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“Lying wastes more time than anything else in the modern world.”
― The Tiger in the Smoke
― The Tiger in the Smoke
“Why it is that a garment which is honestly attractive in, say, 1910 should be honestly ridiculous a few years later and honestly charming again a few years later still is one of those things which are not satisfactorily to be explained and are therefore jolly and exciting and an addition to the perennial interest of life.”
― The Fashion in Shrouds
― The Fashion in Shrouds
“Mr. Campion felt that among the ordeals by fire and by water there should now be numbered the ordeal by dinner at Socrates Close.”
― Police at the Funeral
― Police at the Funeral
“In common with most writers, he had evolved his own technique for making bearable the drudgery of his abominable trade,”
― The Tiger In The Smoke
― The Tiger In The Smoke
“As they entered, a wire-haired fox terrier of irreproachable breeding, rose from the
hearth-rug and came to meet them with leisurely dignity. Marcus effected an introduction hastily.
‘Foon,’ he said. ‘Written “Featherstonehaugh”.’
Somewhat to his host’s embarrassment Mr Campion shook hands with the dog, who seemed to appreciate the courtesy, for he followed them back to the hearth-rug, waiting for them to be seated before he took up his position on the rug again, where he sat during the rest of the proceedings with the same air of conscious breeding which characterized his master.”
― Police at the Funeral
hearth-rug and came to meet them with leisurely dignity. Marcus effected an introduction hastily.
‘Foon,’ he said. ‘Written “Featherstonehaugh”.’
Somewhat to his host’s embarrassment Mr Campion shook hands with the dog, who seemed to appreciate the courtesy, for he followed them back to the hearth-rug, waiting for them to be seated before he took up his position on the rug again, where he sat during the rest of the proceedings with the same air of conscious breeding which characterized his master.”
― Police at the Funeral
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