Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Page #2

I said do it!

Yes, Patricia. Right...

...away.

Mr. Jones?

Morning, Mr. Jones.

Good morning, Betty.

I trust you had a nice weekend.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Jones.

Mr. Sugden would like a word.

Would he indeed? What do you think of that?

It's for the caddis fly report.

Need something racy for the cover.

Something to rev up

the YouTube generation.

I know it's not quite what we would

expect from a scientific paper,

but we must keep up

with the times, Mrs. Burnside.

Mr. Sugden asked to see you, Mr. Jones.

I'm not too sure that I don't have a picture

of a caddis being eaten alive

by a spider somewhere.

There it is. That's a beauty.

What do you think about that for...

Good God.

Little too much, do you think?

No, not if you're making a horror film.

Look, this e-mail about the salmon thing.

Yes. Did I miss

April Fools' Day or something?

Did you like my little swipe at the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office wonks?

Yeah, well, I just had another e-mail

from the FCO today.

Rattle their cage, did I?

Look, you wouldn't take

a meeting with her, would you?

This Chetwode-Talbot woman.

She represents this

Sheikh Muhammed bloke.

Why would I want to do that?

Why would I want to traipse

across London to discuss that nonsense?

I've very important work to do here,

as you can very well see.

Yeah, well, the FCO, in their infinite W,

feel that a meeting on this

is important business, too, Alfred.

Lord, the tendrils of this

busybody government.

Dr. Jones, as your Operational Line Manager,

I am asking you with extreme prejudice

to take a meeting

with Harriet Chetwode-Talbot.

I take it that's an order?

Take it how you wish.

Nazi.

Wanker. Morning.

Dr. Jones?

Miss Chetwode-Talbot is expecting me.

Yes, it's a bit of a mouthful.

Do call me Harriet.

- Nice to meet you.

- You, too. Do you want to come with me?

Yes.

Do come in.

Please, sit down.

Yeah, anywhere you like.

Would you like tea or coffee?

No, thank you.

So...

Fitzharris & Price represent

the sheikh's assets in this country,

including a number of estates in Scotland.

He's a very keen fisherman,

so he asked us if we would...

- Water.

- Sorry?

Water, Miss Chetwode-Talbot. H2O.

Do you want sparkling or still?

Not for me, for the fish.

Fish require water.

You are familiar with that concept?

Yes. I am, yes.

So, to save us both a lot of time,

let me keep this brief and simple.

Here it's very cold. It rains a lot.

Here it's very hot. It doesn't rain a lot.

Do you see the difference?

Well, you're pointing to Saudi Arabia,

Dr. Jones, not the Yemen.

You seem to be deliberately

missing the point.

With respect, not really.

You see, unlike Saudi Arabia,

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