Edge of Darkness Page #2

Other Norwegians have gone to England.

They're doing something.

But you've been doing things.

- Everyone here depends on you.

- Yes.

"Gunnar, how long? Gunnar, when?

Will we get the arms, Gunnar?"

And we wait. And they never come.

- So you leave us.

- I must.

You leave me.

Go now or I shall hold you.

Into the other room.

Gunnar.

- Gunnar.

Karen.

Hammer, what happened?

What are you doing here in Trollness?

- In Stoksund, revolt.

- What?

- There's a revolt in Stoksund.

- How? When?

Gunnar, I walked here.

- Talk.

- I can't.

A bullet here.

Karen, take him to Osterholm's farm.

It's not far.

Gunnar, I can't walk anymore.

Then crawl. Did you hear that bugle?

Koenig must have gotten the news

from Stoksund.

They'll send patrols.

They'll search every house for arms.

This is the first house they'll come to.

The patrol.

The trap, quick.

Hang on under the wharf until they leave.

Stay in the water then use the rowboat.

Hammer, please,

try to hold on a little longer.

Open up in there.

Open up in there!

We have orders to search the place.

All right.

Come here.

What is this for?

That?

Oh, I fish down there

when it's stormy and I'm afraid to go out.

All right. Hurry up there. You too.

What's this?

I was fixing my net.

You banged so hard on the door...

...it startled me and I cut myself.

Now, with your permission, I'd like to go

to a doctor before I bleed to death.

There's no use crying anymore, Anna.

They have gone.

They had no right to search this house.

- They're searching every house, Anna.

- No. They had no right to search this house.

They're not searching

your brother's house.

Oh, I'm sorry, Anna.

I didn't mean to say that.

Anna, you'd better go upstairs

and go to bed.

It's after 9:
00.

Martin.

It's just... I want them to treat you

with respect.

You're a doctor.

Doctors should be treated with respect.

Yes, Anna. Yes. Thank you.

Hulda, take Mrs. Stensgard upstairs.

It's after 9:
00.

After 9:
00.

In the old days, we used to sit up

until 11, sometimes 12.

Well, Hulda...

...we'll have to give this house

a thorough cleaning.

I hope that lamp the Germans broke

can be mended.

It was such a beautiful lamp.

- I cut my arm.

- What do you want?

A man is on his way

to Knut Osterholm's farm.

He's badly hurt.

- Who is he?

- A Norwegian.

Brogge, why don't you let me alone?

You're the only doctor in town.

Let us understand each other, Brogge.

It is my duty to heal the sick.

I go with you only because I am a doctor.

Please, Hammer.

It's just a little ways now.

I can't go any farther.

Send my daughter on a mission like this.

Maybe to her death.

Dr. Stensgard, please.

We're all as worried as you are.

- Karen, are you all right?

- I'm all right.

- You're wet, shivering. You're cold.

- Father, that man is in agony.

You must change your clothes.

You'll be sick.

Gerd has some dry clothes for you.

- Hammer.

- Here. Cut his sleeve.

Gunnar.

Gunnar.

You're all right now, Hammer.

You're all right.

Gunnar.

Listen.

Important.

I got out.

No one else.

From the beginning.

- From the beginning, Hammer.

- This man is in no condition to talk.

He must be quiet. Quiet. Hold the light.

Will he live?

I don't know.

- What are you doing?

- Putting him to sleep.

- Supposing he doesn't come out of it?

- Then let him die in peace.

Hammer, listen to me.

- Are you listening?

- This is a human being, Brogge.

I'll ask questions. You answer.

The skin has burned off his face.

It's agony for him to move his lips.

How did the revolt start?

We got arms.

They got arms.

I've known you all my life as kind,

decent people.

Hammer, how did you get the arms?

He's going to sleep.

I could kill you for this.

Hammer, you've got to hold on.

How did you get the arms?

The English.

They're...

They're...

What, Hammer? What?

Delivering arms,

all up and down the coast.

Not to us, they haven't.

- They will.

- Are you sure, Hammer?

Hammer, are you sure?

Yes.

Sure.

I'm sure.

Sure.

Hear that? Did you hear what he said?

We're gonna get arms from the British.

He was sure.

- Arms.

- At last.

God help us.

God help us all.

Goodbye.

How many mornings we've said goodbye

on these steps?

Will there be one more morning, Gunnar?

I must make arrangements to get Hammer

across the border into Sweden.

Before he goes,

we must hold a meeting in the church.

It's important that in receiving the arms

the whole town be with us.

They'll be with us. They'll follow you.

Thanks.

All right, Gunnar.

I'm through crying now.

Karen, I gave you many reasons

for wanting to go to England.

I don't care now why you wanted to go.

All I care is that you're staying.

- But there was one reason I didn't give you.

- Yes?

You.

I worried about you.

I was afraid

that if anything happened to you, l...

I might lose my head.

Then I wouldn't be

of much use anymore.

But now I stay. Now, I've got to stay.

Karen, if were going to fight...

...we have to be like steel.

Yes, Gunnar.

I'll have some more butter, please.

There isn't any more, ma'am.

There won't be any more

until the day after tomorrow.

Good morning, Mother, Father.

Good morning, Karen.

Good morning, darling.

- How pretty she looks. You slept well.

- Wonderfully, Mother.

Oh, I'm so glad you weren't here last night

when the Germans came.

I was visiting the pastor's wife.

She's not feeling very well.

You must've stayed late.

I didn't hear you come in.

Did you hear her, Martin?

- No. No, I didn't.

- I'll help you straighten out the house.

Yes.

Yes, this house must be straightened out.

- This house must look as pretty as you do.

- Isn't she sweet?

Darling, I had a dream.

I had a wonderful dream.

I dreamt things were like they used to be.

I had made a great big supper...

...and we sat around the table

talking, laughing.

Your father drank a little bit too much,

fell asleep just the way he used to do.

And Uncle Kaspar told stories...

...about how he worked his way up

in the world.

And you were playing the piano

and Johann was singing.

- Wasn't that a beautiful dream?

- Yes, Mother.

Darling, that wasn't a dream.

That's the truth.

That's just the way it's going to be.

Johann is coming home.

Johann's coming home?

Well, aren't you glad?

Yes, Mother.

I got the letter this morning.

I must have read it 20 times.

No. No, it isn't in my pocket.

It's upstairs.

I'll go and get it. I'll read it to you.

I didn't even know he was coming

until your mother got the letter.

I didn't send for him.

- Who did?

- Your uncle.

- Birds of a feather.

- Karen, Johann is your brother.

In Oslo, in 1940 when the Germans came,

he was one of the first...

- He didn't know what he was doing.

- He knew.

His whole world was crumbling.

He was bewildered.

I have seen men stood up against a wall

with the Germans.

They had more to lose than he did.

Wives, children.

Their world was crumbling too.

They weren't bewildered.

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