Night Journey
“So I caught a tram outside the Porta San Giorgio and this took me along the river bask, across the Umberto Bridge as far as Capitello. Then I took another tram from there.
In the Porta Vescovo there was no sign of Jane. I knew—as she did—that there were flaws in her scheme; but as the time came to act these loomed larger. To plan in theory is one thing.
I sat near the ticket barrier reading an account of Italian air successes in the Popolo di Roma. I thought I might have difficulty in r...ecognising Fräulein Leni Yolkmann; but it was not so. A handsome young woman—but the sort you would instinctively describe as a young woman and not as a girl— five feet eight or more; on make-up of course; a grey tailored costume and royal blue scarf and gloves; pale skin, vivid auburn hair. She was wearing a “Napoli” armlet— “Napoli” being an abbreviation of the ponderous Nazionalpolitischenerzichungsanstalt. It meant she was a teacher at an Adolf Hitler school.MoreLess
In the Porta Vescovo there was no sign of Jane. I knew—as she did—that there were flaws in her scheme; but as the time came to act these loomed larger. To plan in theory is one thing.
I sat near the ticket barrier reading an account of Italian air successes in the Popolo di Roma. I thought I might have difficulty in r...ecognising Fräulein Leni Yolkmann; but it was not so. A handsome young woman—but the sort you would instinctively describe as a young woman and not as a girl— five feet eight or more; on make-up of course; a grey tailored costume and royal blue scarf and gloves; pale skin, vivid auburn hair. She was wearing a “Napoli” armlet— “Napoli” being an abbreviation of the ponderous Nazionalpolitischenerzichungsanstalt. It meant she was a teacher at an Adolf Hitler school.MoreLess
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