Dead Man Falling: A Johnny Fedora Espionage Spy Thriller Assignment Book 3 by Desmond Cory

Author:Desmond Cory [Cory, Desmond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2011-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

“… I don’t want to say anything,” said Eva Mann-Mayer-Hitler-Braun. And she sank tiredly into a chair.

She was having great difficulty keeping her eyes away from the small figure stretched out over the floor. Johnny, who was not completely without delicacy in these matters, had covered Helmut with a blanket taken from one of the beds; but even so, the body seemed to exercise a strange fascination over Frau Mann. Perhaps she was reflecting on her first husband, who – five years after his death – was still apparently capable of strewing the corpses of his friends wholesale across the world. And perhaps she wasn’t.

“Maybe I ought to clarify our position,” said Johnny, fingering his chin. “Neither I nor my wife are representatives of any national organisation whatsoever; we’re purely private citizens. And personally, we have nothing against either you or your son. – Where is he, by the way?”

“In his room, I believe.”

“Good. This discovery that we’ve inadvertently made… As far as we’re concerned, nobody else need ever know about it… providing you’re sensible enough to be cooperative. The person we are really anxious to see is your husband, Herr Mayer.”

She looked at him evenly. “My husband's name is Mann.”

“As you wish. Do you know where he is?”

“He is at his office in Linz.”

Johnny picked up the photograph of the late Führer of the Third Reich, surveyed it with distaste, and put it down again. “… While I see you have a copy of your marriage registration with this gentleman, you don't have a copy of a second registration. Are you married to Herr Mann – as he now calls himself?"

“No.”

Johnny looked at Marie-Andrée with the glimmerings of a smile: “How immoral,” he said.

“Herr Mann is my guardian,” said Eva Hitler stiffly. “He was so appointed by the Führer himself. He was charged to conduct me from Berlin to Austria, and to remain as a guard to myself and my son. When we were in danger of discovery in 1946, we agreed to live as husband and wife in order to divert suspicion. Herr Mann has always been thoughtful, considerate and competent.” She spoke as though dictating a testimonial to Herr Mann’s Commanding Officer. “He has fulfilled his duties admirably.”

“Up to now,” said Johnny softly.

“Of late, he has had many other duties to perform. In his absence, the Baron von Knopke assumed his responsibilities. And I see that he was killed while attempting to safeguard our interests.”

“His death was quite unnecessary,” said Johnny. “You’re setting rather too high a value on yourself, you know. A very common human failing.”

“You are impertinent.”

“Possibly. You have not, then, at any time had reason to believe that Herr Mann’s name was not Mann at all?”

“He was introduced to me by the Führer himself, as Kurt Mann of the 9th Standarte. That was immediately before our escape. I had never seen him before, and it’s possible that his real name was… something else. If so, doubtless the Führer had the best of reasons for keeping his true identity a secret.

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