Человек в высоком замке

           Shenolongerfeltassheoncehad."TheGestapofilesaidyou’reattractedtowomenlikeme."

           Abendsen,withonlytheslightestchangeofexpression,said,"Therehasn’tbeenaGestaposince1947."

           "TheSD,then,orwhateveritis."

           "Wouldyouexplain?"Carolinesaidinabriskvoice.

           "Iwantto,"Julianasaid."IdroveuptoDenverwithoneofthem.They’regoingtoshowuphereeventually.Youshouldgosomeplacetheycan’tfindyou,insteadofholdingopenhouseherelikethis,lettinganyonewalkin,thewayIdid.Thenextonewhoridesuphere—therewon’tbeanyonelikemetoputastoptohim."

           "Yousay‘thenextone,’"Abendsensaid,afterapause."WhatbecameoftheoneyourodeuptoDenverwith?Whywon’theshowuphere?"

           Shesaid,"Icuthisthroat."

           "That’squitesomething."Hawthornesaid."Tohaveagirltellyouthat,agirlyouneversawbeforeinyourlife."

           "Don’tyoubelieveme?"

           Henodded."Sure."Hesmiledatherinashy,gentle,forlornway.Apparentlyitdidnotevenoccurtohimnottobelieveher."Thanks,"hesaid.

           "Pleasehidefromthem,"shesaid.

           "Well,"hesaid,"wedidtrythat,asyouknow.Asyoureadonthecoverofthebook…aboutalltheweaponsandchargedwire.Andwehaditwrittensoitwouldseemwe’restilltakinggreatprecautions."Hisvoicehadaweary,drytone.

           "Youcouldatleastcarryaweapon,"hiswifesaid.