A Swiss Watch: A Novel Idea

Breucker reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a dime store novel. It was a poor book, _Ein Spaziergang um Mitternacht_, but it gave him something to do while he waited. Anyone who noticed him would realize - but no, the book made them never stop to notice him. 28. 27. 26. He loved the way a Swiss novelist (he could only imagine a poor, starving artist) would spell out the most ridiculous of situations in the most melancholy words. 12. 11. 10. _Bei Nacht und regen, sprach sich die Liebenden zum letzten Mal._ 5. 4. 3. Die melancholie, Breucker thought. 2. 1. Tick.

Tick.

Boom.