Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом "Casablanca". Дворжец О.С. - 39 стр.

    'Monsieur Blaine,' he said, 'your concern for the welfare of others touches          Once they had warned Heydrich he would have to change his route. No-
me deeply, especially insofar as it appears to be a recently acquired character-     body was that stupid, not even a Nazi.
istic. You would obviously prefer to let this monster continue to walk the sa-           On Ilsa's information, Heydrich would be looking for assassins on the
cred earth of my homeland. Do you have any idea who this man is?'                    Čechův Most; his security forces would be watching for trouble there. He,
    Rick said that he had some idea.                                                 meanwhile, would be motoring blithely toward the Charles Bridge, and death.
    'Not as I do. You were not at Mauthausen.' Laszlo sat down.                      How fitting: the man for whom death was the solution for everything would
    His voice dropped low, as if he and Rick were the only two men in the            find it the solution for him, too.
room, perhaps in the world.                                                              Her heart leaped as she replied, 'Yes. I'll tell him myself. Tomorrow night.
    'I could not care less what happens after we kill Reinhard Heydrich. When        At the castle. He's giving a party, and I'm to be the hostess.'
I was in Mauthausen, the death of this man was my sole reason for living, and            'You can't! It's crazy.' Now it was Rick's turn to grab, to dig. The hell with
I swore to myself that should I escape, I should not rest, should not flee, until    propriety: he took her arm and held it tightly.
I saw him dead.'                                                                         Rick was worried. He knew they were improvising now, which was bad.
                                                                                     Improvisation made things messy. Improvisation made things dangerous. Im-
11.                                                                                  provisation made things go wrong, and when things went wrong, they went
    'Let me think for a minute,' he said.                                            wrong for everybody. What choice did he have, though?
    If Heinze had heard something about a plot, and if the Underground was               Ilsa was ecstatic. What had moments ago seemed a tangled and perilous
begging London to call a halt, the situation must be fraught indeed. The locals      path had now been made smooth. She would tell Heydrich that for his own
were getting cold feet, and for a very good reason: they wanted to live to fight     safety he must cross the Charles, not the Čechův, and he would drive right
another day. Far worse, from his perspective, was the danger Ilsa might now          into the trap.
be in.                                                                                   Ilsa shook him off. 'I'm going to tell him everything. Tell him I've learned
    Mentally he ran over the situation, trying to figure out what to do. Victor      of a plot to bomb his car when he rides to work the next day. Beg him to be
Laszlo would never be dissuaded from attempting his mission, no matter               careful. Plead with him to take another route. That's what we need to do, isn't
what. Too much was at stake to let a little thing like his wife's safety stop him.   it? to get him where we want him?'
Maybe the best thing was for Reinhard Heydrich not to die, that others might
live.                                                                                12.
    In a flash, Rick saw his play. It was so simple, so beautiful, the way all the        Ilsa Lund returned with Reinhard Heydrich to his villa that night. She had
best plays were. It might even work. With any luck, it would shield Ilsa and         no choice.
spare Heydrich, with no one the wiser. 'We'll let him know he's going to be              'Etwas trinken?' he asked, not waiting for an answer. One of his stewards
assassinated,' he said. 'He'll never see it coming.'                                 had already poured them each a glass of champagne.
    'Don't worry,' he said.                                                              Ilsa didn't want any, but she thought it best not to refuse.
    'It's the oldest trick in the book. You set a guy up by telling him exactly          The window was open, and the night was chilly. She shivered, unprotected
what's going to happen to him – and then you do it!' He pounded his hand into        in her evening dress. Heydrich rose and snaked one long arm around her quiv-
his fist. 'You've taken him into your confidence and lulled him to sleep: he         ering form. 'What is it, my little treasure?' he asked. 'There is nothing to fear.
thinks he's got you covered, and never sees it coming. Works every time.'            Not with me to protect you.'
How he hated lying to her!                                                               With terrible clarity, she knew exactly what to say. 'Oh, but there is!' she
                                                                                     cried. 'There is everything to fear.'

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