Yellow Canary Page #7

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Thank you, sir. Go ahead.

I'm on to something important.

Sally Maitland is up to her tricks.

We've been discussing her. I think you

can safely leave that young woman to us.

It's the Queen Mary. Sabotage.

We'll get on to that. In the

meanwhile, you lay off, Cardwell.

Aye-aye, sir.

Very good work.

Don't any of your boys know

about Sally? No.

Only myself and the head of the

Mounties. That's how they wanted it.

They've built her up, so we agreed.

Fancy being accused of sabotaging

the Queen Mary! We can forget that!

You looked surprised to

find me in your room.

I was. How did you get in?

Our organisation is very efficient.

So it seems. And the Fuhrer always watches

over good friends of the Third Reich.

The canary? Mm-hm. You put it in my

cabin? And sent you one in London.

Just in case I should change my

opinion of the British? Precisely.

Well, well! Today has

been full of surprises.

And you will have a few more

before the day is over.

Ihr habt alle grossartige Arbeit

geleistet.

Der Fuhrer ist zufrieden.

Der Fuhrer erwartet heute abend

von euch allen aussersten Einsatz!

Ihr konnt stolz darauf sein,

die Befehle des Fuhrers

ausfuhren zu durfen.

DOORBELL:

Das ist Kurt. Und Fraulein Maitland.

Heil Hitler.

ALL:

Heil Hitler!

Heil Hitler.

Meine Damen und Herren,

ich freue mich am heutigen Abend,

eine neue Mitarbeiterin

vorstellen zu durfen.

Fraulein Sally Maitland!

I will now introduce.

Karl-Heinz Stetto.

Freut mich sehr, mein Fraulein.

Surely...

It's queer cargo they're

sending us these days.

Fraulein Gretl Kuhne. Unsere Organisation

ist unseres Fuhrers wurdig.

I thought you were

too good to be true.

And the means of my getting into your room.

Frau Brehme!

I am glad to see you complied

with the blackout regulations.

The penalties were severe.

Herr von Kamnitz. Sehr

geehrt, gnadiges Fraulein.

I hope you found

Room 73 comfortable.

I must say you've been

looking after me.

Our organisation... Very efficient.

Thank you.

Orlock and Sally have just

gone into the chateau.

I'll get going, sir. Where?

To the chateau.

I think you'd better wait here.

She asked you to. I suppose I better.

Achtung! The leader!

Heil Hitler!

ALL:

Heil Hitler!

Heil Hitler.

So we are gathered in this room

for the last time.

After months of preparation, the

hour has come. Tonight we strike.

Herr Stetto, Frau Kuhne and Brehme,

Herr von Kamnitz, return to work.

Within a few hours, you may

have to lay down your lives

for the Fuhrer.

You will do so readily.

If you escape this calamity, you

will get further instructions.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler!

So, Fraulein Maitland,

your attention. Madame

Orlock, I'm all attention.

Before I tell you your

part in this undertaking,

I must tell you that Jan - Kurt -

is not my son and we are not Poles.

Madame Orlock... To make such a pretence

even for the cause is most distasteful!

Six people have entered

the house now.

No-one's left it yet. A thick fog

is coming up from the harbour.

If it gets worse, it'll be hard to

keep the house under observation.

I hope she's all right, sir.

She will be. There's

obviously a council meeting

and she's in on it. It's

just what we all hoped for.

She'll get a message through. She'll

have a mouthful to tell us tomorrow.

Long before morning

everything will be over.

"It must have been a devastating

blow to the Allies."

Remember saying that

when Kurt told you

about the Halifax explosion

in the last war?

Yes, I remember.

You never spoke a truer word.

Even as I am speaking, a great

convoy is nearing its destination.

Last night, under

the cover of fog,

number four of the convoy,

manned by Fifth Columnists,

was substituted for a ship

manned by a German crew.

Das bevorstehende Unternehmen

ist von allergrosster Bedeutung

fur das dritte Reich.

Im Namen des Fuhrers verleihe ich

ihnen fur die ganze Besatzung

das Eiserne Kreuz erste

Klasse im voraus.

Sieg Heil! Heil Hitler!

On board are tons of TNT.

The crew will abandon ship and

a time fuse will do its work.

The explosion of 1917

will be repeated.

The gateway to the Battle of the

Atlantic will be shattered.

How ingenious! How clever!

Neither ingenious nor clever.

Anyone could have thought of it.

Most people would have thought

it could not be done.

It took years of

preparing for it.

That's all. What is my part to be?

You are a suspect with

the British Intelligence.

We must have attention diverted.

At the far end of the

basin is the Queen Mary.

She is due to sail tomorrow

and full of troops.

Tell your friend Garrick

of the sabotage plot.

We made sure this rumour

has reached Naval Intelligence.

Tell him every available man is

needed to prevent the catastrophe.

He's at the Barrington. I'll...

No, he left there and is now

at British Naval Intelligence.

Then I can go...

No, my dear.

You will not leave here.

You will never leave us again.

At the far end of the narrows is a

launch. At Sable Island is a U-Boat.

It will take us to Germany,

the country to which we belong.

Our organisation is very efficient.

Yes, very. Well...

You will telephone him. Kurt!

FOGHORN BLASTS:

Good. Even the elements are with us.

Sally...

Thick like a blanket.

The number is Halifax 2421.

Tell the monitor you are

on British Intelligence staff

and not to disconnect your call

although she can listen in.

You think of everything. Of course.

Now, there is a plot to

blow up the Queen Mary.

Within the next hour.

Within the next hour.

Send every available man. Good. You

were born for the Secret Service.

I hope so.

Halifax...? 2421.

2421? You must not discuss

shipping, troop movements

or any information

of use to the enemy.

I have something urgent

for Naval Intelligence.

Listen, but don't cut me off.

PHONE RINGS:

No, not that one.

Hello, hello? Yes...? Sally!

Listen, I'm at a Bund meeting.

The council.

But, darling, you must believe me.

It's desperately urgent.

The Queen Mary is sailing tomorrow.

The Queen Mary?

It is the Queen Mary. RCMP!

Yes, I know, but I can't go through

with it. I'm terrified.

You've got to act quickly.

Tonight. Within an hour!

SHOUTING:

Forget about the Queen Mary!

A ship is approaching Halifax

loaded with TNT.

A convoy due in Halifax

tonight, a ship full of TN to be exploded in the narrows.

Admiral Dixon!

Sally! I'm off to the chateau, sir.

Das Licht, Maria!

GUNSHOT Maria, Licht!

Maria, das Auto!

Nach vorne! Schnell!

I told you I never trusted that girl!

Du dummer Junge! BOTH SHOUT AT ONCE

Get rid of her! I'll get rid of her.

Drop that phone.

Drop it!

Hands up!

You rotten cheat!

You make me look a stupid fool.

You've done more harm to our cause...

You're wasting valuable time.

Anything else you would like to say?

Yes. You'd better be quick.

GUNSHO Gosh, there's one humdinger

of a row going on here. Hello!

Is she dead? I made no mistake

about that. Kurt!

Get over there! Put your hands up!

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