The Same River Twice (2010)
“Turner stood with the telephone to his ear, watching the man from parcel post stack cardboard boxes against one wall. Gabriella, who normally would’ve overseen the delivery, had asked for the afternoon off. “I mean, did you actually hand him over yourself?”
“No,” said Odile. “But I waited until I had him cornered—in a theater in Bastille, sitting in the dark—before I called the Russians. Believe me, they got him. I just saw them go in.”
“Good, so it’s settled.” Without putting down the phone, T...urner took the clipboard handed him by the delivery man and signed for the boxes. “And what about you—are you okay?” She had never called him at the office before.
“You mean do I feel guilty? Why? Do you?”
He spoke carefully. “It wasn’t our business, Odile. You did the right thing.”
“But they’ll kill him.”
“You don’t know that.” Taking a mat knife from his desk, Turner slit open one of the boxes and removed two copies of a glossy paperbound volume.MoreLess
“No,” said Odile. “But I waited until I had him cornered—in a theater in Bastille, sitting in the dark—before I called the Russians. Believe me, they got him. I just saw them go in.”
“Good, so it’s settled.” Without putting down the phone, T...urner took the clipboard handed him by the delivery man and signed for the boxes. “And what about you—are you okay?” She had never called him at the office before.
“You mean do I feel guilty? Why? Do you?”
He spoke carefully. “It wasn’t our business, Odile. You did the right thing.”
“But they’ll kill him.”
“You don’t know that.” Taking a mat knife from his desk, Turner slit open one of the boxes and removed two copies of a glossy paperbound volume.MoreLess
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