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The blind soldier , a big , vigorous fellow , was quite young . On his cheeks was
the soft , pale down of a beard that has never been shaved . I daresay he wasn't
eighteen . He had a broad face , with flat , wide features , and on his forehead
was ...
The blind soldier , a big , vigorous fellow , was quite young . On his cheeks was
the soft , pale down of a beard that has never been shaved . I daresay he wasn't
eighteen . He had a broad face , with flat , wide features , and on his forehead
was ...
Page 172
He had naturally a pale face and never looked as robust as he was . Mrs. Caypor
came downstairs and her husband joined her . They walked down the road , Fritzi
bounding round them , and Ashenden saw that Caypor immediately began to ...
He had naturally a pale face and never looked as robust as he was . Mrs. Caypor
came downstairs and her husband joined her . They walked down the road , Fritzi
bounding round them , and Ashenden saw that Caypor immediately began to ...
Page 204
His neat grey hair was parted on one side , his pale face was clean - shaven , he
had a delicate , straight nose and grey eyes under grey eyebrows , his mouth in
youth might have been sensual and wellshaped , but now it was set to an ...
His neat grey hair was parted on one side , his pale face was clean - shaven , he
had a delicate , straight nose and grey eyes under grey eyebrows , his mouth in
youth might have been sensual and wellshaped , but now it was set to an ...
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User Review - lamour - LibraryThingThis is volume three of Maugham's collected short stories. In this volume he has put 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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| 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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