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Your concern would have more weight with us if you were sitting -- as you could be sitting -- on this side of the table.

P.D. James

Your concern would have more weight with us if you were sitting -- as you could be sitting -- on this side of the table.

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About P.D. James

Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh.