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Here's to Joe Stalin's next stroke. Tinker tetonk.

Who was he? Victor all met him before an air raid. 41.

It is true. I switched the glasses. He drank the poison meant for one of us.

Nafia and Ru here. We'd be ever so grateful if you'd just keep an eye on

them. This was the third attempt on our life since we left New York.

The first thing you must do is arrest that cocktail waiter and you must bring

in any others on the staff. You have a reservation?

Uh, no. My wife doesn't. You're

time for a little chat. What does Jack know?

My wife and I have an arrangement that I knew his late father. Nothing more.

And should we trust you? Well, I suppose you'll find out.

When the next assassin comes.

Hello again. Hello Fizz for them. My Brazil.

Who is it? It's me.

Champagne.

We did not order champagne.

Who am

head.

One more step.

Well, let's all calm down, should we? Heat. Heat. N.

Heat. Heat.

Bloody hell, that hurts. You okay?

You shut up, you bloody cop, the lunatic. I thought you had the gun. It

was a champagne bottle. Oh god.

Am I going to die? It's just the grace.

Luckily for you, your role, Highness, this is a very, very regrettable

incident, Miss Edie. Rattle.

Miss Edy, we live under the constant threat of assassination. The black

mantle of death hovers over us like the London fog. Sometimes we make mistakes

out of fear. You must forgive us. Oh, you shouldn't forgive them. You

should press charges. Don't tell me what to do. Okay, I've had

enough of it. I've simply had enough of it. We understand, dear.

Do you? Because I've just ended a ship that started with a pass and ended with

me getting fired. Fired?

You haven't handed my cards, haven't I? What? Why? What for?

Because someone sabotaged the boilers, tipped

linseed oil into them. Yeah, but why would they think that

that's you? I have a motive. Mr. Klein gave me a

mouthful for standing up to that bastard. Now I've been shot. Please

shot. What's that?

Morphin tartrate. I'm not going to have you jabbing me like a bloody pin cushion.

It will ease your pain. I'll live. And if you do think that I'm just going to hop

on the night bus and say, "Oh, it must be beastly that your

country hates your guts and you're forced to slum it out here in the wall."

Well, think again, ladies. No wonder you're so nervous around the working classes.

You damn a lot ought to be.

I'll have that Morphe now.

Ow. So, dear Rattle, what do you suggest?

I'll stay here tonight in the royal suite.

There are only two beds. Then I'll have the biggest and I'll have

breakfast in it. I think that's a very modest demand

considering the bullets in the wall. I know the importance of the rules of

hospitality in your country. I've been reading up on them.

That's right, Mr. Book. At home, we are obliged to take in those who need shelter.

During the war, many British officers were parachuted into our territory. None were betrayed.

I'll sleep on the sofa.

Right now which one of you is lending me your toothbrush?

I'll get someone to come and have a look at this.

It's good to see you, Jack.

We lost him. We never really knew him. Of

course, it was impossible to predict how he'd react, but I was hoping for

sympathy. Understanding.

That's just the way it is with some people. They get down on a thing when

they don't know nothing about it. Huckleberry Finn.

Top marks. You can sleep on the left. I like that Edy. She's sharp.

Sharp as her nibs. The princess.

Busy day tomorrow. Bliss has arrested Gazili.

Oh, it's a mistake. So, I suspect I'll spend

the morning showing him why. Clever clogs.

If the shoe fits. Oh, it's the dynamic Alps, by the way. Hey,

it's the Daric Alps, my love, not the Carpathians.

As I said, cleft blocks.

Book. Inspector

now

finished with that mag sergeant. Bagged and labeled, sir. We'll return it

in due course. Take a seat.

Are you going to charge me? Oh, there's plenty of time for that.

I've said it all already. It's in my

statement. Oh, just one thing before we start. Uh,

Mr. Book here will be joining us. He's a specialist.

Mr. Gazili, it's very important that you use this interview to tell us the truth.

Cuz if you don't, I can't be held accountable for the consequences.

We know about your affair with Edy Rattle. She's given us a statement and

in doing so has given us a a possible motive, a reason for you to kill Captain

because he made a pass at Idi. It must happen like three times a day.

What business are you in exactly? The antiquarium book business.

I've read the canoe of Scutari. Have you?

I know it. Live by it. It was very important to my village.

Let's start then. If I said we were going to give you the

third degree, what would you expect? Like kicking out by the beans.

Snake in the grass. What did you say?

Forget the third degree. Snake in the grass. Come on. I'm waiting.

Vodka at last.

Creme dement. Lime juice. Uh, lemonade. Where's my ice? It went in first.

Are you shaking this drink? Come on. Come on, Mr. Gazidi. This is

the Wals singing. Are you shaking this drink?

I'm stirring it. I'm stirring it. At a boy.

At a boy. I know that. French vermouth, dry gin, grenadine, four dashes shaken.

And what would you put in a pansy?

Um, anet. No, no, no. Mr. Gazili,

look, I'm still on probation. I'm not an expert.

I'd say you're not, but nor are you a murderer.

Well, what what what makes you say that? Because he left a dirty great

fingerprint on the upper part of one of those glasses. And a good cocktail

waiter, as well as knowing how to mix a third degree always handles a rock glass

lower down. You made the drink for the captain, which is when you left your

fingerprint on his glass. But the drink was not deadly. I'm sorry if this sounds

insulting, Mr. Gazili, but you have yet to acquire the skill to poison anyone in

a crowded bar in plain sight, particularly with just a few seconds

between the inciting incident and the crime. But I'm sure you'll get there. In

fact, I'd go so far as to say you were already a model employee.

You're going to write me a reference now, are you?

Why not? How long have the princesses been in the hotel?

4 days. And you'd already noticed they always reject the first drink, so you

made it out of tap water. Yes. Some employers would promote a

member of staff so concerned about wastage.

Well, Mr. Gazily, seems like you can uh go and collect

your things. Yeah. Uh our friend here is uh checking out. Sergeant Morris.

Very good, sir.

Well, now what? Anyone could have got that hydrochloric

acid into the drink. And Gazili was too clumsy to have done

it. As I discovered late last night, the.

Canoon of Scotari has very strict rules about hospitality. It's taboo to harm

anyone you consider your guest. Captain No was Gazil's guest, strictly speaking,

and the canon is very strict. Did it Did it tell you anything else

useful? Oh, yes. Insult my wife in front of the

headman of the village and you owe me a sheep. If my wife insults you, I owe you

five.

Well, I find it's usually best if just people are just nice to each other.

You were not in the army, were you? You know where I was.

Well, no matter. Straight in your spine, perhaps.

At the palace, a line of soldiers would salut us just on our way into breakfast.

Oh, lucky. You might have fallen. And back then, we weren't always looking

over our shoulders. We were at home with our own people.

You boy, you must fetch the inspector. Why? What's happened?

Another threatening letter.

They got you. No. No.

Well, you've done all right. They ordered in. No less than I deserve.

Sure enough. Balcon mixed apparently. Nice.

See those little girl rings at the end there?

I'm a caps that man myself. Weren't you supposed to bring me for

that barrel? Well, I thought you had everything you

needed here.

It's a bit rich for my blood.

So, where was Miss Ed Rattle when the murder took place?

Uh, having a wood pine outside according to a statement. Having already

administered the poison meant for the princesses.

According to my intelligence sources, she's a fully paid up party member.

Communist, read as Lenin's combinations.

What? So, she might have wanted them dead

on behalf of the new ruling class of Qatari.

Then there's the other sister, of course.

Other sister? Oh, yes. There are three of them,

Inspector. Three sisters.

The kingdom divided, exiled monarchs, I wonder.

Anyway, Princess Sier went over to the other side.

So, it could be her striking over the workers by assassinating the siblings.

This is where we should be looking in my opinion. Shop.

Yes. He liked the ladies, didn't he? Captain Hall.

It's not how I would have put it. Still

at least we have his home number now. No.

Yes. This must be his wife. Sylvia. What do you know?

She's the only one without a star rating.

Yeah. Well, there's another familiar name in there, too.

Oh, as you say, sir. Oh,

and Barbarini. 2nd of May 1940. Ascot race course. Four stars, passionate

Italians, crossed out, but still legible.

What do you mean? Obvious, isn't it? Captain Orin, just

like the ladies. He was a bit queer. What you mean?

He traveled, as it were, on the 38 bus and the 43. He met that Italian barman

at the races and had relations. It's all there in black and white.

Met at the races. Eh, Ascot raceourse. There is entry after

entry. What motive?

Black male. Obviously, Captain threatened to expose Barbarini.

Captain O's a married man. It's all a bit It's a bit farfetched.

You never know with married men, sir. What's your great theory then?

That would be telling, Sergeant. But speaking of Mrs. O, I do think

someone should talk to her soon. I'll ask Trotty if I may.

Wives always know. Whatever husbands think. Message from

that lad, Jack. Sir, princesses are requesting another audience.

A Winston Churchill mask. No.

An Ora flying helmet. A pick a lily jar filled entirely with toenail clippings.

Oh yeah. It's not for the faint of heart.

The life of a chambermaid, but my dad ran a pub in Bala, so

I've seen it all. And what about the murder?

I know. I was outside. You see, you can't pin Victor or on me.

I wasn't trying to. Honest. Pity I wasn't there, though.

I would have liked to see that one go down.

So, you were saying you got out of the clink and then you went to work in a

bookshop. Yeah.

For Mr. Book. Yeah.

And now you're working for the Qatari royal family.

Not for much longer, I don't reckon. I ain't much cop as a bodyguard.

Got anything by marks? Hey,

in your bookshop, D Capel,

volume four. Now you're talking.

So, why'd you leave? I just don't think they're my sort of

people. No.

Takes all sorts, you know. As I say, the things I've seen in the Wingham.

Maybe it's time you expanded your horizons a bit, sunshine.

Let me know if you fancy that part for us sometime. Yeah,

so called princesses. My gorge rises as I see you in the

newspaper. Your decadent bones draped in Madame Debavier,

which will soon drip with your filthy blood. Yes, I can see why you might feel

discomforted. So, what will you do about it,

my dear lady? You will address me by my proper title.

Uh, do forgive the inspector, your royal highness. The policeman is often a blunt

tool rather than a diplomat. Perhaps I might.

As I have said, this is the latest of many, dripping with venom. Our enemies,

their legion. Can they not let us rest? Is it not enough that we are forced to

drag our weary bones around the world like phantoms? You speak of the canoon

of hospitality. But what are we to make of yours? What

welcome do we receive in your famous London? Wretched food, wretched cold, a

bodyguard who fails to guard. And now this.

I'll do what I can given my limited resources.

Fancy.

Yes, of course. And we're terribly sorry.

Well, if that's the best you can do.

Oh, Miss Raffle. Yes, Mr. Kind.

I heard about the unfortunate incident. That's one way of describing it. I'm

okay, but I think I might indulge myself a bit more in the cream of society. As

I've been fired, I can use the hotel as a guest instead.

Meaning, their royal highnesses. I'm to put

everything in their account. Well, don't spend too much.

What? Nothing. Um, Mr. Rattle.

Yes. Would you kindly come and see me after

you've indulged yourself? Okay, Mr. Kind.

Edie, can we talk?

I do want to apologize for the quality of the service today. The heating is

off. The menu is cold. I'm deeply sorry,

Ismael. None of that is your fault. Yeah, I'm afraid it is. It was caused by

the three bottles of linseed oil that I stole from your cupboard.

But linseed oil is for polishing. I use it for my new posts and my dayos.

Yes, I know. But I poured it into the generator. I didn't poison Victor Oed,

but I did poison the hotel. I was so angry with myself, with with

that man, with this place. So, I just thought I kill it.

I'm deeply sorry. I shall confess everything to Mr. Fine.

And you will not lose your job either.

Huh?

You you me.

This isn't easy for me, as I'm sure you can imagine. Of course, you've just lost

your husband. That boat sailed a long time ago, Mrs. book and you're not the

first of Victor's conquests to telephone.

If it makes it any easier, he didn't. Did what?

Conquer.

I used to come here all the time, you know,

to watch him with the latest model.

Madam,

you've read it. To see oneself here assessed like

livestock. Do you think he got what he deserved?

Well, not quite, but uh I mean, what a peak he was.

Do you know I'd think better of him if it was a real diary? Something with a

bit of proper adulterous passion.

Don't worry, my dear. I don't really blame you. I mean, Victor had charm to

spare in his day. And I grew used to his adventures.

Numb to them. So used to them, it became a sort of

hobby. That sound strange.

My marriage grew cold and my life grew cold.

I don't really think I felt anything since Dunkirk.

So, I'd come here where there was light and laughter

usually. Did you not worry that he uh might see

you?

Victor hadn't noticed me in years. There was no reason to think he'd start now.

Is that how you were able to?

What? The poison.

I mean, you were there. You You handed me that cloth. It would have been easy

for you to administer strait. I didn't kill my husband, Mrs. Spoke.

I pied Victor. Didn't despise him. Then who did?

How is his war? He did his service in Caro and a stint

in the Balkans. The Balkans.

And before that, he was here. The home front.

Whereabouts? Ask it.

Ah, it is you. Would it be What does that say?

Death to parasites.

Thank you for coming. Everything's off. Kippers, kidneys,

kedgery, and the radiators. They're definitely off. Oh,

there's a selection of cold meat. Splendid. Well, two of those then,

please. Wait, do make sure they're properly cold. I have poring

consistency. Sir,

the service it is appalling. Well, call me Marian Twinette, but I was expecting

the laboratories to flush. Still, the heating did come on for half an hour.

That was nice. You said it was urgent, Mr. Book.

In a way, yes. Are you any closer?

Closer to finding out who tried to murder us.

No one tried to murder you. But the letters, the threats.

You sent those.

What? You're mad. How dare you? Do sit down,

princess. The very idea that I

I said sit down. I may be more of a diplomat than the

inspector. There's only so much of this exhausting aur I can stand.

When did you start sending the letters? Not right away. I

imagine for a while it was real.

When we fled our country, there were eyes everywhere. We feared to eat or

drink. We lived day by day, shoved into stinking cellars, the holds of filthy

ships. But the threat was real, Mr. Book. In.

New York, we were fated. They love royalty there, as you know, precisely

because they have none of their own. We were invited to all the right parties,

met all the right people. But there is nothing more tragic than

exile, Mr. Book. And nothing more pathetic.

After a time, the invitations dried up, the parade moved on, and I realized that

we had gone from being in danger to something far, far worse.

We had become irrelevant.

What did the newim and scutari have to fear from us? Why would they send

assassins halfway across the globe to make a way with us? Why would anyone

bother? But there is glamour in death, in

danger. And so I began to write all those

letters both to us and to the authorities of whichever poor nation we

were imposing ourselves upon. I pay a woman here a modest fee to skull around

the hotel, dropping them off now and then.

Some suspected your other sister might be behind those.

She's dead, Mr. book. I saw her shot in the face.

The communists never really trusted her.

And I will not lose another sister.

But then there was an actual poisoning. I didn't know what to think. Nafia

swapped the glasses as always. And then that man, that captain lying dead at our

feet. My mind it raced. Had it all become real.

But what else could I do but continue as planned?

Was very well done. Thank you.

At last though, the impression of your sister's pen nibs is very distinctive.

Indeed. Music nib. Narrow down strokes, broad

cross strokes for writing musical notation.

And she's composing those rather sad and lovely little tunes of hers and the

references to your wardrobe, too. Rather specific for a desperate communist

assassin? I couldn't help myself.

So, does this mean then that Captain O was the intended victim?

So, I have to ask, Mr. book in the spirit of your British stories.

Who done it? Well, that is the question, dear lady.

Sir.

Not normally a fan of this sort of thing, relevant to the kind of thriller

one finds in Whmith. However, sometimes it really is best to

gather everyone together. Unity of place and all that. So, on the night of the

murder, Mr. Gazily here set up a first round of two drinks.

Yes. Which is rejected by the princesses and goes down the sink. Now we come to

the brewhaha and a new character enters our drama. Captain Victor Ore, kindly

represented here by Mr. Kind. In you come, Miss Rattle, tell us what happened

next. Well, there's Captain Wats soaked in

tinger, and he's telling me he has some extra duties for me, which seem to

involve me going to his room and leaving with some money. So I decline, of

course, and I'm looking over at Isma. I'm looking at him because, well, I

think he might help me out. Do the decent.

And he doesn't. What happens next, Edie?

Well, I'm thinking, does the captain going to hit me? So, I tell him where to

get off and then he says something. I don't know, some threat or other. I

wasn't listening. And that's when Jack here came to my rescue.

Then I went outside for a smoke. Thank you, Miss Rattle. So, Mr. Gazili then

sets up two more glasses for a new round. Four Walsingham sours in total.

Three good ones and one, as we shall see, about to have an extra ingredient.

But when precisely did one of these drinks get a dash of hydrochloric acid?

Princess Nefier, you tell us that you switched two of these glasses around.

Which two? Like this, Mr. Book. One of ours for one

of theirs. Very good. But you're not drinking yet,

are you? Because you want to see someone else drink first, which is only prudent,

only sensible when there are so many assassins about. So, you have to wait a

little while longer until the distraction is over.

And this is the Russian roulette moment, now, is it?

This was not a casual murder. It was very carefully thought through. Now, we

know the poison was not in Mr. Gazid's shaker. We know the Princess Nefier

deserves no reproaches. All your royal highness did was switch one perfectly

safe and effective Walsingham s for another. In fact, I would suggest that

none of these drinks would have produced anything worse than a hangover until the incident with the coins.

That was the moment of opportunity for someone here

to poison one of these cocktails. The one that he was clearly about to pick up.

Yes, there was no mistake. Captain Ore had to die. Why though?

Do you remember the Arendor star? Not our finest hour. I fear

she was torpedoed by the Jerry. Started the war.

July 2nd, 1940. There was a set to on board, wasn't

there? A lot of internes being sent to Australia.

Canada. Canada. Fighting amongst themselves.

Well, that's what it said in the Daily Express.

In Parliament, too, Mr. Book doesn't mean it's true. Indeed.

And amongst the passengers,

your sister, Maria,

Barbarini, M. 12th January 1940, Ascuit racecourse.

16th of January, Ascuit racecourse 19. So it was her captain all met at the races.

Well, there was no racing during the war.

Quite of course ascots where they put

the regulation 18 below, wasn't it? English Nazis, German anti-Nazis, ice

cream men, spaghetti house vendors, waiters who'd once said something

vaguely complimentary about the cut of Illuch's jib. All put under barb wire

an internment camp. What was the case against the.

Barbarinis, though? My parents were born in Italy.

So someone here claimed I was a fascist, marched me out during service, sent up north.

Nobody protested, particularly the man who ran the bar

here in the Blitz. And your sister.

In 1938, my father said, "Why not spend the summer with your Italian aunt, go to"

a beach with them, to the Campo Solar, build fires, get some fresh air.

They give you a nice little uniform like the girl guides but or Seleni's girl guides.

Ah, so she brought the uniform home as a souvenir.

It was enough for the men from 18B. There it was in a wardrobe. So off she

went to escort. She was in turn because of the uniform.

People do take them terribly seriously. Well, it worked for Victor. When he was

in his sailor suit, people did what he said. I mean, it was charm as well as

rank. Rank. Charm. That's how he got Maria's name on the

list for Canada. Perhaps it should be generous. Imagine

he was getting her out of the camp to a new life away from the war.

He just wanted a troublesome lover out the way before his wife found out.

That ship was a death trap. A dream about that.

Those people pushing at the barricades, the great wooden axes wrapped in barbed

wire and then the sea coming in and drowning

them both. Both

Maria and the baby his baby.

I knew his name, that was all, but I couldn't find him. Messed the war and

turn everything upside down. No, I was in a great hurry to help out an

insignificant [ __ ] waiter. Turned out I've been serving in Wingham.

Sal for months. Victor or my old friend. I I can't leave

you alone for 5 minutes, can I? When the bloody girl can't take a joke.

Let's have a couple of those. What do you call them?

We'll sing them sour with the two ladies.

H for their royal highnesses. You mean is on me, ladies? The man who took away

my precious Maria, my beloved sister.

So I did what had to be done. I prepared ice. Special ice.

Oh. Oh dear. So embarrassing. I do apologize.

Not at all. Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

What?

It was her birthday. See, Maria's birthday would have been.

It seemed uh it seemed fitting. Yes. Yes, it must have done.

And I took the precaution of keeping some of the poisoned ice.

Tinky tonk. Wait, no.

Just ordinary ice. Alas, I'm afraid I swapped it.

I'm so very, very sorry about your sister, Senior Babarini.

But murder is murder.

Marco Barbarini, I'm arresting you on a charge of murder. You do not have to say

anything, but anything you do say may be taken down and used against you in a

court of law. Do you have anything to say?

Oh, by the way, Mr. kind the linseed oil in the generators.

That was me too. Sorry.

I got that. Mr. Kind, you wanted a word?

Oh, yes, Mr. Rattle. I was thinking about your position here.

Well, now I know that you were not responsible for the incident with the

generators. Yes.

Well, your dismissal was unnecessarily expeditious.

Yes. Yes. And I wanted to say I would very

much like to offer that position back to you.

Well, I accept. That's all very satisfactory.

There's a ledger here, isn't there? A ledger?

One with all the comingings and goings of the staff. Might I see my entry? It's

over there. Yes, of course.

Thank you.

There I am. Edith Rattle. Reason for leaving?

Sabotage. Well, better strike that for on the record.

Thank you, Mr. Kind. Now, Mr. Kind, I resign.

You resign? Yes, I resign. Would you mind putting

that in there for me? You can't resign. I believe I just did.

Oh, the workers.

Oh, the workers.

All this is quite correct. Two more please

for those people.

Oh, missing the war. Are you? I don't know what the etiquette is.

Ooh, I think that's the royal summons. Well,

for you, Mr. Book. For the book. Oh, thank you.

What's that for? 100 guineies.

No, I mean, what's it for? Oh, our copy of the canon ofqatari in our trade. It

pays to specialize. It'll bounce.

Well, if it doesn't, I shall give it to the Arendor Star Memorial Fund.

Please enjoy. Thank you. What should we drink?

To us. To the bar bar in is?

Yes. To Marco and Maria and

all the Barbarinis. The lost and the defeated.

All the Barbarinis. Those who bear the name and those who do not.

And let there be no more drownings.

He got me the job. Mr. Book,

he arranged for you to take me on. The princesses were looking for a

bodyguard. Gabriel asked if I could help. So, you see, he was looking out

for you despite your falling out. You know him well.

We go a long way back.

Looking out for me or manipulating me. Now,

why would you think of it like that? He sought me out. Found me when I come out

of prison, set me up. Nice job, nice home.

Yes. Why?

You'd have to ask him that. And a monster. Mr. Kind. I'm grateful.

Of course I am. It's just It's a lot. You know, they're set up.

The way they are, Mr. and Mrs. book the way he is.

It's hard for me to just accept it. You have a moral objection.

Me? Why do I have to moralize?

I think you've answered your own question. Book is kind.

I mean, I know I'm kind. Edmund kind. But I once knew a girl called Joy and

she was anything but. There's no sinister motive, Jack. They

want to help. Why don't you let them

with you in just one moment. Hello again.

Oh, Mrs. Goodwin. Jean.

Jean. After more of the same, the pimping.

I'm not really sure. I I think I fancy something a little different.

My husband not with you? No.

The golf course? No. The Garrick.

The divorce courts. Oh.

Oh, that play you gave me a doll's house.

Most illuminating. I like you suggested it rather than made me think.

Yes, I thought it might do. Made me realize how narrow my horizons

have become. Or other how narrow Gerald had made my horizons.

Love doesn't always last forever unless never loved him. Awful man.

But that's all in the past now or in the hands of my solicitor anyway.

So what can I do for you then? Jean, what have you got on travel?

Travel? Lots of it. Heaps of it. Exotic travel.

I think it's time I saw a bit of the world.

I've got just the thing

with you in just one moment, sir.

Thanks.

I'll let you run on it. Without tea, I am

unreonstituted dust.

It's hard to let go of the past, Mr. Book when you have so many questions

about it such as well if it wasn't for you and trotty I'd

be well I'd be sleeping on the embankment

but now I have a position if it's still available the royal

highnesses who let you go I'll quit good for you yes the job's still yours.

So, I've got a position. Cozy little room above a bookshop on.

Archangel Lane. I'm thinking,

why me?

Your father gave me this. The last time I saw him, 1935,

the last time he died

soon after

I couldn't face looking at this book, not for years.

And then the war came and I was busy, rather busy.

It's only a few months ago that I picked it up again. Dared to pick it up. And I

found there was a little more to it than I thought.

What you mean?

Oh, somewhere meek unconscious dove that sit ranging golden hair

and glad to find thyself so fair. Poor child

that waitst for thy love. He's trying to tell me, you see, about

you, about the son I never knew he had.

Has been taken around when you were conceived.

Felix.

Felix.

I never had his name. Just that

just that one picture.

Your father was a German.

German, Russian,

in point of fact.

What was he to you, Mr. Book? What was Felix to me?

He was everything, Jack.

He was what the war took away.

He was the whole damn world.

How did he die?

I don't know.

Shall we find out?

You got

you.