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Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel is a cruel, greedy German military commander, who uses a mixture of torture, sadism, manipulation, and blackmail in order to track down the legendary Sea of Flames—a valuable diamond housed in the Natural History Museum of Paris. Von Rumpel’s desire for the diamond leads him to cross paths with Marie-Laure and Werner Pfennig in Saint-Malo, and in the end we see that he’s willing to commit murder to get what he wants. Nevertheless, von Rumpel isn’t entirely an unsympathetic character: we come to see that he’s dying of cancer, and wants the diamond in order to save his own life.
Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel Quotes in All the Light We Cannot See
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10. Comrades
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“The cease-fire is scheduled for noon, or so they say,” von Rumpel says in an empty voice. “No need to rush. Plenty of time.” He jogs the fingers of one hand down a miniature street. “We want the same thing, you and I, Private. But only one of us can have it. And only I know where it is. Which presents a problem for you. Is it here or here or here or here?”
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Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel Quotes in All the Light We Cannot See
The All the Light We Cannot See quotes below are all either spoken by Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel or refer to Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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10. Comrades
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“The cease-fire is scheduled for noon, or so they say,” von Rumpel says in an empty voice. “No need to rush. Plenty of time.” He jogs the fingers of one hand down a miniature street. “We want the same thing, you and I, Private. But only one of us can have it. And only I know where it is. Which presents a problem for you. Is it here or here or here or here?”
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