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that Gerbeaux can say to him will dissuade him from the belief that the
Germans mean to shoot him.
I almost forgot to detail a thing that occurred a few minutes ago, just
before the Belgian joined us. Mittendorfer brought a message for the
little French lieutenant. The Frenchman roused up and, after they had
saluted each other ceremoniously, Mittendorfer told him he had come to
invite him to dine with a mess of German officers across the way, in the
town hall.
On the way out he stopped to speak with Sergeant Rosenthal who, having
furnished the provender for the forthcoming feast, was now waiting to
share in it. Using German, the lieutenant said:
"I'm being kept pretty busy. Two citizens of this town have just been
sentenced to be shot, and I've orders to go and attend to the shooting
before it gets too dark for the firing squad to see to aim."
Rosenthal did not ask of what crime the condemned two had been
convicted.
"You had charge of another execution this morning, didn't you?" he said.


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