The Lady Vanishes Page #6

Let's investigate.

You'll just have to put up

with it in English.

Can we take a look at your patient,

please? Thank you.

Keep an eye on the nun.

What are you doing here?

Why are you in here?

This is a most serious accident case.

You have no business to be here.

We want you to undo the bandages

and let us see your patients face.

Are you out of your senses?

There is no face there.

Nothing but lumps of new flesh.

The case has lost so much blood...

nothing but a transfusion

can save him.

What do you want me to do?

Murder my patient?

-You're sure that this is your patient?

-We believe it's Miss Froy.

You can't be serious. What on

earth put such ideas into your heads?

-l understand she is deaf and dumb.

-But she may lip read.

That's possible. ln that case, perhaps

you will join me in the dining car?

l'll be with you in a moment. l want to be

certain my patient hasn't been disturbed.

How do l know how they cottoned on?

Somebody must have tipped them off.

-You never said the girl was English.

-What difference does it make?

ln a few minutes, l will order three

drinks in the dining car.

Mine will be Chartreuse.

One of the stewards is working

for us. Listen carefully.

There's that girl again.

Seems to have recovered.

Lucky it blew over.

-You'll tell me what it's all about?

-Have you actually seen your patient?

No, l received a message to pick

the case up and operate at Morsken.

-How do you know its not Miss Froy.

-We think there's been a change.

You think

that someone has...

l want a green chartreuse.

Won't you join me?

-l'll like a large brandy, please.

-And you?

-Nothing, thank you.

-lt'll do you good.

You are very tired.

lt will pick you up.

-All right, just a small one.

-2 brandies and a Chartreuse.

Do you know anything about the nun

who is looking after the patient?

Nun? No. She is from the convent

where the accident occurred.

Don't you think it is curious that

she's wearing high heeled shoes?

ls she? That is

rather curious, isn't it?

A conspiracy.

That's all it can be.

These people on the train say

they haven't seen Miss Froy.

We know because

in the luggage van...

She's off again!

Puts the lid on our getting back

in time, if she did.

Then this fellow from

the carriage, Doppo...

he came along

and grabbed the glasses.

Then we went for him

and had a fight.

-A fight?

-We knocked him out.

-Seems to have made a speedy recovery.

-Yes. That's just bluff.

How could he be involved in a

conspiracy? Look at the poor fellow.

He's just a harmless traveller.

He's a musical artist on a tour

of Bandrika.

The Baroness' husband is

Minister of Propaganda.

One word from her and

his tour would be cancelled.

l see.

And the stewards would got a

nice cosy brick wall to lean against.

But tell me about

the two English travellers.

-They also denied seeing her?

-British diplomacy, doctor.

Never climb a fence if you can sit

on it. Old Foreign Office proverb.

Why should someone want

to dispose of the old lady?

That stumps us. All we know is she

was on this train and now she's...

gone.

lf you're right, it means the whole

train is against us.

What are we going to do?

ln view of what you've just told me,

l'll risk examining my patient.

We mustn't act suspiciously.

Behave as if nothing had happened.

Drink, that'll steady

your nerves.

To our health. And may

our enemies, if they exist...

be unconscious of

our purpose.

Let's go. We

must hurry now.

Come on, drink up.

Wait in here.

Right you are.

-Anything wrong?

-Nothing.

Except they noticed you

were wearing high heels.

But it makes no difference.

We shall reach Morsken

in 3 minutes.

Quite an eventful journey.

Well?

Yes, the patient is Miss Froy.

She will be taken off

the train in 3 minutes.

She will be removed to the hospital

there and operated on.

The operation will

not be successful.

l should perhaps explain that the

operation will be performed by me.

l am in this conspiracy

as you term it.

You are a very

alert young couple...

but it's quite useless for you to

think of a way out of your dilemma.

The drink you've had now, l regret to

say, contained a quantity of Hydrocin.

Hydrocin is a very little known

drug which has the effect...

of paralysing the brain and

rendering the victim unconscious...

for a considerable period.

ln a larger quantity,

it induces madness.

However the dose was

a normal one.

Soon you will join your

young friend.

Need l say how sorry l am feeling

to take such a melodramatic course.

But your persistent meddling

made it necessary.

Are you all right?

You must have fainted.

There is a woman next door

going to be murdered...

and we've got to get moving

before this stuff takes effect.

lf you keep on the go you

can stay awake.

Right, come on,

let's get going.

lt's locked.

We can't go that way.

We'll be spotted.

-You can't do that!

-Don't worry, it's only next door...

you carry on keeping fit,

touch your toes...

stand your head, do anything

but fall asleep.

You needn't be afraid,

it is Miss Froy.

lt's all right,

you haven't been drugged.

He told me to put something

in your drinks but l didn't do it.

Who the devil are you?

He said you were deaf and dumb.

Never mind about that now, if you

want to save her you've got to hurry.

What's gonna happen now?

Let's hold them off until

past Morsken...

the frontier's a few miles

beyond the station.

Come on, there's still time.

That's Morsken.

Have you finished?

Come on, Miss Froy.

Come on kid, you're not drugged,

l'll explain later. Abracadabra.

-Miss Froy, l can't believe it!

-Thank you. Thank you very much.

Careful.

Ready?

Yes.

-Are you all right, Miss Froy?

-Yes, thank you.

lt's rather like the rush hour

on the underground.

We're slowing down.

l'm sorry you've had such an

uncomfortable journey, Miss Froy.

Get back on the train.

l hope nothing goes wrong.

Aren't we stopping

rather a long time?

The ambulance is going.

We'll be off in a jiffy.

Another couple of minutes,

we'll be over the border.

l've been well paid and l've done

dirty work for it...

but this was murder and she is

an English woman.

-You are Bandrieken.

-My husband was, but l'm English.

You were going to butcher

her in cold blood.

Your little diversion made it necessary

not only to remove the lady...

but two others as well.

You can' t do that.

lt'd be fool to permit the existence

of anyone who cannot be trusted.

-You wouldn't dare. l know too much.

-Precisely.

l think we're over

the border now.

You can come out, Miss Froy.

-Bless me. What an unpleasant journey.

-Never mind.

You shall have a corner seat for the

rest of the way. There you are.

Now that it's over, you ought

to tell us what it's all about.

What was that scream?

-lt was the train whistle.

-lt was the woman.

Be careful.

We're on a branch line and they've

slipped the rear of the train.

Oh dear!

Why are these people going

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