Vulgar words in The Red House Mystery (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 14
damn x 6
            

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"Damn it, open the door!" came the voice again.

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On the fifth green, your old wound, the one you got in that frontier skirmish in '43, will begin to trouble you; on the eighth, your liver, undermined by years of curry, will drop to pieces; on the twelfth--" "Oh, shut up, you ass!"

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"Ass," said Bill, putting an elbow into Antony's ribs.

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"Well, Betty and I knew; in fact, I'd told her--Miss Norris I mean--not to be a silly ass.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 1,899   ~   ~   ~

Encouraging him to do the damn silliest thing that any man could possibly do confess his guilt by running away!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,131   ~   ~   ~

"Don't be an ass."

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,766   ~   ~   ~

You really mustn't be so damn mysterious.

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Oh, ass, and ten times ass!"

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Oh, Gillingham, you incomparable ass!"

~   ~   ~   Sentence 2,969   ~   ~   ~

Oh, you incomparable ass!"

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He gave a little laugh, and went on, "Perhaps I'm being an ass, just a melodramatic ass.

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"Silly old ass."

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"I know you'll think me an ass--" "My dear Bill, I'm such an obvious ass myself that I should be delighted to think you are too."

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"The brightest one of all was that we were being damn fools, and working at this thing from the wrong end altogether."

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It was my fault for--" "Shut up, you ass.

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"Damn it," said Antony to himself, "why do I like the fellow?"

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You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden.

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