Nick Cochran:
[at the Customs checkpoint shortly after docking at Macao, explaining why he has no passport]
My wallet was in my pocket when I boarded that tub in Hong Kong but, uh, somebody lifted it.
Lt. Sebastian:
That is most unfortunate, senor.
Nick Cochran:
Well, what happens now? Do I get deported, or thrown in the klink?
Lt. Sebastian:
Oh, neither, senor. This is a Portuguese colony - always friendly and hospitable. Have you any other means of identification?
Nick Cochran:
Yeah. This took me, uh, 3 years, 5 months and 26 days to get.
[pulls out a document from his coat pocket and hands it to Lt. Sebastien, who looks it over]
Lt. Sebastian:
You served as a lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the United States... Unfortunately, Senor Cochran, this finely engraved document does not grant you the privilege of traveling free as a bird throughout the Orient.
Nick Cochran:
Yeah, I was afraid of that.
Lt. Sebastian:
I suggest you contact your consulate in Hong Kong. How long did you intend to remain in our city?
Nick Cochran:
That depends.
Lt. Sebastian:
On what?
Nick Cochran:
On a certain female... Lady Luck.
Lt. Sebastian:
I wish you well. It is our fond hope that all visitors to Macao should feel as untroubled here as Adam in the Garden of Eden.
Nick Cochran:
"Untroubled"? That ain't the way *I* heard it.
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