Topaz Page #2

Look, the way you're going,

you may find yourself on the steps

of the Russian Embassy.

And that would be the end for me.

But you would never get

another defector.

Colonel Kusenov, does the word

"topaz" mean anything to you?

- In what context?

- Just the word "topaz".

- It's a gem, still used in jewellery.

- In intelligence matters?

- Where have you seen this word?

- What does it mean to you?

- It's for you, Mike.

- I'll be right there.

Nothing.

You've never used it, or

heard it used? Topaz as a code word.

No.

General Kusenov,

here is a list...

- Who is it?

- Your secretary.

Yes, Peggy, what is it?

From the French what?

Andr Devereaux?

What did he want?

Oh.

Alright. Call him back and say yes

and find out what time.

Right. See you later.

What did he want?

He called and asked me to dinner.

Well?

I had dinner with him

only two nights ago.

Now... why did you

suddenly ask Mike to dinner?

Because he adores your food.

And...

you want something out of him.

I promise you,

it's going to be a short evening.

Oh, I wish we could

go home to Paris.

You could easily have a job

in the foreign office.

Who said so?

Claire d'Arcy.

- Diplomats' wives should not talk.

- All wives talk.

She also said that you are

too involved with the Americans.

D'Arcy is an ass.

Andr, you are French,

and not supposed to be mixed up

in this Cold War between the

Americans and the Russians.

- You are neutral.

- No-one is neutral.

I don't want you to be killed.

OK, I'm going.

And you two secret agents can

settle down and be secret agents.

I wish you wouldn't use such words,

my love.

Why? Who do you think

you are fooling, my master spy?

Everybody in Washington knows

you are not a commercial attach.

Everybody in Washington knows

that the chief of Russian intelligence

is the chauffeur

who drives a car for -

Everybody in Washington does not

know these things.

And I would thank you

not to repeat them.

- Go to bed.

- Where did you hear that?

From my butcher.

I'll be glad when Michle gets here

and I can talk to someone

who is not looking over his shoulder.

Oh, is your daughter coming over

from Paris?

Her husband's reporting on

the opening of the United Nations.

We are going to see them in New

York and have a marvellous holiday.

And we are not going to see

a single, solitary spy.

You might stumble over a few

if you go to the United Nations.

We are not going there.

Michle and her husband are.

- We are going to have fun. Right?

- Right.

I seem to gather, Nicole, that you

don't care much for the work we do.

- How did you guess?

- You should be used to it by now.

The wife never gets used to it.

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