Assassins
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RATH I’m in the bank. He’ll move now. Outdoor café. ELECTRA I don’t see him. I – Rath waits for a teller. Electra whispers in his ear. ELECTRA He’s here. The owner brings a second espresso, steps away. Electra downs it in a gulp as she watches Bain disappear between a gap in the boarded-up, burned-out hotel. ELECTRA Scared. He’s going in. He’s in the hotel. RATH Rath hears the fright in her voice. That’s what we want. Try a decaf.. TELLER Rath steps up to the TELLER. May I help you, sir? RATH Yes. Could you check on a transfer for me? The Teller returns with a BANK OFFICIAL. He carries a printed receipt, wears a great big smile. OFFICIAL Senor. We have received your transfer. RATH I want to close this account. Could you get the paperwork together? OFFICIAL Today? You wish to close the account today? The smile fades. OFFICIAL How would you like the funds? RATH American currency. BANK PRESIDENT You’re aware, Senor, that there may be... a withdrawal fee? RATH Yes, I am. PRESIDENT This will take some time. RATH I have all day. Hotel Paradiso. BAIN What are you doing in there? The heat in the room makes it hard to even breathe. There! A man walks out of the bank dressed like Rath. Bain’s body snaps erect. Leveling the rifle, he sites the man’s head. He’s about to squeeze the trigger when he realizes it’s not Rath. Relax, baby. Calmate... Rath sits in a big, highback leather chair. Cool as a cucumber, he watches the traffic in the lobby. The big clock reads 3:10. RATH Talk to me. ELECTRA No sign of him. He’s just sitting up there, same as us. RATH No. I mean talk to me. Tell me some of that weird stuff you know. ELECTRA You know the expression, ‘Mad as a hatter?’ RATH Alice in Wonderland, right? ELECTRA Yeah, but it’s a real thing. Hat makers, hatters, they used mercurous nitrate to make felt hats. They’d absorb it through their skin and some of them went insane. No one knew why at the time. As long as their hats fit. RATH Tell me another one. ELECTRA Coy. Well, there’s ‘Mad as a March hare.’ RATH What’s that, rabbit hat makers? ELECTRA Hares are bold, wild in March. March is when they mate. I think the correct term is ‘rutting.’ Wild rutting bull bunnies. VOCABULARY: Alice in Wonderland – “Alicja w Krainie Czarów” to absorb it through their skin – wchłaniać przez skórę bank official – urzędnik bankowy bank president – US prezes banku boarded-up – zabity deskami; zamknięty na głucho [his] body snaps erect – gwałtownie się prostuje bold – /daring/ śmiały, odważny; /cheeky/ zuchwały, bezczelny; /US naughty/ niegrzeczny bunnies – króliczki burned-out – zniszczony przez ogień to check on a transfer – sprawdzić przelew cool as a cucumber – zachowuje stoicki spokój coy – /bashful/ wstydliwy currency – waluta decaf – bezkofeinowa [she] downs it in a gulp – pije, głośno przełykając felt hats – filcowe kapelusze hat makers, hatters – for ladies modystka, for men kapelusznik He’s about to squeeze the trigger when he realizes it’s not Rath – właśnie ma pociągnąć za spust, gdy zdaje sobie sprawę, że to nie Rath I want to close this account – chcę zamknąć to konto Leveling the rifle, he sites the man’s head – celując ze strzelby, namierza głowę mężczyzny lobby – hol to be as mad as a hatter – mieć bzika, oszaleć to be as mad as a March hare – kompletenie oszaleć to mate – animal parzyć się mercurous nitrate – azotan rtęci to rut – być w rui teller – kasjer The big clock reads 3:10 – duży zegar pokazuje 3:10 the smile fades – uśmiech blednie This will take some time – to trochę potrwa wears a great big smile – szeroko się uśmiecha weird stuff – dziwaczne rzeczy [they] went insane – oszaleli, postradali zmysły [she] whispers in his ear – szepcze jemu do ucha withdrawal fee – opłata za podjęcie pieniędzy z konta you are aware that... – jest pan świadomy tego, że... TEST
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