Welcome to Litsy!

"What do you think of me?" Asked Frid, striking an attitude. "Aren't I quite, quite lovely?"
"Don't tell her she is," said Colin. "The girl's a nymphomaniac."
"Darling!" Murmured lady Charles.
"My dear Colin," said his father, "it really would be a good idea if you stick to the words you understand."

"Alleyn began to feel as if Tinkerton was a bad cork and himself an inefficient corkscrew, drawing out unimportant fragments, while large lumps of testimony fell into the wine and were lost." ????

My first Marsh. Sooooooooo good! I have four others on my bookshelf and I'm going to go find one to start now!!!