Ten Star Clues (2015)
“Not much time was spent in this way, though; not half enough indeed in the considered opinion of the stenographer, and then Ralph appeared, looking very grim and defiant. But his voice was quiet and steady as, without waiting to be questioned, he began abruptly:— “I suppose you know what’s being said about me?”
“We pay no attention to what people say,” the colonel told him at once.
“Don’t you?” Ralph asked. “Well, I do. I don’t like being called a murderer. If any one says it to my face..., I’ll—”
He stopped there, with an effort that was evident, with eyes so fiercely alight, a mouth so ominously set, that the colonel was quite startled—and not too favourably impressed.
“No violence, please,” he said sharply.
“May I suggest to Mr. Hoyle,” interposed Bobby, “that if any one is suspected of an act of violence, the best way to strengthen that suspicion is to commit a further act of violence.”MoreLess
“We pay no attention to what people say,” the colonel told him at once.
“Don’t you?” Ralph asked. “Well, I do. I don’t like being called a murderer. If any one says it to my face..., I’ll—”
He stopped there, with an effort that was evident, with eyes so fiercely alight, a mouth so ominously set, that the colonel was quite startled—and not too favourably impressed.
“No violence, please,” he said sharply.
“May I suggest to Mr. Hoyle,” interposed Bobby, “that if any one is suspected of an act of violence, the best way to strengthen that suspicion is to commit a further act of violence.”MoreLess
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