"Lieutenant," came a voice through thick layers. "Lieutenant. I've found a boy and he's unhurt. I don't know why but he's unhurt."
And turning, he saw there was in fact a boy, perhaps eleven years old, physically unscathed but for a look of bitter hopelessness in his dark eyes that went far beyond his years.
It seemed from the nurse's expression that he should say something so he pronounced, What is your name?
"Elie." WIESEL, he thought. SEVEN TIMES CURSED AND SEVEN TIMES
SEALED.
Then Night fell completely in his soul, and he felt no more.
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ACT FOUR
Ardennes, Balthazar and Scimitar Sectors
Months I through IV
International Year: 2212