[The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan]@TWC D-Link bookThe Thirty-nine Steps CHAPTER SIX 19/50
You know a little too much, Mr Hannay.
You are a clever actor, but not quite clever enough.' He spoke with assurance, but I could see the dawning of a doubt in his mind. 'Oh, for God's sake stop jawing,' I cried.
'Everything's against me. I haven't had a bit of luck since I came on shore at Leith.
What's the harm in a poor devil with an empty stomach picking up some money he finds in a bust-up motor-car? That's all I done, and for that I've been chivvied for two days by those blasted bobbies over those blasted hills.
I tell you I'm fair sick of it.
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