The Lady Vanishes Page #5

What facts?

Only one person out of the whole myriad

of witnesses has backed your story.

And that one person, Mrs Barnes

and her husband, the Reverend,

positively identified Frau

Kummer as the woman you were with.

So you think I'm mad?

Please. Be serious.

This is the most awful thing that

has ever happened to me.

Well, I am grateful to

Miss Froy for bringing us together.

You may be prepared to give

up on Miss Froy, but I am not.

Second seating for the dinner

start now.

I'm not a bad person.

I'm not a bad person.

I'm not a bad person.

Why did you lie about Miss Froy?

I believe her name is Frau Kummer.

You know as well as I do

that she's English.

She was kind to you.

She's a very kind woman.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Whatever you think of me, I beg you...

Her parents are waiting for her.

If you can imagine what

that's like for them...

How would you feel

if you never saw your child again?

I'm sorry.

The woman I saw was Frau Kummer.

I don't know why you'd think

she had an English accent.

Come to gloat?

I am concerned about you, Miss Carr.

I have been talking to Mr Hare

and we are both wondering

if you are fit to continue this

journey alone.

I am perfectly fit.

I wouldn't want anyone to

worry on my account.

And what if you collapse later?

It would be more awkward for you

and everyone else.

I have been discussing it

with the doctor just now,

who has come to the

rescue with an admirable solution.

As the doctor is taking the patient

to a hospital in Trieste,

he has offered to see you placed

in a recommended nursing home

for the night.

Of course...

How clever of him.

Oh, no, I think you've

misunderstood,

it was at my suggestion.

Max is genuinely worried about you

and he asked me to use my influence.

No-one can influence me

to go with the doctor.

In that case, as there is no more

to be said, I will take my leave.

Can't you see that he's trying to

kidnap me as well? The man is evil!

I have seen nothing in his behaviour

other than a man of medicine

who is objective

about his care for you.

And all you see in my behaviour is a woman who

is hysterical? If you want the brutal truth, yes.

Then I won't pretend to be

grateful for your interest.

As you wish. But I...

Yes?

Nothing.

Do you need a hand?

Not talking to me?

Why did you lie to

the girl about the peeping woman?

I thought you understood.

Why did you lie?

Well, I don't know.

Because you did.

I expect you'll appreciate that

I was one jump ahead.

You hadn't realised that

I would have had to make

a statement in Trieste.

If you could imagine the headline.

"English Woman

Lost on Continental Express."

And a photo of Mr Todhunter

on his honeymoon.

Now I am... I am more than

aware of the penalties of fame.

The English press would

have jumped on it.

"Sir Peveril Brown caught with

mistress in Italy."

All would have been lost,

Laura, my dear.

Yes.

Yes.

All would have been lost.

You suggested I stop off at Trieste.

Yes. I was worried stiff about you.

Why?

Well, hanged if I know why,

it's not a habit of mine.

For some reason,

I'd like to help you.

You said you didn't believe me

based on the facts.

But your facts are based on what

other people have seen.

Yes. How do you know your witnesses

are reliable?

They're all saying the same thing.

No. It's because they're matrons

and Sunday school teachers.

Let me give you my facts.

There wasn't only a mix-up

with Miss Froy's ticket.

There was also a dispute about mine.

I ended up paying a fortune

to bribe the ticket officer into

giving me this seat.

I can only take your word for that. Just hear me out.

It wasn't sunstroke that made me fall on the platform.

I have a large

egg on the back of my head.

From where you fell on the platform.

I was sitting on a bench seat with a

back. How could I have fallen backwards?

One might conclude

I wasn't wanted in this compartment.

But not everyone from your hotel

is involved in this.

You said that the Reverend and Mrs Barnes

positively identified Frau Kummer. Yes.

The Reverend never saw Miss Froy.

It was Mrs Barnes who spoke to Miss

Froy because the Reverend was so unwell.

It's the Reverend's credibility

that made you believe Mrs Barnes.

It is only her word against mine and

why should I be judged at face value

if it goes against me?

I can't dispute that.

You want to help - you tell me

the motivation

for making Miss Froy disappear

off this train. But I can't.

I'm only asking you imagine

she exists.

And don't pretend you're not clever.

Well, they couldn't have bumped

her off at home.

That would have brought in the foreign press.

An English governess disappears in Croatia.

Disappearing on a train...

that's far more cunning.

Oh. They would have lost valuable

time

before they could

prove that the lady had vanished.

And no-one on the train would

actually remember when she was here.

Her disappearance could have been

after she'd arrived in Italy.

Or she could have stopped off in

Paris for a couple of days to shop.

It will be impossible to trace it

back to the Baroness and her family.

So they've probably already flung

her from the train?

The body would be found.

No, much better to invent an invalid

and that be the Baroness's sister.

Miss Froy is in the last compartment

disguised as an invalid!

How can anybody recognise her with

all that equipment around her?

And why else would

the compartment be sealed?

So what happens to her

when we get to Trieste?

Dump her in some river, I expect.

Weighed down and all that.

We have to see the patient.

We can't go marching in there.

Why not?

We still have no proof

Miss Froy exists.

This was simply a yarn that

I made up for you.

It's just silly hypothesising.

Please go.

Let me talk to the Professor.

Don't bother.

He's prejudiced

in favour of those matrons.

Can't you get your hair to lie down?

No. Neither by kindness nor threats.

It's my secret sorrow.

Thank you.

That's the first bit of interest

you've shown in me.

Miss Froy!

Let me pass.

You are in pain.

That is not good, for you are young

and you are travelling

without friends.

I will ask the nurse to give you

something to relieve your pain.

No. Thank you.

I would like you to step aside.

Nurse!

Get off me! Ow! Uh!

Why are we stopping?

It's the frontier.

Do we have to go through Customs?

No, no. The officials get on here.

Please. You have to help me!

A woman's disappeared on the train.

She's been kidnapped. No passengers

off the train. Do you understand?

A woman has been kidnapped.

Get in! You can't stay here.

Oh, for God's sake. Why is that

woman holding up the train?

You have to search the train.

You have to stop the train here!

And why can't

they control that animal?

It appears to be barking at nothing.

I doubt it.

Dogs see and hear things the rest

of us don't, especially at night.

Well, it's a good thing they can't

speak then, isn't it, my dear?

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