The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #9)

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Though they’re all idiots—mostly, that is.” “Most people are,” said Wimsey, gravely, “but it isn’t kind to tell them so. I expect you do tell them so. Have a heart; they can’t help it.…

Bells are like cats and mirrors—they’re always queer, and it doesn’t do to think too much about them.