Dear Peter (Guillam): I think you should know that the ashes of our friend Alec have recently been buried in Berlin, very close to where he died. The bodies of people killed under the Berlin Wall were often secretly incinerated and their ashes disappeared. However, thanks to the Stasi's meticulous record, it seems that in Alec's case they went through a special process. Now, his body has been seen again, and a funeral has been held with dignity, although it is too late. You Forever, George (Smiley) - "The Spy's Legacy" by John Le Carre In the last years of his life, Le Carre completes the Limas story and explains what I've always wanted to know, Le Carre Aftermath of Maas - Twenty-seven years after he fell under the Berlin Wall on a cold night in 62 He was buried in peace and rested forever on the soil of Berlin.
He doesn't believe in Marx, Jesus Christ, or Santa Claus. He is considered by the rounder to be an anti-Cold War troublemaker. The boss even wanted to call him back to "solve" him, but he still decided to squeeze his last value out and sent him on the road. On this road of no return.
For the disillusioned Limas, what he did was not to round up the field, not to maintain the declining empire, but "to protect those humble people and let ordinary people sleep peacefully at night."
The marble tombstone was washed as white as his soul by the rain. There is no birth or death year, no occupation, and no epitaph on the tombstone.
Just to my surprise, as a spy, he used his real name, "Alec Johannes Limas".
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