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He was lost again, and Guillam waited patiently for him to come back. For while Smiley might have fixed his concentration upon Karla, Guillam had fixed his on Smiley; and just then would have gone anywhere with him, turned any corner in order to remain beside him and hear the story out.
'I also knew from the American observation reports that Gerstma
'I asked him: where was she? It was a question I would dearly have wished answered about A
Taking his time, Smiley pushed aside his half-eaten food, over which white flakes of fat had formed like seasonable frost.
'As he left the cell he changed his mind and helped himself to a packet of cigarettes and the lighter from the table, my lighter, a gift from A
'You were ill,' Guillam insisted.
'Let us say tired. Ill or tired; all night, between aspirin and quinine and treacle visions of the Gerstma
For a while now, Smiley sat silent.
'I had thrown psychology to the winds, such as I possess; tradecraft too. You can imagine what Control said. My story amused him, all the same; he loved to hear of people's weakness. Mine especially, for some reason.' He had resumed his factual ma