From The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe, by Erle Stanley Gardner:
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“What’s new, Paul?”
The detective sat down in the big leather chair, and turned around, draping his legs over one of its arms. “Lots of things,” he said, lighting a cigarette.
“Well,” Mason told him, “begin in the middle and work both ways.”
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