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... officer who had come to me for a few artistic hints prior to his departure for Afghanistan ; I , a war artist , fretting under the necessity of having to weave fancies on studio canvases rather than experience facts at the front . ' A ...
... officer who had come to me for a few artistic hints prior to his departure for Afghanistan ; I , a war artist , fretting under the necessity of having to weave fancies on studio canvases rather than experience facts at the front . ' A ...
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... officers in every imaginable Muscovite uniform hustled each other on the uneven pavement , and crammed to excess every café on the picturesque little boulevard ; and there was I ( pardon the first person singular ) , with credentials to ...
... officers in every imaginable Muscovite uniform hustled each other on the uneven pavement , and crammed to excess every café on the picturesque little boulevard ; and there was I ( pardon the first person singular ) , with credentials to ...
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... officer of the Secret Service . I think you call us spies - the term sounds less polite . By the way , what are you ? ' I informed him that I was an artist . ' Ah ! I thought so ; you look like one . necessary , prove it ? ' Could you ...
... officer of the Secret Service . I think you call us spies - the term sounds less polite . By the way , what are you ? ' I informed him that I was an artist . ' Ah ! I thought so ; you look like one . necessary , prove it ? ' Could you ...
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... officer of the Secret Service should never be too particular . He should make what you English call , I think , grass while the wind blows . ' Not , however , to give you more than is necessary of our actual conversation , I will simply ...
... officer of the Secret Service should never be too particular . He should make what you English call , I think , grass while the wind blows . ' Not , however , to give you more than is necessary of our actual conversation , I will simply ...
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... officer of the Russian Secret Service when he should have leisure to discuss the contents of the blue envelope . What a world of speculation was now before me ! What might , or might not , happen within the next quarter of an hour ! We ...
... officer of the Russian Secret Service when he should have leisure to discuss the contents of the blue envelope . What a world of speculation was now before me ! What might , or might not , happen within the next quarter of an hour ! We ...
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