:04:09
- Tortshiner?
- Broder? Come in, please.
:04:20
I have every reason
to be your enemy, Broder.
:04:22
But I tell you right off
I'm here for your sake.
:04:26
- Have some cheesecake.
- No, thank you.
:04:28
You can afford it!
I have to watch my weight.
:04:31
So I take the, uh...
I take the compote.
:04:34
- Huh? Some tea?
- Yeah. I-I take tea.
:04:37
- Two teas, please?
- Okay.
:04:39
Masha tells me that you
are something of a-a writer.
:04:43
But I am a scientist, and
I believe, before one acts...
:04:46
one must have all the facts.
:04:48
Oh, yeah? So what are
the facts, Mr. Tortshiner?
:04:52
The facts are that your Masha
bought her divorce from me...
:04:55
at a price
no honest woman would pay...
:04:56
even if her life depended on it.
:04:58
No, no, no, no,
no, no, no.
:05:00
This is on me.
:05:02
Normally, I would have
no reason to take an interest in you.
:05:09
- But I happened to
strike up an acquaintance...
:05:12
With your employer.
:05:14
Thank you.
Rabbi Lembeck.
:05:17
He told me you suffered
a great deal during the war.
:05:19
Huh?
:05:22
What price did she pay,
Mr. Tortshiner?
:05:29
Drink your tea.
:05:31
It's getting cold.
:05:33
Did you know your Masha was
the lover of a Red Army deserter?
:05:36
Who smuggled gold
from Bessarabia?
:05:40
I won't deny it.
:05:42
I am still in love with her.
She drives men crazy.
:05:47
Anyway, things went bad
for us, and we had been apart
for almost two years.
:05:52
When she calls and says
she wants to see me.
:05:54
So she comes over
all dressed up.
:05:57
Fit to kill, as they say.
:05:59
I had already heard
all about you.