Stones From the River
“Outside his windows hung the voices of women like souls of stuffed birds. Some he identified by sound: Trudi Montag, his niece, the butcher’s daughter-in-law. Others blended into a chorus, faded out, returned. He sat on the Danish sofa, and whenever he dozed off, he made sure it was while sitting: at least he could do that for Eva—not take comfort in lying down though his limbs yearned for rest. Stop it, he’d admonish his body when it complained, this is not about you. This is about Eva.
Someti...mes he staggered to the bathroom.
Sometimes he ate and drank, disgusted that his body could force him into those functions.
Trudi Montag came back.
Others.
Knocking.
Knocking and calling his name.
If the Gestapo returned, they would break his door down and he’d welcome them. No reason to get up for anyone else. His mouth felt dry and salty—not the fresh salt taste of the sweat beneath his wife’s breasts—but a nasty salt taste, old and used up. One evening he sat on the sofa when the sirens wailed, heard his tenants rush to the shelter he’d established in the cellar.MoreLess
Someti...mes he staggered to the bathroom.
Sometimes he ate and drank, disgusted that his body could force him into those functions.
Trudi Montag came back.
Others.
Knocking.
Knocking and calling his name.
If the Gestapo returned, they would break his door down and he’d welcome them. No reason to get up for anyone else. His mouth felt dry and salty—not the fresh salt taste of the sweat beneath his wife’s breasts—but a nasty salt taste, old and used up. One evening he sat on the sofa when the sirens wailed, heard his tenants rush to the shelter he’d established in the cellar.MoreLess
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