As much as Marlene avoided Werner, she secretly longed to see him. But since the Kommandatura had announced the elections to the City Council this coming October 20th, he rarely showed up at the university.
The times she saw him, she quickly looked away and pretended not to notice, despite having waited for this one glimpse for days. Her emotions were infuriating. Despite her best intentions she’d started reading Anna Segher’s novel, especially after she’d found comments in his handwriting on the pages.
His remarks were so thoughtful and showed so much concern for the general wellbeing of the people, she found it difficult to reconcile them with the calculating behavior he practiced these days.
In spite of his pleas, she had not relayed his warning to Georg, since she refused to become
