Quote#Death
“You’re probably right,” sighed Vance. “I haven’t any coruscatin’…
Quote byS. S. Van Dine · 1888–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Bishop Murder Case (1929), Ch 22.
English (original)
“You’re probably right,” sighed Vance. “I haven’t any coruscatin’ arguments to combat you with. Only, I’m disappointed. I don’t like anticlimaxes, especially when they don’t jibe with my idea of the dramatist’s talent. Pardee’s death at this moment is too deuced neat—it clears things up too tidily. There’s too much utility in it, and too little imagination.”
— S. S. Van Dine
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