“Bosh. I find a rival — but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol Bonner — I find an eminent detective in your apartment, and that alone is enough, without adding that he is concealed in your bedroom while I am discussing my business with you…”

—  Rex Stout, book Bad for Business

Dol Bonner, to her employee Amy Duncan, chapter 2
Bad for Business

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