A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, like a man of sense. Bruyère.
[12. Class Day]
The student readily recognized the absurdity of the Professor’s story which he had given to his class to test their quick detection of a glaring inconsistency. If it must be explained, an orchestra under personal leadership does not play during the showing of a ‘talkie.’ Right?
Wit marries ideas lying far apart, by a sudden jerk of the understanding. Whipple.
[13. A Hot Pursuit]
Smith said he ran after the burglar. Had he done so he could not have known the cellar window had been chiseled open. Therefore, his story was obviously faked.
A lie never lives to be old.
Sophocles.
[14. A Question of Identity]
As Diana Lane was walking down the corridor with her back to Nora, it was impossible for the servant to know Diana was wearing her famous emerald pendant.