Me and the Colonel Page #2

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get me motorcycle, get me donkey,

but get me.

Yes, sir.

Pardon me, Colonel,

may I make a suggestion?

I tell you, Monsieur, Monsieur...

- Jacobowsky. S.L. Jacobowsky.

- I thought so.

My suggestion is

that you mind your own business.

But strangely enough

we're in the same business.

- The business of escaping.

- This fellow gets on my nerves.

First thing in the morning, Szabuniewicz,

I want waiting here vehicle.

You will see to it, Doctor.

Double vodka, please.

Cosette! Never here when I need her.

Cosette, a double vodka for monsieur.

Our guests have a right to some service.

I want to go with you.

I'll make you forget the other girl.

- Impossible. She's waiting for me.

- Where? Here in Paris?

In Reims. I promised I'd come back for her.

- Good evening, Cosette.

- Good evening.

Since this is my last night in Paris,

I will start with the onion soup.

- Are you leaving us, too?

- Yes, I'm afraid so.

I'm going to try to reach the Spanish border.

- Cosette! Please.

- Yes?

Suppose you were travelling

from Paris to Hendaye,

what would be the best way to go?

I would take the road south to Orleans.

Orleans... Orleans... Orleans.

After that, what course would you suggest?

After the soup? The chicken a la casserole.

Cosette, thank you.

- Cosette, triple vodka, please.

- Yes, sir.

- For you, too, Monsieur Jacobowsky?

- No, no, thank you, Cosette.

You see, the Colonel and I have a problem,

and I must concentrate on it.

Cosette, will you explain

to Monsieur Grabowsky, he has a problem?

- I have no problem.

- The problem of transportation.

Explain.

My orderly takes care of transportation.

You might explain to the Colonel that

his orderly may encounter some difficulty.

But together we can arrange...

Cosette, will you ask Monsieur Grabowsky

why he says "we"? Where is we?

I am Tadaeusz Boleslav Prokoszny.

S.L. Jacobowsky. Delighted.

Don't you remember us?

- Us? Who is "us"?

- The Jacobowskys from Horodenka.

You see, the Colonel and I come from

the same village in Poland, you know.

- Really?

- Oh, yes.

It is true. I come from Horodenka.

It is one of my father's villages.

Who inhabits these villages I do not know.

Our rent collector knows.

It's a geographical accident.

No significance.

Still, when one travels together,

it's more pleasant than when one...

When I travel, I travel alone.

When I travel with company,

it's company that I choose.

- Tell him that.

- Yes, let me explain why I choose him.

You see, the Colonel is a strong man.

He's a chivalrous man.

He's a military man. And a military man

can requisition an automobile.

Now, he has every right to know

why he chooses me.

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