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(GROANS)

You're better?

It's Beanpole's herbal medicine.

It's beginning to work.

(CHUCKLING)

And the fever, it's down, isn't it?

Ulf, for the first time I've woken believing that I might get better.

Will and Beanpole haven't returned?

I've searched all night.

All I've heard is of a fight in a tavern

involving a boy who sounds very like young Will.

If he's been arrested, it's only a matter of time

before the Black Guards come to search our boat.

Beanpole won't return without his friend.

No.

-I have to leave without them, Petra. -Ulf!

I've no alternative.

If Will and Beanpole are caught, they'll be capped.

Who knows what they'll reveal about us then?

-I am the cause of all this. -It's not your fault.

Look.

I'm grateful for what they've done for you.

But little as I like him, I'm afraid Fritz is right.

Effectively, he's the only survivor.

We have to preserve his chance of getting to the Tripod city.

Will?

Will!

Beanpole!

Your turn next, all right?

Hurry up! There's no time.

-Where's Ulf? -Come on!

The rope's yours. Good luck.

(LAUGHING)

Close the gates! Seal the town!

(GRUNTS)

GUARD: Get them! Close the gate!

Over here.

Quick!

Leave them, follow me!

Close the gates!

Close the gates!

Close the gates!

Fool!

Oh, no!

Ulf must have thought we'd been arrested.

I wonder if he'll wait at the next staging post?

Not if Fritz has his way.

Better start walking, then.

Even walking our fastest,

it'll take us five days to get to the stadium.

We must find a better way.

Will, look!

They didn't wait.

Still, it looks friendlier than Wurttemburg.

I'll go and see what's up.

You must not stay long.

Where have you come from?

Um, we are athletes on our way to the Games.

In that?

Well, we left our boat to go ashore in Wurttemburg,

and we stayed longer than we should have done,

and the captain sailed without us.

The barge went by this morning.

-You all right? -All right, but very hungry.

-Are you having a festival? -A wedding. The mayor's daughter.

-We arrived on a good day, then. -A very good day.

This is Papagena and I'm Zerlina.

My name is Will. Willy Sachs.

And this is Jean-Paul.

As a matter of fact, we're starving.

Is there anywhere we could get some food?

At the hotel.

I'm sure Frau Heinitz will be delighted.

Thank you.

In my opinion, the Games are a symptom of our decadence.

You've only to jump five or six metres and they make you a hero.

But what about training in the basic necessities of life, huh?

Like dishwashing, for example.

That's where character building lies.

I get a very rapid turnover of young people in here, I can tell you.

I believe it.

Oh! Too much for you already, is it?

Frau Heinitz, each plate I wipe

is another brick in the foundation of my moral development.

(LAUGHING)

-You are not mocking me, Willy? -How could you think such a thing?

But I would work much faster

with just one of those delicious-looking rolls inside me.

Uh-uh.

We have made a bargain, Willy.

Think of it as an exercise in self-discipline,

of civilised mind

over the coarse demands of the animal flesh.

(BEANPOLE SNICKERING)

(SLAMS HEAD)

What are you doing down there?

I, uh, I...

I dropped a teaspoon.

May we have our food now, please?

When that lot is done will be soon enough.

Were you not taught that bread must be earned?

That you must work before you can eat?

"Arrived on a good day," says he.

How is it you say in English...

Appearances...

Can be deceptive?

You're not kidding.

What an old trout, eh?

Everyone else in this town is enjoying themselves today, except us.

-We could just grab some food and run. -No, we did that once before, remember?

-But I'm starving. -HEINITZ: Boys!

I shall have to take you away from this task for a moment, please.

There's a call for room service.

This one is for Room 24, Willy.

And this one is for 25.

You know how to uncork the bottles, yes?

I think we will be able, madame.

Good, but please resist the temptation to touch anything.

Each item has been particularly ordered.

How I'm to arrange a banquet for this afternoon

when all the guests seem determined to be feasting all day,

I don't know.

Please be back as quick as you can.

(SIGHING)

(LAUGHING)

(GIRLS GIGGLING)

So, you were hungry, yes?

Fantastic!

But first, I think you must say grace.

(BELLS TOLLING)

Could've been my son's wedding, you know.

I would've been very proud to see my son marry the mayor's daughter.

And what does your son do, Frau Heinitz?

I never had a son.

Oh.

But you have daughters, surely?

No children.

My husband was the Black Guard here.

-But he... -Yes.

These 18 years, he's been dead.

But he was a highly respected man.

There's no doubt a son of his would've married the mayor's daughter.

-Of course. -So what happened to your husband,

Frau Heinitz?

He was a man of great integrity,

very energetic in his pursuit of vagrants and subversives.

Quite unswerving in his loyalty to the Tripods.

-All hail to the Tripods. -All hail to the Tripods.

He applauded the end of the moral decadence,

and greed and war, which tainted the lives of our ancestors.

I'm proud.

Still proud to be able to tell you that he...

sacrificed his life to the service of the Tripods.

It is an honour to have known of such a man.

It is.

And it is a great pain

to see others less worthy reaping the rewards

that should have been his.

Ladies and gentlemen!

I crave your indulgence in a mark of respect

and appreciation for our host and hostess,

the father and mother of the bride,

Herr Viktor Krummel and Frau Krummel!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the father and mother of the groom, all the way from Wurttemburg,

we welcome Herr Kommandant Konrad Goetz and Frau Goetz.

(GUESTS APPLAUDING)

Where has the other waiter got to?

(SPEAKING FRENCH)

In the kitchen, perhaps? I will check.

Ladies and gentlemen,

finally, the groom and his lovely bride,

Herr Johann Goetz and Frau Goetz.

(KONRAD EXCLAIMING)

Frau Heinitz, has Willy come in here?

I thought he was with you.

You didn't tell me the groom's from Wurttemburg.

Does that make a difference?

It's just that Willy isn't very popular there at the moment.

Particularly with Kommandant Goetz.

My dear. Waiter!

-Where is Willy? -I don't know.

But wherever he is, we must keep him out of sight of Goetz.

Friends!

This feast has been sumptuously prepared

to celebrate the marriage of Johann and Gretel.

Let us also dedicate it

to the greater glorification of our lords and masters,

the Tripods!

ALL: Tripods!

(GASPING)

Can you get me out of here without him seeing me?

Life and death, honest.

My dear.

Get Beanpole to tell him there's a message for him in the lobby.

Oh, I beg your pardon.

My dear, might I say

how ravishing you looked in church today?

-Thank you. -Not to mention delicious.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Tell Goetz there's a message for him in the lobby.

Excuse me, Herr Kommandant.

-What is it, boy? -I'm sorry to disturb you, sir,

but there's a message for you in reception,

about a young prisoner that escaped.

I am off duty, I've left a deputy in charge

and I do not wish to be disturbed. Understood?

Of course, sir.

(GROANS)

Please excuse me one moment, Herr Kommandant.

Oh, my dear, do hurry back.

(GUESTS EXCLAIMING)

Trouble with men in my position is that

people never believe we're off duty.

Business has followed you even to Bachara?

Subversives.

We captured one a couple of days ago,

but during the night, an accomplice released him from the pit.

No sign of any strangers in Bachara

during the last couple of days, I suppose, Krummel?

Frau Heinitz, we have a serious problem, Willy and I.

If I could explain a little...

A young Tyroler was trying to pass himself off

as an athlete on the way to the Games.

We never got a good description of his accomplice.

Did they...

Had they been long in Wurttemburg?

No subversive stays long in Wurttemburg, Krummel,

and if security were tighter in neighbouring towns and villages,

we would soon eliminate the problem once and for all.

And despite continual unfair intervention from Goetz,

Willy finally knocked him out cold.

-Willy knocked out Heinrich Trautwein? -Do you know him?

He used to come here courting with Johann.

Goetz may be a dishonour to the good name of the Black Guards,

but nevertheless...

ZERLINA: But he picked on an innocent athlete.

-If it is true, as you say... -In the name of the Tripods,

-Frau Heinitz, I promise you. -I will see what can be done.

Where is Willy now?

(GASPING)

(CLEARING THROAT)

But must you leave so soon?

Zerlina, thank you for all your help, you've been marvellous,

-but we have to get to the Games. -But how can you do it in time?

-We shall have to take our little boat. -But the Games start tomorrow.

A great deal depends on our getting there.

-You'll never make it. -We must try.

-Subversives? -They actually escaped from the pit.

And I believed their story!

If they have not been properly capped, of course they will lie and deceive.

-They seemed so young and innocent. -That is immaterial.

As mayor of this town, it is my responsibility

to apprehend the two suspects immediately.

And I shall be able to hand over to Goetz

the two who escaped from his custody.

You know I don't like to do Goetz any favours.

You will be doing our town the favour.

Then I'll tell you.

I know where they are.

I shall lock the room and bring you the key.

What a climax to the feast this will be, eh?

Ah, Krummel.

Where's that pretty young bridesmaid got to?

The dress she was wearing was unusually provocative.

She will return shortly.

I may not have much time for Goetz,

but the last thing I tolerate is people who will not obey the laws

of the Tripods and the authority of the Black Guard.

We explained to you. He framed me.

I have heard the full story now.

How you passed yourselves off as athletes,

-as you did here, but in reality... -Who has told you this?

His Lordship, the mayor, knows all about you.

-But surely, Frau Heinitz... -Zerlina!

Back to the reception.

These two I shall keep under lock and key.

Is this the Kommandant's story you now believe?

Well, what has suddenly happened that you trust him

over these boys, who wish only to serve the Tripods in their city?

I am ordering you.

Frau Heinitz, I'm shocked you should

-suddenly disbelieve us. -Does Goetz know we're here?

If he did, he'd be here himself.

Now, I should think he's told this story

and the mayor's jumped to the conclusion we're the subversives.

-You fit the description. -But...

There's also a suspicion that your caps are not in order.

The mayor's idea is to curry favour with Goetz.

Mine is to settle the matter by calling for the Tripod.

Frau Heinitz, I beg you.

We have trained hard for these Games.

For a whole year, we have given up our lives

to become fit in mind and body, for one purpose only,

to compete in the Games for the supreme prize,

the chance of serving the Tripods in the City of Gold.

Please, this man Goetz has already put us in danger of being too late.

I beg you, do as you said you would and help us on our way.

It is we who tell the truth. It is Goetz who lies.

Ah, my dear, where have you been?

I do beg your pardon, Herr Kommandant.

You know, you've missed the best of a most magnificent meal.

-Oh, but the best is yet to come. -Really?

You should see the cake. Frau Heinitz has excelled herself.

(BANGING)

MAN: Ladies and gentlemen, the cake!

(ALL GASPING)

Is everything to your satisfaction, Herr Krummel?

With respect to the feast, Frau Heinitz, everything is magnificent.

Careful, you clumsy oafs.

The bride won't thank you if her trousseau falls in the river.

(BANGING)

Ladies and gentlemen, the happy couple will now depart.

(GUESTS EXCLAIMING)

-Where are the boys? -They're locked in the bedroom.

You sure Frau Heinitz won't hand them over to Goetz?

Why hasn't she let them go yet?

They'd never make it to the Games in time in that, anyway.

I'd like to have gone with them.

Me, too.

Ah!

Oh, you... You fool!

It's all clear.

-Where are we? -On a boat.

And a fast one.

Let's hope it's going downstream.

Goodbye, Frau Heinitz, goodbye! Thank you!

We wouldn't have got by without the girls.

Yes, they were wonderful.

-Willy! -Jean-Paul!