Ashenden: Or: The British Agent |
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... secret and as menacing as the sea . He made up his mind that , on getting back to his hotel , he would have a fire lit in his sitting - room , a hot bath and dinner comfortably by the fireside in pyjamas and a dressing- gown . The ...
... secret and as menacing as the sea . He made up his mind that , on getting back to his hotel , he would have a fire lit in his sitting - room , a hot bath and dinner comfortably by the fireside in pyjamas and a dressing- gown . The ...
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... secret service agent were suspect . Her relations with Germany were such as to make her sympathy with the Allies dubious . Mr. Schäfer saw her every day and was certainly much under her influence . Now it was noticed that there was from ...
... secret service agent were suspect . Her relations with Germany were such as to make her sympathy with the Allies dubious . Mr. Schäfer saw her every day and was certainly much under her influence . Now it was noticed that there was from ...
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... secret essence of his thought . He had once seen Ibsen in the flesh drink a glass of Munich beer . " But do you think we could ever pass another easy hour if we had the death of that man on our con- science ? " he asked . “ I have a ...
... secret essence of his thought . He had once seen Ibsen in the flesh drink a glass of Munich beer . " But do you think we could ever pass another easy hour if we had the death of that man on our con- science ? " he asked . “ I have a ...
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