Eye of the Storm (2014)
“At first, he was nonplussed, but it was the perfect place to hide from Vichy and German eyes. Most of the working girls had fled for more prosperous locales and Rosa had recruited the few who remained into her intelligence-gathering network. Thick drapes blanketed every window, there were hidden tunnels and passages to expedite clandestine exits, and more than enough beds for all. The only thing lacking for the others was fresh air and relief from the boredom brought on by confinement. After th...ree weeks, tempers began to flare.
Paddy, because of his fluency in German and growing competency with the Marseilles French dialect, was the only one able to leave the bordello, accompanied by Rosa, of course. She watched over all of her “apatrides,” persons without papers or a country to claim, with the possessiveness of a mother hen. Especially the soldiers. She told Paddy that most of the British Expeditionary Forces stranded in France were at Fort St. Jean, but the city was too mad with fear after news that Vichy’s leader, Marshal Petain, was coming for an inspection tour for her to risk moving Paddy’s men there.MoreLess
Paddy, because of his fluency in German and growing competency with the Marseilles French dialect, was the only one able to leave the bordello, accompanied by Rosa, of course. She watched over all of her “apatrides,” persons without papers or a country to claim, with the possessiveness of a mother hen. Especially the soldiers. She told Paddy that most of the British Expeditionary Forces stranded in France were at Fort St. Jean, but the city was too mad with fear after news that Vichy’s leader, Marshal Petain, was coming for an inspection tour for her to risk moving Paddy’s men there.MoreLess
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