The 39 Steps Page #2

which is not very healthy to know.

But now that they have

followed me here...

you are in it

as much as I am.

How do you mean?

- Have you ever heard of the 39 Steps?

- No. What's that, a pub?

Never mind.

But what you were laughing at is true.

These men will stop at nothing.

I'm the only person

who can stop them.

If they are not stopped, it's only

a matter of days, perhaps hours...

- before the secret is out.

- Why don't you phone the police?

Because they wouldn't believe me

any more than you did.

If they did, how long do you think

it would take to get them going?

These men act quickly.

You don't know

how clever their chief is.

- Clever and ruthless.

- Who is he? What's his name?

He has a dozen names,

and he can look like a hundred people.

But one thing he cannot disguise:

this.

Part of his little finger is missing.

If ever you should meet a man

with no top joint there...

- be very careful, my friend.

- Thanks. I'll make a note of it.

Meanwhile, what are you going to do?

First, I'll eat my haddock...

then, if you are not going to

turn me out onto the street...

- have a good night's rest.

- You're welcome to my bed.

I'll get a shakedown

on the couch.

Anything else I can get you?

- A map of Scotland.

- Why Scotland?

There's a man in Scotland whom I must

visit next if anything is to be done.

Are the 39 Steps in Scotland,

by any chance?

Perhaps I'll tell you tomorrow.

Clear out, Hannay.

They'll get you next.

What you were laughing at

just now is true.

These men will stop at nothing.

There's a man in Scotland...

whom I must visit next

if anything is to be done.

It is only a matter of days,

perhaps hours...

before the secret

is out of the country.

The police will not believe me

any more than you did.

I tell you,

these men act quickly.

Quickly. Quickly.

Good morning, sir.

You're up bright and early this morning.

Could you use a pound note,

brother?

- What's the catch?

- I want to borrow your cap and coat.

- What's all this? What's the big idea?

- I want to make a getaway.

- To a bunk?

- Yes.

- What have you been up to?

- I'll have to trust you.

There's been a murder

up on the first floor.

- By you?

- No, by those two men out there.

I see. I suppose they're waiting there

for a copper to come and arrest them.

It's quite true.

They're spies, foreigners.

They've murdered a woman in my flat,

and now they're waiting for me.

Come off it.

Funny jokes at 5:00 in the morning.

All right.

I'll tell you the truth.

- Are you married?

- Yes, but don't rub it in.

- What's the idea now?

- I'm not. I'm a bachelor.

A married woman

lives on the first floor.

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