“if anyone had told him that what really roused his enthusiasm for flogging was a primeval love of cruelty lurking in his sub-consciousness he would have been most indignant.””
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Quotes by E. R. Punshon
“It seemed to him Mark was one of those who, if only they are called leaders, are prepared to follow dutifully in the path pointed out to them,””
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“Of course, his athletic record was good enough to have secured him a post on the staff of almost any school in the land, except the few where the standard is so high that besides the necessary athletics, some scholarship also is demanded.””
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“said Ursula and began to cry. Bobby sighed and waited. He knew that when a woman begins to cry there is nothing else to do.””
The Dark Garden
“him. No doubt Inspector Owen would agree that the one safe thing for a murderer to do was to wash his hands and go home to tea; and yet, oddly enough, that was the one thing they never did seem capable of doing.””
The Dark Garden
“the public prosecutor’s office had nothing to say. Not their affair. Their business was not to find facts but to receive them from others, chew them, digest them, serve them up in a dainty dish fit to set before a jury and a judge.””
The Dark Garden
E. R. Punshon
E. R. Punshon was a British author best known for his detective fiction, particularly his series featuring the amateur sleuth Bobby Owen. Born in 1872, Punshon began his career as a writer in the earl...