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Page 126
I will fetch you in the morning when we arrive at Thonon . ” The second detective
had now returned from his dinner and as Ashenden came out of the carriage the
two men went in . Giulia Lazzari huddled back into her corner . Ashenden gave ...
I will fetch you in the morning when we arrive at Thonon . ” The second detective
had now returned from his dinner and as Ashenden came out of the carriage the
two men went in . Giulia Lazzari huddled back into her corner . Ashenden gave ...
Page 196
Then Ashenden saw no more of her ; she ceased coming in to meals ; except to
go morning and afternoon to Cook's she spent apparently the whole day in her
room . Ashenden thought of her sitting there hour after hour with that hideous fear
...
Then Ashenden saw no more of her ; she ceased coming in to meals ; except to
go morning and afternoon to Cook's she spent apparently the whole day in her
room . Ashenden thought of her sitting there hour after hour with that hideous fear
...
Page 281
Is it possible that your sense of humour is a little deficient this morning ? " she
asked . “ I eat scrambled eggs every day . It's the only way I like them . ” “ Oh ,
very well . In that case of course we'll have scrambled eggs . But the following
morning ...
Is it possible that your sense of humour is a little deficient this morning ? " she
asked . “ I eat scrambled eggs every day . It's the only way I like them . ” “ Oh ,
very well . In that case of course we'll have scrambled eggs . But the following
morning ...
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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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User Review - jimgysin - LibraryThingIt's easy to see why this one is considered an archetype of espionage fiction. The fact that the book was first published back in the late 1920s means that some of the dialogue and narrative will ... 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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