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“ That’s the worst of police work – it makes you forget about people being human…Human feelings are things you’re bound to take into consideration. That’s where a lot of these detective novels go wrong – there aren’t any human feelings in them…It isn’t natural, and it don’t do to go jumping to the conclusion that a man’s a criminal because he’s got his feelings and they’ve been too much for him.”
— Feb 16, 2026 11:53AM
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“She remembered Mrs. Underwood very well, and Charles Moray saying, ‘Poor old Godfrey Underwood’s fiasco and the most crashing silly bore in the Home Counties. She hangs round Margaret’s neck like the Ancient Mariner and the albatross. No resolution – that’s what’s the matter with Margaret. Does she take the woman out and push her under a tram? No, she asks her to tea…” ;o)
— Feb 14, 2026 12:53PM
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“ By a strange turn of events she had ceased to be a governess, and had become a private investigator, and so successful had the investigations proved that they had made possible the plush, the tapestry, the walnut, and the Brussels pile. Deeply and sincerely religious, Miss Silver thanked what she was accustomed to call Providence for her preservation throughout two years of war.”
— Feb 14, 2026 12:42PM
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“ IN A MOMENT of relaxation Miss Silver rested her hands upon the Air Force sock which she was in process of knitting and contemplated her surroundings. A feeling of true thankfulness possessed her. So many poor people had been bombed out of their homes and had lost everything, but her modest flat in Montague Mansions remained unscathed – not even a window broken.”
— Feb 13, 2026 08:47PM
