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Chapter 53

           Hetookasubmachinegunfromaman’sshoulder,appearedtomakesurethatitwascorrectlyloaded,thencamebackwithitandpresentedittomewithbothhands.AsifitwasaprizeIhadwon.Thehostagescheered,crossedthemselves.Andthenweresilent.Thecolonelwatchedme.IhadawildideathatImightturnthegunonhim.Butofcoursethemassacreoftheentirevillagewouldthenhavebeeninevitable."Iwalkedtowardsthemenwiredtotheirongates.Iknewwhyhehaddonethis.ItwouldbewidelypublicizedbytheGermancontrollednewspapers.Thepressureonmewouldnotbementioned,andIwouldbepresentedasaGreekwhocooperatedintheGermantheoryoforder.Awarningtoothermayors.AnexampletootherfrightenedGreekseverywhere.ButthoseeightymenhowcouldIcondemnthem?"Icamewithinaboutfifteenfeetofthetwoguerrillas.Soclose,becauseIhadnotfiredagunsincethosefar-offdaysof1915.ForsomereasonIhadnotlookedtheminthefacetillthen.Ihadlookedatthehighwallwithitstiledtop,atapairofvulgarornamentalurnsontopofthepillarsthatflankedthegate,atthefrondsofapeppertreebeyond.ButthenIhadtolookatthem.Theyoungerofthetwomighthavebeendead.Hisheadhadfallenforward.Theyhaddonesomethingtohishands,Icouldnotseewhat,buttherewasbloodalloverthefingers.Hewasnotdead.Iheardhimgroan.Muttersomething.Hewasdelirious."Andtheother.Hismouthhadbeenstruckorkicked.Thelipswereseverelycontused,reddened.

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