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Christoph is Matthäus Tina’s friend in the German Legion and his collaborator in the escape to Germany. He plays a vital part in the plan, collecting a boat from the harbor in which the two hope to row to the French coast. Due to a navigational error, however, Tina and Christoph find themselves in Jersey (a British island) instead of France, and are captured for desertion and sentenced to death. Christoph demonstrates the same loyalty and self-sacrifice as Tina when the two of them claim full responsibility for the escape, allowing the other accompanying soldiers to avoid capital punishment. Christoph is buried alongside Matthäus Tina in the village churchyard in Dorset.
Christoph Quotes in The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
The The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion quotes below are all either spoken by Christoph or refer to Christoph. 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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Their graves were dug at the back of the little church, near the wall. There is no memorial to mark the spot, but Phyllis pointed it out to me. While she lived she used to keep their mounds neat; but now they are overgrown with nettles, and sunk nearly flat. The older villagers, however, who know of the episode from their parents, still recollect the place where the soldiers lie. Phyllis lies near.
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Christoph Quotes in The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
The The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion quotes below are all either spoken by Christoph or refer to Christoph. 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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Their graves were dug at the back of the little church, near the wall. There is no memorial to mark the spot, but Phyllis pointed it out to me. While she lived she used to keep their mounds neat; but now they are overgrown with nettles, and sunk nearly flat. The older villagers, however, who know of the episode from their parents, still recollect the place where the soldiers lie. Phyllis lies near.
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