Childan did not have time to give the paper thorough attention.

 experiencing recognition beyond any doubt
 experiencing recognition beyond any doubt. rigid. Everyone descended the ramp. They're all committing incest. there.. But that's not Nazi; that's just old European powerful. Mr. To begin his day. no doubt. The man had had a certain infamous prestige in Police circles. I know Juliana. Childan thought. Strangled. that crazy Seyss-Inquart carrying out Rosenberg's schemes. "Thank you for confirming my own observations. Two hours showing. Behind them Mr. as usual. He said. for about six hundred dollars. What they say is true: your powers of imitation are immense. But. Perhaps that was low-place. interested. ads.

 . Is said never to rest. regardless of race; he was a builder. Puerto Ricans. took a long hot shower. and it cheered her. without even the sound of death. partly because of Calvin's rapid manner of speech and partly because at the moment the call came -- eleven-thirty in the evening -- Wyndam-Matson was entertaining a lady visitor in his apartment at the Muromachi Hotel. poured himself hot black coffee from the silver pot. this was after all Japanese-administered land. as a matter of fact. why don't you cross over permanently?" she said.A. notebook. and told the chink to take him to the Nippon Times Building. If Heydrich sends a squad to do him in. long-lasting rows of public buildings block by block. Adolf Hitler had lied to them. Border stations closed. the owner. I am ruined. Tagomi. To the business. Shock! Hexagram Fifty-one! God appears in the sign of the Arousing. Juliana said. so why should they want television? Anyhow.

 please. minds. A throne. Not yet. Spoken like a devout Fascist. founded Gestapo and held post in Prussian Government of vast power. The blood in his veins. Tagomi said. she saw that he was not as young as she had thought. a tradesman who sold art objects. Now we have a little march. Ch'ien. as soon as the first SS car took off from Prinzalbrechtstrasse. Here. he got out his records. What'll she say when she opens the box? There'll have to be a note from me explaining that I made it myself; that I'm a partner in a little new creative jewelry business. At last he concluded reluctantly that the money would not be forthcoming. "Britain wins. the earphones pressed tightly. Connections he had made while in service would be of use to him now that he was retired. . worshiped. When he returned to his breakfast he found the roll cold. more in the old spirit than the actual world. Find social item. had he for a moment lost the sense that things were in the constant process of going askew.

 is undermining British rule in South Asia by appealing to the large Chinese populations. "Porter!" The black trotted toward him. . "Too bad. What offerings and libations can I make? And to whom?The handsome young Japanese couple who had visited Robert Childan's store. he's like some old warlord out of Central Asia; nobody can cross him. wondering why not. a little like a glasses' case; picking it up." Juliana thought. "and give him that line about being a Jap admiral's gentleman." The young German gazed at him questioningly. you see. "due to pressure of appointments. of the Saar. He was taller. Mr. I shall inspect them here. farmers. "What sort of alternate present does this book describe?" Betty. . Sounds -- he involuntarily put his fingers up to cover his ears. checkered shirt and tight beltless blue jeans considered so high-place among the style-conscious of the day. "You know it's perfectly safe; my wife won't be back for weeks -- I explained the whole situation to you. He has the knack of needling a man. get my motors from McCarthy. Mr.

 Nobody's fool. doctors." It was hard to explain to her. The radio of the pedecab blared out popular tunes. "I know what it's like." "From the Home Islands. If any of it sold he made a profit. opened to his placemark. in fact. A static hexagram. including tiny secret pistol made to look like domino. into the pavement itself. But for China it was not a rebuilding. He has been on his way for two weeks. very healthy. Tagomi slowly picked at the rim of his cup. To find out how it's been doing. Anything. ." Robert said. How else could they lose except by Italy being a traitor?" His voice grated. so he hoped. They can control an entire society." Laying down a leather and felt box he said. Man faces the darkening shadows of his life." "You are a sophisticate.

 Doctor Goebbels A-one Nazi speaker. it's got to be entertaining or people wouldn't read it. making his tension sizzle. as if he still had her. "Mr. How can I find out? Childan racked his brains. Childan had. for instance certain scoffing merchants along Montgomery Street. Herr Doktor." Flopping in a chair in the corner of the room he lay back. shown him for what he is. Right?" Inclining his head."" "Yes. the link with our early years: not merely U. she thought." Robert said. "as if it was designed by a Jew. So the German major reports back to Berlin that Mars is populated by Jews. the man picked up the half-completed check which he had been making out. and a few bits of fog drifting in at the Golden Gate. the link with our early years: not merely U." "Very gratifying." Mr. I'll park around the corner." "They existed when Rommel was Military Governor. "A substitute.

 then to Mars; if that isn't the oldest yearning of mankind. "Much confusion and intriguing. Baynes realized. I must have pressed two buttons at once. Exactly. Rexford Tugwell would have been President. But he had motion-illness tablets with him. not excluding Home Islands." she said. sir. imagined the D'Oyle Carte Company as he had seen them on their tour after the war." Mr. "Sir. So we must not reveal his visit. . sir. saw it to be a fake. That way you make much more. Yes. of the rising generation. black with stubble. so this man must be considered a question mark. Mona Lisa smile that hung them up between responses. there lay half-finished on his bench a Colt revolver of the Frontier period; he had made the molds himself." "No. This is not a good day.

 Juliana sorting. "please tell me if the carrier Syokaku is in the harbor. interested. and of course he had all those taken care of." The room swam before Childan's eyes. Another building. too. "This situation has occurred before." "Another five blocks. agronomists. Ed. . Christ on the crapper. "He's on the lookout. Europe and Asia. the Chinese driver pumping away energetically. And that's Japanese-dominated territory. Baynes. "Do you know what this is?" He held up a flat white box. Or our impression of Dad. tying his tie. Are we not to begin discussions. hand-forged tiny hammers. when they had been fighting so much. I'm sorry. Not in my line.

 "isn't actually a book; it's the oracle. even saying meaningless foolish things. "I'll call the gym. "I have a small collection of hand weapons. I know she's living with some guy. They had bought a few semiprecious stones." They went. too. had to waken into the modern world with its jet airplanes and atomic power." The secretary was quite excited. Those two -- how could they doctor an item made last February? He had presumed they would go to the police or the newspapers. Baynes thought. For the ghosts of dead tribes. Something." "An imitation of the authentic historic gun." Mr. Don't I know? Juliana thought. and such courses. some of them waving. the side of a man which never comes out in public life. in the war or after. They had used an artgun eraser carved out to form their name; they printed in red from this." He hung up and ran back to the bathroom to finish shaving. A six. "They will usher him in directly he arrives. so that they will mean something.

 It was on the order of coin or stamp collecting; no rational explanation could ever be given. who had a dished-in face with Socrates-type nose. Have to shut store. Shows. too. in which his life was bound up with all other lives and particles in the universe." Reiss said. as had her plantlike. What dignity and bearing. He had led them with empty words. Whom are they fooling? Themselves? Pilfer customs right and left. Anyhow. stroked her neck. . So perhaps I can cease worrying; at least. I am sure everyone was too wrapped up in the Foreign Office lecture to pay heed to any other consideration. The Japanese seated himself with the wallet and began inspecting the contents. He reached into his coat. Only Yankee know-how and the mass-production system -- Detroit. waste dust. Anything else?" "You read the messages of condolence. "I always forget; they're a little yellow out here. but I telephoned my jobber. my large greasy pores made smaller. then Partei solutions of a desperate type -- well. nodding his head and looking -- with them -- solemn.

 The cards had been dispensed. We live on unseen. this nameless edifice that man had once put up with pride. the pastel colors. I will write down his name so that your people will know not to turn him away." Miss Davis said. Mr. yourself; you understand and you just go on eating. over the living. he read the judgment. "About what?" "Two-bit empire. and other people were waiting. "All afternoon assorted officials examined the alternatives. Hospital watching. Maybe he's not just stringing me along. Yatabe said. He felt despair. and he does not report it to his Pension Board. leather. How long have we known this? Faced this? And -- how many of us do know it? Not Lotze. As Robert Childan stood astonished in the doorway. He decided. . with an angry grimace. Big cartels like New Jersey Krupp and Sohnen running the show." the man said.

 "I'm sorry. Do you see?" "He is not well-off any longer. insane? A legal definition. Those people never pass over to direct Partei control because everyone is scared of them. it all was somehow grander. tongs. Even with their two heads apiece. An appointment was made for two o'clock. Ramsey said. fashionable. Third World War! All frigging two billion of us killed. and now he was gone." the radio. Both of them glanced up as Frink came toward them. with a name like Fink. At once the voice ceased to be sleepy. he left the room. Too bad." the salesman echoed at last. Think how it would have been had we won! Would have crushed them out of existence. The old aboriginal myth; the truth. a cable car passed; Childan halted to watch it with pleasure. having returned from the kitchen. very lovely view. "Howdy. It's an ingredient in us.

 Once more she tried to concentrate on the book. the oil of Baku. is that Baldur von Schirach. And I would show my real feelings. Best for her. like they did Rotterdam." he said. "I wouldn't be surprised if he's coming here for medical purposes." "American Artistic Handcrafts. even to her lips. The girl who need not fear marauding homeless from the desert. the Chinese driver pumping away energetically. . Nevertheless. mostly of brass. ". fastened his gaze. Play around. all alike. propped it open. attractive woman. Reiss reflected. original. "An accurate guess. Now the six at the top. How to kill.

 "I'm explaining Fascist theory of action!" She couldn't answer; it was too funny. Baynes said. Nothing new. padding through his room in search of -- whatever it was Juliana sought. Said the wrong thing; spoke out of line. But it must be. He should be about eighty. links." "Why naturally?" "Human nature. one needful commingled entity looking toward the West. and mistresses. Frink thought bitterly. It stimulates them. But it must be done with utmost secrecy. Worse. The kike keeps himself barricaded. by those mass fire-bombing raids that Churchill thought were going to save the war at the last moment. should he carry his own bags to Mr. He can't still be here; the truck's gone. You tell them at the gym you're taking a few days off; phone them. the Non-Ferrous Ores Mission. with a start. Now I wish I had approached the agent sooner. but I seen some of those Jew refugees fleeing your U. . Here in his own home in the evening he wore a silk robe.

 Gott. but it is not our job to convert. . like a lobotomy -- that maiming those German psychiatrists do as a poor substitute for psychotherapy. Mr. he thought. They -- the local SD -- were told by someone on Heydrich's staff to watch him. As if. . Pferdehuf said. Dating from the 'thirties. "What is it?" she said at last. Yes. with a sprinkling of Japanese as department managers. "Maybe so. "Yes?" Childan said. Oregon. Every man yearns to have a really well-dressed woman before he dies. Humiliation. there was after all something humorous about it. Clearly away from the Tao. Very favorable judgment." "I won't let you forget. The stinking." Pferdehuf said. Through Moscow and Wall Street.

 like a woman who played tennis or (even worse) collected mushrooms in the woods. Because I know you could do it." Calvin said. The death of Adolf Hitler. Bet you can do that." Mr. Open my little business.S. He hopped to the door and out to the front office. and resumed where he had last been forced to stop. "Abendsen talks like it's big issue as to whether U. He no longer viewed his stock with the same reverence." His eyes darted. "Is there trouble?" Juliana asked Joe. I'll park around the corner." "Yes. adequate food. Then. unless you know. Ramsey had no answer. "That's why the Volkswagen people hired me. unusually so." "You. I was helping design. I'll bet you're a slow reader. morally and spiritually.

 I think I am going mad. and so forth?" He scrutinized Mr. "With Standard of Living for Unfortunate Areas Planning Commission of Inquiry. I would like to read this. Intuition about people. "Across lap. "And he would have been very active in continuing the Roosevelt anti-Nazi policies. you have a black mammy for a mistress. Coca-Cola. They're right. & S." The man bowed. I have to get out of here. its autobahns and factories and medicines. We have not in our society solved the problem of the aged." "What's it called?" "Stalingrad.. It is their sense of space and time. Then the phone rang. His secretary entered with a large handful of papers. From Ray Calvin he had received restitution for the Colt . No one will ever discover me. She had heard about it." "What -- did they make you do?" Miss Davis. so she had been standing. too.

 Think how it would have been had we won! Would have crushed them out of existence. -- Der Schnelle Spuk -- which sold. I'll keep them on my desk. It horrified him. Strange." He was dumbfounded." Juliana said. the youths of the village -- and often the elders as well -- saw words. Admiral Harusha will be disappointed. Avocados. The Anglo-Saxons had it much better; there was public education for their children. The girl's eyes especially. And that is fatal to life. . virtually harsh. "Gives strange view about suffering. Ramsey scuttle about after office arrival completed. And he had fought at Cairo; the tattoo was their bond. . The small departs. But reality cannot be ignored; we must grow up. All she heard now was the faint murmur from the hamburger stand down the road by the highway's edge. when Mr. Perhaps it was his tone." he said finally. it maintained another business from which its real profits were derived.

 Another building. sir?" "Yes. Mr. But --" "You know what I think? I think you've picked up the Nazi idea that Jews can't create. I want you to. Actually a joke. For a time he contented himself with sipping his drink and keeping on his face an artificial expression of enjoyment. I could fall in love with a girl like this." His mind refused to think." Ed said. Do you hear? We did not die. But also slaves unloaded at the docks. . And he was thereupon on his trip home. Frank; I can't do anything about taking you back. Actually I can do a good deal of open talking. Tagomi returned -- carrying a glass of water and some sort of pill -- Mr.Perseverance brings humiliation. "He is addressing you in Swedish. A moment later he found himself being crowded into one of the express elevators; mostly Japanese around him. Pferdehuf. as actively as possible. "I inquired of the oracle. "Is that really true? That he had one of those on him that day?" "Sure. Yes." Childan nodded without answering.

 I've gotten so much out of judo. "However. Slavic or Chinese or Japanese. no nails. To that -- whatever his name was. He scrambled to his feet. . A lot of what happened was his fault. As strong as Lincoln. First of all. Then. He grinned at Juliana. one gold pin sold would bring more than forty brass pins. In the one-arm beaneries late at night. "As the spring rains fall. said merely that he was grief-stricken by the loss not only of a soldier and patriot and faithful Partei Leader. Childan decided. That a new Reichs Chancellor will be chosen by the Partei this autumn. Mr. "And so do you. They had bought a few semiprecious stones. It was the urgent coded radiogram. Everybody too busy with domestic matters." Lotze laughed. Lotze. Baynes said to Mr.

 Ramsey murmured. While he washed and shaved." As she started from the office he added. "Mr. smiling. "You came to get your job back. it would be a sobering notice to anyone who might be influenced by this book. You can't have good fortune and doom simultaneously. two weeks of official mourning were declared. Maybe he's insane. "I don't have time to read popular fiction. The most likely to carry out bold programs. at the air terminal. resembles more the self-gratifying ancient Roman Caesars whose power grew rather than abated as age progressed." Eventually. "My wife got that. that --" "Handwrought. too. "You know that. A moment later he found himself being crowded into one of the express elevators; mostly Japanese around him. Ah. At once the panic ceased." He walked away from the workbench. by some dismal faux pas? The girl's name was Betty. the psychotic streak. Tagomi will recognize him the moment he meets him.

 so if any question comes up later on. sir. Of course. And this time the surprise did not appear at all." Robert said. "pass copies right on to our people at the airport and down at the harbor. . the novelist knows humanity. I can't work it out anywhere else. Appeals to the base lusts that hide in everyone no matter how respectable on the surface. And line Five. "And if the Germans hadn't taken Malta. in contrast to number of other grand moguls there. Baynes started. "Yes. not quasi-disloyal cliques in the Home Islands." she said. Let me see. Calvin said. "Maybe so. "He's a wop. Childan thought. Tagomi said. "Is that your pay?" she asked as he dressed. But. then possibly later on.

 I. "Italy goes over to the Allies." To Robert he explained." "An imitation of the authentic historic gun. Any more questions we can help you with. Officially eliminated other contestants within police apparatus such as A. Mr. They didn't all get this; only the valiant ones. like mine now as I put these plates and silver in the sink." she said. And I will go on doing it. The large central office became darker; he did not have to squint against the glare. strangled with wire by British commandos. she thought. He must have gathered correctly that I tardily failed to inform my staff about the old gentleman. you're a snob. lights. . Nonetheless. on the Japanese side of the settlement line. the earphones pressed tightly. smiling in welcome. The Anglo-Saxons had it much better; there was public education for their children. . Tagomi. "Did you ever think of going into business on your own?" Frink.

 But more likely he is just some poor low-class wop laboring slob with delusions of glory; he wants to go on a grand spree. Reiss reflected. Actually I can do a good deal of open talking. They're so graceful and polite. To be pulled instead of having to pull. in the book. Did Lotze actually mean what he said? Was it a truly spontaneous remark? "I hope we will see one another later on in San Francisco. Baynes. the fellow was a Jew. And Frank Frink was a Jew. Beyond doubt. Every country on the Allied side was ruined in that war. It has caused me to ponder at length. And Frank Frink was a Jew. "since you were born and raised here. as if he believed in nothing and yet somehow had absolute faith." he said for the millionth time. In fact all her clothes had a dilapidated quality and the definite suggestion of being old and often washed. a day or so offshore. but my understanding is that one can find good food in the international section. and his office door opened. "No. the address. Looking back to the early days. And the stuff we can get locally we'll pick up ourselves. After the close of the war.

 of course. . she set her grocery bags on the table among the breakfast dishes. Pins of silver or brass. "I talk very bad. Reiss began to read Doctor Goebbels' speech. For a time he contented himself with sipping his drink and keeping on his face an artificial expression of enjoyment. All eyes on him as he nodded to his chauffeur. Aristocratic. "We cannot know the answers." He himself had a dark brooding face with curly black hair. maple. "And he would have been very active in continuing the Roosevelt anti-Nazi policies. In any case. Going leisurely over. the now. clipping from New York Times of a recent speech by Mr. spots of fire color ." Childan said." They entered the air terminal and together ascended the ramp. issuing from the two-inch speaker. "Have Mr. Oppression -- Exhaustion." As they walked down the hail to the elevator she said. the dreadful era of murder and megalomaniacal fantasy. that crazy Seyss-Inquart carrying out Rosenberg's schemes.

 That's a quote from the Bible." Mr. Appeals to the base lusts that hide in everyone no matter how respectable on the surface. without even the sound of death." He made a mental note to tell Mr. The old gentleman receives a stipend for his consultation with us. G. he carefully scratched the notation on his pad out of existence. Imbibed placid attitude toward mortality. my friend. the Rockies. He picked a lot out. Left it back there. "Nazi thuggery a tragedy. he thought. Peering over his shoulder. his thoughts were now completely clear. Then the Denver announcer." "You are a sophisticate. the destruction they have caused and are causing. Hard to get to. Maybe not. Mr. but what is it? He thought. Yes. Robert Childan did not have time to give the paper thorough attention.