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Chapters (117)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. The Cast of Characters
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. The Recruits
  8. CHAPTER TWO
  9. CHAPTER THREE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. CHAPTER SIX
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT
  15. CHAPTER NINE
  16. CHAPTER TEN
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  23. The Missions
  24. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  25. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  26. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  65. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  66. The Game
  67. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  75. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  76. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  77. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  85. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  86. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  87. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  88. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  89. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
  90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
  91. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
  92. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
  93. HOME
  94. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE
  95. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX
  96. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN
  97. CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT
  98. CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE
  99. CHAPTER NINETY
  100. CHAPTER NINETY-ONE
  101. CHAPTER NINETY-TWO
  102. CHAPTER NINETY-THREE
  103. CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR
  104. CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE
  105. CHAPTER NINETY-SIX
  106. CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN
  107. CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT
  108. CHAPTER NINETY-NINE
  109. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED
  110. CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE
  111. Acknowledgments
  112. Discover More
  113. About the Author
  114. Reading Group Guide
  115. Discussion Questions
  116. A Conversation with Leila Meacham
  117. ALSO BY LEILA MEACHAM

“That is sad, the fate of so many,” the captain said, his sympathy sounding genuine. “Who were the passersby with whom you were speaking English?”

Bridgette grabbed a few seconds to think. If the captain had to ask who they were, they were not in the room upstairs. Either that or they had not talked. Maybe they had managed to escape the dragnet. Or they could be here, and the captain was on a fishing expedition. Either way, she was cooked, and all she could do was stall the inevitable.

“I—I really don’t know their names. I just know they are German and French residents of the neighborhood and pass by the mural often. They admired it greatly. I…heard them speaking English, not very well, and I just thought they’d picked it up on their own, like me, and I could practice mine.”

The captain gave her a grandfatherly look of exasperation over the tops of his glasses. “Did you not realize, young woman, that in these times such a conversation overheard by the wrong people could get you into trouble, which apparently it did. These English-speaking residents—male or female?”

“Three men, one woman.”

“You know where they live?”

“No sir.”

The captain consulted the sheet again. “It is suspected that the mural is something other than a pretty painting. It is a means to communicate with the French Resistance.”

“Oh, no sir!” Bridgette said, waving her small, delicate hands in protest. “I assure you it is nothing of the sort. I—I am an artist, you see, and I—I just wanted a creative outlet, and the wall was there, and the mother superior said I could draw on it, and I thought the mural would offer a relief from the ugliness of war and—”

“Yes, yes, I quite understand,” the captain said, stopping her flow. “And it does at that, your mural. I’ve seen it.” He consulted the sheet again. “So you live in the convent?”

“Yes, Capitaine, the sisters were kind enough to rent me a room.”

“Ah,” said the captain. “I am familiar with the place as well. Quite a sturdy structure. Thick walls.” Suddenly his eyes behind his spectacles sharpened, all traces of grandfatherly geniality vanished. “Well, Mademoiselle Bernadette Dufor, I will be ordering your room at the convent searched for anything of a clandestine nature. My men are not likely to find anything of that sort, are they?”

Bridgette’s breathing stopped. She must give nothing away of her panic. “Of course not, Capitaine.”

“Good.” He summoned the desk guard outside his office. “Take mademoiselle back to her chair in the hall until I call for her.” To Bridgette he said, “You will remain there until your story is confirmed, and then we will see about letting you go.”

CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX

CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX