The Thirty-Nine Steps--Chapter 9
CHAPTER NINE: The Thirty-Nine Steps
“Nonsense!” said the official from the Admiralty.
Sir Walter got up and left the room while we looked blankly at the table. He came back in ten minutes with a long face. “I have spoken to Alloa,” he said. “Had him out of bed—very grumpy. He went straight home after Mulross’s dinner.”
“But it’s madness,” broke in General …
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