The Unfinished Clue Quotes

“Well, I think I laid down my sunshade first,'said Mrs. Twining reflectively. 'Ah, that doesn't interest you. I told Finch that I wanted to tidy my hair (a euphemism for "powder my nose", of course), and would show myself out on to the terrace.'

'And you did in fact powder your nose, Mrs. Twining, at the mirror over the fireplace?'

'Most thoroughly,' she agreed.

'How long did that take you?'

She looked rather amused. 'When a woman powders her nose, Inspector, she loses count of time. My own estimate would be a moment or two; almost any man, I feel, would probably say, ages.'

'Were you as long, perhaps, as five minutes?'

'I hope not. Let us say three - without prejudice.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue

“To start with, I know that the General didn't get on with his son, but seemed to prefer his nephew; I know that he disapproved violently of Miss de Silva, and behaved towards her with unparalleled cruelty."
"How much?" interrupted Dinah.
Harding replied with perfect gravity: "No absinthe, no shower in her bathroom..."
"Did she tell you all that?" said Dinah. "Don't you think she's rather good value?"
"Yes, but she wastes my time.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue

“I see," said Harding. "And now will you try to tell me, Mrs Twining, exactly how you found Sir Arthur, when you went into the study, and what you dd?"
"I found him dead, Inspector," she replied calmly.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue

“I always agree on trivial points,’ replied Francis. ‘It saves trouble.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue

“Really, I don’t know what the world is coming to if I am to be suspected of staring in at windows!”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue

“It didn't last. She read a bit in some evening paper about proper dieting, and she's gone all lettucey. Nuts, too. That's why I'm here. There's a filthy beverage you drink for breakfast instead of coffee. I thought not, so I cleared out.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue

“Fay cast a strartled glance at the clock, and sprang up. "Heavens, it's past four! I must fly or Arthur will have a fit. He can't bear unpunctuality. Are you ready?"
"I'm ready," said Dinah, "but I shall dawdle for ten minutes for the good of Arthur's soul.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unfinished Clue