'Pimpernel' Smith Page #8

There are several persons I suspect.

- You are very kind.

Be kinder still and tell me something.

How is my father?

- Well I'll find out for you.

Let me see, he's at--

- At Grosberg.

- Of course.

Bring in the Koslowski file.

Would you like to see your father?

- More than anything.

You don't mean it, that

wasn't in our bargain.

- I wanted to give you

a little encouragement.

- I'd be so grateful if you would.

- Thank you.

Hmm.

He appears to be in excellent health.

- Is he?

- Oh, a transfer order.

He's being moved to a

more comfortable camp.

- Will I be able to see him there?

- Well I don't see why not.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Alright.

I'll be over straight away.

Excuse me, I'll be back in a moment.

Well my dear young lady,

I'm very busy at the moment

but I'll be sending for you again shortly,

and I hope you and your

father will be together again

very soon.

Goodbye.

- Thank you, goodbye.

- Marx!

I didn't believe her Marx,

I didn't believe her,

but I do now.

That idiotic archaeologist.

- Sir?

- But we've got to have proof.

- But we've absolutely

nothing against him.

- You'll see my dear fellow, you'll see.

- Now if you'd said the

Earl of Meadowbrook--

- On Saturday morning I've

got a job for you at Grosberg.

And in the afternoon I

shall be there myself.

To be in at the kill as the English say.

Have a chocolate.

- I found out something.

Something which might be of use to you,

look I made a note of it.

My father's being

transferred from Grosberg

to Riesenfelt on Saturday

afternoon with four other men.

- Who are they?

- Schulman, Fleck.

- Gruber and Holstein,

that makes five altogether.

- Yes, how did you know?

- Nevermind, go on.

- They're leaving Grosberg by car at 4:30

and arriving at Risenfelt at about 6.

- Now we're getting someplace.

Wouldn't that be our chance, Prof?

Saturday afternoon?

- Possibly, yes.

- Say, this is terrific.

Where are those maps?

Do you mind if I try

to work this out, Prof?

- Not at all.

- Thanks.

Now here's Riesenfelt and here's Grosberg.

That's about 60 miles,

say 45 miles per hour

starting 4:
30.

Now we're parked on this

road here somewhere.

- Look, there's a road at

the bottom of the hill there.

- Yeah, they'll be going

through that wood about 5:15.

- Yes, we can get a tree

across the road there,

that ought to hold them

up for long enough.

- Yeah, then we can scoot

down this side road here

and catch the main road to Berlin here!

How's that, Prof?

- Sounds alright.

- Why surprise is the

principal element, surprise.

- If only you could do something.

- Don't worry, we will.

- Well, if I can't be

of any more use to you,

I'll leave you, my taxi's ticking away.

- Goodbye.

Thank you for coming,

you've done very well.

- Goodbye.

- I'll show you the way.

- Say, where's she going?

- It's too late, you missed your chance.

- Say how's that for the plan, Prof?

- What plan?

- The plan of the escape.

- Gentlemen, Mr. Maxwell

was serious about this plan!

- But we'll never get

another chance like this.

- Possibly that's exactly

what the gestapo wanted

you to think.

- Those guys gotta be saved.

Something's gotta be done Saturday.

- On the contrary, if we do

anything it'll be on Friday.

- Friday?

- But you said Saturday was the day--

- Look Prof what I found.

Is it any use?

- Any use?

This is remarkable.

- Say listen Prof, my plan!

- 1000 BC, I should think.

Never dreamt at anything like this here.

Wait til Oxford University

hear about this,

they'll be green with envy.

- My plan, Prof!

- Oh, this is astonishing,

really astonishing.

Thank you Mr. Elstead, thank you.

- 48 hours and he hasn't uttered a word.

- Do you think he's thought of anything?

- Let's ask him.

Say Prof, I hate to interrupt the seance,

but have you thought of anything yet?

- Thought of anything?

- That guy Koslowski's gotta be rescued!

- Oh yes, of course.

That guy Koslowski's gotta

be rescued on Friday,

and four other guys with him.

- What, all five of them?

- Well of course.

- Jeepers creepers.

- As a matter of fact I

have thought of something.

- Yeah?

- Yes.

Have any of you gentlemen

ever considered journalism

as a profession?

- Hey, listen--

- No no no no, you listen.

- I'm getting them now.

Alright, here they are.

I've tapped the private line.

- Go to it, fellow.

- Propaganda Ministry?

Gestapo headquarters speaking.

Department X2.

About those six American journalists.

We are permitting their visit to Grosberg.

The journalists who wish to

accompany Herr Voldenschatz.

Your representative of the Bund.

What do you mean you don't know?

Then find out.

- Hey, take it easy there.

- Heil Hitler.

- You wish to see?

- I've seen.

Heil Hitler.

- No visitors except by appointment.

- How long have you been here?

You don't know me?

Ever heard of the American department?

- Yes sir, I thought--

- Don't apologize, see if

you can find my umbrella,

I left it behind the other day.

Voldenschatz is the name.

- Excuse me.

- Well, just the man I wanted to see.

You don't recognize

me, but I remember you.

I heard Dr. Goebbels say some

very nice things about you.

- So?

- So keep it to yourself.

How's the baby?

- We're getting married

at the end of the month.

- So.

Now, how 'bout the six

American journalists?

- What about them?

- I'm asking you.

You don't know anything about

it, get me someone who does.

- Perhaps Herr Gravitz would know.

- Gravitz should know.

Now look here Herr Gravitz.

- Do you know anything of

six American journalists?

- No.

Yes, Smeltz was just asking me.

There was a message from the gestapo.

- Who's the head of the department?

- Oh, Herr Steinhof, but he wouldn't know.

- We'll see.

- Here!

- Now look here, Stelnhof,

where are the permits

for the six American journalists?

- Permits?

- Yes.

Don't you say heil Hitler anymore?

- Heil Hitler.

- Heil Hitler.

- I don't think I know you.

- What do you know?

Have you ever heard of America?

- Yes.

- Good, then where are the permits?

- But I--

- Now listen.

I'm Voldenschatz.

The man who got the Nazi

party those nice headlines

in America where they don't like you.

I'm the man who put the Nazi

American bund on the map,

and you've never even heard of me.

Let this be a lesson to you, gentlemen.

- But--

- No no no, let me speak.

I've come all the way from New York

to correct your blunders with

the American correspondents.

I spent two whole weeks with them,

trying to nurse them into a better humor.

This afternoon I was taking

them to the Grosberg camp

so they could cable the

United States and tell them

not to believe those stories they hear

about the German concentration camps,

and you've got to spoil everything.

I asked for permits and you

haven't got any permits.

- No one told me anything about this.

- The gestapo did telephone.

- Oh, so now you're deliberately

obstructing the gestapo?

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