Ashenden: Or, The British Agent |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 13
Page 48
... Italy . " Ashenden had come from Geneva to meet R. at Lyons and having got there before him had spent the afternoon wandering about the dull , busy and prosaic streets of that thriving city . They were sitting now in a restaurant on the ...
... Italy . " Ashenden had come from Geneva to meet R. at Lyons and having got there before him had spent the afternoon wandering about the dull , busy and prosaic streets of that thriving city . They were sitting now in a restaurant on the ...
Page 52
... Italy . I've got rather a ticklish job for him to do and I want you to stand by . I'm not keen on trusting him with a lot of money . He's a gambler and he's a bit too fond of the girls . I suppose you came from Geneva on your Ashenden ...
... Italy . I've got rather a ticklish job for him to do and I want you to stand by . I'm not keen on trusting him with a lot of money . He's a gambler and he's a bit too fond of the girls . I suppose you came from Geneva on your Ashenden ...
Page 54
... Italy was still neutral ; the Central Powers were straining every nerve to keep her so ; the Allies were doing what they could to induce her to declare war on their side . " We don't want to get into any trouble with the Italian ...
... Italy was still neutral ; the Central Powers were straining every nerve to keep her so ; the Allies were doing what they could to induce her to declare war on their side . " We don't want to get into any trouble with the Italian ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agent Alix ambassador amused Anastasia Alexandrovna answer Ashen Ashenden felt Ashenden knew Ashenden looked Ashenden saw Ashenden thought asked Ashenden baroness Berne Bolsheviks Brindisi Byring Caypor chance Chandra Colonel course cried Delilah detective dine dinner door England English everything eyes face Fafner feeling FĂ©lix fellow fool France Fritzi gave Geneva German Giulia Lazzari give glance Gustav Hairless Mexican hand Harrington head heart Herbartus Herbert Witherspoon Holzminden hour humour lake laughed Lausanne letter Lucerne married Mexican opened mind Miss King Monsieur morning neutral country never night notion O'Malley once opened Paris passport Petrograd play Russian scrambled eggs secret service seemed shoulders shrugged Sir Herbert sitting smile Somerville station stood story Swiss Switzerland talk tell there's thing Thonon told took train turned wait walked watched wife woman wondered word