higher. another inch. the left hand side's too low.
good. there. yes?
mr. d'amour?
it's one in the afternoon.
i need to speak to you, mr. d'amour. about last night.
we've never met.
i'm here to offer you a job.
have you got a job that'll pay you five thousand a day?
mine.
maybe i just bought it.
you could almost pass for a detective, d'amour. i work for the best illusionist in the world.
you know of him?
are you a gambling man?
never call him that. he's strictly an illusionist.
illusions are trickery. magicians do it for real.
probably.
i don't think the dead much care.
are you a believer, then?
swann's wife.
i'm here.
get then out of here, for god's sake --
looking for you. i tried the hotel.
you're a detective, with no clues. where else are you going to look? i'm going to keep this brief. here's thirty thousand dollars.
a ticket home,
she doesn't want to see you. she's had enough pain. enough churning over the past. she wants it all left alone.
yes. it's regrettable
what for? you need to stay busy?
why people die? give it up, d'amour. go home.
don't try and see her, d'amour. just leave her alone. let her heal.
i'm afraid she's not in.
crank call. i'll get the number changed.
it's better he's gone. he would have done more harm than good.
i left three messages already.
i can't let you in.
you want more money, is that it?
leave her alone --
what are you doing? this is sacrilege.
are you satisfied now?
yes.
yes.
i tried to pay you off.
no. it was mine. i didn't want any more bloodshed. that's why we went to all this trouble, so there'd be no one for nix to come after.
haven't you seen enough to know that doesn't matter?
why don't you leave this alone? let everybody think it's over?
nix was never interested in you. it was always swann.
who's there?
please.
don't.
i don't know.
wait!
i'll tell you.
i'm sorry.
i swear.  this is the place swann told me about. the rocks.
butterfield!
in the corner.
oh christ! oh christ!
d'amour --
help me.
him too.
don't bother.
i'm sorry, d'amour.
 looks like you're going.  to lose.  one more.