How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9)

by Louise Penny

“Are your feelings all hurt? I know what’ll help. Scotch?” “It’s ten in the morning.” “I was asking, not offering. Did you bring Scotch?” “Of course I didn’t.” “Well then, why’re you here?”

They should have known better than to look for wisdom in a drunken old pyro.