The Ace of Knaves Quotes

“Mr Hubert Sentinel, the grand panjandrum of Sentinel Films, was not an aristocrat”
― Leslie Charteris, The Saint in Action

“dusting the well-creased knees of his impeccable Anderson & Sheppard trousers, and by no means dissatisfied with the results of his roosting.”
― Leslie Charteris, The Saint in Action

“I can make it in three hours easily in the new Lagonda,” she said slowly. “And since I’m here I’d like to see how you get on.”
― Leslie Charteris, The Saint in Action

“It was as if a rocket had exploded inside him, flooding all the dark places in his mind with light when he had caught up in that dynamic moment with the lead his instinct for adventure had given him.”
― Leslie Charteris, The Ace of Knaves