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The Thirty-nine Steps

CHAPTER SIX
19/50

You know a little too much, Mr Hannay.

You are a clever actor, but not quite clever enough.' He spoke with assurance, but I could see the dawning of a doubt in his mind.
'Oh, for God's sake stop jawing,' I cried.

'Everything's against me.
I haven't had a bit of luck since I came on shore at Leith.

What's the harm in a poor devil with an empty stomach picking up some money he finds in a bust-up motor-car?
That's all I done, and for that I've been chivvied for two days by those blasted bobbies over those blasted hills.

I tell you I'm fair sick of it.


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