Gorky Park Page #3

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you can get them.

They say the Kremlin uses him to take

messages to and from Washington.

He's a very big wheel.

He even had dinner

with Brezhnev before he died.

Well, perhaps the conversation

would have been better after he'd died.

Anton.

The Ancient Greeks

understood the mechanics of power.

"Justice" they said. "Justice is

in the interests of the strong. "

I've heard the same sentiment expressed

in not-too-dissimilar terms in America.

"Those were the gold-maker rules"

someone said.

You mean in America only

those with money can be innocent?

No. I mean in America, attorneys

do very well for themselves.

Well, do you know what you're doing here

when you engage a defence lawyer?

Wasting money.

I read your report, Arkady.

And I can see that you are anxious

for the KGB to take over the case.

But this is not like you, huh?

Why? What's wrong?

- May I speak freely?

- To me? Always.

It is more than possible

that KGB killed those three people.

I agree.

Then it is likely they are

laying a trap for me.

Why?

Once I tried to arrest Major Pribluda.

I proved he was an assassin.

- Remember the two bodies by the river?

- God, it's cold out here.

- You want to freeze my blood even more?

- I proved KGB did it.

I moved for the indictment,

and I was arrested and beaten senseless.

And who got you out?

I was grateful to you. I am grateful to you.

But it's a poisonous farce.

Arkady, things are changing.

Believe me, I have more power

than used to be the case.

They are more vulnerable.

You're easily

the best policeman in Moscow.

And I need your help. I need it badly.

And you can protect me and my men?

Listen, our Soviet constitution

is a noble piece of work.

But only if honourable men

and women respect it.

Now, I'm determined to stand on legality.

KGB must not, cannot work outside the

law, or they're little better than the CIA.

- But how?

- Support me. Don't try to unload the case.

We mustn't give them a centimetre.

And I promise you, Arkady...

I promise you, I'll be behind you

every step of the way.

Yes, my dear?

You are the only one here

who is going back to Moscow tonight.

- It seems so.

- Will you take me with you?

- At this hour? Is there something wrong?

- Please?

You'd better first persuade Mr Osborne

to give you a fur coat, my dear.

The investigator's car has no heater.

Not the sort of place a girl without a

decent pair of boots normally goes, is it?

Won't your rich American friend

be disappointed?

I asked you for a lift, not a conversation.

What, still upset

about a pair of lost skates?

- If they were lost.

- I reported them missing.

- Yes, but why?

- What?

You're not the sort who goes to the police

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