'Pimpernel' Smith Page #11

Get thee to my lady's

chamber, my dear General.

Tell her though she paint an inch thick,

to this favor must she come.

Make her laugh at that.

The Earl of Oxford wrote

that, you'll remember.

- Herr Reich Minister.

No.

- No?

- No.

- So.

- What, going already?

Then we'd better say goodbye,

for we shall be leaving

ourselves in the morning.

- Whew.

It's okay boys, they've gone.

- Well never get out of here, never.

They'll watch us day and night.

- Take it easy, buddy.

- The professor won't fail

us, we'll get away alright.

- Yes, but how?

- Packed in bran and marked fragile.

- Changing guard sir.

- All present and correct.

- What are you taking so much care of?

- Red herrings.

- Hmm?

- Red herrings.

- Well, what did he say?

- He's gone, fraulein.

- Gone?

- Yes, he left for England on

the 10:
30 train this morning.

They've all gone.

- But he can't have.

- But it's true.

I spoke to the hall porter

who put their luggage

on the taxi.

They've gone alright.

- Thank you.

- Miss Koslowski.

Get out.

Sit down.

I require some information

which only you can give me.

- Where are we now?

- We're nearly at Felden Kirschen sir.

- And what's the exact time?

- 2:
47.

Means we're four minutes late.

- Good.

Not very long to wait.

You all know what to do?

- Oh yes sir.

- Two hours to the frontier.

And with ordinary luck, gentlemen,

our last adventure will

be successfully concluded.

In case there's no

opportunity to do so later,

I want to tell you now that

your conduct throughout,

in spite of occasional fits of lunacy,

has been most exemplary.

I do hope the trip has proved instructive.

- It has, sir.

- I suppose we shall all be

meeting again pretty soon

at Cambridge, sir?

- I wonder.

I have an idea that our

country may have more important

work for us.

Anyway, I do thank you all.

You, Steve.

- Goodbye, sir.

- And you, Herbert.

- Bertie, sir.

- Bertie.

- And Jock and--

- Clarence.

- Clarence, of course, yes.

And David.

- How did you remember

all those names, sir?

- Excuse the familiarity, Mr. Maxwell.

Oh by the way, I owe you an apology.

I did my best at Cambridge

to prevent your joining

this expedition.

I admit now that would

have been a mistake.

Oh.

Allow me to return to you your bones.

- Take care of yourself, Prof.

- I will.

Now gentlemen, I'm just

going to take a little nap.

Meanwhile, do your stuff.

- Sure.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight sir.

- Goodnight sir.

- That's the signal.

- Excuse me.

One of us is gonna move, pal,

and it isn't gonna be me.

- This is it.

- We'll never get through, never.

We don't stand a chance.

- We'll all get through.

We are in good hands.

- I'm a bit nervous myself, Koslowski.

- Not Koslowski here, please.

- When we enter Poland,

they won't be long now,

the restoration of order

scheme B is to be put into

operation immediately, understand?

In Holland, Denmark, and--

- Reich Minister?

- Don't bother me.

- A report from the train, sir.

The professor is asleep.

- Oh, the professor's asleep.

- And the students are

guarding the packing cases.

- Don't bother.

Did you say packing cases?

- Yes sir.

They had permits to take--

- Packing cases, precisely.

- Train's coming in, get ready there.

- Turn out those cases

as soon as she stops.

- Where is he?

- Here he is.

- Oh.

Are we here yet?

- That's not him.

- You idiot, what have you been doing?

- What are you guys looking for?

- Professor Smith.

We've a warrant for his arrest.

- Well, you'll be unlucky, he's not here.

- Excuse me, but I saw a

very suspicious character

just now.

- Where was he?

- In there.

But it's not a he, it's a she.

- You old fool!

Telephone headquarters right away!

- David, those sons are

breaking open our crates!

- What?

- Yes madam, give me your

passport please, thank you.

Cooks party, cooks

party, passports please,

all your passports, cooks party.

I want your passports please.

Passports, anymore passports?

Cooks party.

- Say, what is it?

We've a government permit to

clear these cases unopened!

- Keep your mouth shut!

- Excuse me, excuse me.

Please.

I wish to make a complaint.

- Pass along, please.

- I've been grossly insulted.

- I'm sorry.

Pass along please.

- And manhandled!

- Madam, please, don't you

see the officer's busy?

- It's disgraceful!

I'm a married woman.

And in 30 years of

married life I have never

been manhandled.

- What can I do about it?

Alright, take your away.

- Alright, come along, Cooks

party, this way please.

- It's an outrage!

I shall report it!

- Thank you.

- Bits of stone.

- What did you expect?

Ostrich feathers?

- Aren't you gentlemen

with the Cooks party?

- Sure.

Sure we are.

- Well come along gentlemen, come along.

The rest of the party's

already across the frontier.

- You.

But I didn't expect.

- I told you I'd come back for you.

- But, but I thought--

- That I'd forgotten my promise?

- No.

Yes.

Graum's been here for hours.

I don't know.

They never left me alone.

They said you'd gone away.

They said my father'd been arrested again.

They never stopped asking questions!

They never stopped talking!

- Your father's safely

across the frontier.

- Oh.

Is he?

- Quite safe.

- What have I done?

You'll never forgive

me for what I've done?

- I'll never forgive you if

you don't put on your coat.

We haven't much time you know.

- Yes but in the end you

see I did tell them things.

They tricked me into them.

I didn't know what to do.

It seemed the only way to save my father.

They said they'd shoot him!

- So of course you told them.

You're so human.

They haven't wasted much time.

- Why did you come back?

- Tell me, is there any

other way out of this house

except the front door?

- Yes, the back door, and the fire escape.

Why did you come back?

- Because I said I would.

Come here.

Here, put this on.

Yes.

- Open up there, come on, hurry up.

Out of the way.

Locked.

Open up, open up!

- They've gone.

The fire escape!

Come with me.

You go down and bring the

car around to the back.

Wireless the headquarters,

they can't have got far.

Come on.

- Well I'm almost ashamed

to have used that old trick.

But it nearly always works.

- What do we do now?

- Now, in the immortal

words of Mr. Maxwell,

we scram.

Twas brillig and the slithy toves

did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

- Any news?

- Not yet sir.

- I will not be beaten

by that archaeologist!

It's a matter of personal honor!

- I can assure you, Herr Reich Minister,

that every train is being checked

and every frontier watched.

He can't get away.

In a few moments I shall

be able to give you

some definite information.

- Well see to it.

I'll get him myself, understand?

Myself!

- When do we get there?

- About 25 minutes.

- And then?

- Then, England.

- England.

I've never been to England.

- Well there are varying

opinions about it.

There was an Englishman named Rupert Brook

who was also in Germany when he said,

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