Человек в высоком замке

           "Tomyknowledge,therearethreeorfourAbwehr‘characters’onthePacificCoastatthemoment."

           "TheonetravelinginbyLufthansawithinthelastweek."

           "Oh,"Reisssaid.Holdingthereceiverbetweenhisearandshoulder,hetookouthiscigarettecase."Henevercameinhere."

           "What’shedoing?"

           "God,Idon’tknow.AskCanaris."

           "I’dlikeyoutocalltheForeignOfficeandhavethemcalltheChanceryandhavewhoever’sonhandgetholdoftheAdmiraltyanddemandthattheAbwehreithertakeitspeoplebackoutofhereorgiveusanaccountofwhythey’rehere."

           "Can’tyoudothat?"

           "Everything’sinconfusion."

           They’vecompletelylosttheAbwehrman,Reissdecided.They—thelocalSD—weretoldbysomeoneonHeydrich’sstafftowatchhim,andtheymissedaconnection.Andnowtheywantmetobailthemout.

           "Ifhecomesinhere,"Reisssaid,"I’llhavesomebodystayonhim.Youcanrelyonthat."Ofcourse,therewaslittleornochancethatthemanwouldcomein.Andtheybothknewthat.

           "Heundoubtedlyusesacovername,"KreuzvomMeereploddedon."Wedon’tknowit,naturally.He’sanaristocratic-lookingfellow.Aboutforty.Acaptain.ActualnameRudolfWegener.OneofthoseoldmonarchistfamiliesfromEastPrussia.ProbablysupportedvonPapenintheSystemzeit."ReissmadehimselfcomfortableathisdeskasKreuzvomMeeredronedaway.