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Do you know how to pick a lock? Not in the least, I'm afraid. I often wonder what we go to school for, said Wimsey.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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Dorothy L. Sayers
Age: 64 †
Born: 1893
Born: June 13
Died: 1957
Died: December 17
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