"Scotland yard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... preparing to visit Scotland Yard, a servant came into my room bearing a card on a tray. I took it and ...
— Weapons of Mystery • Joseph Hocking
... the body of the man who drove me," explained Dennis. "That is the English chauffeur's licence from Scotland Yard." ...
— With Haig on the Somme • D. H. Parry
... the evening before. He had found at Scotland Yard several telegrams and a private note from a detective friend, informing him of the arrival of an individual known to be an officer of the ...
— A Nest of Spies • Pierre Souvestre
... the good Dean's offered him an excellent opportunity for carrying out his scheme. Where to procure an explosive machine was, of course, quite another matter. The London Directory gave him no information on the point, and he felt that there was very little use in going to Scotland Yard about it, as they never seemed to know anything about the movements of the dynamite faction till after an explosion had taken place, and ...
— Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories • Oscar Wilde
... slowly, "I don't know how to tell you the truth more shortly than by saying that your expedient of dressing up as an aimless poet is not confined to you or your President. We have known the dodge for some time at Scotland Yard." ...
— The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare • G. K. Chesterton
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