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Don't worry. It can

be arranged. I will-

oh, I forgot. They keep worrying

over my lungs. I'm due for an X-ray.

I'll be glad to wait. No.

Come back tomorrow morning.

I'll have more strength then.

We can talk all day.

Don't worry about anything.

Tonight I'll sleep.

Such good feeling

to know you can sleep.

Are there any calls for me?

No, sir.

I'm expecting a call. Will you

please have me paged at the bar?

Glad to, sir.

Oh, excuse me. Lassie,

what's the matter with you?

I'm terribly sorry. She's always

getting caught under people's feet.

That's a dog's privilege.

Martini.

Yes, sir.

Very dry, please.

Yah. This must be

an American

By your clothes, the drink you ordered

- surely an American

And by the fact that you

are new in this hotel.

Perhaps you are just over.

Huh?

Prosit!

Tell me-

oh, oh. Pardon me.

It's all right.

Tell me, friend.

Are we going to win?

Our cause, I mean.

Naturally, I'm anti-nazi.

The big question is

American industry.

If steel production,

for instance,

can go to 95 million tons,

then we will win.

So now tell me,

how are things in America, huh?

Excuse me.

Pardon me.

Would you mind terribly

if I sat down?

Oh, I see.

Our Gestapo friend has been pumping you.

He does that to everyone new around here.

Thank you.

My name is Andrew Wilson.

Mine's Ann Dawson.

You talk like an American.

I am.

You know, Fritz over there, he's not

very dangerous, but he's a frightful bore.

You better stay away

from him. Mr. Wilson?

Call for you,

Mr. Wilson.

Thank you. May I? Certainly.

- Wilson speaking.

- Listen carefully.

Don't say anything over

this phone you don't have to.

- Yes?

- Something must have got snafued.

You've run into a double play.

Why did-

that tootsie you're sitting with is one of

the slickest operators on the other side.

Knock down that brau, but not too fast,

and fade. Wait for me at home plate.

- Trouble?

- Nothing I can't handle.

We're in a jam.

They found out about you.

Somewhere along the line you

tipped them off. You made a mistake.

- I followed instructions to the letter.

- How did they kidnap Dr. Lodor?

What are you talking about?

I saw her this morning.

Between the time you saw her

and now, she disappeared.

She didn't walk out.

She was kidnapped.

I knew there was something up when

I saw that Dawson woman with you.

What have you been doing since the time

you hit the airport? Give me every move.

I came through the customs.

What did you say?

- Told them I was in watches.

- Nothing else?

No.

Go on.

At the barrier

there was a photographer.

He didn't look like the real article,

so I didn't let him snap my photo.

That's it.

That's your mistake.

We've been keeping away

from Lodor

When you didn't let him take your picture,

they knew you had a reason. So they trailed you.

That's how they knew you saw

Lodor. That's why they snatched her.

That's why

they put Dawson on you.

I thought I was being smart.

Forget it. How were you to know?

You're new at this business.

So they kidnapped her.

There's something

we can do about it.

Get the number of Dawsons room.

I'm getting ideas.

Meanwhile, let your acquaintance

with this Dawson woman develop.

Hello. Will you tell me the number

of Mrs. Dawsons room, please?

Uh, thank you.

No, you needn't call her.

You got a match? Yes,

sir. Here you are, sir.

Oh, don't bother, sir. I'll

pick them up for you. Thank you.

Hello. You're certainly prompt. Come in.

Won't you sit down?

Have a drink before dinner?

Thank you. I'll just get my wrap.

Never mind the wrap.

We'll skip dinner this evening.

Really? I have something I

would like to read to you.

Oh. Are you

writing me poetry?

In a way, yes.

This is a copy of a sonnet...

which will be dropped off at the

German consulate within a few minutes.

It's written on bank stationery.

It reads, "dear sirs,

I am only a clerk in this bank,

"but I'm a true friend

of Germany

"You ought to know that a certain

Ann Dawson, presumably friendly to us,

has recently deposited with us

the sum of 5,000 American dollars."

Oh, that's ridiculous.

"She was accompanied to

the bank by a tall American,

"whom I have never seen before.

"It was he

who paid over the money.

Signed, a watchful friend."

But I-

uh-uh. There's a postscript.

"Mrs. Dawson and that tall American

seemed very fond of each other."

But I don't understand.

What does all this mean,

and why should the German

consulate be interested in me?

I'm in Switzerland

because of my husband.

He's in the air force. He was

shot down, and he's interned here.

I'm an American

Technically, yes.

You were born in America

You were raised there.

But in 1935, you joined the German-America

Bunde under the name of Hilda Winters.

In 1937, you were arrested for organizing

anti-semitic and anti-negro riots.

In 1939, you were in the Columbia

house, Berlin, working for the Gestapo

Since 1940, you've been

operating in Switzerland

Yes, you're an American all right, but

it makes my stomach crawl to admit it.

You lying pig!

Do you think the Gestapo will

believe a clumsy frame-up like this?

I think they will.

We'll find out soon enough.

It's now 7:
28. I'll be

getting a phone call at 7:30.

If you haven't told me what I want to

know by then, the letter will be delivered.

Why, they'll laugh at it.

I rather think

they'll do some checking.

A woman who looks like you

was in the bank with me today.

Her signature

was an exact duplicate of yours.

Look.

They must have been worried

about you from time to time.

Once a German, always a German

It may apply

to Americans too.

They know I wouldn't betray them.

They know how loyal I've been.

Until an American agent went to

work on you. Offered you money.

And at the same time, rekindled that

faint spark of patriotism deep down inside.

You know, if it ever gets out why they

shot you, you may end up as a heroine.

All I want to know is

where is Katerin Lodor?

If you tell me,

the letter will be destroyed.

Andrew! Please believe me,

I don't know where she is.

Send it.

- Wait!

- Hang on.

She's at

the Edelweiss ski club.

Up the mountain road...

from the village of Mouat.

It's closed now.

How is it?

Everything in order.

One guard in the library.

The other upstairs asleep.

Nurse asleep.

Lodor's room door.

Get started, Eric.

Take your post

when we go in.

The nurse! Get her.

Let me go!

Well, that's that.

In the whole world there were perhaps

ten people with a mind equal to hers.

Once, to solve a problem, she invented

a whole new system of mathematics.

The work

she still could have done.

So you came to Switzerland

for nothing? No.

Did you say, "no"?

She told me she had been working

with an Italian, Giovanni Polda

The leading German scientists are all

Nazi party members in good standing.

I corresponded

with Polda before the war.

He was friendly then. How do

you know he's friendly now?

I don't. But the next

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