Talk:Where There's a Will

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by Rex Stout (1940)
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Chapter 1 pg. 2

"He might be eccentric enough to find pleasure in a personal and intimate test of the operations of the New Deal WPA, but if I had my way about it the only meaning WPA would ever have for yours truly would be Wolfe Pays Archie.” --Goodwingrad 06:42, 4 June 2007 (CEST)

Chapter 1 pg 3

“They are thinking of prosecuting her under the anti-trust law for her monopoly on brain cells.” – Archie speaking about May Hawthorne. --Goodwingrad 06:43, 4 June 2007 (CEST)

Chapter 1 pg 6.

“She looked hot, peevish, beautiful and overwhelming. When she thanked me for her chair I decided to marry her as soon as I could save up enough to buy a new pair of shoes.” --Goodwingrad 06:44, 4 June 2007 (CEST)

Chapter 3 pg 36.

“He [Wolfe] never goes to see anybody. He dislikes motion. He passed a law making it a criminal offense for his feet to remove him from his house except on rare occasions, and never on business. He hires me to run around inviting people to come to see him.” --Goodwingrad 06:45, 4 June 2007 (CEST)

Chapter 3 pg 38.

“I advise you not to see Nero Wolfe. I’m being disloyal, of course, but I’m naturally treacherous anyhow, and besides, I don’t like the way they’re ganging up on you. I felt that way already, even before I saw you, but now…”


“Now treachery is sweet.”


“It could be.” --Goodwingrad 06:46, 4 June 2007 (CEST)

Chapter 7 pg. 88.

“He’s a giraffe. I damn near ran my legs off. The damn fool walked clear to 8th Street!”


“We’ll warn him not to do that again. How you must have suffered. Skip things like that. I can’t bear it.”


“Go spit up a rope.” --Goodwingrad 06:47, 4 June 2007 (CEST)