Arthur Kipps
Quote 97
So far I had found only one interesting-looking, slim packet of documents and letters, and I decided I would give myself the possible diversion of reading thing… (9.34)
No true mystery is complete without the appearance of previously overlooked and possibly important documents.
Arthur Kipps
Quote 98
...I thought that if I had to go over them again, if only because I had been growing more and more determined to find out what restless soul it was who wanted to cause these disturbances and why, why. If I could uncover the truth, perhaps I might in some way put an end to it all forever. (11.39)
Sorry, Arthur. You're no Sherlock Holmes—that's another Brit altogether.