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Page 90
Ashenden opened the door and stepped out . The passage was dimly lit. It
exasperated him to feel so nervous when he could not but be aware that his
companion was perfectly at ease . When they reached the door the Hairless
Mexican ...
Ashenden opened the door and stepped out . The passage was dimly lit. It
exasperated him to feel so nervous when he could not but be aware that his
companion was perfectly at ease . When they reached the door the Hairless
Mexican ...
Page 134
Pay no attention to my letters . Danger . I love you . Sweetheart . Don't come . ” He
put it in his pocket , gave the boatman fifty francs , and went home to bed . But the
next day when he went to see Giulia Lazzari he found her door locked .
Pay no attention to my letters . Danger . I love you . Sweetheart . Don't come . ” He
put it in his pocket , gave the boatman fifty francs , and went home to bed . But the
next day when he went to see Giulia Lazzari he found her door locked .
Page 162
She walked slowly to the door ; but the colonel stopped to say a word to a Swiss
who 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 ...
She walked slowly to the door ; but the colonel stopped to say a word to a Swiss
who 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 ...
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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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