The Living Daylights Page #5

My cello. It's at the conservatoire.

- I'll get you another in Vienna.

- We must go back for it.

We have 10 minutes before

they discover what's happened.

- I must get my cello.

- No way.

Come on, get in.

Why didn't you learn the violin?

(jazz on car radio)

(man speaking Czech)

- You've picked up the police band.

- There must be an atmospheric anomaly.

They're looking for a foreign car.

A man and a woman.

And a cello.

Looks like they just found us.

(siren)

Pull over to the side and stop.

- What happened?

- Salt corrosion.

They're setting up roadblocks.

- What is this?

- I've had a few optional extras installed.

(gunfire)

Amazing, this modern safety glass.

Look out!

See where this leads to.

This road only leads to the lake.

Time to leave.

James!

(man speaking Czech over PA)

Brace yourself.

We almost made it.

Come on! Quick! Go.

Glad I insisted you brought that cello.

Sorry.

Not far now.

Here, wave this.

Duck!

- We've nothing to declare.

- Just a cello. (echoes)

(muezzin calls)

(shutter clicks repeatedly)

(rapid bleeping)

If you wait here, sir,

I'll find the chief.

General Pushkin, it's a pleasure.

I'm Brad Whitaker.

Didn't expect to see you in Tangiers.

- General Koskov with you?

- Nyet.

War has always been

man's main occupation.

Fools say his greatest accomplishments

were the wheel and the alphabet.

I say it's a battering ram and gunpowder.

How do you like my pantheon

of great commanders?

- Butchers.

- Surgeons.

They cut away society's dead flesh.

Let me show you something.

At ease, Sergeant.

This way, sir.

My hobby - the strategy and tactics

of the world's historic battles.

(martial music)

Afghanistan,

the North-West Frontier, 1895.

The initial trial of the first automatic

machine gun:
the .303-caliber Maxim.

The King's Royal Rifles

wiped out a vastly superior force.

Kept the British in Afghanistan

for another 25 years.

What you Russians need nowadays

is the equivalent of a modern Maxim.

Third-generation starlight scopes.

A laser-sighting,

short-barreled machine pistol.

Infantry mini-missiles. Range 5km.

And smart - just fire and forget.

It penetrates all existing armor.

- Samples of everything ordered.

- The order is cancelled.

You'll return our deposit

of $50 million within the next 48 hours.

You can't be serious, General. Do you know

how hard it is to obtain this equipment?

I mean, this is the latest

US and European stuff.

I've made commitments,

letters of credit, special payoffs.

We know you've had our money

in your Swiss account for eight weeks,

and that you have made

no payments of any kind.

I can't cancel orders at this late date.

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