The 34th Degree

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A ndros realized he had little time to act, so he quickly repositioned the bodies, placing the Ceska in Werner’s hand and the letter opener in Hans’s hand. He kicked Hans’s Luger off to the side.

This way, Andros hoped, it would look like Werner had come in snooping and was caught by Hans. But Werner pointed his Ceska at Hans and made him drop his Luger and shot him, perhaps. But not before the good SS guard could grab something sharp from the desk and kill Werner. It would have to do.

Now he heard von Berg’s voice outside the door, then the rattle of the key in the lock. The doorknob began to turn. Andros snatched the camera and hurried through the French doors, closing them behind him the instant the door opened and von Berg’s dark figure filled the square of light.