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181 " Lindsay was treated likewise by Mr. Butler, who washed his face as though he was five years old and still unreliable with chocolate. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Murder on the Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher, #3)
182 " Phryne spent a blameless evening reading The Winter’s Tale with Ruth, who was still convinced that Shakespeare could bear translation. ‘Why does he take so long to say anything?’ ‘The Elizabethan stage had no scenes and only hand-props. His actors had to create the scene, as well as the action. Look how cleverly he has leafed the innocent conversation of the Queen and Polixenes with the King’s own jealous thoughts. It works very well onstage, I promise. We "
― Kerry Greenwood , Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher, #4)
183 " Both of them were as athletic and as sleek as otters. "
― Kerry Greenwood
184 " Lie still,’ she urged. ‘You are hurt. Someone shot you, and damn near shot me, too. Who was it?’ The head shook, the lips moved. He was clad in a workman’s collarless blue shirt, and what had been a respectable grey serge suit before he had taken to dying in it. "
185 " move. I "
― Kerry Greenwood , Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher, #6)
186 " Some ignorance is invincible. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Cooking the Books (Corinna Chapman, #6)
187 " He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away. "
― Kerry Greenwood , Devil's Food (Corinna Chapman, #3)