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Chapter 49

           Aminutelatertheyhadropedmyanklestogethertightly,thenhoistedmebackagainstaboulder,sothatIhadsupportformyback.Theyoungersoldierfeltinhistunictoppocketandtossedmedownthreecigarettes.IntheflareofthematchIlitIlookedatthem.Theywererathercheaplooking.Alongeachonewasprintedinred,betweenlittleblackswastikas,thewordsLeipzigdankteuch.TheoneIsmokedtastedverystale,atleasttenyearsold,asiftheyhadbeenoverthoroughandactuallyusedcigarettesfromsomewar-issuetin.In1943itwouldhavetastedfresh.Imadeattemptafterattempttospeakwiththem.InEnglish,theninmyexiguousGerman;French,Greek.Buttheysatstolidlyoppositeme,ontheothersideofthepath.Theyhardlyspoketenwordstoeachother;andwereobviouslyunderordersnottospeaktome.Ihadlookedatmywatchwhentheyfirsttiedme.Ithadsaidtwelvethirty-five.Nowitwasonethirty.Somewhereonthenorthcoastoftheisland,amileortwowestoftheschool,Iheardthefirstfaintpumpofanengine.Itsoundedlikethedieselofalargecoastalcaïque.Thecasthadre-embarked.Assoonastheyheardit,thetwomenstoodup.Theelderoneheldsomethingup,atableknife.Heputitdownwherehehadbeensitting.Thenwithoutawordtheystartedtowalkaway,awayfromthenorthcoast,upthepath.AssoonasIwassuretheyhadgoneIcrawledoverthestonestowheretheyhadlefttheknife.Itwasblunt,theropewasnew,andIwasn’tfreeforanotherexasperatingtwentyminutes

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