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Page 102
... known to be an agent of the Central Powers and it was most undesirable that he should be on any terms with her but those of frigid courtesy . Ashenden shrugged his shoulders . R. did not think him as clever as he thought himself . But ...
... known to be an agent of the Central Powers and it was most undesirable that he should be on any terms with her but those of frigid courtesy . Ashenden shrugged his shoulders . R. did not think him as clever as he thought himself . But ...
Page 165
... known of him . His letters , and he received a good many , were closely censored ; there were few codes that the people who dealt with such matters could not in the end decipher and it might be that sooner or later through him it would ...
... known of him . His letters , and he received a good many , were closely censored ; there were few codes that the people who dealt with such matters could not in the end decipher and it might be that sooner or later through him it would ...
Page 256
... known as much about anyone as he knew about Mr. Harrington , and not only about him , with all his opinions , habits and circum- stances , but about his wife and his wife's family , his children and their schoolfellows , his employers ...
... known as much about anyone as he knew about Mr. Harrington , and not only about him , with all his opinions , habits and circum- stances , but about his wife and his wife's family , his children and their schoolfellows , his employers ...
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