Danzig Passage by Bodie Thoene & Brock Thoene

Author:Bodie Thoene & Brock Thoene [Thoene, Bodie & Thoene, Brock]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: www.FamilyAudioLibrary.com
Published: 2009-06-10T05:00:00+00:00

Lucy did not need to lie to the watch appraiser, but she lied anyway. “Money to send home to my parents in Bavaria.”

It made no difference to him why she needed money. He simply considered the collateral and determined how much it might bring at auction. “Three hundred marks is the retail value,” he informed her. “A very fine timepiece, but we have many fine watches coming in every day.” He himself was from Bavaria, his accent like that of everyone Lucy knew from Munich. She commented on the fine clocks made there, and he smiled appreciatively. “For a citizen of the Reich, I am authorized to lend one-third of the value.”

Lucy frowned and sat back in real disappointment. Was it worth facing Wolf for a mere twenty-five dollars? “That is not very good.” She looked searchingly into his eyes. “My parents . . . you see . . . they are in desperate need of funds.”

“Well then, if you sell it, I can offer you two-thirds of the price. If it brings more than that at auction, we deduct our fees and you get the rest.”

“Yes,” she agreed instantly. “Two hundred marks is good.” It was not as good as Lucy had hoped, but she placed the sum in her handbag with the crucifix and hurried happily back to work. It was a start, anyway. And if the situation became truly desperate, she still had the cross that she could take back to the sad-eyed man at the Dorotheum.

In the meantime, however, she would have to think of a way to explain the missing watch to Wolf.

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