“Put it in terms of the not-too-serious, if you like. Who got into that locked room? And how was it done? And why should the cup have been moved again? We're up against the essential detective problems of who, how,… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“I never met a gal who represented a mystery to me in quite the fetchin' way you did. It'd be dull and dreary just to find out how a crook got in and out of a locked room to steal… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“Put it in terms of the not-too-serious, if you like. Who got into that locked room? And how was it done? And why should… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“That's the point. If these Labour MP's were really working men, they'd have some sense. But most of 'em, or at least the ones… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“Not that anybody cares two pins about history in these days.We've got rid of history; history is all my eye. But I've got to… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“That sounds silly, doesn't it? Running away just because you don't want to hurt somebody's feelings? But did you ever think how much of… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“There's the pity of it. Elaine Cheeseman's not as young as you; she's forty, maybe. But she's not bad-looking at all. If she took… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems that men--yes, and even women too!--if they believe in a thing strongly enough, they get a strength or endurance that they… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“But the curator said nothing mattered so long as it looked all right to the ignorant." [Lady Brace] "Sort of government motto. I see."… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“...both Tom and I adore detective stories. Isn't that so, Tom?" [Lady Brace] "Right!" agreed her husband...."But they've got to be proper detective stories.… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“Though the pictured face was floridly coloured, you suspected pallor; a mind lightly balanced, and liable to snap from sheer weight of dreams.” — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“When a man can't sleep, he won't let anybody else sleep either. If he doesn't go off to dreamland the moment his head hits… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
“I never met a gal who represented a mystery to me in quite the fetchin' way you did. It'd be dull and dreary just… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
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