Struggle. Taste of power
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They went up to the third floor and went in the opposite direction. They reached the end again and began to ascend to the fourth floor. Bazankhr was clearly in uniform, but the six novices accompanying Samokh were already a little out of breath.
In the end, on the fourth floor we reached the middle of the building, found the right door, and then it turned out that the key was somewhere on the first floor:
–How ridiculous. – Bazankhre was indignant. It's all right. I'll get in touch and the key will be brought to us. He pulled out a walkie-talkie and spoke loudly into it:
–This is Basalt-01. Basalt-02, take the chapel keys to the fourth floor, room 408.
Samoh was beginning to get bored with the spectacle:
–Colonel, don't your employees know what room the chapel is in?
–Of course they do. Of course… But it's one thing to know the way, and another to know the number… Nobody looks at the number. Everyone walks here by memory, not looking at the inscriptions…
–So they wouldn't have told them the room number now. They'd have come from memory.
–Your Eminence, I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. – almost bowed to the secret police. – It was only to show you the chapel as quickly as possible. I'm really sorry about the keys.
After only a minute and a half, Deputy Bazankhra appeared with the keys. Handing them over, he gave out another piece of news:
–Mr. Colonel, they moved the chapel to the third floor in the other wing of the building, right?
–How? When? – Bazanhr was sharply surprised, feigning a full range of amazement.
–After all, the clergyman said there was too much light in this room and told me to move it to another room at the earliest opportunity. Where it's dark.
Samoh was enraged at what he heard:
–Are you playing games with me, Colonel?! Mocking the holy church?!
The SS man almost bowed again:
–What-oh-you… What-oh-you… I had no idea… I apologize for this misunderstanding. My staff works too fast, sometimes you can't see how fast they follow commands… Please, let me show you the chapel.
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