this,
but has it ever occurred to you...
that the President
might be the one who wants you dead?
Never.
-lt's your life, you're betting on it.
-l know that.
Will you help me?
Please?
Okay, l'll do it.
Thank you.
But you're going to have to do as l say.
Starting now, you make no telephone calls
to anybody at any time.
l don't see why.
lt's either that or else.
lf you say so.
-You ever handle a gun?
-l've done skeet shooting.
l want you to keep this with you
in case you need it.
lt's loaded, the safety's on,
all you have to do is pull back the hammer...
-and then the trigger.
-lt looks awfully little.
May be little, but it shoots a .410
shotgun shell that will take a man's face off.
l'm going out to make a telephone call.
There's a phone right here.
lnternal phones can be listened in on.
lf you're calling about money
and stuff like that...
l've got $25,OOO in traveler's checks.
ln whose name? Mrs. President?
My maiden name, Laramie Royce.
That's smart.
Hello?
Charlie, don't have a lot to tell you.
l'll call you again Thursday, 897-10.
Roger that information. 897-10.
But don't hang up on me.
Damn you, Killy.
-Get dressed.
-What?
lt's Pritchard Young, the number-two man.
Get dressed.
-That was really horrible.
-Yes, but necessary.
We've made it to Pickett's Charge.
15,OOO men were killed here.
Now it's 15,O01.
-Charlнe?
-Where are you?
Don't ask questions, iust listen.
One Momma's running for cover,
and l'm going with her.
About your car, l paid a guy $100
to drive it back to DC.
He's goнng to leave нt
at the Watergate parkнng lot.
l'll call you again, Wednesday, 897-1 2.
Wait a second,
are you trying to melt that iceberg?
Charlie, consider who she is.
Mister.
Mister, did anyone ever tell you...
that your wife
Iooks sort of like the president's wife?
Her head is big enough without any help.
Greyhound again?
-You ever ride a motorbike?
-Of course.
l don't think $6,OOO
is such a bargain for a pair of used bikes.
They'll never look for you on one of these.
How do you like me as a redhead?
You look like a cross between
Little Orphan Annie and Lassie.
That's not very nice.
Actually, you could wear Medusa's snakes
and still look good.
Why thank you, Killy.
l thought you were immune.
No, it's just that when a sign says,
''Keep off the grass''...
l keep off the grass. l obey the rules.
Can we change the subject?
l'd like some answers.
l guess l owe you that much.
Derek Finney was murdered
because he asked you a question.
A simple question.
Yes. Everybody knows that your husband,
the President...
was a hero when he was in the Air Force.
When his F-111 had a flame-out
over Atlanta, Georgia...
rather than bail out and risk the lives
of a lot of people, he rode the plane down.
You checked records?
Yes. Especially the hospital records.
And because of the crash,
and as a result of the injuries....
Cal was my first lover.
We met at UC Berkeley.
ln politics, a bachelor has a poor future.
Calvin needed a wife, otherwise
he'd have been passed by as the candidate.
He's a good man.
l've always had faith in him.
l wanted to help, so we got married.
We made it as romantic as we could
politically, nationally.
Yes, you two did clown it up for the public.
lt was agreed that once Cal
was safely in the catbird seat...
l could do as l pleased.
l could either go along for the ioyride...
or get a discreet divorce.
That ties it up. That's the hitch.
There's no hitch.
lt's enough of a hitch for them to chase you
across the country, trying to kill you.
Don't you see?
If you divorced the President...
he wouldn't stand a chance
of being reelected. But as a widower....
Cal would never hurt me.
How could he possibly have known
where to find us?
-You okay?
-l'm still shaking.
ls he dead?
l don't know, and l'm not going to risk
your life finding out. We'll go.
What a relief.
l'm glad to see the back of those bikes.
Board!
You folks