I would be very happy.
It would change the day.
I would be very happy.
It would change the day.
Then that is what you shall have.
When we are married, you shall have everything you wish.
Married? Your wife might have something to say about that.
This way, Colonel, s'il vous plaît.
S'il vous plaît indeed, you silly mountebank.
-You're about as French as my asshole! -Edwin, curb your tongue.
May I help you, sir?
I thought I saw an old friend of mine.
Colonel....
-Colonel Worth? -Yes.
Oh, yes. This way.
No, no, no.
I wouldn't bother him now.
Is he staying at the hotel?
No, he's at home in Havana. He lives at avenida Medios.
I believe his fiancée is at the hotel.
Fiancée?
Yes, Miss Castle.
Yes, yes.
I see. Thank you.
My dear, I don't have that kind of money.
But, my dear, you do.
Your annual expenditures are $200,000, more or less.
How do you know that?
Because, under favorable conditions, you could realize...
...at least 1.5 million pounds of sugar in good seasons.
Five cents a pound--
No, don't. Don't make me talk about business now.
I've been waiting for this all night.
Now, don't watch.
Be kind, my dove.
Be kind to an old man.
I am kind.
Kind as I have ever been.
Will you undo my dress, please?
Oh, yes.
Let me have thatpleasure.
That's enough. Thank you.
Thank you...
...for a wonderful evening. Good night.
-No. -Yes.
I'll behave. I'll only sit and watch you.
You see...
...l sit...
...and I watch.
Is that what you want?
You are very tiresome and I am very tired.
-Good night. -No.
-Good night. Yes.
No.
Mayn't I stay? Please, let me stay.
Darling dove, I'm weeping.
My heart is pudding.
I'll go.
But my pudding is all broken.
Good night...
... my little dove.
Good night.
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
It's only me, Julia.
You haven't forgotten me, have you?
Who's Billy?
Just a fellow.
There must be quite a few fellows in your life.
Billy...
...me...
...the Colonel.
Did you marry all of them?
-No, just you. -Liar.
Liar.
Well, what is it, then?
What is it?
What are your plans for me?
My plans?
I just came here to kill you.
My God.
All right, do it.
There. There's my heart. Don't hesitate.
Your money's gone. Do it.
Gone.
Like the woman you murdered?
What? No.
You were with her on that boat! You were seen together!
-I wasn't alone. -She told you all about me, didn't she?
No!
I told him!
The next day, he told me she'd had an accident and to take her place. So I did.
Another man?
Accomplice?
Friend? Lover?
An accomplice--
You saw us together, backstage, at the play.
My friend, my accomplice and...
...yes, yes, my lover.
He was an actor, like myself. Actors playing parts.
I told him that night I didn't want to go through with it. I couldn't--
Why not?
Because!
Because I was. ...
Damn it. I was falling in love with my own husband.
Again. Liar.
I could have bought him off! I could have kept him away!
But you made me write her sister and then it was all over!
Whore!
Thief!
It's how I live. It's all I know.
I took the money and I gave it to him.
Then I ran.
What does it matter?
It's over.
Whore!
Liar! Thief!
Yes!
Don't you see...
...that I cannot breathe without you?
I cannot live without you!
Don't you see that? Don't you see how much I love you?
I'm sorry.
Where am l?
Who are you?
Really.
My name is Bonny.
Bonny Castle.
Is that your Christian name?
It would be...
... if I were Christian.
But I'm not.
I was never baptized.
I was a foundling.
So was Billy.
We were raised in an orphanage outside of St. Louis.
He gave me my name.
He saw it on a picture postcard from Scotland.
It had a drawing on it, of a "bonny castle", it said.
When we were 14, we ran away together.
Like brother, sister, father, daughter, husband, wife.
-He was my salvation. -No.
I don't want to know.
Not now.
You are Julia Russell from Wilmington, Delaware.
You were born...
...the day you stepped off that boat...
... and became my wife.
But then...
...l am not Julia Russell at all, am l?
I'm simply your wife.
-Who is it? -I don't know.
It's Edwin, my dear.
Am I too early?
Don't hurry.
Nothing gives me more pleasure than to wait for you outside your door.
Unless, of course, you were to let me in.
-Colonel Worth. -Good God!
-May I help you, sir? -You are not dressed, sir.
No, I am not.
I am engaged at the moment in a private function.
A function for which clothes are a hindrance, not a help.
A private function?
Yes, sir.
With Bonny? A private function?
Good God, man!
But I am being rude. Please come in.
No, sir. Are you mad?
Mad? No.
I am only curious to know what your business is at my wife's door.
Your wife?
Did you say, "wife"?
Edwin, be careful.
He has a fearful temper.
I beg your pardon, sir. I do.
I beg your pardon.
I am an old fool.
I didn't know.
I'm sorry.
Good morning to you, sir.
Good morning.
You see?
You have no past.
It is gone. Finished.
Disappeared.
You have only me now.
There you are. You weren't in your room.
I have some very interesting news.
So do l.
"A woman's body found."
"Foul play suspected. " How's my Spanish?
Julia Russell?
Stabbed in the neck with a small knife, then thrown overboard.
Probably the work of a man, but could've easily been a woman.
The blade of the knife was still in her throat.
And so your wife...
... is now officially a fugitive.
Not only are we pursuing her, but the police, too.
Cheer up. This is good news.
It won't be long until she's caught.
She...
... didn't do this.
I believe you still love her.
Of course.
How could you hate her so much if you did not still love her?
Trust me, my friend. There's no such thing as love.
Only misguided feelings and emotions.
It was my knife. He used my knife.
-It wasn't me, I promise you. -I believe you.
No one else will believe I'm innocent.
Listen to me.
No one else matters. Not to me.
What are you thinking?
Of you.
Welcome to Cardenas.
Right this way. This is the entrance. It's very elegant...
... in a very good part of town.
Mostly Americans and tourists from the Continent.
I think you'll find all the furnishings you need included.
a bedroom...
...a sitting room, a very good kitchen.
Here in Cardenas, you are close to Havana...
... but very far away.
We are known for the waters and for the healing powers of the sun.
Vargas.
What a happy accident.
Yes, indeed.
What brings you to Cardenas?
Not a rest cure, I assure you.
No, of course not.
There were reports of a woman answering a certain description.
She was seen boarding an eastbound train.
You haven't seen or heard anything, have you?
I've lost my taste for women of that description.
Glad to hear of it.
Listen...
... can I offer you a piñales?
What's that?
A drink.
There's a cafe down the street.
The sun is warm.
Your face, for instance, is quite moist.
The body was positively identified by her sister.
Very sad, but very accurate.
Two moles high on the inner thigh...
...and a gold crown on a back tooth.
And on her left hand, a small, round scar.
Very interesting.
Will you excuse me? I have to use the convenience.
By all means.
Do as you must.
Julia?
Come upstairs. We....
Ah, Luis.
I am disappointed.
And yet full of admiration.
Where is she?
Who? No.
-She's not here. -You called her name.
You have no business here.
Downs, please. Be smart and leave. Get out while you can.
She's mine, Luis.
Give her up, before it's too late.
You are aiding a criminal!
And you are close to becoming one yourself.
Come to your senses.
You saw it. She's not here. Now, please.
Don't lie to me, Mr. Vargas.
I can smell her on you.
Her perfume, stinking on your clothing.
You just left her, didn't you?
That's it. Get out.
Did she throw her arms around you? Embrace you, like this?
Did she rub her cheek against yours, like this?
Did she kiss you on the mouth?
If I kiss you now, will I taste her on you?
You would do this for her?
Wait!
Wait.
Speak of the devil, and she appears.
My God. What have you done?
It's him.
It's the detective.
He came here for you.
What are you doing? Don't touch him.
Don't touch him!
-Did he come here alone? -Yes.
No one saw him come in?
I don't know.
Christ, Julia.
I've killed a man.
You need to go to the train station.
Buy two seats on the morning train east, no matter where.
I will contact the estate agent and tell him we've changed our minds...
...and there's been an emergency.
Julia.
Yes, what?
I've just killed a man.
And I just bought a hat.
But I don't dwell on it. I don't say over and over, "I just bought a hat."
"I just bought a hat. " It doesn't matter.
It's done. Help me.
God.
-That should do it. -I'll bring him down.
No, go to the station before the window closes.
Come here. Put these on.
Yes, I'll hurry.
No. Don't hurry.
Go slowly, enjoy the walk and no one will notice you.
-Understand? -Yes.
Billy.
You finally got what you deserved.
-Jesus! -Aren't you glad to see me?
Aren't you glad to see old Detective Downs again?
Should I be?
I got very good notices playing this part in Chicago.
Or don't you remember?
Let go of me, Billy.
You thought I was...
... really dead...
...didn't you?
Did you think there were real bullets in that gun?
You think they were real the night he came to murder you?
I couldn't risk his putting out your lights, not before I caught up with you.
-Let go of me, Billy. -Never.
-Not till you come back to the game. -What game?
The skin game, darling.
There is no game.
Yes. I see it so clearly.
No, no.
What do you see?
I see him running out of money. I see you arranging that.
I see him doing the only thing he can do.
I see him going to Santiago, selling his share of the company.
I see him coming back with money.
I see us...
... finishing what we started.
You and me together.
We're going to make you a rich widow.
He's worth a hell of a lot more than we got out of him the first time.
And he's such an easy mark, devoted as he is to you.
Bound together as you are by mutual crimes and various...
... misdemeanors.
-Let go of me. -Beg.
-Please, let go! -Beg.
It tickles my dick when you beg.
He says he loves me.
No one loves you, Bonny.
No one could.
Except for me.
He does.
I think he does.
Not enough to live the life of a fugitive.
Back alleys, cheap hotels....
It won't be like that.
How then? Happily ever after?
A nice, respectable couple, living on Main Street?
Sunday dinners, walks in the park with children?
Christ, what's he done to you?
Who do you think you are?
Who does he think you are?
You're a whore, Bonny.
If a man puts his hands on you, you're wet.
True or not?
You were born one and you'll die one.
Sooner than later if the police catch up with you.
You wouldn't do that to me.
I was your first man, Bonny. Your very first.
And I will be...
...your last.
One way or another.
There's no future with him, darling.
Face the truth.
You can't live his life.
And he certainly...
... can't live yours.
Let him go.
No.
Let him go.
I was so hungry.
What about him? We have to get rid of the body.
No, it's done.
It's done?
You mean you did it yourself?
I packed all our things, as well. I left one suit out on the bed, for the train.
You get the tickets?
-The tickets? Yes. -Good.
We go tomorrow in the morning.
Back to Havana. 7:00.
What an adventure.
Come to bed.
You must be exhausted.
I know I am.
Wait, wait, wait.
Have you no conscience at all?
I mean....
Of course I do.
But you see, I don't let it get the best of me.
It's just something that happened. It had to be done.
And when something has to be done, you do it, right?
So, here's to us. A short life, but an exciting one.
Good night.
Listen to her talk.
Listen to the words that came out of her mouth.
You mean Bonny?
Yes, Bonny.
Did you have no control over her?
No one had control over her.
No one did.
No one, except for Billy.
and he wanted the rest of the money.
They found a house in the poorsection of town.
Bonny said they would go unnoticed there, and she was right.
Many things would go unnoticed in that house.
all she had to do was get Luis to Santiago...
... and it would all be over.
No, you don't understand.
-We've run out? -Yes, I'll go tomorrow to Santiago.
I'll take the first train in the morning.
What will you do there?
We need money, don't we?
Whatever you say.
I don't want you to go to Santiago.
I have to go.
I don't want you to go.
I have no choice.
You do. You have a choice.
Once again.
-When my hand strays to my breast.... -Hearts.
-My left eardrop. -Diamonds.
-My right eardrop. -Clubs.
-My throat. -Spades.
-Little finger of my left hand. -One.
-Little finger of my right hand. -Ten.
When I do this, it means they have nothing.
Right.
-King, queen, jack. -Yes.
Yes.
You're a natural.
-Listen-- -This is the way.
This is the only way. This is our way.
This is you and me, together.
Please.
Now...
... tell me what I'm holding.
Would you like more whiskey?
Too rich for me.
Yes. Why not?
Why not, indeed? All right.
He wins again.
I'm sorry, gentlemen.
More champagne.
Does the lady mind if I remove my coat?
No, do and say as you please.
Try and forget that I am even here.
Easier said than done.
Can I get you another drink?
Will you ask the lady to retire, sir?
What do you mean?
Do you have to be told?
Take your hand from my wife. Please, sir.
Gladly.
The only thing lower than a man who cheats at cards...
...is a man who will use a woman to do this cheating for him.
Julia?
Well, my dear...
...let's see what other tricks you might know.
Are you all right?
Yes.
Should l....
Should I call someone?
You are so kind.
You are so young and innocent and kind.
No.
No one is innocent.
You have a story as well.
Will you tell me...
... if there's time?
I have no story.
Not like yours.
Well, it was Bonny's story now.
and look whatshe had done.
He could notlive in her world.
and she would never fitinto his.
She would never be worthy of him.
She had to let him go.
She would be Bonny.
Pure, hard and simple.
Luis would go to Santiago.
She would survive.
Dearalan:
Congratulations.
You havejustpurchased my share of Vargas-Jordan Coffee Export House.
The price I have settled on is everything that was in the safe...
...which I believe is very much in your favor. I'm sorry.
Luis! Wait!
I'm sorry I couldn't wait to discuss this with you.
But as you may know, I am now a fugitive fromjustice.
More than that, I cannotsay.
What are you talking about?
Murder.
I have done murder.
-No. -Yes.
I did it for her.
And the truth is...
... that I would do it again.
Good luck to you.
Thank you for having once been my friend.
Go on.
God help you.
Will you light me a cigar?
I'll make us some coffee.
Damn!
-What happened? -There's a rat.
-A rat? -There's a rat. It ran right over my foot.
Do you see it?
No.
-I didn't see it. -No?
What are you doing?
Going to the pharmacist.
-At this hour? -Yes.
-It's 9.00. It's closed. -I know one open till 10:00.
-What are you doing? Wait. -I won't be long.
You can't save him, darling. If that's what you're thinking.
Why not? Why can't we just go?
I have two tickets for us on the train.
Tonight, midnight. We have the money.
Leave him.
Bonny, it doesn't suit you, this kind of compassion.
How could I trust you? There'd always be someone between us.
Why hurt him?
He's a part of you that must die.
You need to kill it, or I promise you, it will kill you.
What are you doing? Billy?
I'm going back with you, to finish the job and have done with it.
-You'll have the police all over us. -Then do as you're told.
Do it now.
-Say it. -Billy--
Say you're mine. You're mine. Say it.
Yes, what?
Yes, I'm yours.
You startled me.
You took a long time.
What are you doing in the dark?
Thinking.
What are you thinking?
I was thinking that if I ever lost you, my life would be over.
There would be nothing left for me.
Except to die.
Don't say such things.
Did you find what you were looking for?
Yes, I did.
I had to go all the way across town.
I'm going to go change.
Wash your hands and go to bed. I'll bring the coffee.
There you are.
How do they die, you think?
From the poison?
I don't know.
Does it take a long time?
I suppose it depends on how much you give them.
That's right.
Is it painful?
I really don't want to think about it.
No, of course not.
We don't want our conscience to get the best of us, do we?
It's something that has to be done.
And when something has to be done...
...you do it.
Is your coffee too hot?
I saw him.
Who?
I followed you.
You saw who? Where?
Julia.
Shall we play the game...
... or just speak the truth?
The truth is best.
All right, then.
Is he here?
Yes.
Where?
Outside, waiting. When I turn the lights off.
When I am dead?
Yes.
I led him to you in Havana, didn't l?
Yes.
How'd he know I wouldn't kill you?
He put blank cartridges in your gun.
Like a play.
All of it.
Lies.
From the moment I met you.
Not all of it, no.
Do you laugh at me behind my back, the two of you?
Do you laugh at me for how stupid I have been?
How blind?
No.
Laugh now when I tell you this.
I loved you, Julia.
Julia is not here. Julia is dead.
Laugh when I tell you that I still love you.
No.
No, not me.
You don't love me.
Yes.
Yes, you.
Not Julia Russell. Not...
... Bonny Castle.
You.
I love you as I know you.
Because I know you.
As you are.
Good and bad.
Better and worse.
I told you this already, but you didn't believe me.
Tonight you will.
To us.
A short life and an exciting life.
Don't do this.
No other one.
No other love but you.
From first to last.
Start to finish.
Don't change, Julia. Don't ever change.
Hold on.
Let's go.
You disappoint me, Bonny.
What do you think?
Do you think those are real bullets?
-Do you speak English? -Yes!
He needs a doctor.
What about him?
He's dead. He needs a doctor.
All right. I'm calling the police.
Stay, stay.
I love you.
Do you hear me?
-Say it. Say it again. -I love you. I love you.
I love you, Luis.
You hold on! Hold on!
Don't go! Stay!
Please hold on.
And this is where the story ends, at least for me.
Even though he is alive now...
... how could I get to him?
Do you believe in forgiveness?
Yes.
And redemption for the human soul?
Yes.
Even for someone like me?
Yes.
I believe so.
I will see him in heaven, won't l?
Yes.
Will you hand me my shawl, please?
Yes, of course.
Now pray with me.
Yes.
I wore this on my wedding day.
But my heart was not in it then.
I'm sorry, ma'am. It is time.
If I may?
What the hell!
-It's the priest. -But he left an hour ago.
I saw him.
Guards!
I must say, it is a pleasure to be in such lovely company for a change.
The pleasure is all mine.
Thank you, gentlemen, for letting me attend.
And you, sir, may I say, it's a lucky man who has found such a wife.
Yes, I am.
Perhaps, later on...
...l will tell you the story of how we came to be here.
It is an interesting tale.
Some of it is even true.
But for now, all I can say...
...is that from the moment I saw her...
...l loved her.
And no matter the price...
...you cannot walk away from love.
Four.
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