Agatha Christie: “A Tongue May Sometimes Be a Weapon”

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“I never gossip – but after all, a tongue is given one to speak with, and I’m not deaf mute.”

“That you most certainly are not. A tongue, Henet, may sometimes be a weapon. A tongue may cause a death – may cause more than one death. I hope your tongue, Henet, has not caused a death.”

Agatha Christie, Death Comes as the End