He delved among the miscellaneous objects from the bag and fished out a torn, worn, coverless book. It looked as if it had been used as ammunition in a major conflict.
"Not a Bible. Ordinary cheap little breviary," he muttered. "Hmm. And those pamphlets - ah, religious tracts! We seem to have stuck a very godly old gentleman, dad."
"Godly old gentlemen rarely get themselves bumped off," said the Inspector dryly.
(from The Chinese Orange Mystery, by Ellery Queen)
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