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John Buchan. The Thirty-Nine Steps
THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
1. THE MAN WHO DIED
2. THE MILKMAN STARTS HIS TRAVELS
3. THE HOTEL-OWNER
4. THE POLITICAL CANDIDATE
5. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ROADMAN
6. THE BALD WRITER
7. THE FISHERMAN
8. THE COMING OF THE BLACK STONE
9. THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
10. MEETINGS BY THE SEA
GLOSSARY
The Thirty-Nine Steps. ACTIVITIES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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I returned to my flat at about three o’clock on that May afternoon very unhappy with life. I had been back in Britain for three months and I was already bored. The weather was bad, the people were dull, and the amusements of London seemed as exciting as a glass of cold water. ‘Richard Hannay,’ I told myself, ‘you have made a mistake, and you had better do something about it.’
It made me angry when I thought of the years I had spent in Africa. I had spent those years working very hard and making money. Not a lot of money, but enough for me. I had left Scotland when I was six years old, and I had never been home since. For years I had dreamt of coming home to Britain and spending the rest of my life there, but I was disappointed with the place after the first week. And so here I was, thirty-seven years old, healthy, with enough money to have a good time, and bored to death.
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‘Can I speak to you?’ he asked. ‘May I come in for a minute?’ His voice was shaking a little.
I opened the door and we went in.
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