Come Into My Parlour (2013)
“said Gregory after a moment.
Kuporovitch shrugged. “The German wedge that has curved round the city is, I should think, already too deep for parties still to be attempting to slip through it, except as an emergency measure, but Russia is holding her own in the air. Of course, the risk of running into German fighters and being shot down must be much greater than we found it when flying through the Med, because it is certain that the Nazis will have strong concentrations of the Luftwaffe in the neighbourhood of the city for their siege operations; still, that’s a risk which must be accepted. The real trouble will be to persuade the authorities to give us permits for our journey and seats in an aircraft.”
“I’ve no doubt Alyabaiev could fix it for us, if only we could think of a sufficiently cogent reason for wanting to go there. It is a pity we are not posing as military correspondents, as then we’d be able to plead a desire to report the siege.”
“I don’t agree. I think our best hope of ...getting there is the very fact that we are not supposed to be concerned with military affairs, except in so far as they impinge on the health and general well-being of the people.MoreLess
Kuporovitch shrugged. “The German wedge that has curved round the city is, I should think, already too deep for parties still to be attempting to slip through it, except as an emergency measure, but Russia is holding her own in the air. Of course, the risk of running into German fighters and being shot down must be much greater than we found it when flying through the Med, because it is certain that the Nazis will have strong concentrations of the Luftwaffe in the neighbourhood of the city for their siege operations; still, that’s a risk which must be accepted. The real trouble will be to persuade the authorities to give us permits for our journey and seats in an aircraft.”
“I’ve no doubt Alyabaiev could fix it for us, if only we could think of a sufficiently cogent reason for wanting to go there. It is a pity we are not posing as military correspondents, as then we’d be able to plead a desire to report the siege.”
“I don’t agree. I think our best hope of ...getting there is the very fact that we are not supposed to be concerned with military affairs, except in so far as they impinge on the health and general well-being of the people.MoreLess
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