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Ishall look it up in my dictionary. t layon the table beside him and thumbed through it slowly, suddenly lookingup to catch any sign of guilt or apprehension on Hendrick's face. He stood up andthrust his beard out at Lothar. He had stood on the opposite side of the wide dusty unpavedstreet and watched as she came down the broad marble steps,

She saw that he wore orange flashes onthe epaulettes of his tunic, the insignia of those who had volunteeredto fight beyond the country's borders. Breakfast in twenty minutes, he promised, leaving her cuddled down inthe bunk, but he was back before then carrying a gleaming gunmetal andsilver fish almost as long as his arm. and the cartoon thatManfred was pointing out with a forefinger that trembled withindignation was in its He returned to hisnotebook, and they listened to his pencil scratching on the paper untilhe looked up.