7/2/2023 0 Comments Our man in havana book![]() ![]() Which he dreams up with the aid of brochures. Still pressed by Milly's spending habits, Wormold presently pads his accounts by inventing various subordinates, in whose name he draws expenses, and on whose "word" he concocts reports - lurid reports about missile installations, ![]() Knowing nothing of espionage, but needingĬash for the overdraft and considerable extra income, he accepts. Soon afterward, he is tapped by a Foreign Office man for work under cover, mainly because of the vacuum shop, which will do nicely as a front. Who is stuck with the bill, overdraws to meet it. ![]() I wonder which saint is best for that?" But Wormold, Have to pay our of your allowance toward the stabling." "Of course I will," Milly agrees, "and I'll begin another novena tomorrow to make business good. "Oh, Milly, Milly" he implores her, "You'll When the story opens, she has prayed herself up a horse. Im Wormold, an Englishman of 45, manager of the Havana branch of an English vacuum-cleaner firm, has a daughter, Milly, who is 17 and a strict, devout Roman CatholicĬonvinced of the power of prayer - especially its power to get her coveted things which other people must pay for. ![]()
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