Человек в высоком замке

           It’sasortofbraindefect,likealobotomy—thatmaimingthoseGermanpsychiatristsdoasapoorsubstituteforpsychotherapy.

           Theirtrouble,shedecided,iswithsex;theydidsomethingfoulwithitbackinthe‘thirties,andithasgottenworse.Hitlerstarteditwithhis—whatwasshe?Hissister?Aunt?Niece?Andhisfamilywasinbredalready;hismotherandfatherwerecousins.They’reallcommittingincest,goingbacktotheoriginalsinoflustingfortheirownmothers.That’swhythey,thoseeliteSSfairies,havethatangelicsimper,thatblondbabylikeinnocence;they’resavingthemselvesforMama.Orforeachother.

           AndwhoisMamaforthem?shewondered.Theleader,HerrBormann,whoissupposedtobedying?Or—theSickOne.

           OldAdolf,supposedtobeinasanitariumsomewhere,livingouthislifeofsenileparesis.Syphilisofthebrain,datingbacktohispoordaysasabuminVienna…longblackcoat,dirtyunderwear,flophouses.

           Obviously,itwasGod’ssardonicvengeance,rightoutofsomesilentmovie.Thatawfulmanstruckdownbyaninternalfilth,thehistoricplagueforman’swickedness.

           Andthehorriblepartwasthatthepresent-dayGermanEmpirewasaproductofthatbrain.Firstapoliticalparty,thenanation,thenhalftheworld.AndtheNazisthemselveshaddiagnosedit,identifiedit;thatquackherbalmedicinemanwhohadtreatedHitler,thatDr.MorellwhohaddosedHitlerwithapatentmedicinecalledDr.Koester’sAntigasPills—hehadoriginallybeenaspecialistinvenerealdisease.