A second nod.

“Are you in a condition to answer two or three questions?”

Another nod.

“How did you get the white silk clothes?”

For a long time he received no answer apart from the gentle falling of the tear drops. Then came the voice, softer than a whisper.

“... He changed with me....”

“Who did?”

“Freder ... Joh Fredersen’s son....”

“And then, Georgi?”

“He told me I was to wait for him....”