THE NEW AVENGERS
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"TO
CATCH A RAT"
GAMBIT: Steed can
you tell me about this incident in Istanbul? Devilish clever use of the garlic
sausage.
PURDEY: I was just
trying to remember what I was doing 17 years ago.
GAMBIT: Eating
Marshmallows probably, you haven’t changed a bit. Well, maybe a bit, but the
right bit.
PURDEY: It was a
Wednesday I think…yeah…and my parents took us boating and this awful man came
up to me and said…
GAMBIT (distracted): How about here?
PURDEY: He
certainly did not!
GAMBIT: I meant
how about here for going round and round?
PURDEY: What about
you 17 years ago?
GAMBIT: Me? I was
discovering sex.
PURDEY: What a
waste of time, you might have been learning to drive.
AFTER COMING TO A
STOP IN THE RANGE ROVER
PURDEY: That’s
better. I mean, going round and round is quite nice but it loses its
enchantment after a bit. (Looks over at Gambit) Anyway, from what I hear, you’ve already been
around quite a bit.
GAMBIT: Been at
keyholes again, Purdey?
PURDEY: It’s
common knowledge in the department.
GAMBIT: Just
hearsay.
PURDEY: The typing
pool affair?
GAMBIT: Rumour.
PURDEY: The
undersecretary’s undersecretary?
GAMBIT: Jealousy.
PURDEY: The
Russian countess, so called?
GAMBIT: Ah, yes,
well…um…that was an undercover job and I took them literally.
PURDEY: What do
you mean?
GAMBIT:
Under…cover (Purdey
just stares at him) ‘Undercover’.
PURDEY: (Tuts and looks away) Let’s go round and round
again.
AFTER BURSTING
INTO A CHURCH WITH GUN POINTED ONLY TO SEE TWO WOMEN ARRANGING FLOWERS
PURDEY: Take your
hands off me you brute! You can’t make me do it. I’ll never marry you, never! I
hate you.
PURDEY RUNS OUT
AND LEAVES A SHEEPISH LOOKING GAMBIT TO GULITILY PLACE MONEY INTO THE
COLLECTION BOX BEFORE GOING OUT TO JOIN HER AT THE CAR…
PURDEY: Quick
thinking, eh? I got us out of a tricky situation without any embarrassment.
GAMBIT: No
embarrassment, no embarrassment at all. Probably happens all the time, they’ll
think no more of it.
STEED: You see my
position Minister? I must suspect everyone. My recurring nightmare is that one
day I might even have to arrest myself.
PURDEY: You’re
dying to know aren’t you? How I knew about the scar on Cromwell’s leg.
STEED: Well, it
was rather high up.
PURDEY: You’re
just bursting with curiosity aren’t you?
GAMBIT: Frankly,
yes.
PURDEY: Well…(stage whisper) a real gentleman doesn’t ask a
lady a question like that.
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