““It makes her rather alarming,” I said.
“Sincerity has that effect,” said Miss Marple.”

— Agatha Christie, book The Moving Finger

The Moving Finger (1942)

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““It makes her rather alarming,” I said.“Sincerity has that effect,” said Miss Marple.”

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““It makes her rather alarming,” I said.
“Sincerity has that effect,” said Miss Marple.”