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Chapter one
"It strains my back and breaks my heart when I think of a certain singing group who will not appear at the festival tonight." Uncle Max said it a little bit overacted.
"By the time you've made the announcement we'll be over the boarder." Georg said it very seriously. The men were pushing a car. Maria and the children were following them silently.
"Why doesn't father turn the motor on?" Marta wanted to know.
"Because he doesn't want anyone to hear us." Kurt replied just a little harder then he wanted to.
"Ssshh!" His father corrected him.
"What will Frau Schmidt and Franz say when they discover we're gone?" Louisa looked at her new mother. "They'll be able to answer truethfully they didn't know anything about it, when anyone asks them." She whispered. They hadn't told anyone at the house they were leaving tonight.
"Will webe coming back here?" Liesl asked with a shiver in her voice.
"Someday Liesl. I do hope someday." Maria replied. Athough Maria had only lived for a short while in the grand house, she knew she would definitely miss it.
The Captain looked behind to see if everyone was still following. He looked into Gretl's eyes.
"Are father and Uncle Max going to push the car all the way to Swwitzerland?" Asked the youngest child.
"Sshh!" Maria said, hoping that nobody had heard what Gretl had just said.
What the family didn't know was that Franz did know. Herr Zeller had asked him to observe what was happening as soon as the Captain would read his telegram. When the Captain and Maria had returned this morning from their honeymoon and Georg was given the telegram he had noticed that the family was packing. He had called Herr Zeller. Franz told him that he thought that the family would try to flee. Herr Zeller told Franz not to let anything notice. He would deal with the Captain himself.
So now he was standing at a dark windowsill looking over the frontyard, seeing the family pushing a car. He didn't know what would happen next, but he knew for sure that the family wouldn't get away as easy as they thought.
Kurt opened the great iron gate so his older brother could manage the car out of frontyard. When the car had passed the gate the whole family ran towards the car to get in as quickly as posible. At that moment lights were turned on. They all looked around, but they were blinded by the carlights.
A man took a couple of steps forward. Now Georg could see it was Herr Zeller. 'How did he know we would leave tonight' was the only thing he could think of at that moment.
"Something wrong with your car Captain?" Herr Zeller asked.
"Yes, in a matter of fact we couldn't get it started." Georg replied quickly.
Herr Zeller did a few staps forward, snapped his fingers. "Karl, fix Captain von Trapp's car so that it will start." He said it without looking at the young soldier, who walked towards the car. He started the car without any problem.
"Excellent, Karl." The young soldier walked back to his possition behind Herr Zeller. Herr Zeller looked at Georg. "I've not asked you where you and your family are ging. Nor have you asked me why I'm here."
"Well, apparently we both suffer from a deplorable lack of curiousity." Georg joked.
"You were sent a telegram but you did not answer. A telegram from Admiral von Schriver of the Navy of the Third Reich."
"I was under the impression Herr Zeller," Georg smashed the cardoor shut "that the contents of telegrams in Austria are pirvate!. At least the Austria I know."
"I had my orders...and they were to take you personaly to Bremerhaven tonight where you......"
Georg had to come up with a plan quickly. "I'm afraid that's going to be quite impossible. You see, uhh, we, all of us, the entire family will be.... singing in the festival tonight." He said quickly, cutting Herr Zeller off.
"I just hope we're not too late." Maria added. She noticed that her husband was getting in trouble.
Herr Zeller thought for a moment. He knew that what the Captain and his wife were suggesting was not true. "How very moving Captain and may I say smart to use the festival as an excuse, but it doesn't work for me." Said Herr Zeller with a grim laughter.
The Captain tried to play dumb. "I don't know what you mean. We're on our way to the festival. The children convinced me, especially the little ones." The Captain looked at his youngest children. His eyes were telling them to agree, but the only thing he saw were frightened faces.
"Captain don't fool me." Said an now agry Zeller. Gretl tried to hide herself behind Maria.
"You weren't on your way to the festival, and you know it!." Continued Herr Zeller. "Since you now showed us we can not trust you anymore, we will escort you and your family to our station."
The Captain understood he could not win this battle here in front of his own house. He decided that he would make it look he was collaborating and then try to get away.
"Alright Herr Zeller, I will come to Bremerhaven with you after we went to the festival." The Captain tried one more time.
"It's too late for that captian. You had your chance. I'm not going to let you get in a car to drive away from me." Herr Zeller retorted.
Suddenly Maria stepped forward. "Would it please you if one of your men was going with us. In our car?" Maria knew she had to do something to keep the pretence up that they were really going to the festival. Herr Zeller looked at Maria. "Seven against one doesn't sound fair, does it? I have a better idea. Why don't you come with me?" He said with a smile on his face.
Maria knew this was not a real question. She looked down at the ground so Herr Zeller couldn't see she was scared. She looked up trying to get Georg's attention on what to do. But there was no way he could help her now. She had to answer Herr Zeller. "I don't have any choice, do I?" She stepped towards Herr Zeller. "But I will come with you. Could we please hurry up, so we won't miss our performance?"
"Well, of course Fraulein, oh excuse me, Barones. Please" he opened the car door and gestured to Maria to get into the car.
Maria looked around to Georg. He didn't seem too assured. Gretl had started to cry by now. Liesl tried to comfer her little sister without much success. Maria stepped into the German car. She sat down next to a Nazi. The nazi who had started their car stepped in as well and sat down on the other side of Maria. At that moment Herr Zeller smiled and told the driver to go back to the station. He turned to the Captain. "You didn't think I believed you, did you? Now I have your wife, I know for sure you will come with me." With that said he stepped into the car as well and they drove off. The only thing Georg could do was to follow.
Chapter one
"It strains my back and breaks my heart when I think of a certain singing group who will not appear at the festival tonight." Uncle Max said it a little bit overacted.
"By the time you've made the announcement we'll be over the boarder." Georg said it very seriously. The men were pushing a car. Maria and the children were following them silently.
"Why doesn't father turn the motor on?" Marta wanted to know.
"Because he doesn't want anyone to hear us." Kurt replied just a little harder then he wanted to.
"Ssshh!" His father corrected him.
"What will Frau Schmidt and Franz say when they discover we're gone?" Louisa looked at her new mother. "They'll be able to answer truethfully they didn't know anything about it, when anyone asks them." She whispered. They hadn't told anyone at the house they were leaving tonight.
"Will webe coming back here?" Liesl asked with a shiver in her voice.
"Someday Liesl. I do hope someday." Maria replied. Athough Maria had only lived for a short while in the grand house, she knew she would definitely miss it.
The Captain looked behind to see if everyone was still following. He looked into Gretl's eyes.
"Are father and Uncle Max going to push the car all the way to Swwitzerland?" Asked the youngest child.
"Sshh!" Maria said, hoping that nobody had heard what Gretl had just said.
What the family didn't know was that Franz did know. Herr Zeller had asked him to observe what was happening as soon as the Captain would read his telegram. When the Captain and Maria had returned this morning from their honeymoon and Georg was given the telegram he had noticed that the family was packing. He had called Herr Zeller. Franz told him that he thought that the family would try to flee. Herr Zeller told Franz not to let anything notice. He would deal with the Captain himself.
So now he was standing at a dark windowsill looking over the frontyard, seeing the family pushing a car. He didn't know what would happen next, but he knew for sure that the family wouldn't get away as easy as they thought.
Kurt opened the great iron gate so his older brother could manage the car out of frontyard. When the car had passed the gate the whole family ran towards the car to get in as quickly as posible. At that moment lights were turned on. They all looked around, but they were blinded by the carlights.
A man took a couple of steps forward. Now Georg could see it was Herr Zeller. 'How did he know we would leave tonight' was the only thing he could think of at that moment.
"Something wrong with your car Captain?" Herr Zeller asked.
"Yes, in a matter of fact we couldn't get it started." Georg replied quickly.
Herr Zeller did a few staps forward, snapped his fingers. "Karl, fix Captain von Trapp's car so that it will start." He said it without looking at the young soldier, who walked towards the car. He started the car without any problem.
"Excellent, Karl." The young soldier walked back to his possition behind Herr Zeller. Herr Zeller looked at Georg. "I've not asked you where you and your family are ging. Nor have you asked me why I'm here."
"Well, apparently we both suffer from a deplorable lack of curiousity." Georg joked.
"You were sent a telegram but you did not answer. A telegram from Admiral von Schriver of the Navy of the Third Reich."
"I was under the impression Herr Zeller," Georg smashed the cardoor shut "that the contents of telegrams in Austria are pirvate!. At least the Austria I know."
"I had my orders...and they were to take you personaly to Bremerhaven tonight where you......"
Georg had to come up with a plan quickly. "I'm afraid that's going to be quite impossible. You see, uhh, we, all of us, the entire family will be.... singing in the festival tonight." He said quickly, cutting Herr Zeller off.
"I just hope we're not too late." Maria added. She noticed that her husband was getting in trouble.
Herr Zeller thought for a moment. He knew that what the Captain and his wife were suggesting was not true. "How very moving Captain and may I say smart to use the festival as an excuse, but it doesn't work for me." Said Herr Zeller with a grim laughter.
The Captain tried to play dumb. "I don't know what you mean. We're on our way to the festival. The children convinced me, especially the little ones." The Captain looked at his youngest children. His eyes were telling them to agree, but the only thing he saw were frightened faces.
"Captain don't fool me." Said an now agry Zeller. Gretl tried to hide herself behind Maria.
"You weren't on your way to the festival, and you know it!." Continued Herr Zeller. "Since you now showed us we can not trust you anymore, we will escort you and your family to our station."
The Captain understood he could not win this battle here in front of his own house. He decided that he would make it look he was collaborating and then try to get away.
"Alright Herr Zeller, I will come to Bremerhaven with you after we went to the festival." The Captain tried one more time.
"It's too late for that captian. You had your chance. I'm not going to let you get in a car to drive away from me." Herr Zeller retorted.
Suddenly Maria stepped forward. "Would it please you if one of your men was going with us. In our car?" Maria knew she had to do something to keep the pretence up that they were really going to the festival. Herr Zeller looked at Maria. "Seven against one doesn't sound fair, does it? I have a better idea. Why don't you come with me?" He said with a smile on his face.
Maria knew this was not a real question. She looked down at the ground so Herr Zeller couldn't see she was scared. She looked up trying to get Georg's attention on what to do. But there was no way he could help her now. She had to answer Herr Zeller. "I don't have any choice, do I?" She stepped towards Herr Zeller. "But I will come with you. Could we please hurry up, so we won't miss our performance?"
"Well, of course Fraulein, oh excuse me, Barones. Please" he opened the car door and gestured to Maria to get into the car.
Maria looked around to Georg. He didn't seem too assured. Gretl had started to cry by now. Liesl tried to comfer her little sister without much success. Maria stepped into the German car. She sat down next to a Nazi. The nazi who had started their car stepped in as well and sat down on the other side of Maria. At that moment Herr Zeller smiled and told the driver to go back to the station. He turned to the Captain. "You didn't think I believed you, did you? Now I have your wife, I know for sure you will come with me." With that said he stepped into the car as well and they drove off. The only thing Georg could do was to follow.