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- Simon Templar: [narrating] Marvelous invention, all those fast new motorways. Leaves roads like this free for the anti-elsa brigade. No fuss, no rush and only 20 more kilometers of peace and quiet to the best food in France.
- Marie de la Garde: I will not have my father's 'eart or his career broken. He must not know about this affair.
- French Ambassador: Your guaranties fail to impress me. The only thing I can be sure of about you, Pierre, is that you will continually embrace disaster as I would my mistress.