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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 174
Would you think ten francs an hour too much ? ” " No , " said Ashenden , " I
should think myself lucky to get a first - rate teacher for that . ” “ What do you say ,
my dear ? Surely you can spare an hour , and you would be doing this gentlemen
a ...
Would you think ten francs an hour too much ? ” " No , " said Ashenden , " I
should think myself lucky to get a first - rate teacher for that . ” “ What do you say ,
my dear ? Surely you can spare an hour , and you would be doing this gentlemen
a ...
Page 196
Ashenden thought of her sitting there hour after hour with that hideous fear
gnawing at her heart . Who could help feeling sorry for her ? The time hung
heavy on his hands too . He read a good deal and wrote a little , he hired a canoe
and went ...
Ashenden thought of her sitting there hour after hour with that hideous fear
gnawing at her heart . Who could help feeling sorry for her ? The time hung
heavy on his hands too . He read a good deal and wrote a little , he hired a canoe
and went ...
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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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