Talk:The Mother Hunt
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by Rex Stout (1963)
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Chapter 1, page 2 (Bantam edition, 1975)
“How old are you?”
That was for my benefit. He had a triple conviction: that a) his animus towards women made it impossible for him to judge any single specimen; that b) I needed only an hour with any woman alive to tag her; and that c) he could help out by asking some blunt impertinent question, his favourite one being how old are you. It’s hopeless to try to set him right.
Chapter 2, page 12
That took some fancy understanding. I sat and worked on it while I finished the martini, four or five minutes, got up and put my glass on the bar, touching hers to show I understood, which I didn’t, and departed.
