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‘It’s the performance that’s always mattered . . . isn’t it?’
‘Didn’t I tell you that from the start?’ Capel hitched forward and brandished his empty glass at Gently. ‘When the chips are down we’re all expendable – Virtue, Craggy, even Walt. We have our entrances and exits but music is for ever. Music is life, and sanity. We need it in our world. Music is hope. While we keep creating it civilization has a chance.’

'There is a long mystique attached to it, and that does seem to provide an aura of permissiveness. When the club is so ancient and exclusive you feel fewer scruples at becoming a member.’
‘Murder is a club just as ancient and exclusive.’