Our Kind of Traitor Page #5

from Dante's Inferno,

drawing a parallel

between his century

and the Florentine poet's

vision of hell.

Both writers, their societies

had become corrupt,

and more than that, listless.

And Eliot felt

that 20th-century Britain

was full of lost souls.

There's nothing that links him

to the house on Tuesday

and all of the forensic evidence

we can explain away

because of their past...

Relationship,

Um, can I speak to you later

about this, please, Dolly?

- Yes, of course.

- Great. Thank you.

Well, this is a coincidence.

Not exactly.

I don't even know your name.

Luke.

I'm gonna bet

that's not your real name.

No?

Shall we?

I'm sorry

to call you back like this,

but we've had a chance

to examine the contents

of the memory stick.

Did Dima

ever mention your involvement

in any future negotiations?

What negotiations?

He's asked to meet us in Paris.

He wants you there when

we make contact with him.

- Why?

- He doesn't trust us.

Probably worried we'll get

the information

we need out of him

and feed him back to the wolves.

- But he hardly knows me.

- He knew you well enough

to know you'd pass on

his message.

Obviously thinks

you're a man of principle.

I can't get involved.

Well, I'm afraid

you are involved.

Trouble is, from the moment

you accepted the memory stick,

he put his life and the lives

of his children in your hands.

If his children are in danger,

ifs his own fault.

We have no obligation

whatsoever to this man.

These are the parents

of the twins that you met.

And this is

the older sister, Anna.

She was 17.

You're a prick.

Well, that's as may be.

Believe me, I would rather not

have you mixed up

in this either.

Dima has a meeting

in Bern next week

where he'll sign over

the accounts he controls

to the prince, just like

his old friend Misha did.

After that, he and his family

will most likely be executed.

Trouble is,

he'll only deal with us

if you and Gail are there.

He refuses to negotiate

with us otherwise.

He'll be working on

the assumption

that if we betray him,

you good people will stand up

for him and his family.

He's making

a lot of assumptions.

What choice does he have?

He's trying to protect

the people he loves.

They're using you.

Just like Dima.

Well, it doesn't make it

any easier to say no.

You don't even know

these people.

You don't know the people

that you defend.

And you do

everything you can for them,

whether they're innocent or not.

I can't stop thinking about him.

His family, those kids.

If something should

happen to them...

May I ask you a question?

Does Bill Matlock know

we're using civilians?

Yes.

What are you working on?

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