Человек в высоком замке
Chapter 6
"Theyarelikeus,"Joesaid.Hereseatedhimselfandoncemoreate,"Thereisn’tanythingthey’vedonewewouldn’thavedoneifwe’dbeenintheirplaces.TheysavedtheworldfromCommunism.We’dbelivingunderRedrulenow,ifitwasn’tforGermany.We’dbeworseoff."
"You’rejusttalking,"Julianasaid."Liketheradio.Babbling."
"IbeenlivingundertheNazis,"Joesaid."Iknowwhatit’slike.Isthatjusttalk,tolivetwelve,thirteenyears—longerthanthat—almostfifteenyears?IgotaworkcardfromOT;IworkedforOrganizationTodtsince1947,inNorthAfricaandtheU.S.A.Listen—"Hejabbedhisfingerather."IgottheItaliangeniusforearthworks;OTgavemeahighrating.Iwasn’tshovelingasphaltandmixingconcretefortheautobahns.Iwashelpingdesign.Engineer.OnedayDoctorTodtcamebyandinspectedwhatourworkcrewdid.Hesaidtome,"Yougotgoodhands."That’sabigmoment,Juliana.Dignityoflabor;they’renottalkingonlywords.Beforethem,theNazis,everyonelookeddownonmanualjobs;myself,too.Aristocratic.TheLaborFrontputanendtothat.Iseenmyownhandsforthefirsttime."Hespokesoswiftlythathisaccentbegantotakeover;shehadtroubleunderstandinghim."Wealllivedoutthereinthewoods,inUpperStateNewYork,likebrothers.Sangsongs.Marchedtowork.Spiritofthewar,onlyrebuilding,notbreakingdown.
