第六十五章: 下一个诱惑 The Next Temptation | 偷书贼
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But they were stale.
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This time, there were cookies.
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There was no note, but it didn't take Liesel long to realize that Ilsa Hermann had been at it again, and she certainly wasn't taking the chance that the cookies might not be for her. She made her way back to the window and passed a whisper through the gap. The whisper's name was Rudy.
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They'd gone on foot that day because the road was too slippery for bikes. The boy was beneath the window, standing watch. When she called out, his face appeared, and she presented him with the plate. He didn't need much convincing to take it.
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They were Kipferl left over from Christmas, and they'd been sitting on the desk for at least two weeks. Like miniature horseshoes with a layer of icing sugar, the ones on the bottom were bolted to the plate. The rest were piled on top, forming a chewy mound. She could already smell them when her fingers tightened on the window ledge. The room tasted like sugar and dough, and thousands of pages.
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His eyes feasted on the cookies and he asked a few questions.
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第六十五章: 下一个诱惑 The Next Temptation | 偷书贼
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"Of course. All I'm saying is…"
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"What?"
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"Anything else? Any milk?"
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"Milk," he repeated, a little louder this time. If he'd recognized the offended tone in Liesel's voice, he certainly wasn't showing it.
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The book thief's face appeared above him again. "Are you stupid? Can I just steal the book?"
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To her right, a book protruded like a bone. Its paleness was almost scarred by the dark lettering of the title. Die Letzte Menschliche Fremde -- The Last Human Stranger. It whispered softly as she removed it from the shelf. Some dust showered down.
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Liesel moved toward the far shelf, behind the desk. She found some paper and a pen in the top drawer and wrote Thank you, leaving the note on top.
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At the window, just as she was about to make her way out, the library door creaked apart.
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Her knee was up and her book-stealing hand was poised against the window frame. When she faced the noise, she found the mayor's wife in a brand-new bathrobe and slippers. On the breast pocket of the robe sat an embroidered swastika. Propaganda even reached the bathroom.
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第六十五章: 下一个诱惑 The Next Temptation | 偷书贼
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They watched each other.
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Liesel looked at Ilsa Hermann's breast and raised her arm. "Heil Hitler."
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The cookies.
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She was just about to leave when a realization struck her.
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She didn't know why it was so important, but she enjoyed the fact that the roomful of books belonged to the woman. It was she who introduced her to the library in the first place and gave her the initial, even literal, window of opportunity. This way was better. It all seemed to fit.
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That meant that if the mayor himself used the library, he must have seen them. He must have asked why they were there. Or -- and as soon as Liesel felt this thought, it filled her with a strange optimism -- perhaps it wasn't the mayor's library at all; it was hers. Ilsa Hermann's.
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They'd been there for weeks.
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Just as she began to move again, she propped everything and asked, "This is your room, isn't it?"
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Liesel's hand touched the air behind her. She saw a mother reading on the floor with a young boy pointing at the pictures and the words. Then she saw a war at the window. "I know."
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The mayor's wife tightened. "I used to read in here, with my son. But then…"
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第六十五章: 下一个诱惑 The Next Temptation | 偷书贼
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"Not bad."
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Ilsa looked more closely at the title. "I have, yes."
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There was embarrassment now on Liesel's behalf. Her cheeks were set alight. "I always thought this was the mayor's room."
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Liesel noticed that there were also swastikas on the toes of her slippers. "He's the mayor. I thought he'd read a lot."
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There was an itch to leave then, but also a peculiar obligation to stay. She moved to speak, but the available words were too many and too fast. There were several attempts to snatch at them, but it was the mayor's wife who took the initiative.
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"Why?" The woman seemed amused.
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"What did you say?!"
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The mayor's wife placed her hands in her side pockets. "Lately, it's you who gets the most use out of this room."
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"They're mostly mine. Some are my husband's, some were my son's, as you know."
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"Have you read this one?" Liesel held up The Last Human Stranger.
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An exclamation entered from outside.
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"Any good?"
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Liesel spoke in a harsh whisper, behind her. "Keep quiet, Saukerl, and watch the street." To Ilsa Hermann, she handed the words slowly across. "So all these books…"
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第六十五章: 下一个诱惑 The Next Temptation | 偷书贼
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On the way home, they ate.
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"Are you sure there wasn't anything else?" Rudy asked. "There must have been."
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Rudy was indignant. "Hey, you're the thief here, not me."
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She saw Rudy's face in the window, or more to the point, his candlelit hair. "I think you'd better go," she said. "He's waiting for you."
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"We were lucky to get the cookies." Liesel examined the gift in Rudy's arms. "Now tell the truth. Did you eat any before I came back out?"
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Paranoid, Rudy took the plate in just the one hand and wiped with the other. "I didn't eat any, I promise."
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"Don't kid me, Saukerl, I could see some sugar at the side of your mouth."
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Half the cookies were gone before they hit the bridge, and they shared the rest with Tommy Muller on Himmel Street.
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When they'd finished eating, there was only one afterthought, and Rudy spoke it.
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"What the hell do we do with the plate?"
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