The Book Thief Chapter 51 Summary

The Schmunzeler

• Now there's another knock on the door.
• Luckily, it's only Rudy, coming to see if Liesel is OK.
• Hans says Rudy is her boyfriend; Liesel denies this and goes up the stairs.
• She opens the door to Rudy, and he says she smells funny.
• She says it's the smell of Hans's cigarettes.
• This gives Rudy the idea of selling cigarettes.
• Well, Liesel informs him that she doesn't steal things from Hans.
• He teases her about the things she does steal. She tells him to be quiet before somebody hears him.
• Rudy says Liesel has a "criminal" reek and should bathe.
• He calls Tommy over for a whiff.
• Liesel tells him to get lost.
• He asks if everything is OK, meaning her knee.
• It's a June day in Germany, 1942 and Germany is rotting, though Liesel doesn't know it.
• She's just happy that Max was not discovered, and that they are all still here.
• So, she says that everything's OK.