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Ch. 2: A White Lie
Soon the Nazis had gathered at the gate talking about what they had found while searching the graveyard.
"Any sign of Captain von Trapp?" Asked the Lieutenant.
"No we did not find anyone here except this young lady. I think she might be Captain von Trapp's wife." One added looking at her. Maria found herself becoming dizzy and was completely unaware of the derogatory glances from the Nazis.
"Listen to me, girl, tell me where the Captain is and we will set you free." The Lieutenant told her.
"I don't know where he is." Maria answered them confidently.
"You do know where he is. Hiding it won't help. We will find out sooner or later anyways, so you might as well tell us." He said with a smirk. "We know everything."
Maria smiled to herself at that remark she prayed to God to give her strength and go with her idea.
"You do, do you?" She questioned.
"Yes and if you fail to tell us you will become our prisoner." He told her.
"It seems to me if you know everything then why are you not going to his exact location now?" Maria asked teasing them in the lightest way she knew how to. Maria felt she should stall them a little to hopefully give time for Georg to escape.
"Don't you use that tone with us young lady. You tell us the answer or else you are our slave." Maria heard these words and then suddenly recognized the looks on the Nazis faces.
The Nazis hated her that was for sure. Yet they were very taken by her beauty. Maria suddenly realized what being a slave for them would mean. She also realized what they really wanted from her. Something she would never give if her life depended on it. She decided there was nothing wrong with playing along with their minds if it would keep her husband safe so she began.
"Oh I am terribly sorry gentleman, do forgive me. It just seems funny to me that you do not know the Captain's hiding place. You do, do you not?" Maria asked. The Nazis turned interested in what she had to tell them.
"What hiding spot?" One of them asked blankly. Maria needing more time to think went on.
"Oh the hiding spot, surly you people know of it. I mean since you know everything and anything I figure…" She rambled on before being cut off.
"Tell us where it is!" demanded the Lieutenant.
"Okay I will, but it is a long story." Maria told them.
"So be it. Just tell us now." He told her coldly.
"All right, well, you see…" She started.
"Yes?"
Well have you ever heard of the underground railroad?" The soldiers stared at her blankly. Maria had no idea where she was going with this, but remembered reading about the civil war in America and how the slaves would be saved through it. She had no idea if there was such thing in place in Europe, but it was a good white lie.
"The underground railroad? You know the one in the American Civil War?" She asked.
"Yeah, what does that have anything to do with…" He began.
"Austria? Well it has a lot to do with Austria. There is a system in place here in Europe. It helps people flee when needed." She told them.
"Why would people need to flee? Anyways it would be to difficult to organize an underground railroad here in just a few…" He again was cut off.
"Oh no it has been going on for years to help people in need. No one has ever found where it is located it is hidden so well." Maria told them.
"So you are telling us the Captain is using this umm…Underground Railroad and you know where it is?" He asked.
"Well I am not exactly sure of where it is, no one is completely sure. It is very difficult to find." Maria said.
"How is it hard to find a large railroad with trains underground?" One officer questioned. Maria had to laugh a little. Did he really think literally of it? He really thought there was a railroad with trains? To bad he didn't know it was just a name.
"Oh, but sometimes things are more than what they seem." Maria warned. "You can't take them literally."
"So where is this railroad taking the Captain?" The lieutenant asked.
"Well I think it is somewhere near Vienna if I remember right. Then I believe they were going to take him to Italy to escape and then to Great Britain. He was always so happy that he fooled you all thinking he was going to Switzerland. I mean really if you people know everything then I think you would have caught him much sooner." Maria told them. The Nazis were surprised to hear this.
"You remember where the hiding spot in Vienna is?" He asked her.
"Maybe I do." Maria answered.
"You will take us there tomorrow morning." He told her.