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"Where are we going?" Greta wanted to know

" Prague"

"Oh, good"

"Which way is Prague?"

"North"

"Which way is north?"

"I don’t know On the ain The ht they iven up, but now that we had stalled they suiggling at us fron from the trunk lid, sailed it across the street One of the kids asked ue, and he gave h directions, and I talked with hi close

"Hurry!"

I motioned Greta to be quiet, then spoke soot behind the wheel, closed the door The ain Their ranks had thinned perceptibly, but ere still greatly outnuet this started?"

"I’et us Why did you have to talk to that boy?"

"He told ue Don’t worry"

"But they’ll catch us-"

"No, they won’t"

The engine caught I pulled away, less in a hurry now, and the er’s companions moved into theout the , taking it all in

"They’re fighting," she said

"Yes"

"It’s a brawl They are all fighting, the wedding et out of here"

"But why?"

"I told that fellow you were going to be married off to an old man, a wealthy Communist bureaucrat That you and I were in love, but your parents forced you into this e And that I came out of the west like Lochinvar to rescue you" I turned the corner, taking it at a restful pace this time "Juvenile delinquents are incurably ro the earnest younglady fro for youth and love and truth and beauty"

"It is good that they did not knoe are"

"Yes"

"They aren’t following us anyue?"

"Don’t you know?"

"I think it is about one hundred kilo will it take us to get there?"

"About two hours I don’t know the roads, of course"

"Of course" She gave up gazing through the rear ung around and sat down besidebut these clothes"

"There ot s would not fit me, I don’t think She was shorter than me, and thin And quite flat-chested"

"I didn’t notice"

"I thought ht His clothes h he too was very thin Not at all handsome, either He had no chin"

"Well, he has less chin now That’s where I hit him Was he circumcised?"

"No do I know? I only – oh, you area joke with ue? Can we go to one of the better hotels? I have alanted to stay in a truly beautiful hotel"

"We can’t go to a hotel"

"Oh, because ould be detected I understand" She was silent for a moment "Then where e stay?"

"I don’t know"

"Oh Will we have to be in Prague very long?"

"I have no idea"

"How do you think we shall rescue Herr Kotacek? Do you have a plan?"

"No"

"No plan at all?"

"No"

"We will just go there and try to figure out a plan, and then go ahead and do it?"