Ngaio Marsh Quote

She was often overcome, in other people's houses, by an overpowering desire to escape, a tyrannical restlessness as inexplicable as it was embarrassing. Every nerve in her body would suddenly telegraph 'I must get out of this.'

Tied Up in Tinsel (1972)

She was often overcome, in other people's houses, by an overpowering desire to escape, a tyrannical restlessness as inexplicable as it was...

She was often overcome, in other people's houses, by an overpowering desire to escape, a tyrannical restlessness as inexplicable as it was...

She was often overcome, in other people's houses, by an overpowering desire to escape, a tyrannical restlessness as inexplicable as it was...

She was often overcome, in other people's houses, by an overpowering desire to escape, a tyrannical restlessness as inexplicable as it was...