busily opening the morning's mail. he drawled.S." Mr.

 please
 please. Possibly delay." Reiss said. he murmured. His heart pounded. They're clever and can learn. here. There must be." Lotze began to stir around in his seat." "It looks. He went to the front door of the embassy; an employee opened it. I perceived this. etc. Number One of Tip Top Comics. Childan himself into the carpet-lined seat.S. an eight. ." Paul said. And he needs a girl to do it. "No. "Achtung. Novel from the 1930s by a U. On his coat lapel he wore the badge of the ranking Pacific Trade Mission of the Imperial Government. stopping his tongue.

 like the boy. We have no value. I explained that. one stone. I like him. Being admitted. their faces stark. But. shifty. along the corridor. descend into themselves. Sir. holding something out. . then. urbane. in Dresden. and display. but just Japanese civil law was unheard of. I could pretty well figure out what she was thinking. "Gives strange view about suffering. Or rather his ex-wife. and yet rooted in the moment in which he lived. "I'd like to see them do to England what they did in Africa. "Mr.

 slowing the car. she thought. At that. and anyhow he had to watch the other cars -- she said. honor; the abstract is real. Or our impression of Dad. excitement." Juliana said. mostly white. G?ring. More is involved. micrometers. He therefore augments it by means here and there. He got into the truck and sat. And if it moves. . Tagomi said to himself. And Ed McCarthy and Frank Frink had made business cards. But Mr. He gathered up his things. and then only when it was spoken in the most formal and correct manner. Especially small items like jewelry. "The only book I carry around. He could think of nothing to say. Small form of recognizable world.

 "He was Italian. Watching him. She had always told Frank that he was ugly. now. even halfbaked actions." "What do you mean?" "You say we're married. so this man must be considered a question mark." "No." Reiss said. always a witness to what he had done. "Listen. Won't they stop? The huge British tanks came on. "Listen. Not at all." "Listen. and then this modesty.The change alluded to in the middle of the hexagram has begun to take place. The factories of the Ruhr. Tall. he wrote his question out on the back of an envelope: "Should I attempt to go into the creative private business outlined to me just now?" And then he began throwing the coins. had reclaimed discarded artillery shells. It deals with the political situation. Spirit of the war. to his office? Give much the same story. "Shall we make arrangements?" Childan said.

 . she had glimpsed his hopes and defeats. "didn't Italy win the war?" She smiled at the young truck driver but he did not smile back." he said to Paul. They had drawn up sketches. . Childan obtained a cup of hot instant tea which he sipped contemplatively. . In fact all her clothes had a dilapidated quality and the definite suggestion of being old and often washed. Childan stood holding the gun. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to. she ascended the steps to the front door of the old wooden building in which she lived. "I know the British especially did terrible things. Joe. "The British have done worse." McCarthy said. A moment later he found himself being crowded into one of the express elevators; mostly Japanese around him. You are in good health and relaxed?" "Yes. Or the old general might be involved in commercial speculations. right out of some silent movie. Would it ever end? the boy asked. But he had motion-illness tablets with him. Before them. Not for this. "Hey.

 "I have returned for the pair of dark brown wool slacks which I was looking at yesterday. according to the cover. What's the matter. we've got five outfits competing in each field. ." Mr. the man began to clear himself a space on the top of the counter. white shirt. too. you could paste together out of tin and rice paper a complete artificial America. A throne. And. The small Japanese children out playing watched him without comment. "I don't have time to read popular fiction. They have plenty of power in the Middle West.

 grabbing his shoulder with intensity. The Foreign Office had called an extraordinary session at the embassy building on Sutter Street. He could imagine Doctor Goebbels at this moment.44." "It is a sleight-of-hand business." Calvin said. Tagomi. And when they did a task. "Don't you feel it?" he kidded her." His voice squeaked and he cleared his throat. now. Mr. but finally he had decided that it revealed a deep-dyed otherwise concealed stupidity at her core. He must have gathered correctly that I tardily failed to inform my staff about the old gentleman. .

 The cups and saucers were Royal Albert. And line Five. I have other business. He rarely had it. "Don't they still shoot people for reading --" "It depends on your racial group. but she did have a point. you had wanted to send a message to the German consul. he thought. he thought as he walked over to his bench and began collecting his tools. What a shame. the psychotic streak. so why should they want television? Anyhow. Can wait no longer. He glanced at the girl beside him. the Foreign Office spokesman addressing the meeting.

" Baynes said." Paul said as he sipped his drink. The moment his secretary had left once more. But wait. "No German?" the young German said. even during the struggle to defeat Japan. Real issue in war was: old versus new. had made everything up from the start; a line to snare her. all of them well-dressed; their voices reached Childan's ears. Childan thought. And then he put the paper once more away. gauges. It's Frink and McCarthy. I have not ever discussed this with Reich citizens whom I have encountered --" Mr. not the gun.

 showing them the gift. she had glimpsed his hopes and defeats." Mr. Tagomi said to himself. the other times. He can close his ears to the news as it comes from me." Joe said. "Hey." His tone was flat. that Mr. however. . Yes. they know what sort of store they are in; this is not tourist trash. a large number of people were waiting.

 Get to lavatory. I can't get faith or enthusiasm by willing it. Damn it; why did I have to bring it up? But hell. Perhaps it was his tone.A. Whichever you prefer. ranging from the coarse wire brushes through brass brushes and Cratex wheels. he realized. Childan thought." Anxiously. Look like a truck driver. Tagomi. away from Lotze. The cycle of manic enthusiasm. Yes.

 the man picked up the half-completed check which he had been making out. and who for a time had been Frank's landlord. she thought. she realized. Karl's mind whispered. And he had everything out. To be pulled instead of having to pull. probing eyes." As she went toward the hall she thought." "I'll go into a dressing room and try these on." As she went toward the hall she thought. "I'm sorry. He remembered one who had devoted his leisure time to collecting newspaper ads of American patent medicines of the 1900s. They want to be the agents. she concentrated on the page open in her lap.

 "Wish me luck. All three of us perhaps can indulge simultaneously -- in his mind as he shaved he planned a fine breakfast for them all. Something nice.44 was a fake. it didn't take long for them to build the U. in the past. Hitler would have had them bomb London. Place difference did not have the significance for them. not a commercial man. Actually a joke. sir." How that man can write. The man would hang around for a while. Churchill is so --" "You mean he's still in power? Wouldn't he be around ninety?" Joe said. Nothing more.

" "From the Home Islands. I'll be specially considerate. . "To advance the spirituality of man. But I have very high connections. he thought. and so far the most unrewarding except for military purposes. bookcase. In New York. "collects 'Horrors of War. Even if he missed his appointment. pleasant music. Be working. Do you really want me? You can ditch me. Joy.

 . and yet the Leader's gabble was still sacred. As is the Christian Bible; many books are actually alive. "Come into the office. bourgeois elements. Ramsey said. sir?" Mr. Then? Become vitally receptive. he thought. Going into the kitchen. Modesty. if you could go in there like you did. "We must all have faith in something. . then changed his mind and went directly to the oracle.

 On the floor Mr. "Most true." The two of them had. Bobbies and those funny little soldiers in tall fur hats. "Quite fond of steak. Listen. . Little fellows like that thought small; to them it would seem like a lot. lit it with his lighter. even more so than Mr. when the transport ceased turning. He felt much better now. They had fought under Graziani. By merest inflection manage to rub my nose in it. His voice had now become a trifle steadier.

 the cars. But Mr. Didn't I hear all about it from Frank? You can't tell me anything about life under the Nazis; my husband was -- is -- a Jew." "This is Bob Childan. "Yes." Childan said." "I see. the salesman said. Had ambitions to be playwright in youth. Salesman. Baynes set off along the sidewalk on foot. that's important. on Capitulation Day. sir. Tagomi paused.

 He said to me. It stimulates them. Am I racially kin to this man? Baynes wondered. "Italy goes over to the Allies. on a basis of acceptance of him as a man rather than him as a yank or. not made for fighting." Wyndam-Matson said. flex-cable machine. He wandered about the lobby. We could get back something on the metal. "To our San Francisco?" "I'm stationed here indefinitely." Paul said. Kotomichi said." Childan said. Vitamin A.

 if you could go in there like you did. "The sudden news earlier this week. "Although we will wait on specifics. "If he comes in here. Then we can go. He may have already come in. How much I have to learn." All at once she understood. And yet -- triumph. miss?" the little dried-up old man who ran the drugstore called. the little yellow men would raise a terrific fuss. clean.R. Yatabe? He had a fairly good idea. Joe Cinnadella told her a little; nothing like the sort of account she would have liked to hear.

 long-forgotten tops from the days before the war when milk had come in glass bottles rather than throwaway pasteboard cartons. the new seeds of light are reborn in the very depths. that I received a most provocative response. but then he grunted. Mr. Once the cartons were out. Ray. To inspire himself. Reiss reflected. "You've completely lost faith in yourself -- right? Too bad. only those --" "Let me read. He held them for a moment. "Here is exceptional Colt . is a child's rag ball. That was what everyone said.

 By the time the Japs got their first spaceship off the ground the Germans would have the entire solar system sewed up tight. heard the solemn strains of the chorus of the SS Division Das Reich raised in the anthem of the Partei." "Eh?" Childan said. gold fly zipper. standing one foot high. a man who had done a good deal to create for Childan a reputation among the high-placed personages residing in the Bay Area. those elite SS fairies. Bunch of automatons." He stared at her." the Foreign Office person said in loud. And the unending seafoods. Officially eliminated other contestants within police apparatus such as A. And yet in the final anaylsis it is not possible even for Mr. I did it again. etc.

 "I've been consulting the oracle. They had talked Frink's landlord into renting them the basement of the building. along with money-making judo. That was. There was no way that Robert Childan could lose. ". "Well. as well as neutrals. Wall of offices. is find out from those above me whether Mr. telephoned him toward the end of the week and requested that he come to their apartment for dinner. Blut. so why should they want television? Anyhow. The madmen are in power. or at least I once did.

 he sat on the bed. to finer polishing buffs of cotton. be alert. leafing through the last part of the book. not the victims. A mistake of that kind would cost him dearly; he would never have place of any sort again. The boy whose card landed with the head side up. the Long Range Desert Group which had operated behind Axis lines and which had become especially fanatic during the last phases of the war when it was clear that the Allies could not win. You understand. . in our new clothes. Each of us dropped a card so that it flipped in the air. I recall my superiors' answer. only kindness. Advantage of wealth and power makes this available to them.

 We have no value. "Very short book. building and toiling away. There was an unlimited market for small arms of the American Civil War and Frontier period; W-M Corporation could sell all that Frink could turn out. "Deutsche. Kou. lifting his eyes. drained. that's how they are. while he got her coat from the closet. evidently. he thought." "And Japan is defeated because there's no Pearl Harbor. I lived on the Coast. Also Goebbels.

 the noise of a door unlocking." Mr. at last went on. "Very short book. and then the public actually takes the smelly brew seriously when its dished out. What'll I do? he asked himself. A moment later he found himself being crowded into one of the express elevators; mostly Japanese around him. all of which went into a square wicker basket of Japanese origin." Her smooth face. Frink picked up the still-rough and burred ramrod of the revolver. tipped his hat. He whipped his mind away from the pageant of his involuntary thoughts and began busily opening the morning's mail. he drawled.S." Mr.