Sleuth Page #3
is that it?
I thought it was quite elegant.
What do you think I am?
What the f***
are you actually talking about?
- These are real facts.
- This is a joke.
- No.
- It's also a trap.
- A trap?
- Yes. You think I'm a fool.
Well, are you?
- It doesn't hold up.
- Why not?
They're worth a million pounds. You'd
get a fraction of that from any fence.
I have already contacted
a friend of mine in Amsterdam.
And he will give you
Eight hundred thousand pounds...
...tax-free.
Why would he do that?
When you steal the jewels,
you will also steal the receipts.
So he'll have title to the jewels
as well as the jewels themselves...
...so that when he sells them,
he gets full value.
Got it?
Think about it.
Take your time.
And why would you do all this?
Listen, under this crooked exterior,
I am a simple, honest man.
Every word I've told you is true,
I swear it.
I want to get rid of my wife,
but I want it to be solid, permanent.
I don't want her on my back.
I want her to stay on your back.
This is a frame-up.
- A frame-up?
- Yes.
You want to destroy me.
You want to see me in jail.
You want me to do this
and then shop me to the police.
No, no, no.
If I shop you, then you'll shop me,
and then we'll both end up in jail.
No, I take a strictly moral position
on all this.
My wife is an adulteress.
Actually,
she should be stoned to death.
Anyway, it's up to you.
Make up your own mind.
You're asking me to trust you?
I don't give a f***
if you trust me or not.
This is a simple proposition.
You have an expensive woman
and no money.
You wanna keep the woman,
steal the jewels.
Why don't you steal the jewels
and give them to me?
Don't be a bloody fool.
The burglary has to be right.
The house has to be broken into.
- Why don't you break into it?
- For chrissake, I'm in it.
How can I break into it? I live here.
Okay.
If I were to agree to do this,
would you agree to the divorce?
Why should I give her the divorce...
...if you're both walking away
with 800,000 pounds?
- She wants part of your estate.
- Greedy.
That's legal justice.
You know what legal justice is?
It's farting "Annie Laurie"
through a keyhole.
Listen, 800,000 pounds...
...tax-free.
All yours, in cash.
- Why don't you stop pissing around?
- But wait a minute.
You get a million
from the insurance.
Sure I do.
Well, all right, I'll be frank.
I need it. Cash flow,
Get me? Quid pro quo.
You do me a favor, I do you a favor,
you keep the woman.
Okay.
Let's make a deal.
- What deal?
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