Danger Within

Lt. Col. Huxley: [the prisoners are discussing the corpse of a man discovered in an escape tunnel] Obviously we must report this to the Italians at once.

Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Report it, aye, but do you have to tell them where you found him?

Lt. Col. Huxley: Yes, of course we do. Their doctors will prove he died under a fall of sand. That means only one thing - a tunnel.

Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Well just for the record, if you tell 'em the truth, you'll be making them a present of the only tunnel in this camp with a real chance.

Lt. Col. Huxley: What alternative do you suggest?

Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Put him in another tunnel. An abandoned one. And then report it.

Lt. Col. Huxley: You mean fake a fall in another tunnel?

Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Well, it happens easily enough by accident. It shouldn't be difficult to do it on purpose.

Lt. Col. Huxley: That might not be the end of the matter, you realise that?

Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Well I'm still for it, sir.

Lt. Col. Huxley: Alright. Who'll do it?

Capt. Roger Byfold: I will, sir.

Lt. Col. Huxley: Well, the less I know about it, the better. And, just as a matter of interest, might I be allowed to know where this abandoned tunnel starts?

[Baird looks at the floor below Huxley's feet, indicating that Huxley is standing on it]