"Well?" she said. "I hope you're convinced about Lugg now."
To her astonishment Mr. Campion linked her arm through his.
"You are now, my dear madam, about to become my Doctor Watson," he said. "You will ask the inane questions, and I shall answer them with all that scintillating and superior wisdom which makes me such a favourite at all my clubs. They used to laugh when I got up to speak. Now they gag me. But do I care? No, I speak my mind. I like a plain man, a straightforward man, a man who calls a spade a pail."
"Stop showing off," said Penny placidly, as they emerged into the garden. "What are you going to do?"
(from The Gyrth Chalice Mystery, by Margery Allingham)
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