Hans, Dennis and others in “Unfinished Business”

[To Police Officer] Ein Kollege von dem Neville Hope wartet draussen auf mich. (A colleague of Neville Hope is waiting for me outside.) [He goes into the waiting room] Ah, hello. Hans Bauer.

Dennis

Dennis Patterson. [They shake hands.] You're the chap I spoke to on the phone. You're Neville's...

I'm his defence. If it goes that far.

Dennis

Thank God you speak good English.

[Laughs] The Dusseldorf judiciary knows that only too well. They give me many Engländer... oh, I'm sorry, I mean Englishmen. Oh, and Scots too. Football hooligans - my butter and bread.

Dennis

I've brought a German friend just in case.

Helmut Fischer.

Bauer. Angenehm. (My pleasure.) [They shake hands.]

Ganz meinerseits. (The pleasure's all mine. )

Dann nehmen wir doch mal einen Augenblick hier Platz. (Let's take a seat for a moment.) [They sit down]

Dennis

What did you mean, "If it goes that far"?

I think there is not a case. I've now seen copies of the girl's statement and also the report from the police log. I'll give you translations, of course. You'll see, there are many holes. However, I must now do some homework of my own, just in case. See witnesses, verify facts, et cetera, et cetera.

Dennis

Well, I can bring the lads in whenever you like.

Oh, good. Yes, please.

Aber sollten wir nicht über all das weiter reden, wenn Neville entlassen ist? (Shouldn't we keep talking about all this after Neville is released?)

Damit haben Sie natürlich vollkommen recht. Sicher. (Of course, you're absolutely right. Certainly.) [To Dennis] Oh, he says maybe we should discuss all this after we get Neville out.

Dennis

I got that, yeah. That's a good idea.

Er, did you bring the... the surety?

Dennis

Yeah, it's all here. [Helmut produces a bag full of money and gives it to Dennis.] It'll just need a lot of counting. [He gives the bag to Hans.]

Oh! Did you win all this in a poker school?

Dennis

No, no. We had a whip-round.

...I'm sorry?

Die Jungs haben zusammengelegt. (The guys at work chipped in.)

Oh, ausgezeichnet! Das bedeutet doch wohl, daß... (Oh, excellent! That means that...) Neville has many good friends, nicht wahr? (Hasn't he?)