The Complete, Annotated Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers

it has always been my experience that the best way to gain a man’s confidence is to let him suppose that one takes advantage of one’s employer.

“Yes. You must avoid these occasions. You must learn to be irresponsible, Lord Peter.” “My friends say I’m only too irresponsible already.” “Very likely. A sensitive nervous temperament often appears so, owing to its mental nimbleness.”