It is the sex angle that sells stories, that makes news. give people scandal allied to sex and it appeals far more than any mere political chicanery or fraud.

The trouble is that practically everything one does nowadays is illegal, said Giles gloomily. That's why one has a permanent feeling of guilt.

Women were very queer. Unexpectedly cruel and unexpectedly kind.

Just look, Letty. Miss Blacklock looked. Her eyebrows went up. She threw a quick scrutinizing glance round the table. Then she read the advertisement out loud. A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.

These women all lose their heads over a good-looking clergyman. You hear of it over and over again.

Oh dear, I never realized what a terrible lot of explaining one has to do in a murder!

In my experience, bossy women seldom get themselves murdered. I can't think why not. When you come to think of it, it's rather a pity.