:46:01
"to kidnap my son...
:46:03
"in order to obtain
from the bank where I am employed...
:46:06
"the sum of $1 million."
:46:09
Period. New paragraph.
:46:11
"I swear...
:46:14
"to have acted...
:46:16
"without the knowledge of my wife...
:46:20
"and furthermore...
:46:22
"that this letter...
:46:25
"was written under no threat whatsoever."
:46:28
No.
:46:29
Write it, I say!
:46:32
Because, in any case, I didn't have a chance.
:46:34
No matter how the coin landed, I'd be killed.
:46:38
Well, it's obvious.
:46:39
They made it obvious.
:46:41
- They did?
- It was damn clear.
:46:42
- By tossing...
- Right, I'd be killed.
:46:44
Right, if it was head, tails, no matter how.
:46:47
When I saw they weren't joking,
I knew I was screwed.
:46:50
Given the circumstance, I understand.
:46:51
- That's right.
- Go on.
:46:53
- I'm sorry.
- That's all right.
:46:55
As soon as the guy flipped it...
:46:57
the other one took his revolver out...
:47:00
because the Swiss already had a revolver.
:47:03
I tried to escape, but there was no way out,
and the wall behind me.
:47:07
They used blanks, or they missed,
but I'm here.
:47:10
So they must have used blanks.
:47:12
Blank cartridges, that is.
:47:13
Right, they're called blanks.
:47:14
You're well acquainted with ballistic terms.
:47:16
- No, but I've heard the word.
- Then?
:47:19
They aimed and fired,
but I didn't know they weren't real bullets.
:47:22
Of course not.
:47:23
The worst was not knowing
what would happen to me.
:47:25
I kept wondering if it was a dream.
:47:28
And they made me sit down,
because I was at the end of my rope.
:47:31
- Because they'd cornered you.
- Because they'd cornered me.
:47:34
You were frightened.
:47:35
Yes, I was frightened, scared to death.
:47:37
What sort of things did they ask you?
:47:38
They didn't ask me anything.
:47:40
- No questions?
- Not one single question.
:47:42
- Did you ask them anything?
- I asked them to tell me why.
:47:45
Why what?
:47:47
"Just tell me why," I said.
:47:48
- And they answered...
- They wouldn't say.
:47:51
And after, they made you sit down.
:47:53
That's right.
I was sitting at the table and writing.
:47:55
You see, they made me write.
:47:57
That's why I'm here, so you would know.
:47:58
That I was forced.