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Truly competent Literary Detectives are as rare as truthful men, Mr. Tweed -- you can see her potential as clearly as I can. Frightened of someone ste...more

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I didn't set out to discover a truth. I was actually sent to the Outer Fringes to conduct a chair census and learn some humility. But the truth inevit...more

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Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands.

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I'm beginning to think you're the sort of person who does a great deal with very little."He meant a liar.

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Edward, Edward," he said with a patronising smile, "there are no unanswered questions of any relevance. Every question that we need to ask has been an...more

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Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

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Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And...more

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I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.