Presenting Orson Wells as the third Man the lives of Harry Lyon, the fabulous
stories of the immortal character, originally created in the motion picture The Third Man
with Zipper music by Anton kra Now here's a little aniore taking place in the
city of Bordeaux. It has to do with the phase of my hectic career,
which was almost exclusively a chase. I was a big boy by then.
But there's a school teacher in the story all the same. His name
is Professor Sampierre. He didn't mean any harm, but he caused me plenty
before it was over. And now Orson Wells as her way, I'm the
third man in Blue Bride. Now, this little cautionary tail took place a
couple of years ago in the French port of Bordeaux. I'd taken lodgings above
one of the choicest dives that the place has to offer. The proprietress is
an enormous woman, called affectionately by the sailors la grosse fiffite, a formidable
female that I ever saw one. I found the location a convenient base for
certain of my business transactions. I'd circulated the rumor that I was writing a
book about the waterfront. Unfortunately, Saint Pierre got winded it evidently likes female,
struck the little teacher of one of my clients and led him up.
And I was going over some accounts when there was a knock on my door.
Over there, Did you see Sat Pierre? Will you okay, okay?
What is it? Those papers on your desk, the notes for your
book? Not that? Oh yes, yes, a matter of fact,
they are just gather the muffle football away. Oh no, please, I
do not mean to interpact your work. Lime. I have long thought that
some scholar should I had a book on the waterfront of our the loved the
border, not such a wealth of material mixture your next different of issues,
songs and stories of the sailors. I cannot tell you how happy I am
that someone like yourself at the time to devote to this project, Doctor Lime,
with all the difference to a scholar like yourself, I must make a
contest. You know, I'm only a humble teacher. But for many years
I have dreamed of doing just what you haveing give. I wanted to write
a book about the water fund the border. Why I have neither the time
nor the money. All winter time must teach at the VC and giving the
summer months. I acted the tutor to make a little excite you do,
I would like you to have the youth. So these notes of mine here
I happen in my briefcase many under the pages. You see. The language
is my speciality, and I have noted down specimens of all the difference alect
be found here. I say, I would like you to have them here.
Well that's there, and I'm then indeed you Professor sad thank you.
I'll return your notes when I when I finished with them. And now I
hate to see him rude, because I understand you're you're aisy to get on
with your work. It is that noise it seems to be coming up.
It sounds like someone on the roof. Thank you repairs. I guess it
seems strange to be making repairs at night, are you. Yes, it's
nothing to worry about on that now, good night, Professor s Pierre.
You really must excuse yes, it is just one mate, I just see
the professor jumped out of the way just in time. The body of the
man half fell half jumped into the room and then crumpled at our feet.
Just business man. It's one of the workmen around the place. I'm phra
has been hurt. He is that he is glad he's here. I wish
get a doctor. I wonder if you of course I will go. That's
very very good. I'll do what I can't from in the meantime. That's
very much man. Good. Now I'll get you fool. They're not good.
Prawl prow you hear me? Are you hit cut from the glass?
We'll fixipating you live not, but you deserve you be anythe come up here?
We shrey browse in you had a little activiom but hod he oh the
sky light? You will say for the glass, Yes, I'll pay for
the glass. He's no, he's not dead. Only rest. That's what
I want you to do for me. You know that little managers left year.
We the little wire. He's coming back in a few minutes, and
you are not to let him in here. You understand we messieur. I
am god. He tries to come up again, I will crack a bottle
over his head. I adore you all right round. I'll tell me what
this is all about. Did anyone follow here? Yes? But I lost
him six blocks away. I was afraid of the street, so I took
to the roofs. I had to hide somewhere. I came here the picture
fine time. What happened? Did you get into another fight? I told
you, old man, anymore brawling and our deal was off. This time
it was no fight. Bara knows about that because police how could he know?
Talk you fool? Fuck Please, monsieur, do not shake me my
head. You'll be worse up if you don't tell me. How do you
know about that nose? Are you sure? He isn't sure? I passed
four of the five thousand francs, not to myself. We have so many.
Please, it's that people. Mariande, she said, wanted me to
buy your key. I gave you what is the noun of that? Money?
Is to use in France, but for man to carry that but money
around and not to be able to use just a little. I never put
in today's The shopkeeper turned in an alarm, and before I knew it,
I am being cheap. Listen, old man, another stunt like this and
the police won't have to change it. I'll get out. I'll call you
when I want to go over and watch the blood off. Now are the
only man I really was scared of in the whole city of Baudeaux that I
have a young, dynamic comments of police. You had a reputation of fanassage
and integrity, which made jobs like mine very far from easy. You see,
I was in competition with the French government, who were both printing money.
I was selling my currencies as sailors and traders on the way to French
West Africa are chances of detection were much less. In a few days,
I had the point where the trader on his way down there, which promised
to be my biggest deal. But how much did this man that I know?
I had to find out and made some inquiries. I can't understand how
a girl like you could be satisfied to be just a maid. Why with
your looks and intelligence and personality you should be on the stage, on the
stage. No, I would tell you one thing at it. If I
were on the stage, I would be so than she ever was. I
never saw her, but to hear her talk sometimes you don't think she was
writer than Evan Phantom. Who is this oh on my mistress? Of course,
Madame Sophie Darrah. Is she an actress? But she was before she
married monsieur Dara. She went by the name of Sophie Avon. But if
you ask her, how long have you worked for Madam Bara? Oh?
Listen? She is married two months ago, two months ago, and she's
still a bride, not a very act one. Sometimes I beat you so
is terrible. I'm telling not terrible. Does it beat? No? It
does nothing all the time. It is work, work works, That is
what she said to him last night. I loved them as I was clearing
the table. What's it all? I ever? Yet? Oh? I'm
sorry. Day you never go anywhere together. Half the time, we don't
even dine together. Is this the way you treat your bride? Sometimes I'm
not even sure that you loved Sophie. This is not fair. Would I
have married you? And if I did not love yours? See? You
are ready your voice to me already. But I am only trying. I
am only trying to tell you that I must I loved you, as I
would say. How you speaking the past? That means you no longer love
me? In the pray all? But I do, I do my little
ones? Come here now? Do you believe me? My weisure? Sush,
yes, my sweetness, Perhaps we could go somewhere we seven, somewhere
with music and just a few people, and then what comes slowly together,
just as we used to walk last spring in time. I wish, I
wish we could, but I have to go over some reports. No,
you make me angry. You think you could set my mind A he is
with only one kid. Don't a kiss. It doesn't take up more than
a few seconds of your official time. Alsophie. You've got to try to
understand. There are some things which I cannot think as to anyone else,
and this is one of them. The vicious ring of counterfeitals has evidently decended
on Bordeaux. We almost got him in today, but we disappeared down in
the waterfront. But next time we will not fail. Meantime, I must
try to trace the blues to their sauceage. Is all very well, but
it seems to me that you are more concerned with your work when you why
was your door? Why you refuse to refuse to understand? You need to
refuse to tell the truth. You say you love me and you want to
be with me, and then you don't don't want to get any more.
I'm going to the office. See how it is. I hope you never
opead me like this. Don't worry about that. Surely you do not find
this a depressing I can't say that I do. In fact, I find
it quite inspiring. You have a good ear for you know good I should
almos appear them talking well, listening. It's the only thing that makes it
interesting, to be amazing. You know, you're a very bright girl,
even rater than I thought. Supposing I put you and your packages into a
cab tatoo. But all they do when they have money. You close your
warm little hand around this so much. That's much as you deserve. A
wrong idea. Keep those think little ears open, and tomorrow, if you
have some information for me, I give each one of those things that he
is a little kiss horse. And Wells returns. In just a moment is
the third man orson well As the third man continues with the Blue Bride back
at Latoire, he told me that a gentleman was waiting in the back room,
and it proved to be the venerable Blackgun, who went by the aristocratic
name of Captain Dominique de Chateaubrion. Captain was engaged in trade the natives of
French West Africa. It was on him that I hope to unload a large
amount of my counterfeit stuck change chance. What can I do with your captain?
As you know, I am giving some natives in the interior, some
visionaries has told them the value of their elect dies, which I used to
die for next to native how they want cash? In example, they are
good and I value. If your money is as good as a year it
is, they will be quite happy with it until they try to spend it
off cloth. But by that time I will be well out of the way.
You agree with me, I a should be happy with services. What
is your denomination? Now that sounds like a personal question. I mean how
large I've account of the bills? Five thousand trying outs? I mean I
see one place one here? Oh, very good or good enough for the
clock your name, I will need at least the fifty thousand of these notes.
That's a lot of money. Captains, Well, that wasn't the in
fact that I can get the rest for my source and thirst even wait the
weakest. Yes, I can wait if you will guarantee to have it here
with new week, And that's a regular right. I agree, Priby.
I am sure of what with you? So this big deal and they are
thinking it became necessary to show that I also for at least a week or
so. So the next morning I found out from my little friend Pauline at
madame and I spent most of her lonely afternoons sitting by herself in a small
cafe on the laver Rouge. That afternoon I had to be sitting in lave
Rouge when she arrived, so I went over to a table and took my
head bad. But are you not Madame Sophie arbar of the stage? Why
here? I am got How did you know my name? Ah? I've
often admired your work, yes, but a last I never had the courage
to come backstage and meet too much as I wanted to. Well, this
is marvelous to find someone who actually remembers my name and say, well,
it's not a face to forget easily, maemoiselle. I am madam. Now
it's your madame para. I beg your pardner did not know? That's quite
all right? Want to see down well for just a minute, yes,
if I'm not intruding now now, Jan what shows did you see me?
At first? I'd be ask you a question, if you'll forgive me?
What are you doing in Bodo? You and I always imagine surrounded by the
bride lights and all the area. I came here with my husband. This
is his zoom. I see he's a committee of police, a bottom.
You don't say it must be a very interesting job for him. It is
interesting for me. It is dull, a great fellow. I'm right to
talk this way to a stranger, just that I'm a stranger who has known
new I've been interested in you for a long long time now. It is
not fair to burden you with my troubles, But today I am I'm just
say blue, oh, a blue bride, or if I can help it
anyway, missie, I'm so unhappy. I don't know what to do,
a way to tell. Are you sure your husband loves you? Madam?
Oh? Yes, I'm sure of this, and I know I just love
him. But at least something is unlike the way the marriage will not last.
Doesn't mean enough to you to try to say it. Yes, yes,
you're young and beautiful. You should be able to lure any man away
from his JUDI, but my husband is not any man. Nonsense, nonsense,
all you like confidence. You need to feel more sure of yourself.
And believe me, madame, you have every right too. But what can
I seems to me that the only hope for both of you is to get
away from God over, away from everything that reminds him of his work.
Surely he has comfortable as systems to turn things over is too weak or so?
And see how I can get him to come away? Do you have
even at to postpone our animoon last spring because he was so big? More
as your answer? Honeymoon true, and the sooner the better. But I
know he won't leave his work, especially right now. He will if you
forced the issue once and for all, and if his marriage means anything to
him? What do you mean false? I mean suppose you patch your bags.
We're ready to leave with all without it. Tell her if there's no
honeymoon, you're on your way back to Paris. For God they are show
you and your husband be enjoying a nice little crew somewhere and oneerful all.
I wish he could come through. Well, it can come true if only
you won't lose your courage. But I don't really want to leave him,
even if he will not do what I want but you to make him believe
that you would actually be Do you think I can my idea, Sophia,
you are an actress. Of course I am. I shall do it.
I'll do it this very evenings. I can't tell you how grateful I am
to you. And now I must go home and make preparations. Look out,
it started raining again. You have umbrella? No no, I ran
out the house without one taken. Oh no, I cried, Oh thank
you, Monsieur. You are a true print, and I wish you both
much happiness. My parents were going well. The next morning, Pulleine told
me that Monsieur and Madame Bara had certainly decided to take a little trip.
They were leaving the next day for a week or so. Believe me,
I breathed a sigh of relief. The day after their schedule departure on the
Old Duke Honeymoon, I got a wire from Tennis and to pick up a
ship full of money from my carrier with a rash short at the airport.
So I met the carrier, take up the suitcase full of phony five thousand
francs knows and nail the cab sail past. I tried another and I started
to walk back to the city. I didn't know at the time. That's
in a black police limousine not far away. A conversation or something like this
was going on. Oh, I'm so happy you will really be alone time.
I must confess. I am not sorry you past me into this position.
I'm happy myself. This little vacation will be so good for us.
Well, who was there here? Who is it? Is he the kind
gentleman from the cafie. I don't even know his name, but we owe
everything to him because I have no idea what you're talking about? Oh he
sure, lip stop? I must speak to him for oh you you mean
the man with the suit kill what he's going in the other direction? We
have time? Will please? It means so much to me as a driver,
and follow him or I don't know what feminine madness this is, but
today I can refuse you, not me, you know the madness. I
just want to see a few words with him and return a piece of his
property, probably put it among your things. Fine, Oh why dupo turning
around and follow the man with a suitcase. Call him on him? Maybe
you stopped there, you with the suitcase? Stop only walking? Oh?
Time, big gets through this traffic somehow and just learned better. Dupot,
turn on the sign. I think the boy shouting at you stop. I
could only think of getting away, and actually and then when I heard the
siren, that was the end. I turned a car and I cracked and
started to run, and after all one was carrying a fortune and drown to
the bills and a police car with a sirens close behind. And I cut
across a little park to the other side of town, and I over the
shoulder off the first end. Oh, you smack into a little man in
a white suit. The heavy bager was carrying through me a balanced room and
a drama enough for him to grab me by the lapels with a broad smile.
I thought about dismay that it was the event helpful professors and people lime,
How fortunate that I should have done in follow It was really you,
I mean to me. I'm in her office and I want to ask you
about that workman who felt through the roof the other How easy if I could
be other n I to them, or if anything, you get out of
my way. I'm surprised that you. I know you are a busy man,
but I pushed him roughly out of my way and ran on the daniable.
Seconds has been lost. I reached the other side of the party I
call a day. A long black car round at the corner and I recognized
him, so I started to run again. I ran up the steps of
a large building. I realized it was the public driver and decided to seek
refuge there. But the weight I was carrying made me trip on one of
the stone steps, and I lost my balance and the suitcase went flying skinned
my knee and my palms of my hands were all bruised. Old man insisted
on helping me. He might be fussing over me. My suitcase had rolled
down the steps. The old man chased it. I couldn't wait. The
only thing in my mind at the moment is escape. I have an aversion
in the French jails. I ran up with the big brass doors at the
top of the steps. So just as I reached the entrance, a uniform
gard was stretching a metal grill work across it. He was most polite.
Sis the day you will have to wait and do them. I ran down
the steps again. Nicole sweat I heard in the street, heard the shriek
of breaks the narrowness by truck, rid On ran smack into the arms of
a traffic policeman. Gandan held my arm firmly and stopped the truck to ball
out the driver. I'm familiar with you. Didn't you see this man who
almost kill him? Where against you? Not against him? You're managed to
pedestriate this poor man here. Let me officer. It's quite already your part,
monsieur, but I am here to protict. You're right, I must
be total listen. So I was forced to stand there with a policeman in
the middle of the busy street while he upbraided the driver. The siren grew
closer and closer. When the Gandan finally released me and I reached the other
side of the street, another whistled with all that man. In a flash,
I felt to Gendane Scader in my arm again and we were standing beside
the black Please, well, sir, you'll give us a medy. Jason,
what was all? Where did you when it's your you? Yes,
it is I whom you advised to see. You can remember I saw you
from the carn. I wanted to say thank you and give you the your
umbressa my umbrella did you that. Oh, now, perhaps you will explain
your anxiety to avoid usn't well, And this is very embarrassing, really,
especially since this is a police card. See it was the siren. I
have a phoby about siren ever since I was a child and had to run
from a buriding house and had the same unreasoning fear. No matter how much
I analyzed it, it's it's something I just can't control. I have to
run. Yes, I feel like a fool, but that's the way it
is. Every time there's a fire in the neighborhood. I have one of
these same running fits. All sirens sound alike to me, Professor. When
I saw you from the other side of the street and I came over to
see, what was the matter? Do you know these men? I do?
This is up lime a little scholar who is even bord for such Oh?
Yes, that's right, Yes, well, perhaps you are right.
This was a stroke of black. For once, the helpful professor really helped.
He continued to talk to about me until the policeman's suspicions abated. I
was finally able to say my goodbyes and start walking away from the group,
and Sophia Barah called after me you headed your kids. I must have dropped
it well, which we will help you to find. Oh no, don't
bother, I'll get it. Harry Lyme returns in just a month, and
now Harry lying. By this time I was running again. I glanced back
over my shoulder, just in time to see the old man gesticulating excitedly of
the suitcase and holding up a fat packet of cricke notes. I can imagine
that the last fury, when he realized he let the price slip through his
fingers, was equaled only by Sophies when she realized the identity of her friendly
family counselor. I wonder whether she ever got her honeymoon. I heard the
siren again in a few seconds, but this time I made good bye head
start, and as the sun sank over the CEI bet farewell to beautiful Bordeaux,
to my beautiful little waterfront business, to the beautiful blue bride in it,
and in its intent to schools in exact an