Status Updates From The House in Munich

"Tears gathered in his eyes again and rolled down his cheeks. He wiped them away with a handkerchief. 'Forgive mw, Fraulein, I shouldn't be so emotional. But her death was a terrible shock to me. You can't imagine.' 'I suppose not,' she murmured. But why wasn't it a relief to be free of that complaining, fat old woman? She was so critical and horrid."

The writing in this book is... interesting. For example, in this scene the heroine Sigrid is speaking with the Hero Jerry about an acquaintance of theirs whose wife had just been in an explosion and isn't likely to live... "She smiled at him. 'It's sweet of you to act concerned. I feel sorry for him. He acts so helpless and pathetic.' How thoughtful Jerry was!"