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chandelier to the glossy wooden oor, added, “ e house is
being con scated for the use of the police.”

Leiby sighed. He had known all along that there was no chance
that they would be able to live in the house for long. He knew
that they should have dirtied and damaged the pristine walls
and perhaps broken some of the mahogany oorboards and
generally given the house a more neglected appearance, and
then, maybe, it would not have stirred Stefan’s jealousy.

Stefan waited a little longer to supervise the packing up of all
Leiby’s family’s meager possessions. Leiby bundled everything
into some large blankets and tied up their corners, while Stefan
strutted around the house as if it was already his own. It did not

Chapter 3even enter his mind to apologize to Leiby for evicting him from

his house, though he knew Leiby well from his days under his
comLmeaibnydpienetkheedfoourtesotf. the narrow window next to the door but in
Steftahne dhuasdkibneeesns oaf tfhuegisttiavier,weeslcl,ahpedcofuroldmn’taseperaisnoyntehri-nogf.-war
cam“pW. Hhoeiswita?s” hae Uaskkreadi.nian and the raging anti-Semitism
that had owed in his blood for generations had reached new
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milictlairmyboepderuaptioonnstowtithhetdhreatinropoipp,eh, tehheandsmlidaddeocwenrtasitneatlothwilayl,kcat-
a felwikes,tleapnsdbineghijnudst ebveehriynodnteheelmsey, sstoertihoauts Sguteefsatn. NoorwanLyeiobtyhceor uld
likes-emeihnidmedclheoarsltyileanpdarwtiassansucropurildsendotto“saececitdheantthaellyw”asshjouostt ahiymoung
in thboeybawchko…appeared to be about ten years old, short and thin,

with dark eyes and a pale face. His clothes looked ragged and at
Leibleyasctastwt boascikzeisnlharisgemr itnhdantohtihs esmrasltl ftrimameehneeheaddedm, aent dStheifsansh. oes
He whaedreafrurlilveodf hatotlehse. forest and was wandering about trying to

nd a partisan group who he could join, but they were all well-
hiddLeenibayndledthtehree wboays ninottoathlievinhgoussoeu, lliitnthsieghkte.rAosfetnere hsatovvinegand
walkheedateadrouupndsofmore hmoiulkrs., tweon haremsleidcemd aenthsiucdkdpeineclye aopf pberaeraeddand
fromslaotuhteroefdnitowlibheerrael,lyriwghitthinjamfro. nt of him, and pointed their
guns sterabiogyhwt aotlfheids dhoewadn. the food hungrily and took great gulps of
“Spyth, setompi!”lkS.tHefaenl,ooonkeedofttohtealmlyeenx,hroauarseteddm, aenndacLinegiblyy. Ho eebruedrsthim
intohwisilbdedla.ughter at the sight of Leiby’s terri ed face, ordered
him toerebmoyosvleephtisthweatecnht,irteakdeayo, whaiksinbogoutps,oandlyttohteunrnexatromuonrdn,ing.
his bLaecikbytoslticheedtrheiem. Laeniobtyhweraspipeocseitoivfebtrheadt ,hsipsreenad hitawd ictohmoeil. and
“I hhaevaeteadsuecpreat pthoarttioIncaonf pteoltlatoonlsyoutop.yOounrcecoamgamina,ntdheer,”bohye ate