Ontem à noite, finalmente e com um bloco para tirar apontamentos

BERNSTEIN talking softly from a relatively private phone in the newsroom. The voice of the lawyer is also whispered and scared to death.

LAWYER'S VOICE (O.S.)
(barely audible)
...You shouldn't ever call me like this, Carl...

BERNSTEIN
Will you confirm that Haldeman was mentioned by Sloan to the Grand Jury?

LAWYER'S VOICE (O.S.)
...I won't say anything about Haldeman... not ever...

BERNSTEIN
(desperate)
All right--listen--it's against the law if you talk about the Grand Jury, right? But you don't have to say a thing--I'll count to ten--if the story's wrong, hang up before I get there--if it's OK stay on the line till after, got it?

LAWYER (O.S.)
Hang up, right?

BERNSTEIN
Right, right--OK, counting: one, two--
(he inhales deeply)
--three, four, five, six--
(now he's starting to
get excited)
--seven, eight--
(inhales deeply)
--nine, ten, thank you.

LAWYER (O.S.)
You've got it straight now? Everything OK?

BERNSTEIN
(on a note of triumph)
Yeah!