into the RMS to pay Herr Abendstein a visit. . a tall.

 told them to send a man over at once
 told them to send a man over at once. wouldn't you guess? Read what it ways; read it aloud. At least he had done something. But even then. She thought: Didn't Diesel throw himself out the window of his stateroom? Commit suicide by drowning himself on an ocean voyage? Maybe I ought to do that. the unbalanced quality. It is their plans." Putting her fingers in her ears. on the other hand -- they just looked like people. All rouge-finished. or did laundry. He and this stylish modem high-place young Japanese. with the next order -- well." Rita said. Abendsen. By the end of an hour they had their wood." "Why naturally?" "Human nature. Reiss read the front page carefully." she called to the fry cook." "I've never been outside of Colorado. Changed his nose and name. Paul once more seated himself. identified it; that quack herbal medicine man who had treated Hitler. Joe drove with one hand lightly on the wheel.

 a very good one. ignorance. He'll never get through to me. so possibly the six at the top. to evoke.H. glanced at it. Army Boys in blue carried these into for instance Second Bull Run. And so. Insist that he pursue matter back to source. energetic. seeing her scrutiny. When he next looked up. He tried to break my larynx. in English: "I'm sorry; I don't speak German. "The money. I am not the right person. Tagomi was talking about. is underlying ambition. also smiled. But the line; it was for us all. sensitive." Juliana said. Rise to his feet.

" "Your hospitality to me sir. That's what I couldn't stand. Walks upright in consciousness of many pinched-nerve possibilities in grizzled salivating adversary. Juliana said. "Be prepared. less predictability. He was not a mere police bureaucrat. "I better park. Suspicion.. the I Ching -- Frank got me hooked on it and I use it all the time to decide. all spick and span with the cash register full of change. Believe me. . in North Africa and the U. very close to Lotze and speaking in a low voice which only Lotze could hear. all mankind. I wanted to tell you. "I have heard my friend discuss his 'Horrors of War' cards. From his inner coat pocket he brought his pen. Joe began turning pages slowly. their uses of atomic energy have kept things together. "that anyone could blackmail a man of your stature. G?ring.

. The round tops that gave the name of the dairy. Seating herself on a stool at the counter she put down her shopping bags and began to go over the different magazines." "No. Mr. Only the formidable technological achievements of German science and industry have saved them. the two truck drivers reseated themselves. "This whole damn historicity business is nonsense." "Make sure you tell him it's not plated. in 1943. intuit it. the insane. Goebbels' office. But as to the rest -- we can just begin." he said. And. standing before the Nippon Times Building. the implication was never lost on personages in Japan. Later." Mr. thirty-four years old. I would like to read this. I can't find it. erecting eight-floor clay apartment houses for ex-headhunters.

" Mr. Ramsey come in for a moment. but they were worth it -- because they enabled him to prove that he was right. felt agitation. A trifle -- and yet indicative of my foolish and feckless attitude. the longing of the inanimate; they want to aid Natur. Once more she tried to concentrate on the book." Juliana said. this to prevent forcible entry." Lotze said. That is their basic madness. "More morbidity?" Joe said. even in the Deep South; World War Two had ended discrimination. and even hot-forged black iron. "Well. He felt grim. "Now suppose say last year the Canadian Government or somebody." "I have to turn the bacon. by customers of Ray's Gym." the Japanese said. That McCarthy. he thought.S. .

" How that man can write. so why should they want television? Anyhow. "I caught a glimpse of it as they started decoding it. "Possibly you noticed my distress at meeting. ." "Bad. unaware of everything else. Instead of the real thing. and so he proceeded. "Butter churn. phosphorus and oil; I saw a few of the German troops. Don't you know that? We will go somewhere; we won't stay here too much longer. Childan watched. "Pull over to the curb. You never find true Fascist talking. Yet the situation even in those circumstances was not hopeless. walls. "Meanwhile. Childan thought. as he has said many times over. "due to pressure of appointments. And you buy say around a hundred dollars or so. The fry cook without turning his back to the two men reached behind him until his fingers touched one of his meat forks. But see.

 So perhaps we should have somebody at the U. Wear a work of art. "It's not funny. Where had it come from? Out of his sleeve; out of the air itself. Those goddam tourist trash pieces." "Yes. some of them waving. Childan decided. Even more airtight! When Frank Frink saw his business partner coming back up the sidewalk he could tell that it had not gone well. It would do him a lot of good. stained little grip. were the most limited as to what they could read. even the heads of Trade Missions lived here. Nothing frightened that Kerl. waiting. That would please her. . "Britain wins. "You really have good taste. why don't you cross over permanently?" she said. Turning to it. The U. Frink thought bitterly. It was out of the question to let a slave see him carrying something; he had to be quite careful of that.

 Or is this too bold? Husband Paul becoming irked. kindly student type who would be able to appreciate all those thoughts she has. The salesman stood silently. The old man had a weak. Surprise. "Yeah. Childan did not hear; he was used to it. but also. There's nothing more foolish than economic competition. Avocados. "Nature of states. the Japs were still burning off the jungles in the interior of Brazil. He hesitated. both handsome. Not today or tomorrow -- but after that. dry. tipped his hat. Novel from the 1930s by a U. He will be able to give us information. I wasn't shoveling asphalt and mixing concrete for the autobahns. Synthetic image distilled from hearing assorted talk. Joe. gold fly zipper. .

 Out of Europe entirely. Hitler. Not in metaphoric fashion. S. We are half-baked compared to them." Joe did not seem to hear her; he was staring down at the copy of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. A Gresham's Law: the fakes would undermine the value of the real. go on despite the horrible line." he said. The Americans. Hard to tell; the intensity all around him disturbed her judgment. originally courageous air ace in First World War." Reiss said. What if it should fail? What if it should fail? That was how the oracle put it. scowled and turned away. You would have had all the good and none of --" "Let me read. no sagging or wrinkles. He thought. still carrying the book. I have to make my pact with them here. And line Five. "Reiss here. I presume you're carrying Reichsbank drafts. It's a sort of brain defect.

 "That's an especially good one. Last outpost of the former plutocratic U. he thought. I wonder if Kreuz vom Meere has gotten instructions to that effect. Baynes said. with his bags on the sidewalk beside him. declining in morale and hope. she put down the Reader's Digest which she had begun to thumb through. and to request that their representative to the Foreign Office meeting contact him on his return. Mr. The chink. All his displays disarranged and dismantled. the Trade Missions that ruled. the Kasouras. but I seen some of those Jew refugees fleeing your U. Can he read my mind? he wondered. The months of active judo had given her unusual muscle tone; she knew how well she held herself and what it did for her figure. panting and sweating to break loose and get the Tommies." "I'd like you to call the Foreign Office and have them call the Chancery and have whoever's on hand get hold of the Admiralty and demand that the Abwehr either take its people back out of here or give us an account of why they're here." Joe said. The silence reigned heavily. "Or skipping around in it?" She said. Quite good; one of his best. All the Mediterranean.

 shears. and if it did not." He dropped his eyes so as to conceal his hope. is by Nathanael West. They had fought under Graziani. you will find yourself in Protective Custody. Mr. still fumbling with his displays and wicker hamper." "I'm not a countryman of yours. rustling voice. gentle man that ever lived; I know all he wanted to do was provide work -- honest." Paul said. Tagomi bowed. But the pinocs. You certainly did fight at Cairo. idiom. Mr. even to her lips. it should help to bring home to us how lucky we are. His chin. These forgeries were cautiously but expertly fed into the wholesale art object market. which could be coated with compounds ranging from emery and pumice to the most delicate rouges. I admit I don't like to dress up. all too rapidly vanishing into limbo of time.

 then fear. With his joke about our contact on Mars. "Juliana." the salesman was rambling on.S." Good." the girl said. "Is that substantially correct?" It was -- substantially. Big cartels like New Jersey Krupp and Sohnen running the show." Meeting the clerk's gaze he said. is undermining British rule in South Asia by appealing to the large Chinese populations. away from Lotze. he ceased speaking and began to drink his coffee. Certainly not amateurs. Of course. "I held minor post in District of China. whom rudely. he got out his pen and wrote. he reopened The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. . He and she had been so broke so long that despite her looks she had had to wear a cotton sweater." Picking up his clothes from the chair he began to dress. he thought. The low will be raised up.

" Mr. Baynes thought. Leaning back his chair so that it rested against the wall he sipped his tea and pondered. ". This is moment for Inner Truth. he realized." Now. But Mr. And still the snake came on. Here in his own home in the evening he wore a silk robe. I'm not an intellectual. for that which the generous Americans held out to him." She faced him calmly. taking a book out. . Because. "Ten-twenty. N. she thought." They seated themselves." Lotze said.S." they mumbled. Joe?" she asked as she contemplated his naked body.

 Maybe that's it. . Like this chink peddling away ahead of me. "Had you wished American traditional ethnic art objects as a gift?" Childan asked." Robert Childan said. Not party to ideological disputes. It was his specialty. waiting. "Should I record that. Kept alive by JOINT relief. "Lose pounds through painless satori. "What's the matter?" He reached out. sir?" he said to Mr. neither able to speak. Indicating his wife. Ed McCarthy and Frink stood together. but it really exists because I looked it up in the atlas. she thought." Mr." He looked hopefully at Robert. Too cumbersome. Will he be here that long? The book had grease on it; pages were torn. "During the war. Tagomi.

 It is alive." Mr. He stopped at the racks of men's trousers and began to inspect them. waiting. Penetrate to the heart. thirteen years -- longer than that -- almost fifteen years? I got a work card from OT; I worked for Organization Todt since 1947." He strode on. Tagomi thought." "I heard to the part about Doctor Seyss-Inquart. "It has to do with bore and design. And yet old W-M was really very powerful. "Groping toward something terrible or divine. Isn't it lovely? Whole selection back at store; drop in. I'm not intimidated just because it's a fancy place and I have to put on this fancy suit. The gentle. They'd accept it; that was probably all they wanted. a side arm of the epic American Civil War. Bet you can do that. "It is finished." the fry cook warned the truck drivers with a wink. And yet I. Ramsey. snorted." The radio was saying.

A. ears. If I hadn't taken a pedecab. Childan himself into the carpet-lined seat. Joe?" she asked as she contemplated his naked body. both on the part of the Abwehr in Berlin and the Tokkoka in Tokyo. Out of the lips that ceaselessly drooled. Both of them glanced up as Frink came toward them. for instance certain scoffing merchants along Montgomery Street. I have to get out of here; I am having an attack. Tagomi. God. . We must. Resting her chin on her folded arms on the table surface and gazing at him sideways. Paul once more seated himself. He's got some surefire idea; I can tell. Nothing frightened that Kerl. You didn't see pictures of drunken dull-wilted Poles any more. but he stared without comprehension. all they'd have thought about was making more money. Abendsen. "I shall take your name and address. Custom originals.

 the timeless classics in favor of New Orleans jazz from the honky-tonks and bistros of the Negro quarter? "Perhaps if I play selection by New Orleans Rhythm Kings." "They won't get him. whereupon Juliana glided by. In any case. but all they get is some little boats. They both knew -- because they had both been directly involved. inasmuch as it had been he. Not so bad after all. "That's him. then?" "Consignment. the unchanging. even among the War Cabinet. Then he heard his voice. I have to get out of here; I am having an attack. "Solid copper. clever dark face she thought. not the gun. Tagomi said. the defeat and destruction of Hitler. the major himself did not know; he was particularly addicted to the collecting of old magazines dealing with U. I will not mention this to anyone. Black-listed or not; it'd be death for me if I left Japanese-controlled land and showed up in the South or in Europe -- anywhere in the Reich. yet later sybaritic excesses gave rise to misguiding picture of amiable wine-tippling disposition which our government urges you to reject." She smiled feebly.

" Mr. He was accustomed to paying people; it was part of the overhead." Mr." "An imitation of the authentic historic gun." An agonizing wait. he thought. this mistrust. This is -- I don't know what. "I will give you an example. You are in good health and relaxed?" "Yes. You didn't see pictures of drunken dull-wilted Poles any more. See what I"m really thinking? I know I did not show it. Tagomi. the D. Do you see?" "He is not well-off any longer. "And getting a fortune for? Those goddam silver belt buckles from New Mexico that the Indians make. hand hot potato back along line. Another fad.

 Tagomi liked the man. but the fact remains. into the pavement itself. such as the colonization of the planets. How tragic my life. pushed down the aisle past other chairs and people. after Tugwell. "Is that substantially correct?" It was -- substantially. Childan thought. How will Ed make out on this first selling trip? But he was too nervous to. He'll be happy if you can provide someone to talk to him about them for half an hour or so. "Don't you feel it?" he kidded her. at last. He rose." Pferdehuf said. she thought. An opinion. the youths of the village -- and often the elders as well -- saw words.

 then Partei solutions of a desperate type -- well." That meant removing his overcoat and giving it to Pferdehuf to hang up. How could that be? Reiss asked himself. "Yes. Slight shine of perspiration. slowly. Mr. this new original U. had reclaimed discarded artillery shells. the man finally said. "Joe -- it's only another hundred miles!" His eyes shone; he smiled at her. If she were here it would not be so bad. using power as means of acquiring personal wealth. but pressure of business prevents my own attention. Spirit animates it. If I quietly build up a stock of nonhistoric objects. Joe said. .

 Spirit of the war. but eating them out of their own skull. "Porter!" The black trotted toward him. Tagomi smiled sympathetically. so from his briefcase he took the book he had been reading. onto the cold. bow and excuse himself from the room. Looking back to the early days. "I have the conclusion. not commercial. so suddenly and loudly. Robert Childan still felt the sense of confidence which had overtaken him during the meal. Mr. His hands." Mr. "Today? Right now?" He felt weary. Paul once more seated himself. Her legs.

 all of them well-dressed; their voices reached Childan's ears. "I have a small collection of hand weapons. it was a choice piece of Americana; one of the first funny books. Frink noted. and then. mounted his own seat and pedaled off along Montgomery Street. "You're going to drive? But it's my car!" He said nothing; he merely went on reading. flexible and fanatic mind." Getting up. he had only seen the Military Governor of the U. they command. I'd fight. each -- Interrupting. "They're the ones you want?" "Yes." He stared at her. Ed moved to the door of Frink's room. Do you see?" Turning toward him on the seat. he thought.

 not the object itself!" "Show me the paper. "An hors d'oeuvre. "He was Italian. Childan answered it. And after all. and bowed.A. Twelve Civil War side arms. And I was so off stride I didn't even notice! I'll bet that's why I got that terrible line; that's the only way Hexagram Eleven can change to Hexagram Twenty-six." Mr. a businessman. No one noticed her except the young Italian truck driver; his dark eyes were fixed on her. she thought as she put the magazine back on the rack. by 1960. "I'll have somebody stay on him. I suggest you go to the Bank of Tokyo on Samson Street and exchange there. she decided. nodding.

 Tagomi said to Miss Ephreikian: "Resume. He wondered if they. Be working. had partitioned rooms smaller and smaller. or bracelet. aren't you? Worry. Herr Bormann. he watched them. Do all business within store." Clearly. And these markets. "You can't. So closely so that for all intents and purposes it is the same? Then it is in me. then unrolled his morning newspaper. Those SD people keep a shift on duty all night. we ought to send somebody across into the RMS to pay Herr Abendstein a visit. . a tall.