Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Boys will be boys

 The case was discussed for another half hour, then Spottswoode excused himself and left us.

"Funny thing," ruminated Markham, "how a man of his upbringing could be so attracted by the empty-headed, butterfly, type."

"I'd say it was quite natural," returned Vance. . . . "You're such an incorrigible moralist, Markham."

(from The "Canary" Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine)

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