John le Carre on domestic fowl…

Ashe, the homosexual communist agent, approaching Alex Leamas, the ex- British intelligence officer, who is sitting on a bench:

“Do you like birds? The ones with the white collars are wild. The others are domesticated. With people it’s the other way around.”

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, John le Carre (1965)

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