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Why isn't that enough ? What is to happen to me if he does not answer ? I cannot
force him to come if he does not want to . " " He has answered , ” said Ashenden .
" I have the answer w She gave a gasp and her voice broke . " Oh , show it to ...
Why isn't that enough ? What is to happen to me if he does not answer ? I cannot
force him to come if he does not want to . " " He has answered , ” said Ashenden .
" I have the answer w She gave a gasp and her voice broke . " Oh , show it to ...
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She began to talk away to Yvonne and my friend noticed that she had one feature
that oddly enough he found very attractive : she had a deep and husky voice as
though she were just recovering from a bad cold and , he didn't know why , it ...
She began to talk away to Yvonne and my friend noticed that she had one feature
that oddly enough he found very attractive : she had a deep and husky voice as
though she were just recovering from a bad cold and , he didn't know why , it ...
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Alix was a very chatty young person and Brown listened with amusement , with
amazement even , while in her rich , throaty voice she talked of the varied
incidents of the day . She had a great command of slang and though he could not
...
Alix was a very chatty young person and Brown listened with amusement , with
amazement even , while in her rich , throaty voice she talked of the varied
incidents of the day . She had a great command of slang and though he could not
...
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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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