Brackston’s Bean Boggling Bookish Bits Part IV

I was extremely happy to see people leaping to tell me last week’s quote was from the Detective Gretel series! The series deserves all the love it receives. This week we have a slightly more difficult one but with one major hint.

‘‘Necessity, brother mine, is the mother of invention, the sister of resourcefulness, and the second cousin twice removed of ingenuity. Here, take hold of this,’’ she said, handing him the corset she had removed many long hours ago. Using the stays, they fastened the helpfully capacious garment to the mast and boom. At once the wind caught it, sending the boat sculling across the sea.’’