Above Suspicion

Von Aschenhausen sat on the edge of a large desk. His eyes were fixed on the man standing over the girl roped to a chair. He spoke again: 'You fool. You stupid little fool. Can't you see I must, I will find out? My patience is limited. Kurt, try some more of your persuasion...'

The girl felt a hand of iron on her aching shoulder. She tried to turn her face away from the glare of the powerful lamp, but it still pierced her eyelids with a dull-red burning. She struggled weakly against the ropes that held her, but they only cut deeper into her breast and thigh...