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Chapter 53

           "Iwashaltedbehindthetwolinesofmen,sometwentyyardsawayfromwhereWimmelwasstanding.Antonwouldnotlookatme,thoughWimmelturnedbriefly.Antonstaringintospace,asifhehadhypnotizedhimselfintobelievingthatnoneofwhathesawexisted.Asifhenolongerexistedhimself.Thecolonelbeckonedthecollaborationisttohim.Isupposehewantedtoknowwhatthehostageswereshouting.Heappearedtothinkforamomentandthenhewenttowardsthem.Theyfellsilent.Ofcoursetheydidnotknowhehadalreadypronouncedsentenceonthem.Hesaidsomethingthatwastranslatedtothem.What,Icouldnothear,exceptthatitreducedthevillagerstosilence.Soitwasnotthedeathsentence.Thecolonelmarchedbacktome."Hesaid,Ihavemadeanoffertothesepeasants.Ilookedathisface.Itwasabsolutelywithoutnervousness,excitation;amanincompletecommandofhimself.Hewenton,Iwillpermitthemnottobeexecuted.Togotoalaborcamp.Ononecondition.Thatisthatyou,asmayorofthisvillage,carryoutinfrontofthemtheexecutionofthetwomurderers."Isaid,Iamnotanexecutioner."Thevillagemenbegantoshoutfranticallyatme."Helookedathiswatch,andsaid,Youhavethirtysecondstodecide."Ofcourseinsuchsituationsonecannotthink.Allcoherenceiscrowdedoutofone’smind.Youmustrememberthis.FromthispointonIactedwithoutreason.Beyondreason."Isaid,Ihavenochoice."Hewenttotheendofoneoftheranksofmeninfrontofme.

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