unearths some literary gems.
From Pomeroy, Deceased, by George Bellairs
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["Patrick, Undergraduate" dept.: All the front matter says "Pomeroy, Deceased"--with the comma--but the dust jacket is "Pomeroy Deceased" sans comma.]
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[Coming Out of a Band-Box dept.]
He might have just come out of a band-box. He was dark-haired, and every hair was in its place. He looked as if he had a bath and a complete change of linen for each patient.
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[Eyewear Business dept.]
He polished his monocle with his handkerchief as though preparing it for playing a part in what was ahead.
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It sounded like a lot of nonsense to Dorange and Littlejohn. Dorange hesitated. Littlejohn felt they were rather like a couple of travellers in a lift who had got out on the wrong floor.
