Trouble in Triplicate

He wasn’t too old to remember what his wife had given him on his fortieth birthday, but neither was he young enough to be still looking forward to it. - Archie Goodwin on a client

“You’d better put your humor on a diet. It’s taking on weight.” - Jane Geer to Archie Goodwin

Blaney started off by rejecting the red leather chair and choosing one of the spares, which irritated both of us, since we like our routine. - Archie Goodwin

The commas were chews on his unlighted cigar. - Archie Goodwin on inspector Cramer

He paid us a visit the day he stopped the bullet. - Archie Goodwin

People who laugh you off are apt to show up soon at a funeral, playing the lead. - Archie Goodwin to Dazy Perrit

You have now, however, the one good reason that I know of for getting married, the fact that a wife can’t testify against a husband or vice versa. - Archie Goodwin to some suspects