The Seven Dials Mystery

‘Jimmy,’ he said, ‘you’ve got brains.’

‘A second Pongo,’ said Bill encouragingly.

Very spirited the young people of the upper classes nowadays, very spirited indeed, but not at all easy to understand.

‘Don’t know Bundle? Where have you been vegetating? She’s simply it.’

You know her, don’t you, Jimmy? Oh, you’d like her. She’s a splendid girl–a real good sport–and mark you, she’s got brains too.

Pongo was always the one for brains. It’s been his misfortune from his youth upwards.

She had large, mournful eyes and a deep voice. An artist looking for a model for ‘Rachel mourning for her children’ would have hailed Lady Coote with delight.

‘I attribute my success entirely to my habits of early rising, frugal living, and methodical habits.’