Then he smiled with cruel irony, his bearded face taking on the semblance of a tragic mask peeping between the curtains of the night.
"I wonder what those men up there are thinking!" he muttered.

"I wonder if any star knows that Bismarck ever existed!.

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I wonder if the planets are aware of the divine mission of the German nation!" And he continued laughing.
Some far-away and uncertain noise disturbed the stillness of the night, slipping through some of the chinks that cut the immense plain of roofs.
The three turned their heads so as to hear better.