Thursday, March 25, 2010

When a Man Murders by Rex Stout

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There wouldn't have been the slightest excuse for my missing the exact spot for a dead kidney punch, and I didn't. Air exploded out of him, and he crumpled, not sprawling, but in a compact heap. Then he sort of settled to get comfortable.

His attractive wife took a couple of steps toward him, stopped to look at me, and said, "I'll be damned."

"You will if they consult me," I told her emphatically.

– Archie, irked by a sucker punch.

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