Dick Francis « 17 Days in December

Proof by Dick Francis

August 12, 2009 at 5:24 am (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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Agony is socially unacceptable.

August 11, 2009 at 5:24 am (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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I intensely disliked my father’s fifth wife, but not to the point of murder.

August 7, 2009 at 6:21 pm (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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I stood on the outside of disaster, looking in.

August 7, 2009 at 6:15 pm (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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I told the boys to stay quiet while I went to fetch my gun.

August 7, 2009 at 6:02 pm (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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Blood ties can mean trouble, chains and fatal obligation.

August 7, 2009 at 5:55 pm (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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I could think of three good reasons for not going to Moscow, one of
which was twenty-six, blond, and upstairs unpacking her suitcase.

August 7, 2009 at 5:47 pm (Dick Francis, Opening lines)

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Winded and coughing, I lay on one elbow and spat out a mouthful of
grass and mud.