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Chapter 53

           "Imethimbeforehisinfamieshadbecomewidelyknown.IheardonewintermorningthataGermanmotorlaunchhadunexpectedlybroughtanimportantofficertotheisland.Laterthatday,Antonsentforme.InhisofficeIwasintroducedtoasmall,thinman.Myownheight,myownage.Immaculatelyneat.Scrupulouslypolite.Hestoodtoshakemyhand.HespokesomeEnglish,enoughtoknowthatIspokeitmuchbetterthanhedid.AndwhenIconfessedthatIwashalfEnglishbybirth,hesaid,ThegreattragedyofourtimeisthatEnglandandGermanyshouldhavequarreled.AntonexplainedthathehadtoldthecolonelaboutourmusicaleveflingsandthatthecolonelhopedthatIwouldjointhemforlunchandafterwardsaccompanyAntoninoneortwosongs.OfcourseIhad,atitred’office,toaccept."Ididnotlikethecolonelatall.Hehadeyeslikerazors.IthinkthemostunpleasanteyesIhaveeverseeninahumanbeing.Theywerewithoutagrainofsympathyforwhattheysaw.Nothingbutassessmentandcalculation.Iftheyhadbeenbrutal,orlecherous,orsadistic,theywouldhavebeenbetter.Buttheyweretheeyesofamachine."Aneducatedmachine.ThecolonelhadbroughtsomebottlesofhockwithhimandwehadthebestlunchIhadeatenformanymonths.Wediscussedthewarverybriefly,ratherasonemightdiscusstheweather.Itwasthecolonelhimselfwhochangedthesubjecttoliterature.Hewasobviouslyawell-readman.KnewShakespearewell,andGoetheandSchillerextremelywell.

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