The diplomat’s daughter was tied to a chair in the basement of a house in Oud-Zuid

He blindfold was removed and a mobile phone was thrust into her face

Explain our terms to your father fair one

The girl spoke in Spanish but did not betray distress

What did you say?

I asked him if my cat was okay

The kidnapper slapped the girl’s face drawing blood from her nose

Tell him we will kill you unless our demands are met

The girl then spoke to her father in English

What was his answer did he agree to our terms?

No

Does he want us to kill you now?

There was no answer

He gave you no answer

The girl looked at her captors and smiled

The taller of the two men took a knife from his belt

If he does not agree I will cut your throat

The girl giggled

He did say something

What was that?

He said to me just one thing

Do not play games little girl  

He told me that Cortez is Coming

Repeat yourself

He told me that Cortez is Coming

 

Burt Lancaster

My flight landed at Schiphol on time and I was met by two Mossad agents

They drove me to a café in Oud-Zuid and we watched Willem II beat FC Twente by three clear goals

As we left I given a brown leather shoulder bag

It contained two loaded Glock pistols

I walked to the house which was about fifteen munutes from the cafe

Both the kidnappers were enjoying coffee when I arrived

I let them finish their refreshment before I shot them both dead

As I am a humane man

The girl cried for a while and later stole money from her captors wallets

We spent the rest of the afternoon together in Central Amsterdam

And attended a Burt Lancaster retrospective at the Filmtheater Kriterion