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<Author>LeCarre, John</Author>
<Title>The Spy Who Came in from the Cold</Title>
<Edition>Julia Swannell, ed. Transcribed from: The spy who came in from the cold / by John Le Carre [pseud.]. London : Victor Gollancz, 1963.</Edition>
<Date>1963</Date>
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The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said,
"Why don't you go back and sleep? We can ring you if he
shows up." Leamas said nothing, just stared through the
window of the checkpoint, along the empty street. "You can't
wait for ever, sir. Maybe he'll come some other time. We can
have the polizei contact the Agency: you can be back here in
twenty minutes." "No," said Leamas, "it's nearly dark now."
"But you can't wait for ever; he's nine hours over
schedule." "If you want to go, go. You've been very good,"
Leamas added. "I'll tell Kramer you've been damn' good."
"But how long will you wait?" "Until he comes." Leamas
walk . . .
