#sometimes i forget how funny nigel bathgate is

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"Go on," he continued acidly. "Say 'You have the facts, Bathgate. You know my methods Bathgate. What of the little grey cells, Bathgate?' Sling in a quotation; add: 'Oh, my dear chap,' and vanish in a fog of composite fiction."

Overture to Death, Ngaio Marsh