The thirty- nine steps Chapter 1.The man who died The first chapter is about a man, Richard Hanna, who is living in London and his neighbour, a secret agent called Scudder. The secret agent tells him that it’s going to be a war and the Greek Prime Minister is the only man that can stop it but if he comes to London, the terrorists will kill him so the secret agent has to protect him. Then, he can’t be at his home because the terrorists know where he lives. So, he pretends his murder and stays at Hanna’s home but a few days later when Hanna arrives at home, he sees Scudder lying on his back. He has been murdered. Chapter 2.The milkman starts his travels When Hanna saw the body of his neighbour he didn’t know what do. He was sitting thinking what to do, until he thought that the best thing to do was remain hidden in Scotland until just before the 15th of June. So he went to the train station to see what time he had to leave the next day. When he returned
home he took all his money and at that moment he saw that the
cupboards were open and the little black book of his neighbour wasn’t there so, he supposed the murderer had taken it. The next day he had breakfast and after it, he got his pipe and filled it from his tobacco jar, when suddenly he touched something hard: it was Scudder’s little black book. He waited for the milkman and when he arrived, Hanna took his coat and hat, he told him that it was a game and gave some money to him. He wanted to run away. Chapter 3.The hotel- owner When Hanna was on the train to Galloway, he got out Scudder’s black book. There were some words that appeared time and time again, and he thought that it was a code but he couldn’t work it out. When he arrived at the train station he saw a man digging in the train station garden, and then, he continued his way to the moor. He arrived at a farmer’s