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Henry Winterfeld Quotes

Nine of the best book quotes from Henry Winterfeld
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“We shall exile Caius. He won’t be allowed to play with us, and none of us must talk to him.”
Henry Winterfeld
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Detectives in Togas
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Mucius
Caius
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playing
ignore
exile
not allowed
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“Caius is a dumbbell.”
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″‘He must have gone off his head,’ said Publius. ‘If Caius’ father sees it, there will be trouble!′ The boys threw anxious glances at the senator’s house. Vinicius took the worship of the gods very seriously, and was a great admirer of the Emperor.”
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″‘The whole affair is a mystery to me,’ he said. ‘Who would want to steal anything from me?’ ‘Perhaps a thief...?’ ventured Julius.”
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″‘You talk too much,’ their teacher commented. ‘Your tongue will be your undoing one of these days.’ Alarmed, Antonius squinted at the tip of his tongue.”
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“If it is his handwriting, there can be no doubt that he did it. I shall go personally to the prefect of the city this noon and denounce Rufus for malicious desecration of a temple.”
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“On the whole he is not a bad pupil. I wouldn’t want to make him miserable because of a single prank. I know what it means to be a young Roman to be a pupil in the Xanthos School. And I hope you know it too.”
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″‘It isn’t a person,’ Antonius insisted. ‘It’s a ghost. A ghost can’t suffocate.’ ‘Shut up!’ Mucius snapped. ‘Ghosts don’t sit in wardrobes in the morning.‘”
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“The burglar who did this may be studying mathematics and doesn’t have the money to buy books. He heard that you were a famous mathematician and so he came here and hit you on the head...”

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