Secret Mission Page #2

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Herr Major.

Wires cut at point 5-1-8-4-2.

- Troops?

- No, believed to be

only three or four men.

- So more of your friends, eh?

- Maybe.

- Or perhaps you brought

them with you?

- Maybe.

We'll soon catch the swine.

Send out patrols immediately,

motorcycles as well as foot.

Very good, Herr Major.

Did you bring them with you

or did you not?

Now will you speak?

What do you know about it?

All I know is that your

personality is objectionable,

Your manners filthy,

And your end quite soon.

There's the house.

How long since you saw it?

Over two years.

Are they still...

When last you heard,

was the family still there?

When last I heard.

It should be too late

for anyone to be up,

it's after 3:
00.

We'll get in this way.

You wait here for a second,

I will just have

a look around.

Don't be long.

(WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH)

Do you speak English?

Yes.

- May I turn around?

- No!

Stay where you are.

I can explain what I'm doing

here, you know.

- This is very uncomfortable.

- Don't move!

Or I will shoot.

What was that?

- I believe you're frightened.

- No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

Besides, you're much

too good-looking

to go around shooting people.

Especially with

this funny thing.

Michele!

- Raoul!

- Michele!

(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)

- Are the Germans stationed

in the house?

- No.

- Good.

- But they patrol

all around here.

You must be very careful.

- Oh, Raoul, why have you come?

- I'll tell you later.

Michele, this is

Peter Garnett,

a very good friend of mine.

- That means you don't have to

shoot me after all.

- It is all right.

- It was not loaded anyway.

- Huh?

- I am hungry. Is there

anything to eat in the house?

- Of course.

- French food at last!

- We eat in the kitchen,

though.

- Hardly use the rest of

the house.

- Oh...

We must be very quiet.

Violette must not be woken.

- Why not?

- It is late!

- Ah, she will be glad to

see me at any time.

- Just listen to him.

- (WHISPERING) How is it going?

- Fine.

- I have to look after him

myself now.

-(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Violette!

- Oh, Monsieur Raoul.

- (LAUGHING)

I'm glad to see

you have not changed.

Violette, when I was a boy,

was always hitting me

on the head.

(LAUGHING)

Here we are, sir.

(GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING)

NOBBY:
I've got the key to

the side door, sir.

RED:
Hope they haven't changed

the lock.

NOBBY:
She's going to

get a surprise, all right.

(SNIFFING)

The smell hasn't altered

since I was here.

- Seems rather a nice smell

to me.

-(LAUGHS)

I expect the place is

still running at a loss.

(BELL DINGS)

(CALLS OUT IN FRENCH)

I shan't be a minute, sir.

I hope.

Nobby!

- What are you doing here?

- Who, me?

Well, I popped over to

have a...

- I thought

you were quite dead!

- No, no, no.

- Why did you not write?

- Well, I cut my finger...

Am I not your loving wife?

- Well, yes...

- Am I not a sick woman?

- I feel sick.

- Are the Boche not here?

I don't know.

- Oh, why did you drop me?

Tell me, Nobby, tell me!

- I've got someone with me.

- Oh, you do not love me

anymore.

- Yes.

- You have forgotten

your little Lulu.

- No, I haven't. Now, shh!

Who is that?

This is Captain Gowan.

This is the missus

I was telling you of.

(GREETS IN FRENCH)

How do you do? Nobby never

stops talking about you.

So, you have come

to liberate France, huh?

It is time.

My house is at your disposal.

Only be quiet!

The Boche is everywhere.

Listening!

Come, Nobby. Glasses, huh?

- (SPEAKING FRENCH)

- Thank you.

Oh, he is so naughty,

that little one.

- But I'm a foolish woman.

I have given him my heart.

- Oh, bad luck.

(SIRENS BLARING)

- (SPEAKING FRENCH)

- (COMMANDING IN GERMAN)

(SHOUTING IN GERMAN)

(EXPLOSIONS IN THE DISTANCE)

Sounds like a big raid.

You know, we must be

the only people who have been

bombed by both sides.

Now that the bombers are

overhead, I expect things

will be happening.

- Such as?

- Someone goes out and

cuts the telephone wires.

Last week it was the power

station. That's why

we have to use the lamp.

How do the Germans

like all this?

They arrest people and

fine the whole village.

- But everybody contributes

something, so it is paid.

- That's the spirit.

No, the people are fools!

We have signed an armistice

with Germany.

They only make things more

difficult for themselves by

these stupid acts of sabotage.

- It isn't worth it!

- Not even for freedom?

Not even for freedom!

I tried banging my head

against a brick wall.

(CLEARS THROAT)

That was delicious.

- Nobody in England

can cook like that.

- I should think not!

- Can I help you wash up?

- No, thank you.

I did not hear

Monsieur Raoul offer to help.

He has not changed much.

Do not try to corrupt me,

Violette, with your

revolutionary ideas.

It was women like her

who brought about

the French Revolution.

(EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE)

- Come and help me

get the beds ready.

- Eh?

- Come on, now.

- Eh, well...

(URGING IN FRENCH)

VIOLETTE:
Do not make

any noise with

those big feet of yours.

RAOUL:
Anything you say.

Raoul adores Violette.

He was always her favorite.

My other brother,

who is a prisoner of war

in Germany...

Brother?

- Isn't Raoul your husband?

- (LAUGHING) No.

What made you think that?

I don't really know.

- He's never spoken very much

about his family.

- No, he's my brother.

- You don't look very alike.

- No.

And we think differently

about many things.

Must be hell for you here.

That's so that

we do not forget ever

who is master here.

By day, we see them.

At night,

we just have to listen.

- Not coming here, is it?

- No.

It goes to the turn of the

road, and then comes back.

The Boche are very methodical.

- Calvados,

from our own cellar.

- Ah!

What else have

you got in there?

When the Boche come here

and began looting,

We hide all the valuable

things, like silver, linen,

And most valuable of all,

soap!

- Didn't we, Michele?

- Calvados!

We must drink a toast.

To Peter's first visit to

Chateau Carnot.

And to Raoul's homecoming.

You are home,

-Aren't you, Raoul?

- No. Only for 48 hours,

then I have to go.

But why?

Well, I'm in

the Free French Army now.

- I'm over here for them.

- What for?

To find out about the

German Army, that's all.

You mean you're a spy?

Michele!

I'm sorry. I don't know what

I'm trying to say, you see...

It's two years

since you were home last.

I was so happy

I didn't even think.

You're in danger here.

You might be caught,

Anything might happen.

You must go now, before

morning. Please, Raoul!

Women are amazing, I must say.

First, she is angry with me

because I will not stay,

And now she tries to throw me

out as quickly as she can.

Monsieur, can you not

persuade him to go?

No, I'm afraid I can't.

You are the only one left.

Charles is a prisoner of war

in Germany. His wife is dead.

I am here working the estate

with only Violette and

Charles' son to help me.

You do not write to us.

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