A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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... March . He has not answered my letter - perhaps I should not have expected it . I do seem to mess things up so hopelessly and there is no one to help me . At 4.45 I met him in the street and almost cut him dead - fool that I am - He ...
... March . He has not answered my letter - perhaps I should not have expected it . I do seem to mess things up so hopelessly and there is no one to help me . At 4.45 I met him in the street and almost cut him dead - fool that I am - He ...
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... March . My own darling raving dilettante , what is ' a leaf - nosed bat ' ? ( see Introducing this week ) . It sounds a gentler creature than the thing you left with me . ( Gordon's broadcasting tomorrow and I'm firewatching - so ...
... March . My own darling raving dilettante , what is ' a leaf - nosed bat ' ? ( see Introducing this week ) . It sounds a gentler creature than the thing you left with me . ( Gordon's broadcasting tomorrow and I'm firewatching - so ...
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... March . Soup , jelly and bread and butter - that's not much of a meal for a man I think as I sit in the Kardomah . 8 March . Sophia finds an exquisite piece of claw sheath , like mother of pearl , in the cat's basket . 11 April 1961 ...
... March . Soup , jelly and bread and butter - that's not much of a meal for a man I think as I sit in the Kardomah . 8 March . Sophia finds an exquisite piece of claw sheath , like mother of pearl , in the cat's basket . 11 April 1961 ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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