QUOTE OF THE DAY: DINNER-TIME

"Rather vulgar, you think?"

"No, not at all-just pure beauty. What are they worth?"

"About fifty thousand."

"What a lovely lot of money! Aren't you afraid of having them stolen?"

"No, I always wear them-and anyway they're insured."

"Let me wear them till dinner-time, will you darling? It would give me such a thrill."

Linnet laughed.

"Of course, if you like."

From Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie