World War Two Will Not Take Place (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Necessary. Wise. The Colonel Commandant flipped over several report pages so he could remind himself of the signatures: ‘V Mair, BL Schiff. Perhaps a little fancifully, I call them twins because they operate so naturally together. Veritable birds of a feather.’ For that last bit, the birds and feathers, he dropped into English momentarily. Knecht, the Colonel Commandant, liked to show his international side. ‘Oh, do forgive me,’ he said, as if poor Andreas Valk must be floored by the foreign phrase. So, back to German: ‘They combine by instinct. Or as if by blood. Remarkable. This report – remarkable! And photos!’ ‘Yes, remarkable,’ Valk said. ‘I naturally had them in to give my congratulations and, of course, sir, I said they could rely on you and even those above you to be very impressed by their work.’ There were people above Knecht, naturally, but he might not care to hear them spoken of so bluntly. But Knecht said: ‘Very impressed. Did you see them as a pair, Andreas?
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