Edge of Darkness Page #4

In these times,

I must cry out all the louder.

How can you trust a man

who talks like that?

God have mercy on you.

We pay you a good wage,

300 kroner a month...

...and now you turn on us.

I am not turning on you.

He has a right to say what he thinks.

That he has. Go on, pastor.

No, I've said my share.

And you, Dr. Stensgard?

- No, not now.

- Then it's settled.

No, not yet.

I don't agree with the pastor,

but there are doubts in my mind.

You doubt. But my son in Oslo

was arrested for cutting wires.

To the devil with your son in Oslo.

- You're a traitor.

- I'm a farmer.

If I lose my farm,

there must be a reason for it.

The sacrifice of one poor village,

what will it accomplish?

What sacrifice?

What are you giving up? Your life?

Maybe they'll take that from you

whether you fight or not.

Your farm? It isn't yours anyway

until you fight for it.

Your peace?

What peace is there when a body of troops

can come in the middle of the night...

...and arrest you as a hostage

to be shot...

...for something you never did

or never even thought of?

Like my father.

To live in constant fear,

to have blackings at your windows...

...to talk in whispers,

to have guards at your church doors.

Do you have anymore objections?

All I did was ask a question.

A man has a right to ask a question.

I'm satisfied with the answer.

Sixtus Andresen, you're a man

for whom we all have respect.

You have taught our children,

even some of us.

We have found you to be wise.

- Surely in this matter, your wisdom...

- He's fallen asleep.

No, no, I was not asleep.

I was thinking what to say

when you asked me.

And I knew that you would ask me.

What can I say to you?

How can I advise you?

I find now that I've lived

more than 70 years...

...and all I know, I know from books.

And in all the books I've read, not one

do I remember that gives me an answer.

Perhaps I read the wrong books.

Forgive me if I've failed you.

All this may prove a point.

Vote. Let's have the vote.

We are all Norwegians. I love my country

as much as you do. You must believe that.

What would you have us do,

Dr. Stensgard?

Wait.

A tidal wave has swept over us.

It'll recede. When it does...

We'll all be drowned.

Ask yourself these questions. Do you

want your country ravaged, homes burned?

Your children bombed

as they were in Stoksund?

Ask your children those questions.

All right. Take the vote.

All those in favor.

Hold on, Gunnar.

How do we know the pastor

and some others won't betray us?

No.

Dr. Stensgard won't betray you.

He's a good man. I work for him.

I know he won't betray you.

Excuse me.

Thank you, Hulda.

Those with us.

Don't try to go further than Olsen's farm.

It's too rough on a wounded man.

Good luck.

Don't worry about me.

- Just a minute.

- Run.

- What do you want?

- Do you want them to hear you?

Where's the guard? Don't they have one?

He's at the back.

He'll be around in a minute.

Who are you?

- Who's down there? I heard voices.

- I did not see anybody.

- Hauptmann Koenig.

- Not now. Later.

So you're Gunnar Brogge?

Lovely night, Miss Stensgard,

for running though the woods.

Feeling better, Sister Gerd? Good.

Now let's get down to business.

A dictionary. Oslo edition, 1937.

I give it to you

in case we have no opportunity later.

- Who are you?

- A British agent.

- How do we know you speak the truth?

- You don't.

- When arms are landed in this village...

- We fight.

Gerd.

No. You wait. No matter what happens.

Keep your people in check

till the whole coast is armed.

Beginning tomorrow,

you'll have a man stationed...

...between midnight and 4 on the plateau

about half a mile up from the hotel.

He must keep a watch out to sea to a point

due west to the center of the village.

- Due west to the center.

- He will be signaled by a ship...

...lying 12 miles off coast.

- And then?

He will answer the signals

with 20 candlepower brilliance.

One flash for yes, two for no.

Ten seconds between answers.

For each word,

we will flash two numbers.

The first designates page number, second

the number of the word on that page.

So 212-9 would mean page 212,

the ninth word.

Will you remember all that?

If I don't, she will.

She's a very educated girl.

Due west, 20 candlepower, one, yes,

two, no. Ten seconds between answers.

Page and word number in dictionary.

- Correct.

- You see? She went to college in Oslo.

When does this happen?

Don't ask me. I only carry the news.

An Englishman in that uniform.

How do you do it?

Do I ask you how you catch fish?

I'll not be left out of things,

do you hear me?

Why wasn't I asked to the meeting

with Hammer at Osterholm's farm?

I'll make an issue of it.

Look here, Gunnar,

why don't you let me in on things?

Reason? I demand a reason.

Should I talk to him that way?

Or should I be clever,

wheedle it out of him?

You're wearing out your shoes.

Leather is rationed too.

I'll show you.

I'll show all of you. I'm not useless.

You'll come to me yet,

Mr. Gunnar Brogge.

I'll show you how to beat the Germans.

Go on up to the hotel. Start shooting.

Good morning.

Good morning.

- I want a bag for traveling.

- Is this the best you have got?

- This is all I've got.

- How much?

- Norwegian or German money?

I get paid by the Germans.

Twenty-two marks.

"Go up to the hotel," she says.

"Start shooting," she says. The old...

Hotel.

Say, maybe that's not such a bad idea.

- Hey, Paul, want a boat ride?

- We're going out to get the mail.

No, thanks.

Put the breakfast on the table.

Would you hand me a towel?

There's one on the bed.

Thank you.

Is there any news from the town?

What are you doing here?

What do you want?

What do you want?

I'm sorry to disturb you. l...

You thought I was somebody else.

You remember me, don't you?

The shop and the bag?

What about it?

Did I pay you too much or too little?

Oh, no, no, no. It's not that l...

I wanted to talk to someone.

Someone who'd been down

on the Continent since I was there.

I heard you were Polish.

I have a cousin in Warsaw.

And I thought, perhaps,

you might be dressed...

What was your cousin's name?

His... Malken same as mine.

Sit down.

Give me your hat.

What a beautiful new one it is.

Do you mind if I dress?

Is there any trouble in the town?

Trouble? Why should there be trouble?

Tell me about your cousin.

I know a great many people in Warsaw.

Well, I think... I think...

Was he a Pole or a Norwegian?

What was his business there?

- Well, l...

- Was he in Warsaw during the siege?

- You mustn't ask me questions.

- Then tell me why you've come to see me.

I wanted you to help us.

To do what?

Well, I thought...

...see, you living in this hotel with

the Germans, you might have information.

- What kind of information?

- Well, we could use all kinds of information.

For instance, number of guns, where

they're placed, have they got a wireless?

What do you want that information for?

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