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It was a marvellous day in late August, and Wimsey’s soul purred within him as he pushed the car along. The road from Kirkcudbright to Newton-Stewart is of a varied loveliness hard to surpass, and with a sky full of bright sun and rolling cloud-banks, hedges filled with flowers, a well-made road, a lively engine and the prospect of a good corpse at the end of it, Lord Peter’s cup of happiness was full. He was a man who loved simple pleasures.
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Jennifer
I always want to exclaim “Kir-coo-bry!” when I see Kirkcudbright written out. For such a tricky-to-pronounce locale, it appears in a lot of novels!

P.S. - Great quotation.
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Alisha
DE Stevenson fans get a delightful crash course in the pronunciation that serves us well 😂
The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
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