One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Page #6

better eyesight than that.

- What a girl.

- As you say.

- She shot you down in flames.

- What did she mean about our eyesight?

- Something we missed in this room.

- Let's find it.

- Orange blossom.

- What's orange blossom got do with it?

That's their Oranje altar, Orange altar,

to honour Queen Wilhemina.

(Geoff) But why Orange?

(Tom) William of Orange,

the House of Orange, shows they're loyal.

There should be a picture of the queen too.

There is.

Quite foxy. That Els Meertens, what a girl.

- We heard you the first time.

- Gentlemen, won't you come in?

Thank you.

Pieter Sluys, your host, gentlemen.

(Speaks Dutch)

Come on, John.

(Clears throat and speaks Dutch haltingly)

(People laugh softly)

(People laugh good-humouredly)

l always thought speeches

came at the end of a meal.

Wouldn't mind a little bit

of that ham anyway.

(Speak Dutch)

- (Els) Won't you sit down, please?

- Thank you.

This is very good of you

but aren't you short of food?

Sometimes but don't worry,

we have enough for our friends.

(Speaks Dutch)

He says, ''Don't worry, eat him.

He was a quisling pig.''

(Speaks Dutch)

- Thank you.

- Erg lekker.

Thank you.

Gesundheit.

Very nice.

We are worried about

your comrade who is lost.

So are we, miss.

Bob's brains are in his feet.

- ln his feet?

- Bob's a football player. A very good one.

But not very bright.

Still it's a pity his brains are not in his head.

lf he's found, the Germans

are going to look for you five.

Burying the parachutes was a mistake.

Freshly-dug earth will be examined.

- Can't we send someone to dig them up?

- We have.

And we will hide them,

this time in a safer place.

You know, young lady,

you've got your head screwed on.

Thank you.

The main thing is your escape.

- Any ideas?

- You agree that we can escape?

Others have done it. Why not you?

First we must get to the sea.

The sea is 58 kilometres away

and every village has its German post

and every road is patrolled.

- First we must get you to church.

- Why church?

Our church is ten kilometres west of here.

Ten kilometres nearer the North Sea.

You must go at once.

Excuse me, Miss Meertens,

what is your church?

We are Catholics.

l'm chapel.

So am l.

What is chapel?

- lndependent Methodist.

- Baptist.

Those are your English Reform churches?

That's it.

(Els) But it's our only plan.

lf this gets back to Halifax,

l shall never hear the last of it.

We will dress you in Dutch clothes.

Nobody will know.

(Tom) You don't know chapel folk.

But surely your escape

is the most important thing.

End justifies the means, Tom.

That's settled. Would it be safer to travel

at night? We'd be at the coast in three days.

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