Margery Allingham: Cytaty po angielsku
The Oaken Heart
                                        
                                        Italics in original 
The Fashion in Shrouds, New York: Felony & Mayhem, 2008, chapter six, p. 58 (Originally published in 1938) 
In standard English the italicized text means, "It's crazy to give a policeman the bribe in counterfeit money." It was popularized as a nonsense catchphrase by Mad magazine. 
Fiction Writings
                                    
“Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.”
                                        
                                        ‘Flowers for the Judge’ (1936) ch. 4. 
Fiction Writings
                                    
“What a period. What an age to have been alive in. Oh thank God I was born when I was.”
                                        
                                        The Oaken Heart - the story of an English Village - Michael Joseph 1941 ISBN 095108562X 
The Oaken Heart
                                    
 
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
    