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Chapter 54

           Anotherwasgiventooneofthevillagepriestswiththesameinstructions.Anotherwasleftonhisdeskwhenheshothimself.ItwasopennodoubtforallhismenandtheGermanHighCommandtoread.Threecopiescompletelydisappeared.ProbablytheyweresenttofriendsinGermany.Theymayhavebeenintercepted.Weshallneverknownow.Andthelastcopyturnedupafterthewar.ItwassenttoAthens,tooneofthenewspapers,withasmallsumofmoney.Forcharity.AViennesepostmark.Plainlyhegaveacopytooneofhismen.""Itwaspublished?""Yes.Certainpartsofit.""Washeburiedhere?""No.HisfamilycemeterynearLeipzig."Thosecigarettes."Andthevillagersknowthatyouhadthechoice?""Thereportcameout.Somebelieveit,somedonot.OfcourseIhaveseenthatnohelplessdependentsofthehostagessufferedfinancially.""Andtheguerrillasdidyoueverfindoutaboutthem?""Thecousinandtheothermanyes,weknowtheirnames.Thereisamonumenttotheminthevillagecemetery.Buttheirleader…Ihadhislifeinvestigated.Beforethewarhespentsixyearsinprison.Ononeoccasionformurderacrimepassionnel.Ontwoorthreeothersforviolenceandlarceny.HewasgenerallybelievedinCretetohavebeeninvolvedinatleastfourothermurders.Onewasparticularlysavage.HewasontherunwhentheGermansinvaded.ThenheperformedanumberofwildexploitsintheSouthernPeloponnesus.HeseemstohavebelongedtonoorganizedResistancegroup,buttohaveroamedaboutkillingandrobbing.

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