:15:02
Good evening, Diello.
- A pleasant reception, sir?
:15:05
Diplomatic receptions
are never pleasant.
:15:07
Necessary or not necessary
successful and unsuccessful...
:15:10
...or non-committal.
:15:11
The faces may be pleasant, but...
:15:14
...never the motives.
- Let me help you, sir.
:15:17
Speaking of pleasant faces...
:15:19
...weren't you in the service
of the Countess Staviska?
:15:22
I was valet to her late husband...
:15:24
...when he was attached
to the Polish Embassy.
:15:28
She was at the reception this evening.
:15:30
I hadn't seen her for years.
:15:33
Is she well, sir?
- As charming as ever...
:15:35
...but not well off.
:15:38
It seems that the Nazis have
confiscated all of her possessions.
:15:41
I'm sorry to hear it. She
was a lady of great wealth.
:15:44
It was becoming to her,
she used it well.
:15:46
A generous and brilliant hostess,
the Countess Staviska.
:15:50
Yes, sir.
- More than anyone I've ever known.
:15:52
She symbolized the world in which
she lived, and which she loved.
:15:56
A world of infinite beauty,
luxury and indulgence.
:16:03
Those were pleasant days, sir.
:16:06
Gone forever, I'm afraid.
:16:08
Let us hope not, sir.
I put the Turkish survey...
:16:11
...and your journal, beside your bed.
:16:13
Yes, thank you.
- One moment, sir, your capsule.
:16:16
Have you considered the possibility
that you might, just once...
:16:20
...forget something?
- Often, sir.
:16:22
I don't think you'd ever get over it.
:16:24
Nor do I, sir.
:16:31
Goodnight, Diello.
- Goodnight, your Excellency.
:16:53
The dispatch from Berlin
has just arrived.
:16:56
'Transaction approved.
Take every precaution.
:16:59
Essential you determine
identity of agent.