:08:24
- Well?
- I don't think so.
:08:26
I know you.
When you say no, you mean yes.
:08:28
Say you'll at least meet the doctor,
okay? He's the moneyman.
:08:32
I'm not being pushy but where's
the harm seeing if you like each other?
:08:37
- You're not being pushy?
- I'm just edging you
towards making a decision.
:08:40
There's a difference.
:08:41
There's a difference.
:08:42
There's six ways of lookin'
at this. You could look
at this in 100 different ways.
:08:46
I'm just sayin', let's take two ways
to look at it that way.
:08:49
Now, listen, I didn't tell the doctor
about you being in prison.
:08:52
I figure, why undermine his confidence.
He wants the best for his money.
:08:56
Not that you're not the best.
But a layman might wonder
why you're all the time in jail.
:09:08
Someday the schoolbooks
of my country will sing your praises.
:09:15
I don't think we want
this nosed around, do we, Doctor?
:09:18
I was taking poetic license.
:09:20
Our literacy rate in Central Vatawi
is 99 percent.
:09:24
The point is, my entire country
will be in your debt...
:09:28
for returning the Sahara Stone
to its rightful people.
:09:32
- This is him?
- I am the permanent representative...
:09:35
- of Central Vatawi
at the United Nations.
- Some job of explaining you did.
:09:39
You may call me "Doctor" Amusa,
Mr. Dortmunder.
:09:43
You see, the countries
of Central and Outer Vatawi...
:09:47
have been stealing the Sahara Stone
from one another for generations.
:09:51
We like to think
it was originally ours.
:09:54
The whole matter at present is
being studied by the United Nations.
:09:57
Being a member of that body...