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“Zeeignmlisutned!inWthoe aulnlodweregdroyuonudtomborvinemg ennetws paneodplleet?”us know their
“Luiddwenigtitiisens.’tWnee’wll,tahkee cwaarse oaf tgheenureinste.” partisan,” Zeigmund
protLesetiebdy.madeerensot roefsptohnesge.roup wasn’t so trusting; Leiby felt
thei“rOanf icmouorssitey, waned’llccroinvgeerda.ll your expenses, as well as paying you
“Veaitzmaochntwhliyll sdaelacridy.eInif ahdedcitainons,tawyeo’lrl pnrootv,”idVeatyzoluavwKitlhokaorviskeyand
endaeldl the daorgcument.s that you’ll need as a plainclothes policeman.”

LeibLyeibsayt cdoouwldnhbaredsildyebeZlieivgemhuins dg.ooHdefogrlatunnce.dWariothunadn tohecial
roompo.lAicebmouatn’hsaIlDf t,htehepewoporleldpwreassenotpwenerebeffaomreilihairmto! Hhieml,eht ehim
hadimseaegninthaetimonaruounnwdiltdhefovrilalamgeomanedntin. Hthee’dpbueba. bleetoregstetw‘heriekers’
fromovtehrethotehbeor rvdilelragaensdinretlheaesearetha.e esecampeajorgitaynwizearteiofnarmemrs,bers
whowfhoor thhaedmboesetnparrtehsatetedd…anHdef’deareevdenthbeecoabmlemtuonissetns,dwiht otsoe the
thre“altoctokstmakiethtsh”einr laLnoddfzr,owmhtoh’demthaenndftourrgneitminotroe kpoolklihcoezmwaans ID
paincfaurldlys,rceoapl.yingeyhwisearuetahrednetnict sounpep! orterse owfatshneounenddertgorowuhnadt he
movceomuledndt.oA. thick silence fell upon the room, everyone waiting
mfoor n“tVoBtheurisett.zaradecmhheistmotbhceooru,mgLheetisab.ny“,dAyonouyu’rtmeliniusenddehmeirsesapunlraovnresiwllfaiolnlrcrete,hs”ueMltcaoixnmssieneergmioeuds
Somcoeonnseeqbureonkceeos.u”t in a Polish folk song, and the others joined,
bpuatti“heaIni’smvceetshebelafel.gwh“aEoanyuvsretosnbwpienaeestanshreedtnhfoaiantrnue.dsrta,VlIlyewitazlasawcnh-eavbfearidihlienadugl,te”odLainpetpiobeytahr,edtpehfaeerintridsaend
Pavheleawdaqsutahretersrsftortoqsupeestaiko.n“iInfgVaebitozuatchandyomesnis’tcoanrrdiuvect,wnitohtineven
the fnoerxbtehinalgf dhrouunrk, w.”e’ll have to assume that something’s gone
wroMnga,xanshdowoek’lLl aelilbgyo’s bhaacnkd,hcolmosein.”g the deal. He then rummaged

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waitd.oTcwumenetnytamtiionnu.tes leatewr,htohley ihsseuaerdhtahde sqouuitned oobfvsiomuselyonbeeen
walkpilnangninedtowtheell yianrda.dTveannscieo.nHmeohuandtebde. Tenwobroafntdheedmaesnalepaopteedntial
up asnecdrebtloacgkeendt tahneddeonolirs.t“ePdasinswtoortdh!e”itrhreaynkdsemevaenndbedef.ore they had

   eareskwedasfnoor hreisspcoonnssee,nbtu. t the noise coming from outside grew
loudLeer.iby examined the policeman’s ID card. e picture on the
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