: A German soldier would recognize Marguerite as another soldier had she been British. Spys are shot, but both sides depended on them and effective spys usually can speak the language of their enemies. I can't see the German pilot holding out so much hatred for Marguerite unless she was a traitor to her country of origin. Can you see Marguerite figuring that her prewar bank accounts in London were worth more than her interests in the Fatherland, and, given the forces arrayed against them, knowing Germany would lose the war and thus siding with the winner? I can. Now that would tick off a number of Germans. It does surprise me that she didn't cover her tracks by killing anyone that knew of the part she had played at Jutland. And she should never have allowed the pilot to get off the ground.
: Steve Faust

: : Liz

I agree that she should have killed off the pilot, but I think that Marguerite is british. For one thing, she was raised I think in british schools, why would her german parents have abandoned her in England? And I think Liz raises a rather interesting point: if she passed herself as german, they would've felt betrayed anyway. Given that the germans lost WWI, I think that even if they recognized that Marguerite was a soldier to her country, they would still be mad. I tend to think Marguerite is not much of a patriot, and her lack of interest in the English affairs could be a sympthtom of that. Her being a spy for England may just be an act of convenience (which is her usual motivation) given the time she lived in. She is a character that cares about herself above anything else (at least that was the way in her early days), so it makes sense that she bacame a spy because she knew she had the abilities for it and because it suit her at the time. As Steve said, it makes sense that she align herself with the winning side, but maybe she thought for whatever reason from the beginning that Germany would lose.

Carla