:22:02
There are certain skills best acquired
in public bars, I suppose,
:22:07
but whatever made you think, hmm ?
- You and your games.
:22:11
That is the only game in this room.
:22:14
Hmm. Very clever.
:22:17
Anyway, the jewels are in there.
All you have to do is steal them,
:22:19
Sell them abroad and live happily
ever after with Marguerite.
:22:23
All I have to do is claim the insurance
and live happily ever after with Tea.
:22:26
Is that what you asked me over to hear--
:22:28
A grotty little plot to defraud
the insurance company ?
:22:33
I'm sorry you find the plot grotty.
:22:35
Personally, I thought it was all
rather nicely clear and simple.
:22:37
Look, supposing I do as you say
and nick-- uh, steal the jewels.
:22:41
If I sell them under my own name, I'll get
picked up the moment you report the loss.
:22:46
If I sell them to a fence, always
presuming I could find one,
:22:49
He'd carve me up, I'd get a
fraction of their value.
:22:52
- Not with the fences I know.
- What fences would you know ?
:22:55
The finest in Europe--
Prudent, yet prodigal.
:22:58
I first met them while I was researching for
the deadly affair of the Druce Diamond.
:23:02
Surely you've read it.
:23:05
Pity. An absolute corker.
In any case, on your behalf,
:23:10
I have already contacted a certain
gentleman in Amsterdam.
:23:13
He'll treat you very well. You won't get
the full amount for the jewels, of course,
:23:17
but you'll get about two thirds, say,
:23:20
170,000 pounds.
:23:24
- You'll get it in cash.
- 170,000 quid ?
:23:28
Cash.
:23:31
Why should this fellow pay so much ?
:23:33
Because he will get what no fence
ever gets-- the title to the jewels.
:23:37
You see, in addition to stealing the jewels,
:23:40
you have also to take the
receipts I got for them.
:23:46
Now, what does my insurance
company discover as it swings
ponderously into action,
:23:50
antennae pulsing with suspicion ?
:23:53
It discovers that someone
impersonating Andrew Wyke...
:23:57
sold the jewels for 170,000 pounds cash,