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“I always felt that Devlin was leaving important details out of that sad tale of his.”

Carla Marks,  The Murder Matter.

Here, the legend becomes a bit thin.  We know that Scipio the Elder died at an advanced age.  Probably of some disease.  But it is just possible that he was struck by lightning.

Roone Giddings,  Dirty Old Coins.

“Alexa, soothe me.”

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“Stop that sparkling!”  And so Hayden introduced yet another of his baffling imperatives.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.

“Oh, evil does exist Roy.  Just as sedimentary rock exists.”

Bertrand Thorne,  A Death on the Manor.

“If you want to know what consciousness is like,” said Mr. Teale, “just pay attention to it.”

Benedict Elder,  A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

“Yes, Valerie.  But a con man is in the business of being kind.”

Georgina Hickes,  An Ornamental Murder.

Eleanor’s first run-in with the cops concerned the operation of a home brewery.  On a fairly large scale.

Trenton FitzGerald,  Doo-Wah-Diddy.

Missed her and miss his.

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

Can ease become excessive?

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.