After Number 6
emerges, from what he thought was an office he knew very well in London, only to find he’s still in The Village. He sees
Fotheringay, Number 2, and the woman Nadia standing outside the Recreation
Hall, and walks over to them. He looks up and says nothing. They look down on
him as he looks up at them and simply gives the salute and says “Be seeing
you,” then walks away. I’m always impressed by the way Number 6 takes this
defeat in his stride, but then perhaps he can see that any protest either
physical or verbal would be a waste of effort. Besides it would get him
precisely nowhere, he probably wouldn’t want to give them the satisfaction. Yes
he has been betrayed, but Number 6 only had himself to blame, so gullible as to
believe Number 8 knew the location of The Village. He didn’t even question her
on how she had been able to contact Karel when she was a prisoner in The
Village! But Number 6 has learned a hard lesson, he now knows who has put him
in The Village, seeing as he’s been betrayed by his own people, the Colonel and
Fotheringay. So he can no longer depend upon help from that quarter, which
leaves Number 6 completely on his own, without a friend or anyone he can place
his trust in!
Be seeing you
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