Wim and Marie hide Nico, a Jew, during Nazi occupation in Holland. When Nico dies of pneumonia, Wim and Marie dispose of the body in the nearby part but forget to remove the laundry numbers from the pyjama Nico was wearing. Because that clue could lead the police to their door, they end up hiding...
Sometimes he had moments, Hours of blind despair and dull hopelessness, when he hated them—them and the vase that stood downstairs in the front room, on a little table with a lace doily next to the bookcase. It was a Chinese vase, an acquisition of Wim’s. He had brought it home from an auction on...