The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax - Part Two

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Speaker 16 Penny Montgomery, known for her iconic role as Lady Frances Carfax in the long-running detective series The Lady Doth Investigate, has been reported missing.

Speaker 16 No, Miss Montgomery was last seen aboard the cruise liner the Montpellier, which is due to dock in the port of Alexandria in northern Egypt at 3 p.m. today.

Speaker 17 How does a woman go missing on a ship?

Speaker 19 There's innumerable answers to that question, Watson.

Speaker 9 Well, maybe if you have a think and actually come up with something, we could help the investigation.

Speaker 19 Search for Penny Montgomery assistant. And before you ask why, it's because that is how the observations present themselves.

Speaker 19 So you might want to ask her why she has recently parted company with Miss Montgomery shortly before her disappearance.

Speaker 20 Been going on for a couple of years.

Speaker 21 There was suddenly this man in a life. This guy started to um

Speaker 20 what's the word?

Speaker 22 Harass? Harassed?

Speaker 20 No, nothing like that. He started to infringe.

Speaker 21 That's it, infringe on my responsibilities with Penny.

Speaker 14 Visual description?

Speaker 15 Um, short,

Speaker 20 stocky, very, like, sun-kissed, sun-worn, kinda, you know what I mean? He had quite a lot of jewelry on him.

Speaker 19 Bracelets, necklace, rings?

Speaker 10 Yeah. Watch.

Speaker 22 And a gold tooth.

Speaker 23 Earrings.

Speaker 15 Earring. Single.

Speaker 7 The other ear was damaged.

Speaker 14 Like

Speaker 25 cauliflower ear from rugby or boxing?

Speaker 15 No, it was kind of torn.

Speaker 21 The lobe area was kind of torn off. I've seen plenty of investigations in my time, believe me.

Speaker 20 And you guys seem to really care about how you conduct them.

Speaker 15 So, here.

Speaker 12 Oh, what's what what is that?

Speaker 21 It's a key

Speaker 12 to her flat. Oh, she wants to quit the show and live a normal life.

Speaker 26 Yes,

Speaker 14 yes, and she just wants some

Speaker 18 normal, slobby guy in some little cottage or something.

Speaker 29 Maybe in Europe. Yeah, completely.

Speaker 30 What absolute bollocks.

Speaker 19 Ornaments, sculptures, artworks, an antique mirror from this wall, two bronze figures that stood just here, porcelain collectibles along that shelf, a gilded candelabra by the window, three rather ugly Louis 16th-style chairs, silk-embroidered cushions from that couch, a large enamelled vase that should have been by that door there, a marble chest set, and a custom perfume decanter set that was on this surface here, I believe.

Speaker 19 All gone.

Speaker 12 So she

Speaker 31 sold it all?

Speaker 23 Indeed.

Speaker 12 But why?

Speaker 19 For that, we must depart for another destination. We must track her last known movements.

Speaker 32 But

Speaker 14 that would involve going to Switzerland, Sherlock.

Speaker 19 Then we shall go to Switzerland, Watson.

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Speaker 27 Dream team.

Speaker 28 The adventure continues.

Speaker 17 Trigger warnings in description, but

Speaker 30 it's the usual shit, let's be honest.

Speaker 14 It

Speaker 17 contains swearing.

Speaker 17 Enjoy.

Speaker 18 You have meetings.

Speaker 19 Yes, regarding my spider. And I don't wish to forego them for the sake of some celebrity scandal.

Speaker 12 Sherlock, you just pointed out how bad we are at deducing.

Speaker 21 Then you could do with the practice.

Speaker 19 Your destination is the Hotel National in Lausanne.

Speaker 23 Good luck.

Speaker 19 You will need it in abundance.

Speaker 29 Yep, thanks.

Speaker 12 Keep in touch.

Speaker 34 Only if I must.

Speaker 10 Bye-bye.

Speaker 17 Yeah, bye, mate.

Speaker 12 Great.

Speaker 12 Any ideas on where we start?

Speaker 7 Uh, gate thirty-five, I think.

Speaker 12 No, I meant right, yes.

Speaker 23 Uh, um,

Speaker 18 maybe book us in for a night at the Hotel National.

Speaker 13 Oh, yeah, yeah, I'll do that.

Speaker 14 And also, I think it's best for the investigation if I have the window seat on the flight.

Speaker 12 Oh, you think that?

Speaker 29 I do. Yeah, yeah, I just want to make sure that, you know, we find her.

Speaker 9 And I really feel that the window seat is...

Speaker 15 Ow! Don't voke me. You.

Speaker 15 You deserve it.

Speaker 15 Lady Frances,

Speaker 36 I'm not so sure about this.

Speaker 34 Oh, Wilton, you fret over nothing.

Speaker 36 I fret over this giant pitch-black cave, ma'am.

Speaker 38 Mystery thrives in the shadows, Wilton.

Speaker 39 Yes.

Speaker 36 That is my concern, Lady Frances.

Speaker 34 The The only thing you should concern yourself with is the truth.

Speaker 37 Oh, trat! Merciful heavens!

Speaker 38 What?

Speaker 34 What is it, Wilton?

Speaker 37 Oh, I've stepped right into this foul-smelling puddle. My new loafers ruined!

Speaker 38 Oh, Wilton.

Speaker 17 This guy honestly is an absolute div.

Speaker 12 You have orange juice all down your shirt.

Speaker 32 It was the turbulence I said this.

Speaker 10 Uh-huh.

Speaker 32 Do you reckon I could get a refund on the orange juice?

Speaker 29 I meant on the flight?

Speaker 12 No, John, I don't.

Speaker 9 Well, that is enough.

Speaker 32 The lady doth investigate for me.

Speaker 12 Better be out there anyway.

Speaker 22 Oh yeah.

Speaker 10 Wow.

Speaker 17 Hey, did I say you could use my window?

Speaker 12 Do you want to get poked in the ribs again?

Speaker 17 You know, I was expecting the Alps, but...

Speaker 10 I'll take that.

Speaker 30 Lakes and forests.

Speaker 12 You'll see the Alps from Lausanne, but they're to the south.

Speaker 15 Cool. And we are right on the lake.

Speaker 23 Lake Geneva. Yeah.

Speaker 43 Look.

Speaker 12 On the booking here. Switzerland on one side, France on the other.

Speaker 10 Oh, nice.

Speaker 12 So nice.

Speaker 13 Ah, super romantic.

Speaker 33 Ah, yeah.

Speaker 14 Yeah, we can finally be romantic with each other.

Speaker 5 other.

Speaker 12 Yeah, you're pretty irresistible with your orange juice shirt.

Speaker 28 Yeah, that's what I was going for.

Speaker 42 Sure.

Speaker 17 My plan, by the way,

Speaker 35 might involve something

Speaker 18 a little risque.

Speaker 15 Oh, okay.

Speaker 30 I got myself some of these bad boys at the airport.

Speaker 12 Yeah, so I saw this come up on the business account app. Why do you have 300 Swiss francs in cash?

Speaker 17 Because

Speaker 23 I would very much like to speak to the manager.

Speaker 22 If you know what I mean.

Speaker 22 No, I don't know.

Speaker 29 Get a few answers to a few questions.

Speaker 15 Is that a is that a wink?

Speaker 22 Is it not working?

Speaker 28 Um, let me try it with the other eye.

Speaker 15 Do you realize?

Speaker 5 Actually, let me take a picture.

Speaker 29 Do you realize how stupid you look right now?

Speaker 35 Listen, if you can't read between lines, that's your problem, okay? Cash plus questions equals answers.

Speaker 12 Oh, you want to bribe the manager of the Hotel Nacional?

Speaker 22 Yes.

Speaker 12 With money from our business account.

Speaker 12 Yeah.

Speaker 27 What?

Speaker 27 What's that face for?

Speaker 17 It's not illegal, it's our money.

Speaker 12 Absolutely it's illegal.

Speaker 26 What?

Speaker 10 They're not

Speaker 15 government officials.

Speaker 35 They run a hotel.

Speaker 12 That is a business account.

Speaker 28 Yeah.

Speaker 12 You and I could get arrested for not stopping you in the act of bribing the manager.

Speaker 26 What offense is that exactly?

Speaker 15 There.

Speaker 12 You see, you don't even know a commercial organization failing to prevent bribery by an associated person.

Speaker 12 That is an offence.

Speaker 22 Really?

Speaker 12 Since 2010, yes.

Speaker 27 Fine. Fine.

Speaker 12 Fine and imprisonment.

Speaker 17 No, I'm saying fine.

Speaker 15 Like, fine.

Speaker 33 I won't do it.

Speaker 15 Okay. Good.

Speaker 15 Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Enshaw from the flight deck.

Speaker 24 We're now starting our descent into Geneva with an expected landing in about 15 minutes. Weather on the ground is clear and rather warm at 19 degrees centigrade.

Speaker 24 If you're sitting by a window, you might catch a glimpse of the Alps on the right-hand side for those lucky enough, with the expanse of Lake Geneva below.

Speaker 24 Definitely a sight to enjoy as we make our approach. As we get close to landing, please make sure your seatbelt is securely fastened.

Speaker 24 Your seat back is upright, and any larger devices are stowed in the seats in front of you.

Speaker 24 For those heading to Lusan, there are easy connections from Geneva airport to the city, taking around three-quarters of an hour.

Speaker 24 If this is your final stop, we hope you have a lovely time here in Switzerland. And if you're catching another flight, we wish you a smooth onward journey.

Speaker 24 On behalf of myself and the whole crew on board, thanks for flying with us today. Cabin crew, prepare for landing.

Speaker 32 45 minutes to Lausanne.

Speaker 17 Yep. Now we get in there.
Train.

Speaker 12 Well, I figured, with Sherlock not joining us, we could afford to be a little more

Speaker 29 adventurous.

Speaker 20 Cheers.

Speaker 39 Hello, everyone.

Speaker 32 We are bobbing along on our little ferry across the absolutely stunning, stunning Lake Geneva.

Speaker 9 I feel like Captain Corelli's mandolin.

Speaker 10 Well,

Speaker 9 I don't feel like his mandolin.

Speaker 14 I feel like Captain Corelli.

Speaker 12 That's a dallion.

Speaker 12 Alright,

Speaker 9 I feel like

Speaker 14 what's her name in the sound of music?

Speaker 12 Can you maybe pick something that doesn't involve war?

Speaker 17 Well, no, probably not.

Speaker 12 Yeah, I thought as much.

Speaker 14 You join us, lovely listeners, as we head across Lake Geneva to investigate the disappearance of Lady...

Speaker 10 No!

Speaker 5 Good lord.

Speaker 14 Nearly called her Lady Frances Carfax.

Speaker 17 The disappearance of Penny Montgomery.

Speaker 32 The water is so clear and still

Speaker 5 just...

Speaker 14 On our right, you can see France.

Speaker 30 showing off the Alps mountains with snow glistening on their sharp peaks, with the beautiful forests and woodlands clambering at their foothills, and Switzerland on the left, and the ancient stone spires and mechano-like wooden piers protruding out from the city of Lausanne that has this incredible front-row seat over this lake.

Speaker 22 It's mountains.

Speaker 10 It is.

Speaker 14 There's nothing more beautiful than this. Nothing even comes closer.

Speaker 32 Actually, this is the most beautiful thing.

Speaker 12 That is a a pint of beer.

Speaker 29 Yes, it is. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 23 What is that again?

Speaker 12 Uh, matterhorn. Which is vodka, creme de cacao, cream.

Speaker 22 Right, so vodka, cream, and more cream.

Speaker 12 And then this little Swiss chocolate garnish.

Speaker 32 Can I try a sip?

Speaker 12 I told you to get something that wasn't just beer. All you drink is beer.
I told you to get something different, and you didn't. So no.

Speaker 15 I'm recording all this.

Speaker 21 Obviously.

Speaker 12 So what?

Speaker 14 So the listeners all think you're great, and now you're exposing exposing your true self.

Speaker 3 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Sure, yeah.

Speaker 15 Um,

Speaker 12 hi, listeners. This is my true self.

Speaker 15 This is the most expensive whiskey you have.

Speaker 43 That's surprising.

Speaker 12 Have you ever seen a richer-looking guy in your life?

Speaker 42 Oh, yeah, you know what I'm talking about.

Speaker 32 Look at how many white stuff he's got buzzing around him.

Speaker 14 Oh, God, he's doing the wine-tasting thing.

Speaker 12 That's what people do, John.

Speaker 15 Yeah, they're not like that.

Speaker 13 Okay, let's

Speaker 12 maybe not get you annoyed.

Speaker 13 Cheers? Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 14 Cheers.

Speaker 15 To Lake Geneva and finding Penny.

Speaker 12 Cheers to Penny. Oh, and to Sherlock.

Speaker 15 Oh, yeah, that guy.

Speaker 9 Cheers.

Speaker 13 Nice.

Speaker 15 Oh, shit.

Speaker 28 Oh, sorry. That was.

Speaker 28 Yeah, that was. I'm genuinely sorry about that.
That

Speaker 30 genuinely sorry. That was an insult to the people of Switzerland.

Speaker 27 And...

Speaker 42 oh, the rich guy is daring.

Speaker 41 Je compromises perfectment.

Speaker 12 Ah, je le fairer, bien sir, mais excuse, monsieur.

Speaker 41 Mon no et monsieur mosaire. Je suis le director des national ya rozanne.

Speaker 12 Ah, monsieur mosaire? Nevous sirción.

Speaker 22 Vremont?

Speaker 41 Jean Sui Flette.

Speaker 5 Can I just uh

Speaker 12 proche de Mademoiselle Penny Montgomery?

Speaker 41 Ah, we

Speaker 41 triste, present.

Speaker 12 Oui, toutafait, oui.

Speaker 22 This is uh an English-language podcast, so

Speaker 32 I cannot divulge information about our guests.

Speaker 23 This is Penny, right, Penny Montgomery?

Speaker 41 Enjoy your time here.

Speaker 29 Enjoy your drinks. But wait, wait, you remember her being here.

Speaker 41 She was here for a sufficient period of time, yes.

Speaker 10 How long? Monsieur, please.

Speaker 12 Monsieur Moncer, this is Dr. John Watson, and I am Mariana Metsatura.
We are investigators from London.

Speaker 41 It is a pleasure to meet you and to have you at your hotel, but I cannot reveal further information regarding a guest at this hotel.

Speaker 14 But we are investigators.

Speaker 41 With the greatest respect, I have rejected many

Speaker 22 We're not journalists.

Speaker 41 Please, I cannot. Everybody knows our onward journey.
It is public record. The police mentioned Baden Baden in Germany, and then the sheep, the Vesal Montpellier.

Speaker 41 This is, in the report I read today, the hotel divulges none of this.

Speaker 41 You understand?

Speaker 12 Was she here with somebody, or was she alone?

Speaker 41 Enjoy your drinks.

Speaker 12 Monsieur Mosser, my friend enjoyed his beer very much, and he would enjoy answers to our questions even more. Which is why he wants to tip the waiter of this table 300 Swiss francs.

Speaker 12 In the meantime, we would like to be shown to our room.

Speaker 12 Madame, merci, monsieur moussaire.

Speaker 13 Au revoir.

Speaker 32 Just gonna leave that right there.

Speaker 33 It's a great beer.

Speaker 7 You what? It was your idea.

Speaker 29 And you told me it was illegal.

Speaker 12 Hey, if it works and we find her, it will balance out.

Speaker 28 Oh, yeah, that's how the law works.

Speaker 30 Oh, for once, I would just like him to leave voice notes. I just get messages from him saying busy, can't message.
Well, leave a bloody voice note.

Speaker 12 Yeah, I think he's done like one voice note to me the whole time I've known him.

Speaker 30 Um, anyway, you lot. Sorry, just whinging about Sherlock.

Speaker 14 Some extra special shout-outs from a hotel room balcony overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps.

Speaker 30 G'day to Esther and their dad Simon, who listen in Australia. And also to Dan in Australia, who thinks we should do this as a TV show.

Speaker 25 I agree, Dan.

Speaker 9 I agree. Thanks, mate.

Speaker 18 Shout out to Marlene in New York, who likes to laugh at me when I try and speak Spanish.

Speaker 30 Gracias, Marlene.

Speaker 40 Shout out to Betty and their dad, too.

Speaker 30 To Jasper in Brazil.

Speaker 30 Quick sip of beer here. Apologies.

Speaker 17 Yeah. Oh my god.

Speaker 12 Oh my god.

Speaker 30 Wait, what's your oh my god?

Speaker 12 Look, this just came through our door.

Speaker 30 What does it say?

Speaker 12 Brule aprévoir leu.

Speaker 42 Meaning.

Speaker 12 Meaning burn after reading?

Speaker 5 Well, open it then.

Speaker 12 Wait, what's your oh my god?

Speaker 5 Oh, uh, yeah, I'll go first.

Speaker 28 Um, sure.

Speaker 14 Okay, this is like a shout-out, but uh

Speaker 14 like a...

Speaker 9 You will see what I mean.

Speaker 27 Ruffin

Speaker 30 in Minnesota has been in touch

Speaker 14 and he listened while driving across country from San Jose to Minneapolis where he and his partner Abigail moved back home.

Speaker 12 Sure, okay.

Speaker 9 They recently bought their first home.

Speaker 30 Ruffin goes on to say that Abigail is the most kind, supportive, thoughtful partner anyone could ask for.

Speaker 27 Oh.

Speaker 30 And he feels lucky to have her by his side every day.

Speaker 5 Oh.

Speaker 30 And he cannot wait to spend the rest of his life with her.

Speaker 27 So,

Speaker 26 Abigail,

Speaker 42 will you marry Rathin?

Speaker 12 I'm silent because I'm giddy, but also because I'm waiting, like, for her reply.

Speaker 14 Yeah, I mean, she can't answer.

Speaker 30 It's It's a podcast, so.

Speaker 5 Yeah, anyway, there you go.

Speaker 27 Keep in touch, Rathin and Abigail.

Speaker 14 Unless she says no, in which case.

Speaker 12 Yeah, don't, don't, don't tell us if that happens.

Speaker 30 Cheers.

Speaker 12 Cheers.

Speaker 12 See?

Speaker 27 Told you the trip could be romantic.

Speaker 5 You were right.

Speaker 30 Right, let me get matches for the letter.

Speaker 7 Two, six.

Speaker 28 Ta-da!

Speaker 27 Matches, courtesy of Hotel National. Okay.

Speaker 30 What is wrong with me?

Speaker 27 That marriage proposal has completely thrown me.

Speaker 12 Maybe it's the three beers.

Speaker 12 Who knows?

Speaker 30 Yeah, who knows?

Speaker 25 Right, let's read.

Speaker 12 Miss Montgomery was booked to stay for three weeks.

Speaker 39 Slimey. Okay.

Speaker 12 At the end of the second week, a tall bearded man arrived on our lakefront dining space. He sat at her table and following a very heated conversation, our staff intervened.
She left shortly after.

Speaker 12 We have no contact from her since. Her room remained unused for the duration of her booking.

Speaker 12 That's the end.

Speaker 36 A tall, bearded man.

Speaker 13 Yes.

Speaker 14 What do we think?

Speaker 12 I think

Speaker 13 we have our kidnapper.

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Speaker 23 Gutten Tag. Hi, hi there.

Speaker 35 Um, Spreckenzie English?

Speaker 45 Yes, sir. Of course.

Speaker 17 My name is.

Speaker 12 He said he speaks English.

Speaker 27 Yeah, name is.

Speaker 17 Sorry, name is Dr.

Speaker 35 John Watson. I'm inquiring after Penny Montgomery.

Speaker 45 Do you have the guest's room number?

Speaker 23 I don't.

Speaker 29 No, she she left.

Speaker 17 She's vacated the room.

Speaker 23 Um

Speaker 23 I'm actually uh

Speaker 19 a doctor.

Speaker 14 It it's some very, very important medical information. Oh.

Speaker 23 Oh, okay. Yeah, really quite urgent.

Speaker 45 I don't know if there's much I can do.

Speaker 45 If she's no longer in the hotel, sir, I do apologize.

Speaker 7 What if do you have a

Speaker 12 database of guests?

Speaker 7 Yes, yeah.

Speaker 18 Can you search her on your system? See if she left a number or anything at all?

Speaker 45 Let me see.

Speaker 45 Okay, so she is still booked to stay with us.

Speaker 35 She left before

Speaker 17 her booking expired.

Speaker 45 That's right, yes.

Speaker 7 Did she check out with anyone?

Speaker 45 I don't have that kind of information.

Speaker 15 Of course, yeah.

Speaker 45 I have a phone number for her if this is a medical emergency.

Speaker 17 Yeah, no, that's not working anyway. Um, she I

Speaker 45 hold on one moment.

Speaker 45 My colleague tells me another doctor came to see her.

Speaker 17 Came to see her when?

Speaker 45 Van Mada doctor here.

Speaker 45 Again, after she had already left.

Speaker 23 What was his name?

Speaker 45 Dr. Schlesinger.

Speaker 45 Did

Speaker 17 okay.

Speaker 45 Um, do you do you have he left a telephone number to be contacted if she returned?

Speaker 5 He did Schlesinger.

Speaker 10 Yes, I have the number here.

Speaker 7 Oh, fantastic.

Speaker 28 Life save literal lifesaver.

Speaker 45 Can I send it to the number you're calling on?

Speaker 14 Yes, please do.

Speaker 12 Anything else on him?

Speaker 29 Yeah, anything else you have on him? Um, you know, like, like, where is he headed?

Speaker 7 Just in case I can't get a hold of him.

Speaker 45 He provided no identification. Like yourself, sir, he was concerned over her health.

Speaker 29 Yeah, yes, of course.

Speaker 45 There's a note on the system for the same inquiry, actually.

Speaker 23 Oh, uh, what does that mean?

Speaker 17 A note.

Speaker 45 It says a man called yesterday asking for the description of Dr. Schlesinger.

Speaker 15 Who called?

Speaker 35 What was the name of the person who asked for his description?

Speaker 45 I can see the call log. It says the caller was it was you.

Speaker 13 What? Eh, what?

Speaker 43 The caller.

Speaker 45 You.

Speaker 45 You gave the name Dr. John Watson.

Speaker 45 You then asked for a visual description of Schlesinger.

Speaker 28 No, I didn't.

Speaker 45 My colleague provided the description, and then you interrupted my colleague. It wasn't me, like you are interrupting me now.

Speaker 45 And you asked about his ear.

Speaker 29 His ear?

Speaker 45 Is this some sort of amusing prank?

Speaker 18 Well, apparently, yes, and I seem to be the target.

Speaker 45 I hope I have provided you with some entertainment.

Speaker 15 No, look, no, I'm not.

Speaker 17 I'm not trying to wind you up.

Speaker 9 Okay, thank you for the number.

Speaker 25 I appreciate that.

Speaker 15 Hello?

Speaker 10 Hello? Oh, great.

Speaker 25 Great.

Speaker 15 John. Don't start.
You called them. I did not call them.

Speaker 7 It's just some bloke taking the piss out of us as he drags this poor woman across Europe and then chucks her off a cruise ship from the sounds of it.

Speaker 12 Give me your phone. Calm down.
I'm gonna call this guy.

Speaker 29 Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 18 Well, tell him he's impersonating a doctor.

Speaker 7 Well, he's impersonating a different doctor than the doctor that he...

Speaker 35 Just tell him to fuck off.

Speaker 15 Oh, wow. Hot phone.

Speaker 28 Yeah, I'm not surprised.

Speaker 12 No, no, you're getting loads of notifications.

Speaker 18 Oh, no, that's uh that's Discord and Twitter.

Speaker 17 It'll be the fans.

Speaker 18 They like to get in touch, chat with me, send abuse.

Speaker 32 It's a whole thing.

Speaker 12 There's a news link they keep sending. Um, let me check.

Speaker 5 Oh,

Speaker 12 oh no.

Speaker 15 What?

Speaker 13 Look.

Speaker 43 My name is Penny Montgomery. I am

Speaker 24 being held.

Speaker 42 No.

Speaker 43 Against my will. Please.

Speaker 43 Please help me.

Speaker 42 There is a 24-round window to save the life of Penny Montgomery.

Speaker 43 Oh my god, the holy pirates hold that captive. She will remain alive until that window closes.

Speaker 42 The ransom is five million US dollars.

Speaker 46 And that disturbing video has just come to us now with regards to the disappearance.

Speaker 13 Oh, I have that app. I have that.

Speaker 17 Can I get you any more drinks?

Speaker 5 Yes.

Speaker 10 I'll come back.

Speaker 31 Okay. Okay.

Speaker 12 I I can message.

Speaker 12 Uh, what what shall I say?

Speaker 18 Say, um,

Speaker 18 we are investigators from London.

Speaker 12 Okay, uh, investigators from London.

Speaker 9 We are private.

Speaker 17 We have substantial financial um

Speaker 12 backing. Yes, John, that's good, that's good.

Speaker 13 Okay.

Speaker 32 And we want to use this opportunity to uh to to for oh for marketing, right?

Speaker 30 Exactly.

Speaker 33 To boost our profile, we can pay the ransom in full

Speaker 12 sent.

Speaker 17 Oh, it's been read.

Speaker 13 Mm-hmm.

Speaker 31 Okay.

Speaker 12 Oh, typing. Typing.

Speaker 23 What is it?

Speaker 12 A phone number.

Speaker 12 Note it down.

Speaker 12 Are you are you noting it down? Stop. Wait.

Speaker 28 That's the same one.

Speaker 12 Schlesinger.

Speaker 22 Same.

Speaker 10 Look, see?

Speaker 38 Holy shit.

Speaker 12 Well, Schlesinger doesn't really sound like the name of a North African pirate.

Speaker 12 Is this our bearded man?

Speaker 17 Well, he's wearing a balaclava, so

Speaker 32 who knows at this point?

Speaker 13 We know, John.

Speaker 12 We know.

Speaker 12 You can see, right? He found her right here in Lausanne, and she fled.

Speaker 12 He almost found her in Baden-Baden, and she fled, but he was right behind her, and then he finally caught up with her on the Montpellier cruise ship.

Speaker 15 And he

Speaker 32 takes her.

Speaker 5 He takes her.

Speaker 29 The bearded man.

Speaker 12 The bearded man.

Speaker 23 I'm calling it.

Speaker 7 It's happening. It's go time.

Speaker 18 Oh, crap.

Speaker 5 Oh, oh, oh, crap. Oh, crap.
Oh, crap.

Speaker 5 You have the money.

Speaker 23 We do.

Speaker 17 Yep, we have it.

Speaker 15 Proof.

Speaker 22 Proof.

Speaker 27 Proof.

Speaker 12 I know what to do.

Speaker 28 Two seconds, please.

Speaker 13 Excuse me. Hello.
Hi.

Speaker 12 Hi. Hi, Rich Whiskey Man.

Speaker 47 Can I help?

Speaker 12 Yes, you can.

Speaker 12 A big help. To a woman being held captive.

Speaker 42 What? Not her.

Speaker 12 Oh, no. No, no, no.
Oh, not me, not me. Um, another girl.
Um, would you please take a screenshot of your bank account for me?

Speaker 47 Nope. I'm not falling for that.

Speaker 12 Because you don't have a lot?

Speaker 26 I have plenty.

Speaker 12 Look, you can black everything you want to out. All of it.
Just please.

Speaker 18 She's giving you a chance to show off your knob.

Speaker 17 Just do it.

Speaker 18 Show us how loaded you are.

Speaker 25 God's sake.

Speaker 47 Fine. Hold.

Speaker 10 Just hold on.

Speaker 38 Michael, you really don't have to do this.

Speaker 40 They don't believe me.

Speaker 47 I've worked damn hard for this money, and I won't have people thinking I'm some try-hard waxing out his credit card. Do give me an airdrop or a Bluetooth.

Speaker 12 Okay, you can connect to me here. Marimo.
Alright.

Speaker 5 Or

Speaker 15 sent.

Speaker 3 There. See?

Speaker 15 Told you. I bloody told you.

Speaker 47 I have a yacht on the lake as well, if you want to see that.

Speaker 29 Michael.

Speaker 47 Enough, Audrey. Alright.

Speaker 15 I heard you.

Speaker 47 Share that if you want. If it goes viral, I really don't mind.

Speaker 31 Sure, yeah, okay.

Speaker 15 You got it, John. Yeah,

Speaker 27 um,

Speaker 18 hello, just uh, sending you a screenshot of our account now.

Speaker 17 Uh, we are currently in Switzerland. You'll see, you'll see from the like the top bit of the phone, the service provider.

Speaker 23 We are

Speaker 18 just surveying our um

Speaker 15 our vault,

Speaker 13 our bank vault.

Speaker 29 We have have here.

Speaker 24 You need to get to Alexandria.

Speaker 17 Alexandria in Egypt. Yep, we can do that.

Speaker 42 You land, you prove to me where you are, and that you are alone.

Speaker 28 Then we can meet. Yes, okay, okay, thank you.

Speaker 7 Just you just look after her.

Speaker 35 Make sure she has lots of fluids.

Speaker 17 Is in the video, she looks.

Speaker 15 Hello?

Speaker 12 We have to go now.

Speaker 10 Yeah.

Speaker 18 Maurice, Maurice, I know this is fast, but can it go faster?

Speaker 43 You have the money for the fuel!

Speaker 30 If that's what it takes!

Speaker 43 We're out of bloody hell!

Speaker 43 This is our final form of Turkish Airlines Flight 1920 to the Sanborn and Gate 7.

Speaker 12 We have to make this flight. It will get us to assemble in three hours, and it's due.

Speaker 30 Okay, okay, just keep running. I don't need to hear the itinerary.
I believe you. Wait!

Speaker 46 No, no, no, wait, wait, wait, wait, don't close it.

Speaker 30 Wait for us. We're passengers.
Passengers.

Speaker 32 Oh, God, my legs.

Speaker 12 You okay?

Speaker 18 Yeah, yeah, just, you know, sprinting between gates and then sitting still for three hours and sprinting again and sitting. I could do it with like

Speaker 18 an ice bath, I think, because the muscles, you know, particularly my calves.

Speaker 5 John,

Speaker 12 could we maybe call the kidnapper now, you know, and rescue the famous actress? Yeah, sure.

Speaker 23 We uh

Speaker 22 What was that?

Speaker 12 That was uh

Speaker 12 s some port workers,

Speaker 31 I think.

Speaker 10 Uh-huh.

Speaker 12 Oh, see? That guy there. And uh, that guy.
Okay.

Speaker 14 Let me just ask this bloke if we're at the right gateway.

Speaker 17 Excuse me.

Speaker 35 Is this the only gateway for the port, the the port of Alexandria?

Speaker 19 Yes.

Speaker 33 Gateway.

Speaker 17 Yeah, but does the okay.

Speaker 3 Lovely.

Speaker 12 Is this the place?

Speaker 10 Apparently.

Speaker 12 Okay, make the call. Now, John, please.

Speaker 25 No, we need the proof we're here.

Speaker 12 You take a picture of us with the gateway to the Alexandria port behind us.

Speaker 28 Uh-huh.

Speaker 5 Great.

Speaker 9 Selfie mode.

Speaker 27 Okay.

Speaker 28 Um.

Speaker 17 Okay, she... Oh, no, wait.
do we do we smile? I

Speaker 12 oh, yeah, that's weird. I feel like we should smile.

Speaker 30 Yeah, because if we don't smile, is that like, you know, grizzly face we're coming to get you?

Speaker 12 But then, if we do smile, he will think we are not taking it seriously.

Speaker 17 Yeah, but what if I come across as too threatening?

Speaker 12 I don't think that's something we need to worry about.

Speaker 35 I have quite a cold stare without a smile.

Speaker 12 Take the damn picture.

Speaker 29 Okay, okay, here we go.

Speaker 15 Uh, yeah.

Speaker 23 Yeah, okay, that'll do. Um,

Speaker 35 right, I'll share this image into oh no, actually, I need to send to you so then you can share into your telegrammer.

Speaker 13 Hey.

Speaker 13 What?

Speaker 17 What, Mariana? What are you doing? Shh.

Speaker 10 What?

Speaker 12 In the picture.

Speaker 10 The picture?

Speaker 12 The one we just took? Look. Can you see? In the background behind us.

Speaker 27 Oh, shit.

Speaker 33 Bearded man.

Speaker 39 Hello?

Speaker 12 John, I don't like this now. Just...

Speaker 29 Wait, this is what we're here for. No, no.

Speaker 12 We're here to rescue a woman not to get beat up and thrown in the water by pirates. Actual pirates.

Speaker 17 It could be police. You don't know.

Speaker 39 Hello?

Speaker 39 Hello? Stop.

Speaker 9 He's there.

Speaker 12 Oh, my God.

Speaker 42 I'm going over. John.

Speaker 12 John.

Speaker 17 All right, listen, mate. I don't recall seeing a gun in that video, and it looks to me like you're all alone now.

Speaker 27 Get back.

Speaker 26 Yeah, you know what?

Speaker 17 I don't think I will.

Speaker 6 Get away now, or face the consequences.

Speaker 18 The consequences are you rotting in a prison cell, mate. Who are you?

Speaker 26 Huh? Who are you?

Speaker 26 Have that.

Speaker 30 I'm Dr. John Watson.

Speaker 3 Ow!

Speaker 3 Bastard! John! No!

Speaker 12 John!

Speaker 3 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Speaker 3 Please, please,

Speaker 3 bring it to me. No! Drink!

Speaker 39 Run, Mariana! John! Run!

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