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Page 41
The night - porter will tell them when they arrive and then they can please
themselves . She does not want them . When the night - porter fetched me and I
went into her room I asked where his highness was and she cried with all her
strength ...
The night - porter will tell them when they arrive and then they can please
themselves . She does not want them . When the night - porter fetched me and I
went into her room I asked where his highness was and she cried with all her
strength ...
Page 57
But since you ask me ; Colonel , I don't mind telling you that I got into
conversation on the train with a little woman who was coming to Lyons to see ... I
can tell you many stories that will interest you ; I am sure that we shall get on well
together .
But since you ask me ; Colonel , I don't mind telling you that I got into
conversation on the train with a little woman who was coming to Lyons to see ... I
can tell you many stories that will interest you ; I am sure that we shall get on well
together .
Page 140
All you have to do is to write exactly what I tell you . ' She gave a deep sigh , but
took the pen and the paper and sat down before them at the dressingtable . " If I
do this and and you succeed , how do I know that I shall be allowed to go free ?
All you have to do is to write exactly what I tell you . ' She gave a deep sigh , but
took the pen and the paper and sat down before them at the dressingtable . " If I
do this and and you succeed , how do I know that I shall be allowed to go free ?
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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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