@all: Many thanks for all your nice comments. I enjoyed all of them.
@El Jefe: The translation is for me realy a large obstacle.
In the German text I used unfortunately too frequently too long and too complicated sentences. That is indeed my style to write.
A translation becomes naturally quite more difficult thereby. It is a very long time ago that I have read a book in English, so I don't know how to "write it in English". But it really makes me happy that you find in this a certain flare for the story.
Greetings
Vauban
The third part begins
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