Part 16 (1/2)

Karl feels euphoric. He smiles slowly.

- No one but a moron could be that, says the black man, just a trifle prudishly.

What Would You Do? (11) A girl you know has become pregnant.

You are almost certainly the father.

The girl is not certain whether she wants the baby or not. She asks you to help her to decide.

Would you try to convince her to have an abortion?

Would you try to convince her to have the baby?

Would you offer to support her, if she had the baby?

Would you deny that the baby was yours and have nothing further to do with the girl?

If she decided to have an abortion and it had to be done privately, would you offer to pay the whole cost?

Would you tell her that the decision was entirely up to her and refuse to be drawn into any discussion?

12.

Memories of Berlin: 1935:Dusty King Alexander of Yugoslavia was a.s.sa.s.sinated at Ma.r.s.eilles yesterday. M. Barthou, the French Foreign Minister, who had gone to the port to greet the King, was also murdered.

The a.s.sa.s.sin jumped on the running board of the car in which the King, who had only just landed, was driving with M. Barthou, General Georges, and Admiral Berthelot, and fired a series of shots. The General and the Admiral were both wounded. The murderer, believed to be a Croat, was killed by the guard.

King Alexander was on his way to Paris for a visit of great political importance. It was to have been the occasion of an attempt to find means, through French mediation, of improving relations between Yugoslavia, the ally of France, and Italy, as preliminary to a Franco-Italian rapprochement.

THE TIMES October 10,1934.

A policy of keeping the United States ”unentangled and free” was announced here today by President Roosevelt in his first public utterance recognizing the gravity of war abroad ...

The general advance of the Italian armies from Eritrea has begun. At dawn today 20,000 men in four columns crossed the Mareb River which forms the Ethiopian boundary. Groups of light tanks operating ahead covered the crossing. Airplanes hovered overhead and long range guns fired occasional sh.e.l.ls to discourage opposition. Italian planes bombed Adowa and Adigrat ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 2 and 3,1935.

The Italian government is capable of almost any kind of treason”.

ADOLPH HITLER, August 9, 1943.

He looks up into the cloudy eyes of his friend. You seem quite pale, he says. - Why doesn't anything happen? Karl wipes his lips.

-That's none of your business, says the black man. I feel like a drink. Do you want one? He turns and goes to the table where the waiter has arranged a variety of drinks. - What do you like?

-I don't drink much. A lemonade will do.

- A gla.s.s of wine?

-All right.

Karl accepts the gla.s.s of red wine. He holds it up to a beam of moonlight.- I wish I could help you, he says.

- Don't worry about that.