We Were Strangers Page #4

whenever we took a flower.

Manolo believed that was

more than a fair exchange.

The owners never put up an argument,

anyway.

Not during the day.

But sometimes at night they would.

I would wake up with a nightmare...

and swear by the Virgin

that I would never do it again.

But then the next day

we would need rice and coffee and beans.

So you'd go across the street

and steal a few more flowers?

The politicians always have

the biggest funerals...

with the most flowers.

Soldiers fire volleys over their graves...

and sometimes the President himself

makes a speech.

Hundreds of people come,

but only a few weep.

That the poor part of the cemetery?

Yes, over there,

where the wooden crosses are.

And the little headstones. It is very different.

There are no marble vaults for our dead.

Their coffins are simply put into the ground.

Yeah.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

- Has your house got a cellar?

- Yes, it has. It's one of the old houses.

Is it possible to get your family

to go away for a few weeks...

- to Matanzas, for instance?

- Go away? Why?

Never mind why. Would they go

without asking questions?

- Well, they have not the money.

- The money would be furnished.

- Yes. They would do it if I asked them to.

- I'll let you know in a few days.

In the meantime,

forget about killing the Porrista.

What's that got to do

with my family leaving the house?

Plenty, honey, plenty.

I know how to kill him, all of his friends,

including the bloody President.

If only the leaders will give me

the go-ahead sign.

I know how every one of those hyenas

will die.

The tomb is not the end.

It is merely the way.

Our Cuban tobacco makes the best cigars.

You are all strangers to me

and to each other.

But the organization

knows each one of you.

On former occasions you have displayed

determination and courage.

And that's why you're here.

For we have a special job to do.

One that requires

both of these characteristics...

and even more than that.

As a rule, we would simply give an order

which you would be expected to obey.

But because of the

special nature of this plan...

you are going to be given the choice.

If you are willing, fine.

If you refuse, if you decide that you

do not want to take part in this thing...

you have only to say so

and no one will hold it against you.

- Is that clear?

- Si.

This is the man who originated the plan...

and under whose leadership

it will be carried out.

I'll let him tell you about it.

Suppose it were possible to get

the President and his Cabinet...

all the heads

of the government departments...

all the army big shots,

the chiefs of police, the Porristas...

all in one place.

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