"What?"
"Melanie, she's gone. The landline's down and it was the last straw."
"Christ, you're kidding? It's like Agatha effing Christie and the Ten Little Eskimos."
"Indians."
"What?"
"Ten Little Indians. In the book."
"It was Eskimos."
"It bloody wasn't. " I sat down on the bed. "It was the N word, actually, if you're going for the original, then Indians, then soldiers when they decided that offing ethnic minorities was maybe a bit strange. It was never Eskimos."
"Well, whatever." Nina dismissed the Eskimos with a wave of her hand. "Is there any coffee down there?"/>

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" Well there's a vacancy. We're one down."
"What?"
"Melanie, she's gone. The landline's down and it was the last straw."
"Christ, you're kidding? It's like Agatha effing Christie and the Ten Little Eskimos."
"Indians."
"What?"
"Ten Little Indians. In the book."
"It was Eskimos."
"It bloody wasn't. " I sat down on the bed. "It was the N word, actually, if you're going for the original, then Indians, then soldiers when they decided that offing ethnic minorities was maybe a bit strange. It was never Eskimos."
"Well, whatever." Nina dismissed the Eskimos with a wave of her hand. "Is there any coffee down there? "

― Ruth Ware , In a Dark, Dark Wood

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Ruth Ware quote : Well there's a vacancy. We're one down."What?"
"Melanie, she's gone. The landline's down and it was the last straw."
"Christ, you're kidding? It's like Agatha effing Christie and the Ten Little Eskimos."
"Indians."
"What?"
"Ten Little Indians. In the book."
"It was Eskimos."
"It bloody wasn't. " I sat down on the bed. "It was the N word, actually, if you're going for the original, then Indians, then soldiers when they decided that offing ethnic minorities was maybe a bit strange. It was never Eskimos."
"Well, whatever." Nina dismissed the Eskimos with a wave of her hand. "Is there any coffee down there?" style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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