Ashenden: Or: The British Agent |
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Page 86
... looked away . " I shall spend the evening in my room . " " Very well . Will you just see that there's nobody in the passage . " Ashenden opened the door and looked out . He saw no one . The hotel in point of fact at that season was ...
... looked away . " I shall spend the evening in my room . " " Very well . Will you just see that there's nobody in the passage . " Ashenden opened the door and looked out . He saw no one . The hotel in point of fact at that season was ...
Page 91
... looked under the bed , in it , and under the mattress . His dark eyes shot up and down the room , looking for a hid- ing - place , and Ashenden felt that nothing escaped him . " Perhaps he left them in charge of the clerk down- stairs ...
... looked under the bed , in it , and under the mattress . His dark eyes shot up and down the room , looking for a hid- ing - place , and Ashenden felt that nothing escaped him . " Perhaps he left them in charge of the clerk down- stairs ...
Page 112
... looked upon her dancing chiefly as a means to en- hance her value as a prostitute . " " How did she get to Berlin during the war ? " " She'd been married to a Spaniard at one time , I think she still is though they don't live together ...
... looked upon her dancing chiefly as a means to en- hance her value as a prostitute . " " How did she get to Berlin during the war ? " " She'd been married to a Spaniard at one time , I think she still is though they don't live together ...
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