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<Text id=LeCSpyW> <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> <body> <loc><locdoc>LeCSpyW5</locdoc><milestone n=5> <div0 type=chapter n=i> 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 . . .