The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6)

by Alan Bradley

“And have you, also, acquired a taste for pheasant sandwiches, young lady?”

“Tell your father that the Gamekeeper is in jeopardy. He’ll understand. I must speak to him. Tell him

that the Nide is under—

It’s things like this that really shake me: sudden terrifying glimpses into the world of being an adult, and they are sometimes things that I am not sure I really want to know.

One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.