The English Assassin by Michael Moorcock

Author:Michael Moorcock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Titan

THE PEACE TALKS Concluding Remarks

Upon his return from exile at the request of the new revolutionary junta, Prinz Lobkowitz made a short speech as he stepped off the airship. The speech was addressed to Colonel Pyat and an ecstatic crowd. He said:

“The war, my friends, is ceaseless. The most we can expect in our lives are a few pauses in the struggle, a few moments of tranquillity. We must appreciate those moments while we have them.”

PROLOGUE (continued)

… the ghosts of the unborn. And the ghosts of the unknown: the war dead and those who died in the concentration camps. Dying in anonymity, without witnesses, they are never decently brought to rest. It’s hard to explain. And yet the birth of every new child is a kind of resurrection. Every child welcomed into the world helps to lay a ghost to rest. But it takes so long. And these days, it’s hardly a lasting solution. Perhaps we should simply stop killing people.

—Maurice Lescoq,

Leavetaking

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