Человек в высоком замке
Chapter 8
Buthecoulddonothingaboutit.Nonetheless,hechafedstill.
Thenewspaper,flowninbyLufthansaandarrivingatsixinthemorning,wastheFrankfurterZeitung.Reissreadthefrontpagecarefully.VonSchirachunderhousearrest,possiblydeadbynow.Toobad.GöringresidingataLuftwaffetrainingbase,surroundedbyexperiencedveteransofthewar,allloyaltotheFatOne.Noonewouldslipuponhim.NoSDhatchetmen.AndwhataboutDoctorGoebbels?
ProbablyintheheartofBerlin.Dependingasalwaysonhisownwit,hisabilitytotalkhiswayoutofanything.IfHeydrichsendsasquadtodohimin,Reissreflected,theLittleDoctorwillnotonlyarguethemoutofit,hewillprobablypersuadethemtoswitchover.MakethememployeesoftheMinistryforPropagandaandPublicEnlightenment.
HecouldimagineDoctorGoebbelsatthismoment,intheapartmentofsomestunningmovieactress,disdainingtheWehrmachtunitsbumpingthroughthestreetsbelow.NothingfrightenedthatKerl.Goebbelswouldsmilehismockingsmile…continuestrokingthelovelylady’sbosomwithhislefthand,whilewritinghisarticlefortheday’sAngriffwith—
Reiss’thoughtswereinterruptedbyhissecretary’sknock."I’msorry.KreuzvomMeereisonthelineagain."
Rising,Reisswenttohisdeskandtookthereceiver."Reisshere."
TheheavyBavarianaccentsofthelocalSDchief."AnywordontheAbwehrcharacter?"
Puzzled,ReisstriedtomakeoutwhatKreuzvomMeerewasreferringto."Hmmm,"hemurmured.
