"I was there when they were arrested," Ferniany said.
"Then there is a chance," von Heurten-Mitnitz said, searched for the words, and smiled wryly, '"that the jig is not up?"" "There's a chance," Canidy said.
"Ferniany is more confident about that than I am."
"The function of your team will be to get them out of prison?" von Heurten-Mitnitz asked.
"The team leader will have my orders, I'm sure," Canidy said.
"I don't know what they will be."
Canidy saw in von Heurten-Mitnitz's eyes that he would not have to explain that his orders might be to make absolutely sure that neither Fulmar nor Professor Dyer would be available for interrogation by the SS or the Gestapo.
And when he looked at the Countess Batthyany, he saw in her face that she understood, too.
"I want to try to get them out," Canidy said.
"A question of priorities, then?" von Heurten-Mitnitz said.
"Yes," Canidy said.
"And where on that list would be the priority to get out the Countess, or, for that matter, me?"
"If it comes to that," Canidy said, "we'll get you out."
"We will go out," the Countess said, "or stay, together."
Von Heurten-Mitnitz looked at her for a moment, then at his wristwatch.
"It's too early," he said.
"But later, I will call Muller and ask him to pick me up here." He saw the look on Canidy's face.
"It is necessary."
After a moment, Canidy nodded.
"Just so long as he understands that I will make the decision about trying to get Fulmar and the professor out."
"I thought you implied that decision will be made by your superiors?" von Heurten-Mitnitz asked.
"I'll decide,"Canidy said flatly.
[ FIVE ]
"There's no reason for you to get up," Douglass said as he sat up in the narrow bed and swung his feet out onto the floor.
Charity sat up in bed.
"I've been pretending that we're in Bala-Cynwyd... ," she said.
"Where?" he asked, chuckling.
"It's a suburb of Philadelphia," she said."... and that the alarm clock has just gone off, and that you're going to get up and put on a suit, and that when you have had breakfast you'll kiss the children. And then I'll drive you to the station, and you'll get on the commuter train and go in to your office in Philadelphia..."
"What kind of an office?"
"You're a lawyer, like my father," she said.