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41 " Dancing was a hot affair. I danced twice with Anne Beddingfeld and she had to pretend she liked it. I danced once with Mrs Blair, who didn't trouble to pretend, and I victimized various other damsels who appearance struck me favourably. "
― Agatha Christie , The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)
42 " By the way, I should like to make it clear here and now that the story will not be a story of South Africa. I guarantee no genuine local colour -- you know the sort of thing -- half a dozen words in italic on every page. I admire it very much, but I can't do it. "
43 " De pronto, con enorme asombro mío, el coronel me cogió la mano. —Ana —dijo con dulzura—, te quiero. "
44 " With a deep sigh I proceeded to do things with my hair. I have nice hair. It is black—a real black, not dark brown— "
45 " Cuántas veces no habré oído decir a una mujer inteligente a más no poder: "Edgardo dice...", como quien cita a una autoridad incontrovertible. Y eso cuando todo el mundo sabe que Edgardo es un perfecto idiota. "
46 " My father, Professor Beddingfeld, was one of England’s greatest living authorities on Primitive Man. He really was a genius—everyone admits that. His mind dwelt in Palaeolithic times, and the inconvenience of life for him was that his body inhabited the modern world. Papa did not care for modern man—even Neolithic Man he despised as a mere herder of cattle, and he did not rise to enthusiasm until he reached the Mousterian period. "
47 " Nobody ever explains. Yes, “Secretaries I have had.” No. 1, a murderer fleeing from justice. No. 2, a secret drinker who carries on disreputable intrigues in Italy. No. 3, a beautiful girl who possesses the useful faculty of being in two places at once. No. 4, Miss Pettigrew, who, I have no doubt, is really a particularly dangerous crook in disguise! "
48 " He takes parties up and down the river in the season and points out crocodiles and a stray hippopotamus or so to them. I believe that he keeps a tame one which is trained to bite pieces out of the boat on occasions. Then he fends it off with a boathook, and the party feel they have really got to the back of beyond at last. "
49 " And I don’t suppose she will ever explain. Nobody does—to me. I always have to guess. It becomes monotonous after a while. "