Now, that's what I call class

[darcydodo]

I was reading Dorothy Sayers' Who's Body? last night, and I discovered that our dear Lord Peter is a G&S fan! And a hack, to boot. (Well, OK, he might only be a hack, but it's hard to imagine hacking something you dislike.) "Now, Dr. Thingumtight, I ask you again, can you solemnly swear, without the least shadow of doubt,—probable, possible shadow of doubt—..."

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[elemy.livejournal.com]

He quotes "A corroborative detail, intended to bring verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative" somewhere, too.