A Sorrowful Sanctuary by Iona Whishaw

Author:Iona Whishaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Touchwood Editions
Published: 2018-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

September 1941

Klaus Lazek stood by the wagon that was piled with part of the wheat harvest, chewing a blade of dried stalk. “It’s not a bad harvest, considering we are a bunch of city people.”

“No, indeed. It’s too bad those idiots won’t give us any place to store it. Have they even been here in the winter with all the snow or in the spring with those floods of rain?”

Lazek shrugged. “They are company men from where? Manitoba? Someplace with no rain. They keep our supply money from us, make us build their railroad for nothing. I think someone has been stealing the money.”

“For God’s sake, Klaus, don’t go shouting that about! We are on thin ice as it is here. I’m sure some of them would love to see us do something wrong. They’d love to throw a German in jail.”

Lazek kicked at the wheel of the wagon. “I’m tired of it, Hans. The minute we’ve built something to store this in, I’m leaving. I’m going to sign up. Now that they’ve lifted those ridiculous enemy alien papers from us, I’m going to fight the Nazis.”

“Good luck, my friend. Just because they don’t call you an enemy anymore doesn’t mean they’ll let you suit up in one of their uniforms. You’re still a German.” Hans took a last drag of his damp cigarette and dropped the remainder at his feet, grinding it with his boot toe.

“Precisely, Hansy, precisely. I speak German, and so does the enemy. I could be useful. That has to count for something. Now let’s get this lot out of here before it rains again.”

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