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Gustav kept his eyes , smiling behind the glasses , fixed watchfully on Ashenden ,
and it was possible that they held a ... That was very thin ; Gustav , a business
man , knew too well how important in his particular job was the exactness of a ...
Gustav kept his eyes , smiling behind the glasses , fixed watchfully on Ashenden ,
and it was possible that they held a ... That was very thin ; Gustav , a business
man , knew too well how important in his particular job was the exactness of a ...
Page 153
Ashenden knew a good deal of this matter . He knew that both the Germans and
the Swiss guarded the frontier with severity . " Oh ? Why should you not cross in
the ordinary way ? You were engaged because your connection with a Swiss firm
...
Ashenden knew a good deal of this matter . He knew that both the Germans and
the Swiss guarded the frontier with severity . " Oh ? Why should you not cross in
the ordinary way ? You were engaged because your connection with a Swiss firm
...
Page 191
You know what women are . Now Ashenden knew what it was that he saw in
Caypor's eyes . Fear . It gave him a nasty turn . Caypor didn't want to go to
England , he wanted to stay safely in Switzerland ; Ashenden knew now what the
major ...
You know what women are . Now Ashenden knew what it was that he saw in
Caypor's eyes . Fear . It gave him a nasty turn . Caypor didn't want to go to
England , he wanted to stay safely in Switzerland ; Ashenden knew now what the
major ...
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User Review - kristykay22 - LibraryThingThis is a compelling, although rather chilly, collection of loosely connected short stories following the intelligence work of Ashenden, a writer turned spy for the British government during World War ... Read full review
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User Review - lamour - LibraryThingThis is volume three of Maugham's collected short stories. In this volume he has placed his stories that have the same protagonist, Ashendan, who is recruited to move to Switzerland where he will be a ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ashenden: Or, The British Agent Volume 5 of The collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham, 5, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 May 2009 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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