The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) QUOTES

2 " A man who has shot lions in large quantities has an unfair advantage over other men. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

4 " Guy Pagett is my secretary, a zealous, painstaking, hardworking fellow, admirable in every respect. I know no one who annoys me more. For a long time I have been racking my brains as to how to get rid of him. But you cannot very well dismiss a secretary because he prefers work to play, likes getting up early in the morning, and has positively no vices. The only amusing thing about the fellow is his face. He has the face of a fourteenth-century poisoner—the sort of man the Borgias got to do their odd jobs for them. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

6 " She was a very good, kind woman. I could not have continued to live in the same house with her, but I did recognize her intrinsic worth. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

8 " Suzanne likes thrills, but she hates being uncomfortable. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

10 " I objected vigorously to this unsporting proposal. I recognized in it the disastrous effects of matrimony. How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female say, in the tone of one clinching an argument, “Edgar says—” And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool. Suzanne, by reason of her married state, was yearning to lean upon some man or other. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

12 " Having adventures,” I replied. “Episode III of ‘The Perils of Pamela.’ ” I told her the whole story. She gave vent to a deep sigh when I finished. “Why do these things always happen to you?” she demanded plaintively. “Why does no one gag me and bind me hand and foot?” “You wouldn’t like it if they did,” I assured her. “To tell you the truth, I’m not nearly so keen on having adventures myself as I was. A little of that sort of thing goes a long way. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

14 " It was very like a dream. Like all dreamers, however, I could not let my dream alone. We poor humans are so anxious not to miss anything. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

16 " dare say it is good for one now and again to realize what an idiot one can be! But nobody relishes the process. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

18 " We never seemed to have any money. His celebrity was not of the kind that brought in a cash return. Although he was a fellow of almost every important society and had rows of letters after his name, the general public scarcely knew of his existence, and his long-learned books, though adding signally to the sum total of human knowledge, had no attraction for the masses. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

20 " He was tall and broad-shouldered, wore a dark overcoat and black boots, a bowler hat. He had a dark-pointed beard and gold-rimmed eyeglasses.” “Take away the overcoat, the beard and the eyeglasses, and there wouldn’t be much to know him by,” grumbled the inspector. “He could alter his appearance easily enough in five minutes if he wanted to—which he would do if he’s the swell pickpocket you suggest.” I had not intended to suggest anything of the kind. But from this moment I gave the inspector up as hopeless. “Nothing more you can tell us about him?” he demanded, as I rose to depart. “Yes,” I said. I seized my opportunity to fire a parting shot. “His head was markedly brachycephalic. He will not find it so easy to alter that.” I observed with pleasure that Inspector Meadows’s pen wavered. It was clear that he did not know how to spell brachycephalic. "

― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)