With his Iron Cross, his blond hair, and his blue eyes he could have been a model for a Nazi propaganda poster. The colonel sat back in his ...chair, touched the tips of his fingers together, and said, “Private Rickmers, I have some good news for you and some bad news. The good news is that your Jewish girl friend made it safely to Spain. She thanks you for saving her life.” There was a long pause when no one said anything. Finally Hans asked, “And what is the bad news?” The. Every eye was on me as I dropped the kickstand and stepped away from the bike. It gave me more than a small amount of pleasure to see the confusion on all the faces.I removed my leather jacket and unstrapped my helmet. I could see Steve getting up from the picnic table and start my way as I pulled the helmet from my head. I carefully placed it on my handlebars and turned to face him."Holy shit! Eric! I sure as hell never thought you'd be pulling up on a sweet ride like this," he exclaimed. "I'd. "Learned about it in me travels." Ye mean ye bathe inside?" Aye," he grinned, "and so shall ye." Huh," she grunted again."Uh, if ye want," he corrected himself.Pouring the bucket of water into a kettle hanging above the fire, he quickly filled it to the top with more water from the well."Ye'll like it," he told her as he set the bucket down, "jest ye wait and see." Maybe," she grinned with a childlike innocence."It makes a new person out of ye," he went on.Then he turned away from her and faced. ”“I can’t either confirm or deny that,” I replied, “but I have someone with me who’d like to talk to you.”“Well, put her on then, and David,” Charlie replied, “If she’s going to ask me what I think she is, I’ll tell you now, the answer is yes.”I handed the phone silently to Cal, then wandered off to the other room to give her some privacy.She came in twenty minutes later and handed me the phone.“She wants to talk to you now,” Cal said.“Hi,” I said, when Cal left the room, “I’ve missed you.”“Oh.