Hostage
“Rachel, who had come from Israel to help in the investigation, asks: “Why do you refuse to confide in us?”
Should I answer that, yes, it was thanks to them, to their being there, that I was able to hold out. And thanks to my memories too. In spite of the fear and torture?
Will the person who has never been tortured ever know the solitude of the hostage, his humiliations, his incomprehension, his doubts?
How, why and to whom should I say this?
Saul explains: “In the end, we were lucky. They had ...no real plan. They didn’t know how to improvise. They didn’t show great intelligence. We were able to surprise them. Of course, killing is easy, so easy. Anyone can dispatch a life. And those two bastards were prepared to kill Shaltiel—that’s obvious. But the operation itself was amateurish. They had never taken proper precautions.”
He turned to Shaltiel. “You’d probably like to know more about the final act. Night had already fallen. Our preparations took less than half an hour.MoreLess
Should I answer that, yes, it was thanks to them, to their being there, that I was able to hold out. And thanks to my memories too. In spite of the fear and torture?
Will the person who has never been tortured ever know the solitude of the hostage, his humiliations, his incomprehension, his doubts?
How, why and to whom should I say this?
Saul explains: “In the end, we were lucky. They had ...no real plan. They didn’t know how to improvise. They didn’t show great intelligence. We were able to surprise them. Of course, killing is easy, so easy. Anyone can dispatch a life. And those two bastards were prepared to kill Shaltiel—that’s obvious. But the operation itself was amateurish. They had never taken proper precautions.”
He turned to Shaltiel. “You’d probably like to know more about the final act. Night had already fallen. Our preparations took less than half an hour.MoreLess
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