Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом "Casablanca". Дворжец О.С. - 38 стр.

mined our harbors, but we thought that would discourage the Germans, not           num, then make a sharp left onto Krizovnicka, and another sharp right onto
provoke them. That false sense of security lasted right up to the moment they      the Charles Bridge. Even if his security men were able to clear the bridge of
kicked the door to my father's house down, roused him and Mother from their        all civilian traffic – which so far they have shown no inclination to do – his
beds, and forced them downstairs at gunpoint.'                                     Mercedes would still have to come almost to a complete stop to make this turn
    She shivered at the recollection. Rick wanted to put his arms around her.      without throwing the Protector into the river.'
Laszlo sat immobile.                                                                   'We have something else working in our favor. The Protector is extremely
    'Are you Edvard Lund?' one of the soldiers demanded. When my father            punctual. He hates lateness in others, and he absolutely detests it in himself.
answered yes, the officer drew a pistol and shot him dead on the spot. They        He crosses the bridge each morning at precisely seven-fifty, so he may drive
left my mother there, on the floor of her house, weeping over his body.            through the gates of the castle at the stroke of eight o'clock.' The major
                                                                                   seemed personally very pleased by his opponent's punctuality.
9.                                                                                     Armed with automatic pistols, Kubis and Gabcik would man the posts on
   Renault rose, drawing himself up to his full height. Why should the British     either side of the bridge while Laszlo stepped forward, as if he were about to
care about Reinhard Heydrich? Why should they exert all this effort to kill        cross the street once the Hangman's car had passed. When the car had
one obscure Nazi, when there are others far more important, others whose           achieved its lowest possible speed, when the driver's concentration was most
deaths might bring an end to this war much faster? Why are they financing          focused on negotiating the curve, Renault would step out in front of the vehi-
Victor Laszlo and his crew? Why don't they want their fingerprints on the          cle, forcing it to come to a stop. Laszlo would then move briskly behind the
knife?                                                                             car, drop the bomb inside, and walk smartly away. The ten-second delay
                                                                                   meant everybody would have to hurry.
10.1                                                                                   A secondary diversion was to be provided by Rick, who, seconds after
    'I give up,' said Rick.                                                        Laszlo had delivered his package, would lay down a smoke bomb just ahead
    'Because there's something in if for them, something very important.' Ren-     of the car's path, on the bridge proper. In our planning we have relied abso-
ault a cigarette. 'When we first met Major Miles, I raised the issues of repri-    lutely upon Heydrich's German sense of punctuality. Through a prearranged
sals. He brushed my concerns aside. Consider this, though: What if that's what     signal, Miss Lund will confirm contact. The team will depart for the staging
they're really after? The British don't give a damn about Reinhard Heydrich.       area in Lidice upon reception of her message, and the assassination will take
You heard Lumley complaining about the lack of Czech backbone, didn't              place as soon as possible thereafter. Therefore, Mr. Laszlo and I have agreed
you?' Renault's voice fell very low. 'Well, what if this whole thing is simply a   that if Heydrich is one second past five minutes late, the operation is to be
way to provoke an atrocity and get the Czechs fighting again? It wouldn't be       considered compromised and everyone is to stand down at once.
the first time the English have done something like this. Propaganda, dear boy
– it's the name of the game. The English are as crooked as your roulette table.'   10.2
    'You never complained about my roulette table before. So why are you go-          'Another thing,' continued Rick. 'As Louis has already pointed out, how are
ing, then?'                                                                        we all going to live with ourselves – assuming we live at all – when after los-
    'To retrieve the honor I thought I had lost forever,' Renault said glumly,     ing their beloved Heydrich, the Germans decide to get even by killing hun-
sitting down.                                                                      dreds, maybe thousands, of innocent people in retaliation? They've done it
    'We know that Heydrich rides in from his country villa to the castle by the    before, and there's no reason to think they won't do it again.'
same route everyday. As you can see – the major tapped the map with the tip           Now it was Laszlo's turn to reply. He rose to his feet.
of the pointer – as he approaches the bridge, he must pass by the Clementi-

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