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John Buchan

The Thirty Nine Steps

  • Michela Anghelonehas quoted6 years ago
    I looked up into the spring sky and I made a vow.
  • Ирина Осипенкоhas quoted7 years ago
    Presently I observed someone leave the house and saunter along the cliff. When I got my glasses on him I saw it was an old man, wearing white flannel trousers, a blue serge jacket, and a straw hat.
  • Ирина Осипенкоhas quoted7 years ago
    I took my head in my hands and thought. There must be some way of reading this riddle. What did Scudder mean by steps? I thought of dock steps, but if he had meant that I didn’t think he would have mentioned the number. It must be some place where there were several staircases, and one marked out from the others by having thirty-nine steps.
  • Ирина Осипенкоhas quoted7 years ago
    What happened?’ I asked. I was enough of a hunter to know a true yarn when I heard it.
    ‘I stuffed my fishing-rod into his jaws, and I had a pistol. Also my servants came presently with rifles. But he left his mark on me.’ He held up a hand which lacked three fingers.
  • Ирина Осипенкоhas quoted7 years ago
    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.’
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