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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 14
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PSHE P Burgess sual 1 coutd'be seen thet, § | 4
and$Naclean the favoured, who haved / \
White-paper Wealth and respect by righ
refalls; the’delinition ; in-niy
off a net “as a-number.: up In some very queer rooms.
of holes tied together’ /,He had many friends, and”
hieietted 2 eOmig: of: them tied wa sive =
with™ string. "It. as’ q © their’ Hiking *"for “him: a!
‘rational «. atl =
number of ‘holes’ tied ting that he was weey an
together with words! and no doubt he was. B ut Ug.
One has“to' admit that more troub rh
‘dt makes a considerable * ee }pg and 2 he sorounted. for ‘
advance in frankness, for . by good nature, cts Hoag EL IMT ay poe
it tells no lies. """ Even when he was nearin . oo se 4
; _ It is not completely honest, 40 there was an engaging °.*
’ For” it saya that Maclean boyishness about him. Buf -
“may have been warned” there: are boys and boys.
_ that he was under investi. - Burgess recalied a apechy fe e°
wating whan tt ota anita sert of boy. :
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, certain ‘that -he. was so tg FS a a oe ’
Preartt, Soe a ~ Brooding™. rahe o Be as f ; °
| 7 we ire-raiser.., his. avourite
and - Maclean ;; ito be Soviet.
oy ‘ @ nd
me ‘ “box of ma
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OMETIMES, In a ‘home’!
ae. unhapplly. not like other’:
‘Iceberg’. "children, there is a small boy ~
' who always catches the’
_ Visitor's eye. The brooding «
O HERWISE it is empty to darkness of the child's face :
-” the point.of impudenee, - lights up with such. an. +;
and far past that. It is enchanting ,.amile. His
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written with that pointless Téesponse to’ sifangers 1s 800°" @ | See 2a oes
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the Foreign Office Js too well - | Surely, the visitor says, a
noted, ‘there cannot be anything ~
But of course there are very much wrong with- Ais ,
many. essential things that It delightful little boy. .
could not say, for odicial Weil, yes, there ‘is,
language is geared “to unfortunately happens th t:
record facts, which are so wherever ‘he goes fires bre
small a part of reality. J. |. out. By constant watch:
imbecile iceberg, fox’ which. 2 quaint tum Ei ie
‘ Feverish gaiety that could’
so easily run: up the scale
. “and before one blames'the ° it has been established that: - mite
White-paper for what it has. the only toy he cares for ts : Bo ane : ene 7 i
chosen not to say, one may a box of matches, The only ' ay ga ae
_ fonsider what it could not. game he really enjoys is people who were mischievous”. put his” gaiety | had: thet
: ‘, Lees pa ee area
say, Tt eould not. ‘tell. us “what” . arson, : ‘and destructive - - looked to: _ feverish quality of :. over-
Burgess and Maclean. were’. He likes stealing ‘out to set” Aly.
hey. yricks, erwards {8 7.""There is a little of: this ne . He"was & charming petson 4
shimen.* One had- only. allof-usj*and many people*-"to sit next to at dinner, but;
not “typleal “upper - vlasez é silent while the grown-up3“:-
“the: flames, that, en “who were on.the whole stable*. afterwards ~. doubts, ‘crossed
te rd y atthem t that: Sand sensible had an amused i one’s mind, Could he realiy
Ad ry . a to . se . .
therd Them: They had pated oe _ tn ; I: feeling that” Guy Burgess -° be the age ‘that he was said’«
i) sl -* was always Ikely to do some-~'~:to be, of responsible enough }
seemed likely that the herd “Delight: 4; EINE unpredictable and for the post he occupied t
was fright in any’ little sets 1 gntrageous, . and were on his. This shimmering, unstable’
dispute it had “with: them, ~ | halides’ 7's we cy Weagedg He had brought on 3
Yet both men were attractive, maT” was Burgess's dis: oo 2 | ra’ ’ hiseal?, “Bor Mactean was:
‘ . flashing smile of the fire- Shimmer When he met a stranger his;
: G -Gribby ite" raiser, Tull of secret delight an ne 7 handshake was | warm, he
3 in mischief and destruction, ae F Guy - ” Burgess . was a. gave a welcomin amie, he:’
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to "o" Because. he was: 50° perpetual child, Donald asked . personal uestions,‘
““BURGESS was the: Obviously a problem’ child,:" Maclean waa, a.. perpetual , {made personal confidences, =
Y more poettte personality i and when! he-was not‘, adolescents '°* + : ue It is impossible to imagine’
of the two. He had a charm, smiling had the: UINAPPYs 2. He. was’ “Janicy” ‘Wke° a lad. character less suited ta:
which was “hard-to account *- ‘appealing look of a proble who has! outgrown: his bear the obligation of secrpcy >
for, as. he was’ small and: -child, affectionate! ; an .
sto ky, “dncorrigibly,, grubby, . penevole
and often. drunk, ATA f desire
was atonce ‘obviously. mats ath
mee. bred Zand, ;Fobvlously ', En al
zt iG *, strength,” and he had. kept which is imposed... OTL."
ent’? people «felt h&:the brillant, unspolled colour *‘splraters. — *. Eh a f
L ‘ 2 of neve and skin-{hat ts faded af Ib: is- significant: that he’ ad I
‘gst AyltsA SP e
“was op the most affectiogate -
aecatenetl vey feays
terms with, certain -meme ers |
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