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When once you have found a motive the chances are that you will hit upon
evidence that till then had escaped you . ... or had cheated or insulted you , then
a scrap of paper , a bit of string or a chance remark would be enough to hang you
.
When once you have found a motive the chances are that you will hit upon
evidence that till then had escaped you . ... or had cheated or insulted you , then
a scrap of paper , a bit of string or a chance remark would be enough to hang you
.
Page 97
The Mexican proposed that they should walk and in that quarter , at that hour ,
there would have been little chance of finding a cab ; but the sky was starry . It
was a summer night and the air was still . The silence walked beside them like
the ...
The Mexican proposed that they should walk and in that quarter , at that hour ,
there would have been little chance of finding a cab ; but the sky was starry . It
was a summer night and the air was still . The silence walked beside them like
the ...
Page 110
If he could be got out of the way I could afford to ignore the others , he's the only
one who has any guts . I've been trying to catch him for a year , I thought there
wasn't a hope ; but now at last I've got a chance , and by God , I'm going to take it .
If he could be got out of the way I could afford to ignore the others , he's the only
one who has any guts . I've been trying to catch him for a year , I thought there
wasn't a hope ; but now at last I've got a chance , and by God , I'm going to take it .
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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 The Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | World Publishing Company, 1947 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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