Ashenden: Or: The British Agent |
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Page 12
... once that his things , though not in disorder , were not as he had left them . He guessed that an examina- tion had been made of his effects . That did not dis- turb him , for he kept in his room no document that would compromise him ...
... once that his things , though not in disorder , were not as he had left them . He guessed that an examina- tion had been made of his effects . That did not dis- turb him , for he kept in his room no document that would compromise him ...
Page 79
... once , but the murder was so ingenious that I could never find a way of bringing it home to the murderer , and after all , one of the conventions of the detective story is that the mystery should in the end be solved and the criminal ...
... once , but the murder was so ingenious that I could never find a way of bringing it home to the murderer , and after all , one of the conventions of the detective story is that the mystery should in the end be solved and the criminal ...
Page 210
... once written , he took small interest , and it made him self - conscious to be praised or blamed to his face . Sir Herbert With- erspoon flattered his self - esteem by showing that he had read him , but spared his delicacy by ...
... once written , he took small interest , and it made him self - conscious to be praised or blamed to his face . Sir Herbert With- erspoon flattered his self - esteem by showing that he had read him , but spared his delicacy by ...
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