Gollnow is nothing like Mildred’s students from the BAG. He has a mediocre mind and a boastful soul, but Mildred can use both qualities to her advantage. Gollnow’s position in the Abwehr gives him access to top-secret intelligence about Germany’s military tactics in the Soviet Union. How easy it is to fill his cup with peppermint tea and ask him, under the guise of an English lesson, to talk about himself. To say: Tell me what you do. Tell me how you do it. Tell me, in English.
