《Halbe-Halbe (1977)》Storyline
Phyllis: Just my name.Neff: As for instance?Phyllis: Phyllis.Neff: Phyllis, huh.I think I like that.Phyllis: But you""re not sure.Neff: I""d have to drive it around the block a couple of times.Phyllis: (Standing up.) Mr.Neff, why don""t you drop by tomorrow evening around 8:30? He""ll be in then.Neff: Who?Phyllis: My husband.You were anxious to talk tohim, weren""t you?Neff: Yeah, I was.But I""m sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.Phyllis: There""s a speed limit in this state, Mr.Neff, 45 miles an hour.Neff: How fast was I going, Officer?Phyllis: I""d say around 90.Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.Neff: Suppose it doesn""t take.Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband""s shoulder.Neff: That tears it...(He takes his hat and briefcase after his advances are coldly rebuffed.) 8:30 tomorrow evening, then.Phyllis: That""s what I suggested.Neff: You""ll be here too?Phyllis: I guess so.I usually am.Neff: Same chair, same perfume, same anklet?Phyllis: I wonder if I know what you mean.Neff: (Opening the entrance door.) I wonder if you wonder.After his first encounter with her, there is a clear mutual sexual attraction between them.In hindsight, Walter mostly remembers the pure physical magnetism he felt for her lethal "honeysuckle" perfume smell (purchased by Phyllis in Ensenada - across the border, she later tells him) - even though he realizes she had a strangely calculating look:It was a hot afternoon, and I can still remember he smell of honeysuckle all along that street...it""s bait, part of an internal molehunt," and told her he wanted to ask Job why he had been "disavowed" - he then promised to "deliver the actual NOC list," while warning her not to open up the ""worthless"" disk that was equipped with a homing device, that would automatically summon CIA agents within no more than 10 minutes.What holds it up?She cleverly replies "modesty," and they share a drink.Jerry: I see it""s a formal brawl after all.Milo: What makes you think that?Jerry: Well, the more formal the party is, the less you have to wear.The Hobbit group and Strider proceeded to the elf enclave of Rivendell after Frodo was stab-wounded by a Ringwraith""s sword (a Morgul blade).