Sunday, January 24, 2010

Flattery

Subject:  Flattery
Quote:  He [Mr. Mayherne] knew something of the mentality of elderly ladies.  He saw Miss French, infatuated with the good-looking young man, hunting about for pretexts that would bring him to the house.  What more likely than that she should plead ignorance of business, and beg him to help her with her money affairs?  She was enough of a woman of the world to realize that any man is slightly flattered by such an admission of his superiority.
Character:  Omniscient Narrator
Chapter/Story:  “The Witness for the Prosecution”
Book Title/Copyright:  Witness for the Prosecution, 1924


Subject:  Flattery
Quote:  Flattery, in Tuppence’s opinion, should always be laid on with a trowel where a man was concerned.
Character:  Omniscient Narrator
Chapter/Story:  7 
Book Title/Copyright:  N or M?, 1941