General.
They asked one favour of him, they said it was a small thing to set on the balance scales against his life. I never before heard of a Colonel General who granted a favour to the zeks. This once, this one time alone, a favour was granted.
When the day came the gates of the camp were opened and the strong men, those that had been Holly's friends, took him on their shoulders. The whole camp marched after them. They carried him to the cemetery, and all the zeks behind walked with their arms linked. The chain was never broken. They buried him in the cemetery, they walked back to the camp, they went into the Factory. A Procurator came that morning by air from Moscow and when he reached Barashevo they were all working, they were all in the Factory.'
'Thank you, Miss Morozova.'
'He asked me to be his witness.'
She was crying into a small handkerchief. Alan Millet stood up. He left the money for two coffees on the table and walked away towards the ticket counters.
