Mind the Time
Copyright© 2014 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 24
"Where is this watch?"
"With the Princess."
Then, nothing would do but she recite the whole story ... in German. Half way through his scanner must have vibrated in his pocket because he held up his hand, "Stoppen Sie,"
They were back to him speaking German. He fished his pad and read the screen. He pushed some buttons and held his hand over his left ear. He answered a voice from the palm of his hand ... probably like hearing the sea from a seashell ... probably not.
"Ja."
The cupped hand asked if Vee was present.
"Sie ist hier."
Her full name as tendered by her Student ID?
"Wendolyn Wanzor Austin die fünfte."
Pet name?
"Was sagt deine Mutter anrufen?"
"Vee," she answered.
Where is the watch?
"Wo ist diese Uhr?"
"Home with my mother."
The palm of his hand imparted important information. He pulled the hand away from his ear and looked at it. It was like looking at an old fashioned handset telephone and doubting what he heard. He put his palm back ... more noise from the sea.
He listened, his eyes got big, " Sie haben einen Vorfahren. Eine Wendy Von Wanzor des Herzogtums Schleswig-Holstein. Sie heiratete David James Austin."
"That's my Great great great grandmother."
"Another relative, Andrea Slagle Austin?"
"Never heard of her."
"We are very thorough. If Berlin says you are related ... you are related."
"If you say so."
"We do."
He bowed very low. So did his minions. " Sie sind Ihre Königliche Hoheit, Wendolyn, Prinzessin Slagle Most Excellent, Koenigsknecht, Dame des Reiches des Rákóczi - habsburgischen... österreichischen, rumänischen, preußischen und der letzte überlebende Herzogin von Schleswig-Holstein."
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