A brief history of George Smiley -- We never closed -- Elsa Fennan -- Coffee at the fountain -- Maston and candlelight -- Tea and sympathy -- Mr. Scarr's story -- Reflections in a hospital ward -- Tidying up -- The virgin's story -- The unrespectable club -- Dream for sale -- The inefficiency of Samuel Fennan -- The Dresden Group -- The last act -- Echoes in the fog -- Dear adviser -- Between two worlds.
Summary
George Smiley is puzzled by the case of a Foreign Office man found dead, an apparent suicide, the day after the man was cleared in an investigation.
