DARKNESS RISING by Frank Tallis

Author:Frank Tallis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, General
ISBN: 0812980999
Publisher: Century
Published: 2009-01-08T05:00:00+00:00

Anna and Olga were standing by a giant tureen of bubbling soup. It was Anna who ladled the thick yellow liquid into a tin bowl, which was then picked up by Olga and handed to whichever unfortunate had arrived at the head of the queue. A third person doled out bread and spoons. This process was mechanically repeated until everyone in the queue had been served.

The Spittelberg Wärmestube was larger than most, possessing a dining area in which sturdy wooden benches were arranged in parallel rows. All the seating seemed to be occupied and Anna had to squeeze people together to make more room. Even though the Wärmestube was full, it was remarkably quiet. All those who had assembled there – including the children – were too exhausted, miserable, and cold to make noise or conversation. The aroma of the fragrant soup, which smelled strongly of onions and garlic, was not redolent enough to swamp the disagreeable olfactory undertow of unwashed clothes and fetid breath. Some of the people in the Wärmestube had travelled to Vienna over immense distances. Only that week, one man claimed to have come, mostly on foot, all the way from Odessa.

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