Posted: June 25, 2000 at 18:24:24: by Liz
: Crap. I spent many hours developing a historical background for Marguerite in East Africa when, had I seen "Tribute" before today, I would have known not to waste my time. There was much talk about a German pilot and Marguerite being a spy, but the important details were never broached. Grea never had to waste time proving the lady was a spy. OF COURSE SHE WAS A SPY! The pilot not only saw her with a high ranking German intelligece officer, he knew the role she had played at Jutland, the greatest naval battle ever fought.She told him, knife at her oh so lovely throat, that she had had HER ORDERS. Many men and ships died during the battle. If she was responsible for Germany's losses, the officer's hatred was understandable, but only if she was German and Betrayed her country to the British.If she was British, she had simply done her job and any officer could not fail to appreciate that. : Steve Faust Steve,
Wouldn't Dieter's (I think that was his name) hatred be just as intense if she had been a British spy for Britain? Don't forget, Marguerite speaks "60 or 70 languages fluently" (including it seems "native Plateauan". As she proved, German is one of them. With that fluency she could easily have passed herself off as either a native German or Austrian. Any of the officers or diplomats she encountered would never even consider her to be British.
Therefore, she could return to England and continue to live there, but with the knowledge that should she be recognized by any of their former enemy, she would be a potential target for assassination. (As she was in the revised pilot). The Germans/Austrians would hate a) the fact that they thought she was one of them, and b) that in their eyes, she betrayed them. Liz
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