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... German . He asked her if she could recom- mend to him a German teacher . The landlady was a blond and blowsy Swiss , good - humoured and talkative , so that Ashenden felt pretty sure that she would re- peat in the proper quarter the ...
... German . He asked her if she could recom- mend to him a German teacher . The landlady was a blond and blowsy Swiss , good - humoured and talkative , so that Ashenden felt pretty sure that she would re- peat in the proper quarter the ...
Page 161
... German book and it was only by an exercise of self - control that he allowed himself only for one instant to raise his eyes as they came in . His glance showed him a man of about forty - five with short dark hair , somewhat griz- zled ...
... German book and it was only by an exercise of self - control that he allowed himself only for one instant to raise his eyes as they came in . His glance showed him a man of about forty - five with short dark hair , somewhat griz- zled ...
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... German wife at Southamp- ton . In the beginning of the following year he told his employers that owing to the nationality of his wife his position was intolerable ; they had no fault to find with him and , recognizing that he was in an ...
... German wife at Southamp- ton . In the beginning of the following year he told his employers that owing to the nationality of his wife his position was intolerable ; they had no fault to find with him and , recognizing that he was in an ...
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