Never Leave Me
“He was sitting at his desk, staring bleakly down at a large-scale map of France, a glass of calvados in his hand.
‘It’s come, Papa!’ she gasped breathlessly as she burst in on him. ‘The message to the Resistance to say that the invasion is imminent!’ He looked up at her, bewildered. ‘What message? I don’t understand.’ She crossed the room towards him quickly. ‘Dieter told me of a message that the British would send immediately prior to the invasion. It is to come in two parts. The first par...t was broadcast from London a few minutes ago.’ Her father rose unsteadily to his feet. ‘Do you mean that you have been listening to the BBC?’ he asked incredulously. ‘Here? At Valmy?’ She nodded, the dark fall of her hair lustrous in the lamplight. ‘Yes, Papa, I listen every night. With Dieter.’ Henri passed a hand across his eyes. The punishment for the possession of a radio was fierce. Deportation to a labour camp or execution as a spy. And Lisette was not only listening in to banned broadcasts, but was doing so with a German officer!MoreLess
‘It’s come, Papa!’ she gasped breathlessly as she burst in on him. ‘The message to the Resistance to say that the invasion is imminent!’ He looked up at her, bewildered. ‘What message? I don’t understand.’ She crossed the room towards him quickly. ‘Dieter told me of a message that the British would send immediately prior to the invasion. It is to come in two parts. The first par...t was broadcast from London a few minutes ago.’ Her father rose unsteadily to his feet. ‘Do you mean that you have been listening to the BBC?’ he asked incredulously. ‘Here? At Valmy?’ She nodded, the dark fall of her hair lustrous in the lamplight. ‘Yes, Papa, I listen every night. With Dieter.’ Henri passed a hand across his eyes. The punishment for the possession of a radio was fierce. Deportation to a labour camp or execution as a spy. And Lisette was not only listening in to banned broadcasts, but was doing so with a German officer!MoreLess
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