:58:00
No thickness of enamel could conceal value
from his eyes.
:58:08
-You begin to believe me a little?
-I haven't said I didn't.
:58:11
Well, sir, to hold it safe while pursuing
his researches into its history...
:58:16
...Charilaos re-enameled the bird.
:58:18
Despite this precaution, however,
I got wind of his find.
:58:25
If I'd only known a few days sooner.
:58:26
I was in London when I heard.
:58:28
I packed a bag,
got on the boat train immediately.
:58:30
On the train I read in the Times,
that Charilaos's establishment...
:58:34
...had been burglarized and him murdered.
:58:36
Sure enough, on arriving there
I discovered the bird was gone.
:58:41
That was 17 years ago.
:58:44
Well, sir, it took me 17 years
to locate that bird, but I did.
:58:48
I wanted it!
:58:50
I'm a man not easily discouraged
when I want something.
:58:52
I traced it to the home
of a Russian general...
:58:55
...one Kemidov, in an lstanbul suburb.
He didn't know a thing about it.
:58:59
It was only a black enameled figure
to him...
:59:01
...but his contrariness kept him
from selling it to me...
:59:03
...when I made him an offer.
So I sent him some agents to get it.
:59:07
Well, sir...
:59:09
...they got it and I haven't got it...
:59:11
...but I'm going to get it.
:59:15
Your glass.
:59:17
Then, the bird doesn't really belong
to any of you, but to a General Kemidov?
:59:20
Well, sir, you might as well say
it belonged to the King of Spain.
:59:24
I don't see how you can honestly grant
anyone else a clear title to it...
:59:28
...except by right of possession.
:59:31
And now, sir...
:59:32
...before we start to talk prices,
how soon can you...
:59:36
...or how soon are you willing
to produce the falcon?
:59:38
-A couple of days.
-That is satisfactory.
:59:41
Well, sir, here's to a fair bargain!
Profits large enough for both of us!
:59:45
What's your idea of a fair bargain?
:59:47
I will give you $25,000 when you deliver
the falcon to me...
:59:51
...and another $25,000 later on.
:59:53
Or I will give you one quarter
of what I realize on the falcon.
:59:56
That would amount to a much greater sum.
:59:58
-How much greater?
-Who knows? Shall we say $100,000?