confiscated pen from the prison, which he gave to his daughter many years ago as a gift. He decides shortly after that he will give a tour, but stresses that it will be on his own terms. He confronts a tour group the next day and asks to be their guide. Berta, the regular guide, says that he may join the group and offer his opinion but she will still accompany them. Like most guides, Berta is a former inmate that tells of the atrocities done to her during her imprisonment. When they reach her cell, she talks of how she was tortured. Not only does Hans deny that such things happen, he states that the size of her cell was a luxury. When he enters the cell to prove his point, Berta closes the door. When he demands to be let out, she says that she does not have the key. Because he received all the key in one of his packages, he slips her the keys from under the door and does not panic; he instead thinks of a time he was on a picnic with his family. Shortly afterwards, the door opens. They then make their way to the infirmary; here, Berta states that patients were subjected to radiation poisoning, to which Hans also denies. Hans also asserts that the head doctor was a benevolent man, treating his daughter when she was ill. Hans begins to walk off, but before he can leave, Berta reminds him that they still have to tour the "U-boats," or confinement units where inmates were exposed to extremely hot or cold water. Outraged that such chambers were torturous, he strips himself and enters the chambers, closes the door, and ask for the water from the valve to be released on him; Berta does so after cautioning him many times. While inside, Hans remembers who Berta was in the prison; he had confiscated a valuable ring from her and gave it to his friends's daughter. As he becomes aware of his ignorance, he reminisce of the rains that fell on East Germany many years ago. The title of the story comes from Brigitte's observation that she is "friends" with George Orwell after she read Nineteen Eighty-Four, a book that had been thrown over the Berlin Wall and brought home by Hans. The Orwell novel also appears on his office desk's "lost and found."