She misses Arvid, who is in Washington, DC, on official business for the Ministry of Economics. Every American official Arvid meets in the State Department believes he’s a devout Nazi. The man he pretends to be is a horrible, horrible lie.
Lies spill out of Mildred too.
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, p. 258
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January 13, 2022 at 8:15 pm (Books, Recommended, Women Writers)
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