The Man Between Page #2

I didn't want to disturb Martin.

Now get some sleep.

You mustn't be tired tomorrow.

You wanted to see the

Eastern sector... remember?

- Good night.

- Good night.

What are they looking for?

Newspapers, books...

any sort of propaganda.

Also, the Eastern mark is cheaper...

so people try to buy food here

and smuggle it across.

Tell me, if it's so easy

for them to get across...

why don't they go?

I mean, it would seem that it's--

They have homes here--or families, and--

Ivo, Ivo...

- Would you like to move on?

- Yes. - Herr Ober!

My sister-in-law, Miss Mallison,

Mr. Ivo Kern.

So this is the long-expected

visitor from London.

How kind of Bettina to brighten our dull

Eatern sector by bringing you here.

I'm delighted to see, Bettina...

that even your principles

are subject to revision and change.

- Susanne wanted to see the sector.

- Ah, then your views have not changed?

We--Bettina and I--do not see eye-to-eye

about some things:

this part of Berlin, for instance.

But we are old friends, and it is our

privilege to quarrel over little things.

Little things like war and peace...

the division of our country,

the fate of the world.

- Trifles! ... You speak German?

- No, I'm sorry.

The German always

had to learn languages:

the army never knew

where it would be going.

We still learn English in our schools...

but it might be rather a waste,

who knows?

What do you think?

- Is this your first visit to Berlin?

- Yes.

- You find it amusing?

- It's sad to see all this destruction.

There isn't much else.

The ruins are now

a familiar part of the city:

the Berliner no longer notices them--

doesn't even see them--isn't that right?

You are a Berliner still,

if no longer in name.

I suppose so. It's a subject

I don't think about very much.

How is your husband?

Fine, he works as usual.

Your brother is a very

exceptional person:

a military man who is also an idealist.

He works too hard.

We're going to try to stop him.

- Admirable. Very sisterly.

- I think we have to go.

Martin will be back.

- I have Eastern marks.

- No, let me pay.

They don't often buy anything

so pleasant as a meeting like this.

What a pity that one ever has

to come out-of-doors.

Inside, with the curtains closed,

it's possible to forget the present,

turn your back to the future and face

the past with hope and confidence.

Well, we'll be going this way

to the frontier. Goodbye.

Goodbye, Bettina.

Miss Mallison, it's refreshing

to speak English again.

If ever you need a guide--

one thoroughly familiar with Berlin

in all its glory--please call on me.

- You have my number, I think?

- Yes, I think so.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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