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Agatha Christie

The Man in the Brown Suit

  • maryhas quoted2 years ago
    “The ‘Colonel’ is always clever. Well, I did my part—but I also did one thing which the ‘Colonel’ had not foreseen. I kept back some of the South American stones—one or two are unique and could eas
  • maryhas quoted2 years ago
    Two of us worked it—under the ‘Colonel’s’ orders, of course. And it was then that I saw my chance. You see, the plan was to substitute some of the De Beer diamonds for some sample diamonds brought from South America by two young prospectors who happened to be in Kimberley at the time. Suspicion was then bound to fall on them.”
  • maryhas quoted2 years ago
    “I shall be away only one night. And I go incognito, like Royalty. No one will ever know that I have left France. And why do you think that I go?”

    “Hardly for pleasure at this time of the year. January, a detestable foggy month! It must be for profit, eh?”

    “Exactly.” She rose and stood in front of him, every graceful line of her arrogant with pride. “You said just now that none of us had anything on the chief. You were wrong. I have. I, a woman, have had the wit and, yes, the courage—for it needs courage—to double-cross him.
  • ghazzahhas quoted2 years ago
    apostle of the maxim
  • b9000542659has quoted3 years ago
    unofficial one, your journey is bona fide. Everything would be eminently satisfactory.”
  • b9000542659has quoted3 years ago
    weekly episode of “The Perils of Pamela.” Pamela was a magnificent young woman. Nothing daunted her. She
  • Alice Nikanoroffhas quoted4 years ago
    If things happen anywhere, they happen in London.
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