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Title: Really Listening
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G

 

“Oh no,” Miss Marple said, with a vigorous shake of her head, “there was always something slightly odd between the two of them from the beginning.  I suppose, using modern parlance, you would say the chemistry was wrong.  Although they claimed they had never met before, they made several slips.

“But I listened to their conversation,” Inspector Slack protested, “and I didn’t hear anything.”

“It wasn’t what they said, but the way they said it.  It was as if they had anticipated the answer the other would give, which, of course, would have been impossible if they hadn’t met before.”

 

Date: 2021-12-18 12:31 pm (UTC)
misbegotten: A skull wearing a crown with text "Uneasy lies the head" (Default)
From: [personal profile] misbegotten
Very clever!

Date: 2021-12-18 03:00 pm (UTC)
stonepicnicking_okapi: Miss Marple (marple)
From: [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi
Nice. A subtle clue/observation!

Date: 2021-12-26 08:51 am (UTC)
fred_mouse: line drawing of sheep coloured in queer flag colours with dream bubble reading 'dreamwidth' (Default)
From: [personal profile] fred_mouse

Oh, very nice characterisation.

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