Len Deighton by Winter

Author:Winter [Txt] [Winter [Txt]]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Nineteen hwtdred and darty

offered cigars from an inlaid humidor, but Fritz preferred the cheap, evil-smelling cigarettes he always smoked.

‘When will we meet him?’ Inge asked.

‘Tomorrow, for tea. He’s installed his half-sister over there as his housekeeper. She used to work as a pastry cook, and she makes the finest cream cakes I’ve ever seen; the Chief is very fond of cream cakes.’

‘Yes, we heard his widowed sister was living there. Angela, is it? Isn’t there a brother, too?’

Fritz got up from the fender seat, where he’d been warming himself, and gave a little laugh - a snigger almost. ‘The Fiffirer’s half-brother, Alois, is rather a touchy subject, Inge. He’s been in and out of prison a number of times - some petty theft and then bigamy -and the last we heard of him, he’s run off to live in England.’

‘The Fijhrer’s brother lives in England! That’s extraordinary.’

Fritz looked Inge straight in the eyes. ‘Yes, well, it’s not something that has been given wide publicity, and I’d be obliged if you’d keep it to yourself.’

She touched his arm in a gesture of reassurance. ‘Of course, Fritz.’

‘I’ve become very close to the Chief over the last few years, Inge. I’ve been loyal to him, and he’s a mail who respects loyalty. The Chief has a lot of good people round him: now more of them than ever, of course. But when the Fdhrer has a problem, I’m proud to say he often turns to Fritz Esser, And Fritz never lets him down.’

‘And what does Fritz Esser do?’ said Inge. ‘He goes to Pauli Winter.’

‘Exactly,’ said Esser.

Pauli smiled contentedly. Although he knew it to be a childish thought, he allowed himself to contemplate how perfect it would be if they all shared a house like this: together always. To be with Inge and Fritz and Peter and Lottie all the time was Pauli’s idea of heaven.

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