:51:03
Bravano did no less for Kirk
when Kirk visited South America.
:51:08
Noblesse oblige, sort of.
:51:10
But it soon became obvious
:51:12
that the señor was only mildly
interested in the available talent.
:51:16
He'd found what he wanted: Maria.
:51:20
Jerry and I were playing backgammon.
:51:22
That dated us, all right,
but it gave us something to do.
:51:26
We weren't paying much attention to
the game. We were worried about Maria.
:51:30
She seemed too restless,
too tense, too withdrawn.
:51:34
And Kirk, when he wasn't
looking at Maria,
:51:38
he was watching Bravano look at Maria.
:51:40
He didn't like it.
:51:43
Alberto Bravano was, and is, one of
the three richest men in South America,
:51:47
which makes him one of
the richest in the world.
:51:50
But unlike Kirk his only interest in money
lay in spending it for his own gratification.
:51:59
To Oscar, Alberto Bravano
was heaven-sent.
:52:02
A man with more money than Kirk, even,
:52:05
and even more in need of
a counsel for public relations.
:52:08
It's a form of insurance, you might say.
:52:10
Only, instead of your life, it protects
your good name and your reputation.
:52:14
Too late. My name and reputation
already are hopelessly bad.
:52:19
Mr Muldoon, in my whole life
I have made one major decision.
:52:23
When I was 15 years old,
I had two choices.
:52:26
Everybody wanted me to be a good
little boy and do good for others.
:52:29
I chose to be a bad little boy
and do good for myself.
:52:32
So far, so good, señor. But the world
is getting smaller all the time.
:52:36
And if somebody drops a lot of money
in a gambling casino in Deauville, France,
:52:41
the noise can be heard quite a way.
:52:43
Interesting. And how far, would you
say, can this falling money be heard?
:52:49
With nobody around to quiet it down,
:52:51
the sound could travel all the way
to certain mining camps
:52:54
deep in the jungles of South America.
:52:56
Camps where the men aren't paid enough
or protected against disease enough.