“By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle.” Richard Hannay Book:The 39 Steps Source: The 39 Steps
“All this was very loose guessing, and I don't pretend it was ingenious or scientific. I wasn't any kind of Sherlock Holmes. But I have always fancied I had a kind of instinct about questions like this. I don't know if I can explain myself, but I used to use my brains as far as they went, and after they came to a blank wall I guessed, and I usually found my guesses pretty right.” Sherlock HolmesRichard Hannay Book:The 39 Steps Source: The 39 Steps