Quotation

Only 2 quotes in goodread this morning. More herein: Twinkle would get some discipline tonight: no Fig Newton with his Purina. === “I want you to accept my condolences on the death of Howard Longstreet. He was a superb intelligence director, and I understand something of a mentor to you.” “He was the finest man I ever knew, save one.” === Unlike knives, blunt conversations make for the quickest work. === The temperature in the sauna rose to a toasty 180 degrees. Pendergast straightened his tie, refolded one leg over the other. He did not even appear to be sweating. === Indeed, since their rather abrupt return to the mansion just over a week before, Pendergast had seemed especially attentive to Constance. Even Proctor, Pendergast’s stoic chauffeur-cum-bodyguard, had mentioned it to Mrs. . . . . Trask . === Miami Beach Boardwalk, a pedestrian boulevard that hugged the oceanfront from Indian Beach Park down almost to the port of Miami.