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Page 87
... took his luggage to the station , leaving in his room only a dispatch - case in which were the printed part of his code and a book or two . He dined . Then returning to the hotel , he sat down to wait for the Hairless Mexican . He could ...
... took his luggage to the station , leaving in his room only a dispatch - case in which were the printed part of his code and a book or two . He dined . Then returning to the hotel , he sat down to wait for the Hairless Mexican . He could ...
Page 93
... took it out and saw that it was addressed to him . They tiptoed out of the hotel and shut the door behind them . Then they walked quickly away . Stopping after a hundred yards or so under a lamp - post Ashenden took the letter out of ...
... took it out and saw that it was addressed to him . They tiptoed out of the hotel and shut the door behind them . Then they walked quickly away . Stopping after a hundred yards or so under a lamp - post Ashenden took the letter out of ...
Page 145
... took an exaggerated time to examine the passports of the first three , and then took the Indian's . It was a Spanish one and it was all in order . Félix asked the regulation questions and noted them on the official sheet . Then he ...
... took an exaggerated time to examine the passports of the first three , and then took the Indian's . It was a Spanish one and it was all in order . Félix asked the regulation questions and noted them on the official sheet . Then he ...
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