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unearths some literary gems.
From short stories in a couple of mystery anthologies:
Manning's jumpiness increased by at least six latent jumps. ["Death Walks in Marble Halls, by Lawrence G. Blochman"]Benson haunted Betty Vale like an unemployed ghost. [ditto]"Betty's gone to Bermuda for the onion season." [ditto]"He has at least a dozen toupees he wears to match his moods." [ditto]The corners of Klawitz's mouth turned down in a sarcastic crescent. [ditto][One more snippet from that story is attached.]"You should have been a cataloguer like Miss Benson.""A cataloguer? But she was head of the branch, wasn't she?""She had the soul of a cataloguer," said Mrs. Jarvis darkly.["QL 696 .C9," by Anthony Boucher]"Readin'! 'Ritin'! 'Rithmetic! Abracadabra and Rubadubdub."["The Adventure of the Three R's," by Ellery Queen]He...went toward the stairs, Mr. Smith following him like a small tail on a large comet. ["Whistler's Murder," by Fredric Brown--in which the murderee was a former vaudeville whistling specialist, and the murderers, also retired vaudevillians [SPOILER] turn out to have sneaked across a field unobserved by donning the horse costume they'd worn in their act.]"I challenged Wesley to forfeit the fee if, under identical circumstances, I couldn't produce bigger and better ghosts." ["Fingerprint Ghost," by Joseph Commings]The long black Chesterfield she was wearing looked as if had been bequeathed to her by Lord Chesterfield himself. [ditto]"Let me see...if I have this straight. Your son Derek was lost twenty years ago. Recently he has returned. Rather, two of him has returned." ["The Calico Dog," by Mignon G. Eberhart]
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