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Give me half an hour and the letter shall be ready . " " I will wait here , " said
Ashenden . “ Why ? ” “ Because I prefer to . " Her eyes flashed angrily , but
controlling herself she said nothing . On the chest of drawers were writing
materials .
Give me half an hour and the letter shall be ready . " " I will wait here , " said
Ashenden . “ Why ? ” “ Because I prefer to . " Her eyes flashed angrily , but
controlling herself she said nothing . On the chest of drawers were writing
materials .
Page 135
He took out of his pocket the letter she had given the boatman and handed it to
her . " What is the meaning of this ? ” he asked . She gave a gasp at the sight of it
and her sallow face went green . " You gave me your word that you would neither
...
He took out of his pocket the letter she had given the boatman and handed it to
her . " What is the meaning of this ? ” he asked . She gave a gasp at the sight of it
and her sallow face went green . " You gave me your word that you would neither
...
Page 143
I have a letter for you . " He handed Ashenden an envelope addressed to
Madame Lazzari on which he immediately recognized the spidery handwriting of
Chandra Lal . At that moment the steamer from Geneva which was going to
Lausanne ...
I have a letter for you . " He handed Ashenden an envelope addressed to
Madame Lazzari on which he immediately recognized the spidery handwriting of
Chandra Lal . At that moment the steamer from Geneva which was going to
Lausanne ...
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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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