"Probably not half as much as I am proud of them," Rolf said. He was usually uncomfortable with praise, though his family was not shy of handing it and had often expressed their pride on him - even the more brawny Kästner side, whom Vogg still reminded him of, even now that he was a little less dazed.
"I've been travelling with them since I was a child," he carried on. "I never really thought of doing anything else."