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The stranger rubbed his jaw, looked around him, and then spoke with great
quietness, yet great clarity. Are you a man who likes to keep a promise?
Hans took out two paint cans and invited him to sit down. Before he accepted the
invitation, the young man extended his hand and introduced himself. My names
Kugler. Walter. I come from Stuttgart.
They sat and talked quietly for fifteen minutes or so, arranging a meeting for
later on, in the night.
