Death in Rome (25 page)

The ambulancemen came, and a doctor closed his eyes. The ambulancemen were dressed in field-grey, and they carried
Judejahn
off as though from a battlefield.

That same evening, Judejahn's death was reported in the press; its circumstances had made it world news, though the fact of it can have shocked no one.

4
Er
Aber,
sags
ihm, er kann mich im Arsch lecken'—Goethe,
Götz von Berlichingen
, Act 3.

{†}
A Hamburg greeting.