Book 2, Part 2 Summary

William and Corker meet one of the Swedish reporters at a canteen while en route to check for their lost baggage at the train station. The Swede informs William and Corker about the presence of a Russian spy in the city but William and Corker tell their Swedish colleague that that information is not true. The men are interrupted by the entrance of a young German girl whom the Swede reveals as a tenant at the German hotel, Pension Dressler. The girl buys something but never says a word before leaving.

Fifty more reporters have arrived on today's train and William ends up sharing his room with some of them who take advantage of his cots and another accoutrements, which finally arrived on the train. The cramped quarters at the now overflowing Hotel Liberty push William to check out and move...