“He did not know what it was like to be two women in love.”
“The Devil teaches women what they are – or they would teach it to the Devil if he did not know.”
“While the women talked, he did what he often did in the presence of people he didn’t particularly like; he began planning Martha Q’s funeral.”
“I was nervous. How was I to know he loved me? It might be just an affair. Why did we ever say just? Though at that time men and women tried each other on, casually, like suits, rejecting whatever did not fit.”
“he'd been a cop long enough to know what actual perversion looked like and it sure wasn't two guys or two women going out to dinner and holding hands.”
“What I want to know is: One - who is the criminal? Two - how did he (or she) do it?”