What do we do now, call Scotland Yard?

I thought it best to send Monsieur Krug away.

You let him get away? Listen...

If what you say is true, then it's important not to rouse Krug's suspicions.

Van Meer will be killed. Dead or alive, it's a story.

Johnny, father's right.

Okay. I'll cable them what I've got.

I wouldn't, if I were you. Van Meer's life may depend on our keeping this quiet a few hours.

Keep it quiet? A famous diplomat's kidnapped right under my eyes and I muzzle myself? I'm sorry, but this is a story with facts in it. This is the kind of story I'm here to get, the kind America's waiting for.

It'll be a bigger story if you can wait a few hours until we find Van Meer and discover what's behind this curious business.

I know what's behind it.

I don't mean who is behind it. I mean the why of it.