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was resting securely in Alexander’s pocket. He felt them closing
in on him, as four brawny Poles gripped his arms menacingly.
“Free Warsaw,” he suddenly remembered. e youths relaxed
their grip on him, and he breathed a shuddering sigh of relief.

Gunshots rang out from the direction of the balcony on the
second oor of the committee building. Leiby strained to see
what was going on. A tall gure stood there, but he couldn’t
identify who it was. Was it Alexander? e gure was dressed
in a long gray raincoat, his face concealed by the lace curtain.

“ is is the secret police! e boy has been found, hale and
hearty, in his grandmother’s home, and has been returned to

Chapter 13his mother. e crowd is requested to disperse. In ve minutes

from now we will begin to shoot at anyone still in the street!”
e booming voice of the gure in the raincoat reverberated

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the door, nobody opened it for him. He could hear the ruckus
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