"Have you seen the afternoon papers? They're all clamoring for the murderer. You'd think I had him up my sleeve."
"You forget, my dear chap," grinned Vance, "that we are living under the benign and upliftin' reign of Democritus, which confers upon every ignoramus the privilege of promiscuously criticising his betters."
Markham snorted, "I don't complain about criticism; it's the lurid imagination of these bright young reporters that galls me. They're trying to turn this sordid crime into a spectacular Borgia melodrama, with passion running rampant, and mysterious influences at work, and all the pomp and trappings of a medieval romance."
(from The "Canary" Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine)
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