“Discretion,” said Fen with great complacency, “is my middle name.”
“I dare say. But very few people use their middle names.”

— Edmund Crispin

Source: Beware of the Trains

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“Discretion,” said Fen with great complacency, “is my middle name.”
“I dare say. But very few people use their middle names.”