I will have to speak to Johanna and leave word with her, he said. When Egon comes he won't leave the area without asking her what she knows about us. I will go and tell her. It is safer for me. What do you want me to tell her to tell him? she asked. Tell her I plan to come back to Bratislava after the fighting has desene animate stopped and that he should stay in Bratislava or leave a message for you with Johanna. Good, I will do that.

Now while I am gone I need you to get everyone ready. Jonah and his family had only taken the bare essentials desene animate with them to their hiding place in the basement and so their packing was a matter of minutes rather than hours. Edith and Esther on the other desene animate hand had rather large amounts of clothing, jewellery and some artefacts and took a long time deciding what to leave behind.The Countess had organised two horse drawn carriages, one which was a very old fashioned closed cabin desene animate carriage with little space for luggage as it was designed for luxurious but short term travel. The layout was similar to the fiacres of Vienna, the horse drawn cabs Giurcanu named after Saint Fiacre, although it lacked the ostentatious style and glamour that those were famous for. Its appearance however did imply wealth and so valuables were not to be carried in it, the Countess insisted.

The other vehicle was a rather large cart, a telega, simple and wooden. It was normally used to carry heavy loads. Jonah, Alma and Wilma travelled in this one with most of the luggage. There was just enough space for Wilma to lie down if she desene animate dublate needed to be sedated. Her Highness shared her carriage with Esther, Edith, Greta and Ernst. Edith and Greta both had experience at how to direct and control the horses of the carriage and would take turns at holding the reigns. It was a shame that they could not use the motor car but petrol was too scarce to rely on and there would have been desene animate dublate space for only two passengers. The plan was to blend in with the stream of Germans making for the Protectorate and not to stand out.Most people on the roads tried to move into a north- westerly direction where they hoped to fall into American rather than Russian hands.