The Six Escapes - Finding Lost Civilizations

Fifth EscapeTo my surprise, I'd received a letter fromGermany; it was from my village friendwhom I'd last seen in Maribor's prison withhis shaven, shiny head some sevenmonths before. He wrote, "I escaped fromMaribor's prison soon after you werereleased, and later escaped throughAustria all the way to Germany, and ampresently in a Nuremberg refugee campawaiting the asylum papers." Andcontinued, "Not only are you my goodfriend, but also as misfortunate as I was intrying to come to Germany. For this reasonI and my friend here, whom you also knowfrom the next village of ours, have decidedto come and escort you all the way to here.The only thing that we need on arrival isour travel expense money, about 15,000dinars."I was very happy to hear that. Andimmediately wrote back, "I'm very pleasedto have such good friend and happy to seeyou finally succeeded. But I think it wouldbe much too risky for the two of you toreturn. But indeed I would appreciate it ifyou tell, or advise me of, where and howdid you make it.”A week later he wrote back, saying,"Rafael, don't worry about us, we're comingto pick you up within few days, be ready."Meanwhile my brother wrote me a letterfrom Canada informing me of the twofriends who would help me escape toGermany. I was a bit uneasy about seeingspecifics in a letter, since it was notuncommon for the post office to open and