The Eye of Osiris Quotes

“Now Thorndyke is going to enjoy himself. To him a perfectly unintelligible will is a thing of beauty and a joy forever; especially if associated with some kind of recondite knavery.”
― R. Austin Freeman, The Eye of Osiris

“If a man acts in such a way as to create a belief that he is dead, he must put up with the consequences.”
― R. Austin Freeman, The Eye of Osiris

“Thorndyke never forgets a likely case. He is sort of a medico-legal camel. He gulps down the raw facts from the newspapers or elsewhere, and then, in his leisure moments, he calmly regurgitates them and has a quiet chew at them.”
― R. Austin Freeman, The Eye of Osiris

“It signifies that the great judge of the dead looks down on men to see that justice is done and that truth prevails. So I commend you to the good Osiris;”
― R. Austin Freeman, The Eye of Osiris