Lessons

by Ian McEwan

Scholl were permitted to go out to Stadelheim prison to see their children for a few moments of farewell before their execution. With wartime shortages, the little treat they brought with them was likely a tasteless substitute for chocolate. Hans refused it. Sophie accepted it cheerfully. She told her parents she hadn’t eaten lunch and she was hungry.

glass. It wasn’t even seven o’clock. From somewhere

presumably, his trunk was locked at the time.