«The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding» kitabından alıntılar, sayfa 2

. He told me to take the evening off.

‘I bet you could get away with it all right.

meticulously arranged curls and rolls

‘Funny room for a rich man to choose as his own sanctum, with that outlook. It’s like looking out on to a prison wall

nudge in the ribs. Raymond was rather surprised

puce-coloured sprigged print

‘Is it known whom he consulted?

Out of a weather-beaten, not too clean face, shrewd eyes surveyed them appraisingly.