Little things that please me

[avevale_intelligencer]

From Margery Allingham's "Tiger In The Smoke," in which Magersfontein Lugg is trying to drive through an old-fashioned London fog:

"I could do with a spot of p and q in a padded cell meself. That was Marble Arch I was 'ootin' at. I thought she was takin' 'er time."

Makes me laugh every single time.

Comments

snarf

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh yes! I remember that book and that line! And, what's more...

... (a few minutes of busy tapping pass) ...

I've just swiped it, with credit & thanks, for my quotation of the day. Dankon, amiko. :-)

Re: snarf

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Always a pleasure.