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Disillusioned with life in the South of France, Hurford accepts an assignment for British Intelligence. He is told that, under cover of a teaching post in Moscow, he will simply be expected to relay information back to Britain from a highly-prized source. In Moscow, however, Hurford finds himself involved in a complicated chain of events. The outcome for him is a mental and physical ordeal too harrowing for any man to endure.