“Do you know how to pick a lock?"
"Not in the least, I'm afraid."
"I often wonder what we go to school for," said Wimsey.”

—  Dorothy L. Sayers, book Strong Poison

Source: Strong Poison

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English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian wr… 1893–1957

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