Dreamers by Volker Weidermann

Author:Volker Weidermann [Volker Weidermann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782275053
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2018-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

But he is the head of the Munich USPD. Once again he shows his papers, proudly, still hoping they will have the desired effect.

“Makes no odds to me, boy,” says the stationmaster.

“I see,” says Toller. He puts a hand in his pocket, grasping a handkerchief as if it’s a revolver, and looking daggers at the stationmaster. “You will stop that train.”

And it is this child’s trick that actually performs the miracle. People here think the Reds from the city are contemptible buffoons all right, but buffoons who might also be dangerous. There have been a lot of stories about assassinations, robberies, savage dispossessions. So it’s entirely possible that the hand in the pocket really is a gun.

“At your service, Herr Toller.”

Ten minutes later the train stops, and Toller embarks and goes back to Munich. Nothing comes of the conference in Berlin. But king of Bavaria—that’s a possibility.

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