Madeleine Goddard Quotes in Dark Journey (1937)

Madeleine Goddard: [Locked in her stateroom on board ship] A spy... a life I never wanted. And now it's over. Finished and done. So sleepy...

Baron Karl Von Marwitz: So our pretty little dressmaker is a spy! What will people say, an officer of the Kaiser like me and a woman like you, Madeline?

Madeleine Goddard: [smiling] They'll say, the poor girl couldn't help herself.

Baron Karl Von Marwitz: [serious] One false move could mean death for both of us. But death is nothing to what I feel for you.

[They kiss]

Head of Fifth Bureau: [Madeline is questioned by British intelligence] You've had months! What can you tell us about Von Marwitz? What about the U-boat fueling operation?

Madeleine Goddard: [distressed] I don't know! Karl never talks... I mean, I haven't got that close to him yet. The Baron is hard to know. Sometimes I wish...

Head of Fifth Bureau: [Sympathetic] Rough job for a woman, pretending to be in love with a man.

[pause]

Head of Fifth Bureau: You *are* still pretending, aren't you?

Head of Fifth Bureau: [Madeline is being interrogated by British intelligence] Come on, old girl. You've had months! What did you dig up about Von Marwitz? What about the U-boat refueling operation? Is he behind it all?

Madeleine Goddard: [clearly distressed] I don't know! Karl never talks - I mean, the baron is a mystery. Sometimes I wish...

Head of Fifth Bureau: [sympathetic] Yes, I see. Rough job for a woman, pretending to be in love with a man.

[pause]

Head of Fifth Bureau: You *are* still pretending, aren't you?

Madeleine Goddard: A girl who goes shopping with a man means to have the whole shop.