{"id":24585,"date":"2025-05-07T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24585"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:11:46","slug":"the-body-in-the-library-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24585","title":{"rendered":"The Body in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Body in the Library<\/em> (1942) Agatha Christie<\/a> (Miss Marple)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Mrs Bantry reflected a minute and then applied an urgent conjugal elbow to her sleeping spouse.<\/p>\n

\u2018Arthur, Arthur, wake up.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Colonel Bantry grunted, muttered, and rolled over on his side. <\/p>\n

\u2018Wake up, Arthur. Did you hear what she said?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Very likely,\u2019 said Colonel Bantry indistinctly. \u2018I quite agree with you, Dolly,\u2019 and promptly went to sleep again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Superintendent Harper nodded. He had just cast a casual glance out of the window. There were at that moment no less than eight Minoan 14s in the courtyard \u2013 it was the popular cheap car of the year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr Jefferson\u2019s personality is so strong. If you live with it, you can\u2019t somehow have a personality of your own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018But Jane, who is it? Tell me at once.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Miss Marple shook her head very firmly and pursed up her lips. \u2018I\u2019m sorry, Dolly, but that wouldn\u2019t do at all.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Why wouldn\u2019t it do?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Because you\u2019re so indiscreet. You would go round telling everyone \u2013 or, if you didn\u2019t tell, you\u2019d hint.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018No, I wouldn\u2019t. I wouldn\u2019t tell a soul.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018People who use that phrase are always the last to live up to it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Inspector Slack, Conway Jefferson, Ruby Keene, Adelaide Jefferson, Mark Gaskell, Josie Turner, Pamela Reeves, Raymond Starr, George Bartlett, Dolly Bantry, Arthur Bantry, Basil Blake, Miss Marple<\/p>\n

Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Body in the Library (1942) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple) Mrs Bantry reflected a minute and then applied an urgent conjugal elbow to her sleeping spouse. \u2018Arthur, Arthur, wake up.\u2019 Colonel Bantry grunted, muttered, and rolled over on his side. \u2018Wake up, Arthur. Did you hear what she said?\u2019 \u2018Very likely,\u2019 said Colonel Bantry indistinctly. 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