"Right." "Look. is any woman worth that?" "Surely, you regret havving betrayed your country." "You can still havve a chance" "You're wasting time." "Come on, out with it." "Who is she?" "What is her name?" "Tell us, you fool!" "Mata Hari." "That's her name, isn't it?" "Let me alone." "Oh, shoot him." "She bewitches them." "Why not?" "She bewitched all Paris." "She's France's greatest enemy." "The woman has become a mania with you, Dubois." "After all, you're the only one in Paris that believves she's a spy." "It's vvery dangerous to accuse a woman who's so powerfully protected..." "...without proof." "l'll get that proof." "And one cold morning, you'll see your fine Mata Hari tied to one of those posts." "Dine with me tonight?" "Thanks, no." "Tonight I'm to see your Mata Hari dance." "What?" "A special soiree at LeMarchand's." "How dare you." "lt's to be smart and vvery privvate." "After all, there is a war going on." "Oh, well, some dance and some die." "And some will do both." "ls that it?" "l think it is, General Shubin." "May I?" "Surely." "It is." "Amazing." "Something of an evvent to see a ship arrivve from Russia." "Evvent?" "Why, it's the first time in history, a flight ovver the German lines." "Congratulations." "A great achievvement." "Thank you, sir, but it's just sheer luck." "And a good engine." "The dispatches?" "Quite safe, sir. I'm to delivver them to the ambassador personally." "Yes, of course." "Of course." "Major." "May I present Lieutenant Alexis Rosanoff of the Russian imperial air force." "Proud to meet such a bravve young man." "Thank you, sir. ut l was frightened to death all the way." "You'll hold yourself in readiness for a return flight to Russia..." "...as soon as our reply is ready." "Yes, Your Excellency." "How long will it take to decode this?" "Ten to 1 2 hours, Your Excellency." "Rush it, please." "General Shubin, please report back here tonight at 1 1 :30." "This will call for immediate counsel." "Congratulations, lieutenant." "We shan't forget." "General Shubin will givve you your instructions." "Sit down." "Thank you." "Well, you feel like celebrating?" "Sleep is the only thing I'm interested in." "Can I put you up for the night?" "No, thank you." "I still havve my little place at Passy." "That is, if I can stay awake long enough to get there." "I'd ask you to dine with me, but I havve to go to a reception right afterwards." "Mata Hari's dancing." "Mata Hari?" "I'd be delighted to havve dinner with you, sir." "l'm not as tired as I was." "No?" "The prospect of a good dinner, perhaps." "Yes, I suppose that's it." "After all, it's rather absurd to go straight to bed your first night back in Paris." "I think I do feel rather like celebrating." "If you can stay awake." "Funny, I'm not evven sleepy anymore." "No?" "That's all right, Rosanoff." "There'll be such a crowd there, one more won't matter." "What do you mean?" "Why, didn't you say you wanted to see Mata Hari dance?" "Shivva I dance for you tonight as the bayadères danced in the sacred temples of Javva." "ravvo!" "ravvo!" "They say her mother was a sacred dancer, her father a temple priest." "You know she married a Dutchman." "My dear, he used to beat her." "Really?" "I can't believve it." "She makes matrimony seem so dull." "I'd like to know her." "I feel that I do know her." "Madame Mata Hari, may a perfect stranger offer her appreciation?" "Thank you." "Your costume was exquisite." "And those earrings, are they Javvanese?" "No, they are from India." "They're so intriguing." "May I?" "Andriani wants to see you at the Pavvilion at once. lt's vvery important." "Glad you like them." "Thank you." "Do you think--?" "Could you introduce me?" "My dear boy, one doesn't meet Mata Hari on the spur of the moment like that." "esides, I'm late now." "Do you mind if I stay for a while?" "No, no." "Not at all." "Thank you." "Good night." "Good night." "l thought you were different from the rest." "Champagne, please." "Take this for me. I know what you like." "I know all about men like you" "Permit me, mademoiselle." "Oh, wasn't she marvvelous?" "Wasn't that a wonderful dance, monsieur?" "It wasn't a dance, it was a poem." "Do you know her?" "Who doesn't?" "I would givve my right arm to meet her." "So would I." "To Mata Hari the incomparable." "Unsurpassed." "Priestess of the dance." "High priestess." "Goddess." "Goddess of beauty." "ravvo." "The dancer is only as beautiful as the mood of her dance." "To Mata Hari." "To Mata Hari." "Now, gentleman, I'm terribly tired." "You'll havve to excuse me." "You'vve been vvery, vvery charming." "I thank you." "Good night, my lady." "Good night." "Good night." "Marvvelous." "Why, of course." "Havve you evver seen people's faces when you dance?" "Havve you any idea of the effect you havve on them?" "My mind is so far away when I dance." "I livve in another age." "Centuries back when man and woman" "randy is bad for your heart." "I thought you'd givven it up." "I givve up a lot of things, but I take them back." "To me, anything I like is irresistible." "I'vve always been that way." "Unfortunately, it's in my blood." "What people you Russians are." "What charming savvages." "Come in." "The Marquis de Signac." "Wait." "We're going to the Pavvilion." "Pavvilion?" "Yes." "I like gambling." "They laugh, it's gay there." "Gay?" "With Signac?" "ls that necessary?" "Why not?" "He's vvery attractivve, young." "Of course, he's not a general of the Russian imperial army so important as you." "A diplomat" "Or a traitor." "I said it, traitor." "Now, quiet, Serge." "The time has come when I can't be quiet." "There's something growing here that's going to make me shout out the whole truth one day." "You want to die so badly?" "I'm dead now." "Just as surely as though there were a bullet in my heart." "You killed me." "No." "The brandy." "No, no, no." "You." "Then why don't you givve me up?" "l will." "Well, do." "Come in." "So you're going to the Pavvilion?" "Yes." "Much gambling." "Caron, are you coming with us?" "Sorry, my dear, but I havve to be in court at 9." "Most important case." "Too bad, too bad." "Shubin?" "Madame, I must be leavving." "I'm due at the embassy now." "Good night." "Good night, general." "Tonight, late supper?" "No." "Tonight." "I thought it was all ovver." "Well, tomorrow, then." "I must help you to givve me up." "Please, tomorrow." "Good night, General Shubin." "Good night." "Madame Mata Hari's car!" "To the Pavvilion." "To the Pavvilion." "Eight." "Ten." "Four thousand francs." "Here you are, sir." "I havve charted all gun emplacements and air batteries." "Good." "You were attached to me as a cook?" "Yes, sir." "Technical expert, eh?" "Yes, sir." "With the rank of captain." "That's right, sir." "You're a good soldier?" "l hope so." "And a good German?" "Yes, sir." "Some months ago, I furnished you with plans and specifications of a new weapon called the tank." "Oh, yes, yes." "You laughed at it, said it was impractical." "That's my belief, sir." "Well, captain, those impractical tanks went into action in the Somme yesterday costing your country 20 kilometers of front and 1 8,000 casualties." "lmpossible." "So you said before." "Here are a few more of your mistaken conclusions." "Correct them." "Send Mademoiselle Carlotta here." "Yes, sir." "Well, I was able to delivver your message, Andriani." "Mata Hari is here." "Thank you, Carlotta." "That's what I wanted to know." "Any more orders?" "No." "No, just run along and enjoy yourself." "All right." "Good night." "Dear lady." "Oh, good evvening." "Won't you havve my seat?" "It's lucky." "It will be so much nicer to watch you." "Thank you." "A thousand francs for the bank." "Two thousand." "Ten thousand." "Ten thousand." "Ten thousand." "Madame." "Are you playing?" "Nevver against you." "Any more bets?" "Leon." "Monsieur Leon." "Oui, madame." "l want some chips for this." "I'm sorry, madame." "We do not accept jewelry." "Perhaps one of the players." "You take it, madame." "He paid 1 0,000 francs for it." "Who paid 1 0,000 francs?" "Whoevver he was, he paid 1 0,000 for it." "I'll sell it for 5." "He had vvery good taste." "lt's an unusual ring." "May I buy it for you?" "It's bought." "Going?" "Wait. I may be back." "Thank you." "Still 4000 in the bank." "Well, you're looking magnificent tonight, my dear." "Last time I seemed only beautiful to you." "You must havve something vvery difficult for me tonight." "No, it shouldn't be for you. important dispatches havve arrivved from Russia." "All right. I'm havving supper with Shubin tomorrow night." "Splendid." "Splendid." "Why not tonight?" "He's at the embassy." "A conference." "Probably concerns these dispatches." "Probably." "Then tomorrow night won't do." "You must see Shubin the minute he returns." "l havve arranged differently." "Then change your arrangements." "I think you should handle Shubin yourself." "You get along beautifully." "You're so alike." "This is no time for any of your moods." "Something vvital may be invvolvved in this." "Something vvital is invvolvved in it." "Good night, Andriani." "Then I insist you see Shubin tonight." "A car will be waiting for you when you leavve here." "You also insisted on that submarine job." "You finally had to do it yourself, as far as I remember." "How well you did it." "I intend to do a better job in finding out who informed the French authorities about it." "Of course, there's Carlotta, she knew." "And you knew." "And so did you." "You don't trust me, do you?" "Yes." "Yes." "ut you're capricious." "You're a little bit mad." "You might givve me away just for the excitement of the thing." "You might get me killed." "Unless I kill you first." "Hadn't you better wait until after tomorrow night?" "A car will be waiting for you tonight." "Madame." "I beg your pardon." "I saw you admire this ring and I thought perhaps you would like to havve it." "Why?" "Well, as a token of my admiration for you." "How charming." "eautiful." "Madame, the car you ordered is waiting." "I won't need it." "This young man has offered to take me home." "Good night, Andriani." "No, no, no." "Just for a little while." "No, no further." "Please, don't say that." "I think you're vvery absurd, vvery persistent and" "Very nice?" "Thank you." "And vvery Russian." "Now, go home." "I'm afraid of losing what I'vve found." "Meaning?" "You." "Hadn't you better take that off?" "As long as you insist upon staying." "For a little while." "How long havve you been in Paris?" "I flew from London this morning." "I saw you once in the ois." "You were so lovvely." "I watched you till you drovve out of sight among the chestnut blossoms." "Oh, Paris in the spring." "Spring." "And now I'm here." "With you." "ut it's autumn." "ut perhaps next spring, the war will be ovver..." "...you and l-- -l nevver look ahead." "y next spring, I shall probably be quite alone." "Nevver alone again." "I mean, at least my thoughts will always be with you." "No, you mustn't." "ut you are so beautiful." "This is absurd." "I am going to bed." "Don't speak." "Good night." "Madame, the hairdresser can take you." "l'm too nervvous." "And the marquis is calling for you." "l'm too tired, Marie." "And aron Michel telephoned." "Oh, I'm not interested, really." "Mata." "Mata." "ut, no, sir." "lt's perfectly all right." "For the lovveliest lady in all France." "I had to see you." "It seemed like wasting life to sleep." "You're evven more beautiful than I remembered you." "Why did you come here?" "l couldn't help it." "Out there, the birds were singing, and there was a softness in the air just like spring." "And you were the song of the birds and the warm brightness of the morning." "lt's vvery nice but" "My heart was so full of you I had to come back and tell you I lovve you and take you to lunch." "It's almost 2:00 and I havve an appointment." "ut you can break it." "I must take you to lunch." "l told you I havve an appointment." "And I told you to break it." "You're a fool." "The most conceited fool I'vve evver known." "Mata." "What makes you think you havve the right to burst in here?" "I'm sorry. ut last night you told me that you lovved me." "Oh, did I?" "Well, that was last night." "Today I am vvery busy." "Marie." "Yes, madame." "The gentleman is leavving." "You are quite right. I havve been a fool." "I won't make this mistake again." "Still a peasant, lvvan, huh?" "Still superstitious." "Evvil spirits come in on the wind." "There's Madame Mata Hari." "Leavve that alone." "Hurry up, open the door." "Go on." "Monsieur Dubois." "Dubois?" "What on earth can he want?" "Tell him...." "Tell him I can't see him." "Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute." "Tell him that I shall be delighted." "My dear Dubois." "I'm afraid I'm intruding." "And inwardly you must be saying, "Confound this man Dubois."" "No." "No, not at all, but-- -l'll be brief." "And if I seem to touch on matters that are how shall I say it, too intimate, you must forgivve me..." "...it is because of my duty." "Yes?" "You are vvery friendly with a lady perhaps the same one that you are expecting tonight." "Well, what if I am?" "We consider this woman a vvery gravve danger." "And as you know her better than anyone else, we want you to help us." "Why, what are you talking about?" "l'm expecting Mata Hari." "Exactly." "And Mata Hari is a spy." "ln the pay of the Wilhelmstrasse." "A spy." "Oh, my dear Dubois." "Now you insult my intelligence." "Please." "Either that or you'vve lost your mind." "I'm quite sane, I assure you." "Well, if she's a spy, why don't you arrest her?" "ecause I need definite proof." "And that's why I am here." "This is an absolute joke." "It's really too good, you know." "Mata Hari, a spy." "You know, for a moment, I almost took you seriously." "Well, if the joke is as good as that, I'd like to hear it." "Or maybe it's too bad for me to hear." "No, no, no." "Our poor friend Dubois here says that you are a spy." "Well, of course I am." "Evveryone is Paris knows that." "Evven Dubois, who knows evverything." "Couldn't you guess, Shubin?" "No, I think I'm getting old and stupid." "As I'vve amused you both so much..." "...perhaps I need not apologize." "Please don't misunderstand-- l don't." "Evvidently, I'm mistaken." "Good night, madame." "I'm vvery sorry you found it necessary to put me in this position." "I spoke in confidence." "Good night." "Good night." "Please don't misunderstand, the whole thing was a joke." "Mother in heavven, I'm done for." "I'm finished." "What did he say?" "He said that you were a spy and that I was your" "What else?" "Nothing else." "I'm sure he suspects." "Well, he wouldn't come here if he suspected you." "It's me he's after." "You're quite safe." "ut he must know something." "Why should he come here at 1 1 :00 at night?" "The chief of the spy bureau." "It's a trap, of course." "Don't be ridiculous." "Ridiculous?" "Ridiculous." "Oh, what a fool I'vve been." "Nothing mattered." "Honor, self-respect, evverything gone." "ecause of you." "You can't givve away like this." "Dubois knows nothing." "He knows nothing." "Here I am facing dishonor, perhaps death and it means nothing to you." "You havven't evven a word of pity for me." "You're all unstrung, Serge." "Nothing's happened." "Look at it calmly." "Laugh at it." "We'll laugh at it together." "When you hold me like this, nothing seems to matter." "Nothing in the world." "This must nevver leavve your hands till you havve delivvered it personally to the prime minister." "That is vvital." "Should you be forced down in enemy territory pull this cord, and the contents will be completely destroyed." "I understand." "The officials at Le ourget Field will telephone you at your rooms as soon as flying is possible." "It is imperativve that these dispatches be in Petrograd as soon as human means can contrivve." "Yes, Your Excellency." "Mr. Palin will havve these sealed and delivvered to you." "And now, goodbye and good luck." "Thank you, Your Excellency." "Lieutenant." "On your way, inquire if General Shubin has any further instructions." "Don't be so secretivve." "I know that the embassy has receivved important news from Russia." "Please, don't ask me things." "Not tonight." "ut all you'vve got to say is yes or no." "Well, at least you can tell me how they came, by courier?" "No." "y wireless, then." "No." "y airplane." "The airplane from Russia?" "No." "Please, don't ask me anything more." "I can't stand it." "I can't get that Dubois out of my head." "Well, maybe you'd rather be alone." "You might as well be." "Your thoughts are not with me." "My thoughts are with you always." "Are they?" "is that why you havven't kissed me for hours?" "Oh, Mata." "What is it?" "Lieutenant Rosanoff." "Come in." "Come in." "May I present Lieutenant Rosanoff." "Madame Mata Hari." "I believve we'vve met before." "I don't think so, madame." "Well, what is it?" "I'm flying back tonight, sir." "I am to inquire if you havve any further orders." "I don't believve so." "Surely you are not thinking of flying in this weather?" "Rosanoff!" "Yes, sir." "Madame spoke to you." "I know it, sir." "Oh, nevver mind." "You can't expect monsieur to answer chatter with a flight for Russia on his mind." "Safe vvoyage, monsieur." "Come back to us soon." "Paris in the spring with all those chestnut blossoms." "Good night, monsieur." "Lieutenant." "Yes, sir." "What's the matter with you?" "Nothing, sir." "Madame spoke to you." "There was nothing to answer." "You're insolent." "l advvise you to return to your quarters." "Yes, sir." "lmpudent fool." "I really can't apologize enough for him." "He must havve been drinking." "I thought he was quite nice." "And bravve." "Flying all the way to Russia." "Well, this time you didn't havve to tell me anything, did you?" "Your conscience is quite clear." "I can't believve they'd send a dispatch that you know nothing about." "I'vve told you, I havve nothing to do with political matters." "Mata, if you don't help me forget this ghastly business for a few hours, I'm going insane." "Of course you should forget them." "We both will." "Well, doesn't matter." "He wouldn't dare." "Who wouldn't dare?" "Dubois." "What about him?" "I was only thinking if he were to search my rooms while I am here...." "What are you drivving at?" "It doesn't matter." "ut those official figures that you sent me" "You havven't destroyed them?" "Not yet." "How could you be so careless?" "I suppose it was a little careless, but they're safely hidden away." "ut Dubois may be there now." "It may be too late." "You must go." "I wouldn't think of leavving you for something that can't possibly happen." "Please, I can't stand it." "Come." "I'd go myself, but I'm sure they're watching the house." "Please, now, don't lose a moment." "Telephone me the moment that you'vve destroyed them." "Not safe." "Well, then come back here." "Of course I will." "Don't worry." "Hey, get out of the way!" "Get out of the way!" "ack up!" "ack up!" "ack up, will you!" "Good evvening, Mother Durand." "Come quick." "Call Andriani." "Tell him to send -1 4 to Lieutenant Alexis Rosanoff's at once." "Right here is the address." "He must wait outside...." "Am I allowed to come in?" "Why did you come here?" "To see you." "You finished your rendezvvous early." "No, I ran away from it." "Why?" "ecause of you." "I'm afraid that Shubin was furious." "l can't make you out." "l can't either." "Are you still angry?" "Havven't I the right to be?" "This morning you acted like-- -l can explain." "And tonight I find you alone with Shubin." "Alexis, don't think wrong of me." "Artists need help and influence." "And Shubin can do so much to help my career." "So I can imagine." "ut we are nothing to each other." "Please be glad to see me." "Are you sorry I came?" "No." "Well, then, look at me." "Please." "Please forgivve me." "Nice character in this room." "This is the czar, isn't it?" "Yes." "Who's the old gentleman there?" "My father." "I like his face." "And this Madonna?" "The Madonna of Kazan' ." "My mother made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Miracles to get it for me." "It's about 1 00 miles from our town." "She walked all the way." "What is it supposed to do?" "ring you luck?" "Oh, no. lt guards you from evvil." "I had to kneel before the altar and promise Mother I would always keep a flame burning before it." "And havve you?" "Of course." "My orderly has taken care of it all the time I'vve been away." "You're a strange boy." "Who lovves you." "Do you?" "I lovve you as one adores sacred things." "What sacred things?" "God country honor you." "l come last?" "No." "That's how you said it." "You come first." "efore anything." "efore anything?" "Yes." "There is so much light in here." "Put out that one too." "The Madonna's lamp?" "Yes." "I couldn't do that." "You said I came first." "ut don't you understand that it's a holy lamp?" "That I swore to keep it burning?" "You wouldn't do that for me?" "Why?" "Why do you ask me to?" "To see if you lovve me as you say." "l do, Mata. I do." "Well, then put it out." "If you lovve me." "I'll do anything, but please don't ask me to do that." "l'm going." "No." "Forgivve me." "Steady." "Steady." "You are still here, sir." "And they didn't telephone?" "Yes, someone did." "Then the plans havve been changed." "l didn't answer." "Get me a taxi." "You didn't answer?" "Why not?" "l told you to get me a taxi." "If anyone calls, you tell them I'm out." "Quickly!" "Yes, sir." "Lieutenant Rosanoff?" "Gone out." "This is his servvant." "Where'd Rosanoff go?" "He went to the embassy a long time ago." "lmpossible." "We just came from there." "Then he must havve met with an accident." "ut when?" "Oh, these Paris taxis." "Come on." "I hope it's not a bad accident." "I havve to see her." "I'll wait here till I do see her." "Madame Mata Hari is not in." "Where is she?" "l don't know, sir." "Where would she be?" "Who are her friends?" "l don't know." "Where would she be?" "Where would she be?" "General Shubin's?" "l'vve told you, sir, I don't know." "All right." "While I know you'll hate to leavve Paris, I must ask you to go on a little mission." "Yes?" "Where?" "To Marseilles." "Marseilles?" "Yes." "Oh, no." "Don't do that to me, Andriani." "Think of how I'vve servved, the work I'vve done." "Havve pity on me." "No, no." "There's no need of you becoming hysterical." "You're simply being ordered to Marseilles to meet our Spanish agent." "What is so terrifying about that?" "lt means my number's up. I know." "You think I'm a traitor. I'm not." "I'll swear by evverything I hold sacred." "And what do you hold sacred?" "There's a train tonight." "rille has your tickets." "I won't go." "I won't go meekly to be slaughtered." "Remember, this is Paris, not the Wilhelmstrasse." "If you force me to be a traitor, I'll go to the French police and tell them evverything I know." "They'll protect me." "You ought to know." "Jacques." "Now, now, now." "What's the matter, dearie?" "Not feeling well?" "Hello, Mata." "Well, if evverybody obeyed orders as loyally as you do...." "Thank you." "Any further orders for me?" "Yes." "Yes, here are the photographs of the dispatches." "Take that to Shubin and havve him send them in the first diplomatic mail to Holland." "Very well." "You don't seem to be in vvery good humor." "No." "I'd think your success of last evvening should put you in the vvery best of spirits." "To the contrary." "Why?" "Surely, a simple job like that needn't havve been unpleasant." "Most unpleasant." "He's in lovve with me." "Well, that's not unusual." "He wants me to marry him." "Not really?" "Marry" "Well...." "Why is that so funny?" "What is it?" "We are dispensing with Carlotta's servvices." "She seems to resent it." "Poor Carlotta." "She shouldn't havve fallen in lovve." "I'vve warned her and you about that before." "I am surprised she didn't respect your wishes in the matter." "She was afraid of you." "Ours is an exacting profession." "We're permitted no friends, no emotions, no personal life of our own." "What are you drivving at?" "I'm simply reminding you that a spy in lovve is a tool that has outlivved its usefulness." "You're so subtle." "You imagine that I am in lovve?" "Well, I did think for a moment that you were taking this Rosanoff a little too seriously." "I nevver expect to see Rosanoff again." "I nevver want to." "ut it's not because I'm worried by any threats of yours." "ut l want you to see him again." "He may continue to be vvery, vvery useful to us." "Not to me." "ut-- I don't evver want to touch that boy's life again." "Hello." "What?" "Yes." "He did not report to the flying field?" "Tell His Excellency I'll be there as quickly as possible." "lvvan!" "My tunic." "Yes, sir." "Hurry, hurry." "I knew this was going to be an unlucky day when I woke up." "Put it down." "Put it down!" "Get me a dozen orchids and take them to Madame Mata Hari." "Take this note along with it." "Meet me at the embassy." "Yes, sir." "Monsieur Dubois." "Good morning, my friend." "Good morning." "Oh, no." "No one would evver forgivve that." "To spoil a man's supper, then come back and spoil his breakfast." "Sit down, please." "Thank you." "Well, what is it today?" "More melodrama?" "No, no." "Today it is a farce." "Oh, indeed. I see." "Last night I was bold enough to hint at a relationship between you and a certain lady." "And I'vve come to apologize because I was mistaken." "Oh, yes, because I discovvered that this lady's inclinations are entirely elsewhere." "Oh, yes?" "Oh, yes." "We older men merely furnish the soft lights and champagne." "The mood, as it were." "Youth whistles, and we?" "We spend the rest of the evvening reading a book." "Just what are you trying to get at?" "Merely this, that Mata Hari went straight to the rooms of young Rosanoff when she left here last night." "And the prevvious night, he was with her." "In what way does this concern me?" "Well, it doesn't. lt merely illustrates what a fool I made of myself." "Yes, yes." "Well, if you will pardon me, I havve a most important engagement at the embassy." "I'm vvery sorry to detain you." "It's stupid of me." "ut l had to drop in and apologize for my silly mistake." "Very kind of you." "Yes, charming." "Good morning." "Did it work?" "l don't know yet." "He seemed calm enough." "ut there may be quite an interesting reaction." "We shall see." "Shubin?" "Shubin?" "What's happened?" "A privvate air raid?" "You cheat." "You liar." ""Good morning, liar" would be more polite." "e quiet, you" "We'll omit the pet names." "Come to the point." "Rosanoff." "That's the point." "You were with him all last night." "Dubois told me." "How does he know?" "Did he look through the keyhole?" "Don't deny it." "l don't." "Of course I was with him." "He had information I wanted, and I got it." "That's all." "You didn't think I went there because of--?" "Can't you understand why Dubois is doing this?" "He knows what you mean to me." "You're lying." "You lovve that boy, and I know it." "Would I havve taken this if I lovved him?" "What is it?" "Photographs of his dispatches to Russia." "Doesn't that convvince you?" "Yes, I'm quite convvinced." "Convvinced it's not the whole truth." "What about the night before last?" "Did he havve the dispatches then?" "No, he did not havve the dispatches then." "ut he had you, huh?" "That's what Dubois said." "We older men supply the champagne." "ut when youth sings, the old fool stays home and pays the piper." "That's what Dubois said." "Hello." "Wagram-600." "What are you doing?" "I think it's only fair to apologize to Dubois." "After all, he was right, you know." "Hello, Monsieur Dubois?" "Who's calling?" "Hold the wire." "General Shubin on number three." "Yes?" "Dubois speaking." "Will you please repeat that?" "I didn't quite hear you." "You were right." "She is a spy." "I'll givve you all the proof you want." "Well, come ovver!" "She's here." "I'll keep her here." "Get me a car quick." "At last, I'vve got Mata Hari." "You'vve been cheating men all your life." "ut there'll be 1 2 men you won't cheat, the firing squad." "No firing squad for me, Shubin." "It'll be your word against mine." "And after all, I havve friends." "Paris will laugh at you." "A jealous, hysterical fool." "Perhaps not." "You and Rosanoff may get out of this, but I don't think so." "Rosanoff?" "And what has he to do with it?" "Evverything." "Rosanoff is a traitor." "He permitted you to copy his dispatches." "That's not true." "Fortunately this time it isn't a question of anyone's word. I havve proof." "Proof that you gavve me yourself." "You'vve stood that boy against a wall, just as surely as you're standing there." "I nevver knew that anyone could be so vvile." "Vile?" "Not at all, madame, I'm simply doing my duty." "How ironic, you lovve a man and send him to his death." "Hello." "Official-27." "Don't do it, Shubin." "I beg you not to do it." "Hello?" "His Excellency's secretary, please." "Leavve him out of this." "He's innocent." "Hello, this is General Shubin speaking..." "..." "I must speak to His Excellency at once." "l'm warning you." "Don't, don't do it!" "Hello, Your Excellency?" "I'm coming to the embassy at once." "I must speak to you on a most urgent matter." "Shubin, if you don't stop" "Hello, Excellency?" "Shubin!" "I'll explain when I arrivve. ln the meantime, order the immediate arrest of" "What do you want here?" "You." "Why, you must be mad." "Why havven't you left yet?" "ut l-- -l told you. I told you I'm not for you." "efore I go, I want to tell you this." "Whatevver you'vve been, whatevver you are, whatevver you will be..." "...we belong to each other." "Alexis, it can't be." "I am what I am." "You don't know me." "Go away and forget me." "Forget you?" "How can I?" "Could you?" "Could you forget us?" "Women like me are trained to forget." "We mustn't admit a heart." "You are lying." "You know you are lying." "l am not." "You are." "No!" "You're crying, Mata." "You do lovve me." "Don't you?" "Don't you?" "Alexis, you must leavve." "l won't. I won't until you come." "lt's your duty to go." "No." "Alexis, please go now." "When it's all ovver, if you still want me, I'll come to you no matter where you are." "I'll come to you, I swear it." "ut go now." "General Shubin?" "General Shubin?" "General Shubin, Dubois speaking." "Something strange about this." "You got something to open this door?" "l'll get something." "Yeah." "Will this do?" "Yes, fine." "That's hardly a surprise." "Suicide." "Suicide." "He's only been dead a few minutes." "Probably long enough for Madame Mata Hari to destroy all the proof he told us about." "Who are you?" "Russian embassy." "Shubin was talking to His Excellency." "There was a woman's scream and a shot." "See if she's ovverlooked anything." "ls he dead?" "Yes." "A woman's vvoice, huh?" "Screaming." "And the word of a dead man." "Come on." "All the papers are saying it's a suicide." "If evveryone's convvinced, what's the use of my hiding like this?" "Dubois may be doing that merely to trap you." "lt's unfortunate you found it necessary to-- -l'm the best judge of that." "Havve you still got you Dutch passport?" "Yes." "It doesn't suit my plans to havve you arrested." "You're sailing tonight for Amsterdam." "I'll go anyplace gladly after three days of this. lt's too ridiculous." "And furthermore, your usefulness in Paris is permanently ovver." "Here is the list of the Allied agents in elgium." "Commit those names to memory and then destroy it." "And report to H-1 2 immediately you arrivve in Amsterdam." "Come in." "Well, what is it?" "Madame sent for me." "Yes." "I want him to get a letter through." "For Lieutenant Rosanoff." "Rosanoff?" "ut he is" "What is it?" "What were you going to say?" "Well, l" "Get out." "Get out!" "Something's happened to him." "Tell me what it is." "He's dead." "Dead?" "How?" "Plane crash." "Just this side of the enemy line." "It's too late to do anything for him now." "No sense in your risking" "Don't talk to me." "Well, maybe I'm wrong, of course." "Maybe he's only injured." "Yes, that's it, I think." "Well, can't you remember?" "You must remember." "Why is it so important to you?" "Where are you going?" "l'm going to find out." "Wait a minute." "Don't lose your head." "After all, he's not dead, he's only injured." "And where is he?" "l don't know, some hospital, I suppose." "Well, I'll find out." "And be arrested?" "The police are probably looking for you now." "Remember, you havve your orders." "What do I care for your orders?" "You can't frighten me. I'm not Carlotta." "I'm Mata Hari and my own master." "Here are your orders. I resign." "Not so loud, someone will hear you." "Oh, so you resign?" "Very well, Mata Hari, I accept your resignation." "You'll let her resign?" "My dear Durand, you ought to know." "The only way to resign from our profession is to die." "Wait here." "Yes, ma'am." "Flowers, madame." "Flowers." "Nice flowers." "How much?" "Two francs." "Thank you." "Room 1 , that corridor." "Thank you." "Could you tell me...?" "Could you tell me where Room 1 is?" "I'm afraid you'll havve to ask someone else." "Sister Teresa, some water, please." "Here." "Here it is." "Mata." "It's all my fault, Alexis." "If I hadn't kept you.... lf l'd let you go sooner, this wouldn't havve happened." "It would havve happened just the same." "Really, Mata, you mustn't blame yourself." "I'll spend my life trying to make it up to you." "Oh, but I'm going to be all- l'll be out of here any day now." "On that day, we'll be married." "ut, Mata...." "You asked me, didn't you?" "There is so much ahead of us." "Evverything. ut l must tell you something." "And as soon as the war is ovver, we'll go away to all the places that were made for lovvers." "And, oh, the things we'll see together." "Don't, please." "What?" "l don't want to frighten you, but...." "What is it?" "It would be glorious to go with you but I may nevver be able to see all those splendid things." "is it your eyes?" "Here are your eyes." "What's wrong with them?" "With those "ridiculously long lashes," as you said." "Now, please, it isn't worth crying about." "I'm happier this moment than I'vve evver been in all my life." "What do the doctors say?" "They aren't vvery optimistic." "ut you know what doctors are." "They don't know anything." "No." "I'll get you great specialists." "They'll make you see." "We'll travvel all ovver the world till we find the right man." "I'll nevver leavve you again." "Gentlemen, I appeal to you." "That man, he's been molesting me." "What?" "I'll handle this." "I havven't done anything." "ack to Paris." "Quick." "Yes, miss." "Madame, I havve a warrant for your arrest." "e careful you don't havve to apologize again, Dubois." "Now, Monsieur Dubois you say that General Shubin admitted ovver the telephone..." "...that Mata Hari was an enemy spy?" "Yes." "He had indisputable proof she was a spy?" "Yes." "General Shubin told you, also, that she was there with him..." "...while he was talking with you?" "Yes." "And you went there immediately, and you found that Shubin had been murdered?" "Yes." "That's all." "Thank you." "Does the defense wish to question the witness?" "No, I don't care to prolong this farce." "You'vve not brought to that stand one human being who has said that this is so." ""l know it. I saw it. I swear it."" "The counsel for the defense evvidently has as poor a memory as his client." "Didn't General Shubin say that Mata Hari was in his rooms at the time he was telephoning?" "Oh, no." "Dubois said that Shubin said that she was there." "We cannot blame Monsieur Dubois, of course for accepting too readily whatevver information was givven to him." "ut has he any proof that it was Shubin who spoke ovver the telephone?" "No." "And now I want that." "I demand that the prosecution produce some one witness who will swear to one definite thing or I demand that Mata Hari be acquitted with the apologies of the court." "There is a man who saw Mata Hari at General Shubin's that morning." "This man was ovverheard by a nurse in the hospital discussing this fact with the prisoner." "Ovverheard." "Ovverheard." "Something more ovverheard." "Why don't you bring him here and let me question him under oath?" "I had hoped to avvoid bringing to court a bravve young officer recently blinded in the course of heroic duty." "ut if the defense demands it, summon Lieutenant Alexis Rosanoff." "No, no, no." "He knows nothing of this." "All he can say is what I said to him as I came out of that room." "When you came out of what room, Mata Hari?" "What room?" "I'll tell you." "Shubin's room!" "Your witnesses were perjured." "You havve no alibi." "When Shubin called you a spy ovver the telephone, he told the truth." "And you knew it, and you shot him in an attempt to savve yourself." "ut it has not savved you, Mata Hari." "You stand provven an enemy of France." "Sister Teresa, will you read this to me once more?" "For the last time." "For the last time?" "Yes." ""Dearest, I shall not be able to see you or evven to write to you for some time to come." "A sudden attack, nothing really serious, has caused my removval to a sanitarium." "You must not be alarmed because the only pain I feel is that of being without you."" ""And when it becomes too sharp, I think of all the happiness we havve had together and that which we are going to havve." "Then I can bear anything." "Good night, Alexis." "Tomorrow is sure to be glorious." "It brings me closer to you." "Mata."" "In the name of the French Republic, this court finds the accused, Mata Hari guilty of espionage and of communicating military information to the enemy." "Therefore, this said court, by vvirtue of articles 205, 6 and 7 of the military code condemns this woman to be shot to death by rifle fire." "On display!" "Left." "Any news about the reprievve?" "We are expecting her lawyer any minute." "Oh, it's getting close to 5:00." "Here." "Givve her that." "Cognac." "That'll put heart into you." "You're a good man." "Good?" "ecause I givve a dying woman a drink?" "You don't want jewelry and you can't use clothes." "What can I givve you?" "There's nothing." "We havve evverything we need." "Evverything you need?" "How is that possible?" "We servve God and are content." "I wonder if I could be like that if I had to do it all ovver again from the beginning." "No." "That's how I am, and that's how I had to be." "No, little Sister, mustn't waste your tears on me." "Madame, Maître Caron." "Oh, he's come to bring the reprievve." "My dear, dear child." "No?" "l tried evverything." "I appealed to the highest quarters." "I know you did." "Come and sit down." "I spent a whole hour with the president, who is one of my oldest friends, but" "What about Alexis?" "That's all settled, just as you wanted it." "He's downstairs now." "l'll" "Wait." "Will you givve him this afterwards?" "And be vvery gentle with him." "Of course, my child." "I hope I havve written the things that'll help him most." "And if I havven't, perhaps you will know what to say." "I'll know what to say." "That in havving your lovve evven for a little while he had more than most men evver havve." "No." "Just tell him that no matter what he hears about me and he will hear things that my lovve for him was honest." "That's all." "Except that he must be happy." "Must laugh and lovve." "And then, someday, when he's an old man and his grandchildren ask him about Mata Hari he must tell a great lie, say that she was a wonderfully good woman." "And that'll be my heavven." "Now will you ask him to come up?" "At once." "Sister, the young man is blind." "I'vve told him that this is a sanitarium." "You must be careful." "They will." "They understand." "Come." "Take care of the steps." "Madame, I'm leavving the door open so that the vvisitor won't hear the rattle of the lock." "less you." "Alexis." "Come, nurses." "We'll look at the patient in the next room..." "...and leavve these young people alone." "Thank you, doctor." "This is most irregular." "And after the operation, how much longer will you havve to stay here?" "I don't know." "l'll be well soon, I hope." "Of course you will." "And so will I." "What?" "The doctors say now that with time and the right treatment there is evvery chance I'll see again." "See you again." "That's the one thing I needed to givve me strength." "Mata, you are telling me the truth?" "It isn't a dangerous operation?" "No." "No, it's vvery slight, really." "And in a short time, we'll forget all this and be so happy." "Just the same, I can't bear to think of you suffering." "Alexis?" "Yes." "Promise me you won't worry about me." "Oh, Mata, please." "Now, promise me." "You know what operations are." "Evven the slightest, there's always a chance." "Promise me." "If something should happen to me you won't grievve too much, that you'll carry on." "ut nothing will happen to you." "You mustn't be afraid." "Well, then hold me." "I won't be afraid if you hold me." "is it time?" "The doctor and the nurses, they'vve come to take me." "Already?" "Why need it be so early?" "Well, they always operate early in the morning." "And the sooner I go, the sooner it's ovver." "All right, but you mustn't be frightened." "I'll wait right here till they bring you back." "No, no. I don't want you to." "Monsieur Caron is waiting to take you back." "He'll let you know just how I am." "Very soon." "You are afraid." "No." "You needn't be. I'vve been through it." "The anesthetic is unpleasant, but that's all." "Goodbye, my belovved." "Oh, you sound so tragic." "Goodbye, my belovved. ls that better?" "Yes, darling." "Courage." "Courage, my dear. e bravve." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "God, savve her." "Protect her." "And if you must take her, take me too." "[english]"