The Imitation Game Page #5

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- Possibly.

- Would you deliver a letter for me?

Look, I'm sorry, but are you joking?

Churchill's put Alan in charge?

- This is a terrible idea.

- No, no, no...

So I can give these men orders now?

I hate to say it but yes.

Excellent. Keith and Charles,

you're both fired.

- Excuse me?

- What?

You're mediocre linguists

and positively poor code-breakers.

Alan, you can'tjust fire

Keith and Charles.

Well, he just said I could.

No, I did no such thing.

But Churchill did.

Go to hell.

Well, this is inhuman.

Even for you.

Popular at school, were you?

The prob/em began, of course,

with the carrots.

The carrots are orange.

The peas are green. They mustn't touch.

Do you know why people like violence?

It is because it feels good.

Humans #nd violence deeply satisfying.

But remove the satisfaction

and the act becomes hollow.

Turing?

Come on.

Don't be such a kike about it.

Leave him to bloody rot.

I didn? learn this on my own,

of course-

I had help.

Christopher helped.

Alan, are you all right?

t's not my fault.

The carrots got in with the peas and...

I'm sorry, I won't let them do it again.

They're getting worse.

They only beat me up

because I'm smarter than they are.

No, they beat you up

because you're different.

- Mother says I'm just an odd duck.

- And she's right.

But you know, Alan,

sometimes it's the very people

who no one imagines anything of

who do the things no one can imagine.

So what do we do now?

- We're short on staff.

- Well, we, uh, we get more staff, then.

And how do you propose to do that?

Erm, Alan Turing

to see Stewart Menzies.

Very good, sir.

So who are they?

Oh, all sorts, really.

A teacher. An engineer.

A handful of students.

And you think

they're qualified for Bletchley

'cause they're good

at crossword puzzles?

Well, they say they're good

and now we shall find out, won't we?

In order to aid your efforts,

there is, to the right of you,

a green scratch card book.

You are to make notes in that.

Gentlemen, you have six minutes

in which to complete the puzzle,

at which point I will...

Pardon me, ma'am,

this room's restricted.

Oh, apologies for my tardiness.

The bus caught a flat tyre.

May I continue, please? Thank you.

- You're not allowed in here, ma'am.

- Oh, but I'm only a few minutes late...

The secretaries are to head upstairs.

This room's for the candidates.

May I get on with this now, please?

- Uh, I am a candidate.

- For what position?

The letter didn't say, precisely.

Yes, the secretaries

are to head upstairs.

It did say that it was top secret.

What is going on?

I... I solved a crossword puzzle

in the newspaper

and I got this letter saying

that I was a candidate

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