Tatiana and Alexander. Paullina Simons

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Название Tatiana and Alexander
Автор произведения Paullina Simons
Жанр Историческая литература
Серия
Издательство Историческая литература
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with grim strides.

      “Well, Major, it looks like you’re going to have to stop playing games.”

      “That’ll be fine,” said Alexander. “I’m not in a playing mood.”

      “Major!”

      “Why is everyone shouting?” Alexander rubbed his head. His skull was cracking.

      “Major, do you know a woman by the name of Tatiana Metanova?”

      It was harder for Alexander to stay composed. He kept still through willpower. If I can live through this, he thought, I can live through anything. If I can live through this, I will live through anything. He wasn’t sure whether to lie, whether to tell the truth. Slonko was obviously planning something.

      “Yes,” said Alexander.

      “And who would she be?”

      “She was one of the nurses at Morozovo hospital.”

       “Was?”

      “Well, I’m not there anymore, am I?” Alexander said mildly.

      “Turns out she is not there either.”

      That was not a question. Alexander said nothing.

      “She is more than just a nurse, though, isn’t she, Major?” said Slonko, producing Alexander’s domestic passport out of his pocket. “Why, right in here, it says that she is your wife.”

      “Yes,” Alexander said. His whole life in one line. He steadied himself. He knew Slonko was not done by a long shot. He needed to be ready.

      “Ah. And where is she at the moment?”

      “I would have to be omniscient to know that,” Alexander said.

      “She is with us,” said Slonko, bending forward. “We have her in our custody.” He laughed with satisfaction. “What do you think of that, Major?”

      “What do I think of that?” said Alexander, not taking his gaze away from Slonko. He folded his arms around his chest and waited. “Could I have a smoke?” he asked, and was brought one. He lit it with steady hands. Before anyone spoke again, Alexander decided Slonko was bluffing. He decided to believe Slonko was bluffing. Just yesterday, was it, Stepanov had told Alexander that Tatiana was missing and no one could find her. Stepanov said Mekhlis’s men were all in a panic. Yet there was nothing about that from Slonko in their previous two conversations. Nothing at all, as if the matter were unknown to him. Suddenly now, he had pulled Tatiana out of his hat with the proud air of a peacock. He was bluffing. Had they caught her, Alexander would have been asked about her sooner. Slonko would have certainly brought up that they were looking for her and could not find her. But there had been not a word from him about Dimitri, not a word about Sayers, and not a word about Tatiana.

      Still, he was alone, and Slonko was with three guards. There was bright light shining directly into Alexander’s face, there was the feeling of weakness all over his body, of no sleep, of mental exhaustion, of an aching wound in his back, and there was his weighted-down heart. He said nothing, but the effort cost him considerable resources. How many resources did he have left? In 1936 when he was arrested he had all his resources and he had not been wounded. Why couldn’t he have met Slonko then? Alexander grit his teeth and waited for the rest.

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