You walked into the Contessa's main room...and she was speaking to herself, in her thick accent.

"Those fools at INTERPOL! They keep sending me criminals, and I keep making money! How come nobody ever thought of this before?"

She was pacing back and forth, smiling.

"Hypnotize criminals and force them to reveal where they've hidden their fortune! I'm a geniu- Oh...hello. And who might you be?"