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Parker looked distressed. He had confidence in Wimsey's judgment, and, in spite of his own interior certainty, he felt shaken."My dear man, where's the flaw in [this case]?""There isn't one ... There's nothing wrong about it at all, except that the girl's innocent.

Parker looked distressed. He had confidence in Wimsey's judgment, and, in spite of his own interior certainty, he felt shaken."My dear man, where's the flaw in [this case]?""There isn't one ... There's nothing wrong about it at all, except that the girl's innocent.

Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern

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Dorothy L. Sayers
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Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1893 to 1957; Wikidata Q106740, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106740 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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