The Footsteps at the Lock Quotes

“The Muse of detective fiction – she must surely exist by now – has one disadvantage as compared with her sisters; she cannot tell a plain unvarnished tale throughout. If she did, there could be no mystery, no situation, no dénouement; the omniscience of the author and the omnipresence of the reader, walking hand in hand, would lay waste the trail; no clue would be left undiscovered, no detail lack its due emphasis.”
― Ronald Knox, The Footsteps at the Lock