Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.
Hasting - There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.
If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid.
At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.
To count - really and truly to count - a woman must have goodness or brains.
There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation!... A human being, Hastings, cannot resist theopportunity to reveal himself and express his personality which conversation gives him. Every time he will give himself away.