Teuns hold it up in the air, and one after another, they come and smell it three times. Apparently, this was just what the men needed because everybody looked a tad more refreshed after that. Even Fritz, although he is trying to pretend it has been a ridiculous and demeaning ceremony.
There is significance in Catroux’s words when he speaks again. “I think this woman, whoever she might be, has deliberately thrown away this handkerchief to try and leave a trail. It is a good thing the wind did not blow strongly last night. Forward!”
He leads them on quickly, and they follow the tracks, one kilometer after the other. A couple of kilometers onward, they find another paper handkerchief, and now everybody knows it has been left there deliberately. The person who had thrown them away in the san
