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from distinguishing any object clearly.

Fine. Now, are the

reading glasses ready?

The frames were selected to complement

his complexion and his taste.

They are similar to his sunglasses in this

candid shot taken in Lisbon last August.

Fine.

Three minutes every hour

through the night...

...will give the patient's skin

a similar appearance.

It will make a noticeable difference.

Major, Colonel Ostermann

wants to see you at the castle.

Okay.

He says it's most important.

Karl.

Karl, Karl.

- Could I ask that we speak in English?

- Of course.

I don't want to run the risk

of speaking German, even for a minute.

I might forget later on,

and one slip could mean failure.

Of course, I understand.

Well.

I have some unfortunate news

for you, Walter.

The SS is sending someone over,

perhaps to interrogate the prisoner.

To interrogate...?

General Ungerland protested

in every way he could.

But as you know, since February...

...the SS has taken over

all matters concerning intelligence.

- The powers of the OKH and the General...

- Those stupid, arrogant...

Pike has been trained to resist interrogation,

no matter how brutal.

I didn't say it was definite,

I said perhaps.

The general was able to

secure a concession.

They're giving you 36 hours.

If you don't have the information,

the SS will take over.

I can do it in that time.

Unfortunately, that decision

was arrived at early this morning.

Karl, why didn't you call me?

Because I'm sure that

the SS has tapped these lines.

- Oh, the S...

- Now, Walter.

I know you're an outspoken person.

I didn't want you to say anything

that might endanger your health.

So I drove here.

It took longer than I thought.

The unbelievable stupidity.

If this was some whim of mine,

I could understand their attitude.

This procedure has

proven successful in 18 cases.

Walter, the general explained all that.

He showed them the records.

Now, wait a minute.

I admit the information we've obtained

so far has been minor, all right.

Troop disposition, strength of units.

But Pike?

Pike attended the final briefing of

the Allied High Command on April the 15th.

He knows every detail of the invasion.

And he'll tell me everything

we wanna know...

...openly, completely, willingly,

if given enough time.

You still have more than 24 hours.

Karl, it takes overnight to dye his hair.

- That doesn't give you much time.

- No, it certainly does not.

Not with some ignorant, heel-clicking

storm trooper snooping around.

They are sending a Standartenfhrer.

His name is Schack.

He speaks English and

he has been told to wear civilian clothes.

Walter, can you do it?

I can try.

He should be coming around

any moment now. Come on.

He's conscious now.

Here we go.

He's accepting it.

Good.

He's completely disoriented.

- Shall I go in to him now, doctor?

- No.

Got a feeling he's gonna come

barging out of there any second.

Take it easy, Jeff.

Jeff, take it...

Jeff, take it easy, you're all right.

You're fine, Jeff.

Jeff. Now, come on.

Told you not to leave him alone.

Sorry, doctor. When I saw

him coming out of it, I called you.

Now, that's it. That's a boy, Jeff.

Easy, boy.

- Where am I?

- There we go.

Jeff, Jeff, do you feel all right now?

Jeff? Jeff? It's Walter.

Don't you know me?

Or Anna?

He doesn't remember.

His reaction's different

to the other incidents.

His recovery is similar

to Colonel Watson's.

- He's in a mild hypnagogic state.

- He'll be in good contact in a little while.

What happened?

How the hell did I get here?

Jeff, Jeff, just take it easy.

We're gonna explain everything to you later,

but right now, you just relax.

Believe me, you're in no danger.

You're in a U.S. Army hospital,

I'm an Army doctor.

- How did I get here?

- We'll come to all that later.

Now, listen,

let's just try a few questions first.

What's the last thing you remember?

Where were you? What were you doing?

I was in Lisbon.

I went to meet a contact.

Do you remember anything since then?

No, I don't.

Definitely lapsed into

an anterograde phase.

- I don't remember...

- Jeff, Jeff, now, listen.

Lisbon was six years ago.

- How can I just lose six years?

- Wait...

- I don't remember.

- Wait a minute.

- Here's yesterday's paper. Look at the date.

- I know. I saw it.

All right, all right.

I'm in a hospital, but where?

- In Germany.

- Germany?

The war's been over a long time, Jeff.

We won it. We kicked the hell out of Hitler.

We're occupying the country.

Here, look, look.

All right. What happened to me?

- I don't remember anything...

- We'll put all those pieces together later.

For the moment...

And you've probably realized it by now.

- You've had amnesia.

There's nothing to worry about,

you've recovered. Trust me.

I promise you,

everything's gonna be all right.

Now, the thing to do right now

is just don't get panicky.

It could possibly cause a recurrence.

That's it. Now, listen.

Right now, I just want you to relax,

take it easy...

...and then Anna will get you back

to your quarters.

- There you go.

- All right.

That's it, that's it, that's it.

- Check his blood pressure and chart it.

- Yes, doctor.

I'm gonna find the other doctors

and tell them.

We've been waiting

for this moment for months.

See you later, pal.

You're going to be fine.

Hope you feel better.

- How you feeling?

- Strange.

- Say, doctor...

- Come on. It's always been Walt.

Okay, Walt.

What about my father?

Had a letter from him yesterday.

I'm keeping him in touch on your condition.

Since he had that heart attack in '44,

I was concerned...

Oh, no. He's fine now.

- I'll be over later, bring the letter with me.

- Thanks.

He's written to you too.

The letters didn't mean anything to you.

You didn't remember your father.

But you can read them now.

I've saved them.

Hey, what's with the free ride?

Pretty soft, Jeff. Pretty soft.

- I'm supposed to know him, huh?

- Yes. You're good friends.

That's Captain Abbott.

You play chess together.

Afternoon, major.

Today's paper just came in.

Thank you.

Here we are.

Jimmy, take this back to Recovery,

please.

Do you remember it?

- You've got a microphone in the room?

- No.

It's too risky. He's too smart,

he's been trained. He'd find it.

But, doctor...

All the questioning will be done here,

where there is a microphone.

You can monitor any conversation

from the castle.

Good, good, good.

And he suspects nothing, huh?

No. His recovery was quite routine.

No different from the other

18 successful cases.

The others were

stupid, gullible foot soldiers.

This man has been trained to use his head

for something else than a target, huh?

I'm perhaps even more aware of that

than you, Standartenfhrer.

This isn't just a dossier.

This is a biography of Pike.

The reason we're so prepared

in this case is because...

...we were gonna abduct Pike

to learn about the Italian invasion.

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