Человек в высоком замке

           YouknowthehexagramTheAbyss?Speakingasaprivateperson,notasrepresentativeofJapanofficialdom,Ideclare:heartsickwithhorror.Bloodbathcomingbeyondallcompare.Yetevennowyoustriveforsomeslightegotisticgainorgoal.Putoneoveronrivalfaction,theSD,eh?WhileyougetHerrB.KreuzvomMeereinhotwater—"Hecouldnotgoon.Hischesthadbecomeconstricted.Likechildhood,hethought.Asthmawhenangryattheoldlady."Iamsuffering,"hetoldHerrReiss,whohadputouthiscigarettenow."OfmaladygrowingtheselongyearsbutwhichenteredvirulentformthedayIheard,helplessly,yourleaders’escapadesrecited.Anyhow,therapeuticpossibilitynil.Foryou,too,sir.InlanguageofGoodmanC.Mather,ifproperlyrecalled:Repent!"

           TheGermanconsulsaidhuskily,"Properlyrecalled."Henodded,litanewcigarettewithtremblingfingers.

           Fromtheoffice,Mr.Ramseyappeared.Hecarriedasheafofformsandpapers.ToMr.Tagomi,whostoodsilentlytryingtogetanunconstrictedbreath,hesaid,"Whilehe’shere.Routinematterhavingtodowithhisfunctionality."

           Reflexively,Mr.Tagomitooktheformsheldout.Heglancedatthem.Form20-50.RequestbyReichthroughrepresentativeinPSA,ConsulFreiherrHugoReiss,forremandoffelonnowincustodyofSanFranciscoPoliceDepartment.JewnamedFrankFink,citizen—accordingtoReichslaw—ofGermany,retroactiveJune,1960.ForprotectivecustodyunderReichslaw,etc.Hescanneditoveronce.

           "Pen,sir,"Mr.Ramseysaid.