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She also, quite frankly, liked money. To gain money one must exploit shortage.
A quiet woman. Not stupid. Not brilliant either. One of those comfortable pleasant women whom men were inclined to take for granted, and who had the art of making a house into a home, giving it an atmosphere of restfulness and quiet harmony. Such, he thought, was Emma Crackenthorpe. Women such as this were often underrated. Behind their quiet exterior they had force of character, they were to be reckoned with.
It is so helpful, I always feel, when people remind you of other people—because types are alike everywhere and that is such a valuable guide.’
The truth is people are an extraordinary mixture of heroism and cowardice.
But it’s awful, miss, isn’t it, the wicked talk there is.’
‘The trouble is,’ said Miss Marple, ‘that people are greedy. Some people. That’s so often, you know, how things start. You don’t start with murder, with wanting to do murder, or even thinking of it. You just start by being greedy, by wanting more than you’re going to have.’
‘I suppose you think of everything!’ said Lucy bitterly. ‘Well, dear, one has to really.’
