Doyle: I remembered the boy smelled faintly of gas, and given its volatility, Beatrice would have kept it in the cellar.
Houdini: Childlike.
Doyle: I prefer elementary.

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Doyle: Did you ever play truant when you were a girl?
Houdini: Let me guess, either your daughter is skipping school or you're picturing Ms. Stratton in her school uniform.

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Doyle: Ten pounds says she won't go to dinner with you.
Houdini: Ten pounds? Either you're incredibly cheap or you have no confidence in your bet.

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Houdini: Maybe he didn't mean it literally.
Doyle: A ten year old who speaks in metaphors?
Houdini: So he was a professor of literature in his past life.

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