:43:04
Thank you, Diello. You were saying?
:43:11
A certain Countess Staviska.
:43:14
It seems she has quite recently
and suddenly begun to entertain.
:43:17
Informal, gay little gatherings.
:43:20
I assume some of our Embassy
personnel have attended.
:43:24
The Countess has a wide circle
of friends which includes me.
:43:28
That circle would also include
Herr von Papen and his associates.
:43:31
Mr. Travers, the Countess
is doing her very best...
:43:34
...to live neutrally in
a neutral country.
:43:36
The circumstances...
- Mac says...
:43:37
...her circumstances have taken a
startling change for the better.
:43:40
Does anyone know the
source of her fortune?
:43:43
It concerns anyone but
the Countess Staviska.
:43:45
I cannot see what the
source of her income...
:43:47
...has to do with our problem.
:43:49
Now I'm probably
just a gossip at heart.
:43:52
Maybe that's why I like my work.
:43:54
Counter-espionage is the
highest form of gossip.
:43:59
Obviously Cicero is paying
the bills for the Countess.
:44:02
Why would he choose her villa for
his next rendezvous with Moyzisch?
:44:05
What a strange, and sudden,
and perfect relationship.
:44:09
Too strange, too sudden
and too perfect.
:44:12
The unknown Cicero and the
well known Countess...
:44:16
...well known for her
anti-German sentiments.
:44:19
Yet only recently she pleaded
with me personally...
:44:22
...for an opportunity to
work in our interest.
:44:24
At the suggestion of British
Intelligence, no doubt.
:44:28
Colonel von Richter, just
what will convince you...
:44:31
...that Cicero is what
he says he is, a spy...
:44:35
...selling us genuine
documents of great value...
:44:38
...for a great sum of money?
:44:39
I have come here to convince
myself one way or the other.
:44:43
A talk with Cicero might help.
:44:46
Moyzisch, when do you meet him next?
:44:49
In the villa, next Thursday evening.
:44:52
Then you will arrange for Mr. Hodler,
a Swiss business man to be present.
:44:57
My incognito.
:44:59
I think it's preferable that Moyzisch
remain our only contact with Cicero.