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1 " Now, if either of you should think of something, you ring me up. And, Detective Farthering "-he shook his finger at Drew-" you and that young Dennison scamp mind you don't interfere with police business. Do all the clever thinking you want, and when you get an idea, I'll be happy to hear it. But you let the police do the investigating. Do I make myself clear?" "Why, Inspector, I never - "
― Julianna Deering , Rules of Murder (Drew Farthering Mystery #1)
2 " We forget sometimes that parents--even uncles--have lives of their own. Worlds of their own. Sides of themselves we never see and never dream are there. Even when someone describes those lives to us, we can't believe them. We know better. "
3 " How can I concentrate on this case when she's all I can think of? When one pert look turns my spine to blackberry jam?""Blackberry?"Drew looked up. "Oh, yes, I'm certain it's blackberry. I don't like blackberry. "
4 " It’s as if the fragrance of the prayers of all those hundreds of years still lingers here in these stones and in these pews, saying God still bends down to hear and answer. "
5 " Dash it all, there should be more clues. There should be just acres of suspects and something like a hollowed-out table leg or uneaten biscuit that's the key to the whole thing. And there should be a mysterious Russian or a man with a false beard."Nick sighed. "Not even a sinister Chinaman to suspect, more's the pity. "
6 " Uncle Mason has been awfully good to me. My faith meant a great deal to me too after I was left an orphan,""I can understand how you felt." He looked up again, making his expression exaggeratedly sincere. "At the tender age of nine, I was left an orphan.""You were not," she said with a giggle."I was," he insisted. "But, being so young, I hadn't a clue what to do with it, so I sent it back. "
7 " Any display of interest, I can assure you, Nicholas, has been manufactured by dear, sweet, acquisitive Mrs. Pomphrey-Hughes and no other. I'm sure she's a great reader of the classics and well aware of that 'truth universally acknowledged.' And knowing me to be single and in possession of a good fortune, who better to mend my most piteous want of a wife than her own daughter, Daphne? "
8 " It’s what my missus says. She says even God don’t make us come to Him if we’re dead set on living with swine, like the Good Book says about the prodigal son. "
