TheCodeBreakers
that every telegram, every line, even every code word was indelibly
printed in my brain. I could lie awake in bed and in the darkness
make my investigations—trial and error, trial and error, over and over
again.
Finally one night I awakened at midnight, for I had retired early,
and out of the darkness came the conviction that a certain series of
two-letter codewords absolutely must equal Airurando (Ireland). Then
other words danced before me in rapid succession: dokuritsu
(independence), Doitsu (Germany) , owari (stop). At last the great
discovery! My heart stood still, and I dared not move. Was I dreaming?
Was I awake? Was I losing my mind? A solution? At last—and after all
these months!
I slipped out of bed and in my eagerness, for I knew I was awake
now, I almost fell down the stairs.
With trembling fingers I spun the dial and opened the safe. I
grabbed my file of papers and rapidly began to make notes.