How did John Buchan come to name his novel "The Thirty-nine Steps?"

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Question #39961. shady shaker asks:

How did John Buchan come to name his novel "The Thirty-nine Steps?"

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It is the number of steps leading to the hide-out. In the Robert Powell film it is the number of steps leading to the top of the clock tower of the houses of parliament which was cobblers.
"Hannay guesses that Scudders's cryptic note ("Thirty-nine steps - I counted them - High tide 10:17 p.m.") refers to the location of the anarchists' beach house."

Oct 23 03, 11:35 AM

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