text: Paris, 1966...Monsieur Charles Bonnet (Hugh Griffin), the current head of the Bonnet family, custodian of the family's legendary collection of fine art, and a noted collector in his own right, is offering one of his prized paintings at auction. A Cezanne, it sells for a fabulous $515,000, the high point of the auction. When Bonnet's daughter, Nicole (Audrey Hepburn), hears the news on her car radio on her way home from work, she is shocked...and dismayed. The moment she arrives at their elegant old chateau, she runs upstairs calling her father. In his bedroom on the second floor, she opens the door to an antique wardrobe and steps inside, opens a false panel at the back of the wardrobe and climbs a hidden spiral staircase to her father's secret studio in the attic.Bonnet, it turns out, is a forger of fine art...cheerful and charming, but an unrepentant scoundrel. He is putting the finishing touches on his latest project, a flawless rendition of a famous lost Van Gogh. He has even found another painting from the same period, by an unknown artist, and has brushed dirt from the back of that canvas to transfer to his forgery. "I doubt if even Van Gogh himself would have gone to such pains with his work," he boasts. "He didn't have to, Papa," Nicole retorts, "he WAS Van Gogh!" She tells him in a tired voice (for what must surely be the thousandth time) that it's a crime to sell fake masterpieces. He replies that he only sells them to wealthy, private buyers, who get an undeniably fine painting in return.A noise in the driveway sends them both to the window: An armored car, a police van, a black limousine and half a dozen motorcycles have arrived and parked in front of the house. Nicole is terrified that the authorities have at last discovered Bonnet's hobby, but Bonnet explains that he has simply agreed to let the Claver-Lafayette Museum display their exquisite statuette of Venus, purportedly carved by 16th Century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, in their latest exhibit. Nicole is not reassured: Their Cellini Venus is also a forgery...carved at the end of the 19th century by Bonnet's father, using Bonnet's mother as a model. Unlike paintings, she tells her father, it's an easy matter to detect forged sculptures. Bonnet brushes aside her concerns: since he's merely lending the statue, not selling it, there will be no reason to test its authenticity.He runs downstairs (followed closely by Nicole) to greet Monsieur Grammont (Ferdinand Gravey), the museum director, who is here with his assistants and an armed escort to transport the Venus. Bonnet shows him into the library, where the Venus stands in solitary splendor in its own special niche. Grammont is moved almost to tears by the sight of it...he congratulates Bonnet for keeping this fine piece in France, though he must have had many lucrative offers to buy it. Bonnet smiles modestly, and says, "Well, after all, one is still a Frenchman." The Venus is handed over, secured in a heavily padded case, Grammont thanks Bonnet effusively and leaves. Bonnet is jubilant, but Nicole is still worried. He waves off her concern, saying that her basic trouble is that she's honest...."but I don't tell you that to hurt your feelings," he adds kindly. "I get dizzy spells when we have these conversations, Papa," she complains. He invites her to attend the gala opening at the museum that night...she firmly declines.The Cellini Venus is the star of the exhibit, and Bonnet the most celebrated guest at the gala. Davis Leland (Eli Wallach), a wealthy American industrialist, is also present. He has recently taken up art collecting, and is pursuing it as obssessively as he pursued the acquisition of his millions. He is so taken with the Venus that he determines to find out all about Bonnet and his family...with the goal of somehow acquiring the Venus.The Bonnet chateau is dark and quiet...the only inhabitant is Nicole, lying upstairs on her bed in her nightie, engrossed in a lurid paperback mystery. Downstairs an intruder has gained entry, and is quietly creeping around the main floor, looking over all the paintings with a small flashlight. He stops when he finds Bonnet's new Van Gogh, takes it down from the wall, and chips off a minute particle of the paint. He tucks it into a little plastic envelope, and stows it in his pocket. He then starts to examine the painting, carefully. But he makes a slight noise, which Nicole hears upstairs, and she comes down to investigate. She gets halfway down the staircase, sees the intruder, and stifles a scream. Then she plucks up her courage and takes an antique duelling pistol from a display on the wall. She makes her way to the bottom of the stairs, levels the pistol in his direction and turns on the lights.Startled, holding the Van Gogh in front of himself like a shield, the burglar whirls around to face her. He (Peter O'Toole) is no ordinary burglar: he's tall, slim, blue-eyed, handsome, and very distinguished-looking in a dinner jacket. "Don't move," she tells him, "Put that painting down." He does so, and she starts to call the police. Then she notices which painting he was holding. "Why...did you choose that particular painting?" she asks, uneasily. "It was the handiest," he replies, promptly. He sees her hesitation, and decides to press his luck, a bit. "Look..." he says, "don't call the police. Give me another chance. You see, I was only taking one painting...and you have so many...chances are you wouldn't even have noticed." "Don't be impudent," she scolds. But she can't afford to have official attention drawn toward her father's latest forgery. He puts the painting back, and she puts the phone down. "Well, I don't know why," she says, "but I'm going to let you go." She sets the pistol down on the phone table, and as she does so it goes off, terrifying them both and grazing the burglar's arm. They both faint. He revives first, pats her cheek, fans her face with his coat tail, and when she awakens, he points out that he's the one who's bleeding.She takes him to the kitchen, pours him a drink and bandages his arm. He complains about the wound and the doctoring, even though it's only a minor scratch. "For a burglar, you're not very brave," she remarks. "I'm a society burglar," he retorts, "I don't expect people to rush about shooting me." She finishes patching him up, and tells him he is free to go. He continues to push her, though, as if he's trying to see how far he can go before she finally loses patience and calls the police. He tells her he won't be able to drive home, with his wounded arm. Exasperated, she offers to call a cab...and pay for it. He points out that his car is outside her house, and the police may ask questions...and after all, he is wanted. She finally agrees to drive him home, and while she's pulling on her boots, and putting a coat on over her nightie, he asks her for a cigarette...and then a match...all while openly admiring her legs.They jump into his little yellow Jaguar, and she drives him to the Hotel Ritz ("You're a very chic burglar," she grumbles). Then she realizes she's on foot, in her nightie, in downtown Paris, in the middle of the night...with no way of getting home herself. He has the doorman wave down a taxi for her, and while it's turning around, he asks her for a final favor. "Like an idiot," he says, "I forgot to wear gloves. Would you just give the edge of the painting a quick wipe with a clean cloth, when you get home?" She stares at him in disbelief. "Oh, you're mad," she says. "I suppose next you'll want a goodnight kiss." "Well, I don't, usually, on the first acquaintance," he replies, "but you've been such a good sport...." And he lays a lovely one on her that leaves her stunned and speechless. He puts her gently in the cab, bids her good night, and waves as they drive off. Simon Dermott, "society burglar", hurries upstairs to his room, takes out the tiny spot of paint he chipped from the Van Gogh, and examines it with a set of jeweler's glasses. He lights a cigarette, thinking...and smiles, remembering.Bonnet is at home pouring a glass of champagne when Nicole walks in. He starts to tell her of the gala...she interrupts and tells him about the burglar she caught. He quickly grasps the implications of what might have happened had she called the police, and assures her she did the right thing in letting the burglar go. Still somewhat dazed, she starts up to bed, then pauses...she takes Bonnet's handkerchief from his pocket, wipes the edge of the painting with it, and tucks it back into Bonnet's pocket, while he watches, a little bewildered. She starts back up the stairs, and he asks her, uneasily, "This tall, good-looking ruffian...he didn't molest you in any way, did he?" She stops, considers, then replies softly, "Not much," and continues on up to bed.Next day she goes to the museum to see the Venus in the exhibit for herself. She turns to leave, and almost bumps into Simon Dermott. Startled and indignant, she is trying to get rid of him when Monsieur Grammont sees her, and comes over to greet her. Simon horns in, introducing himself as an old shooting partner of Miss Bonnet's. Monsieur Grammont offers to tell her about the special security arrangements they've made. Nicole tries to disengage, but Simon expresses interest, so Monsieur Grammont launches into an explanation. The little statue stands on a marble pedestal, with a circuit of infrared beams surrounding her. If anyone tries to reach through the invisible barrier to grab her, an alarm sounds, and both museum security and police respond. Simon wants to linger and hear more, but Nicole drags him away, out of the museum. Outside she tells him to go away, and leave her alone. He tries to talk to her, but she speeds off in her little car so quickly he spins around and almost falls in the street.Simon arrives at the office of Monsieur Bernard Desolnay (Charles Boyer), a well-known and reputable dealer of fine art. Desolnay greets him with enthusiasm, and asks if he had a chance to go to Bonnet's home and look at the Van Gogh. Simon nodds, and Desolnay says, "And it bothers you, doesn't it?" "Not a bit," replies Simon, "it's a great Van Gogh." "Of course it is," agrees Desolnay readily, "But who painted it?" It develops that Desolnay has suspected Bonnet for some time. Simon points out that he has a statue worth a million dollars on exhibit...he certainly doesn't need the money. Desolnay speculates that it has more to do with ego: Bonnet studied painting as a young man, and like many art students, copied the Old Masters to learn their secrets. In the process he must have learned that he could imitate them perfectly, and now he enjoys fooling the world. Simon wonders idly if Nicole is in it with him. Desolnay replies, "In what? According to you there's nothing." "Oh, that's right," says Simon, catching himself. "Well, you're wrong, you'll see," declares Desolnay.Later, Bonnet enters Nicole's bedroom, and asks about her plans for the evening. She tells him she has a date with Davis Leland, an American tycoon she met that day. Bonnet is surprised and interested. He tells her that Leland once bought a Toulouse Lautrec painting from him. "Your Lautrec or Lautrec's Lautrec?" she asks, warily. "Mine, of course," he chuckles. Nicole is instantly uneasy again: Not only had Davis not mentioned that fact, but he had behaved as though he'd never heard of her father, and had no interest in art at all. She fears he must be up to something...or suspects something.They dine at an upscale restaurant. Davis is quite taken with Nicole...he sometimes has trouble relating to women, he tells her...but she's just like a member of the board. He's called to the phone, and as soon as he's out of sight, Simon (who apparently had him paged) sits down at the table. She is suitably annoyed, but he tells her he must talk to her, and gives her his room number at the Ritz. Then he leaves, and Davis returns. Davis finally admits to Nicole that he arranged their meeting because of his interest in the Cellini Venus, and hoped she could help him acquire it. Relieved, she kisses him, and tells him it's not for sale...but if it was hers to sell, it would be his in a heartbeat.Next morning, she tells her father of the exchange, and they share a short-lived moment of relief. The butler (Bert Bertram) announces that a representative from the museum (Eddie Malin) has arrived. It seems that the museum has arranged to insure the Venus against damage or theft while it's on exhibit. Monsieur Grammont was supposed to have gotten Bonnet's signature on an insurance form the day he picked it up, but had neglected to do so, and he is here to correct the oversight. When Bonnet has signed the papers, the representative asks if he'd like to be present at the technical examination, which he has just authorized. "Technical...examination?" Nicole and Bonnet ask in unison, dumbfounded. "Yes," replies the representative. "A mere formality, of course...It will take place on Friday, and you have the right to be present." He leaves, unaware of the bomb he has dropped on their world.The myth of the Bonnet collection is about to be exploded. Once the Venus is exposed as a forgery, anything else that has been bought, owned or sold by Bonnet will be tested and retested until every forged piece is brought to light. Bonnet urges Nicole to leave the country and let him face the scandal alone. But she refuses, determined to stand by him, and as she comforts him, an idea occurs to her. She asks him for the number of the Hotel Ritz.Simon enters the bar at the Ritz, and walks right by Nicole, who is "disguised" in a black lace cocktail dress and a little black pillbox hat, with black net veil and domino-style mask attached. She "Pssst's" at him, and motions him back to her table. He's astonished by her odd appearance and behavior...and stunned when she asks him to help her steal the Venus. He wants to know why, but she steadfastly refuses to tell him, and at first, he emphatically refuses. But she is so heartbroken, so desperate (and so lovely), he can't bring himself to refuse her out of hand. He tells her he'll sleep on it. They agree to meet the next day to talk it over.Next day, they drive to the museum...he points out that there is a formidable presence of museum guards, and even more guards at the homes of the Minister of the Interior and the President, across the street. They go inside, and as he studies the security set-up, he notices a resemblance between Nicole and the Venus. "Where were you in the middle of the 15th Century?" he asks. "I don't know," she retorts, "but that's not how I was dressed," gesturing at the nude statue. He continues his reconnaissance. He notes that parcels are not permitted in the museum: they must be left at a desk in the lobby, but they are not searched...that there is a tapestry hanging on a frame in front of a fireplace...that there is a small utility closet at the bottom of the main staircase, the door of which is locked, but the key is kept on a hook at the back of the staircase. Exploring, he finds the guards' room, and goes inside. Posing as an official from the Ministry of Tourism, and asking indignant questions under the pretense that his sleeve became smeared with dust in the museum, he learns that the cleaning people come in every night at midnight. On his way out, he deliberately chooses the wrong door, and sees that it leads to the basement, and a possible alternate exit.They go for a walk in a nearby park. He sees a child's toy being demonstrated, a balsa-wood boomerang that soars in a circle, then returns to the thrower. He buys two. They stop at a second-hand shop, for a scrubwoman's outfit, and a plastic mop bucket. When they go back to his room at the Ritz, he tells Nicole to change into the clothes. Tired of following him on endless and seemingly unrelated errands, irritated at having no explanation as to what he is thinking, Nicole asks him suspiciously if they're planning the same sort of crime. Nevertheless, she puts on the clothes, and he starts to tell her what will happen at midnight in the museum. "You DO have a plan, don't you!" she exclaims, excited. "Yes," he replies evenly. "My plan is that I will be lying here in my bed with a good book, unless you tell me what this is all about." She's surprised and crestfallen...but she can't explain, so he tells her she must go. Tears fill her eyes, and he angrily tells her they won't change his mind. He orders her back into the bathroom to change out of the clothes, and leave. As she turns dejectedly to do so, against his better judgment, he tells her to meet him at the museum just before closing the following day. Overjoyed, she agrees, and almost skips into the bathroom. Simon hits himself in the head with the plastic mop bucket.Next evening, just as Nicole is preparing to leave for the museum, Davis Leland turns up at her house with an enormous diamond ring, and in a very efficient and business-like manner, asks her to marry him. Afraid that refusing him will mean argument and delay, she takes the ring and dashes away, arriving at the museum only a few minutes late. Simon is impatient and irritated...she explains to him that she was getting engaged, and he retorts that they still have a little time if she'd like to go back and marry the man.They check the parcel of clothes at the desk, and go on into the museum. He checks on the closet, and quickly unlocks the door. Then he takes a handful of coins, and puts them in a brochure, and places the brochure precariously on the edge of a statue's pedestal. "Watch for normal human reactions," he says to Nicole, and they move over by the fireplace. A guard picks up the brochure, and the coins scatter...several people bend down to pick them up, while many others watch. Simon and Nicole use the distraction to duck into the fireplace behind the tapestry. The museum closes and as the guards escort the other patrons out, they slip down the stairs and into the tiny closet. The guards return and make a round of all the floors. One of the guards finds the closet unlocked, gives it a cursory inspection (slim Nicole and slim Simon have both squeezed into a tiny shelf area), then locks the door and returns the key to the outside panel. Nicole panics, but Simon is unconcerned. They wait for an hour in the tiny closet. Then they hear the guards come out of their room, and tramp all over the museum again as they make their rounds. Simon is pleased: now he knows the schedule.Using a powerful magnet against the wall at the back of the closet, he is able to remove the key from its hook, "walk" it around the outside of the closet, and bring it inside under the door. With a specially-fitted tube, a hook, and another small magnet, he's able to draw the key up into the keyhole, and open the door. He runs to the front desk, grabs the clothes and runs back to the closet. He helps Nicole to put the clothes on over her own clothes, then he takes out and assembles one of the little boomerangs he'd bought the day before. Exasperated at the close quarters ("I hadn't counted on there being so much togetherness," she grumbles) and all the elaborate preparations, Nicole asks when they're finally going to steal the Venus. He tells her that one of the nice things about complicated mechanical systems is that they malfunction, and when that happens, you can always rely on normal human reactions. He asks her how she would feel if she was one of these guards, assigned to look out for a bunch of stuff she couldn't afford, and wasn't interested in, night after night. "Irritated," she replies, wearily. "Exactly," he says, and steps out of the closet onto the stairway.His first throw goes wide...but his second breaks the beam on the electric field surrounding the Venus, and a deafening alarm goes off. He grabs the returning boomerang and Nicole, and they both run back to the closet. The guards pour out of their room, and swarm all over the museum, and when the police arrive, they search as well. It's eventually determined that the alarm was false. The Minister of the Interior calls to complain about the noise from across the street. The head guard (Jacques Marin), a short, serious man, looks disgusted. "A burglar alarm especially designed to give me heartburn," he mutters, as he resets it.Nicole realizes, for the first time, what a difficult and dangerous task they've undertaken. She tells Simon she wouldn't blame him if he left. "Then what happens tomorrow when they test your million dollar baby?" he asks quietly. She stares at him. "It's a fake, isn't it," he says. She nods slowly, and asks how long he's known, and he answers: "Since you first asked me to steal it." She asks why he'd help if he knew...he leans in and kisses her gently, and she whispers, "That's why," in wonder. "Oh, I'm so stupid," she says, putting her arms around his neck. "Please...explain it to me again!"After more "explanation", he goes out to set off the alarm a second time. Again, the lights go on, the guards gallop all over the museum, and the police arrive to assist...again, they find nothing. This time, it is "His Excellency" himself who calls up from across the street to complain. The head guard is properly intimidated. He doesn't reset the alarm...he turns it off.Simon is stunned to find that his plan has worked. Nevertheless, he pulls himself together, and attends to business. He goes up the stairs and takes the Venus, and conceals it in the bucket. He tells Nicole to hide in the fireplace again, and when the scrubwomen arrive, to come out on her hands and knees, scrubbing madly, and no matter whatever else happens to work her way back to the guard's room. "The guards' room?" she asks. "When they discover the Venus is gone, there will be guards everywhere but in the guards' room," he says, and tells her to hang onto her bucket.At midnight, the scrubwomen arrive, and set to work. The guards also come out, and start rounds. It is several minutes before a guard (Mustache) notices that the Venus is gone. He points it out to the head guard, who is shocked insensible for a long moment. Then he hoarsely cries, "Alarm!" --and all hell breaks loose, with guards running every which way, bumping into each other, and stumbling over scrubwomen. It is a few moments more before the head guard realizes that the alarm is not sounding...because it has been turned off. He quickly turns it on again, but it is still silent. Mustache finally reaches through the beam, and the alarm goes off, adding to the bedlam.Nicole has worked her way to the guard room, and goes inside. One of the guards is there, sitting in a chair, reading a newspaper. She turns to flee, but he grabs her and kisses her...it's Simon. They leave quietly down the basement stairs.Reporters gather at Bonnet's house next morning, to take pictures of the empty niche, and ask him how he feels about the loss of his precious statue. He plays his feigned grief to the hilt. Upstairs, Nicole is chatting excitedly with Simon about the caper on the phone, and they arrange to meet later at the Ritz bar. The reporters leave, and Nichol runs downstairs, and she and her father hug joyously in their relief. He offers to take her out to celebrate, but she tells him she has an appointment later, at the Ritz. She runs back upstairs, and he repeats, "The Ritz," looking thoughtful.Davis Leland has come to Monsieur Desolnay's office, in a state of extreme excitement. He wants to try and find the Venus, and purchase it...at any price...no questions asked. Desolnay implores him not to pursue it, but finally gives him the name of someone he thinks may be able to help: Simon Dermott, currently staying at the Ritz.They meet at the bar in the Ritz, and Simon tells Davis that he already has a few feelers out...just idle curiosity...and he believes he knows who might be responsible. He warns Davis he'll be buying something that he will never be able to show, or even to acknowledge that he owns. Davis is undeterred. Simon asks if Davis is acquainted with any member of the Bonnet familly, and Davis admits he's engaged to Bonnet's daughter. Simon tells him that if he wants the Venus, he'll have to give her up...that if he doesn't, the people who have the Venus will suspect a trap and he'll never be able to acquire it. Reluctantly, Davis agrees. Simon says he'll be in touch, and Davis starts to leave the bar...just as Nicole arrives. As Simon watches, amused, Davis almost breaks a leg avoiding her, when she's only trying to return his ring.She sits down next to Simon, and begins to chatter about how thrilling the theft had been, for her first effort. "It was my first, too," he remarks. This admission stops her in mid-sentence. She asks, puzzled, "Then you're not a burglar?" He shakes his head. "Who are you?" she asks, filled with sudden foreboding. "I'm a private consultant who specializes in museum security," he says, deliberately. "I have advanced degrees in art history, chemistry and criminology. I also specialize in tracing and recovering stolen works of art, and in detecting and exposing forgeries." She is so startled and dismayed she almost falls out of the booth. But he catches her, and at that moment Bonnet himself arrives, having correctly deduced the nature of Nicole's appointment. After Nicole introduces them, he asks what Simon intends to do. Simon replies that Bonnet has two gorgeous girls in his family...and he intends to keep the real one. But he has plans for the other girl as well, and he must leave now to make arrangements. After his departure, Nicole lets out a shocked little scream: Davis Leland's huge diamond ring is gone, too!Simon meets Davis at the airport, preparing to take off in his private jet. He hands Davis a crate, and tells him that he'll be contacted later for payment: the code word will be "togetherness". Davis takes the crate into the jet, and hurries directly to the restroom, where he can be alone. There, he opens the crate, removes the packing and reveals the Venus, in all its illicit splendor. Then, to his wonder, he notices that the diamond ring he gave to Nicole is tied with a bit of ribbon around the Venus's neck.Bonnet is delighted...Davis is the only collector who will never dare to have the statue tested. He asks, rather tentatively, about the money Simon got for the piece...Simon says he asked a nice round figure, and traces a large zero in the air with his index finger. "You, sir, are a forger," he says. "It's my job to catch forgers. One of us has to retire." "Fair enough," says Bonnet, "Shall we flip a coin?" "I already did," replies Simon, "You lost." Bonnet struggles with himself for a moment, then extends his hand to seal the bargain.Nicole and Simon are leaving France...they'll lie low for a while in England, and get married there. As they drive through Bonnet's front gate, another car passes them on the way in...a Senor Paravideo (Marcel Dalio) who has long been trying to get hold of one of Bonnet's paintings. Simon stops the little yellow Jag, and he and Nicole turn to watch. Bonnet greets Paravideo with delight, and shows him inside. "Who's that?" asks Simon, pointedly. Nicole's hesitation is very brief: "Papa's cousin," she replies, innocently, "from South America." He looks at her for a long time, then remarks, "For someone who only started lying recently, you're showing a real flair for it." "Oh, thank you!" she says, smiling radiantly.And they're off...everybody lives happily ever after.

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text: 's

text: hobby

text: but

text: Bonnet

text: explains

text: that

text: he

text: has

text: simply

text: agreed

text: to

text: let

text: the

text: Claver

text: Lafayette

text: Museum

text: display

text: their

text: exquisite

text: statuette

text: of

text: Venus

text: purportedly

text: carved

text: by

text: Century

text: sculptor

text: Benvenuto

text: Cellini

text: in

text: their

text: latest

text: exhibit

text: Nicole

text: is

text: not

text: reassured

text: Their

text: Cellini

text: Venus

text: is

text: also

text: a

text: forgery

text: carved

text: at

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: the

text: century

text: by

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: father

text: using

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: mother

text: as

text: a

text: model

text: Unlike

text: paintings

text: she

text: tells

text: her

text: father

text: it

text: 's

text: an

text: easy

text: matter

text: to

text: detect

text: forged

text: sculptures

text: Bonnet

text: brushes

text: aside

text: her

text: concerns

text: since

text: he

text: 's

text: merely

text: lending

text: the

text: statue

text: not

text: selling

text: it

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: no

text: reason

text: to

text: test

text: its

text: authenticity

text: He

text: runs

text: downstairs

text: followed

text: closely

text: by

text: Nicole

text: to

text: greet

text: Monsieur

text: Grammont

text: Ferdinand

text: Gravey

text: the

text: museum

text: director

text: who

text: is

text: here

text: with

text: his

text: assistants

text: and

text: an

text: armed

text: escort

text: to

text: transport

text: the

text: Venus

text: Bonnet

text: shows

text: him

text: into

text: the

text: library

text: where

text: the

text: Venus

text: stands

text: in

text: solitary

text: splendor

text: in

text: its

text: own

text: special

text: niche

text: Grammont

text: is

text: moved

text: almost

text: to

text: tears

text: by

text: the

text: sight

text: of

text: it

text: he

text: congratulates

text: Bonnet

text: for

text: keeping

text: this

text: fine

text: piece

text: in

text: France

text: though

text: he

text: must

text: have

text: had

text: many

text: lucrative

text: offers

text: to

text: buy

text: it

text: Bonnet

text: smiles

text: modestly

text: and

text: says

text: Well

text: after

text: all

text: one

text: is

text: still

text: a

text: Frenchman

text: The

text: Venus

text: is

text: handed

text: over

text: secured

text: in

text: a

text: heavily

text: padded

text: case

text: Grammont

text: thanks

text: Bonnet

text: effusively

text: and

text: leaves

text: Bonnet

text: is

text: jubilant

text: but

text: Nicole

text: is

text: still

text: worried

text: He

text: waves

text: off

text: her

text: concern

text: saying

text: that

text: her

text: basic

text: trouble

text: is

text: that

text: she

text: 's

text: honest

text: "but

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: tell

text: you

text: that

text: to

text: hurt

text: your

text: feelings

text: he

text: adds

text: kindly

text: I

text: get

text: dizzy

text: spells

text: when

text: we

text: have

text: these

text: conversations

text: Papa

text: she

text: complains

text: He

text: invites

text: her

text: to

text: attend

text: the

text: gala

text: opening

text: at

text: the

text: museum

text: that

text: night

text: she

text: firmly

text: declines

text: The

text: Cellini

text: Venus

text: is

text: the

text: star

text: of

text: the

text: exhibit

text: and

text: Bonnet

text: the

text: most

text: celebrated

text: guest

text: at

text: the

text: gala

text: Davis

text: Leland

text: Eli

text: Wallach

text: a

text: wealthy

text: American

text: industrialist

text: is

text: also

text: present

text: He

text: has

text: recently

text: taken

text: up

text: art

text: collecting

text: and

text: is

text: pursuing

text: it

text: as

text: obssessively

text: as

text: he

text: pursued

text: the

text: acquisition

text: of

text: his

text: millions

text: He

text: is

text: so

text: taken

text: with

text: the

text: Venus

text: that

text: he

text: determines

text: to

text: find

text: out

text: all

text: about

text: Bonnet

text: and

text: his

text: family

text: with

text: the

text: goal

text: of

text: somehow

text: acquiring

text: the

text: Venus

text: The

text: Bonnet

text: chateau

text: is

text: dark

text: and

text: quiet

text: the

text: only

text: inhabitant

text: is

text: Nicole

text: lying

text: upstairs

text: on

text: her

text: bed

text: in

text: her

text: nightie

text: engrossed

text: in

text: a

text: lurid

text: paperback

text: mystery

text: Downstairs

text: an

text: intruder

text: has

text: gained

text: entry

text: and

text: is

text: quietly

text: creeping

text: around

text: the

text: main

text: floor

text: looking

text: over

text: all

text: the

text: paintings

text: with

text: a

text: small

text: flashlight

text: He

text: stops

text: when

text: he

text: finds

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: new

text: Van

text: Gogh

text: takes

text: it

text: down

text: from

text: the

text: wall

text: and

text: chips

text: off

text: a

text: minute

text: particle

text: of

text: the

text: paint

text: He

text: tucks

text: it

text: into

text: a

text: little

text: plastic

text: envelope

text: and

text: stows

text: it

text: in

text: his

text: pocket

text: He

text: then

text: starts

text: to

text: examine

text: the

text: painting

text: carefully

text: But

text: he

text: makes

text: a

text: slight

text: noise

text: which

text: Nicole

text: hears

text: upstairs

text: and

text: she

text: comes

text: down

text: to

text: investigate

text: She

text: gets

text: halfway

text: down

text: the

text: staircase

text: sees

text: the

text: intruder

text: and

text: stifles

text: a

text: scream

text: Then

text: she

text: plucks

text: up

text: her

text: courage

text: and

text: takes

text: an

text: antique

text: duelling

text: pistol

text: from

text: a

text: display

text: on

text: the

text: wall

text: She

text: makes

text: her

text: way

text: to

text: the

text: bottom

text: of

text: the

text: stairs

text: levels

text: the

text: pistol

text: in

text: his

text: direction

text: and

text: turns

text: on

text: the

text: lights

text: Startled

text: holding

text: the

text: Van

text: Gogh

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: himself

text: like

text: a

text: shield

text: the

text: burglar

text: whirls

text: around

text: to

text: face

text: her

text: He

text: Peter

text: O'Toole

text: is

text: no

text: ordinary

text: burglar

text: he

text: 's

text: tall

text: slim

text: blue

text: eyed

text: handsome

text: and

text: very

text: distinguished

text: looking

text: in

text: a

text: dinner

text: jacket

text: Do

text: n't

text: move

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: Put

text: that

text: painting

text: down

text: He

text: does

text: so

text: and

text: she

text: starts

text: to

text: call

text: the

text: police

text: Then

text: she

text: notices

text: which

text: painting

text: he

text: was

text: holding

text: Why

text: did

text: you

text: choose

text: that

text: particular

text: painting

text: she

text: asks

text: uneasily

text: It

text: was

text: the

text: handiest

text: he

text: replies

text: promptly

text: He

text: sees

text: her

text: hesitation

text: and

text: decides

text: to

text: press

text: his

text: luck

text: a

text: bit

text: Look

text: he

text: says

text: do

text: n't

text: call

text: the

text: police

text: Give

text: me

text: another

text: chance

text: You

text: see

text: I

text: was

text: only

text: taking

text: one

text: painting

text: and

text: you

text: have

text: so

text: many

text: chances

text: are

text: you

text: would

text: n't

text: even

text: have

text: noticed

text: Do

text: n't

text: be

text: impudent

text: she

text: scolds

text: But

text: she

text: ca

text: n't

text: afford

text: to

text: have

text: official

text: attention

text: drawn

text: toward

text: her

text: father

text: 's

text: latest

text: forgery

text: He

text: puts

text: the

text: painting

text: back

text: and

text: she

text: puts

text: the

text: phone

text: down

text: Well

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: why

text: she

text: says

text: but

text: I

text: 'm

text: going

text: to

text: let

text: you

text: go

text: She

text: sets

text: the

text: pistol

text: down

text: on

text: the

text: phone

text: table

text: and

text: as

text: she

text: does

text: so

text: it

text: goes

text: off

text: terrifying

text: them

text: both

text: and

text: grazing

text: the

text: burglar

text: 's

text: arm

text: They

text: both

text: faint

text: He

text: revives

text: first

text: pats

text: her

text: cheek

text: fans

text: her

text: face

text: with

text: his

text: coat

text: tail

text: and

text: when

text: she

text: awakens

text: he

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: he

text: 's

text: the

text: one

text: who

text: 's

text: bleeding

text: She

text: takes

text: him

text: to

text: the

text: kitchen

text: pours

text: him

text: a

text: drink

text: and

text: bandages

text: his

text: arm

text: He

text: complains

text: about

text: the

text: wound

text: and

text: the

text: doctoring

text: even

text: though

text: it

text: 's

text: only

text: a

text: minor

text: scratch

text: For

text: a

text: burglar

text: you

text: 're

text: not

text: very

text: brave

text: she

text: remarks

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: society

text: burglar

text: he

text: retorts

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: expect

text: people

text: to

text: rush

text: about

text: shooting

text: me

text: She

text: finishes

text: patching

text: him

text: up

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: he

text: is

text: free

text: to

text: go

text: He

text: continues

text: to

text: push

text: her

text: though

text: as

text: if

text: he

text: 's

text: trying

text: to

text: see

text: how

text: far

text: he

text: can

text: go

text: before

text: she

text: finally

text: loses

text: patience

text: and

text: calls

text: the

text: police

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: wo

text: n't

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: drive

text: home

text: with

text: his

text: wounded

text: arm

text: Exasperated

text: she

text: offers

text: to

text: call

text: a

text: cab

text: and

text: pay

text: for

text: it

text: He

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: his

text: car

text: is

text: outside

text: her

text: house

text: and

text: the

text: police

text: may

text: ask

text: questions

text: and

text: after

text: all

text: he

text: is

text: wanted

text: She

text: finally

text: agrees

text: to

text: drive

text: him

text: home

text: and

text: while

text: she

text: 's

text: pulling

text: on

text: her

text: boots

text: and

text: putting

text: a

text: coat

text: on

text: over

text: her

text: nightie

text: he

text: asks

text: her

text: for

text: a

text: cigarette

text: and

text: then

text: a

text: match

text: all

text: while

text: openly

text: admiring

text: her

text: legs

text: They

text: jump

text: into

text: his

text: little

text: yellow

text: Jaguar

text: and

text: she

text: drives

text: him

text: to

text: the

text: Hotel

text: Ritz

text: You

text: 're

text: a

text: very

text: chic

text: burglar

text: she

text: grumbles

text: Then

text: she

text: realizes

text: she

text: 's

text: on

text: foot

text: in

text: her

text: nightie

text: in

text: downtown

text: Paris

text: in

text: the

text: middle

text: of

text: the

text: night

text: with

text: no

text: way

text: of

text: getting

text: home

text: herself

text: He

text: has

text: the

text: doorman

text: wave

text: down

text: a

text: taxi

text: for

text: her

text: and

text: while

text: it

text: 's

text: turning

text: around

text: he

text: asks

text: her

text: for

text: a

text: final

text: favor

text: Like

text: an

text: idiot

text: he

text: says

text: I

text: forgot

text: to

text: wear

text: gloves

text: Would

text: you

text: just

text: give

text: the

text: edge

text: of

text: the

text: painting

text: a

text: quick

text: wipe

text: with

text: a

text: clean

text: cloth

text: when

text: you

text: get

text: home

text: She

text: stares

text: at

text: him

text: in

text: disbelief

text: Oh

text: you

text: 're

text: mad

text: she

text: says

text: I

text: suppose

text: next

text: you

text: 'll

text: want

text: a

text: goodnight

text: kiss

text: Well

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: usually

text: on

text: the

text: first

text: acquaintance

text: he

text: replies

text: but

text: you

text: 've

text: been

text: such

text: a

text: good

text: sport

text: And

text: he

text: lays

text: a

text: lovely

text: one

text: on

text: her

text: that

text: leaves

text: her

text: stunned

text: and

text: speechless

text: He

text: puts

text: her

text: gently

text: in

text: the

text: cab

text: bids

text: her

text: good

text: night

text: and

text: waves

text: as

text: they

text: drive

text: off

text: Simon

text: Dermott

text: society

text: burglar

text: hurries

text: upstairs

text: to

text: his

text: room

text: takes

text: out

text: the

text: tiny

text: spot

text: of

text: paint

text: he

text: chipped

text: from

text: the

text: Van

text: Gogh

text: and

text: examines

text: it

text: with

text: a

text: set

text: of

text: jeweler

text: 's

text: glasses

text: He

text: lights

text: a

text: cigarette

text: thinking

text: and

text: smiles

text: remembering

text: Bonnet

text: is

text: at

text: home

text: pouring

text: a

text: glass

text: of

text: champagne

text: when

text: Nicole

text: walks

text: in

text: He

text: starts

text: to

text: tell

text: her

text: of

text: the

text: gala

text: she

text: interrupts

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: about

text: the

text: burglar

text: she

text: caught

text: He

text: quickly

text: grasps

text: the

text: implications

text: of

text: what

text: might

text: have

text: happened

text: had

text: she

text: called

text: the

text: police

text: and

text: assures

text: her

text: she

text: did

text: the

text: right

text: thing

text: in

text: letting

text: the

text: burglar

text: go

text: Still

text: somewhat

text: dazed

text: she

text: starts

text: up

text: to

text: bed

text: then

text: pauses

text: she

text: takes

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: handkerchief

text: from

text: his

text: pocket

text: wipes

text: the

text: edge

text: of

text: the

text: painting

text: with

text: it

text: and

text: tucks

text: it

text: back

text: into

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: pocket

text: while

text: he

text: watches

text: a

text: little

text: bewildered

text: She

text: starts

text: back

text: up

text: the

text: stairs

text: and

text: he

text: asks

text: her

text: uneasily

text: This

text: tall

text: good

text: looking

text: ruffian

text: he

text: did

text: n't

text: molest

text: you

text: in

text: any

text: way

text: did

text: he

text: She

text: stops

text: considers

text: then

text: replies

text: softly

text: Not

text: much

text: and

text: continues

text: on

text: up

text: to

text: bed

text: Next

text: day

text: she

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: museum

text: to

text: see

text: the

text: Venus

text: in

text: the

text: exhibit

text: for

text: herself

text: She

text: turns

text: to

text: leave

text: and

text: almost

text: bumps

text: into

text: Simon

text: Dermott

text: Startled

text: and

text: indignant

text: she

text: is

text: trying

text: to

text: get

text: rid

text: of

text: him

text: when

text: Monsieur

text: Grammont

text: sees

text: her

text: and

text: comes

text: over

text: to

text: greet

text: her

text: Simon

text: horns

text: in

text: introducing

text: himself

text: as

text: an

text: old

text: shooting

text: partner

text: of

text: Miss

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: Monsieur

text: Grammont

text: offers

text: to

text: tell

text: her

text: about

text: the

text: special

text: security

text: arrangements

text: they

text: 've

text: made

text: Nicole

text: tries

text: to

text: disengage

text: but

text: Simon

text: expresses

text: interest

text: so

text: Monsieur

text: Grammont

text: launches

text: into

text: an

text: explanation

text: The

text: little

text: statue

text: stands

text: on

text: a

text: marble

text: pedestal

text: with

text: a

text: circuit

text: of

text: infrared

text: beams

text: surrounding

text: her

text: If

text: anyone

text: tries

text: to

text: reach

text: through

text: the

text: invisible

text: barrier

text: to

text: grab

text: her

text: an

text: alarm

text: sounds

text: and

text: both

text: museum

text: security

text: and

text: police

text: respond

text: Simon

text: wants

text: to

text: linger

text: and

text: hear

text: more

text: but

text: Nicole

text: drags

text: him

text: away

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: museum

text: Outside

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: to

text: go

text: away

text: and

text: leave

text: her

text: alone

text: He

text: tries

text: to

text: talk

text: to

text: her

text: but

text: she

text: speeds

text: off

text: in

text: her

text: little

text: car

text: so

text: quickly

text: he

text: spins

text: around

text: and

text: almost

text: falls

text: in

text: the

text: street

text: Simon

text: arrives

text: at

text: the

text: office

text: of

text: Monsieur

text: Bernard

text: Desolnay

text: Charles

text: Boyer

text: a

text: well

text: known

text: and

text: reputable

text: dealer

text: of

text: fine

text: art

text: Desolnay

text: greets

text: him

text: with

text: enthusiasm

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: he

text: had

text: a

text: chance

text: to

text: go

text: to

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: home

text: and

text: look

text: at

text: the

text: Van

text: Gogh

text: Simon

text: nodds

text: and

text: Desolnay

text: says

text: And

text: it

text: bothers

text: you

text: does

text: n't

text: it

text: Not

text: a

text: bit

text: replies

text: Simon

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: great

text: Van

text: Gogh

text: Of

text: course

text: it

text: is

text: agrees

text: Desolnay

text: readily

text: But

text: who

text: painted

text: it

text: It

text: develops

text: that

text: Desolnay

text: has

text: suspected

text: Bonnet

text: for

text: some

text: time

text: Simon

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: he

text: has

text: a

text: statue

text: worth

text: a

text: million

text: dollars

text: on

text: exhibit

text: he

text: certainly

text: does

text: n't

text: need

text: the

text: money

text: Desolnay

text: speculates

text: that

text: it

text: has

text: more

text: to

text: do

text: with

text: ego

text: Bonnet

text: studied

text: painting

text: as

text: a

text: young

text: man

text: and

text: like

text: many

text: art

text: students

text: copied

text: the

text: Old

text: Masters

text: to

text: learn

text: their

text: secrets

text: In

text: the

text: process

text: he

text: must

text: have

text: learned

text: that

text: he

text: could

text: imitate

text: them

text: perfectly

text: and

text: now

text: he

text: enjoys

text: fooling

text: the

text: world

text: Simon

text: wonders

text: idly

text: if

text: Nicole

text: is

text: in

text: it

text: with

text: him

text: Desolnay

text: replies

text: In

text: what

text: According

text: to

text: you

text: there

text: 's

text: nothing

text: Oh

text: that

text: 's

text: right

text: says

text: Simon

text: catching

text: himself

text: Well

text: you

text: 're

text: wrong

text: you

text: 'll

text: see

text: declares

text: Desolnay

text: Later

text: Bonnet

text: enters

text: Nicole

text: 's

text: bedroom

text: and

text: asks

text: about

text: her

text: plans

text: for

text: the

text: evening

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: has

text: a

text: date

text: with

text: Davis

text: Leland

text: an

text: American

text: tycoon

text: she

text: met

text: that

text: day

text: Bonnet

text: is

text: surprised

text: and

text: interested

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: Leland

text: once

text: bought

text: a

text: Toulouse

text: Lautrec

text: painting

text: from

text: him

text: Your

text: Lautrec

text: or

text: Lautrec

text: 's

text: Lautrec

text: she

text: asks

text: warily

text: Mine

text: of

text: course

text: he

text: chuckles

text: Nicole

text: is

text: instantly

text: uneasy

text: again

text: Not

text: only

text: had

text: Davis

text: not

text: mentioned

text: that

text: fact

text: but

text: he

text: had

text: behaved

text: as

text: though

text: he

text: 'd

text: never

text: heard

text: of

text: her

text: father

text: and

text: had

text: no

text: interest

text: in

text: art

text: at

text: all

text: She

text: fears

text: he

text: must

text: be

text: up

text: to

text: something

text: or

text: suspects

text: something

text: They

text: dine

text: at

text: an

text: upscale

text: restaurant

text: Davis

text: is

text: quite

text: taken

text: with

text: Nicole

text: he

text: sometimes

text: has

text: trouble

text: relating

text: to

text: women

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: but

text: she

text: 's

text: just

text: like

text: a

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: board

text: He

text: 's

text: called

text: to

text: the

text: phone

text: and

text: as

text: soon

text: as

text: he

text: 's

text: out

text: of

text: sight

text: Simon

text: who

text: apparently

text: had

text: him

text: paged

text: sits

text: down

text: at

text: the

text: table

text: She

text: is

text: suitably

text: annoyed

text: but

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: must

text: talk

text: to

text: her

text: and

text: gives

text: her

text: his

text: room

text: number

text: at

text: the

text: Ritz

text: Then

text: he

text: leaves

text: and

text: Davis

text: returns

text: Davis

text: finally

text: admits

text: to

text: Nicole

text: that

text: he

text: arranged

text: their

text: meeting

text: because

text: of

text: his

text: interest

text: in

text: the

text: Cellini

text: Venus

text: and

text: hoped

text: she

text: could

text: help

text: him

text: acquire

text: it

text: Relieved

text: she

text: kisses

text: him

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: for

text: sale

text: but

text: if

text: it

text: was

text: hers

text: to

text: sell

text: it

text: would

text: be

text: his

text: in

text: a

text: heartbeat

text: Next

text: morning

text: she

text: tells

text: her

text: father

text: of

text: the

text: exchange

text: and

text: they

text: share

text: a

text: short

text: lived

text: moment

text: of

text: relief

text: The

text: butler

text: Bert

text: Bertram

text: announces

text: that

text: a

text: representative

text: from

text: the

text: museum

text: Eddie

text: Malin

text: has

text: arrived

text: It

text: seems

text: that

text: the

text: museum

text: has

text: arranged

text: to

text: insure

text: the

text: Venus

text: against

text: damage

text: or

text: theft

text: while

text: it

text: 's

text: on

text: exhibit

text: Monsieur

text: Grammont

text: was

text: supposed

text: to

text: have

text: gotten

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: signature

text: on

text: an

text: insurance

text: form

text: the

text: day

text: he

text: picked

text: it

text: up

text: but

text: had

text: neglected

text: to

text: do

text: so

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: here

text: to

text: correct

text: the

text: oversight

text: When

text: Bonnet

text: has

text: signed

text: the

text: papers

text: the

text: representative

text: asks

text: if

text: he

text: 'd

text: like

text: to

text: be

text: present

text: at

text: the

text: technical

text: examination

text: which

text: he

text: has

text: just

text: authorized

text: Technical

text: examination

text: Nicole

text: and

text: Bonnet

text: ask

text: in

text: unison

text: dumbfounded

text: Yes

text: replies

text: the

text: representative

text: A

text: mere

text: formality

text: of

text: course

text: It

text: will

text: take

text: place

text: on

text: Friday

text: and

text: you

text: have

text: the

text: right

text: to

text: be

text: present

text: He

text: leaves

text: unaware

text: of

text: the

text: bomb

text: he

text: has

text: dropped

text: on

text: their

text: world

text: The

text: myth

text: of

text: the

text: Bonnet

text: collection

text: is

text: about

text: to

text: be

text: exploded

text: Once

text: the

text: Venus

text: is

text: exposed

text: as

text: a

text: forgery

text: anything

text: else

text: that

text: has

text: been

text: bought

text: owned

text: or

text: sold

text: by

text: Bonnet

text: will

text: be

text: tested

text: and

text: retested

text: until

text: every

text: forged

text: piece

text: is

text: brought

text: to

text: light

text: Bonnet

text: urges

text: Nicole

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: country

text: and

text: let

text: him

text: face

text: the

text: scandal

text: alone

text: But

text: she

text: refuses

text: determined

text: to

text: stand

text: by

text: him

text: and

text: as

text: she

text: comforts

text: him

text: an

text: idea

text: occurs

text: to

text: her

text: She

text: asks

text: him

text: for

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: the

text: Hotel

text: Ritz

text: Simon

text: enters

text: the

text: bar

text: at

text: the

text: Ritz

text: and

text: walks

text: right

text: by

text: Nicole

text: who

text: is

text: disguised

text: in

text: a

text: black

text: lace

text: cocktail

text: dress

text: and

text: a

text: little

text: black

text: pillbox

text: hat

text: with

text: black

text: net

text: veil

text: and

text: domino

text: style

text: mask

text: attached

text: She

text: Pssst

text: 's

text: at

text: him

text: and

text: motions

text: him

text: back

text: to

text: her

text: table

text: He

text: 's

text: astonished

text: by

text: her

text: odd

text: appearance

text: and

text: behavior

text: and

text: stunned

text: when

text: she

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: help

text: her

text: steal

text: the

text: Venus

text: He

text: wants

text: to

text: know

text: why

text: but

text: she

text: steadfastly

text: refuses

text: to

text: tell

text: him

text: and

text: at

text: first

text: he

text: emphatically

text: refuses

text: But

text: she

text: is

text: so

text: heartbroken

text: so

text: desperate

text: and

text: so

text: lovely

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: bring

text: himself

text: to

text: refuse

text: her

text: out

text: of

text: hand

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: 'll

text: sleep

text: on

text: it

text: They

text: agree

text: to

text: meet

text: the

text: next

text: day

text: to

text: talk

text: it

text: over

text: Next

text: day

text: they

text: drive

text: to

text: the

text: museum

text: he

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: formidable

text: presence

text: of

text: museum

text: guards

text: and

text: even

text: more

text: guards

text: at

text: the

text: homes

text: of

text: the

text: Minister

text: of

text: the

text: Interior

text: and

text: the

text: President

text: across

text: the

text: street

text: They

text: go

text: inside

text: and

text: as

text: he

text: studies

text: the

text: security

text: set

text: up

text: he

text: notices

text: a

text: resemblance

text: between

text: Nicole

text: and

text: the

text: Venus

text: Where

text: were

text: you

text: in

text: the

text: middle

text: of

text: the

text: Century

text: he

text: asks

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: she

text: retorts

text: but

text: that

text: 's

text: not

text: how

text: I

text: was

text: dressed

text: gesturing

text: at

text: the

text: nude

text: statue

text: He

text: continues

text: his

text: reconnaissance

text: He

text: notes

text: that

text: parcels

text: are

text: not

text: permitted

text: in

text: the

text: museum

text: they

text: must

text: be

text: left

text: at

text: a

text: desk

text: in

text: the

text: lobby

text: but

text: they

text: are

text: not

text: searched

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: tapestry

text: hanging

text: on

text: a

text: frame

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: a

text: fireplace

text: that

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: small

text: utility

text: closet

text: at

text: the

text: bottom

text: of

text: the

text: main

text: staircase

text: the

text: door

text: of

text: which

text: is

text: locked

text: but

text: the

text: key

text: is

text: kept

text: on

text: a

text: hook

text: at

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: the

text: staircase

text: Exploring

text: he

text: finds

text: the

text: guards

text: room

text: and

text: goes

text: inside

text: Posing

text: as

text: an

text: official

text: from

text: the

text: Ministry

text: of

text: Tourism

text: and

text: asking

text: indignant

text: questions

text: under

text: the

text: pretense

text: that

text: his

text: sleeve

text: became

text: smeared

text: with

text: dust

text: in

text: the

text: museum

text: he

text: learns

text: that

text: the

text: cleaning

text: people

text: come

text: in

text: every

text: night

text: at

text: midnight

text: On

text: his

text: way

text: out

text: he

text: deliberately

text: chooses

text: the

text: wrong

text: door

text: and

text: sees

text: that

text: it

text: leads

text: to

text: the

text: basement

text: and

text: a

text: possible

text: alternate

text: exit

text: They

text: go

text: for

text: a

text: walk

text: in

text: a

text: nearby

text: park

text: He

text: sees

text: a

text: child

text: 's

text: toy

text: being

text: demonstrated

text: a

text: balsa

text: wood

text: boomerang

text: that

text: soars

text: in

text: a

text: circle

text: then

text: returns

text: to

text: the

text: thrower

text: He

text: buys

text: two

text: They

text: stop

text: at

text: a

text: second

text: hand

text: shop

text: for

text: a

text: scrubwoman

text: 's

text: outfit

text: and

text: a

text: plastic

text: mop

text: bucket

text: When

text: they

text: go

text: back

text: to

text: his

text: room

text: at

text: the

text: Ritz

text: he

text: tells

text: Nicole

text: to

text: change

text: into

text: the

text: clothes

text: Tired

text: of

text: following

text: him

text: on

text: endless

text: and

text: seemingly

text: unrelated

text: errands

text: irritated

text: at

text: having

text: no

text: explanation

text: as

text: to

text: what

text: he

text: is

text: thinking

text: Nicole

text: asks

text: him

text: suspiciously

text: if

text: they

text: 're

text: planning

text: the

text: same

text: sort

text: of

text: crime

text: Nevertheless

text: she

text: puts

text: on

text: the

text: clothes

text: and

text: he

text: starts

text: to

text: tell

text: her

text: what

text: will

text: happen

text: at

text: midnight

text: in

text: the

text: museum

text: You

text: DO

text: have

text: a

text: plan

text: do

text: n't

text: you

text: she

text: exclaims

text: excited

text: Yes

text: he

text: replies

text: evenly

text: My

text: plan

text: is

text: that

text: I

text: will

text: be

text: lying

text: here

text: in

text: my

text: bed

text: with

text: a

text: good

text: book

text: unless

text: you

text: tell

text: me

text: what

text: this

text: is

text: all

text: about

text: She

text: 's

text: surprised

text: and

text: crestfallen

text: but

text: she

text: ca

text: n't

text: explain

text: so

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: she

text: must

text: go

text: Tears

text: fill

text: her

text: eyes

text: and

text: he

text: angrily

text: tells

text: her

text: they

text: wo

text: n't

text: change

text: his

text: mind

text: He

text: orders

text: her

text: back

text: into

text: the

text: bathroom

text: to

text: change

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: clothes

text: and

text: leave

text: As

text: she

text: turns

text: dejectedly

text: to

text: do

text: so

text: against

text: his

text: better

text: judgment

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: to

text: meet

text: him

text: at

text: the

text: museum

text: just

text: before

text: closing

text: the

text: following

text: day

text: Overjoyed

text: she

text: agrees

text: and

text: almost

text: skips

text: into

text: the

text: bathroom

text: Simon

text: hits

text: himself

text: in

text: the

text: head

text: with

text: the

text: plastic

text: mop

text: bucket

text: Next

text: evening

text: just

text: as

text: Nicole

text: is

text: preparing

text: to

text: leave

text: for

text: the

text: museum

text: Davis

text: Leland

text: turns

text: up

text: at

text: her

text: house

text: with

text: an

text: enormous

text: diamond

text: ring

text: and

text: in

text: a

text: very

text: efficient

text: and

text: business

text: like

text: manner

text: asks

text: her

text: to

text: marry

text: him

text: Afraid

text: that

text: refusing

text: him

text: will

text: mean

text: argument

text: and

text: delay

text: she

text: takes

text: the

text: ring

text: and

text: dashes

text: away

text: arriving

text: at

text: the

text: museum

text: only

text: a

text: few

text: minutes

text: late

text: Simon

text: is

text: impatient

text: and

text: irritated

text: she

text: explains

text: to

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: getting

text: engaged

text: and

text: he

text: retorts

text: that

text: they

text: still

text: have

text: a

text: little

text: time

text: if

text: she

text: 'd

text: like

text: to

text: go

text: back

text: and

text: marry

text: the

text: man

text: They

text: check

text: the

text: parcel

text: of

text: clothes

text: at

text: the

text: desk

text: and

text: go

text: on

text: into

text: the

text: museum

text: He

text: checks

text: on

text: the

text: closet

text: and

text: quickly

text: unlocks

text: the

text: door

text: Then

text: he

text: takes

text: a

text: handful

text: of

text: coins

text: and

text: puts

text: them

text: in

text: a

text: brochure

text: and

text: places

text: the

text: brochure

text: precariously

text: on

text: the

text: edge

text: of

text: a

text: statue

text: 's

text: pedestal

text: Watch

text: for

text: normal

text: human

text: reactions

text: he

text: says

text: to

text: Nicole

text: and

text: they

text: move

text: over

text: by

text: the

text: fireplace

text: A

text: guard

text: picks

text: up

text: the

text: brochure

text: and

text: the

text: coins

text: scatter

text: several

text: people

text: bend

text: down

text: to

text: pick

text: them

text: up

text: while

text: many

text: others

text: watch

text: Simon

text: and

text: Nicole

text: use

text: the

text: distraction

text: to

text: duck

text: into

text: the

text: fireplace

text: behind

text: the

text: tapestry

text: The

text: museum

text: closes

text: and

text: as

text: the

text: guards

text: escort

text: the

text: other

text: patrons

text: out

text: they

text: slip

text: down

text: the

text: stairs

text: and

text: into

text: the

text: tiny

text: closet

text: The

text: guards

text: return

text: and

text: make

text: a

text: round

text: of

text: all

text: the

text: floors

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: guards

text: finds

text: the

text: closet

text: unlocked

text: gives

text: it

text: a

text: cursory

text: inspection

text: slim

text: Nicole

text: and

text: slim

text: Simon

text: have

text: both

text: squeezed

text: into

text: a

text: tiny

text: shelf

text: area

text: then

text: locks

text: the

text: door

text: and

text: returns

text: the

text: key

text: to

text: the

text: outside

text: panel

text: Nicole

text: panics

text: but

text: Simon

text: is

text: unconcerned

text: They

text: wait

text: for

text: an

text: hour

text: in

text: the

text: tiny

text: closet

text: Then

text: they

text: hear

text: the

text: guards

text: come

text: out

text: of

text: their

text: room

text: and

text: tramp

text: all

text: over

text: the

text: museum

text: again

text: as

text: they

text: make

text: their

text: rounds

text: Simon

text: is

text: pleased

text: now

text: he

text: knows

text: the

text: schedule

text: Using

text: a

text: powerful

text: magnet

text: against

text: the

text: wall

text: at

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: the

text: closet

text: he

text: is

text: able

text: to

text: remove

text: the

text: key

text: from

text: its

text: hook

text: walk

text: it

text: around

text: the

text: outside

text: of

text: the

text: closet

text: and

text: bring

text: it

text: inside

text: under

text: the

text: door

text: With

text: a

text: specially

text: fitted

text: tube

text: a

text: hook

text: and

text: another

text: small

text: magnet

text: he

text: 's

text: able

text: to

text: draw

text: the

text: key

text: up

text: into

text: the

text: keyhole

text: and

text: open

text: the

text: door

text: He

text: runs

text: to

text: the

text: front

text: desk

text: grabs

text: the

text: clothes

text: and

text: runs

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: closet

text: He

text: helps

text: Nicole

text: to

text: put

text: the

text: clothes

text: on

text: over

text: her

text: own

text: clothes

text: then

text: he

text: takes

text: out

text: and

text: assembles

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: little

text: boomerangs

text: he

text: 'd

text: bought

text: the

text: day

text: before

text: Exasperated

text: at

text: the

text: close

text: quarters

text: I

text: had

text: n't

text: counted

text: on

text: there

text: being

text: so

text: much

text: togetherness

text: she

text: grumbles

text: and

text: all

text: the

text: elaborate

text: preparations

text: Nicole

text: asks

text: when

text: they

text: 're

text: finally

text: going

text: to

text: steal

text: the

text: Venus

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: nice

text: things

text: about

text: complicated

text: mechanical

text: systems

text: is

text: that

text: they

text: malfunction

text: and

text: when

text: that

text: happens

text: you

text: can

text: always

text: rely

text: on

text: normal

text: human

text: reactions

text: He

text: asks

text: her

text: how

text: she

text: would

text: feel

text: if

text: she

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: these

text: guards

text: assigned

text: to

text: look

text: out

text: for

text: a

text: bunch

text: of

text: stuff

text: she

text: could

text: n't

text: afford

text: and

text: was

text: n't

text: interested

text: in

text: night

text: after

text: night

text: Irritated

text: she

text: replies

text: wearily

text: Exactly

text: he

text: says

text: and

text: steps

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: closet

text: onto

text: the

text: stairway

text: His

text: first

text: throw

text: goes

text: wide

text: but

text: his

text: second

text: breaks

text: the

text: beam

text: on

text: the

text: electric

text: field

text: surrounding

text: the

text: Venus

text: and

text: a

text: deafening

text: alarm

text: goes

text: off

text: He

text: grabs

text: the

text: returning

text: boomerang

text: and

text: Nicole

text: and

text: they

text: both

text: run

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: closet

text: The

text: guards

text: pour

text: out

text: of

text: their

text: room

text: and

text: swarm

text: all

text: over

text: the

text: museum

text: and

text: when

text: the

text: police

text: arrive

text: they

text: search

text: as

text: well

text: It

text: 's

text: eventually

text: determined

text: that

text: the

text: alarm

text: was

text: false

text: The

text: Minister

text: of

text: the

text: Interior

text: calls

text: to

text: complain

text: about

text: the

text: noise

text: from

text: across

text: the

text: street

text: The

text: head

text: guard

text: Jacques

text: Marin

text: a

text: short

text: serious

text: man

text: looks

text: disgusted

text: A

text: burglar

text: alarm

text: especially

text: designed

text: to

text: give

text: me

text: heartburn

text: he

text: mutters

text: as

text: he

text: resets

text: it

text: Nicole

text: realizes

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: what

text: a

text: difficult

text: and

text: dangerous

text: task

text: they

text: 've

text: undertaken

text: She

text: tells

text: Simon

text: she

text: would

text: n't

text: blame

text: him

text: if

text: he

text: left

text: Then

text: what

text: happens

text: tomorrow

text: when

text: they

text: test

text: your

text: million

text: dollar

text: baby

text: he

text: asks

text: quietly

text: She

text: stares

text: at

text: him

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: fake

text: is

text: n't

text: it

text: he

text: says

text: She

text: nods

text: slowly

text: and

text: asks

text: how

text: long

text: he

text: 's

text: known

text: and

text: he

text: answers

text: Since

text: you

text: first

text: asked

text: me

text: to

text: steal

text: it

text: She

text: asks

text: why

text: he

text: 'd

text: help

text: if

text: he

text: knew

text: he

text: leans

text: in

text: and

text: kisses

text: her

text: gently

text: and

text: she

text: whispers

text: That

text: 's

text: why

text: in

text: wonder

text: Oh

text: I

text: 'm

text: so

text: stupid

text: she

text: says

text: putting

text: her

text: arms

text: around

text: his

text: neck

text: Please

text: explain

text: it

text: to

text: me

text: again!"After

text: more

text: explanation

text: he

text: goes

text: out

text: to

text: set

text: off

text: the

text: alarm

text: a

text: second

text: time

text: Again

text: the

text: lights

text: go

text: on

text: the

text: guards

text: gallop

text: all

text: over

text: the

text: museum

text: and

text: the

text: police

text: arrive

text: to

text: assist

text: again

text: they

text: find

text: nothing

text: This

text: time

text: it

text: is

text: His

text: Excellency

text: himself

text: who

text: calls

text: up

text: from

text: across

text: the

text: street

text: to

text: complain

text: The

text: head

text: guard

text: is

text: properly

text: intimidated

text: He

text: does

text: n't

text: reset

text: the

text: alarm

text: he

text: turns

text: it

text: off

text: Simon

text: is

text: stunned

text: to

text: find

text: that

text: his

text: plan

text: has

text: worked

text: Nevertheless

text: he

text: pulls

text: himself

text: together

text: and

text: attends

text: to

text: business

text: He

text: goes

text: up

text: the

text: stairs

text: and

text: takes

text: the

text: Venus

text: and

text: conceals

text: it

text: in

text: the

text: bucket

text: He

text: tells

text: Nicole

text: to

text: hide

text: in

text: the

text: fireplace

text: again

text: and

text: when

text: the

text: scrubwomen

text: arrive

text: to

text: come

text: out

text: on

text: her

text: hands

text: and

text: knees

text: scrubbing

text: madly

text: and

text: no

text: matter

text: whatever

text: else

text: happens

text: to

text: work

text: her

text: way

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: guard

text: 's

text: room

text: The

text: guards

text: room

text: she

text: asks

text: When

text: they

text: discover

text: the

text: Venus

text: is

text: gone

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: guards

text: everywhere

text: but

text: in

text: the

text: guards

text: room

text: he

text: says

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: to

text: hang

text: onto

text: her

text: bucket

text: At

text: midnight

text: the

text: scrubwomen

text: arrive

text: and

text: set

text: to

text: work

text: The

text: guards

text: also

text: come

text: out

text: and

text: start

text: rounds

text: It

text: is

text: several

text: minutes

text: before

text: a

text: guard

text: Mustache

text: notices

text: that

text: the

text: Venus

text: is

text: gone

text: He

text: points

text: it

text: out

text: to

text: the

text: head

text: guard

text: who

text: is

text: shocked

text: insensible

text: for

text: a

text: long

text: moment

text: Then

text: he

text: hoarsely

text: cries

text: Alarm

text: --and

text: all

text: hell

text: breaks

text: loose

text: with

text: guards

text: running

text: every

text: which

text: way

text: bumping

text: into

text: each

text: other

text: and

text: stumbling

text: over

text: scrubwomen

text: It

text: is

text: a

text: few

text: moments

text: more

text: before

text: the

text: head

text: guard

text: realizes

text: that

text: the

text: alarm

text: is

text: not

text: sounding

text: because

text: it

text: has

text: been

text: turned

text: off

text: He

text: quickly

text: turns

text: it

text: on

text: again

text: but

text: it

text: is

text: still

text: silent

text: Mustache

text: finally

text: reaches

text: through

text: the

text: beam

text: and

text: the

text: alarm

text: goes

text: off

text: adding

text: to

text: the

text: bedlam

text: Nicole

text: has

text: worked

text: her

text: way

text: to

text: the

text: guard

text: room

text: and

text: goes

text: inside

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: guards

text: is

text: there

text: sitting

text: in

text: a

text: chair

text: reading

text: a

text: newspaper

text: She

text: turns

text: to

text: flee

text: but

text: he

text: grabs

text: her

text: and

text: kisses

text: her

text: it

text: 's

text: Simon

text: They

text: leave

text: quietly

text: down

text: the

text: basement

text: stairs

text: Reporters

text: gather

text: at

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: house

text: next

text: morning

text: to

text: take

text: pictures

text: of

text: the

text: empty

text: niche

text: and

text: ask

text: him

text: how

text: he

text: feels

text: about

text: the

text: loss

text: of

text: his

text: precious

text: statue

text: He

text: plays

text: his

text: feigned

text: grief

text: to

text: the

text: hilt

text: Upstairs

text: Nicole

text: is

text: chatting

text: excitedly

text: with

text: Simon

text: about

text: the

text: caper

text: on

text: the

text: phone

text: and

text: they

text: arrange

text: to

text: meet

text: later

text: at

text: the

text: Ritz

text: bar

text: The

text: reporters

text: leave

text: and

text: Nichol

text: runs

text: downstairs

text: and

text: she

text: and

text: her

text: father

text: hug

text: joyously

text: in

text: their

text: relief

text: He

text: offers

text: to

text: take

text: her

text: out

text: to

text: celebrate

text: but

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: has

text: an

text: appointment

text: later

text: at

text: the

text: Ritz

text: She

text: runs

text: back

text: upstairs

text: and

text: he

text: repeats

text: The

text: Ritz

text: looking

text: thoughtful

text: Davis

text: Leland

text: has

text: come

text: to

text: Monsieur

text: Desolnay

text: 's

text: office

text: in

text: a

text: state

text: of

text: extreme

text: excitement

text: He

text: wants

text: to

text: try

text: and

text: find

text: the

text: Venus

text: and

text: purchase

text: it

text: at

text: any

text: price

text: no

text: questions

text: asked

text: Desolnay

text: implores

text: him

text: not

text: to

text: pursue

text: it

text: but

text: finally

text: gives

text: him

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: someone

text: he

text: thinks

text: may

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: help

text: Simon

text: Dermott

text: currently

text: staying

text: at

text: the

text: Ritz

text: They

text: meet

text: at

text: the

text: bar

text: in

text: the

text: Ritz

text: and

text: Simon

text: tells

text: Davis

text: that

text: he

text: already

text: has

text: a

text: few

text: feelers

text: out

text: just

text: idle

text: curiosity

text: and

text: he

text: believes

text: he

text: knows

text: who

text: might

text: be

text: responsible

text: He

text: warns

text: Davis

text: he

text: 'll

text: be

text: buying

text: something

text: that

text: he

text: will

text: never

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: show

text: or

text: even

text: to

text: acknowledge

text: that

text: he

text: owns

text: Davis

text: is

text: undeterred

text: Simon

text: asks

text: if

text: Davis

text: is

text: acquainted

text: with

text: any

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: Bonnet

text: familly

text: and

text: Davis

text: admits

text: he

text: 's

text: engaged

text: to

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: daughter

text: Simon

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: if

text: he

text: wants

text: the

text: Venus

text: he

text: 'll

text: have

text: to

text: give

text: her

text: up

text: that

text: if

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: the

text: people

text: who

text: have

text: the

text: Venus

text: will

text: suspect

text: a

text: trap

text: and

text: he

text: 'll

text: never

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: acquire

text: it

text: Reluctantly

text: Davis

text: agrees

text: Simon

text: says

text: he

text: 'll

text: be

text: in

text: touch

text: and

text: Davis

text: starts

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: bar

text: just

text: as

text: Nicole

text: arrives

text: As

text: Simon

text: watches

text: amused

text: Davis

text: almost

text: breaks

text: a

text: leg

text: avoiding

text: her

text: when

text: she

text: 's

text: only

text: trying

text: to

text: return

text: his

text: ring

text: She

text: sits

text: down

text: next

text: to

text: Simon

text: and

text: begins

text: to

text: chatter

text: about

text: how

text: thrilling

text: the

text: theft

text: had

text: been

text: for

text: her

text: first

text: effort

text: It

text: was

text: my

text: first

text: too

text: he

text: remarks

text: This

text: admission

text: stops

text: her

text: in

text: mid

text: sentence

text: She

text: asks

text: puzzled

text: Then

text: you

text: 're

text: not

text: a

text: burglar

text: He

text: shakes

text: his

text: head

text: Who

text: are

text: you

text: she

text: asks

text: filled

text: with

text: sudden

text: foreboding

text: I

text: 'm

text: a

text: private

text: consultant

text: who

text: specializes

text: in

text: museum

text: security

text: he

text: says

text: deliberately

text: I

text: have

text: advanced

text: degrees

text: in

text: art

text: history

text: chemistry

text: and

text: criminology

text: I

text: also

text: specialize

text: in

text: tracing

text: and

text: recovering

text: stolen

text: works

text: of

text: art

text: and

text: in

text: detecting

text: and

text: exposing

text: forgeries

text: She

text: is

text: so

text: startled

text: and

text: dismayed

text: she

text: almost

text: falls

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: booth

text: But

text: he

text: catches

text: her

text: and

text: at

text: that

text: moment

text: Bonnet

text: himself

text: arrives

text: having

text: correctly

text: deduced

text: the

text: nature

text: of

text: Nicole

text: 's

text: appointment

text: After

text: Nicole

text: introduces

text: them

text: he

text: asks

text: what

text: Simon

text: intends

text: to

text: do

text: Simon

text: replies

text: that

text: Bonnet

text: has

text: two

text: gorgeous

text: girls

text: in

text: his

text: family

text: and

text: he

text: intends

text: to

text: keep

text: the

text: real

text: one

text: But

text: he

text: has

text: plans

text: for

text: the

text: other

text: girl

text: as

text: well

text: and

text: he

text: must

text: leave

text: now

text: to

text: make

text: arrangements

text: After

text: his

text: departure

text: Nicole

text: lets

text: out

text: a

text: shocked

text: little

text: scream

text: Davis

text: Leland

text: 's

text: huge

text: diamond

text: ring

text: is

text: gone

text: too!Simon

text: meets

text: Davis

text: at

text: the

text: airport

text: preparing

text: to

text: take

text: off

text: in

text: his

text: private

text: jet

text: He

text: hands

text: Davis

text: a

text: crate

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: he

text: 'll

text: be

text: contacted

text: later

text: for

text: payment

text: the

text: code

text: word

text: will

text: be

text: togetherness

text: Davis

text: takes

text: the

text: crate

text: into

text: the

text: jet

text: and

text: hurries

text: directly

text: to

text: the

text: restroom

text: where

text: he

text: can

text: be

text: alone

text: There

text: he

text: opens

text: the

text: crate

text: removes

text: the

text: packing

text: and

text: reveals

text: the

text: Venus

text: in

text: all

text: its

text: illicit

text: splendor

text: Then

text: to

text: his

text: wonder

text: he

text: notices

text: that

text: the

text: diamond

text: ring

text: he

text: gave

text: to

text: Nicole

text: is

text: tied

text: with

text: a

text: bit

text: of

text: ribbon

text: around

text: the

text: Venus

text: 's

text: neck

text: Bonnet

text: is

text: delighted

text: Davis

text: is

text: the

text: only

text: collector

text: who

text: will

text: never

text: dare

text: to

text: have

text: the

text: statue

text: tested

text: He

text: asks

text: rather

text: tentatively

text: about

text: the

text: money

text: Simon

text: got

text: for

text: the

text: piece

text: Simon

text: says

text: he

text: asked

text: a

text: nice

text: round

text: figure

text: and

text: traces

text: a

text: large

text: zero

text: in

text: the

text: air

text: with

text: his

text: index

text: finger

text: You

text: sir

text: are

text: a

text: forger

text: he

text: says

text: It

text: 's

text: my

text: job

text: to

text: catch

text: forgers

text: One

text: of

text: us

text: has

text: to

text: retire

text: Fair

text: enough

text: says

text: Bonnet

text: Shall

text: we

text: flip

text: a

text: coin

text: I

text: already

text: did

text: replies

text: Simon

text: You

text: lost

text: Bonnet

text: struggles

text: with

text: himself

text: for

text: a

text: moment

text: then

text: extends

text: his

text: hand

text: to

text: seal

text: the

text: bargain

text: Nicole

text: and

text: Simon

text: are

text: leaving

text: France

text: they'll

text: lie

text: low

text: for

text: a

text: while

text: in

text: England

text: and

text: get

text: married

text: there

text: As

text: they

text: drive

text: through

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: front

text: gate

text: another

text: car

text: passes

text: them

text: on

text: the

text: way

text: in

text: a

text: Senor

text: Paravideo

text: Marcel

text: Dalio

text: who

text: has

text: long

text: been

text: trying

text: to

text: get

text: hold

text: of

text: one

text: of

text: Bonnet

text: 's

text: paintings

text: Simon

text: stops

text: the

text: little

text: yellow

text: Jag

text: and

text: he

text: and

text: Nicole

text: turn

text: to

text: watch

text: Bonnet

text: greets

text: Paravideo

text: with

text: delight

text: and

text: shows

text: him

text: inside

text: Who

text: 's

text: that

text: asks

text: Simon

text: pointedly

text: Nicole

text: 's

text: hesitation

text: is

text: very

text: brief

text: Papa

text: 's

text: cousin

text: she

text: replies

text: innocently

text: from

text: South

text: America

text: He

text: looks

text: at

text: her

text: for

text: a

text: long

text: time

text: then

text: remarks

text: For

text: someone

text: who

text: only

text: started

text: lying

text: recently

text: you

text: 're

text: showing

text: a

text: real

text: flair

text: for

text: it

text: Oh

text: thank

text: you

text: she

text: says

text: smiling

text: radiantly

text: And

text: they

text: 're

text: off

text: everybody

text: lives

text: happily

text: ever

text: after

question: who promise charles?

answer: He will stop selling forged paintings

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon

text: Simon and Nicole

question: What is Simon's real profession?

answer: expert investigator

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

text: Burglar

question: Who shows up at Nichole and Charle's home.

answer: Davis

aliases: Marcel Dalio ( Nichole's father's cousin)

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question: What does Davis find in the box ?

answer: Nicole's engagement ring.

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The Venus and engagement ring
Nicole's engagement ring

question: what is the purchase price?

answer: Zero dollars

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zero dollars
A nice round figure
One million dollars
Zero Dollars

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question: Who was the daughter of Charles Bonnet?

answer: Nicole Bonnet

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question: What type of gun does Nicole have?

answer: Antique

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An antique flintlock
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question: How much is the sculpture insured for?

answer: a million dollars

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question: What was Simon's first heist?

answer: Steal a painting

text: The Cellini Venus

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question: Who is Davis never allowed to see again?

answer: Nicole again

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question: What is Davis obsessed with owning?

answer: The Cellini Venus

aliases: The Cellini Venus statuette which is a forgery

aliases: the Cellini Venus statuette that was forged by Charles Bonnet

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question: Where does Nicole hide the statue?

answer: In a bucket.

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question: What does Nicole want Simon to steal?

answer: The Venus

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question: What set off the alarm in the museum?

answer: a guard

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question: Who had a dinner date with wealthy American tycoon, Davis Leland?

answer: Nicole Bonnet

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question: Who is David in love with?

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question: Where did the Klber-Lafayette Museum located?

answer: Paris

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question: What artist's painting is Simon holding?

answer: "Van Gogh"

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question: Why did Simon help Nicole?

answer: He loves her.

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Because they are in love
he has feelings for her

question: Why did Simon suspect the statue was a fake?

answer: it resembled Nicole

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Resembled Nicole
Because it looked like Nicole

question: Who does Nicole marry?

answer: Simon

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question: Who does Nicole want to save from being sent to prison?

answer: Her father Charles Bonnet

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