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Chapter 53

           "Theystayedoutallnightonthehillsinaloosecordonacrosstheisland,hopingthattheguerrillasmighttryandbreakthroughtothevillage.Theysearchedwildlythenextmorning.Attentheymetandtriedtomakeuptheirmindstolaunchadesperateattackonthetroopsdowninthevillage.Butthewiserheadsknewitcouldonlyendinanevengreatertragedy.TherewasavillageintheMauiwheretwomonthsbeforetheGermanshadkilledeveryman,womanandchildforfarlessprovocation."Atnoon,theycame,carryingacrossandikons,downtothevillage.Wimmelwaswaitingforthem.Theirspokesman,anoldsailor,inalastvainlietoldhimtheyhadseentheguerrillasescapeinasmallboat.Wimmelsmiled,shookhisheadandhadtheoldmanputunderarrestaneighty-firsthostage.Whathadhappenedwassimple.TheGermanthemselveshadalreadycapturedtheguerrillas.Inthevillage.ButletuslookatWimmel."Conchisclappedhishandsagain."Thisishim,inAthens.OneoftheResistancegroupstookitsothatweshouldhavehisfacerecorded."Thegeneratorsputtedtolifeagain,thescreenlived.Atownstreet.AGermanjeeplikevehicledrewupintheshadeontheoppositesideofthestreet.Threeofficersgotoutandwalkedinthehardsunlightdiagonallyacrossthecamera,whichmusthavebeeninthegroundfloorroomofthehousenexttotheonetheywereentering.Theheadofsomeonepassingblockedtheview.Ashorter,trimmermanledtheway.Icouldseehehadanairofcurt,invincibleauthority.Theothertwomenexistedinhiswake.

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