FULL CIRCLEI made my way home by taxi. I had to let six taxis go by before I found a driver brave enough to pick up a dirty dishevelled scarecrow with one hand in plaster.
Ulia burst into tears when she saw me in the doorway; in her mind she had already buried me.
I tried to put things in their proper order as I told her what had happened to me.
“They’re going to hunt you down. I don’t know why you are so important to them, but they’re going to put you in prison. You’ve got to go underground, if you know how it’s done.”
“That’s something I do know… Let’s think what we need to do first. And you… You’ve simply… I don’t have the right words… You’re ace, as my Lina would say. For what you’ve done all your sins will be forgiven. What scum they all are.“
We hugged each other. A mighty elect
