It was partially why Bertie had never left, why none of them had left. They were all waiting for Gert to arrive; they were all waiting for things to get better. “Let’s wait and see” was the mantra. “Let’s wait and see.” And then Gert kept not arriving, and then transvestite passports were shut down, and then other passports were shut down, and then the Deutschland borders were closed, and it was illegal to leave.
