Once her body was released, the corpse was purified and dressed in shrouds, and placed in a simple wooden casket for the funeral service at the Sinai Memorial Chapel in Bangor. Amanda Winter was present, a black ribbon attached to the left lapel of her new overcoat, bought for her by her grandmother, Isha. Amanda did not cry until the casket was lowered into the ground, and the Kaddish prayer was recited, and after that she could not stop, so that her head stayed bowed as she passed through the mourners and on to the waiting funeral car.Amanda Winter’s grandmother was very old, but she carried herself like a much younger woman. Her hair was gray, but her face bore only the finest tracery of lines, like ancient porcelain. Gordon Walsh was present, observing all that had taken place. So too was Marie Demers. The police now had a reason for Bruno Perlman’s presence in Maine, for Ruth Winter’s mother was Isha Winter. Almost seventy years earlier, as Isha Górski, she had been the sole survivor of the camp at Lubsko.As Isha saw her granddaughter safely into her seat, Walsh approached the old woman and offered his condolences.
