Ashenden: Or: The British Agent |
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Page 75
... told the old woman who kept the house to send her to me . You will know her when you go to Mexico City ; they call her La Marqueza . She said that the girl was not an inmate , but came there only from time to time and had left . I told ...
... told the old woman who kept the house to send her to me . You will know her when you go to Mexico City ; they call her La Marqueza . She said that the girl was not an inmate , but came there only from time to time and had left . I told ...
Page 85
... told him I was a Spaniard and had been to Brindisi to arrange communications with Tur- key about war material . He listened to me and I saw he was interested , but he told me nothing and of course I did not think it wise to press him ...
... told him I was a Spaniard and had been to Brindisi to arrange communications with Tur- key about war material . He listened to me and I saw he was interested , but he told me nothing and of course I did not think it wise to press him ...
Page 258
... told Ashenden that when he was go- ing out to dinner he always looked up half a dozen so that he should not be at a loss . They were marked with a G if they could be told in general society and with an M ( for men ) if they were more ...
... told Ashenden that when he was go- ing out to dinner he always looked up half a dozen so that he should not be at a loss . They were marked with a G if they could be told in general society and with an M ( for men ) if they were more ...
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