Page 306 - The Book Thief

Liesel nodded.

Now go.

In the hall, Papa hugged her.

She desperately needed it.

Later on, she heard Hans and Rosa speaking in the night. Rosa made her sleep in
their room, and she lay next to their bed, on the floor, on the mattress theyd
dragged up from the basement. (There was concern as to whether it was infected,
but they came to the conclusion that such thoughts were unfounded. This was no
virus Max was suffering from, so they carried it up and replaced the sheet.)

Imagining the girl to be asleep, Mama voiced her opinion.

That damn snowman, she whispered. I bet it started with the snowmanfooling
around with ice and snow in the cold down there.

Papa was more philosophical. Rosa, it started with Adolf. He lifted himself. We
should check on him.

In the course of the night, Max was visited seven times.

MAX VANDENBURGS VISITOR
SCORE SHEET
Hans Hubermann: 2
Rosa Hubermann: 2
Liesel Meminger: 3

In the morning, Liesel brought him his sketchbook from the basement and
placed it on the bedside table. She felt awful for having looked at it the previous
year, and this time, she kept it firmly closed, out of respect.