Chapter 24 Summary

Liz goes to prison where she asks the commissar to give her more information about the case. The commissar tells her that Leamas and Fiedler will be killed. Liz spends the night in prison until Mundt arrives. He takes her out of the prison and leads her to a car outside where Leamas is waiting. Leamas explains that the two of them are leaving Germany. He explains that Mundt was the mystery agent. Leamas' true mission is to have Fiedler discredited and killed in order to protect Mundt.

Chapter 24 Analysis

Liz' experience in the prison is the final piece of information that she needs in order to end her faith in the Communist Party. Listening to the wardeness, she sees that there is no place for her in this system. At the same time, Liz assumes that Leamas and Fiedler are on the...