The Exception Page #5

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until he comes round again.

The Americans

will stay out this time.

They are decadent,

no fonder of the Jews

and communists than we are.

There I disagree with you.

We face

an international conspiracy

funded by Jewish capital

which has its home in America.

It will have to be defeated

sooner or later.

I'm glad to hear you say that.

You had 30 years to do something

about the Jews,

and yet you just let them

get on with it.

We had other priorities.

But you had Jewish friends,

didn't you?

I'm sure I read that.

In the last war, the German Jews

fought and died for our country

- in their thousands.

- What's your point?

It's fair to say that few people

really understood

the Jewish threat

until the '20s.

For that we are very grateful

to the fuhrer.

The problem

is the same everywhere,

but only now, in Germany,

is there sufficient clarity

to admit the scale of the task

and to examine

the potential solutions

in a thorough

and an imaginative manner.

And yet, where we lead

I'm sure

that others will follow.

Germany needs more room

for its people,

especially in the east,

and for that

there will have to be

a re-ordering

of other populations.

Where relocation is impractical,

a more sensible solution

must be found.

The elderly, the mentally ill,

are a drain

on the reich's resources.

Not to mention the children,

of course.

In wartime, it is

hardly feasible to feed them

until they can provide

the return on capital.

And we are very much

at the experimental stage.

I attended

one demonstration recently

at the laboratory in potsdam

where ten disabled children

were each given

a red balloon to play with

and then injected in the heart

with a solution

of concentrated phenol.

- I beg your pardon?

- Phenol.

You probably know

it as carbolic acid.

It's easily soluble.

They appear to have passed away

in their sleep,

but the doctor

and his assistant,

who are both very skilled,

could only manage ten

in a minute.

So I fear it's hardly practical

on the scale

we may eventually need.

Will you take some Brandy

and a cigar, herr himmler?

Yes, yes, and I will show you

my collection of pg wodehouse.

First editions.

I'm afraid I must go.

I have an early start tomorrow.

We have an understanding,

I think?

Indeed, we do.

Brandt, they are the rule.

You are the exception.

Tell me if the pastor

gives you anything.

Ah, good to see you finally

taking an interest, Brandt.

You were wonderful.

I was very proud of you.

You are a bloody fool, sigurd.

You almost ruined everything.

Colonel.

I've been wondering something.

Can an officer have

a loyalty to anything

greater than his country?

First,

he must answer the question,

"what is my country?"

"And does it even still exist?"

Hmm.

The offer his highness received

tonight from himmler...

It's a trap.

They want to know who secretly

supports the restoration.

I trust you will inform

his highness accordingly.

If you'll excuse me.

Captain?

Thank you.

Is something wrong?

- I have to go now. Forever.

- Oh...

But first I...

I have a message for you.

From Winston Churchill.

Of course you do.

You're the secret agent.

Marvelous.

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

It's the kaiser, he's collapsed!

No, get him to hospital now!

What happened? Is he dead?

We spoke and then I left.

He picked up his axe

and then fell.

You should have gone hours ago.

I'll go now.

Brandt.

I'll find her.

Gestapo.

They know.

They are coming for you now.

You'll never make it.

Mieke, trust me.

It's Brandt. Listen,

one of the female servants

is an enemy agent.

Get all the men out. Seal off

the exits and the perimeter.

And nobody,

nobody gets in or out

without my permission. Clear?

I'm perfectly well.

Just a little dizzy, that's...

I'm fine now.

I'm all right.

Please, don't fuss.

I have told you so many times

not to exercise so after dinner.

I must remember that. Huh?

You... you won't believe...

I... I just received a message

from britain's prime minister.

- The boy Churchill.

- What? What message?

What?

He was offering me exile

in england,

and then, when the war ends,

the throne

of a defeated Germany.

Imagine that!

Two offers in one night.

Not bad, huh? After 20 years.

- Oh!

- Wilhelm, please, please rest.

Rest.

Of course, I was very polite.

I said, "no, thank you."

Of course. Please rest. Rest.

Sigurd will be here in a moment.

- Hermine.

- Hmm?

There's something

I must tell you.

I shall not return to Berlin.

I shall stay here with you,

and I will never leave.

Was it tonight?

That dreadful man?

I should never have

brought him here.

Oh, I am such a fool.

No, no, no!

Thank god, I'm grateful to you.

But they are not all

like himmler.

You will talk to the fuhrer,

and the man must be dismissed.

- Something must be done.

- Nothing can be.

No, they are not as we are,

as anyone is.

We had to know that,

and now we do.

Oh! Look at me.

My love.

It's god's will. All of it.

No. How can that be?

And I'm content. I must be.

Truly?

Truly.

Then so am I.

It's that new servant girl.

- He has chest pains.

- Dr. krahl is coming.

- Don't fuss, sigurd.

- Quick, help!

Careful.

- Don't...

- To the house.

The doctor is coming.

Don't fuss, sigurd.

Don't fuss.

- Careful.

- Yes. Yes. Just put me to bed,

that's all.

- Captain, open the door.

- He needs the hospital.

Open the door!

Brandt,

the doctor is coming here.

- Follow me.

- Brandt!

But wait! I need to go with him!

Mieke. Mieke!

The gestapo's coming for her.

Well, get her in. Quick!

Why did you wait so long?

Did you think I was going

to turn you over to the gestapo?

Well, of course, that's exactly

what I should have done.

Halt!

Open the gate, damn you!

We're looking

for an enemy agent.

So are we!

Open the f***ing gate!

Oh, Christ.

They're here already.

Mieke, give me your gun, now.

Mieke!

- Mueller, get that gate open.

- Sir.

Move that car now!

Where are you going?

Hospital.

The kaiser's had a heart attack.

- Our priority is the spy.

- Mine is his life.

They've sealed the perimeter.

Take my men

and search the house.

I'll be back in an hour.

Get them up to the house!

Oh, come along.

Move that f***ing car!

Get moving!

- I'm checking the Van.

- It's the kaiser.

Get out of the way.

Ah,

we'll just take a little look.

No!

Oh, mieke.

You saved my life.

I'm glad we had the chance

to say goodbye.

I shall miss you.

Such beautiful hands.

Your highness.

Your highness?

Your highness.

Brandt! Brandt!

He's just asleep.

Have you got somewhere to go?

An address.

Will you come with me?

I betrayed my country,

but I won't abandon it.

Please, you'll be shot!

I left two gestapo officers

to guard the gate

and took the kaiser to hospital.

The enemy agent killed them

and escaped.

Don't be sad.

I found something else

to fight for.

Me too.

I...

I know.

But will you marry me?

Come and find me after the war.

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