Человек в высоком замке

           Later,inDresden,wheretheactingParteiSecretaryandchiefsoftheSicherheitsdienst,thenationalsecuritypolicewhichreplacedtheGestapofollowing…"

           Joeturnedthevolumeup.

           "…reorganizationofthegovernmentattheinstigationofthelateReichsfuhrerHimmler,AlbertSpeerandothers,twoweeksofofficialmourningweredeclared,andalreadymanyshopsandbusinesseshaveclosed,itwasreported.AsyetnowordhascomeastotheexpectedconveningoftheReichstag,theformalparliamentoftheThirdReich,whoseapprovalisrequired…"

           "It’llbeHeydrich,"Joesaid.

           "Iwishitwouldbethatbigblondfellow,thatSchirach,"shesaid."Christ,sohefinallydied.DoyouthinkSchirachhasachance?"

           "No,"Joesaidshortly.

           "Maybethere’llbeacivilwarnow,"shesaid."Butthoseguysaresooldnow.GöringandGoebbels—allthoseoldPartyboys."

           Theradiowassaying,"…reachedathisretreatintheAlpsnearBrenner…"

           Joesaid,"This’llbeFatHermann."

           "…saidmerelythathewasgrief-strickenbythelossnotonlyofasoldierandpatriotandfaithfulParteiLeader,butalso,ashehassaidmanytimesover,ofapersonalfriend,whom,onewillrecall,hebackedintheinterregnumdisputeshortlyafterthewarwhenitappearedforatimethatelementshostiletoHerrBormann’sascensiontosupremeauthority—"

           Julianashuttheradiooff.

           "They’rejustbabbling,"shesaid."Whydotheyusewordslikethat?Thoseterriblemurderersaretalkedaboutasiftheywereliketherestofus."