Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time: Extract about talking shop and 'tragedies'
More on The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. I keep remembering little gems from it.
There's one point at which Detective Grant is visited by his colleague Sergeant Williams. In just a few words, Tey gives us a very clear picture of Williams. She says that he is "large and pink and scrubbed-looking". ( Talking shop )
There's one point at which Detective Grant is visited by his colleague Sergeant Williams. In just a few words, Tey gives us a very clear picture of Williams. She says that he is "large and pink and scrubbed-looking". ( Talking shop )
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"We had the Scots tied to our tails for good."
Yeah, that bit always makes me laugh, and as most of my friends when growing up were of Scottish descent, English/Scots sniping was generally in fun in our neck of the woods.
The Daughter of Time is the reason I remember that particular date though.
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