THE NEW AVENGERS
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"THE LION AND THE UNICORN"
GAMBIT: You and the Unicorn have a great deal in common. Both legends in your own lifetime.
STEED: Well, we’ve been stalking each other for years.
GAMBIT: And this time you’ve got him.
STEED: Not an easy man to take. Especially if you want to take him alive and undamaged and on that score, can I have your gun?
(Gambit hands him it from his inside holster, Steed takes it then holds out hand). Gun? (Gambit hands him another one from his other pocket. Steed takes it then holds out hand again) Gun? (Gambit gets one out of leg holster and hands over with wry smile).
STEED: The trouble with you two is you’re over impetuous. You could’ve hurt him.
GAMBIT: Yes Purdey and I was just getting the better of him.
PURDEY: Well he’s waking up now. Why don’t you go and complete your brilliant victory and I promise I won’t interfere again.
UNICORN: Purdey, of course. So much more beautiful than the files on you suggest.
PURDEY: I’ve read your file too.
UNICORN: Really? And how do you think I match up.
PURDEY: Doesn’t really matter, does it? Your file’s closed now.
STEED: Let’s not dwell on past defeats, let’s drink to present victories.
STEED: My relations with Yvette were unimpeachably respectable.
GAMBIT: Unimpeachable?
STEED: Unimpeachable.
STEED: Irresistible.
PURDEY: The chef or the omelette?
STEED: What is one without the other?
STEED: Purdey, you know I have enough on my mind.
GAMBIT: Me too. Did you know that eighty percent of the staff at Suerte Records are girls? And not only that, a hundred percent of the eighty percent are French girls.
PURDEY: Gambit, if you say Oo la la, I think I shall scream.
GAMBIT: Oo la la? Who’s saying Oo la la?
PURDEY: You have. Twice. Anyway, there’s no difference between French girls and English girls.
STEED: Vive la difference! That’s a woman’s point of view.
GAMBIT: Steed, we’ve got to think of something.
STEED: Well I’ve been pondering long and hard on the problem of how to swap a dead unicorn with a live and very important hostage.
PURDEY: And what’s your conclusion.
STEED: My conclusion is… that we’ve got to think of something.
THREE SEATED IN BACK OF CAB.
STEED: Well, while we’re in Paris no point in letting opportunity slip by.
GAMBIT: No point at all.
STEED: One of the greatest cities in the world.
GAMBIT: Steeped in culture.
STEED: And history.
GAMBIT: Chance to learn.
STEED: And broaden.
GAMBIT: To examine.
STEED: Exchange views.
GAMBIT: And sample the basic culture.
STEED: Exactly. Er, ici.
THE CAB STOPS OUTSIDE THE MOULIN ROUGE AND THE TWO MEN GET OUT LEAVING PURDEY IN THE BACK.
PURDEY: There’s no difference at all, I promise you. No difference at all!
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