Finished the commitment book, Armageddon by Leon Uris. Here's the last line. I was surprised by the reasons I didn't like it. More surprised by the reasons that I did.
Past the gate she was on the field. In her haste she did not see the American Army colonel coming in her direction.
They bumped together. The packages in Hilde’s arms tumbled to the ground and they both knelt instinctively to pick them up.
“I beg your pardon, fraulein,” Sean said.
“I am clumsy, it was my fault,” Hilde answered.
“Please let me help you.” He fitted the packages into her arms.
He put his fingers to his cap in a salute. “Aufwiedersehen, fraulein,” he said.
“Aufwiedersehen,” she answered.
The two of them went their separate ways.
Uris, Leon - Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin
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