Dorothy L. Sayers Quote

He believed me all the time, simply because I was rude. Everybody suspects an eager desire to curry favor, but rudeness, for some reason, is always accepted as a guarantee of good faith.


Murder Must Advertise (1933)


He believed me all the time, simply because I was rude. Everybody suspects an eager desire to curry favor, but rudeness, for some reason, is always...

He believed me all the time, simply because I was rude. Everybody suspects an eager desire to curry favor, but rudeness, for some reason, is always...

He believed me all the time, simply because I was rude. Everybody suspects an eager desire to curry favor, but rudeness, for some reason, is always...

He believed me all the time, simply because I was rude. Everybody suspects an eager desire to curry favor, but rudeness, for some reason, is always...