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Dorothy Dunnett Quote

You are not coming.’‘But——’ said Christopher.‘You heard your father,’ said Killingworth. ‘You can’t hold enough liquor.’‘Can you?’ said Christopher, goaded.‘No,’ said George Killingworth, after a moment’s reflection. ‘But who else is going to help us to bed?

Dorothy Dunnett

You are not coming.’‘But——’ said Christopher.‘You heard your father,’ said Killingworth. ‘You can’t hold enough liquor.’‘Can you?’ said Christopher, goaded.‘No,’ said George Killingworth, after a moment’s reflection. ‘But who else is going to help us to bed?

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