‘You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy’s place and no one will ever know the difference. You’ll be rich for life!’
And so the plan was born. At first Brat Farrar fought against the idea; it was criminal, it was dangerous. But in the end he was persuaded, and a few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune. The Ashby family seemed happy to welcome Patrick home, but Brat soon realized that somewhere there was a time-bomb ticking away, waiting to explode . . .
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Egyszerűsített olvasmány angol nyelven. Hasznos segítség a nyelvtanulásban. A kötet olvasásához kb. 1200 szavas szókincs szükséges.
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Date: 3984. Place: the planet Zeron
'Who are you?' Varon asked. What do you want form me?'
'I want to help you, Stefan Varon,' said the voice.
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"You are about to hear," said Aramis, "an account which few could now give; for it refers to a secret which they buried with their dead...."
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