A beautiful young German woman, Ilse is introduced to the story as bait to smoke out traitors in Friedrich Zechmann's intelligence organization. Barnabas "Barney" Wolkowicz, arranges for Ilse to bring to his boss, Hubbard Christopher, a story about Hubbard's missing wife, Lori. Ilse has golden hair and smells of roses. Few German girls look as innocent as she in 1946. Barney begins sleeping with her and eventually marries her. Ilse tells two versions of her life's story, one of which makes her vulnerable to Soviet reprisal. She appears to be kidnapped by the Soviets after being caught in an affair with Robin Darby, but this is a charade. Barney and Ilse live in secret wherever he is assigned. Barnie is released but Ilse is held hostage to guarantee that he never divulges the truth.
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