have done Rosas." "To discredit the present government." "It would create anxiety about the chances of financial aid from the States." "Rosas' party would fan the flames, step in at the right moment... (snaps fingers) Coup d'état." "Ahem." "Well." "Terribly sorry." "Thank you." "Well, what did Sir Henry say, then?" "He wants you to attend the reception for the special envoy from Washington." "Well, that is very thoughtful of him." "Uh, Stead, isn't it?" "Steed." "S-t-double "e" -d." "No, not the Steed who used to play for Worcestershire?" "No, I'm afraid not." "No, I didn't think it could be." "There you are." "Could you just make an addition? "And partner"?" "Oh, very well." "Have you still got Juanita?" "Oh, no." "I'm afraid I couldn't possibly." "Now, he really is the type." "(theme music playing)"