The Secret of the Old Clock Quotes

“I think I’ll take a walk in the fresh air and clear the cobwebs from my brain.”

“It’s not exactly what you’d call evidence, but the old saying usually holds good, ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.‘”

“Dad depends on my intuition.”

“But when people get old, they don’t like change. And probably he put up with things rather than move.”

“It may not seem fair, but it is legal.”

“Oh, Nancy, what are you going to do next? We’ve known you only twenty-four hours and you’ve already boosted our morale sky-high.”

“In spite of the expensive clothes she wore, Ada was not attractive. She was very thin and sallow, with an expression of petulance. Now that her face was distorted with anger, she was almost ugly.”

“Oh, why can’t all people be nice like this scenery and not make trouble?”

“My special wish for you is that before you’re one year older, you’ll inherit some of the Crowley money, so that you can take those singing lessons!”

“Nancy, I just know you’re going to solve this mystery!”