The Bargain
April, 1960
"I'll take you and your family across the river, ma'am," Willy said, "but it'll cost you."At evening, a crowd of women and children rallied uncertainly at the east bank of the little river, the Mulde, because it was an international boundary. A mournful whispering moved in the crowd; they were watching the sentry march his post on the pontoon bridge."I'll be glad to help, ma'am," Willy said. Heavy and powerful, he was leaning forward, talking to a German girl who wa...
