Agatha Christie's Poirot1989

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Ed Opalsen:
Ladies and gentlemen. When the Russian actress and dancer Natalya Dolzhenko made Salom? in 1908, she wore a necklace made of magnificent pearls given to her by the czar. Last week, at an auction in Paris, I paid three hundred thousand francs for that same pearl necklace. My wife is going to show it to you now.

[Margaret Opalsen steps up onto the stage and removes her stole, revealing the necklace]

Margaret Opalsen:
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, our new play premi?res here, at your beautiful theatre, next week, prior to a six month tour of America.

Ed Opalsen:
Yes, Margaret is taking the leading part. And she will be wearing the czar's pearls at each and every performance.

Guest:
Mr Opalsen! Don't the pearls get stolen in the course of the play.

Ed Opalsen:
Yes they do, but that's in the play. They'll be under guard twenty-four hours a day. I think I can promise you that they're not going anywhere.