The Dancer Upstairs Page #14

Sir? What color were the flares the night of the Cafe Haiti bomb?

- Red.

- The Fisherman was right.

Some enormous piece of sh*t is going on.

Last night, they caught a girl near the water plant...

...with a bottle on her...

...and my friend in the lab says it was full of typhus.

He thinks he's won. The whole country's about to fall...

...but for the first time I can sense him.

You don't want us to tell Calderon?

He would supply us with enough men to search every house.

Do you know how long it takes a sequoia seed to germinate?

About 10 years.

Ten years. No different to farming or fishing.

- I know, sir, but--

- The trick...

...is knowing when to be impatient.

We're almost there, but not quite.

He's either here or in Calle Peron.

Should I start collecting now?

No. In a minute.

- What was that? - Sounds like a dog at a dumpster.

Hey.

Who put the pubes on my coke can?

That's got a nice little walk on it.

Who is she?

- She teaches ballet.

- How do you know?

My daughter goes there.

- Single, is she, sir? - That's right.

Well, she's waiting for someone.

- You can start collecting.

- What are you doing?

What?

Oh, yeah. I hate my Beretta showing when I'm trying out a pirouette.

Hush.

Hush, hush, hush.

Happy birthday.

I'll leave the slipper in the door.

I love garbage. I can be around it always.

Calle Peron's finished.

Nothing of any interest except maybe this.

Marxism Today, property of the Cuban press attache.

- Okay?

- What about Diderot?

We're halfway through Diderot.

We should be through by 5:00.

Anything?

Nothing to give you goose pimples.

And Gomez?

Problem with the maid in 332.

Her employer likes to plant his own geraniums.

So today, Gomez is whitewashing trees instead.

Soon everyone will want to move in.

That gives you plenty of time. Yes, good luck.

Yes, I thought the way you said it was fine.

Sir, I think you should come.

I have-- I have to go. I'll talk to you later. Bye.

Dithranol.

For the treatment of eczema and psoriasis.

Keep away from children.

But they're not Camels. And they're filtered.

Which house?

The class began on time? How many?

Fourteen.

No, no, no, just go-- Just go on painting those trees.

- Should we warn the teacher?

- No. That'll create panic...

...and alert Ezequiel above. Find who the landlord is...

...and if there's a ground plan.

Move our men at Calle Peron to Calle Diderot.

And concentrate on any movement upstairs.

And keep out of sight.

This is the captain. I can't speak to you

individually, but I want you to listen.

I've been inside the house. It's divided in two.

Downstairs is the ballet studio.

Suspect may be in upstairs apartment. There's no access from the studio.

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