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They all spun and saw, across the e, an enclosure that looked like a tool cage, with a steel grating that went fro and a padlocked door Behind it stood Albrecht Fischer

“Albrecht!” called Sauard?”

“There are two others on duty now They both have rifles They left a fewback some coffee”

As they hurried to the cage, Sam said to Tibor, “They’re probably your friends with the flashlight and the badly shined shoes”

In the enclosure, Albrecht had a bed with a steel frame and a thin mattress over wire mesh like athe same clothes he’d worn in Berlin, which looked worse for wear and had dried bloodstains on the front of the shirt

Sauard over”

János spoke to the e Zoltán followed at the guard’s heels, occasionally issuing a lol

Sam said, “Get the key”

Tibor gave the ed and said so János patted him down “He doesn’t have it” He ran to the desk near the door and rifled the drawers He found a second padlock with a key in it, ran back with it, and Sam tried the key in the first padlock It didn’t fit

Sam said, “Tell him to take his uniform and boots off” He added, “You strip down too, Albrecht”

The two et behind so solid Everybody else, do the sa We have to uy up in his place Then we et out of here If anybody we meet aims a weapon, shoot first”

The others got behind so with her and covered his ears with her hands

There was a loud bang as Saan to e and sat him on the bed Albrecht ca his shoes, Tibor put the guard’s gun belt around him and clicked the buckle Sae

Everyone trotted to the door As Remi was about to open it, the buzzer sounded loudly and rowl, but she whispered to him and he went quiet

“Our two friends ot to let them in”