including jean-louis, a french boy of six or so. reggie looks at him sternly.
as peter enters.
featuring a funeral attendant, a cadaverous type with a black cut-away coat and an over-solicitous, unctuous manner. he is eternally bent at the waist, in a sort of half bow. he offers reggie a letter which she takes.
the room has been torn apart. and standing in the center is herman scobie, the large man in the battered raincoat.
as peter comes running up to her. he sees the metal hand.
showing the disarranged room, empty of people. then, slowly peter's hand appears from behind the bed, shaking groggily.
reggie comes out of the shadows, looks after dyle's taxi, then hails another one which pulls up.
including tex, busy going through the bureau. he looks up, then joins gideon.
including the cathedral of notre dame in the background.
they walk back to the table, where a waiter is busy putting food on it, mostly on reggie's side.
including adam as he enters, his gun trained on tex. without speaking he goes to the airlines bag, then stoops down to go through the spilled contents, keeping one eye all the time on tex. but he can't find what he's looking for.
featuring adam as he hurries from the car. he finds his way blocked by five nuns in large, white butterfly hats.
including carson who, seeing reggie running to the door, turns and fires at her. but he is too late -- she is safely inside. carson looks quickly back toward adam, then takes off after reggie.
as carson walks up the aisle checking between the rows of seats.
as carson moves into the opposite wings, sees the light board and throws on all the switches. the stage is bathed in light.
as grandpierre and his two assistants, guns drawn, walk onto the stage from the wings. they go to the open trap and look down at adam.
featuring the desk. behind it sits adam .