1940 · Naval Enigma · Werk 469 von 1.871

A cramped wooden office with charts of the North Atlantic pinned across one wall, coastlines and grid lines drawn on them, shoe boxes full of index cards stacked along a shelf, a single desk lamp burning on a cluttered desk as the only light, an enamel mug left on a pile of blank intercept slips, a pencil and a rubber, blackout blinds over the window, a coat on a hook by the door, the corners of the office in darkness.
Jeder Verweis nennt seine Art. „Vorläufer“ allein wäre eine Behauptung.