A FEW DAYS PASSED SINCE THEN.
I HAD BREAKFAST WITH HEINER EVERY DAY...
...THEN SPENT MY DAY PORING OVER SCORES OR READING BOOKS.
AND I THOUGHT TODAY WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DAYS, WHEN...
Episode 48
...SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
I HAVE AN URGENT REPORT.
WHO KNEW MAJOR EUGEN WOULD BE HERE...
IT'S FINE. WHAT IS IT?
OH...
IT'S ABOUT...
THE SCORE...
YOU MAY SPEAK.
MAJOR EUGEN IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE OPERATION.
MAJOR EUGEN...
...WAS PROMOTED BASED ON MERIT, EVEN WITHOUT ANY TRAINING FROM THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
ALTHOUGH THE DETAILS ARE AMBIGUOUS, I HEARD HE SUFFERED GREATLY BECAUSE OF THE NOBLES.
I MUST SAY IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD TO SEE HIM AFTER ALL THIS TIME...
...SINCE HE STILL HAS THAT LOATHING LOOK ON HIS FACE.
BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
TO SUMMARIZE MY FINDINGS...
...I NOTICED SOMETHING RELATED TO THE NUMERIC CODES YOU MENTIONED,
SO I FIGURED I SHOULD REPORT IT RIGHT AWAY.
GO AHEAD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCORE...
"LA" IS THE DOMINANT NOTE IN THE MINOR SCALE.
MAKING IT EQUAL TO THE NUMBER ONE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL SEGMENTS...
...OF THE VARIATIONS...
...THE NOTES AND CORRESPONDING NUMBERS CAN BE SUBSTITUTED EQUALLY.
IT MAY BE A COINCIDENCE...
...BUT THE MATCHES ARE CONSISTENT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.
I'LL RELAY YOUR MESSAGE TO THE CRYPTOLOGISTS.
YOU MAY LEAVE NOW. THANK YOU.
WAS IT... HELPFUL?
BUT...
HIS REACTION IS... SOMEWHAT...
...I'LL BE ON MY WAY.
HA!
SCORES?
THEY'RE USING SUCH OLD-FASHIONED METHODS.
THEY MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THEIR CODEBOOK* CAN BE READ.
BUT THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP A NEW CIPHER.
*codebook: encryption method that utilizes a randomized table of number/word pairs.
USING THIS METHOD MEANS...
...IT'S ESSENTIAL INFORMATION THAT MUST NEVER BE REVEALED.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ALMANIAN AIRCRAFT FELL RIGHT INTO OUR HANDS.
LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVENS ARE ON OUR SIDE.
I'M NOT SO SURE.
BECAUSE THEY...
...HAVE BETRAYED ME AT EVERY TURN...
...BUT I HOPE THAT'S TRUE.
OH, RIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS WITH MISS ROZENBERG, SIR?
HONESTLY, I HAD THOUGHT HER FIRST DECRYPTION...
WAS A SIMPLE COINCIDENCE.
BUT SHE DOES SEEM TO BE DOING SOMETHING...
...AND IF WHAT SHE JUST TOLD US HELPS WITH THE DECIPHERING,
IT WILL BE A HUGE GAIN FOR US.
IT WOULDN'T BE AN EXAGGERATION...
...TO SAY THAT WAR IS A GAME OF BLOOD AND CODES.
DECIPHERING IS OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE.
IT CAN TURN THE TIDES OF WAR IN AN INSTANT...
...AND DETERMINE THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
THIS INFORMATION ANNETTE DECIPHERED...
...IS NOT MERELY A SMALL HINT.
SINCE SHE MADE A CONTRIBUTION,
I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU'LL PRESENT TO HER AS A REWARD.
...THE REWARD...
WILL HAVE TO BE DETERMINED AFTER WE SEE HOW THIS INFORMATION IS USED.
ALSO, WHAT MISS ROZENBERG IS DOING...
IS NOT JUST SOMETHING. IT'S DECIPHERING.
AND EVEN IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS JOB, SHE WAS VOLUNTEERING AS A NURSE...
...TO SERVE HER COUNTRY.
AH.
THE COMMANDER DOESN'T JUDGE PEOPLE BASED ON HIS PERSONAL FEELINGS.
NO MATTER WHOM IT CONCERNS, HE'S TRANSPARENT WITH HIS REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
DON'T DOWNPLAY HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LOYALTY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I ADMIRE HIM...
MY APOLOGIES, SIR! I WAS IMPRUDENT.
I COULDN'T BE SURE WHETHER OR NOT THE INFORMATION I PASSED ON WAS HELPFUL.
AND THE ANXIOUS DAYS WENT BY SLOWLY.
M-MAJOR EUGEN?!
I WONDER WHAT HE'LL SAY THIS TIME TO TAUNT ME...
WHAT HAS COME OVER HIM...?
AFTER THAT UNEXPECTED INTERACTION...
...I WAS TOLD BY HEINER THAT I COULD STOP WORKING ON THE CODE.
AND WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THAT MEANT...
TWO DAYS LATER,
A BOMBER APPEARED OVER RONCHESTER, THE CAPITAL OF PADANIA.
AND AT THE SAME TIME...
FRANZE AND ALMANIA'S COMBINED FORCES...
...SENT TROOPS TO THE FRONT LINES.
INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING RAINED DOWN ON RONCHESTER.
THE MASS EXPLOSIONS DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND CAUSED CASUALTIES.
ONCE AGAIN, WITHOUT ANY DECLARATION, THE WAR BEGAN.
BOMBING A PRODUCTION FACILITY OR A MILITARY BASE WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.
SO WHY THE CAPITAL?
...I SEE. IT'S TO LOWER THE MORALE...
THE BOMBING LEFT ALL OF PADANIA IN SHOCK AND GRIEF...
...AND PEOPLE WERE BEING EATEN AWAY BY FEAR.
CATHERINE...
...BRUNER AND OLIVIA...
I'M SURE THEY'RE ALRIGHT. SEINSHIRE IS FAR FROM THE CAPITAL...
I'M GLAD THEY MOVED BEFORE THIS HAPPENED...
THAT VERY EVENING, WHEN I WAS FEELING UNEASY...
...I RECEIVED ORDERS TO RELOCATE.
YOU'LL BE TAKING THE TRAIN TO HUNTINGHAM TOMORROW MORNING AT 6:30.
YOU CAN STEP OFF AT THE FINAL DESTINATION.
OH...
HUNTINGHAM?
IT'S A FIELD HOSPITAL LOCATED IN THE REAR ZONE, AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL FRONT.
YOU'LL CARE FOR ANY WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND PRISONERS TRANSPORTED THERE.
I SEE. THANK YOU.
NOW THAT I'M DONE PACKING, I SHOULD BURN WHAT'S LEFT.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE A BONFIRE GOING BEHIND THE BARRACKS...
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HIM AS A STRONG, UNWAVERING PERSON.
BUT NOW THAT THE WAR HAS BEGUN AGAIN,
HE SEEMS SO WEAK AND FRAGILE...
...MAY I?
OH.
...OF COURSE.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU SMOKED CIGARS. WHEN DID YOU START?
NO, I... QUIT A WHILE AGO, AND THEN...
DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE SMOKING AGAIN?
NOT REALLY. I'VE JUST HAD A LOT ON MY MIND LATELY...
SO YOU ARE SMOKING AGAIN.
...I...
...I GUESS SO.
I'M LEAVING FOR HUNTINGHAM TOMORROW. ALTHOUGH I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW.
...DOES THAT MEAN THIS IS IT FOR US?
WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT...
ISN'T IT TIRING?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I'D BE LYING IF I SAID IT ISN'T.
THERE ARE TOO MANY LIVES IN MY HANDS.
HE'S NOT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF PADANIA...
...BUT SIMPLY HEINER WALDEMAR...
...RIGHT NOW.
THE WEIGHT ON THIS MAN'S SHOULDERS...
IS SO HEAVY I CANNOT FATHOM NOR COMFORT HIM...
SPEAKING OF WHICH, I HAD SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.
THE CODE YOU DECIPHERED WAS OF GREAT HELP.
NO, HELP DOESN'T EVEN COVER IT.
WE'LL DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE AND REWARD YOUR EFFORTS LATER.
SO, ANNETTE...
...IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT?
Annette, who has breakfast with Heiner every day, reports her finding about the numerical codes in the score: A is the dominant note in A minor and equals one, and in the final sections of the variations the notes match the numbers one-to-one. Heiner says he will pass the information on to the cryptologists. Two days later Ronchester is bombed and the war begins without a declaration. Annette is assigned to the Huntingham field hospital and says goodbye to an exhausted-looking Heiner before leaving.
