CHAPTER 71
Ziegler and Bayer spent the day randomly questioning Tournai residents. They met with limited success, a few vague recollections of a truck with a blonde woman driving, but nothing substantial. Colonel von Horn also lent them a half dozen soldiers to assist. They canvassed different parts of the city, asking shopkeepers and pedestrians if they had any useful information.
Late that afternoon, Ziegler and Bayer returned to Gestapo headquarters. Discouraged, they slumped in the chairs in Ziegler’s office, not knowing what to do next.
“We wasted a day,” Ziegler mumbled.
“Maybe von Horn’s men will find something,” Bayer offered. “They’re still questioning people.”
“I’m not so sure they will. Random questioning is rarely successful. It reeks of desperation.”
“But we did find the
