"Es ist ein schönes Land." His German was tinged with a French accent. "I have been there many times on business. You should visit it someday. But you may want to avoid the big cities, ja? I don't think you would fit in there." At least not from Belloq's experience of Germany, where the cities were the site of a great deal of political activity, and, in some quarters, Visscher's deformity might be judged harshly. An imperfection in the Master Race.

He narrowed his eyes against the snow as they walked and looked for a shadow out of place, a hint of a crevice that might be a cave opening.