Defiance Through Compliance.

Without A Yardstick Sometimes The High Points Can Be Taken For Granted.

If The Real World Were A Book, It Would Never Find A Publisher. Overlong, Detailed To The Point Of Distraction-and Ultimately, Without A Major Resolution.

Because There's Someone Else Here In East Carmin. Someone Hopelessly Unsuitable. It's All A Really Bad Idea And Will Lead To Trouble Of The Worst Sort. But No Matter What, Every Minute In Her Presence Makes My Life A Minute More Complete.

Dci Horner's Advice To Jack Spratt: "remember, M'boy," His Old Boss Had Said, Eyes Twinkling, "that If Anyone Tries To Get The Better Of You, Stand Up Straight And Say To Yourself In An Imperious Air, 'i Am The New Mrs. De Winter Now!' You'll Find It Works Wonders.

He Spent His Life Immersed In Books To The Cost Of Everything Else, Even Personal Relationships. "friends," He'd Once Said, "are Probably Great, But I Have Forty Thousands Friends Of My Own Already, And Each Of Them Needs My Attention.