Rendezvous Page #8

COLONEL PETROFF,

YOU WON'T MIND SEEING

MY NIECE HOME? GOOD NIGHT.

I SHOULD:

BE DELIGHTED!

IT'S OUTRAGEOUS!

I REALIZE THAT THIS IS VERY

IRREGULAR, YOUR EXCELLENCY.

IF I'M WRONG, YOUR

EXCELLENCY NEED ONLY REPORT ME

TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT,

AND I'LL BE

COURT-MARTIALED.

WELL. THAT AT LEAS WILL BE SOME RECOMPENSE.

I ALWAYS PAY OFF

WHEN I LOSE, SIR.

BUT YOU YOURSELF

ADMIT I:

THAT THERE IS:

NO OFFICIAL REASON

WHY CAPTAIN NIETERSTEIN

SHOULD POSSESS A REAGENT.

THE CAPTAIN HAS:

ALREADY ASSURED YOU

THAT THE MEDAL WAS STOLEN

FROM HIM SEVERAL DAYS AGO.

I DOUBT VERY MUCH, SIR,

WHETHER PEOPLE STEAL MEDALS

MERELY TO DIP:

THE RIBBONS IN REAGENT.

I'M PERMITTING YOU TO PROCEED

MERELY TO PROVE HOW WRONG YOU ARE.

AND I SHALL LOOK FORWARD

TO YOUR COURT-MARTIAL.

LIEUTENANT GORDON! YES?

WOULD YOU LOOK:

IN THAT DRAWER?

VERY USEFUL,

I SHOULD SAY,

PARTICULARLY,

IN WARTIMES.

SURELY EVERY MAN IS

ENTITLED TO A HOBBY.

THIS ONE HAPPENS

TO BE MINE.

NICHOLAS WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED

IN ELECTRICAL CONTRAPTIONS.

THAT PROVES NOTHING.

LIEUTENANT GORDON.

IT'S THE OFFICIAL CODE.

I CAN'T PERMI THEM TO SEE IT.

NATURALLY.

THE BRENNAN CODE.

IT'S AS SIMPLE

AS A-B-C.

THE MESSAGES WERE

INTERCEPTED WITH THA

AND DECODED WITH THIS.

FAIRLY COMPLETE,

I'D SAY.

I'M SORRY,

PAPA GREGORY.

I HAVE ONLY ONE:

EXPLANATION TO MAKE:

MOTHER WAS GERMAN.

YOU SEE HOW DIFFICUL THIS WAR HAS BEEN FOR ME.

YOU ALL HAVE ONE COUNTRY

AND FIGHT FOR IT.

I HAD TWO AND HAD TO CHOOSE

FOR ONE AND AGAINST THE OTHER.

BELIEVE ME, I DID WHA I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT.

NICHOLAS. NICHOLAS.

MY COMPLIMENTS.

LIEUTENANT GORDON SHOULD

BE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

BUT-BUT I DIDN' DO ANYTHING.

I ONLY FOUND THE MEDAL.

I NEVER EXPECTED-

IT'S A GREAT CONSOLATION

TO KNOW YOU'RE

SO CONCERNED ABOUT ME.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

BELIEVE THAT.

BUT I WOULD HAVE DONE I INTENTIONALLY IF I'D KNOWN.

YOU SEE, I, TOO,

LOVE MY COUNTRY.

I THINK WE CAN GO NOW.

DO YOU MIND:

IF I DRESS?

OF COURSE NOT.

AAH!

WAR, MY DEAR.

WAR... DEATH...

OH, IT'S HORRIBLE!

WHY ARE SUCH THINGS?

THEY HAPPEN.

THEY ALWAYS WILL,

I'M AFRAID.

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

I'M SORRY, BELIEVE ME.

I CAN'T TELL YOU

HOW MUCH I REGRET THIS.

BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL,

DEEPLY GRATEFUL.

YOU'VE HELPED US TRAP

THE HEAD OF THE... SPY RING,

AND I SHALL SEE THAT YOUR

SERVICES ARE RECOGNIZED.

I DON'T WANT RECOGNITION.

DO YOU THINK I WAN TO GO THROUGH LIFE

WITH SOMETHING:

TO REMIND ME-

WOULD YOU CARE:

TO GO HOME NOW?

IN A MOMENT.

IT'LL BE SAFE FOR YOU TO SEND

THE RENDEZVOUS POSITION NOW, SIR.

I'LL GET BACK

TO THE DEPARTMEN

AND HAVE IT SEN IMMEDIATELY. GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, SIR.

WELL... HUH.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

I THOUGHT COLONEL PETROFF

WAS SEEING YOU HOME.

WELL, YOU DIDN'T EXPECT ME

TO SPEND THE REST OF THE WAR

WITH THA - THAT AMOROUS FEATHER DUSTER.

DON'T YOU THINK I MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA

FOR YOU TO GO HOME

FOR A CHANGE.

HEY, THAT'S MY TAXI!

WELL, IT'S

IN THE ARMY NOW.

THE ANDOVER ARMS.

NO, NO.

THE PARK HOTEL.

I MOVED AFTER:

CHARLES WAS...

UH, TAXI! TAXI!

WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF MISS

KARLOFF'S ROOM, PLEASE?

MISS KARLOFF:

IS NOT IN, MADAM.

OH, YES, SHE IS.

I'M AFRAID MADAM

IS MISTAKEN.

I JUST SAW HER COME IN

HERE WITH LIEUTENANT GORDON.

I'LL SEE, MADAM.

MISS KARLOFF, PLEASE.

HELLO? A LADY JUST-

VERY WELL.

I WAS MISTAKEN.

MISS KARLOFF IS IN.

BUT SHE DOESN'T WISH

TO BE DISTURBED.

OH, SHE DOESN'T WISH

TO BE DISTURBED.

WELL, SHE'S GOING TO BE.

AND I'M JUS THE GIRL TO DO IT.

MISS KARLOFF IS:

A VERY DANGEROUS WOMAN.

THERE'S NO TELLING WHA SHE'LL DO TO LIEUTENANT RDON.

MY DEAR MISS-

MY NAME IS:

MISS JOEL CARTER

AND MY UNCLE HAPPENS TO BE

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR.

IF YOU DON'T SHOW ME WHICH

IS MISS KARLOFF'S ROOM,

I'LL CALL OU THE ARMY AND THE NAVY!

AND MAYBE A MARINE

IF HE'S NEEDED.

VERY WELL, MISS CARTER,

SINCE YOU INSIST.

THIS GENTLEMAN WILL

SHOW YOU UPSTAIRS.

THANK YOU.

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

UH, THIS LADY WISHES

TO SEE MISS KARLOFF.

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

I'M TAKING THE MESSAGE

TO MISS KARLOFF NOW.

GOOD.

NOTE FOR YOU,

MISS KARLOFF.

OH, THANKS.

EXCUSE ME.

SURE.

BAD NEWS?

OH, NO. JUST ANNOYING.

ANY ANSWER,

MISS KARLOFF?

YES. SAY THAT I CAN'T SEE

HIM UNTIL THE MORNING.

YES, MISS.

OH, JUST A MOMENT.

I'M NOT IN THE HABIT OF

RECEIVING CALLERS AT THIS HOUR.

YOU RECEIVED ME.

YES, BUT YOU'RE NO A PERSISTENT SUITOR...

UNFORTUNATELY.

THAT'S ALL.

OH, JUST A MINUTE,

BOY.

SURELY THE GENTLEMAN WILL

EXPECT A BETTER ANSWER THAN THAT.

YOU THINK SO?

WON'T HE BE

DISAPPOINTED?

CAN YOU SUGGEST ANYTHING

BETTER I COULD TELL HIM?

YES.

YOU MIGHT TELL HIM THAT THERE'S REALLY

NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE NEW CODE.

I'M REALLY NOT VERY GOOD

AT RIDDLES, LIEUTENANT.

WELL... THAT'S THAT.

MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU

AND TO CAPTAIN NIETERSTEIN,

A BRAVE MAN.

BUT HIS SACRIFICE

ONLY CONVINCED US

THAT THE BRENNAN CODE

WAS USELESS:

AND THAT WE HAD:

TO GET A NEW ONE.

I'M FROM THE ARMY

INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE ME TO THE

MAN WHO GAVE YOU THAT MESSAGE.

YES, SIR.

MISS KARLOFF, I THINK

YOU'D BETTER COME WITH ME,

AND YOU CAN DELIVER

YOUR ANSWER PERSONALLY.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

DOWN...

I SAID DOWN.

GET OUT.

SORRY,

LIEUTENANT GORDON,

BUT THE FORTUNES

OF WAR-

OR THE MISFORTUNES.

IN OUR BUSINESS, THERE ARE

ALWAYS REVERSES, LIEUTENANT.

YOU RECOGNIZE THIS,

OF COURSE.

SOME SORT OF CODE,

I SUPPOSE?

THIS IS THE:

NEW AMERICAN CODE,

AND YOU KNOW IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAR DEPARTMEN DOESN'T TELL ME EVERYTHING.

COME NOW, LIEUTENANT.

EVERYBODY KNOWS:

YOU'RE THE CODE EXPERT.

ONLY SINCE:

MAJOR BRENNAN'S REMOVAL.

PRECISELY. IT WOULD

BE VERY UNFORTUNATE

IF THE PROCESS WERE

TO BE REPEATED.

AT LEAST I SHALL HAVE

THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING

THAT WHEN I DO GO,

YOUR ONLY KEY TO

THE CODE GOES WITH ME.

LIEUTENANT, I KNOW THAT YOU

ACCEPT WHAT IS... INEVITABLE

AND THE INEVITABLE IS THAT I GET BUMPED

OFF WHETHER I DECODE THAT MESSAGE OR NOT.

SO I'M NO GOING TO DECODE IT.

YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT.

YOU WILL BE...

"BUMPED OFF" ANYWAY,

BUT I HAVE AN IDEA THAT YOU WILL

DECODE THE MESSAGE BECAUSE...

IF YOU PLEASE.

AS A SOLDIER, YOU

REALIZE THAT AN EMERGENCY

REQUIRES:

EMERGENCY METHODS.

I DON'T KNOW ANY EMERGENCY

THAT REQUIRES WARRING ON WOMEN.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CODE

OF DECENCY EVEN IN WAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, LIEUTENANT,

THE SITUATION IS TOO ACUTE

FOR THE USUAL AMENITIES.

IF I DO DECODE:

THIS MESSAGE,

WHAT GUARANTEE HAVE I THA MISS CARTER WILL BE RELEASED?

IF YOU DON'T DECODE

THE MESSAGE,

YOU'RE SURE

OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

IF YOU DO, WE HAVE NOTHING

TO GAIN BY KEEPING HER HERE.

WE GET WORD:

THAT OUR U-BOATS HAVE LOCATED

THE RENDEZVOUS POSITION,

SHE WILL BE RELEASED.

ANOTHER MAN DID:

SOMETHING LIKE THIS ONCE.

HIS NAME WAS:

BENEDICT ARNOLD.

THIS POSITION IS 1,000 MILES

OUT OF THE REGULAR SEA LANES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DOESN' SEEM TO BE FAR ENOUGH.

YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THA WE WILL HOLD MISS CARTER

UNTIL THE TRANSPOR IS LOCATED?

HARDLY.

NOW, SINCE I'M ABOUT TO

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