Who is Bernard from Collected Short Stories Volume Three and what is their importance? W._Somerset_Maugham English & Literature Bernard | Collected Short Stories Volume Three

Bernard is the Swiss agent who demands extra money of Ashenden. He claims that the meager wages that he is paid is not worth the extent to which he risks his life. Bernard threatens to turn Ashenden into the police as a spy. If this happens, Ashenden would be arrested and put in jail. It is Ashenden's experience with this spy that puts Ashenden on edge for the remainder of the story.