:57:00
This is close to home.
In fact, it is my home.
:57:02
After all, I'm only a politician. In a sense.
:57:06
And politicians aren't usually
called upon to...
:57:10
do away with their guests, are they?
:57:13
Quiet, boy.
:57:14
Not in the house. No, sir.
:57:16
But I have an idea.
:57:24
- Do you remember Rowley?
- Rowley?
:57:27
Yes. The little man that used to work
at your father's stables in Austria.
:57:31
I seem to recall he was present
when a mutual friend of ours...
:57:35
accidentally fell off
the high bridge at Bern.
:57:38
He's retired now.
:57:39
Lives somewhere in Clapham,
here in London.
:57:42
If Mr. Haverstock could be induced...
:57:44
to hire him in the capacity
of a private detective.
:57:47
What for?
:57:49
You should warn him
that it's very dangerous for him...
:57:52
to go about London
with the knowledge that he has.
:57:56
Yes, I see.
:57:59
You use the English language
with great delicacy.
:58:01
Thank you, sir.
:58:03
I shall look Mr. Rowley up at once
and give him his instructions.
:58:06
You mustn't. It would be too dangerous.
:58:11
What do we do now, call Scotland Yard?
:58:13
I thought it best to send
Monsieur Krug away.
:58:15
You let him get away? Listen...
:58:17
If what you say is true...
:58:18
then it's important not to rouse
Krug's suspicions.
:58:21
- Van Meer will be killed.
- Dead or alive, it's a story.
:58:24
Johnny, father's right.
:58:25
- Okay. I'll cable them what I've got.
- I wouldn't, if I were you.
:58:29
Van Meer's life may depend on
our keeping this quiet a few hours.
:58:32
Keep it quiet?
:58:34
A famous diplomat's kidnapped right
under my eyes and I muzzle myself?
:58:38
I'm sorry, but this is a story
with facts in it.
:58:40
This is the kind of story I'm here to get,
the kind America's waiting for.
:58:44
It'll be a bigger story if you can
wait a few hours...
:58:47
until we find Van Meer and discover
what's behind this curious business.
:58:51
I know what's behind it.
:58:52
I don't mean who is behind it.
I mean the why of it.
:58:55
Would you get me
all my correspondence with Krug?
:58:59
Do what Father says.
It'll be best for you and Mr. Van Meer.