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The Three Hostages

Stok Kodu
9786057758323
Boyut
14x21
Sayfa Sayısı
306
Basım Yeri
Ankara
Baskı
1
Basım Tarihi
2019-10
Resimleyen
fbdb007b79d1486d9af8344475a65621
Kapak Türü
Ciltsiz
Kağıt Türü
2. Hamur
Dili
İngilizce
9786057758323
752962
The Three Hostages
The Three Hostages
45.10

On your last birthday a well-meaning godfather presented you with a volume of mine, since you had been heard on occasion to express approval of my works. The book dealt with a somewhat arid branch of historical research, and it did not please you. You wrote to me, I remember, complaining that I had “let you down,” and summoning me, as I valued your respect, to “pull myself together.” In particular you demanded to hear more of the doings of Richard Hannay, a gentleman for whom you professed a liking. I, too, have a liking for Sir Richard, and when I met him the other day (he is now a country neighbour) I observed that his left hand had been considerably mauled, an injury which I knew had not been due to the War. He was so good as to tell me the tale of an unpleasant business in which he had recently been engaged, and to give me permission to retell it for your benefit. Sir Richard took a modest pride in the affair, because from first to last it had been a pure contest of wits, without recourse to those more obvious methods of strife with which he is familiar.

So I herewith present it to you, in the hope that in the eyes of you and your friends it may atone for certain other writings of mine with which you have been afflicted by those in authority.

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