Exodus Page #3

He's right.

She mention me in there?

Thank you.

- No, thank you.

- None for me.

How did you know I postponed my departure?

Central Intelligence has a great talent

for spying on the innocent.

It'll interest them to learn

that I have a plot under way.

Good. Can you tell me about it?

There's a child at the camp

I'd like to take out for a holiday.

Just for luncheon,

and perhaps to buy her some clothes.

Then I take it

some of the strangeness has worn off?

I know it was foolish to say that.

But I can't help it. I do feel strange among them.

Except for this girl.

Somehow she's entirely different.

Her point of view, the way she works...

...she acts, feels and speaks

almost exactly like an American.

I can think of no higher praise.

You're laughing at me, and I deserve it.

I'm not laughing. I'm simply glad it worked.

- What?

- I wanted you to get interested...

...in something

beside your own troubles, and you did.

It's interesting that you saw it so fast.

- Of course, you were absolutely right.

- I'm glad you weren't offended.

I shouldn't like you to become a woman...

...who drifts through life, "fair to no purpose...

"... artful to no end,

young without lovers, old without a friend. "

Do you have a solution?

If I were 20 years younger

I'd offer myself as a solution.

The Vale of Kashmir is no good

unless you share it with someone.

Places don't mean anything.

Only people are important.

Fill your life with people.

Let Tom return to the grave where he belongs.

Fred!

- Yes, sir?

- There's a child out at Karaolos...

...Mrs. Fremont would like released for a day.

What's her name?

Karen Hansen.

- See to it for me, will you?

- Very well, sir.

- Isn't it a little irregular?

- Extremely.

That's why I want your signature on the pass

instead of my own.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Isn't she a beauty?

You must have towed it across.

All right, she's no beauty,

but her heart is solid oak. You'll see.

Ari!

Hank, how are you?

Hank Schlosberg from Cincinnati.

He's run more ships through the blockade

than anyone.

This is Mr. Mandria, who arranged for this tub.

- Not a bad ship.

- Not a good one, Mr. Mandria.

For the money we pay,

every ship cannot be the Queen Mary.

Can this abortion make it to Palestine?

On my mother's honour, she has made 300 trips...

...from Cyprus to Turkey under her last owner.

That's just the trouble.

We can hold her together for one more round.

I want a loudspeaker system aboard.

Get me a power unit

and six Almec-Thorston speakers.

There is no such equipment for sale in Cyprus.

If you can't buy it, steal it.

Stock it with provisions for five days.

- For a two-day trip?

- Five days.

All prepared foods, either canned or packaged.

The most expensive, naturally.

- Have you got my jeep yet?

- I told you, it's impossible.

A jeep is out of the question, absolutely.

- Need someone to overhaul the engine tank?

- No, my gang can take care of that.

- Mr. Mandria?

- Yes?

What about that jeep there?

That belongs to His Beatitude...

...the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus.

Steal it. Paint it. Hide it till I'm ready for it.

The water's wonderful.

May I have another swim before my steak?

Just once more,

because we're due back at the camp.

- Is that the girl?

- Yes.

Swims just like an American.

- loll buy you a drink if you'll forget that joke.

- I just had one.

She is nice.

Would it be too difficult to arrange

for me to take her back to America?

Not from our end.

We'd be glad to let them all go.

So long as they don't end up in Palestine.

Let me know when you've decided.

loll get Maj. Caldwell to arrange it for you.

Thank you.

Karen.

Coming.

Would you like to go to America?

Of course. Everybody likes to go to America.

Then you will go.

loll cancel the rest of my trip,

and loll take you with me.

And you can go to school there,

and later on to the university.

And if you like it, and want to,

you can become an American citizen.

You mean, go right away?

Perhaps. In the next week or two.

Meanwhile, I may be able to get you out of camp.

loll speak to the general tonight.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing.

You do want to go, don't you?

Yes, but I mean...

I must think about it a little.

- What is there to think about?

- I don't know.

But it's so important, and I need a little time.

You know, to think.

Take all the time you wish.

- Kitty?

- Yes?

- Don't be mad at me.

- Of course not.

It's getting late. You better finish your steak.

Fine thing, what you want to do for Karen.

She told you?

She is worried about her father.

I didn't know that her father was alive.

When Karen was six,

he smuggled her out of Germany to Denmark.

After the war she went back to find her parents.

The Jewish Agency had records of the dead.

She found her mother on the Dachau list...

...together with her two younger brothers.

About the father there was nothing,

so naturally she hopes he is still alive.

Maybe in Palestine.

As a matter of fact, there is such a possibility.

He was a very important scientist.

The Nazis could have spared his life...

...in order to use his brain.

But of course, who knows?

It's curious

that she didn't mention her father to me.

You must understand something

about these children.

Their past is scarred. They're ashamed of it.

To have a parent who has been persecuted,

or killed in a concentration camp...

...is a reproach to them.

They feel guilty for having survived.

So they pretend the bad things never happened.

To take such a child is a great responsibility...

- ... even a sacrifice.

- It's no sacrifice.

I'm alone. The insurance I got

after my husband's death is more than enough.

I didn't mean financial sacrifice,

although it's a good thing to have money.

No, what I meant was,

you will have to make a sacrifice of yourself.

These children who have lost everything...

...spend their lives searching for new parents.

Their need reaches out to your heart

as naturally as a flower turns to the sun.

And they trap you.

Because they've been so long without love,

they demand all the love you have.

Karen will drain you of love. She'll exhaust you.

That's exactly what I need.

I'd like to go with you, Kitty.

If you still want me.

- Morning.

- Morning.

- Bowen, 23rd GT Company.

- What can I do for you, sir?

Afraid loll to have to draw rather heavily on you.

- Please have a chair.

- Thank you.

This does draw us down a bit.

Excuse me a moment.

- Operator.

- CO, please.

Won't take a minute.

I hope not. As you can see, I'm in a hurry.

- CO speaking.

- Hall here, sir.

I've an order at transport pool, sir, for 14 lorries...

...4 motorcycles, 18 drivers and 18 guards.

Estimated use four hours, sir.

- What's this for?

- Transport from Karaolos, sir.

- Who is requesting this?

- Capt. Bowen.

- What authority?

- Sir Cecil Bradshaw, of the Colonial office.

- Yes.

- Countersigned Lt. Gen. Sutherland.

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