A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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Page 44
... able to say what I cannot in the ordinary course of events . Barbara keeps looking back to her youth , and so I have an excuse for revealing some of my present feelings about Henry . No change has been wrought in them , as far as I can ...
... able to say what I cannot in the ordinary course of events . Barbara keeps looking back to her youth , and so I have an excuse for revealing some of my present feelings about Henry . No change has been wrought in them , as far as I can ...
Page 184
... able to do so in a world as rich in comic material as the I.A.I. Because the Institute was classed as a charity , salaries were very low indeed and Barbara was lucky tha she was able to share a home with Hilary , separated from her ...
... able to do so in a world as rich in comic material as the I.A.I. Because the Institute was classed as a charity , salaries were very low indeed and Barbara was lucky tha she was able to share a home with Hilary , separated from her ...
Page 279
... able to visit stately homes and gardens open to the public in the summer afternoons . It is pretty good too to be able to read a novel in the morning though my conscience doesn't allow me to do that very often . Yet I can listen to the ...
... able to visit stately homes and gardens open to the public in the summer afternoons . It is pretty good too to be able to read a novel in the morning though my conscience doesn't allow me to do that very often . Yet I can listen to the ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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