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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Quotes

It is odd, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial. I burst immediately into indignant speech. - Agatha Christie (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Quotes)

It is odd, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial. I burst immediately into indignant speech.

Source:(HarperCollins, ed. 1991), Chapter 1. Dr. Sheppard at the Breakfast Table, Page 4
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Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Quotes
  • Book: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • Writer: Agatha Christie
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Published: 1926
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