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Page 91
The Hairless Mexican opened the drawers and the cupboard . There was no
carpet on the floor . He looked under the bed , in it , and under the mattress . His
dark eyes shot up and down the room , looking for a hiding - place , and
Ashenden ...
The Hairless Mexican opened the drawers and the cupboard . There was no
carpet on the floor . He looked under the bed , in it , and under the mattress . His
dark eyes shot up and down the room , looking for a hiding - place , and
Ashenden ...
Page 125
Ashenden opened the door and the man gave him a picture - postcard . It was a
dull little view of Pontarlier , the frontier station between France and Switzerland ,
and showed a dusty place with a statue in the middle and a few plane trees .
Ashenden opened the door and the man gave him a picture - postcard . It was a
dull little view of Pontarlier , the frontier station between France and Switzerland ,
and showed a dusty place with a statue in the middle and a few plane trees .
Page 162
... might have been a local attorney , and when she reached it she stood there ,
bowed and with a sheep - like look , patiently waiting for her husband to come
and open it for her . Ashenden realised that she had never opened a door for
herself ...
... might have been a local attorney , and when she reached it she stood there ,
bowed and with a sheep - like look , patiently waiting for her husband to come
and open it for her . Ashenden realised that she had never opened a door for
herself ...
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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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