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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That's just inspiration: not business. - Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

I don’t take much stock of detectives in novels – chaps that do things and never let you see how they do them. That’s just inspiration: not business.

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