Vulgar words in The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 3
damn x 3
slut x 1
            

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"Good Lord," he said, "you are a silly ass!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 762   ~   ~   ~

"He's a silly ass," responded T. X.

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Damn rough luck, wasn't it?"

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"What an ass I am."

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Here is Doctor X. who murdered his wife because she was a drunkard and a slut, and he dared not leave her for fear the neighbours would have doubts as to his respectability.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,982   ~   ~   ~

"Damn all Greeks," he said jovially, and Fisher could do no more than smile reproachfully, the smile being his very own, the reproach being on behalf of the master who paid him.

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"He has, damn him," he said between his teeth.

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