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Teufel: The Communists have a price on her head.

ANOTHER ANGLE
Wilson: I suspect you shopped around.
Teufel: Her relatives quarrel over her. One says “She is” in pri-
vate, then in public says “She isn’t.” There is pressure.
Wilson: There is money.
Teufel: A fortune.
Wilson: Rumors of a million dollars in the Bank of England.
Teufel: A million! Ha! Several million, Mr. Wilson. Her father,
Czar Nicholas, deposited several million in various banks
under code names only his children knew.
Wilson: And this girl knows the names.
Teufel: Anna knows.
Wilson: Anna?
Teufel: She calls herself Anna.

CLOSE WILSON

Wilson: And what, Frau Teufel, do you call yourself?

CLOSE TEUFEL
Teufel: I am the protector of the Grand Duchess Anastasia.

MEDIUM TEUFEL WITH WILSON FEATURED

Wilson: How valuable is your protection?
Teufel: Your New York Blade is very wealthy.
Wilson: How much?
Teufel: Understand, Mr. Wilson, I am a business-woman.
Wilson: You are in the “Duchess Business.”
Teufel: Precisely. I have only one piece of merchandise.
Wilson: What’s she worth on the open market?
Teufel: Ten thousand American dollars.
Wilson: Eight.
Teufel: Nine.
Wilson: Sold. Two thousand on delivery. Seven thousand on
verification.

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